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The 



Dlinois A^ctdtural Assodatioa 



RECORD 



Published monthly by the Illinois Agricultural ABKuiiiiuon at ]«)5 80. Muiu liireei, Spencer, luu. hditorial Offices, 60S So. Dearborn St., Chicago, 111. 

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Number 2 



FEBRUARY, 1933 



Volume 11 



About the Convention at Peoria 



Strength, Determination, and Enthusiasnn To Go Forward Seen at 18th Annual Meeting 



As A demonstration of strength 

 and determination to carry on 

 in building constructive services 

 and maintaining proper representa- 

 tion for the benefit of Illinois agri- 

 culture, the 18th annual convention 

 of the Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion at Peoria Jan. 26-27 was never 

 surpassed. 



While the crowd estimated con- 

 servatively at more than 3,000 

 might have been exceeded in former 

 years, enthusiasm and determina- 

 tion were there abundantly as if in 

 reply to the concerted drive being 

 made by organized middlemen and 

 their allies to disorganize farmers 

 and shake their faith in farm lead- 

 ership and institutions. 



"What an organization! See the 

 determined look in their faces," 

 commented Henry Harriman, the 

 national chamber of commerce 

 president, as he gazed from the 

 platform at the vast audience — 

 nearly 2,000 strong — during the an- 

 nual banquet in Peoria's great 

 armory. That expression was spon- 

 taneous. Any newcomer could have 

 said as much. 



In a year of great depression and 

 consequent unrest brought on by 

 unprecedented losses and radical 

 changes in economic and social 

 conditions, you might expect such 

 influences to be reflected in the 

 annual meeting of a great or- 

 ganized body like the I. A. A. There 



were evidences of low farm spend- 

 ing power but not a ripple of the 

 disunity and internal dissension 

 which enemies of agricultural co- 

 operation delight in, and which 

 have hindered farm progress. 



Thus in fourteen years, since the 

 I. A. A. was set up on its present 

 membership basis in the city of 

 Peoria, Illinois farmers have welded 

 into their organization a measure 

 of strength and stability un- 

 equalled in any similar or contem- 

 porary association in America. 



Shall we reduce dues and cut 



service? That was the question 



more than 300 County Farm Bureau 



presidents, directors, and leaders 



(Continued on page 5) 



More than 1,600 were served, approximately 2,000 attended the Annual Banquet in Peoria's Big Armory on Thursday 

 night, Jan. 26. The I. A. A. was launched in this city as a membership organization in 1919. 



