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I. A. A. Had One Of ^ 



Best Years In 1934 



Secrttnrv (k'o. E. Mef/ger Points 



To Soecl F'or More Rural 



Eiectrificatiun 



GEO. 



METZOER 



TilK A<'^"iiiili'in has I'lijnycd mu' uf 

 thr ticst ycjiis in its histdiy, Scirt- 

 taiy (;«••'. K. Mi't/.trtr. iipDiti'd at 

 th(. (.|>fiiin^ session of ihi' I. A. A. mcct- 

 . iiiK ill thi- Qiiiiuy Hij:!. SfliiM.I, Jan. "H. 

 The usual order nf luiHiduri' was 

 charijTfd when I'ri'sidiiit Smith uavi' liis 

 annua) addrt'ss follow inu the reports of 

 the secretary and 

 treasurer. 



'"In the nioliiliza- 

 tion campaifrn which 

 ended Mar. 31," Mr 

 MetzKer .said, "13.- 

 300 new members 

 were signed." Since 

 then, he reported 90 

 counties have 

 adopted the county 

 orjranization director 

 plan which has been 

 especially elVective 

 SQ far in improving collections of dues 

 throyphout Illinois. The county director 

 is maintained co-operatively by the state 

 and-rounty oryianizations. Since the plan 

 wa.s inaupuratedv clo.«e to .5,000 members 

 have been signed. .All County Farm Bu- 

 reau jjoards except one have siirned the 

 I'niform Co-operative .Ajrt'i'ement run- 

 ninjr between the I. A. A. and county or- 

 ganizations. This agreement provides for 

 TJiaititename of proper menil)ership and 

 eolliMtlon records, co-operation on all 

 matters of state and national interest, 

 uniform qualifications of membership. 

 ■ matters of (employment, and handlintr of 

 commercial services. 



Much \\ (irk Ahead 



.After suminarizintr the activities of 

 the various de|)artments as published in 

 the .Ann nil Report, Mr. Metzger said: 



"We have closed 9 good year. We may 

 look forward into the year 1935 with a 

 considerable amount of optimism but 

 let's not forget that much of the agricul- 

 tural rehabilitation program and the 

 long-time problem is still before us. We 

 have faith to believe that these problems 

 can be solved but no farmer in his lone- 

 liness can do much of anything about it. 

 The indications are that when the in- 

 dividualistic type of farmer begins to 

 cooperate he will learn his lesson much 

 more rapidly when his efforts at coop- 

 ,eration will be more tangible and be se- 

 cured more tjuickly. 



"We believe better times are ahead for 

 the industry. With better prices, with 

 debts being paid, with money available to 

 the individual farmer the tenderlcy will be 

 to purchase mbre land. Many laiid^wners 

 apparently have plenty of land already. 



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.■^OCl.ATHiN" will 1.. li.ld :it t lu- <i|'.- 

 I..\N|)() llOTl'.l,, i!i Uo lit.v of im- 

 ""ATl'lt. Illinois, on Tii.silay. thn 

 r.tli (liiy of JlHrcli. I'l.TS. at 10:3« 

 o'.i,.. k, A. M. for tin p\irpos<> of 

 < Itition.of Director-' for the coming 

 \i|i.ir and for nccivins;. and If ap- 

 pinv< d. oonflrniinji ili« it ports of of- 

 Ilrci-s fttr tlo- pr«<'' din;; year and 

 of considcr:?iir. and if approved. 

 ratifyint; and conrirniirjK nil thv a'> ts 

 and proet'edin;;.s of tlie lioard ofCUi- 

 rectors of Ih*- corporation iJont'yfind 

 taken fUirfnff ttic prccdin^ ycar'and 

 for the transaction of ruch otht-r 



l>UFiTi<ss as may propc 

 fore ttiis mcetlnf?. 



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\V. a. Mori»rllii<*k. ^•'••r^-tory. 



