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Number 1 



JANUARY, 1934 



Volume 12 



Come To The Annual Meeting 



Prepare For Victory Celebration at 18th I. A. A. Convention 



in Danville, Jan. 24-25-26 



CORN loans, the corn-hog adjust- 

 ment program, the money prob- 

 lem, plans for wheat acreage 

 reduction in 1934, farm credits, and 

 the question what is in store for the 

 farmer in the next five years are 

 among the leading problems that will 

 be discussed at the coming 18th an- 

 nual meeting of the Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association and associated com- 

 panies in Danville, Jan. 24-25-26. 



When the convention opens, con- 

 gress will have been in session sev- 

 eral weeks, and by that time the 

 future plans of the administration and 

 congress toward restoring parity 

 prices for farm products will likely 

 be more clearly defined. 



The program of the convention, 

 therefore, will be built 

 with the idea of bringing 

 up-to-date information to 

 Illinois farmers on current 

 issues and problems, on 

 the administration of the 

 Agricultural Adjustment 

 Act affecting this state, on 

 government efforts toward 

 restoring an honest debt- 

 paying dollar, and on fed- 

 eral farm credits. 



The coming meeting 

 promises to be a real vic- 

 tory celebration with an 

 outpouring of members 

 from every part of the 

 state which contributed 

 so heavily in influence, 

 money, and man power to- 

 ward securing the enact- 

 ment of the Agricultural 

 Adjustment Act. With ag- 

 gressive administration it 

 is believed that the act 

 has far more possibilities 

 for restoring farm prices 

 than have yet been tried. 



As this is written, it is 



still too early to make definite an- 

 nouncements regarding speakers and 

 other details of the program. Chester 

 C. Davis, Administrator of the Agri- 

 cultural Adjustment Act, will speak 

 at the annual banquet on Thursday 

 night. Edward A. O'Neal, president of 

 the American Farm Bureau Federa- 

 tion, will be another banquet speaker. 



Mr. O'Neal will undoubtedly come 

 from the national capital where he 

 will be when congress convenes direct- 

 ly after New Year's Day. Other 

 speakers will be announced later. 



Otis Kercher, Vermilion county 

 farm adviser, reports that all will be 

 in readiness to take care of a record 

 crowd. Danville is a hospitable city 

 with plenty of excellent hotel accommo- 

 dations. It is situated on main high- 

 ways both north and south, and east 

 and west. It is also easily reached by 

 train from all sections of the state be- 

 ing on the main line of the C. & E. I. 

 between Chicago and the south, and on 

 the Big Four east and west. 



There will be little variation in the 

 schedule of meetings of associated 

 companies and organiza- 

 tions on Wednesday, Jan. 

 24. The annual meeting 

 of the State Farm Bureau 

 Baseball League tentative- 

 ly is being set for 1:00 P. 

 M. instead of the cus- 

 tomary 9:30 to 10:00 A. 

 M. The Serum Associa- 

 tion and the Auditing As- 

 sociatit 1 are expecting to 

 start their meetings in the 

 morning. Country Life In- 

 surance Co. will have a 

 conference for agents, and 

 Illinois Ff m Supply Co. 

 will sponsor a get-to- 

 gether and conference for 

 managers and directors of 

 county service and supply 

 companies. 



The annual meetings of 

 the Illinois Agricultural 

 Mutual Insurance Com- 

 pany and Farmers Mutual 

 Reinsurance Company are 

 scheduled for Wednesday 

 afternoon, and on Wed- 



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