f seed moving 



: present state 

 e strengthened 

 cularly to the 

 state hiuhway 

 to control all 

 operty so that 

 II not spread 

 '. such control 

 year prior to 

 uch properties. 



Laboratory 



consideration 

 ithin the mid- 

 for the estab- 



of a Federal 

 >e midwestern 

 rider the AAA 

 Agriculture has 



as the logical 



laboratory, 

 ate rejoice in 



the Secretary 

 if the opinion 

 ct matters for 

 should be the 

 production of 

 ural products, 

 etary of Agri- 

 latter be made 

 esearch at the 

 y the research 

 he economical 

 Is from mid- 



The Illinois 

 1 ready to co- 

 able limitation 

 ry in develop- 

 possibilities of 



larriers 



cjuarantines 



man. animal 



f protection 



f sister states, 



of state trade 



:ets of every 

 ithout hind- 

 i( all domcsti- 

 es and tluit 

 ve the inter- 

 lolc anil will 

 .lintenance of 

 life. 



l:.\tniptions 



the farms, 

 haracter, are 

 mitations by 

 11 wages and 

 Vny proposed 

 lOurs and 

 plete exemp- 

 r. 



t\ 



.ulturc has 

 nal hazards : 

 to outnum- 



ber any other occupational fatalities. 

 During 1938, in Illinois there was an 

 increase of approxim.itely "iorr in farm 

 accidental deaths over 1937. Mechanical 

 safeguards and accident prevention for 

 persons engaged in agriculture h.ive re- 

 ceived but scant attention. The Asso- 

 ciation should continue to call attention 

 to these hazards and to point out the 

 necessity for mechanical safeguards and 

 other methods whereby this appalling 

 farm accident toll can be reduced. Care- 

 ful study should he had of what ad- 

 vantages, if any, might come from State 

 legislation re<.|uiring safety appliances on 

 farm machinery. 



XV. Cooperative Services 

 We recognize the many cooperative 

 services which have been sponsored and 

 arc now being supported by the Asso- 

 ciation and the County Farm Bureaus, 

 even though organized as separate units, 

 as being an integral part of our Farm 

 Bureau movement and worthy of the max- 

 imum interest on the part of I'arm Bu- 

 reau members. Because of the many 

 rapidly changing conditions, cooperative 

 marketing of our farm products has prov- 

 en one of the more difficult problems con- 

 fronting organized farmers. There is, 

 therefore, justification for further mobil- 

 izing the power of the organization dur- 

 ing the ensuing year behind our co- 

 operative marketing machinery. This is 

 particularly true in connection with the 

 cooperative marketing of livestock. Every- 

 effort should be made to coordinate and 

 correlate cooperative marketing of live- 

 stock and increasing support ot the Coun- 

 ty Farm Bureaus and of the ; Illinois 

 Agricultural Associ,ation should be given 

 to such a coortiinated program. 



We sincerely appreciate the hospitality 

 and courtesy extended us by the Cook 

 County Farm Bureau, the Mayor and 

 Other officials, the press and the citizens 

 of the City of Chicago and are grateful 

 for their contribution to the success of 

 this meeting. 



Respectfully submitted, RESOLU- 

 TIONS COMMIITEE. Talmage De- 

 frees, Chairman; August Eggerding, 

 Randolph County; W. A. Dennis, Edgar 

 County; Chester McCord, Jasper County; 

 Albert Hayes, Peoria County; K. T. 

 Smith, Greene County; Leo NL Knox, 

 Whiteside County; M. S. Morgan, Henry 

 County; Naaman Diehl, Carroll County; 

 Claude Fox, Clark County; Fred L. 

 Drone, Gallatin County; Joy L. Ives. 

 DeWitt County. 



Talmape OcFrees, lAA vite-presidtnt 

 has been appointed a member of tlit 

 National Fruit and Vcpet.ible Marketing 

 Advisory Committee by Pres. Edw. A 

 OXcal of the American Farm Bureau Fed- 

 eration. Other members are H. P. Kins. 

 New York, chairman. Dr. Frank App, New- 

 Jersey, Porter Hardy, Va , Tracy Weelini;, 

 Utah, Roy B. Wiser. California, Hon. L. C 

 Stark, governor of Missouri. 



NEW lAA DIHECTOP. 

 Arthur Slates, Will county farmer and 

 farm manager, elected in the 11th district. 



