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 HAVE THE RESPONSmaiTY OF ADMINISTERING THE AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ACT THIS YEAR IN ILLINOIS. 



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Advisory Committee 



To Serve This Year 



Meetings of the several advisory 

 committees composed ot lAA directors 

 and farm advisers were held in Chicago. 

 Mar. 17. The committees appointed 

 to serve this year are as follows: 

 FINANCE COMMITTEE — Talmage 

 Defrees, Smithboro. chairman; E. 

 Harris. Grayslake; Albert Hayes, 

 Chillicothe. 

 ORGANIZATION - INFORMATION 

 COMMITTEE - Otto Stetfey. Strong- 

 hurst, chairman; Dwight Hart 

 Sharpsburg; August Eggerding, Red 

 Bud ; C. E. Twigg, Breesc. 

 PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE 

 -- K. T. Smith, dreentield. chair- 

 man: W. A. Dennis. Paris: Leo. .\I. 

 Knox, Morrison: E. O. Johnston, 

 Monticello. 

 BUSINESS SERVICE COMMITTEE 

 — E. E. Houghtby. Shabbona. chair- 



man: Chas. Marshall. Belknap: (hes- 

 ter McCord, Newton : Guy Husted, 

 Virginia. 

 MARKETING COMMITTEE — Eu- 

 gene Curtis. Champaign, chairman; 

 A. O. Eckert. Bellcvilk; M. Ray 

 Ihrig, Golden: C. M. Smitii. Eureka: 

 Talmage Defrees. Smithboro; J. L. 

 Stormont. Pontiac. 



The Sports Festival ad\isorv commit- 

 tee i-- as follows: E. Harris, Grayslake. 

 A. O. Ekcert. Belleville Otto Stetfey. 

 Stronghurst. 



Moultrie Reports Gain in 



Co-op Sale Of Livestock 



Moultrie coimtv increaseil its per- 

 centage of livestock marketed coopera- 

 ti\ely from 2t to l^ per cent, won the 

 9th district prize in the performan.e lon- 

 tcst sponsored by the Illinois l.i\estO(.k 

 Marketing Asscniation. 



Runners-up were Doutilas and Etfinc- 



ham counties with greater percentages 

 sold cooperatively. They failed to gain, 

 but held their \^>hf> records. The district 

 is composeil ol 1 s counties in south 

 central Illinois. 



Moultrie s success is attributed to 

 i.ounty-wide publicity, fc-ed k)t tours and 

 regular meetings of the countv li\est<Hk 

 marketing committee. ( . O I'reileruk. 

 (.hairman ot the livestock marketing lom- 

 niittee lor I'^sS. has annoumcd a goal of 

 sO per cent of li\estOik markete<i lo- 

 operativelv. Other plans inilude greater 

 use o! public ilv. regular meetings, m.ir- 

 ket tcjurs ,md grading . demonstrations. 



During I'M" the Sullivan .md Bethany 

 shipping associations were temporarily 

 united to lorm the .Mocjitrie County 

 Shipping .Association. W. H. 'lainmeus 

 n\maged the association. Ilie Associ.ition 

 operates two trucks The l.o\inL;lon Ship- 

 ping .Association, ni.m.iged bv I. E. 

 Anderson, operates one truck. 



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