ica, accustomed to getting along with new 

 things and ideas. Let us get acquainted with 

 the new things about it. We can stand dis- 

 tributive margins. We can do with less fi- 

 nancial racketeering. We need some way more 

 than we have now to handle big price-fixing 

 trusts. So maybe there is something in it but 

 let us not get the idea there is anything here 

 that can take the place of our own farm co- 

 operative enterprises. If anything, it makes 

 them all the more necessary. 



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SKILLED DRIVERS 



Two Illinois driving champions were 

 crowned at the recent annual meeting of 

 the Illinois Agricultural Association held 

 in Chicago. Co-winners were Henry V. 

 Ransom of Marshall-Putnam and Wilbert 

 Marti of Bond. Each scored a perfect 

 100 on the State examination to split the 

 honor of being the iaest driver in the State 

 during 1936. Only one cup had been 

 prepared. Ransom won it on the flip of 

 a coin, later was elected State president 

 of skilled drivers. Wilbert will get an 

 identical cup by mail. 



The state examination was the third 

 test Congressional District winners had 

 to take in their quest of the champion- 

 ship. The first, given to every Skilled 

 Drivers Club member in the State, con- 

 sisted of a written questionnaire sent out 

 by the I. A. A. Safety Department. From 

 this test emerged the various county win- 

 ners. To determine the District winners, 

 a group of State policemen had these 

 county champs drive them around for a 

 half hour, performing different maneu- 

 vers. 



A stiff written exam was given in Chi- 

 cago to these Congressional winners. To 

 the surprise of all, eight of the fifteen 

 young people scored 95 or better to make 

 the 1936 contest the closest on record. 

 Don Norris of Kane County and Betty 

 Lamp of Livingston County each scored 

 99. A. Stephen Paydon of Kendall 

 County drew a 97 and Ester Berg of Iro- 

 quois 96. Lida Bloome of Macoupin 

 and Curtis Bohleber of White each scored 

 95 on the examination. 



Gerald Sommoms of Montgomery, last 

 year's champion and now a student at the 

 University of Illinois, also took the exam- 

 ination, but because of his triumph last 

 year was not eligible for the cup. Other 

 Congression winners who came to Chi- 

 cago were Helen Thomas, Ogle; Ronald 

 Flesher, Warren; Eugene Mittelberg, 

 Adams; Wilbur Beery, Macon; Bob 

 Evans, Scott; Mary Roberts, Lawrence, 

 and James Chandler, Jackson. 



Uncle Ab says that, somehow, high 



prices always come just when he hasn't 

 anything to sell. 



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At least three-fourths of the dairy 



cows in Illinois, and the rest of the na- 

 tion, are underfed at some time during 

 the year. 



Headers are invited to contribute to 

 this column. Address letters to Edi- 

 tor, Room 1200, 608 So. Dearborn 

 St., Chicago. 



As I have long been directly interested in 

 agriculture, I am desirous of again placing 

 my membership with the lAA. Kindly bill 

 me for dues. 



Clyde E. Stone, Peoria County, 

 Chief Justice Illinois Supreme Court. 



I have read with interest your January, 

 1937, paper and admire the quality of writ- 

 ing and illustration and makeup that you 

 are achieving. The story about Dale Nichols 

 was more than interesting. 



E. E. Ungren, Editor, 

 Michigan Farm News, Lansing. 



I take pleasure in extending my thanks 

 for the beautiful calendar you (Mason 

 County Farm Bureau) sent me to put in my 

 school room. And there it is in the most 

 conspicuous place. Thank you very much 

 for we do appreciate that you thought of 

 this little school on Knapps Island. 



Mrs. Lena Linder, Teacher 



Mason County. 



At the Illinois Home Bureau Federation 

 meeting, both at the executive board meet- 

 ing and meeting of organization leaders, there 

 was an expression of appreciation for the 

 page the lAA is allowing us in the 

 RECORD. The women expressed the opin- 

 ion that it is the best possible tj-pe of pub- 

 licity and were grateful that we can have it. 



Several women came to me after the Jan- 

 uary number of the RECORD and asked my 

 opinion concerning the statement concerning 

 Home Bureau on page 23, column one. I 

 read it more carefully, found it was more or 

 less a joke but it went uncorrected and 

 gossip is a thing we feel the Home Bureau 

 is especially devoid of. It shows our women 

 are reading the RECORD and other articles 

 besides those devoted to Home Bureau. 



After an lAA meeting I always come 

 home all steamed up, proud of my organiza- 

 tion and glad I married a farmer. 



Mrs. Elsie W. Mies, 

 Champaign County. 



I notice in your last issue of the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association RECORD that you 

 people are doing some work in connection 

 with conservation of water in your state as 

 shown on page 6 of the RECORD. You 

 will see, therefore, that I am reading your 

 monthly journal and appreciate it. 



This brings up a question that may inter- 

 est you. The writer has had considerable 

 experience in conservation work during the 

 past twenty years and is one of the members 

 of the Minneapolis Chapter of the Izaak 

 Walton League that turned a six acre pas- 



NOTICE 



Illinois Agricultural Assoacction 

 Election of Delegates 



Notice is hereby given that in con- 

 nection with the annual meeting of 

 the Boone County Farm Bureau to be 

 held during the month of March, 1937, 

 at the hour and place to be deter- 

 mined by the Board of Directors, the 

 members in good standing of such 

 County Farm Bureau and who are 

 also qualified voting members of Il- 

 linois Agricultural Association shall 

 elect a delegate or delegates to repre- 

 sent such members of Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association and vote on all mat- 

 ters before the next annual meeting or 

 any special meeting of the Association, 

 including the election of officers and 

 directors as provided for in the By- 

 Laws of the Association. 



(Signed) Paul E. Mathias, 

 Jan. 18, 1937. Corporate Secretary 



LA.A. Speech Mcddng 



PUes Up Big Totals 



Carrying out the program of or- 

 ganized Illinois farmers requires a lot 

 of talking. A recent survey disclosed 

 that 17 Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion men made an estimated 21,109 ad- 

 dresses to various groups while they 

 have been with the organization. The 

 average length of service of these men, 

 revealed by the survey, is nine years. 



George Metzger, organization direc- 

 tor, took first honors with an estimated 

 3200 talks in his 15 years with the 

 Association. Close on his heels is Frank 

 Gougler, director of produce market- 

 ing, with 3076. He has been with the 

 I.A.A. for 12 years. L. A. Williams, 

 manager of the Country Life Insurance 

 Company, was third with 2200 speeches 

 in eight years. 



ture into a bass pond in which we raise as 

 high as 200,000 bass per year. Some of these 

 ponds that the Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion may develop will possibly support fish 

 life and it would be a big asset to the 

 neighboring boys, and even men, if they 

 could be stocked with fish. 



Fishing is a mighty healthy pastime for 

 both men and boys and I am sure that a 

 pond that is 15 feet deep would probably 

 support fish life. Due to our experience up 

 here we would be only too pleased to co- 

 operate with you in every way possible. 



R. E. Weyer, Farmers Nat. Grain Corp. 

 Minneapolis, Minn. 



I have attended the lAA convention for 

 the past eight years and I believe this is one 

 of the best that has been held up to date. 

 I wish you the greatest of success for a 

 bigger and better convention in 1938. 



R. G. Stewart. 

 Champaign County. 



The Illinois Home Bureau Federation 

 wishes to thank you most sincerely for the 

 splendid cooperation you have given us 

 through the pages of the Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association RECORD. 



Lillian K. Elliott, Secy., 



Illinois Home Bureau Federation. 



FEBRUARY. 1937 



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