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7*0 advance the purpose for which the Farm Bureau was 

 organized namely, to promote, protect and represent the 

 business, economic, political and educational interests of 

 the farmers of Illinois and the nation, and to develop ag- 

 riculture. 



(iroTKr Thlem, Editor 

 Joha Tracy, AniifiitaBt 



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OFFICERS 



President, F^arl C. Snillh Detroit 



Vlce-Pregldent, Talmage DeFrees Smithboro 



Con'orate Secretar.v, Paul K. Mathias Chicago 



Field Secretary, Geo, E. Metzger Chicago 



Treasurer, R, A, Cowles Blooiiiington 



Ass"t Treasurer. A. It. Wright A';| n-l 



BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

 (Bv Congressional District) 



1st to lllli K. Harris. Gra.vslnlic 



12th E. E. Hougbthv. Shalibonn 



13lh C. E Bamborough. Polo 



14th Otto Steffey, Stronghurst 



l.lth M. Kav Ihrig, Gold'n 



16th Albert Hayes, Chllllcothe 



17th E, D. Lawrence. Bloomington 



ISth Mont Fox, Oakwood 



10th Engene Curtis, Champaign 



20th K T. Smith. Greenfield 



21st Samuel Sorrells, Rayni -nd 



22nd , A. O. Fckert. Belleville 



2.'ird Chester McCord, Newton 



24th Charles Marshall, Belknap 



25th R. B. Enillcott. Villa Ridge 



DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS 



Comptr<dler R. G. Ely 



Dairy Marketing J. B. Count's? 



Finance It. A. fViwles 



Fruit and Vegetable Marketing H. W. Day 



Information George niiem 



I,egal Donald Kirkpatrick 



live Stock Marketing Ray E. Miller 



Office C. E. Johnston 



Organization V. Vaniman 



Pro<luce Marketing F. A. Gougler 



Taxation and Statistics J. C. Watson 



Transportation-Claims Division G. W. Baxter 



ASSOCIATED OROAKIZATIOXS 



Country Life Insurance Co L. A. Williams, Mgr. 



Farmers* Mutual Reinsurance Co J, II. Kelker. Mgr. 



Illinois Agricultural Auditing .\ss'n F. E. Bingham. Mgr. 



Illinois Agricultural Mutual Insurance Co A, E. Richardson. Mgr. 



Illinois Farm Supply Co L. R. March^int, Mgr. 



Illinois Prnit Growers' Exchange II. W. Day. Mgr. 



Illinois Grain Corp Harrison Pahrnkopf. Mgr. 



Illinois IJvestock Marketing Ajsn Roy Mdler, Mgr. 



Illinois Producers' Pieameries F. A, Gougler, J. B. Countiss, Sales 



Sovhenn Marketing Assn J. W. Armstrong, Pres 



Business In Government 



^^"M M"Y neighbor thinks that there is too much government 

 •• I Wl in business," writes Howard Vincent O'Brien in the 

 Chicago News, "I think there has been too much 

 business in government. The trouble with this country has 

 been that the business men got it away from the politicians; 

 and, personally, I take great pleasure in seeing the politicians 

 get it back again. My neighbor thinks that all politicians are 

 crooks. I think that there is just as much honesty and intel- 

 ligence among politicians as there is in any class of men — 

 and a lot more than in some classes I might mention." 



Well said. 



Most of the shouting against government in business comes 

 from those who have been running the government so as to 

 enjoy special privileges, monopoly, price protection or the 

 liberty to exploit whom they pleased. 



Prevent Farm Fires 



FIRE on the farm is serious business. It invariably means 

 substantial loss of property, and sometimes life. So the 

 week of October 6-12, to be observed as Fire Prevention 

 Week throughout the United States and Canada, should be the 



starting point for 52 weeks of alert warfare against fire. 



The man who has had a fire seldom has a second one. He 

 has become "fire conscious." He knows that fire strikes with- 

 out warning. Although fully insured his share of the loss 

 has been a burden in these trying times. To him fire is a 

 cruel, terrifying agent of de.struction to be guarded against. 

 The principal causes of farm fires are few. Defective chim- 

 neys and flues, sparks on old shingle roofs, smoking about 

 barns, lightning, and overheated, damp hay» or only rags are 

 some of them. If your property has not been inspected for 

 fire hazards recently, take a few minutes time to do it. .\n 

 ounce of prevention is worth a ton of water. 



Farmers Preferred Risks 



F.\RMKRS live longer than city people by an average of 

 four to five years. 



This disclosure was made recently by the .statistical de- 

 partment of one of the largest life insurance companies in the 

 country. Among thf states. South Dakota— only 9.2 induS-- 

 trialized — ranks firsf. in life expectancy with an average of 

 64.38 for men and 66.81 for women. Kansas ranked second and 

 North Dakota third. 



So here is an additional reason — never b'efore admitted by 

 "experts" — why farmers should have their own life insurance 

 company. Farmers are preferred risks for life insurance as 

 are Farm Bureau members for auto insurance. I. A. A. mem- 

 bers will be happy to know of this unintentional testimony 

 and tribute to their wisdom in organizing Country Life Insur- 

 ance Company. 



Inconsistent 



ANOTHER amusing inconsistency of AAA opponents, par- 

 ticularly the big city press, is their dual criticism of 

 higher farm prices made possible by crop adjustment and 

 drouth, and increased farm imports. 



The consumer is being urged to hate the AAA because it 

 has increased the price of food, and the farmer is being urged 

 to turn against the government for not increasing the tariff 

 and making prices go higher. 



And the Producer Got the Rest 



BOB ENDICOTT, Pulaski county fruit grower, and a good 

 one, too, .says he netted just 8c a bushel on his last 120 

 bu. of Yellow Transparent apples. The apples brought 

 50c a bu. at shipping point. Baskets, caps, and liner cost 15c, 

 picking and packing 14c, sales expense 10c, and the associa- 

 tion 3c, a total of 42 cents. Everyone else in on the deal 

 controlled the price except the producer. He took what was 

 left. 



The Supreme Test 



To the thousands of loyal members who worked in the Sep- 

 tember membership campaign as volunteer solicitors, the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association takes this opportunity of 

 saying "THANK YOU." 



Maintaining Organization must come first among all Farm 

 Bureau activities for it makes everything else possible. Wil- 

 lingness to go out on a membership drive is the supreme test 

 of service to Agriculture. And no medal nor honor is too good 

 for those who have given freely of their time and money in 

 this way to make permanent a fair policy and equality of op- 

 portunity for farmers. j 



I. A. A. RECORD 



