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In the September issue of the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association RECORD, there 

 appeared an article on "Co-operation" by 

 Dr. Preston Bradley, pastor of the Peoples' 

 Church of Chicago. Being interested in 

 the co-operative movement, and having 

 heard Dr. Bradley in two addresses here in 

 Danville, 1 wish to compliment your mag- 

 axine in getting Dr. Bradley to write his 

 very interesting article. 



Gordon Finley, secy.-treas. 



Vermilion County Production 



Credit Association 



Danville, 111. 



Cli£Eord G. Huppert, former man- 

 ager of Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance 

 Company in Wisconsin, has been se- 

 lected as manager of the Quality Milk 

 Association and Producers' Creamery 

 of Moline. Huppert will start his 

 duties around December 1, Mr. Hup- 

 pert will also act as manager for the 

 Producers' Creamery in that city. 



Born in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, 

 in 1895, Huppert moved to a Wiscon- 

 sin farm at the age of one where he 

 lived for 26 years. He attended country 

 school, high school and the two-year agri- 

 cultural course at the University of Wis- 

 consin. After working on his father's 

 farm for five years, he acquired a re- 

 tail milk distributing business in Fort 

 Atkinson, operating his own farm at 

 the same time. He joined the Jefferson 

 County Farm Bureau and held various 

 offices including a board membership 

 in the State organization. 



In 1927, Huppert accepted the posi- 



es G. Hiipparf 



tion of executive secretary for the Wis- 

 consin Farm Bureau Federation and 

 held the position for eight years. The 

 managership of commodity distribution 

 for the Federation and the secretaryship 

 of the Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance 

 Company followed in 1935. 



"Their part to show how batter wheat increased yield and prosperity of Ranjiolph County 

 farmers. 'Fulhlo' is the chosen wheat !n Randolph today." 



I just want to give you some proof that 

 people read the Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion RECORD. 



As a result of your article on "Hybrid Corn 

 Hits Fast Pace In Peoria County" in which 

 you spoke of me and also had my picture, 

 I received four letters and a long distance call 

 the same day that I received my paper, and 

 up to date I have received fifty-five inquiries 

 for hybrid seed corn and only two from the 

 same address. The sad thing about it is that 

 I was sold out three weeks before the paper 

 came out. Harold L. Shissler, 



Elmwood, Peoria County, Illinois 



A new radio broadcast for farm 



people has been inaugurated by station 

 WCFL every Tuesday, Thursday and 

 Saturday afternoons from one to one- 

 thirty. This half-hour will be a pro- 

 gram of informal discussions. Among 

 the discussions planned are farm ex- 

 periences, co-operative marketing, rural 

 community improvement, farm organ- 

 ization news, new household and cook- 

 ing ideas for the country home and 

 debates on taxes and farm legislation. 



Macoupin county had one of its 



greatest annual meetings November 7. 

 A box lunch was served to 1,500 people 

 in 40 minutes. The Service Company 

 which distributed $15,000 in patronage 

 dividends reported a consistent increase 

 in volume and dividends since it was 

 started six years ago. The forenoon 

 meeting was restricted to Farm Bureau 

 members and their families. The after- 

 noon meeting was open. Speakers were 

 Field Secretary George E. Metzger, 

 President Fred Herndon of Illinois 

 Farm Supply, and J. C. Spitler, state 

 leader of Farm Advisers. 



Pagecmt Tells Story 



of Randolph Bureau 



"Randolph County Builds a Farm Bu- 

 reau," is the title of a pageant recently 

 put on by 50 rural young people as a 

 part of the evening program celebrating 

 the 20th anniversary of the Randolph 

 County Farm Bureau. 



The pageant opened with C. C. Logan 

 of the extension department. University 

 of Illinois, testing soil at the county fair. 

 The second of seven scenes showed \^ 

 group of farmers at the court house in^ 

 Chester meeting to set t^ an -organiza- 

 tion which developed into the Farm Bu- 

 reau. 



A Bull Association started in 1925 

 was evidence of growing interest in 

 shipping milk to the St. Louis market. 

 In 1926 came the first 4-H Club. In 

 1928 it was wheat improvement that held 

 the spotlight. "Fulhio" is the chosen 

 wheat in Randolph county today. 



The final scene in the pageant showed 

 the latest development in Farm Bureau 

 work, namely, Rural Young Adults. 

 These young people discuss current farm 

 topics and enfuie evening with recrea- 

 tion. 



More than 400 people attended the 

 pageant, the first of its kind put on by a 

 county according to Frank Gingrich, di- 

 rector of Young People's Activities. 



"It seems to me every issue of Illinois 



Agricultural Association RECORD gets better 



and more interesting. It certainly ought to 



go into every farm home in America." 



C. T. Grigsby 



McDonough county, III. 



I. A. A. RECORD 



