lAA Annual Meeting 

 Springfield 



^an. 26, 27, 28, 1938 



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M NEW hiph in Farm Bureau 



, , -^T' m^Ti^ersiiip 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 Sprin^^field, 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 otTiccrs 

 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 ">.(M)0 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 .md 

 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 banc^uct 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. Roc 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 piven that the 

 annual mcetinj; of the members of II- 

 hn<i!s A>;riciilruial Ass.iciati'in will he 

 innvencd .it the Arnior\'. Sprinpfield. 

 Illinois, on the 2~th <i.iv of Iinuarv. 

 l'>sS at »:00 oilock .AM. for "r!ie fol- 

 lowing purposes: 



To consider an<i vote upon tlie ap- 

 rrov.il .md latilication ot the repurts of 

 the president, secretary anJ treasurer of 

 the Association and the .icts of the 

 hoard of dircitirs and officers in fur- 

 therance of the niartcrs tliercn vet 

 forth, since the last annual nieetine of 

 tlie members of the Association. 



To approve, ratifv .tiuI confiim ilie 

 sever. il puichases heretofore made hv 

 this Association of stocks and evidences 

 of indebtedness of corpoi.it-.ins wlnsf 

 activities will directly or indirectly pro- 

 mote agriculture or the interests of 

 tho\e enga.ued therein. 



T<» secure ct^nsent .inl .lutlK'ri/.itntn 

 to acquiie nn helialf of this Association, 

 hv purchase, certain stocks and evidences 

 of indehtedncss of corporations whose 

 activities will directly or indirei.tlv pir.. 

 mote agriculture or the intere-tv of 

 tl)o>;c enp.iged therein. 



To elect seven members ot tfie ho.ird 

 of directors for two-year terms. 



To ehct a president and vice-presi- 

 dent, wlio shall also serve as diiectors 

 ftir <»ne \ear terms. 



To consider such proposed amend- 

 ments of the articles of association or 

 of tlie bv-laws of Illinois Agricultural 

 Association as may be properly sub- 

 mitted. 



For the trans.iction of such other 

 business as may properly come before 

 the meeting. 



D.ited at Chicago. Illinois, Dtiemher 



Paul H. Mathias, 'iecetarv. 



On Friday morning speakers thus fir 

 scheduled include Edward A ON'cal, 

 president of the American Farm Bureau 

 Federation, and L. H. Bean of tlie Bureau 

 of Agficultural Economics, W'.ishincton, 

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

 dependence of Agriculture anil 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 Frid.ty afternoon. There 

 will be no set speeches at this last ses- 

 sion The afternoon program will be 

 devoted entirely to business and policT 

 matters. 



Most of the associated companies will 

 hole] meetings and conferences on Wed- 

 nesday, Jan. 26. Tlie liefinite time and 

 places of the various meetings will be 

 toiind on page 3i. The Milk Producers 

 .Association will hold a business session 

 Tuesday evening and a general confer- 

 ence for all dairymen the next morning 



1"he Farmers Mutual i, -"insurance Co. 

 will hold its annual meeting Wednesday 

 tnornint; rather than in the afternoon as 

 lieretotore The Illinois Agrii ultural 

 .Auditing Association annual meetin;: also 

 is scheduled for Wednesday mornins:. 

 nie Illinois Agricultural Hol<ling Co 

 meeting will come .at this time also and 

 Illinois Farm Supply Co. will hold an 

 all day conltience. 



Illinois Producers f reamerics and Il- 

 linois Agricultural Mutual Insurance To 

 will hold their annual meetings Wednes- 

 day afternoon. Countn,- Life Insurance 

 Co. will hoM a conference at the same 

 time. There will be no sports festival- 

 baseball conference. It was decided to 

 hold an all day meetinc later in the 

 spring to discuss the sports program for 

 1938". 



The usual dinner for Farm Bc:reau 

 presidents, farm advisers, and I.-\A direc- 

 tors, officers, staff members will be held 

 on Wednesday njght. A committee com- 

 posed of Frank Oingriih, C. .\f. .Sea- 

 graves, and f an .MastXhas been appointed 

 to make recommendations for a program 



' Cii>:::tiue.l on p.t^e ?2) 



JANUARY, 1938 



