MONMOUTH, WARREN COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 



WHICH ENTERTAINED THE TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING 



OF THE ILLINOIS FARMERS' INSTITUTE, FEBRUARY 



22, 23 and 24, 1922. 



Monmouth is on the main line of the C. B. & Q., M. & St. L. and R. I. 

 Southern Railroads. 



Monmouth is the county seat of Warren County, noted for its extensive 

 agricultural and live stock interests. 



Monmouth has 20 miles of paved streets and hard roads leading in every 

 direction. 



Monmouth has a public school system unsurpassed by any city of its 

 size in America. 



Monmouth has live churches of every denomination. 



Monmouth College was founded in 1856, and is a prominent co-educa- 

 tional institution. 



Monmouth has a new, modern Armory, erected at a cost of $150,000. 



Monmouth has one of the first and best flying fields in the State, under 

 the management of the Curtis Aircraft Corporation, which will, by early 

 summer, maintain regular flying schedules to Chicago and other points. 



Monmouth's magnificient Y. M. C. A., building is one of the best in the 

 State, elaborately equipped with spacious lobby, bowling alleys, swimming 

 pool, shower baths and gymnasium, all of which are open to delegates and 

 visitors attending the State Institute. 



Monmouth has two large stoneware companies, manufacturing and ship- 

 ping all kinds of earthen ware to all parts of the world. 



Monmouth Plow Factory, owned by 5,000 farmers living in all parts of 

 the country, manufactures all types of plows, harrows, cultivators and corn 

 planters, sold entirely by mail. 



Monmouth is the home of the Pattee Plow Company, organized in 1872, 

 manufacturing a complete line of corn cultivators, and employing 250 men. 



Monmouth has a large clay manufacturing plant; a boiler pipe factory, 

 a stump puller manufacturing plant; and a large mitten factory. 



Monmouth is the headquarters of the Military Tract Live Stock Ship- 

 pers' Association. 



Monmouth is the headquarters of the Warren County Farm Bureau with 

 an active membership of over 1,200 members. 



Monmouth has a live Chamber of Commerce, with commodious quarters 

 including reading rooms, club and pool rooms, ladies' rest rooms, restaurant, 

 etc. All delegates and visitors will be made welcome. A Bureau of Infor- 

 mation will be maintained here during the Institute. 



LOCAL INSTITUTE COMMITTEES. 



EXECUTIVE. 



O. A. Spicer, Chairman; B. F. Gardner, M. T. Bruner, Ralph Wells, W. 

 D. Rodgers. 



ENTERTAINMENT. 



Will Beard, Chairman; Chas. O. McVey, John Donaldson, W. P. Graham. 



