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Number 1 



JANUARY, 1932 



Volume 1 



Northern Illinois Farm 

 Advisers to Boost Meeting 



Seek to Get Out 5,000 Farm Bureau 



Members Within 60 Miles 



Of Rockford 



See I. A. A. Convention as 

 Clearing House for Ideas 



One Place Where Man on Farm Gets 

 A Chance to Tell What He , 

 Thinks About It 



A BOOSTER meeting of farm ad- 

 visers and Farm Bureau presidents 

 in northern Illinois to get out a large 

 local attendance at the coming I. A. A. 

 convention in Rockford, will be called 

 in the near future, according to Farm 

 Adviser Chas. H. Keltner, who visited 

 the I. A. A. offices recently. 



"We have plenty of accommodations 

 for everyone at Rockford," said Kelt- 

 ner. "There is ample hotel room and 

 the rates will be reasonable. We are 

 asking that when making reservations, 

 farm advisers specify the kind of ac- 

 commodations wanted, including price 

 of rooms, the number in a room, etc. 

 We will try to fill every order as re- 

 quested." 



^ r Hold Down Cost 



Mr. Keltner states that the capacity 

 of the banquet room on the twelfth 

 floor of the Faust Hotel is rated at from 

 1,600 to 1,800 people. He is request- 

 ing that reservations be made early. 



"Every effort is being made to hold 

 down the cost of banquet and luncheon 

 tickets below those of previous years," 

 he said. "We have approximately 5,000 

 Farm Bureau members within a radius 

 of 50 to 60 miles of Rockford, and we 

 shall make every effort toward getting 

 them out to the convention." 



Where to Go 



Delegates and members arriving in 

 Rockford are asked to report at the 

 hotel assigned where definite advance 

 reservations have been made. Others 

 must report at the registration desk in 

 the lobby of the Faust Hotel. 



The annual dinner and get-together 

 for farm advisers, Farm ■■■■:'-,:"'^-''-[ ■'.■,:■'■.:'..:':. 

 bureau presidents, I. A. 

 A. officers and staff 

 members will be held 

 in the main dining room 



of the Nelson Hotel on Wednesday 

 night, January 27. The dinner is being 

 financed by the local Chamber of Com- 

 merce. 



Board of Delegates Is 



Governing Body I. A. A. 



EVERY organized county in Illinois 

 will be represented by one or more 

 voting delegates at the annual meeting 

 of the I. A. A., Rockford, January 28- 

 29, if each takes advantage of its privi- 

 lege. According to the present count 

 there will be approximately 200 dele- 

 gates from the 94 County Farm Bu- 

 reaus. 



The by-laws of the I. A. A. provide 

 that "the members within a county in 

 good standing and engaged in produc- 

 tion of agricultural products shall be 

 entitled to representation in the annual 

 meeting of members, and in any special 

 meeting, by one voting delegate, and 

 one additional voting delegate for each 

 500 members in good standing engaged 

 in production of agricultural products, 

 or major fraction thereof." 



Thus, the county with 251 members 

 is entitled to two delegates; 751 mem- 

 bers, three delegates; 1,251 members, 

 four delegates; and 1,751 members, five 

 delegates. 



Who Is Eligible? 



All delegates must be members in 

 good standing (dues paid) and engaged 

 in production of agricultural products. 

 This classification includes both land- 

 lords and tenants, and parties who are 

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THE 17th annual meeting of the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association to 

 be held at Rockford, January 28-29, 

 together with meetings of associated 

 companies on January 27, will be a 

 clearing house for ideas and suggestions 

 offered by real farmers from all sections 

 of the state on what they can and 

 should do in an organized way for the 

 welfare of the industry. . . u,^ 



Of course there will be speeches and 

 addresses as in past years by men of ' 

 national prominence. But there will be 

 a time also for the most obscure mem- 

 ber to rise up and tell what he thinks 

 his organization should and should not 

 do in the next year. 



Five Business Conferences 



The five business conferences to be 

 held simultaneously on Thursday after- 

 noon as in former year, were arranged 

 expressly for this purpose. The various 

 sessions of the delegates, particularly the 

 closing one on the last afternoon of the 

 convention, are open for free discussion 

 of resolutions and policies governing the 

 Association and its work. 



The opening morning of the I. A. A. 

 meeting on January 28 will be largely 

 devoted to the president's address, and 

 reports by the secretary and treasurer 

 about the work of the organization dur- 

 ing 1931 and its condition today. 



Banquet and Luncheon 



The banquet and luncheon Thursday 

 night and Friday noon respectively will 

 be held in the Faust Hotel dining room 

 .on the top floor. A large number of 

 leaders representing other business and 

 educational interests in the state, co- 

 operative marketing of- 

 ficials, and men in pub- 

 lic life are being in- 

 r . vited to attend. 



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