V. Vaniman To A.F.B.F. 



As Organization Head 



Was Pioneer In Establishing Coun- 

 ty Farm Bureaus In 

 Illinois 



INDEX OF PARITY PRICES AND PRICES OF 14 'BASIC* COMMODITIES 

 1910— 1914- 100 



VERNON VANIMAN, director of or- 

 ganization for the I. A. A. during 

 the past year, and former director 

 of the insurance service department, will 

 go to the American Farm Bureau Fed- 

 eration on or about April 1, on a year's 

 leave of absence. Secretary Geo. E. 

 Metzger will direct organization activities 

 in Illinois as heretofore. 



At the invitation 

 of A. F. B. F. offi- 

 cials, Vaniman will 

 direct organization 

 activities toward in- 

 creasing member- 

 ship in the national 



federation. Mr. Vani- 

 man accepted the . 

 assignment with the 

 idea of making a 

 contribution to the 

 Farm Bureau move- 

 m e n t nationally, 

 which should have greater membership 

 strength in a number of states. 



"Van" is a pioneer Farm Bureau or- 

 ganizer. As a member of the state ag- 

 ricultural extension staff during and 

 after the World War, he assisted in set- 

 ting up a large number of County Farm 

 Bureaus in Illinois. His enthusiasm and 

 ability to get farmers to work together 

 for their own interests played an im- 

 portant part in the successful launching 

 of the three insurance companies organ- 

 ized by the I. A. A., also other state proj- 

 ects. 



Collection Campaign 



More recently he has led the Auto 

 Accident and Fire Fhrevention movement 

 among County Farm Bureaus in the in- 

 terest of saving lives and property and 

 holding down insurance rates. The Skilled 

 Drivers Clubs for boys and girls organ- 

 ized in some 30 counties, as part of the 

 accident prevention campaign, has proved 

 helpful in getting people to think seri- 

 ously about safe driving. 



"Van" was made director of organiza- 

 tion of the I. A. A. in May 1934. He 

 initiated a county collection campaign 

 plan which proved effective last year 

 in bringing in a substantial volume of 

 delinquent dues. He came with the asso- 

 ciation from the University of Illinois 

 extension staff in 1924 to do field work 

 in establishing the Illinois Agricultural 

 Auditing association. 



"In taking up the work of Organiza- 

 tion Director of the A. F. B. F. on leave 

 of absence from the I. A. A., it is with 

 the sole thought of offering my services 



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1933 l»34 



FARM PRICES OF 14 "BASIC" COMMODITIES WERE ITEARLT AT PRE-WAR LEVELS STTRIHO 

 January. B«neflt paymenta derived from prooeaainf taxea on aeven oommoditiea were eqniTalent to abont 1$ 

 per cent additional on the price level for the 14 conunoditiea. 



at the request of the A. F. B. F. for tl(e 

 cause of organized agriculture," he said^- 

 "To all Farm Bureaus, Farm Bureau 

 members, Bureau leaders, co-workers and 

 friends who assisted in putting across 

 the various projects I have been con- 

 nected with, I want to thank most sin- 

 cerely for their assistance and coopera- 

 tion and pass on to them any and all 

 credit that might be due or given for 

 said accomplishments. The work has 

 been most enjoyable and my greatest 

 satisfaction is to not only see but ex- 

 perience the wonderful service that is 

 rendered to agriculture through the Illi- 

 nois County Farm Bureaus and Illinois 

 .Agricultural Association." 



New Appointments Are 

 Approved By I. A. A. Board 



A division of the work of the secre- 

 tary's office was made effective recent- 

 ly when the board of directors of Illi- 

 nois Agricultural Association relieved 

 Secretary Metzger of the duties of keep- 

 ing the corporate records of proceedings 

 of committee, directors, and other offi- 

 cial meetings. Paul E. Mathias of the 

 I. A. A. staff was appointed corporate 

 secretary to allow Secretary Metzger to 

 devote more time to organization and re- 

 lationship activities in the field. 



A. R. Wright, former vice-president, 

 was named assistant treasurer to work 

 with Mr. Cowles in discharging the 

 duties and responsibilities of that office. 



14 Farm Connmodities 



At Pre-war Parity 



Parity prices for agricultural products 

 can be maintained during 1935 only 

 through an increased domestic demand, 

 according to L. H. Bean, economist of 

 the AAA. Larger crops anticipated from 



the adjustment programs will replenish 

 shortages caused by the drouth, and will 

 tend to lower average prices unless there 

 is support through rising domestic de- 

 mand in the form of increased industrial 

 activity and factory payrolls, Mr. Bean 

 said. 



Recent advances brought the price 

 levels of 14 basic farm commodities prac- 

 tically to pre-war parity. 



Chris Christensen Speaker 



For Chicago Producers 



Dean Chris L. Christensen, University 

 of Wisconsin, will be the principal speak- 

 er at the Chicago Producers annual meet- 

 ing at the Hotel Sherman, Chicago, Tues- 

 day, March 12. Directors will be elected 

 to succeed H. H. Parke and C. A. Ewing 

 of Illinois, and W. D. Mott and J. N. 

 Horlacher of Iowa. 



Likes the RECORD 



I received my copy of the Illinois Ag- 

 ricultural Association RECORD yester- 

 day for the month of February. This is 

 an excellent magazine. Somebody has 

 done a good job and I am sure I must 

 give you and your assistants credit. It 

 is, of course, true that you had a wealth 

 of material to report from the great an- 

 nual meetings held the last three days 

 in January. Therefore, I wish to pay my 

 respects to the splendid piece of work 

 you have been doing on the past issues. 

 May the good work continue. — F. E. 

 Longmire, Assistant State Leader of 

 Farm Advisers, Urbana. 



The U. S. Senate recently voted to re- 

 duce interest rates on farm mortgage, 

 loans through federal land banks from 

 4^ to 3V^ per cent. Administration lead- 

 ers warned that such a move would cost 

 the government $100,000,000 a year. 



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