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PRIZE CONTEST ANNOUNCED 



r $100 in Casn Offered "^ 



QJ 1 f^(^ '" prizes will be paid by the Department of Organization to 

 ^ V^Vy writers of the best letters of not more than 300 words on the 

 subject "Why I am a Farm Bureau Member" (or "Why We are Farm Bureau 

 Members"). Fifty dollars will be paid for the first prize letter, $25 for the 

 second, |15 for third prize and $5 each for fourth and fifth. In case of a tie, 

 duplicate prizes will be awarded. The decision of the judges will be final. 



Contestants may cite benefits they have received, and tell what services or 

 accomplishments of the Farm Bureau they most appreciate. Write on one 

 side of the paper only, in clear legible handwriting, or typewrite. 



Any Farm Bureau member or member of his or her family, is eligible 

 to compete. 



The outstanding letters will be published and used in the I. A. A. five- 

 minute radio broadcasts at 12:40 p. m. Central Standard Time, Tuesdays, 

 Thursdays, and Saturdays over WLS, Chicago. Letters must be postmarked 

 not later than midnight June 1. Address to George Thiem, Editor, Illinois Ag- 

 ricultural Association RECORD, 608 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, Illinois. 



PadigSi:e^i 



Rural Women Go To 

 Washington in June 



The third Triennial Conference of the 

 Associated Country Women of the World 

 will convene at Washington, June 1. 

 Delegates will be received by President 

 and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt at a 

 garden party on the grounds of the 

 White House. 



An exhibit of crafts made from farbi- 

 gfrown products of the various nations 

 and the United States will be shown. 

 Wearing their traditional national cos- 

 tumes, women from overseas will give 

 a program of music and folk dancing. 

 Special trains will leave Chicago and St. 

 Louis, Sunday morning. May 31, arriv- 

 ing in Washington in time for the open- 

 ing of the Conference on Monday. 



An all-expense tour, including meals, 

 hotel, and sight-seeing trips has been 

 arranged for the train trip at a rea- 

 sonable cost. Any woman or group of 

 women, whether a member of Home Bu- 

 reau or not, may take advantage of the 

 opportunity to visit the Capitol and meet 

 women from all parts of the world. 



Thursday, Jan. 2S, and Friday, Jan. 



29, 1937, have been selected as the dates 

 for the next annual meeting of the Illi- 

 nois Agricultural Association. The 

 Board of Directors have recommended to 

 the various boards of directors of the as- 

 sociated companies that Wednesday, Jan. 

 27, 1937, be selected as the time for hold- 

 ing their respective annual meetings. 



The National Farm and Home Hour 



over NBC continues at 11:30 A. M. Cen- 

 tral Standard Time. Tune in for instruc- 

 tive talks on agriculture. .■.;'■».•=■.'•'■:■ 



MAY, 1936 



The Clinton Company of Clinton, Iowa, 



which previously processed corn in large 

 quantities, expects to begin pro.essing 

 soybeans. A market for between 750,000 

 and 1,000,000 bushels of soybeans may 

 develop if present plans materialize. 

 Farm Adviser Frank Shuman of White- 

 side county met with officials of the 

 plant recently. 



Beginning Tuesday, May 5. 12:40 Cen- 

 tral Standard Time, the I. A. A. will 

 sponsor a series of five-minute broad- 

 casts over Station WLS during May and 

 June. June has been chosen for a state- 

 wide membership campaign when each 

 county plans to make a special effort to 

 secure its 1936 quota of new members. 



The story of the Farm Bureau and 

 its benefits will be told in a series of 

 short skits or playlets three times a 

 week, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Satur- 

 days. Country Life Insurance Company 

 has the same period Mondays, Wednes- 

 days and Fridays. 



The I. A. A. broadcast will cover the 

 entire service program, illustrating the 

 advantages of membership and the ac- 

 complishments of the organization in 

 benefiting agriculture. 



The launching of the new Affiliated 



Broadcasting Company, happened Satur- 

 day, April 18. Each weekday from 7:15 

 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. is designed especially 

 for the farm audience. lUinois stations 

 are: WJBL, Decatur; WCLS, Joliet; 

 WHBF, Rock Island; WTAX, Spring- 

 field, and WIL, St. Louis. 



The class prices of milk in the St. Louis 

 area have been lowered 10c per hundred- 

 weight during the spring flush months, 

 Fred L. Shipley, Market Administrator, 

 reports. Uijless the order is changed by 

 the Secretary of Agriculture, the amend- 

 ment will be in effect for 90 days. 



To encourage a wider use of limestone, 



legumes, and other soil conservation and 

 improvement practices, an honor roll of 

 Marion county farmers who have limed 

 all or parts of their farms is being con- 

 sidered. 



LAUNCH NEW SOYBEAN RESEA'.CH LABORATORY AT URBANA 

 FRONT ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Dr. H. H. King, Kansas; W. C. Etheridge, Missouri; W. J. 

 Morse, H. T. Herriek, Dr. O. E. May, all of the U. S. D. A., Washington. D. C; R. E. Buchanan. 

 Iowa; W. W. Burr, Nebraska; H. R. Kraybill. Indiana. REAR, LEFT TO RIGHT: T. H. Hopper. 

 North Dakota; J. L Cartter, U.S.D.A.; C. H. Bailey, Minnesota; R. M. Salter, Ohio; R. M. 

 Hixon, Iowa; A. N. Hume, South Dakota; K. P. Link, Wisconsin; W. L. Burlison. Illinois. 



