IHA Annual Meeting ^ 

 Springfield 



tft. 26, 27, 28, /938 





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^ NEW high in Farm Bureau 

 / •Tr membership since the war 

 ^^^ / period, new all time records 

 in service to members, and record-smash- 

 ing totals of insurance in force and farm 

 supplies handled by Farm Bureau com- 

 panies will be reported at the annual 

 convention of the lAA and Associated 

 Companies in Springfield, Jan. 26-27-28, 

 1938. 



The end of the year 1937 saw the 

 parent organization in the best condition, 

 of any year since its organization 22 years 

 ago; in finances, in morale, in achieve- 

 ments, in enthusiasm among Illinois 

 farmers for organization; and in savings 

 and service to members. 



All this will be reflected in the coming 

 lAA annual meeting which will open 

 with the annual address of President 

 Earl C. Smith in the mammoth new state 

 armory at Springfield, Thursday morn- 

 ing, Dec. 27. 



At this writing, the program has been 

 only partially worked out. The officers 

 are angling for several speakers of na- 

 tional prominence in addition to those 

 already scheduled. The prospects seem 

 bright for a bell-ringer program that will 

 draw a crowd of 5,000 or more to the 

 main sessions in the new armory. 

 Here's the Lineup 



The annual address of the president 

 and the reports of the secretaries and 

 treasurer will occupy all of the time 

 Thursday morning. Thursday afternoon 

 there will be a series of four conferences 

 featuring Marketing, Public Relations, 

 Soil Improvement, and Organization. 

 The conferences are for the members and 

 plenty of opportunity will be given for 

 impromptu remarks from the floor. Mem- 

 bers are invited to bring up matters per- 

 taining to Farm Bureau policy, to criticise 

 and commend, and to assist the voting 

 delegates, directors, and officers in guid- 

 ing the association and its program in 

 the interest of greater service to the farm- 

 ers of Illinois. District caucuses for the 

 nomination of directors and other busi- 

 ness will be held after the conferences. 



There will be no banquet this year. 

 Facilities are lacking in Springfield to 

 provide a dinner for several thousand 



persons. But there will be an evening 

 session with at least one speaker of na- 

 tion-wide prominence and an inspira- 

 tional speaker, Mr. H. Roe Bartle, lawyer 

 and extensive land owner of Kansas City 

 who comes highly recommended. 



After the speaking program Thursday 

 night there will be a business session and 

 election of a president, vice president, 

 and directors from the even-numbered 

 districts. 



NOTICE 



of Annual Meeting of 



ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL 



ASSOCIATION 



NOTICE is hereby given that the 

 annual meeting of the members of Il- 

 linois Agricultural Association will be 

 convened at the Armory, Springfield, 

 Illinois, on the 27th day of January, 

 1938 at 9:00 o'clock A.M. for the fol- 

 lowing purposes: 



To consider and vote upon the ap- 

 proval and ratification of the reports of 

 the president, secretary and treasurer of 

 the Association and the acts of the 

 board of directors and officers in fur- 

 therance of the matters therein set 

 forth, since the last annual meeting of 

 the members of the Association. 



To approve, ratify and confirm the 

 several pui chases heretofore made by 

 this Association of stocks and evidences 

 of indebtedness of corporations whose 

 activities will directly or indirectly pro- 

 mote agriculture or the interests of 

 those engaged therein. 



To secure consent and authorization 

 to acquire on behalf of this Association, 

 by purchase, certain stocks and evidences 

 of indebtedness of corporations whose 

 activities will directly or indirectly pro- 

 mote agriculture or the interests of 

 those engaged therein. 



To elect seven members of the board 

 of directors for two-year terms. 



To elect a president and vice-presi- 

 dent, who shall also serve as directors 

 for one year terms. 



To consider such proposed amend- 

 ments of the articles of association or 

 of the by-laws of Illinois Agricultural 

 Association as may be properly sub- 

 mitted. 



For the transaction of such other 

 business as may properly come before 

 the meeting. 



Dated at Chicago, Illinois, December 

 20, 1937. 



Paul E. Mathias, Secretary. 



On Friday morning speakers thus far 

 scheduled include Edward A. O'Neal, 

 president of the American Farm Bureau 

 Federation, and L. H. Bean of the Bureau 

 of Agricultural Economics, Washington, 

 D. C. Mr. Bean will speak on the "Inter- 

 dependence of Agriculture and Busi- 

 ness." 



Resolutions Friday 



The resolutions will probably be dis- 

 tributed to voting delegates Friday morn- 

 ing but will not be acted upon until the 

 business session Friday afternoon. There 

 will be no set speeches at this last ses- 

 sion. The afternoon program will be 

 devoted entirely to business and policy 

 matters. 



Most of the associated companies will 

 hold meetings and conferences on Wed- 

 nesday, Jan. 26. The definite time and 

 places of the various meetings will be 

 found on page 32. The Milk Producers 

 Association will hold a business session 

 Tuesday evening and a general confer- 

 ence for all dairymen the next morning. 



The Farmers Mutual i^ "insurance Co. 

 will hold its annual meeting Wednesday 

 morning rather than in the afternoon as 

 heretofore. The Illinois Agricultural 

 Auditing Association annual meeting also 

 is scheduled for Wednesday morning. 

 The Illinois Agricultural Holding Co. 

 meeting will come at this time also and 

 Illinois Farm Supply Co. will hold an 

 all day conference. 



Illinois Producers Creameries and Il- 

 linois Agricultural Mutual Insurance Co. 

 will hold their annual meetings Wednes- 

 day afternoon. Country Life Insurance 

 Co. will hold a conference at the same 

 time. There will be no sports festival- 

 baseball conference. It was decided to 

 hold an all day meeting later in the 

 spring to discuss the sports program for 

 1938. 



The usual dinner for Farm Bureau 

 presidents, farm advisers, and lAA direc- 

 tors, officers, staff members will be held 

 on Wednesday night. A committee com- 

 posed of Frank Gingrich, C. M. Sea- 

 graves, and Cap Mast has been appointed 

 to make recommendations for a program 



(Continued on page 32) 



JANUARY. 1938 



