April, 19)2 



THE I. A. A. RECORD 



Page Seventeen 



i9th District Conference 



Is Held at Mattoon 



Responsibilities of Farm Bureau and 

 co-operative association boards of di- 

 rectors was discussed by G. W. Smith 

 of Charleston at the recent 19th I. A. 

 A. district conference held at Mattoon. 

 Director C. J. Gross presided. 



Mr. Smith expressed the belief that 

 directors should attend all meetings, 

 vote on all questions 

 brought up, enter 

 into the discussion, 

 be willing to sacri- 

 fice time to solicit 

 membership and pa- 

 tronage, and abide 

 by majority rule. 



Mr. Gross led in 

 a discussion of Farm 

 Bureau office ad- 

 ministration and of 

 C. J. Gross relationships between 

 employees and offi- 

 cials of the organization. It was gen- 

 erally agreed that Farm Bureau officers 

 and directors should not hold political 

 office and should avoid partisan politics 

 to safeguard the best interests of the 

 organization. 



District Manager L. B. Hornbeeik dis- 

 cussed organization problems, Frank D. 

 Barton, co-operative grain marketing. 

 Farm Adviser C. E. Gates reviewed the 

 grain marketing program in LaSalle 

 county. He told how new equipment 

 was improving grain grades and reduc- 

 ing the expense of loading and handling 

 grain. Air blower equipment for load- 

 ing grain is now being installed in 

 country elevators, it was reported. 



A. B. Gulp emphasized the need for 

 progressive but sound thinking, for de- 

 veloping Farm Bureau leadership among 

 the younger members who must carry 

 on after present leaders retire. 



Farm Adviser C. C. Burns and Mr. 

 Fulk suggested that a nationalistic 

 viewpoint be developed favoring tariff 

 protection and trade restrictions. It 

 was unanimously voted that the next 

 district conference be held at Shelbv- 

 ville. 



Fahrnkopf and Vaninnan 

 Recovering fronn II 



Iness 



Harrison Fahrnkopf, director of grain 

 marketing, has been ill since the annual 

 meeting of the I. A. A. in Rockford. 

 He has been troubled with sciatic rheu- 

 matism. Removal of his tonsils failed to 

 correct the condition. He is still under 

 the observation of physicians. More re- 

 cently he entered the hospital in Bloom- 

 ington for further examination, after 

 which he had several teeth extracted. 



Mr. Fahrnkopf hopes to be sufficient- 

 ly improved by April 1 to resume work. 



Vernon Vaniman, directj)/ of insur- 

 ance service, is recovenrig at his home 

 in Urbana from a kidriey operation. An 

 infection which developed following the 

 operation is gradually subsiding. He 

 hopes to be sufficiently! strong to return 

 to the office shortly affter April 1. 



Cold Weather Kills 



Peach Buds, Delays Crops 



The cold snap the second week in 

 March damaged peach buds in the 

 southern Illinois peach belt from 25 to 

 100 per cent, according to Harry W. 

 Day, of the Illinois Fruit Growers' Ex- 

 change. 



The damage in Pulaski, Massac and 

 Pope counties in the extreme southern 

 part of the state is estimated at from 

 7 J to 100 per cent. 



While peach buds were not opened, 

 they were swelled nearly to the burst- 

 ing point. Day said. Most of the buds 

 were turned black by the freeze. Ex- 

 tensive damage likewise is reported in 

 the Arkansas and Missouri peach belts. 



Asparagus and strawberries in south- 

 ern Illinois will be delayed from two to 

 three weeks. Some damage has been 

 done to pear orchards. 



Keltner and Winnebago 



OfFicials Did Good Job 



CHARLES H. KELTNER, farm ad- 

 viser, and President George F. Tul- 

 lock of the Winnebago County Farm 

 Bureau, together with the local com- 

 mittee on arrange- 

 ments, deserve much 

 of the credit for the 

 outstanding success 

 of the 17th annual 

 I. A. A. convention 

 held Jan. 27-28-29, 

 in Rockford. 



Several weeks be- 

 fore the meeting Mr. 

 Keltner called a 

 meeting of northern 

 Chas. H. Keltner Illinois farm advisers 

 and Farm Bureau 

 presidents with the idea of getting out 

 a large delegation of members from 

 each of the nearby counties. The re- 

 sults of this eflFort exceeded expecta- 

 tions. The crowd was estimated at 

 5,000, exceeding the attendance at most, 

 if not all, previous convention. 



Delegates and visitors were comfort- 

 ably provided for and the three-day 

 schedule of events went off without a 

 hitch. Secretary Patrick of the Rock- 

 ford Chamber of Commerce and the 

 hotel managers co-operated most effec- 

 tively to this end. 



Over 800 at Annual 



Winnebago Co. Meeting 



Geo. Jewett Defends Marketing Act, 



Warns Farmers of False 



Propaganda 



URGING the extension of co-opera- '•,- 

 tive marketing, co-operative pur- v v 

 chasing, and general agricultural or- 

 ganization as the only hope for a prof- 

 itable agriculture in the future, George • ' 

 C. Jewett, vice-chairman of the board, y :; 

 Congress Trust and Savings Bank, Chi- ]:.■''■ 

 cago, took up the cudgel in defense of 

 the Agricultural Marketing Act at the 

 annual meeting of the Winnebago 

 County Farm Bureau at Rockford 

 March 19. 



The Act has been of material benefit 

 to farmers in setting up their co-opera- 

 tive marketing system, he said, and al- 

 though there may have been some mis- 

 takes in the administration of the meas- 

 ure, its enactment has been more than 

 justified. ; ■; •; . ' :. x. ■ . 



Mr. Jewett pointed to the stabiliza- 

 tion operations of the Federal Farm 

 Board as one possible mistake in the — 

 administration of the Marketing Act. 

 He said that the purchasing of grain 

 by the Stabilization Corporation, no 

 doubt improved the market at the time 

 of the purchases, but that the effects 

 of these operations were likely to be __ 

 detrimental in the long run. 



He warned Winnebago county farm- 

 ers to look carefully at those who were 

 fighting the co-operative movement, 

 pointing out that most of them were 

 men who had formerly profited from 

 the farmer's lack of organization. 



President George F. Tullock and 

 Secretary L. A. Frisby reported a suc- 

 cessful year both for the Farm Bureau 

 and the Winnebago County Service 

 Company, which held its annual meet- 

 ing jointly with the Farm Bureau. Be- 

 tween 800 and 900 were present at the 

 luncheon held in the ballroom of the 

 Faust Hotel, where the annual banquet 

 of the I. A. A. was held the latter part 

 of January. 



It was reported that the amount of 

 patronage dividends paid to Farm Bu- 

 reau members by the service company 

 in 1931 is equal to an average refund 

 to each member of $23.93. A dividend 

 of 10 per cent has been paid and an- 

 other 10 per cent has been set aside for 

 later distribution in 1932. The total re- 

 fund amount to $15,125.32 for the 

 year. 



Eighty head of purebred Angus cows, 

 heifers and bulls sold by the Mercer 

 County Breeders' Association on March 

 16 average between $95 and $100 per 

 head. 



