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Geo. R. Wicker Dies 



At Washington Jan. 26 



Was Active in Organization of Illi- 

 nois Apricultural Auditing; As- 

 sociation and Illinois Karm 

 Supply Company 



Georpe_ R. Wit-kor. aue 57. iliiof of 

 field service iriv<>sil<ration, Ain-ii'iihuial 

 Adjustnu'/n Adiiiiiiistration. dieii Satur- 

 day mormnir. .liaiuary 2'!. in Washington. 

 The end ramc fullowinjr several mon,ths 

 of illnt-s's fron^ oancor of tlit" stomach. 

 After ii sfi'ious siiririral opera timi on 

 Dec. IS, l'.»:;i. Mr. Wiiker. who was a 

 heavy' nlfin. lo.^t wei«:ht lapiilly althoujrh 

 it was thoiif.'lii tho opiTalion would iiro- 

 ft)nf» his li£c. 



line.) tho .-laft' of the Illi- 

 noi-s... .Atrrieiiltural 

 .Assofiation in 1'.'24 

 as direi-tor of the 

 i>usiness service.. dc-- 



Srr ™^' wtrrnrPTiT'a i i . 1 m a n - 



aucr of the Illinois 



Mr. Wicker 



lett to Ro in bu7ijnes> for hiniseif '.i. U^2'^. 

 .Mr. Wicker \ias a born i<rKani.;er. He 

 iiad a creative mind, was possessed of 

 tremendous enerjr.v. In his native state 

 he published and edited a country iie\v>- 

 iniper at one time, orjranized and man- 

 aH:ed a farmers elevator, served as an 

 (itficor in the state militia and took part 

 in quellinK the last Indian uprisinE in 

 that state near Leech Lake. He was a 

 member of the ilinnesota State legrisla- 

 ture at one time. His interest in 

 the many enterprises he oruaiiized and 

 manaued appai'eiitly laejred after they 

 were in smootli ruiuiinc order. He 

 wanted to be doimr somethinir new. at- 

 tacking new problems. Tie soucht to 

 build a I'rivate chain of bulk oil anjd dis- 

 tributinsr. stations in Southern Wisconsin 

 under the name. Tho Wicker Corpora- 

 tion, after leavinir the .Association. Rut 

 without orsranization backinar and local 

 support, and with limited capital it was 

 tough iroinjr. The venture was nof a 

 failure but it ditj not come up to cx- 

 pect,ati_ ns. 



Hughes Heads Farm 



Advisers Association 



Auricuhural Co-op- " HelpfiJ to .\A.\ 



rrative .Assocration, 

 the tiist associated 

 ■ ■rirani/.ation set up 

 by the I. A. A. He 

 „..,.k»4...U»uyi...m..4;ha.t»{44.......1}.i^..itr;r£!.2Hl£.Di 



of auditing co-oper- 

 i I atives for the De- 



p>artment of Agriculture. State of Minne- 



ttto. R. WICKER • 



sota, and the rich' experience he brought 

 with him proved invaluable not only in 

 establishing the Co-operatives .Associa- 

 tion (now .Auditing .Association) on a 

 __--»6W»d^h!asis. but also in assisting many 

 co-operative associations in the state"* 

 with their business problems. 



Interested in Co-op. Elevators 



He took a keen interest in the farmer 

 elevator movement, . His jaggx^ssi-venes'S " 

 and aptitude for organization at once 

 asserted itself. He was a staunch advo- 

 cate of consolidation bf co-operative ele- 

 v^tori! within a. county or district under 

 a strong, central management. He recog- 

 nized the need for bolstering the farmer 

 elevator movement with able manage- 

 ment — that many elevators handliu^^ 

 oiiny'a''7rirairvOTiffire"trf-busiril'?T"caTrnot 

 afford to employ capable ami e xpe rie n ced 

 managers. His proposal which became 

 ■ known as the* IiYMiuois County PTarr was 

 never brought to fruition. 



Shortly after the .Agricultural .Ad- 

 justment .Administration \x;as' established. 

