Page Six 



THE I. A. A. RECORD 



December, 19 }0 



45 Counties Build 



Organization Forces 



i. 



Report Reconunends Retention of 

 District Organization Plan, Im- 

 provement in Its Adminis- 

 tration. 



PERMANENT Farm Bureau organi- 

 zation machinery, with volunteer 

 committees and solicitors appointed by 

 townships, have been established in 45 

 Illinois counties. 



In its recent report to the I. A. A. 

 Board of Directors the Organization- 

 Information Advisory Committee com- 

 posed of C. E. Bamborough, F. G. Oex. 

 ner and W. A. Dennis said: 



"The committee found there had 

 been a steady increase in membership 

 each consecutive month since Septem- 

 ber, 1929, to October 1, 1930. Writ- 

 ten reports indicate that the men in the 

 districts had been of considerable as- 

 sistance in the organization and the pro- 

 motion of various service projects of- 

 fered by the Association which does not 

 bear directly on Farm Bureau member- 

 ship acquisition and that unquestion- 

 ably a considerable amount of promo- 

 tional expense had been saved the Illi- 

 nois Agricultural Association by hav- 

 ing trained men available in its Organi- 

 zation Department who could assume 

 some of that responsibility. 



Close Contact Needed 

 "It is the belief of the committee 

 that to maintain a strong, loyal mem- 

 bership a close contact is necessary bt 

 tween the Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion, the County Farm Bureaus, their 

 officers and executive committeemen 

 and the organization project leaders in 

 the counties. The committee recog- 

 nizes that in the face of all of these 

 favorable facts of the operation and 

 possibilities of the district plan of or- 

 ganization that there is considerable 

 criticism from a number of counties 

 of the state, which indicates the value 

 of the plan has not been fully recog- 

 nized. 



"Upon careful analysis of the facts 

 it is the opinion of the committee that 

 the fundamental principles of the dis- 

 trict plan of organization are sound and 

 that it has great possibilities and ' the 

 criticism of the plan arises more from 

 its administration than on the merits 

 or demerits of the plan itself." 



Uncle Ab says he can't see how 

 spending money he hasn't got for things 

 he really doesn't need is going to help 

 much; because that's what started his 

 present money troubles. 



NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF 



ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL MUTUAL 



INSURANCE COMPANY 



Take notice that the annual meeting of 

 the members of Illinois Agricultural Mu- 

 tual Insurance Company will be held on 

 Wednesday, the 28th day of January, 1931, 

 at the hour of 1 o'clock p. m., at the 

 Abraham Lincoln Hotel, Springfield, Illinois, 

 to elect directors, receive, and, if approved, 

 confirm the report of the board of directors 

 of the company for the fiscal year ending 

 December 31, 1930; and to consider and, if 

 approved, ratify and confirm all the acts 

 and proceedings of the board of directors 

 done and taken since the last annual meet- 

 ing of the members of the company; and 

 for the transaction of such further and 

 other business as may properly come before 

 the meeting. 



Dated at Chicago, Illinois, Dec. 15, 1930. 

 George F. Tullock, Secretary. 



I. A. A. Directors Take 



Action in Nov. Meet 



A Good Idea 



Editor, I. A. A. RECORD: 



Our Mossville community pulled a 

 stunt 3 short time ago that might be 

 of interest to you. A committee of 

 Farm Bureau members arranged a Farm 

 Bureau day at the local Methodist 

 church, the only one in the community. 



Ira Moats of Maquon, secretary of 

 the Knox County Farm Bureau, and 

 formerly a minister, was obtained for 

 the sermon. A Farm Bureau quartet 

 consisting of B. W. DeBord, Albert 

 Hayes, C. W. McMiUen and S. H. 

 Kruntz furnished special music. 



Farm Bureau executive committee- 

 men and directors from other parts of 

 the county were invited to the services 

 and nearly all of them were present. 

 Church is held in the afternoon. 



Very pleasant and much worthwhile 

 is the report of those attending. 

 J. W. Whisenand, Farm Adviser, 



Peoria County. 



Whiteside Coming Up 



More than 3 50 members and non- 

 members attended an organization meet- 

 ing Nov. 18, in Morrison, sponsored 

 by the Whiteside County Farm Bu- 

 reau. Secretary Geo. E. Metzger was 

 the principal speaker. Farm Adviser 

 H. E. Brunnemeyer of Jo Daviess coun- 

 ty sang. Rev. Becker of the local 

 Presbyterian church led in community 

 singing. Farm Bureau membership in 

 Whiteside is steadily growing. 



Continuous Membership 



Sixty Illinois County Farm Bureau^ 

 had their members signed up on the 

 continuous membership contract, on 

 Oct. 1, 1930. At this date the mem- 

 bership in the 1. A. A. was 2,151 above 

 the high peak during the former three- 

 year period. 



The board of directors of the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association meeting in 

 Chicago on Nov. 14 voted to: 



1. Continue the present district or- 

 ganization plan with district managers, 

 but to authorize and direct the Organi- 

 zation Department to make its admin- 

 istration and operation more satisfac- 

 tory and effective; 



2. Adopt a uniform rate of ic per 

 mile for the operation of cars used in 

 the service of the organization and as- 

 sociated companies managed by the Illi- 

 nois Agricultural Service Co.; 



3. Authorize the delegates from Illi- 

 nois to present the following resoluuon 

 before the Resolutions Committee of 

 the American Farm Bureau Federation 

 at its annual convention in Boston; 



"We believe the present policy of the 

 American Farm Bureau Federation 

 which allows other institutions or agen- 

 cies to finance or assist in financing 

 projects promoted and carried on by the 

 American Farm Bureau Federation to 

 be very detrimental to the growing 

 prestige of the organization; and there- 

 fore, 



"BE IT RESOLVED, that the future 

 policy be to restrict the program of the, 

 American Farm Bureau to projects that 

 can be financed by membership in- 

 come"; 



4. Authorize W. R. Boys, secretary 

 of the Shelby County Farm Bureau to 

 vote the I. A. A. stock at the annual 

 meeting of the Shelby County Live 

 Stock Marketing Association; 



5. Concur in the recommendation 

 of the Organization-Information Com- 

 mittee that the American Farm Bureau 

 proposal to form a new publishing com- 

 pany to take over the Bureau Fanner, 

 with the State Farm Bureau organiza- 

 tions assisting financially by taking 

 stock, be taken under advisement and 

 a report made at a later meeting; 



6. Appropriate $150 toward the next 

 American Institute of Co-Operation at 

 Manhattan, Kansas; 



7. Employ Swanson-Ogilvie Co. to 

 audit the Association accounts; 



8. Pay expenses of a dinner to 4-H 

 Club Illinois champions in Chicago the 

 night of Dec. 3. i - 



The University of Illinois, it is re- 

 ported, is building a $110,000 home 

 for its president. 



Ray Watson, assistant adviser in 

 McLean county, has been employed as 

 farm adviser to succed F. E. Longmire 

 in Grundy county. 



