THE I. A. A. RECORD 



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An Editor's^Observation 



DURING the past six months the Hancock 

 County Farm Bureau has invited editors, 

 ministers, superintendents of schools and other 

 honorary members in the county to attend at 

 least one of the monthly board meetings of the 

 Farm Bureau directors. 



"This project fostered by the Farm^ Bureau 

 Public Relations Committee has been instru- 

 mental in informing these leaders about the Farm 

 Bureau program," writes J. H. Lloyd, farm 

 adviser. v .<r: 



Following his attendance at one of the board 

 meetings, the editor of the Hamilton (111.) Press 

 wrote as follows: 



THE HANCOCK COUNTY FARM BUREAU 



"On Friday evening of last week the editor had the pleas- 

 ure and privilege, through the courtesy of R. M. Cochran, 

 to attend the monthly meeting of the Hancock County 

 Farm Bureau Board at Carthage. 



"It was one of the most interesting meetings attended 

 in a long time, and one which proved both edifying and 

 highly revealing. The volume of business and varied phases 

 of farm topics touched upon was nothing short of amazing, 

 and the dispatch and sureness with which every business 

 detail was coped with and disposed of bespoke of high effi- 

 ciency. 



"The meeting was conducted by President C. P. Griffiths 

 in a prompt, courteous and businesslike manner. Every 

 committee chairman made his report in a clear and concise 

 manner which bespoke not only of his thorough understand- 

 ing of the workings of his committee but also his whole 

 hearted interest in the work and progress of the farm bureau. 



"We town businessmen, through our own ignorance, have 

 come more or less to the belief that th; farmer is ineffi- 

 cient and awkward in his business dealing. Those who en- 

 tertain such a belief should have the privilege of attending 

 a board meeting of the Hancock County Farm Bureau. 



"Another thing prevalent throughout the meeting last 

 Friday night was the way the members of the farm bureau 

 board backed up each other and the principles of their or- 

 ganization. It left us with the impression that these farmers 

 have come to the realization of ths importance of co-opera- 

 tion and of organization. In their attempt to set a higher 

 standard of efficiency in farming they hive adopted the best 

 principles of good business methods, and they are succeeding. 



"We do not know how farm bureaus of other counties 

 are conducted, but of this we are certain: The Hancock 

 County Farm Bureau is an efficient organization meriting 

 the co-operation of every farmer in Hancock county, large 

 and small, rich and poor, good, bad and indifferent. The 

 men on the board of this organization are giving their time 

 and energy to do something for agriculture in the section 

 in which they are living and for the betterment of condi- 

 tions of the farmer. Does not the farmer owe some loyalty 

 to such a group of men? Does it not become the duty of 

 every businessman and citizen in this county to give these 

 men their co-operation?" 



Live stock growers have demonstrated their ability to 

 immunize their pigs against hog cholera with safety. Real 

 friends of the farmer glory in his ability to help himself, 

 in his growing knowledge and use of disease control methods 

 to reduce losses and costs of production. .■.■_., ..,._ 



IN EUROPE ON FREE TRIP 



Mary Jeanette Irwin, left, and Nancy GrossboU, 4-H club 



girls from Menard county, left in June for a free trip to 



Europe awarded as a prize by the Chicago Mail Order 



House. These two girls were Illinois champions last year. 



. "Hank" Lloyd Hired I i 



JH. "Hank" Lloyd, farm adviser for the past 14 years 

 • in Hancock county, has been employed as the active 

 manager of the So\bean Marketing Association. Mr. Lloyd 

 expects to assume his new duties around August 1 . The 

 Soybean Marketing Association will 

 probably establish headquarters at 608 

 So. Dearborn St., Chicago. 



Mr. Lloyd brings to a close his long 

 and successful career as farm adviser in 

 V. IR.. > Hancock county, the second oldest ad- 



^^KBSm viser in point of service in the state. 



^H^H|^^^^^ Lloyd went to Hancock in 1916 from 

 ^^^^^^»^^^^^ Purdue University, where he had served 

 ^^^^k^^^^^H for two years as instructor in crops 

 ^^^^BH^^^H after graduating from the University of 

 ^^^^^^^^^^^ Illinois. At that time the Hancock 

 I H LI d county organization was called a soil 



improvement association. In 1919 it 

 was reorganized as the Hancock County Farm Bureau. ) 

 Sponsored New Projects 

 During Mr. Lloyd's 14 years of service in Hancock coun- 

 ty, the Farm Bureau pioneered in many projects which have 

 been adopted by county organizations throughout the state. 

 These include the organization of the first Farm Bureau 

 oil company in Illinois, the creation of honorary Farm Bu- 

 reau memberships for ministers and editors, hog cholera 

 control work, and others. In 192 5 he was honored by be- 

 ing elected as president of the Illinois State Association of 

 Farm Advisers. More recently he has represented the farm 

 advisers on the board of directors of the Illinois Farm 

 Bureau Serum Association, and lately was chosen to repre- 

 sent the Farm Advisers' Association on the State Live Stock 

 Sanitary Committee. - ;. , - , 



Farm Bureau Grcwing 

 More than a year ago Mr. Lloyd was re-elected farm 

 adviser for a period of three years beginning May 1, 1929, 

 and has nearly two years to serve under that contract. 

 The Hancock county Farm Bureau has the largest financial 

 reserve and membership since the peak period in 1923. The 

 membership of 8 50 is steadily increasing. 



The Soybean Marketing Association is one of the latest 

 co-operatives to be formed in Illinois. It has more than 

 2,200 members who will grow this year, it is estimated, 

 in excess of 1,700,000 bu. of beans. , i • .. 



