I. A. A. Record— February, 1934 



plause whenever the company, or its 

 outstanding record during the past 

 fiscal year, were mentioned. 



The addresses of Secretary Geo. E. 

 Metzger, Frank Gougler and J. B. 

 Countiss before Illinois Producers 

 Creameries annual meeting revealed 

 that the organized butterfat producers 

 in Illinois are going places. Three big 

 co-operative creameries organized, op- 

 erating and making money, and others 

 on the way presents a rosy outlook 

 with great opportunity for further de- 

 velopment in 1934. y: .. ./;•::/,,: 



As in past years, the I. A. A. con- 

 vention was orderly and business-like. 

 There was a total absence of rough- 

 house, drinking, and noisy all night 

 parties in hotel rooms which mark 

 many such gatherings. Dissipation 

 took the form of impromptu hog-call- 

 ing contests in the Wolford Hotel dur- 

 ing the night much to the amusement 

 of local people as well as convention 

 delegates. 



Cliff Simpson, secretary of the Dan- 

 ville Chamber of Commerce, President 

 Lenhart, Farm Adviser Otis Kercher, 

 and the arrangements committee of 

 the Vermilion County Farm Bureau 

 left nothing undone to accommodate 

 everyone and run off the convention 

 smoothly according to schedule. Con- 

 siderable delay was experienced in 

 getting the crowd seated and served at 

 the banquet in the armory partly due 

 to the extremely heavy attendance. 

 The food was good, however, and the 

 inconvenience was soon forgotten. 



W-H-O-O-E-E-E 



Presidents and Advisers 

 Dinner A Happy Session 



The Farm Bureau presidents* and 



^^.•/.; farm advisers' get-together on Wed- 



f;'".; ' nesday night, Jan. 24, was an enthusi- 



• ' '• ; astic session with tap dancing and 



'••■-,■■ other entertainment furnished by Farm 



v; ■ Adviser Otis Kercher of the Vermilion 



. -^^ V County Farm Bureau and the Danville 



Chamber of Commerce. More than 250 



people sat down to the excellent meal 



furnished by local business men. 



Clif Simpson, secretary of the Cham- 

 ber of Commerce, which provided the 

 dinner, delivered a rousing welcome 

 in which he invited the people to spend 

 as much money as possible and come 

 back soon again. "I'm going to be 

 frank," he said. "We invited you to 

 Danville to get your business and I 

 hope you'll all spend at least $50 each 

 before you leave." (Applause) 



Membership acquisition and future 



organization policies, curtailment of 



importations of blackstrap molasses, 



suppression of the use of oleo by 



'.■ . farmers and other questions figured 



. in the discussion from the floor. 



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Otis Kercher Has Troubles 

 Hog Callers Responsible 



As an aftermath of the recent I. A. 

 A. convention, Otis Kercher, Vermilion 

 county adviser, has been deluged with 

 'phone calls and letters of complaints 

 from hog growers in the vicinity of 

 Danville. They report that their hogs 

 got no sleep during the three days of 

 the meeting and that at the present 

 writing many are asleep on their feet 

 and have lost an average of five 

 pounds a day answering phony calls. 

 Local farmers state that while they 

 do not mind a bit of polite hog call- 

 ing for contest purposes, it is evident 

 that some of the more leather-lunged 

 hog callers got a bit serious in their 

 efforts and kept all the hogs in the 

 township up for four nights. More- 

 over the hogs are skeptical about an- 

 swering their masters' voices which 

 seriously interferes with normal feed- 

 ing operations. Otis says he will write 

 a letter to the newspaper explaining 

 the situation and may ask the I. A. A. 

 to get a law passed gagging hog 

 callers or something. 



Many Guests Attend 



Guests at the annual dinner included 

 Dean H. W. Mumford, J. C. Spitler 

 and Dr. W. L. Burlison of the Uni- 

 versity of Illinois; Walter McLaugh- 



Smith and Wright 



Re-elected To Posts 



Five New Directors Chosen on 



I. A. A. Board at Annual 



Meeting 



Earl C. Smith of Pike county was 

 unanimously re-elected president, and 

 A. R. Wright of Marshall county was 

 unanimously re-elected vice-president 

 at the business session of delegates : 

 following the speaking and entertain- 

 ment program Thursday night. Donald 

 Kirkpatrick, general counsel, presided. 



Bliss Loy, of Effingham county, 

 who placed the name of Mr. Smith in 

 nomination, said that the I. A. A. had 

 risen to new heights in accomplish- 

 ment and prestige under his able lead- 

 ership, that he was recognized na- 

 tionally for his sincere and untiring 

 efforts in behalf of the people and the 

 industry he was elected to serve. 



In nominating Mr. Wright, Homer . 

 Curtis of Jo Daviess county called at- 

 tention to his many years of faithful 

 and successful service as vice-presi- 

 dent, and chairman of the finance com- 

 mittee which with the treasurer has 

 great responsibility in investing and 

 conserving the funds of the I. A. A. 

 and associated companies. 



Five changes were made in the 

 board of directors. E. E. Oughtby of 

 Shabbona, DeKalb county, was elected 

 to succeed Geo. F. TuUock of Rock- 

 ford, the oldest man in point of serv- 

 ice on the I. A. A. board. Albert 

 Hayes of Peoria county was chosen to 

 succeed Geo. Muller of Tazewell in the 

 16th district. Otto Steffey of Hender- 

 son county succeeds M. G. Lambert in 

 the 14th district. Mont Fox of Ver- 

 milion county replaces W. A. Dennis 

 of Edgar county in the 18th district. 

 And Alvin O. Eckert of St. Clair 

 county was chosen to succeed Tal- 

 mage DeFrees of Bond county in the 

 22nd district. Chas. S. Black of Mor- 

 gan county was re-elected in the 20th 

 district, and Chas. Marshall of John- 

 son county was again chosen in the 

 24th district. 



lin and J. H. Lloyd of the State De- 

 partment of Agriculture; Walter L. 

 Rust, president. Federal Land Bank, 

 St. Louis; E. C. Hewes, publisher, 

 Danville Commercial-News; Samuel R. 

 Guard, editor. Breeder's Gazette; N. 

 W. Allen, president, Nat'l Fruit and 

 Veg. Exchange; the various speakers 

 mentioned elsewhere, and officers and 

 managers of a large number of co- 

 operative organizations closely as- 

 sociated with the I. A. A. 



The 137 quota men who had signed 

 six or more new I. A. A. Farm Bureau 

 members always were introduced as 

 guests of the Association. 





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