A. A. Finances Show 



Gain At Close of '34 



They would do well to improve what they 

 have rather than to purchase more*>Many 

 of the Fariw Bureau services will lend a 

 helping hand in this direction. 



"We have talked much of an adequate 

 standard of living. Certainly nothing 

 will contribute more to an adequate 

 standaid of living on the .American farm 

 than labor-saving devices operated by 

 electric power, (iovernmental experi- 

 ments are being conducted in the manu- 

 facture and distribution of electric power 

 which should be carefully watched by 

 this organization. Navigation, flood con- 

 trol projects and the creation of power 

 plants go hand in. hand and are all ex- 

 ceedingly useful to agriculture. 



Need Cheaper Electricity 



"I'nder private ownership of power 

 transmission lines farmers are not being 

 generally served with electric power. In 

 many ca.ses the cost \s unlK'arable. There 

 appears to be an opportunity in the near 

 future for the .cooperative construction 

 and ownership, of power distribution 

 equipment at a price which a large num? 

 ber of our farmers can afford to pay. 

 Not only is the matter of cost essential 

 but it is of utmost importance that a 

 large number of our farmers be placed 

 in a position to avail themselves of rea- 

 sonably priced power and electric ap- 

 pliances. Unless something spurs power 

 companies to give this matter of rural 

 electrification more active consideration,' 

 farmers will be forced to do what they 

 are doing in other lines-.lnamely. do the 

 job themselves." 



Corn Higher In Midwesf 



Than In Easfern Slates 



For the first time in the history of 

 the Nation, corn is higher in price in the 

 Corn Belt than in the Eastern States. 

 Plentiful rains throughout the East last 

 summer literally moved the Corn Belt 

 of the Nation to ■the .Southeastern States 

 while hot winds and drought were ruin- 

 ing vegetation iri Ihe Central States. 



Finances of the I. A. .A. were cob- 

 sidcrably improved at the close of 1&34 

 as a result of substantial gaitis in col- 

 lections and economy of operation, Treaii- 

 urer Robert A. Cowles reported at the 

 opening Wednesday ' 



morning session in 

 the High School at 

 Quincy, .Jan. 30. 



The financial re- 

 port audited by 

 Swanson, Ogilvie, 

 and McKenzie. certi- 

 fied public account- 

 ants, .showed iriem- 

 bership income dur- 

 ing 1^34 of §2.5.-).- 

 G13.il, income from 

 interest, dividends, 



and recoveries of $18,918.91, or a total ot 

 $274,532.05. Total expen.ses were |183,- 

 784.92, leaving excess of income over ex- 

 pense of $90,747.13 which was added te 

 reserves. 



Total current assets were listed at 



. $273,648.82, and total assets including 



stock investments, long term loans, fixed 



assets, notes receivable, and deferred 



charges, of $.392,311.84. ' , 



H. A. COWlEi 



George F. Tuiloclc Again 



Heads Reinsurance Co. 



With a gain of approximately 80 per 

 cent in insurance in force during the last 

 year. Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Co. 

 held one of its most successful meetings 

 on Tuesday. Jyn. 29 in the Quincy High 

 School Auditorium. President George 

 F. Tullock was re- 

 el e c t e il president, 

 L. E. Lingenfelter, 

 first vice-president, 

 •J. J. Hornung, sec- 

 ond vice-president, 

 Howard Jcklscb, 

 secretary, J. H. Kel- 

 ker, .^ss't secretary 

 and manager, and 

 Robt. A. Cowles, 

 treasurer. 



The compBcy 

 added substantially 

 to its surplus during tfie year and closed 

 its books Dec. 31 with assets of approxi- 

 mately $225,000. George Lenhart of Ver- 

 milion county was re-elected director 

 along with Tullock and Lingenfelter. 



Consistent advertising in the RECORD 

 of the need for fire prevention was cred- 

 ited with doing much to hold down losses 

 and insurance costs. Inspection of,riska 

 was also emphasized as a helpful influ- 

 ence. 



GEO. F. TULLOCK 



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1. A. A. RECORD 



