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Representing Farmers Interests in Utilities 



HELPING Illinois farmers secure elearicity and 

 telephone service at reasonable rates . . . pro- 

 tecting agriculture against unwarranted in- 

 creases in transportation costs .... representing 

 members in right-of-way and damage cases .... and 

 collecting loss and damage claims — all have been a 

 chief interest of the County Farm Bureaus, the Illin- 

 ois Agricultural Association and the American Farm 

 Bureau Federation since the early twenties. 



Stimulated by the Rural Elearification Admini- 

 stration and County Farm Bureaus, thousands of miles 

 of rural service lines have been extended into farm 

 territory. The percAitige of Illinois farms with elec- 



tric service has nearly doubled in the past five years. 



Today, the I.A.A. is representing farmers before 

 the State Commerce Commission in numerous tele- 

 phone rate cases. The influence of the Farm Bureau 

 nationally is being exerted to exempt small rural 

 telephone exchanges from unjustified costs through 

 application of the wage and hour aa. Thousands of 

 dollars in claims have been coUeaed atmually with- 

 out charge to members. Prompt and courteous atten- 

 tion are given all requests for service by members 

 when received through the County Farm Bureaus. 



GET"- YOUR NE/GHBOR TO JOIN! 



ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAX A&SOCIATION 



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