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I. A. A. RECORD— June, 1933 



I. A. A. Auto Insurance 

 Co. Breaks All Records 



All previous records for auto in- 

 surance applications were broken dur- 

 ing the month of April when the Illi- 

 nois Agricultural Mutual received 

 1,472 applications for policies during 

 April and the first seven days of May. 

 Most of the applications were for auto 

 insurance under the surplus fee plan 

 by which the surplus share and pre- 

 mium deposit are waived. 



Early reports indicate that a sub- 

 stantial number of the new applicants 

 recently joined the Farm Bureau, 

 probably 10 per cent or more. 



Whiteside county led all others in 

 the number of insurance applications 

 turned into the home office. The rec- 

 ord for April was as follows: White- 

 side, 117; Madison, 77; Cook, 68; 

 Henry, 47; Bureau, 39; DeKalb and 

 LaSalle, 37; Champaign, 36; Kane and 



Lake, 34. ,;,••:■■;;■; V' ;■''■■ .?-;'•> "-i, ;v.^■ '•^v; .v:;v 

 The 10 high general agents in auto 

 insurance applications for April were 

 as follows: Stanley Castle, Madison, 

 46; Roy Mitchell, Champaign, 31; Wm. 

 C. Linker, Whiteside, 31; Fred H. Wil- 

 son, Kane, 25; Bertram Abney, Lake, 

 24; A. B. Shubert, Kankakee, 23; 

 Homer Hitchcock, Winnebago, 23; E. 

 B. Young, Montgomery, 21; E. A. 

 Camcross, Cook, J. D. Smith, Sanga- 

 mon, H. A. Bonser, Shelby, 18. 



The 10 high special agents were as 

 follows: Earl Keniston, Whiteside, 16; 

 L. D. Snavely, Whiteside, 13; Ezra 

 McClaughry, Cook, 12; A. H. Booth, 

 Bureau, D. J. Auble, DuPage, and L. 

 W. Wiese, Henry, 11; Loy J. Knox, 

 0. C. Beatty^ and L. S. Johnson, 

 Whiteside, and E. L. Wilson, Will, 10. 



I. A. A. Men Speak Af 



Stronghurst Meeting 



The emergency farm bill and the 

 need for organized action by farmers 

 in solving their problems featured ad- 

 dresses by Donald Kirkpatrick of the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association and 

 L. A. Williams, manager of Country 

 Life Insurance Co. before more than 

 400 Farm Bureau members and their 

 guests at Stronghurst, Henderson 

 county, the night of May 10. 



Mr. Kirkpatrick explained the con- 

 tents of the new measure which, he 

 said, embodies the principles the Farm 

 Bureau movement has been fighting 

 for over a 12 year period. A group of 

 business men from Burlington, Iowa 

 came as guests of the Farm Bureau 

 seeking further information on the 



How To Market Wool 



1. Remove heavy dirty locks be- 

 fore shearing. 



2. Shear sheep only when fleece 

 is dry. 



3. Remove fleece from animal 

 unbroken. 



4. When rolling, spread fleece 

 with flesh side down, fold in 

 from the sides and ends, then 

 roll from tail to neck. Always 

 keep flesh side out. 



5. Do not roll too tightly. 



6. Tie each fleece separately us- 

 ing only paper twine — never 

 use sisal or hemp twines. 



7. Keep burry, seedy, cotted, 

 dead, black and gray fleeces 

 separate from good clear 

 wool. 



8. Place fleeces in wool sacks or 

 covered piles. ».'\'5'^ 



9. Do not pile nor store in a 

 damp place. 



Kankakee Farm Bureau 

 ^ , Is Getting Under Way 



"The Kankakee County Soil and 

 Crop Improvement Association will 

 soon be known as the Kankakee Coun- 

 ty Farm Bureau," writes Farm Ad- 

 viser Geo. T. Swaim in the inaugural 

 issue of the Farm and Home Bureau 

 News of Kankakee county. "We ex- 

 pect that a co-operative organization 

 will control the seed and hatchery 

 business," he says. "Suggestions for 

 the improvement of the organization, 

 the paper, or the activities are open 

 to the membership." 



Officers of the Kankakee County 

 Farm Bureau are: President, Len 

 Small; Vice-Pres., Chas. H. Schmidt; 

 Secretary-treasurer, L. B. Bratton. 



A. B. Shubert has been appointed 

 insurance manager and W. B. Peter- 

 son, manager of the service company. 

 Del George is in charge of the hatch- 

 ery and Fred J. Osterlee manages the 

 seed department. 



operations of the new relief legisla- 

 tion. 



Emphasizing the basic importance 

 of a prosperous agriculture if other 

 interests are to be prosperous, Mr. 

 Williams told the business men that 

 if farmers failed to organize effec- 

 tively to help themselves maintain a 

 prosperous industry, it would be to 

 the interests of business and indus- 

 trial groups from a selfish point of 

 view to organize farmers and thereby 

 help place the farm industry on a 

 profitable basis. 



Seven Cities Ask For 



Next I. A. A. Meeting 



Springfield, Danville, and Peoria led 

 in the order named when I. A. A. 

 directors finished voting on the place 

 for 1934 annual meeting of the Asso- 

 ciation at the May board meeting. 



Invitations were presented by dele- 

 gations from seven cities including 

 those above and Decatur, Rockford, 

 Kankakee, and Moline. 



"Come to Moline," pleaded Secre- 

 tary Lydig of the Chamber of Com- 

 merce. "'Come out and let the people 

 of the Quad-Cities know what a fine 

 organization you have. Out there 

 where the milk dealers are fighting 

 the producers, they have advertised 

 you as a Chicago group. The thinking 

 people know better, but come out and 

 show 'em. It will have a wholesome 

 influence on everyone." 



Otis Kercher, Vermilion county 

 farm adviser, and C. C. Simpson of 

 the Danville Chamber of Commerce 

 extended the invitation for that city. 

 "Eight thousand dollars have been 

 spent on the accoustics of the armory 

 since you were there last," said Ker^,. 

 cher. 



"It's our turn to have this meeting," 

 said Mr. Coulter of the Springfield 

 Ass'n of Commerce. "You know what 

 we can do." 



A cordial invitation to come to 

 Kankakee was extended by ex-Gov- 

 ernor Len Small, president of the 

 Farm Bureau, and by Farm Adviser 

 George T. Swaim, and the Chamber of 

 Commerce secretary. Complete fcover- 

 age of the meeting was promised 

 through the Kankakee County Re- 

 publican, edited by Leslie Small who 

 accompanied the delegation. 



President Dillinger, Secretary Ham- 

 ilton, and Farm Adviser Fisher of the 

 Macon County Farm Bureau and Mr. 

 McClelland of the Chamber of Com- 

 merce presented the arguments for 

 Decatur. Farm Adviser Whisenand 

 and Mike Finn of the Association of 

 Commerce spoke for Peoria, and Farm 

 Adviser Keltner and the Chamber of 

 Commerce secretary for Rockford. 



Springfield, it was pointed out, is 

 the most strategic city with ample 

 accommodations for members in the 

 Southern Illinois counties who were 

 compelled to travel far north to Rock- 

 ford and Peoria the last two years. 



Chamber of Commerce secretaries 

 commented that the I. A. A. annual 

 is the cleanest and largest convention 

 in the state. The I. A. A. board will 

 decide on the meeting place after 

 hearing the committee's report at the 

 June meeting. 