Arthur States, farm owner, renter 

 and farm manager of Will county, was 

 elected lAA director from the 11th 

 district to succeed Eb Harris of Lake 

 county. Mr. States, -<5, was born on a 

 Will county farm where he lived until 

 he was 18. One of seven children, he 

 set out early in life to make his own 

 way. 



In the spring of 191 i, following a 

 three-year trip through western states 

 during which he worked at many jobs, 

 he was employed by Miss Rodgers at 

 Crossways Farms near Elwood to help 

 care for the early pig crop. The under- 

 standing was that he would stay only 

 two days. But he found plenty of 

 work to do and he st.iycd. He still 

 lives at Crossways Farms and manages 

 the 2200-acre Rodger-Wharton estate. 



Buying poor land and making it pay 

 for itself is one of Arthur States' hob- 

 bies. The other is fishing for large- 

 mouth bass in Florida streams in the 

 winter and for trout and muskies in 

 Canadian waters in the summer. 



States' aim in farm management is 

 to have every acre grow alfalfa readily. 

 When that is accomplished the farm 

 is a finished crop-producing plant, he 

 says. He likes livestock, especially dairy 

 cattle, and is a Brown Swiss breeder. 



In the early days of the Will County 

 Farm Bureau, States was elected secre- 

 tary. When going was bad and older 

 heads wanted to discontinue the organ- 

 ization, the secretary called in V. \'ani- 

 man, who was then organization doctor 

 with the lAA. Working together they 

 collected back dues, signed up new 

 members and gained support of both 

 farmers and businessmen. 



Mr. States, a bachelor, dropped out 

 of active service in the Farm Bureau 

 for a time but caine back as president 

 in the depression. Many Will county 



Audits llrarh IVrit 



High Miirh In '38 



Chicigo, 111., Jan. 30: At the 15th 

 annual meeting of the Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Auditing Association here today 

 farmers learned that their thriving or- 

 ganization which has had muLh to do 

 with the success of farm cooperation 

 in Illinois, had 3''3 member coopera- 

 tives and had completed (~() audits at 

 the close of 193S. 



Among the 3^3 members are 1()9 

 farmers' elevators, SI County Farm Bu- 

 :eaus. seven Hoine Bureaus, 18 live- 

 ^lOek associations. 33 creamery and 

 ii'.ilk cooperatives, 69 farm supply com- 

 panies, (> mutual insurance tompanies, 

 .iiid 30 miscellaneous associations. 



I'he association employs six full-time 

 auditors in addition to an income tax 

 expert and other olfice help. 



Manager C. E. Strand reported that 

 the association completed more audits 

 tor farm cooperative associations in 

 1938 than in any previous year. 



Ray I.. Miller, secretary of the Pro- 

 duction Credit Bank of St. Louis was 

 the principal speaker. He said that 

 careful audits are a first essential in 

 deciding whether or not a cooperative 

 Is entitled to credit and how much 

 credit it should have. 



Officers and ilireclors elected for 

 the coming year are Jesse Beery, Cx-rro 

 (jordo, president; R. H. N'oorlices. |er- 

 seyville, vice-president; Geo. E. .Metz- 

 ger, secretary; Robt. A. C!owles. treasur- 

 er; Paul Harker. Peoria; J. I. Harris, 

 Pontiac; W. J. Swayer, Waukegan. 



Hiildiiifi riini|iiiiii ili'riiiri'K 

 iliiidi-nd iif SHH^lHHMNl 



At the annual meeting of the Illinois 

 .Agricultural Holding (Company, which 

 holds the capital stock of Country Life 

 Insurance C ompany. a dividend of SS8,- 

 (100.00 w.is ileclared to charter policy- 

 holders and to Farm Bureau members 

 policyholders in Country Lite Insurance 

 Company. 



The dividend amounts to almost 3 

 per cent to Farm Bureau member poi- 

 icvholders and runs close to 30 per cent 

 for charter policyholders, (^ash values 

 on the latter polities are increasing at 

 a taster rate than the amount of pre- 

 miums paid in. Comparativelv few 

 charter policies are outstanding. 



larmers credit his tar-sighted poluus 

 with keeping the organization he.ilthy 

 in '32 and '33. He is now director of 

 the Will-DuPage Service Company and 

 the local Production Credit Associ.ition. 

 He worked for a tiine with the Rural 

 Rehabilitation Administration and has 

 been president of the county I'armers' 

 Institute. 



RECORD 



FEBRUARY. 1939 



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