Page Fourteen 



THE I. A. 



RECORD 



KEEPING ^VELL 



Bv Dr. John E. Boland, 

 Country Life Insurance Co. 



Stomach Ache and Appendicitis 



PROBABLY no other minor ailment car- 

 ries with it the seriousness and takes 

 the toll in human lives as the old fashioned 

 "sttmach ache." This no doubt is due to 

 the I attitude of the lay people and the 

 physician regarding this condition. From 

 time memorial we have all had stomach 

 aches and by virtue of this we attach very 

 litt e importance to it. Unfortunately cer- 

 tain percentages of 

 out so-called stomach 

 aches are the first 

 syn iptoms of an 

 Ac ite Appendicitis. 



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Dr. John E. Boland 



IIS not an easy 

 matter to dif- 

 fer ;ntiate between a 

 u e Appendicitis 

 d an ordinary 

 stoinach ache. The 

 fir^ symptom of 

 Acute Appendicitis is 



a jiain or a severe cramp in the pit of the 

 stohiach. As a rule for the first twelve 

 hoars of the disease the pain is generalized 

 thitoughout the abdomen. After that the 



. condition is prone to localize and the pain 

 is more pronounced in the lower right side. 

 The abdominal pain is followed within a 



■ very short time by a nausea. This is fol- 

 lowed by vomiting. In this we have the 

 thiee cardinal symptoms of Appendicitis, 

 via., pain in the abdomen, nausea and 



: vomiting. Always think of Acute Appen- 

 diaitis in all cases of stomach ache that do 

 not yield immediately to the ordinary treat- 

 ment. Do not continue to give cathartics 

 as Ithis is positively contra-indicated in Ap- 



\ pepdicitis. 



ris rather unfortunate that the causes 

 of stomach ache and Appendicitis are 

 ap jroximateiy the same, viz., over-eating, 

 CO istipation, diarrhea, eating of certain 

 fo>ds such as green apples, cucumbers, fresh 

 pork, etc. For this reason individuals, 

 esjiecially children, are treated for stomach 

 cramps and the possibility of an Acute Ap- 

 peidicitis is lost, due to the fact that they 

 at :ribute the condition to the eating of 



ce 'tain foods. 



aPPENDICITIES in children is much 

 Jam. more serious than in adults, due to the 

 fact that the appendix rapidly goes on to 

 suppuration and is apt to rupture witl^in 

 twenty-four hours. The diagnosis in chil- 

 dijen should be made early and the opera- 

 tion should take place within the first 

 ei, ;hteen hours. 



Appendicitis is a very simple condition 

 w len operated early. The mortality rate 

 affer an appendix has ruptured is approxi- 

 mjately 46%. In all stomach aches that do 

 nat yield immediately to treatment consult 

 y^ur doctor at once, insist on an early 

 diagnosis and do not hestltate if your 

 piysician advises an operation. 



First Agency Convention 



THE first convention of all the general 

 agents of Country Life was held at 

 the Farm Bureau hall in Bloomington, 111., 

 on May 14. The meeting was called to 

 order by H. O. Henry, president of the 

 General Agency Club. The general agents 

 were introduced by H. H. Click, vice-presi- 

 dent. 



Greetings from President Earl C. Smith 

 were read by Manager L. A. Williams, and 

 the program was under way by 10:15 a. m. 

 Seventy-two general agents attended and 

 the total attendance including candidates 

 for general agencies and insurance commit- 

 tees was 122. 



Addresses were made by H. O. Henry, 

 V. Vaniman, W. E. Hedgcock, Claude 

 Hicks, A. P. Cooper, Otis Kercher, Homer 

 Hitchcock, G. O. Chenoweth, M. E. Rob- 

 erts, G. R. Williams. Manager Larry Wil- 

 liams talked on the subject of "The Easiest 

 Way is Usualy Hard." Ways and means 

 of acquiring county quotas were discussed 

 by V. Vaniman of the I. A. A. Insurance 

 Department. ... 



Open Forum Held 



The open forum in the afternoon brought 

 forth a barrage of questions and comment. 

