Coolc County Farm 



Bureau In New Home 



Farm Supply Company dowiif-tairs. Sev- 

 eral thi)usan<l (idllars were spent in re- 

 modeling it. 



"If the puivha.-e i>l' a buiUiinjr e.'ul<i 

 have the .<anie psyeholop:ical eireel in 

 all counties as it appears to have haii 

 in Cook County." said Barrett, "we 

 think it highly advisable that other 

 eounties do likewise in purohasinjr their 

 ■ •wn home." 



From -100 to 500 members. I'riends. 

 and jruests attended the ojien house cele- 

 bration in the new buildint: several 

 weeks ago. Several members of the 

 ~taff of the I. A. A. attended the party 

 where Donald Kirkpatri<k. I..A..\. eoiir- 

 <el. was the principal speaker. 



16,000 At Peoria 



(Continued from pajje 4 1 

 it the state hijrhway departme!!t bt 

 liberalized so as to lesult in a maximum 

 inileajro of improved roads, that .">0'; of 

 the employable men on relief rolls he 

 u.se.l on downstate projects, and that 

 physically able men on relief rolls who 

 refuse to work be denied further direct 

 relief. The bills also authorize the hijrh- 

 way department to co-operate with the 

 relief commission in arranprinp joint 

 projects whereby the commissior. fur- 

 nished funds for labor and the highway 

 department supervision and e(iuipment. 

 C^)-operation between state and county 

 highway authorities and township road 

 i-ommissioners also is authorized. 



\t the beKinninir of the meeting I'resi- 

 •ient Smith appointed one Farm Bureau 

 president from each congressional dis- 

 trict to serve on a resolutions commit- 

 tee. This committee chose Fre<i Herndon 

 of McDonough county chairman who 

 presented the resolutions printed below. 

 The great assembly roared their ap- 

 proval when President Smith put the 

 •luestion. One faint "No" from the back 

 of the room was heard. "Fifteen thou- 

 sand nine hundred and ninety-nine voted 

 "Yes" and one 'No.' " the chairman 

 laughingly announced. 



The Wayne-Edwards County Farm 

 Bureau male <)uartet sang several enter- 

 taining numbers. 



The resolutions are as follows: 



I 



Sixteen thousand Illinois farmers from 

 y.5 counties in mass meeting as.sembled 

 m Peoria May 20, 1'.»:}.5 reaffirm their 

 un<iualified belief in and support of the 

 .Agricultural .Adjustment .Act and give 

 their endorsement to the amendments to 

 the .Act now pending before the House 

 of Representatives. These amendments 

 are necessary for more simple, practical 

 and effective administration of the -Act. 

 The assembled farmers emphatically 

 serve notice upon the vested interests 



Boone's New Home 



NEW HOME or BOONE OOUXTY FARM BCRE.'.V 

 AT BELVIDERE 



protected iiy tariff.'^ whn are opposini: 

 the processing tax pruvisions of the .Ag- 

 ricultural .Adjustmei!t .Act that either 

 the processing tax must be preserved' as 

 an effective tariff for agriculture or the 

 tariff system operating as a |irote<-ti<in 

 ffv industry nni^t !» ri'pcaled. S 



II 



The Commodity Kxchange Bill^ new 

 pending in the House of Representatives 

 of Congress will strengthen the hands of 

 the Secretary of .-\griculturi , its adniinis- 

 trator. in jireventing further manipula- 

 tion, in controlling speculation and in 

 protecting bona fid< farmer cooperatives 

 using the facilities of Commodity Kx- 

 changes and we urge upon Congress tht 

 enactment of the existing bill withoiit 

 substantial amendment. 



Ill 



We unqualifiedly endorse the luli- 

 pending in the Illinois legislature i)rovid- 

 ing for the construction of farm to mar- 

 ket roads in every county of the .Slate 

 and affording employment upon projects 

 more useful to a larger portion of the 

 public than any other projects (.roposetl. 

 We particularly urge a liberalization of 



Boone County Farm Bureau is an- 

 iither one of the many county organiza 

 tions which took advantage of current 

 real estate vahus to purchase a Farm 

 Bureau home. 



The Hoone county properly consist- 

 <if tw<i buililings. on«- two-story linM>stonc 

 with a brick front. ^H'xtHf. and one J,- 

 shap<'d cement building which extends 

 lis" ill width south <if th< main building 

 aTid IJ<>' back and is the width of l>oth 

 liuilding.'- in the Har. This gives usabK 

 tUii.r ^p.■ll■<■ <if K.7'!<; sipiare f<'<t. in a<l 

 ditioii Xu the basement under the full 

 -ize of the two-st<«'y part. 



This buikling was takin over from .i 

 nurg<<l bank for Sl.tMKl tio down p;»\ - 

 ment — and $•"•(' h month plus interest. The 

 ti Hants who are now paying rent are 

 th<.' .Service Company, t'or oil warehouse 

 ( Don I.uhman. warehouse ke«-per and 

 mechanic), the Corn-IIog Comniitto , at'd 

 Ih< Ponliac Sales .Agency recently open- 

 • d in Belvidere by Kd CunnifV. ubo^c 

 wife is Komelle Fay of WI.S. 



Total cash rental on the buildmi; miu 

 aoHiunt- to Sll.") a mon.th besides pro- 

 Mding free office space for the Farm 

 Bureau. In addition, four vacant lots 

 have b<'en rented just north of the build- 

 ing, which have been made into an Alad- 

 din filling stiition i.p>'rat<-<l by Harol<i 

 Noble and Wayne Burl^m 



The board of dir«H-tors feel fortunate 

 II! buying at the low figure, and hope to 

 turn the depre-sion into some profit, says 

 l"arin .Advisor K. C. Fob y. 



n-ijuiifinents of design to permit a low 

 cost all-weather construction consistent 

 with the traffic needs in or<ler that the 

 largest possibb number of miles may be 

 :mi>iii\ed. -Kditor. 



COOK COUNTY FARM BtJREAtJS SEW BUILDING AT BLUE ISLANT 



JINE. 193.5 



