August, 1932 



THE I. A. A. RECORD 



Page Eleven 



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How Illinois Senators and Representatives in Session of Congress Closed July, 1932 

 Voted on Measures of Interest to Agriculture as Reported by '';^^y^,,^d':m' 

 American Farm Bureau Federation 



•KEY: Blank space Indicates 

 bill did not come to a vote 

 in that House. 



PA — Paired agralnst 

 PF — Paired For 

 PR — Present 



D — Dead 



X — Viva voce vote 



NV — Not Voting 

 _(_ — Not listed In roll call 

 of votes 



(Continued from page 10) 



Savanna Proving Grounds. These 

 were followed by floats and cars. 



More than 1,000 cars were parked 

 on the main and side streets of 

 Elizabeth, filled with people who 

 came to see the parade. 



Fred Kammiller of Dubuque, 

 farmer and speaker of wide repute, 

 spoke on farm problems, followed 

 by R. A. Cowles, treasurer of the 

 I. A. A. who talked on policies of 

 the state organization with em- 

 phasis on legislation which the I. 

 A. A. is endeavoring to secure for 

 the benefit of agriculture in the 

 present congressional session. 



Thos. Youngbluth of Rush town- 

 ship was the lucky winner of the 

 farm wagon, Donald Krug of Mass- 

 bach won the bicycle, Mrs. Joe Bud- 

 den of Menominee township re- 



ceived a fine set of silverware, and 

 Mrs. Ross Pierce of Stockton the 

 beautiful set of glassware. 



The best float prizes were award- 

 ed to the Ladies Patriotic Circle, 

 1st; 4-H Club, 2nd; for unusual 

 floats. Joe Armitage horse drawn 

 hearse with "Old Man Depression." 

 Henry Droegmiller, 2nd. 



Of a total of $17,000,000 of farm 

 loans in 17 states for 1930, 38 per 

 cent called for payments on the 

 principal each year of the loan, 

 eight per cent for one or more pay- 

 ments, and six per cent for amor- 

 tization. Forty-eight per cent were 

 straight loans payable at the end 

 of the term, whereas 90 per cent of 

 the business reported for the pre- 

 ceding year in 10 states was for 

 straight term loans. :"-.:'^v 



Open Season On Ducks 



The open season on wild ducks 

 and geese has been set at two 

 months for the coming fall. The 

 earliest open season in any state 

 will be October 1 and the latest 

 opening date October 16 with the 

 exception of Florida where it will 

 be November 20. In Illinois the 

 new open season for ducks and 

 geese is October 16 to December 15. 



Farm Hand: "I'm kinda expectin' 

 you to raise my wages next week, 

 boss." 



Farmer: "Well, I always have 

 raised them every week an' I guess 

 I can do it next week." 



Consumption of meat has been 

 stimulated very noticeably as a re- 

 sult of low prices. 