 "Without any question this enthusiastic 

 meeting was helpful to all the participants 

 and will result in more intelligent solicita- 

 tion and organization in all of the counties," 

 said Mr. Williams. 



A demonstration of team work was put 

 on by Messrs. Chenoweth and Oxley, who 

 solicited Larry Williams as the prospect. 

 They kept the entire audience interested, 

 and resulted in breaking down the idea 

 which many amateurs had, that they should 

 never use the general agent, or that the 

 general agent should never use a special 

 agent in soliciting unless he is sure he can't 

 sell the case himself. 



Advantage Team Work 



"The fact that two men enlist greater 

 confidence and bring out more information 

 of an assuring nature to the prospect than 

 is possible for the individual to command, is 

 the greatest advantage of team work," said 

 Williams. "Without any question the busi- 

 ness written by two men working together 

 will be more than three times what either 

 individual can do working alone. This has 

 been proved time and again by expert 

 solicitors working country business, where 

 one man is the local man, the other man the 

 general agent. The prospect would much 

 prefer to have two men call, if one man 

 is a local man. The prospect wants to place 

 the responsibility on someone who lives in 

 his community, someone who has to answer 

 for any mistakes." 



Interesting discussions of new develop- 

 ments of the company, and the experience 

 of other agents, gave the convention a tone 

 of information and enthusiasm which was 

 keenly appreciated throughout. 



Country Life has approximately $28,- 

 500,000 of insurance in force at the present 



time. . ..i- :,, .--..■,-.^'.n • 



III. Wool Grow^ers Have 



Chance To Co-operate 



Plan To Work With National Wool 

 Marketing Corporation 



A PLAN for making available to Illi- 

 . nois farmers the Federal Farm Board's 

 co-operative wool marketing program is be- 

 ing developed by the I. A. A.'s livestock 

 marketing department. 



County wool marketing conferences to 

 be called by Farm Bureaus interested in this 

 project are proposed for Friday, May 2}. 

 Each county, of course, will have the priv- 

 ilege of naming another date if such action 

 seems more advisable. 



Since Illinois does not have a regional 

 wool marketing association the privilege of 

 using the facilities of the Central Wool 

 Marketing Corporation of Concord, New 

 Hampshire, which in turn is affiliated with 

 the National Wool Marketing Corporation, 

 the Farm Board organization with head- 

 quarters at Boston, Mass. 



Ship to Boston 



The plan provides for assembling wool 

 from a given county at a centrally-located 

 place, and shipping direct to Boston. Each 

 grower's wool will be properly identified 

 with tags and on arrival at Boston will be 

 weighed and graded. The wool will be 

 sold by the National Wool Marketing 

 Corporation. 



The Corporation is prepared to advance 

 to wool growers 90 per cent of the value 

 of clip based on the Boston price less mar- 

 keting costs. Thus, if wool is actually 

 worth JO cents in the grease at Boston and 

 assuming a total expense of five cents per 

 pound, the amount of the advance would 

 be 90 per cent of 25 or 22.5 cents per 

 pound, which in many localities exceeds 

 the price now being offered. This advance 

 will be made direct to growers as soon as 

 the wool is appraised at Boston. 



Members interested in pooling their wool 

 can secure additional information at the 

 County Farm Bureau office. 



Meat And Hard Times 



The hard times of the past winter and 

 early spring have had only a slight effect 

 on the demand for meats, says the Bureau 

 of Agricultural Economics. 



Meat sales during the four months 

 November, 1929 to February, 1930, com- 

 pare favorably with the corresponding 

 months of the previous winter. Prices have 

 been influenced, says the report, chiefly by 

 changes in supply. 



Worth a Lot 

 The livestock sanitation and disease pre- 

 vention teachings of the Farm Bureau are 

 worth a lot to me. Through our organized 

 Farm Bureau buying power we have been 

 able to reduce ^erum costs nearly one-half 

 which alone means an annual saving of 

 $75.00 on our farm. 



F. R. Hubert, 

 Saybrook, McLean County. 



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