Uncle Ab says most men begin to 



slump when the chest slips down under 

 the belt. 



A declaration of economic war would 

 be flung in the face of the world if 

 reciprocal trade treaties were repealed 

 says Secretary of State Hull. Economic 

 strife creates unemployment, privation 

 and suffering and leads to war. 



September was the first month since 

 May that United States exports ex- 

 ceeded imports. 



Are young folks leaving the farm? 

 "Yes," says the Bureau of Agricultural 

 Economics. Farm population gained 

 only 8,000 last year. Births were 727,- 

 000, deaths 333,000. 



The November 12th issue of The 



Chicago Herald and Examiner carried 

 the headline "Depression Has Passed!" 



A one-day whirl of Chicago was en- 

 joyed recently by 131 Kane County 

 Home Bureau members reports Ger- 

 trude K. Bekman, Home Adviser. 

 Lunch in Chinatown, Swift and Co. 

 packing plant, shopping, theater-going 

 and supper at the Sprague Warner 

 open-house were among the interesting 

 sights. 



Not to promote but to offer members 



the best information obtainable jwinting 

 out problems and disadvantages as well 

 as advantages, is the policy adopted re- 

 cently by lAA directors on co-operatively- 

 owned cold storage lockers. In the No- 

 vember RECORD an article, mostly de- 

 scriptive, yet generally favorable to cold 

 storage lockers, was published. Possible 

 dangers are faulty construction, excessive 

 cost, poor management, improper organ- 

 ization at start, failure to maintain loyal 

 support of locker renters. 



Hybrid seed corn may be plentiful in 



Illinois this year, but it will be just five 

 times as plentiful in 1937 according to 

 W. J. Mumm of the University of Illi- 

 nois. Approximately 6,000 acres are 

 being produced this year as compared 

 with only 1,800 in 1935. 



HEADQUARTERS FOR THE lAA CONVENTION. JAN. 27-28-29. 1937 

 will be at the LaSalU (Uft) and Morrifon Hotals. Chicago. 



Henry Wallace Heads 



I A A Convention Speakers 



^M^ A/EADING a list of prominent 

 ^^11' speakers tentatively sched- 



^ I i uled for the coming 21st an- 

 nual I. A. A. meeting is the Secretary of 

 Agriculture, Henry A. Wallace. Mr. 

 Wallace is expected to speak on some 

 phase of the general subject "Where do 

 we go from here".' 



By the end of January, the report of 

 the President's Committee of Inquiry on 

 Co-operation in European Countries, of 

 which Clifford Gregory of Prairie Farmer 

 is a member, probably will have been 

 made. By that time it is expected that 

 Mr. Gregory, another scheduled speaker, 

 will be at liberty to report in detail his 

 observations of farmer and consumer co- 

 operation over there to the lAA conven- 

 tion. 



All available rooms at the LaSalle and 

 Morrison hotels in Chicago have been 

 engaged by the lAA. At this writing 

 1250 reservations have been made with 

 only about half the counties heard from. 



Because Chicago has no adequate facil- 

 ities available for an lAA banquet or 

 luncheon this part of the program will 

 probably be omitted. 



Despite the drouth, Illinois farmers as 

 a whole will chalk up a better year in 

 gross income this year than last. Most 

 farms will be out of the red. Grain and 

 livestock prices are favorable. Milk and 

 butterfat prices have been averaging 

 higher than a year ago. Fruit and vege- 

 table crops were hard hit by- drouth and 

 last winter's freeze but better prices par- 

 tially make up for low production. These 

 improved conditions are expected to stim- 

 ulate attendance and enthusiasm at the 



convention in Chicago in January. 



The conunittee working on the annual 

 meeting program is planning a series of 

 open forums or conferences on Thursday 

 afternoon Jan. 28. An unusual effort 

 will be made to have members and dele- 

 gates take a more active part. At the 

 conferences, few if any set speeches will 

 be scheduled. The selection of live topics 

 of general interest it is hoped will! stim- 

 ulate discussion from the floor. Officers, 

 directors and staff members will wel- 

 come frank criticism of Association pol- 

 icies and activities. 



A one day membership drive in 

 Morgan County, October 21, added 53 

 Farm Bureau members to the organ- 

 ized ranks, reports David R. Reynolds, 

 organization director. The Farm 

 Bureau office was closed for the day, 

 Larry Williams gave the 85 workers a 

 pep talk at breakfast and each worker 

 was given a lunch in order that no 



Ten years' service for the Cook 

 County Farm Bureau brought Farm Ad- 

 viser O. G. Barrett a leather easy chair 

 and a party in his honor at Farm Bu- 

 reau hall in Blue Island recently. Mem- 

 bership during Barrett's service has in- 

 creased from 200 to 1750, reports As- 

 sistant Adviser Charles N. Glover. 



Increased demand for farms, fewer 



farm mortgage foreclosures and fewer 

 tax delinquencies are signs of return- 

 ing prosperity. Emergency financing 

 by government is giving way to private 

 loans. 



DECEMBEIL 1936 



