January f 1931 



THE I. A. A. RECORD 



Page Seven 





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Knox County Reports 



Large Membership 



"At this, the tliirteenth annual meet- 

 ing of the Knox County Farm Bureau, 

 I am glad to report that the year 1930 

 has been one of our most successful 

 years and shows the largest membership 

 at 1,360 of any since the war period," 

 said Harry Gehring of Altona, president 

 of the Knox County Farm Bureau, 

 when he called the meeting in Gaies- 

 burg to order recently. 



"In reports that are to follow you 

 will find that great progress has been 

 made in co-operative marketing; that 

 several new projects have been added 

 to our program and which have been 

 carried through to a successful comple- 

 tion.* You will find that the finances 

 of the organization are very satisfac- 

 tory," said Mr. Gehring. 



"Your association is stronger today, 

 as to membership, finances, loyalty and 

 ability to do the jobs for which it was 

 created than it has ever been before," 

 said Secretary Ira Moats of Maquon. 

 "More things are being accomplished 

 each year and an increasing number of 

 ' members are doing constructive work. 

 Your organization has been especially 

 favored through the years in its leader- 

 ship. Your president, who occupies the 

 chair today, has served faithfully dur- 

 ing a long period of years, in fact, rec- 

 ords show that he has not missed a 

 meeting of the board of directors since 

 1923." ';■:.•■;;-.■■ 



"In submitting my secona annual 

 report as your treasurer, I am pleased 

 to announce that the organization is in 

 the strongest financial condition that it 

 has ever been during its thirteen years* 

 history," said T. J. Sullivan of Gales- 

 burg. "This is a result of the economy 

 plan and the budget system followed 

 by your board of directors." 



His report showed that the net worth 

 of the Knox County Farm Bureau is 

 $15,667.01. 



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J. FRANK GRIMBS CHICAGO 



Freeport-Dixon High 



Line Cases Settled 



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Open Offices for 



:\' ■■ ^y ^- ■'-''.■: -."^ Drouth Loans 



: ; Field offices for handling loans to 

 farmers in drought and storm areas will 

 be established by the U. S. Department 

 of Ag^riculture at St. Louis, Memphis, 

 Grand Forks, North Dakota, and 

 Washington, D. C. 



The interest rates on all loans will 

 be 5 per cent. Notes given by borrow- 

 ers will be payable next fall when the 

 1931 crops mature and are marketed, 

 the date of payment varying according 

 to the marketing season in the 'different 

 sections. Each borrower will be re- 

 quired to give a first lien on his 1931 

 crops. .. 



AN amicable settlement of claims 

 for easements to land traversed 

 by a high line between Freeport and 

 Dixon was effected between officials of 

 the Illinois Northern Utility Compjjny 

 and landowners represented by the Ste:* 

 phenson. Ogle and Lee County Farm 

 Bureaus and the I. A. A. in Chicago 

 on January 2. 



E. D. Alexander, president and gen- 

 eral manager of the utility company, 

 and Earl C. Smith, president of the 

 I. A. A., were the principals in nego- 

 tiating terms of settlement. 



Compensation for easements and ac- 

 tual land covered by towers or struc- 

 tures varied according to th., location 

 of the land in question. A greater al- 

 lowance, for example, was made where 

 a line cut diagonally across a field than 

 where the power line straddles or runs 

 parallel to fences. 



John C. Watson, statistician for the 

 I. A. A., was named by both parties to 

 appraise the land involved. Farm im- 

 provements will be taken into consid- 

 eration in valuing the land. Eighty- 

 two, landowners in the counties of Lee, 

 Ogle and Stephenson were involved in 

 the settlemet. ^ : -i > _ 



The daily farm program of the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association is 

 broadcast from the I. A. A. offices 

 over Station WJJD (274 meters), 

 Chicago, between 12:15 and 12:30 

 P. M., Monday to Friday inclusive. 

 Tune in and get the live stock mar- 

 kets, farm news, and economic in- 

 formation. 



"A Marketing Program for 1931 

 will be the subject of an address from 

 station WLS, Chicago, at 12:05 noon, 

 January 26, by Secretary George Metz- 

 ger. This talk will be one of a series 

 on the subject of co-operative market- 

 ing. 



"Co-operative Marketing in Illinois" 

 was the subject of a radio address by 

 George Thiem, editoi: of the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association RECORD, 

 over the Columbia Broadcasting System 

 through Station WBBM, Chicago, at 

 12:45 p. m. Friday, January 16. 



"New Ideas in Marketing Farm Pro- 

 duce" and "What Farmers Are Think- 

 ing About" were subjects of 10-minute 

 talks by Frank Gougler and George 

 Th|em, respectfully, on the noon farm 

 program from Station WGN, Chicago, 

 recently. 



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Tentative Program- 



Logan Farm Supply Company recent- 

 ly announced a 6% patronage refund 

 to Farm Bureau members. 



NOTICE OP ANNUAL. MEETING 

 ILLINOIS PRODUCE MAR- 

 KETING ASS'N. 



Notice la hereby griven of the llrst 

 annual meeting ot the Illinois Pro- 

 duce Marketing Association to be 

 held In the Sun Room of the Leland 

 Hotel, Springfield, Illinois, 1 P. M., 

 January 28, 1031. 



This meeting Is called for the pur- 

 pose of electing a board of directors 

 of fifteen members and transacting 

 such other business as may come be- 

 fore the meeting. 



(Signed) Claude J. Martin, 

 Jan. 2, 1931. Secretary. 



ILLINOIS PRODUCE 

 MARKETING ASSN. 



ANNUAL MEETING 

 SUN ROOM, LELAND HOTEL 



SPRINGFIELD, ILL., JANUARY 28, 1531 

 1:30 P. M. 



Singing— Led by J. H. Checkley. w . 



Roll Call— Delegates. 'r/^ 



Nomination of Nominating Committee. - 



Reading of Minutes of First Annual Meeting. 



Secretary-Treasurer's Report — Claude J. 

 Martin. 



Progreis Report— F. A. Gougler. 



Address — ^John Brandt, Pres., Land O'Lakes 

 Creameries, St. Paul, Minn. 



Travelogue— Nancy Carroll, Menard coun- 

 ty. 111. 



Address — Tom Borman, Manager, Beatrice 

 Creamery Co., Chicago. 



Eulogy on the Dairy Cow— Clem Garton. 



A Dutchman's Patriotic Speech — Uriah Len- 

 drick. 



Report of Nominating Committee. 



Election of 0£Gcers. ; 



Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas 

 announced recently that he would in- 

 troduce a bill providing for the regu- 

 lation of the natural gas industry, in- 

 cluding pipe lines, their rates, services, 

 valuations, earnings and financing, and 

 the quality of the commodity sold to 

 the public by the Interstate Commerce 

 Commission. .^ . -■. v^ . -.5;; r . • .;. 



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