THIRD PRIZE ESSAY 



What Is The Kami lUireau and 

 What Does It Dd. 



!!> rhflniii MMl>l)iir>. Sant:Mmi>n ( il\ 



Several \far- ugu l'uiiiier> liesjaii !■• 

 r._-alize thai oiu- man aloiit- coiiM not ar- 

 t'.mplish very iiiuih and unl<'s.« they 

 houncJ thtniselvfs tojfotlior with s«ini<- 

 > 'Vt "f (irifarii/.ution. they ufn- hist. 



<)th«-r classo of peoph' witi' doiiiK i; 

 .-u why not the farnifiV The l-"arni Rii 

 r.-aj wa> the result. 



I:: early times when the settler- 

 traveled westward, they too grouped to 

 ;,'ethcr. It is true they diiln't call these 

 l;"tle (rroups Farm Bureaus, hut wasn'i 

 it about the same thintr only on a 

 smaller scale'.' Diiln't they help and pro- 

 teot eaeh other? 



That is iust what the Farm Bureau is 

 lioinjT today. It helps farm people in so 

 iTiany ways. It represents farmers be- 

 fore the legislature and coiifrre.ss. 

 Thrfiu»rh its efforts the .AKrieultural Xd- 

 j-.i-itment .Aet was enacted. Followin;; 

 that we have had Wfrher farm prices. 

 I 'wer rate'- and ho^r payments. 



The farmer realizes that he must have 

 :;:v>up action if he expects to have hijrher 

 i)!ioes for farm products and to protect 

 agriculture from e.xcess taxes, hifrh mar- 

 k'-tint: costs and profiteering by inter- 

 ests wh(' sell to atid for the farmer. 

 When farmers <i.-opeiate they -^ei re- 

 -lilt-. 



At a meftinjr held m I'eoria ii Oc 

 tober. 1033. more than eight thousand 

 farmers were present and all voteii in 

 favor of the corn loan program. .As a 

 result, the report of this meeting wax 

 taken diretf to the President where 

 immediate action resulted in the start- 

 '•.[i of the corn loan program. Corn belt 

 farms soon received a loan of forty-five 

 rents a bush*! on sealed corn and reaped 

 the benefits of advancing price<. 



Ii. this rapidl.v changing world of our-. 

 r>".v condition^ are constantly arising. 

 Agriculture must be so well organized 

 that it too may change to keep up with 

 the times. The Farm Bureau will help 

 lo this by planning pro<iuction program- 

 in order to control the surplus problem 

 I'nces will then be higher on the aver- 

 .'i^e of our nia.ior |)roducts. 



The Farm Bureau, through the Farm- 

 !•! - .Mutual Keinsuranci' Company, pro 

 Sects our buildings and crops against 

 fire. hail, and windstorm damage at 

 cost. Through the Country Life Insur- 

 .••iioe. the family is protected in case 

 <■!' death. The Farm Bureau I. .A. .A. 

 • ■iiiblem i.-< the symbol of protection for 

 :iiembers whose cars are insured in the 

 Hiinois Agricultural .Mutual Insurance 

 C inipaiiy. 



If a member patronizes iii- organiza- 



tion a- he -hould when buying gas. 

 serum, insurance, etc.. he will receive a 

 rebate large enough in most cases to 

 pay his dues. It really pays to belong! 



The Farm Bureau while several years 

 old. is still an infant. Just getting on its 

 feet, and all members should work and 

 pull together Just as a good pulling team, 

 if they want to accomplish still greater 

 things. 



The Farm Bureau is the farmer's owi; 

 organization and has the farmer's inter 

 est at heart. It wants the farmer and 

 farmer's family to have better homes, 

 (letter schools, better churches, and good 

 roail>. By getting better prices all these 

 thing- arc possible. 



The corn-hog ratio on March l."! was 

 '.'.H compared with H. 1 on February 1" 

 and with S.2 on March 15 a year agn. 

 The figure given is the required .•".umber 

 of bushels of corn by value to equal the 

 price of 100 pounds of live hogs. Most 

 farmers feed 11 to 12 bu. of corn to 

 produce 100 lbs. of gain in hogs. 



Agents Praise Vaniman 



A re-.dution expressing apprecialM: 

 and praise for \'ernon Vaniman and hr- 

 work in promoting three insurance com- 

 panies organized by the I. .A. .A. w u- 

 adot)teil by general insurance agents of 

 the 20th district in .Jacksonville. .April 2 



"We appreciate that had it not been 

 for his vision, coupled with enthusiasm 

 and perseverance, this monument of in 

 surance service might not have been 

 erected, stated the resolution. We com- 

 mend him most highly and wish him ci>n- 

 tinued success and prosperity in his new 

 lield of endeavor." 



Mr. N'animan recently left tlie I. .\. A. 

 to become <lirector of organization I'or 

 thi> American Faiin Bniean Federation. 



"I lind much satisfaction and in- 

 formation ill this month'.s (.April I 

 articles on 'chinch bugs' and 'soil ero- 

 sion.' M> farm is in .Tersey county." 

 r. p. Welsh. 



St. Louis. Mo. 



FARMER- 

 EMPLOYERS' 



LIABILITY INSURANCE 



Prefects Against Costly 



Accident Clainns For Only 



2'/2C a Day Per Man! 



"( oiiinion law liability for injury iir 

 death of empluyee^" — every fanner 

 who employs labor kno«» how courts 

 can interpret that phrase. But now — 

 I'arni Bureau member-, can protect 

 themselves against claims thru their 

 own company — Illinois .Agricultural 

 Mutual — for approximately 2'. cent- 

 a day per man. 



With lingers, hands, feel in constant 

 danger of accident during the work 

 season, no Farm Bureau member can 



po~>il>l> attord to be without liabilit> 

 protection at any cost. 



But for only 2*2 cents a day per 

 man! It's really cheaper to be pro- 

 tected than not. The insurance agent 

 ;il your county Farm Bureau office 

 hax full information on this low rottt 

 protection. See him at once. Delay 

 max be tragic and costly. 



ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL 

 MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. 



<;0S S. Dearborn. 



Chicauo 



I. A. A. RK<ORD 



