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THE 1. A. A. RECORD 



Adopt Definite Plan of 



Bureau Organization 



[.Year 'Round Project Seen as Way 

 ' ' To Build Membership 



A DEFINITE plan for carrying on or- 

 ganization work through the state 

 I was adopted on April 21 and 22 at a con- 

 ' ference of district organization managers 



and the I. A. A. organization department 

 ; ini Chicago. C. E. Bamborough, chairman 

 ; of the organization-information advisory 



coknmittee, and all the district managers 

 : attended the conference. 

 Under the new 



plan organization 



w31 become a major 



county project of 



every Farm Bureau 



in the state. The plan 



inyolves the selection 



of i a county organ- 

 ization commivtee of 



three members and 



an: organization proj- 

 ect leader in every 



township or unit if Geo. E. Metzger 



thi county is organ- 

 ized that way. It is recommended that the 

 organization committee of three be ap- 

 pointed by the Farm Bureau president with 

 thi approval of the executive committee. 



Details of Plan 



Each township organization leader is to 

 hale a list of the Farm Bureau members 

 anj non-members in his township; illustra- 

 tions setting forth the accomplishments of 

 thei Farm Bureau and the Illinois Agricul- 

 tuijal Association; and a supply of member- 

 ship) agreement blanks and other necessary 

 sufjplies. It is contemplated that each 

 to^rnship will be placed on a quota basis 

 anj that the township leader will assume 

 responsibility for securing a quota. The 

 prqject leader within the township will ap- 

 point his helpers and form his own organ- 

 ization. 



llJnder the new plan organization will be 

 a 12 months a year project. Periodic meet- 

 ing! of the organization leaders will be held 

 and the I. A. A. district managers are to 

 votk directly with this group checking up 

 on work and results as frequently as pos- 

 sible. 

 ; I 75,000 Is Goal 



The organization-information conference 

 at the last annual meeting of the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association went on record 

 unanimously to strive for 75,000 members 

 by the end of 1930. It is realized that if 

 this| goal is to be reached there must be 

 well-oiled organization machinery operating 

 in eivery county. The district managers will 

 be expected to have that organization ma- 

 chinery set up in every county by fall. 



Secretary and. Director of organization, 

 George E. Metzger, believes that this plan 

 whan put into operation will get results. 

 Mr. Metzger points to the fact that Farm 

 Bureau membership in Illinois is on the in- 

 crease and thafca gain has been made every 



month since September, 1929. This gain 

 has averaged 49 J members per month. The 

 largest increase of 1933 members was se- 

 cured last October. 



Preparation is now under way for mem- 

 bership drives in Cumberland, Clay, Taze- 

 well, and Gallatin counties. The Tazewell 

 County Farm Bureau will concentrate its 

 force on May 28 when it proposes to sign 

 1,200 members which means a substantial 

 increase over the present membership. 



Mercer County Folks 



Visit I. A. A. Office 



A DELEGATION of approximately 2 JO 

 men and women from Mercer 

 county who toured through the Union 

 Stock Yards as guests of the Chicago Pro- 

 ducers Commission Association, visited the 

 I. A. A. o£Bces on Wednesday, April 30. 



Many of the delegates expressed surprise 

 at the extensive offices now occupied by the 

 I. A. A. and associated companies in the 

 Transportation Building. 



The group came by special train over the 

 Burlington railroad, arriving early in the 

 morning and departing late the same eve- 

 ning. 



The tour was conducted by the Mercer 

 County Farm Bureau. Farm Adviser J. E. 

 Harris, P. B. Scott, Miss Zentmire, Farm 

 Bureau office secretary, and local officials 

 accompanied the delegation. They were 

 entertained at luncheon by Swift & Com- 

 pany and Armour & Company. It was one 

 of the largest groups that ever toured 

 through the Union Stock Yards. 



Illinois Woman Writes "Play 



THE Farm Bureau play "Running 

 Water" will feature the May 24 

 broadcast of the American Farm Bureau 

 over a chain of 44 stations. The Farm 

 Bureau program will go on the air at 11:45 

 a. m. central standard time from the Chi- 

 cago studios of the National Broadcasting 

 Company. 



The play "Running Water" was written 

 by Miss Dorothea Barton of Elizabeth, Jo 

 Daviess county, Illinois, and was one of 12 

 prize-winning plays selected among the 

 large number in the American Farm Bureau 

 Federation contest. 



The Farm Bureau has published and is 

 now circulating the prize-winning plays. 



Milk $1.60 at St. Louis 



Milk producers in the St. Louis territory 

 will receive $1.60 per cwt. for 3.5 per cent 

 milk delivered in May according to a recent 

 announcement of the dealers. 



This price includes the premium paid 

 for T. B. tested milk. It is 10 cents more 

 than the current price of $1.50 per cwt. 

 paid for Surplus Milk at Chicago where 

 dairymen are represented by the Pure Milk 

 Association. 



Will Incorporate Live 



Stock Marketing Assn. 



Name Directors Subject to Approval 

 of Incorporators 



STEPS toward incorporating the new mil- 

 lion dollar national livestock market- 

 ing association were taken at a meeting of 

 livestock producers and members of the 

 Federal Farm Board in Chicago on May 6. 

 Incorporation papers were to be filed in 

 Delaware without delay. It is estimated 

 that the marketing association will control 

 approximately 52 per cent of the co-opera- 

 tive livestock marketing of the country, 

 E. A. Beamer of Blissfield, Michigan, presi- 

 dent of the National Livestock Producers 

 Association, and one of the three incorpora- 

 tors, stated. 



J. R. Fulkerson of Jerseyville, III., and 

 O. O. Wolf of Kansas City were named as 

 the other two incorporating officers who 

 will also become directors. 



Here Are Directors 



The following livestock producers were 

 nominated to the board subject to the ap- 

 proval of the incorporators: Murray Barker, 

 Indianapolis; Henry H. Parke, Genoa, III.; 

 George Wilson, Peoria, 111.; Oscar Swank, 

 Evansville, Ind.; E. C. Rector, Pittsburgh, 

 Pa.; Joe L. Snook, Sioux City, Iowa; Lee 

 Highlen, Cincinnati, Ohio; and Ben B. 

 Brumley, Cleveland, Ohio, each represent- 

 ing a branch of the National Livestock 

 Producers Association. In addition there 

 were named: H. L. Kokernot, Fort Worth, 

 Tex.; L. O. Greaser, Chicago, National Or- 

 der Buying Association; John O'Mealy, 

 Michigan Livestock Exchange, Detroit, and 

 Walter Hagen, Western Cattle Marketing 

 Association of California. 



President Earl C. Smith of the I. A. A. 

 presided at the afternoon session of the 

 livestock growers who represented most of 

 the co-operative livestock marketing organ- 

 izations of the country. 



Two subsidiaries of the association will 

 also be incorporated with identical direc- 

 torates, the National Feeder and Finance 

 Corporation, and the National Live Stock 

 Publishing Association. 



Alexander Legge, chairman of the Farm 

 Board, who attended the meeting along 

 with Vice-Chairman James C. Stone and 

 C. B. Denman, livestock member predicted 

 that the new setup will give stock farmers 

 ample opportunity to develop a unified or- 

 ganization. 



The Champaign County Farm Bureau is 

 organizing a co-operative oil company. 

 Three hundred and thirteen shares of stock 

 amounting to $7,825 had been subscribed 

 the first week in May. 



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Secretary Geo. E. Metzger will address 

 the annual meeting of the Ogle County 

 Farm Bureau on June 3. 



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