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The 

 Illinois Agricultural Association 



rS RECORD 



Volume 13 



February, 1935 



:li' 



Number 2 



20th Annual Meeting 



More than 5,000 Estimated at Quincy During Three 

 Day Convention j? v ; . 



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AFITTIKG celebration of the 20th 

 anniversary of America's largest 

 state farm organization was the 

 annual convention of the I. A. A. and 

 associated companies in Quincy, 

 Jan. 29-30-31. 



Much was expected of this 

 meeting coming after a year of 

 substantial farm recovery, two 

 years after what many believe 

 was the darkest period in the his- 

 tory of American agrriculture, and 

 at the close of one of the most 

 if not the most successful year 

 of the I. A. A. and associated 

 companies. If anything, it ex- 

 ceeded expectations in the 5,000 

 forecast attendance, in enthu- 

 siasm, good cheer, interest of 

 program, and spirit of unity and 

 determination of Illi- 

 nois' thinking farmers 

 in attacking the prob- 

 lems ahead. 



The City of Quincy 



was taxed to capacity 



to care for this great 



representative army of 



Farm Bureau leaders 



from practically all of 



Illinois' 102 counties. 



Minor inconveniences 

 ^were • forgotten and 



V ershadowed ebb. habkis 



. by the royal 

 f welcome and 

 - generosity ac- 



corded the 



visitors by 



business 



rroups and 



city officials 



as well as the 



Adams County 



Farm Bureau 



•nd Adams 



County Home 



Bureau. Even 



the fire department turned out with a 



demonstration of its latest fire-fighting 



equipment, and two native sons, Frank 



Gougler and Ray Miller of the I. A. A. 



Staff, both former Adams county farm 



advisers, were made honorary chief of 



police and first sergeant respectively by 



Chief of Police Jack Connery, for the 

 duration of the convention. Between 

 horse play, Indian war whoops and mid- 

 night hog calling many a delegate spent 



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K. T. SMITH 



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three sleepless if exuberant, nights. 

 Moderate, dry weather, and the fact 

 that all speakers appeared as scheduled 

 contributed greatly to the orderly proce- 

 dure and success of the meeting. The 

 leading sessions were held in Quincy's 

 wonderful new $1,600,000 high school 



building with its beautifully decorated 

 and finely equipped auditorium seating 

 approximately 3,006 people. The fact 

 that the high school is located some eight 

 blocks from the headquarters hotel had 

 its advantages. The walks and rides in 

 the fresh bracing air t» and from meet- 

 ing places were a welcome relief from 

 the warm stuffiness of hotel lobbies and 

 assembly rooms. The banners carrying 

 slogans and statements of organization 

 policy which bedecked the stage pro- 

 vided a proper setting for the chief bu.si- 

 ness of the meeting. 



Because 3,000 requests were 

 made for banquet tickets when 

 the Armory could seat only about 

 1,400 — and then only after an im- 

 provised kitchen was erected on 

 one side of the building — the 

 speaking progrram was held in the 

 High School Auditorium a few 

 blocks away. 



President Earl C. Smith was re- 

 elected to his tenth term on Wed- 

 nesday night dtring the short 

 business session of the official 

 delegate body over which former 

 president Sam B- Thompson of 

 Quincy presided. His 

 name was placed in 

 nomination by R. V. 

 McKee of Varna, Mar- 

 shall county. There 

 were no other nomina- 

 tions for president, ^al- 

 mage DeFrees, presi- 

 dent of the Bond Coun- 

 ty Farm Bureau and 

 long a Farm Bureau 

 and co-operative leader 

 Vice-President A. R. 

 W r i g h t of 

 Marshall coun- 

 ty, and E. D. 

 Lawrence o f 

 McLean coun- 

 ty were in turn 

 nominated for 

 vice- president. 

 M r . Wright 

 who has served 

 ably as vice- 

 president and 

 director dur- 

 ing the past 12 

 years with- 

 drew his name from the convention as 

 did also Mr. Lawrence with the result 

 that Mr. DeFrees was unanimously 

 elected. Mr. Wright was given a unan- 

 imous vote of thanks and appreciation 

 by the board of delegates for bis long 

 (Continued on page 4) 



E. D. LAWBEHCE 



R. B. EXSICOTT 



