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Have just received my copy of October is- 

 sue of lAA RECORD and have read with 

 interest the editorial entitled "A Challenge 

 to Organized Farmers." 



In my opinion the first step needed to 

 correct the evils mentioned in the Editorial 

 is to secure legislation banning party labels 

 in the election of all officers except state 

 and national. I have had this in mind for 

 a long time. I brought it up before the 

 board of directors of the Farm Bureau at 

 the last quarterly meeting and it was made 

 a special order of business for the next 

 quarterly meeting which will be held on 

 October 4 (next Wednesday). If the board 

 acts favorably on the measure we will ask 

 the lAA to place it on its legislative cal- 

 endar for the next session of the legisla- 

 ture. It will be a hard fight but not an im- 

 possible one. 



H. T. Marshall 

 LaSalle county Illinois 



It Pays Ta Belang 



Since I have received the benefits of Farm 

 Bureau metnbership for more than 20 years, 

 I wish to express my appreciation of the 

 services extended by the various departments 

 of this orgianization, and also for the cour- 

 tesy shown me throughout the years. 



I know from experience that it is econo- 

 my to use Farm Bureau products because 

 their quality gives the best results at a 

 minimum cost. I have never used any lub- 

 ricant other than Penn Bond No. 30 in my 

 John Deere Model B tractor. I also burn 

 our company's fuel oil in it and have had 

 no repair bills for bearings etc. For my 

 1927 model car, I use Aladdin gas and 

 Penn Bond No. }0 oil, draining at intervals 

 of about 600 miles. I began using these 

 products when they were first introduced 

 by the company in Livingston county and 

 am satisfied that there are none better. 



The four Brunswick 6 ply tires I pur- 

 chased from the service company have been 

 used continuously on my car, and the only 

 expense I have had for them in the more 

 than three years since I bought them is for 

 a nail puncture in each of two tires. 



The purchase and use of vaccinating in- 

 struments and Farm Bureau hog cholera 

 serum have saved me many times their cost 

 and have not had a death among the sever- 

 al hundred hogs so treated. 



Other Farm Bureau products I use are 

 Soyoil house and barn paint, limestone, 

 phosphate. Black Leaf 40, fly spray, anti- 

 freeze, cream separator oil, spark plugs, and 

 electrical appliances, all of which have been 

 entirely satisfactory. 



I consider that the soil building, soil 

 erosion, and soil conservation program as 

 recommended by the Farm Bureau is well 

 worth the honest consideration of every ten- 

 ant and landlord, also, the legislative accom- 

 plishments are of greater value than we 

 realize. 



I have also learned by experience the 

 benefits of the Farm Bureau cooperatives, 

 such as the Prairie Farms creamery, life, 



PIONEERS IN FARM BUREAU ORGANXZATION GET TOGETHER I 

 BOTTOM ROW. left to right: Peter Eckhart, Rock Island; S. H. Thompson. Quincr: 

 Z. M. Holmes. Mossville: M. L. Hunt Colchester. MIDDLE ROW: H. A. Plapp. Malta: 

 I. M. Ryan. Kewanee; H. A. Lanan, Sycamore. TOP ROW: O. L. Hatch. Kewanee: Ber. 

 lohn Acheson, Kirkwood. 



By REV. JOHN ACHESON 



These men worked together twenty 

 years ago in calling on farmers of Illi- 

 nois to join in the Farm Bureau organi- 

 zation, and they with others sowed 

 the seed that has grown into one of 

 the most formidable state associations 

 in the U. S. A. 



The GOOD BOOK says that "Old 

 men shall dream dreams" and it has 

 been their pleasure and satisfaction to 

 be spared to see the realization of the 

 dreams of two decades ago. The place 

 of prominence now given to agricul- 

 ture in our nation today was a dream 

 of that day when these men drove from 

 farm to farm presenting the cause of 

 organized agriculture. From this group 

 of early crusaders arose some of the 

 prominent leaders of the I. A. A. and the 

 A.F.B.F. 



Mr. Thompson served three years as 



auto and property insurance cooperatives. 

 Producer's Crop Improvement Association, 

 and the refrigerated locker plant. And 

 through my children I have learned some- 

 thing of 4-H work. 



The tangible dollars and cents earned in 

 dividends and other savings through the 

 Farm Bureau are not the only evidence of 

 a wise investment of $15.00 yearly dues. It 

 is also a satisfaction to have been able to 

 take even a very small part in an organiza- 

 tion whose purpose is to make every com- 

 munity a better place in which to live. 

 Frank Fouts 

 Livingston county, 111. 



president of the I.A.A. and was for 

 several years president of the A.F.B.F. 



Mr. Hunt was a member of the board 

 of directors of the I.A.A. for a number 

 of years and Mr. Holmes and Thomp- 

 son were members of the first executive 

 board of the I.A.A. 



This group of nine pioneers met re- 

 cently in Galesburg for a day of feast 

 and fellowship. They organized (what 

 could be more natural) with Hatch as 

 president and Acheson as secretary. All 

 expect to attend the 20th birthday cel- 

 ebration of the A.F.B.F. when it meets 

 in Chicago next December. 



Editor's note:— Mr. Acheson will be re- 

 membered as the minister who appeared in 

 the old silent fUm "Spring Valley" put out 

 by the lAA in the early '20s. Acheson is a 

 Presbyterian minister who preaches each Sun- 

 day at Kirkwood. During the week he travels 

 about as personnel representative for Mom- 

 mouth College at Monmouth, III. .. 



Franklin H. Allen, Delavan, Ray- 

 mond Buker, Oregon, and W. H. Tam- 

 meus, Shelbyville, Illinois were given 

 honorable mention among the first ten 

 contestants in the essay contest con- 

 ducted by the American Farm Bureau 

 Federation commemorating its 20th an- 

 niversary. The contest subject was "20 

 Years of Farm Bureau achievement." 

 First, second, and third prize winners 

 are from Indiana, New York, and Iowa 

 res{>ectively. 



Illinois Grain Corporation reports 

 that white com has been bringing a premium 

 of l4c to 15c per bushel over yellow corn of 

 equal grade. , . , . 



Prospectors are drilling for oil in 

 Lee county, 111. south of Dixon. First 

 drilling is on the farm of George Bates. 

 Equipment is ready to sink a shaft 

 1000 feet deep. 



NOVEMBER, 1939 



