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



As Organization Head 



Was Pioneer In Establishing: Coun- 



ly Farm Bureaus In 



Illinois 



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

 1910— 1914- 100 



VKKNUN VANIMAN. .liioctoi of oi 

 eaiiizatioii for the I. A. A. (luring 

 ilu' past year, ami fornuT dirocloi 

 ol llir insuranci' .service department, will 

 t:o til the .American Farm Bureau Fed- 

 eration (in (ir about .April 1, on a year's 

 leave of absence. Secretary Geo. K. 

 Met/.Ker will direct organization activitio 

 in Illinois as heretofore. 



.\t the invitation 

 of A. F. B. F. offi- 

 cials. \'animan will 

 (liiect organization 

 jictivities toward in- 

 (•reasin>r m e m b e r- 

 sliip in the national 

 fedeiation. Mr. Nani- 

 nian accepted the 

 assignment with the 

 idea of making a 

 contiibulion to the 

 V VANIMAN Farm Bureau move- 



m e n t nationally, 

 which should have greater membershiii 

 strength in n number of states. 



"Van" is a pioneer Farm Biireiiii or- 

 ganizer. As a member of the state ag- 

 ricultural extension staff durini: 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 ingilhei 

 for their own interests played an im- 

 portant part in the successful launchinj; 

 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 Prevention 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 

 heli)ful in getting people to think seri- 

 ously about safe driving. 



"Van" was made director of organiza- 

 tion of the I. A. A. in May li<:J4. 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 li*24 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 



*°HH. JULV MN. .JULY 



1933 l»34 



FARM PRICES OF 14 ■ B.4SIC" COMMODITIES WERE NEARLY AT PRE-WAR LEVELS 

 January. Benefit pawnents di^rived from processing taxes on sitven commodities were equivalent to 

 per cent additional all the price level for 'the 14 commodities. 



JAN. 



DURING 

 about 1$ 



at the request of the .A. F. B. F. for the 

 cause of organized agriculture," he said. 

 "To all Faim 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 F'arm 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 

 secretar.v to allow Sec-retary Metzger to 

 devote more time to organization and re- 

 lationship activitii's in the field. 



-A. R. Wright, former vice-president. 

 was named assistant treasurer to work 

 with Mr. Cowle.s in discharging the 

 duties and responsibilities of that office. 



14 Farm Commodities 



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 A A. A. 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 he 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 RFXORI) 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 

 ■1^ to S'^ per cent. Administration lead- 

 ers warned that such a move would cost 

 the government $100,000,000 a year. 



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A. A. RECORD 



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