THE ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION RECORI 



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To advance the purpose for which the Farm Bureau was organized 



namely, to promote, protect and represent the business, economic, political JIINF 1937 



and educational interests of the farmers of Illinois and the nation, and ' 



to develop agriculture. VOL 1 5 MO. 6 



Published monthly by the Illinois Agricultural Asso- 

 ciation at nOI West Washington Road. Mendota, 111. 

 Editorial Offices. 608 So. Dearborn St.. Chicago. III. 

 Entered as second class matter at post office. Mendota. 

 Illinois, September 11, 1936. Acceptance for mailing 

 at special rate of postage provided in Section 412. Act of 

 Feb. 28. 1925. authorized Oct. 27, 1935. Address all 

 communications for publication to Editorial Offices, Illinois 

 Agricultural Association RECORD, 608 So. Dearborn St.. 

 Chicago. The individual membership fee of the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association is five dollars a year. The fee 

 includes payment of fifty cents for subscription to the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association RECORD. Postmaster: 

 Send notices on Form 3578 and undeliverable copies 

 returned under Form 3579 to editorial offices, 608 S. 

 Dearborn St., Chicago, III. 



Editor and Advertising Director, E. G. Thiem ; Assistant 

 Director and Ass't. Editor, Lawrence A. Potter. 



Illinois Agricultural Association 



Greatest State Farm Organization in America 



OFFICERS 



President. Earl C. Smith Detroit 



Vice-President, Talmage DeFrees Smithboro 



Corporate Secretary, Paul E. MathiaS Chicago 



Field Secretary, Geo. E. Metzger Chicago 



Treasurer, R. A. CowLES Bloomington 



Ass't Treasurer, A. R. WRIGHT Varna 



BOARD OF DIRECTORS 



(By Congressional District) 



^-P 1st to 11th E. Harris, Grayslake 



'IW'^ 12th E. E. Houghtby, Shabbona 



IJth Leo M. Knox, Morrison 



14th Otto Steffey, Stronghurst 



15th -M. Ray Ihrig, Golden 



I6th Albert Hayes, Chillicothe 



17th C. M. Smith, Eureka 



18th Herman W. Danforth, Danforth 



19th Eugene Curtis, Champaign 



20th K. T. Smith, Greenfield 



21st Dwight Hart, Sharpsburg 



22nd A. O. Eckert, Belleville 



23rd Chester McCord, Newton 



24th Charles Marshall, Belknap 



25th August G. Eggerding, Red Bud 



DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS 



Comptroller R. G. Ely 



Dairy Marketing Wilfred Shaw 



Finance R. A. Cowles 



Fruit and Vegetable Marketing H. W. Day 



Legal and General Counsel Donald Kirkpatrick 



Live Stock Marketing Ray E. Miller 



Office C. E. Johnston 



Organization G. E. Metzger 



Produce Marketing F. A. Gougler 



Publicity George Thiem 



Safety C. M. Seagraves 



Taxation and Statistics J. C. Watson 



Transportation-Claims Division G. W. Baxter 



Young Peoples Activities Frank Gingrich 



ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS 



Country Life Insurance Co Dave Mieher, Mgr. 



Farmers' Mutual Reinsurance Co. ..J. H. Kelker, Mgr. 



Illinois Agr. Auditing Ass'n F. E. Ringham, Mgr. 



Illinois Agr. Mutual Ins. Co. ..A. E. Richardson, Mgr. 



Illinois Agr. Service Co Donald Kirkpatrick, Secy. 



Illinois Farm Supply Co L. R. Marchant, Mgr. 



Illinois Fruit Growers' Exchange.. ..H. W. Day, Mgr. 



Illinois Grain Corporation..Harrison Fahrnkopf, Mgr. 



Illinois Livestock Marketing Ass'n... Ray Miller, Mgr. 



Illinois Milk Producers' Ass'n Wilfred Shaw, Mgr. 



Illinois Producers' Creameries.. ..F. A. Gougler, Mgr. 



J. B. Countiss Sales Mgr. 



GEORGE THIEM, Editor 



TESTING CREAM 

 at Mt. Sterling Producers Plant. 



V Y^OT far from the lAA offices 

 ^JL./ in Chicago there's a build- 

 ^^ I ing that printers point to 

 with a knowing wink and say "altera- 

 tions built it. " The statement literal- 

 ly means that the printers' billings 

 for altering or resetting tyjse — a 

 legitimate charge that sometimes is 

 abused — brought in enough revenue 

 to pay for the building. In this case, 

 the remark implied dishonesty. 



Most business is on the square but 

 "skinning" and robbing the other 

 fellow is still prevalent enough to 

 make plenty of work for the Better 

 Business Bureau. Farmers will never 

 know to what extent cheating on 

 weights and tests of milk and cream 

 has built fine dairy plants which the 

 producers do not own. The buyer 

 who short changes you is probably 

 the exception. But a substantial 

 number of milk and cream producers 

 in this country believe that the proc- 

 essor and distributor should be re- 

 moved from this temptation, so they 

 are selling their products through 

 their own plants on their own 

 weights and tests. 



"Compliments to you for splendid 

 make-up of April issue of RECORD. 

 It's a 'humdinger' ", writes C. F. 

 Spicer of Dewitt county. 'We bow 

 humbly to accept the bouquet, Mr. 

 Spicer, realizing that our best ef- 

 forts are never up to the mark we 

 strive to attain. An editor often 

 wonders whether he ought to chuck 



it all and try his hand at something 

 else. Then along comes a word of 

 appreciation to brighten his world, 

 give him new faith in his job and 

 himself, and send him along with re- 

 doubled effort to new thoughts and 



ideas. 



Who does the most good in the 

 world, the appreciative fellow who 

 spreads sunshine and cheer, or the 

 dour person who criticises but never 

 commends.' That's a moot ques- 

 tion. We all know that the critics 

 are most numerous. And we need 

 them. But the critic who doesn t 

 like what you have done yet has 

 nothing better to suggest, we can get 

 along without. The constructive crit- 

 ic who points a better way is always 

 welcome. We need more of his 

 kind. And certainly we need more 

 of that rare species who are unstinted 

 in their praise and appreciation of 

 the things they like. They make life 

 worth living. 



Smart parents know how impor- 

 tant is praise in the development of 

 a child. And intelligent employers 

 know that they get the best work out 

 of their employees by being gener- 

 ous in recognizing a job well done. 



"The best thing the Farm Bureau 

 has done in a long time," com- 

 mented a Douglas county member 

 on the Farm Bureau Flood Relief 

 Campaign. "That was a Christian, 

 unselfish act with no thought of get- 

 ting, only of giving," he added. 

 Hundreds of expressions of grati- 

 tude, like the following from W. A. 

 Sinks of Alexander county, indicate 

 how appreciative were those who re- 

 ceived aid. 



"As a member of the Pulaski- 

 Alexander County Farm Bureau and 

 as a flood sufferer I received some 

 feed donated by the Kankakee Farm 

 Bureau unit. A lift coming at a 

 time such as was experienced in the 

 flooded area gives a maximum of en- 

 couragement to know that this feed 

 was donated by brother farmers at 

 a time when feed prices were the 

 highest in many years. I take this 

 means of extending my thanks." — 

 E.G.T 



JUNE, 1937 



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