May, 1931 



THE I. A. A. RECORD 



Page Seven 



Coultas Hired by 



Soybean Association 



Seek Lower Rates on Peaches 





"Hank" Lloyd Goes to Aurora Bank 

 %^: ;; •;■ As Farm Manager ^:..: 



W. H. Coultas 



WILBUR H. COULTAS, farm ad- 

 viser in McLean county for the 

 past three years, was employed as active 

 manager of the Soybean Marketing As- 

 sociation at a meet- 

 ing of the directors 

 in Springfield April 



27th. ".;,-: 



After graduating 

 from the University 

 of Illinois, Coultas 

 became assistant 

 farm adviser in Pe- 

 oria county where 

 he served for three 

 years before taking 

 a similar job with 

 Harrison Fahrnkopf, 

 former farm adviser of McLean county. 

 When Mr. Fahrnkopf was employed as 

 director of grain marketing for the I. 

 A. A. in September, 1928, Coultas suc- 

 ceeded him as farm adviser. Coultas 

 was active, along with other central 

 Illinois county advisers, in organizing 

 the Soybean Marketing Association. 



Mr. Coultas succeeds J. FI. Lloyd, 

 one of Illinois' first farm advisers, who 

 leaves the Soybean Association to be- 

 come farm manager for the First Na- 

 tional Bank of Aurora. 



In tendering his resignation, Mr. 

 Lloyd said: "It is with deep regret that 

 I sever a connection of more than 15 

 years with the Farm Bureau movement 

 in Illinois. In my new work, however, 

 I expect to continue to do everything 

 I can for the best interests of Illinois 

 farmers, and to co-operate with the 

 Farm Bureau which has done so much 

 for Illinois agriculture. 



"My desire to spend more time with 

 my family and to enter the field of 

 farm management in which I have long 

 been interested, prompts me to make 

 this new move. I have appreciated the 

 past opportunities in working with the 

 soybean growers of Illinois. I have every 

 confidence that under the competent 

 supervision of the Board of Directors, 

 and the corporate and active managers 

 the organized soybean growers of the 

 state will go on to further achievement 

 in co-operative marketing." 



Lloyd expects to take up his new du- 

 ties around the middle of May. Coultas 

 will leave McLean county June 15. He 

 and his family expect to moye tg Oak 



Lower rates-on peaches shipped out 

 of southern Illinois to eastern markets 

 are being sought by peach growers of 

 that section. 



A meeting to bring about fairer rates 

 was held in the I. A. A. offices on May 

 1. A. B. Leeper and L. J. Quasey of the 

 I. A. A. met with the group which in- 

 cluded growers and railroad men. 



The committee appointed by the 

 Iruit growers consists of A. B. Leeper, 

 manager of the Illinois Fruit Growers 

 Exchange; H. W. Day, Illinois Horti- 

 cultural Society; Guy Beauman, John- 

 son county; H. H. Lamar and J. J. 

 Keith, Union county; and W. S. Per- 

 rine and Senator Henry M. Dunlap who 

 have large orchards in Marion county. 



It is estimated that 2 5 per cent of 

 Illinois peaches are hauled out of south- 

 ern Illinois territory by truck because 

 of the high freight rates. Illinois 

 peaches are carried by railroads at a 

 rate of 8 5 per cent of first-class freight 

 rates, while Georgia peaches are hauled 

 to market at 47 per cent of first-class 

 rates, it was stated. 



I. A. A. Directors Attend 



Mrs. Sorrells' Funeral 



Hornbeek Employed 



As District Manager 



L. B. Hornbeek of Winchester, Scott 

 county, is the new organization mana- 

 ger for the sixth district in southeastern 

 Illinois. He succeeds F. M. Higgins, 

 who resigned the first of the year. 



Mr. Hornbeek made a good record 

 as a part-time membership solicitor. He 

 has been active in Farm Bureau work 

 in Scott county for many years. Horn- 

 beek is reported to have made 9 per 

 cent interest on the investment in his 

 farm in 1929, which he operated along 

 with his work for the Farm Bureau. 



Oil Men Meet 



Park. 



District meetings for directors, mana- 

 gers, and truck salesmen of county 

 oil co-operatives affiliated with the Illi- 

 noise Farm Supply Company are sched- 

 uled for Tuesday, June 9, Decatur; 

 Wednesday, June 10, Peoria; and Thurs- 

 day, June 11, DeKalb. 



John Krawetz, chief chemist of the 

 Phoenix Chemical Laboratory, and 

 Ralph Matthews, vice-president of the 

 Battenleld Grease and Oil Corporation, 

 will speak to each group. 



Greater uniformity in handling and 

 selling SERVICE petroleum products is 

 being brought about as a result oi these 

 meetings. 



Nothing tones down a trouble- 

 maker so quickly as to run into 

 someone he isn't sure he can lick. 



Mrs. Sorrells, wife of Sam Sorrells, 

 I. A. A. director from the 21st dis- 

 trict, was buried at Raymond on Sun- 

 day, April 19. 



The following resolution expressing 

 the sympathy of the Board of Directors 

 to Mr. Sorrells was passed at the April 

 meeting: 



WHEREAS, the Board of Direc- 

 tors of this Association has learned 

 with profound regret of the death 

 of Mrs. Samuel Sorrells, the be- 

 loved wife of our esteemed associ- :i ^ 

 ate and fellow member of this :; 

 Board of Directors: >'' 



RESOLVED, that the Board of 

 Directors, deeply sensible of the 

 loss sustained, extend their associ- 

 ate and fellow member, Samuel 

 Sorrells, its sincere sympathy, and 

 shall and hereby does note in its 

 records its tribute and appreciation 

 of her noble character and service 

 rendered in her community and to 

 humanity; and 



BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, 

 that a copy of this resolution be _ 

 tendered to the bereaved family. .. 

 The president appointed the follow- 

 ing committee of three to attend the 

 funeral: W. L. Cope, Geo. F. Tullock 

 and Charles S. Black. ;. 



LaSalle-Peru Producers — 



Keep Milk at Home 



The Tri-City Dairymen's Associa- 

 tion of LaSalle, Peru and Oglesby is 

 maintaining a price level of $2.65 per 

 cwt. for 3.5 per cent milk because 

 members of the organization are keep- 

 ing all milk at home that dealers can- 

 not handle for the wholesale and retail 

 fluid trade. ** 



It is reported that the surplus 

 amounts to about 1 5 per cent of the 

 total supply. The extra milk is being 

 used to feed pigs and calves on the 

 farm. 



Advice to advertisers: When ev- 

 erything else fails, try improving 

 the product. 



Picnic — Fish Fry 



A picnic and fish fry is being ar- 

 ranged by District Organization Mana- 

 ger L. F. Brissenden for Farm Bureau 

 presidents, executive committeemen, 

 farm advisers, and their families, in the 

 14 counties comprising Brissenden's or- 

 ganization district in Southern Illinois. 



The event has been scheduled for 



Saturday and Sunday, August 22-23, 



and will be held at Dixon Springs, a 

 well-known summer resort in Pope 

 county between Vienna and Golconda. { 

 George Metzger, J. C. Spitler and other ' 

 speakers will be present. 