 .Administrator Chester C. J>avi^_secui:jed.— 



st-wTTTrnddirect field 

 scn'ice investigation and auditing in 

 connection with codes arid marketing 

 agreements. His characteristic energy 

 and organizing ability proved very help- 

 ful to the .A.A.A. .After going to Wash- 

 ington. Mr. Wicker maintained hi. fa i>i il .i > — 

 and home in Evanston. He is survived by 

 Mrs. Wicker, two married daughters..and 

 >« son, age 18. Burial took place at 

 Memorial Park, Evanston, Tuesday aft-, 

 ernoon, January 29. from St. Paul's 

 Lutheran Church. ' ._ 



C. A. Hughes of Monroe county waa- 

 clected president of tie .Association of 

 Illinois Farm Ailvisers at the annual 

 meeting in I'rhana during Farm and 

 Home Week. W. F. Coolidge. Macoupin 

 county, wa.- elected vice-president, and 

 E. .A. Bierbauin, I'nion county, secretary- 1 

 treasurer. . • 



Directors elected are O. G. Barrett, 

 Cook county; H. K. Danforth, Henry 

 county; H. X. Myers. DeWitt county: W. 

 S. Batson. Shelby county. 



Farm advisers initiated were (Jeorge 

 Hunt, Greene comity; Hugh Triplett, 

 Ford county; -J. L. Stormont. Moultrie 

 county; E. H. WaKvorth. Warren county • 

 and R. H. Clanahait, White cownTv. 



Grain Meeting, Peoria 



Illinois (irain Corporation will hold its 

 annual meeting at Peoria February 12 

 with C. F'. Hurt', president of the Farm- 

 ers National Grain Corporation, as prin- 

 cipal speaker. 



Indiana Sets U;p Its 



Own Auto Insurance 



The Indiana Farm Bureau Federation 

 recently organized- its own automobile 

 insurance company exclusively for Farm 

 Bureau members and stockholders of 

 .Eat^m — Bureau co-operative commodity 

 groups in the state. The new company 

 is modeled largely after the Illinois Ag- 

 ricultural Mutual Insurance Co. set up 

 bv the I. A. A. in 1927, 



FC A At S^-: Loiiis tolltsr " •-- -" 

 $116 Million in 1934 



P«Witt County Farm Bureau reports 



that m"embership collections for 19.34 

 were larger tban. . any. , ,y©ar' ' RtHce the 

 .Attdrtrtig' Association began auditing its 

 books in 1924. 



More than $116,640,000 was loaned to 

 .54,1,59 farmers during 1934 by th* Farm' 

 Credit .Administration of St. Lonis, re- 

 ,!%£'■'■ ^" ^^ ' Xii'nrp.ver, grheral ag^nt. .A 

 'little more than $100,000,000 of tHis-swn 

 was loaned by the Federal Land Bank 

 at an average saving of I'i per cent 

 interest, he sa.vs. Farm land.s sold by 

 the Federal Land Banks brought an av- 



President Earl Smith was one Sf th* 



speakers on the Farm and Home hour 

 program, NBC, from WashingtOTT-S»tup- 

 day, Januaiy 12. 



When the first Count»::_Fjuail_l>ur£aa_,-ei»g<^" f - I" -'' ''<'"* "'"ro mo ii£X-£.er 

 iiitiies were set up. Mr. Wicker acre during the first nine months of 1934. 

 gave this new development his ^pwral compared with the corresponding perfod 

 attention working out vaiious forms. '"I't year.. . ^ 



business practices, systems, and estab- — '"' \ 



lishing valuable contacts many 4.f wliieh 

 are still in use. He took an active part 

 in setting up several of the early "coTTntv 

 companies and later assisted in logan- 

 izing Illinois Farm Supply Co. which he 

 ■erved successfully as manager until he 



Stop Gullies — -Savp Your Farm" ig . 



the title of a new farmer<;' bulletin No. 

 1737. Send five cents to the .Super-' 

 intendent of Documents, Government 

 Printing Office, W"ashington, D. C: fi^fT — 

 copy; ' i 



- "Wheat and PrtttTcs," a $2..50 book in- ''. 



spired by grain trade interests to kill olT 

 co-operative marketing several years ago. 

 can be purchased in second-hand book 

 -Stores now for 25 cent's-. .., 



Soybean Meet, Decatur 



The Soybean Marketing .Association 

 will hold its annual meeting at the Or- 

 lando Hotel. Decatur. Tuesday^.March 5. 



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The father of Miss Hilda Johnson, who 



is in charge of tank car orders for Illi- 

 nois Farm .Suppl.v Company, died of heart 

 tr/tble at his home in Batavia, Illinois, 

 Sunday, January 20. 



I. A. A. RECORD 



