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Swing Into Action To 

 Achieve Goal Of Twenty- 

 Five Per Cent Increase 



Whiteside and Jersey First To Go Over the 

 Top — Farm Bureau Leaders Express 

 Confidence in Membership Campaign. 



Plans for strengthening membership in the Farm Bureau 

 and I. A. A. throughout the state were reported to the 

 RECORD from many counties just before going to press. 



In Effingham county Bliss E. Loy, president of the Farm 

 Bureau, states that corn-hog sign-ups are the big activities 

 of the day, but Farm Bureau sign-ups for membership are 

 close behind. "Effingham county is expecting to add 150 new 

 members by April 1," writes Mr. Loy. "We are striving for a 

 larger paid-up membership in 1934 and prospects are the best 

 ever. 



"Captain KeUy and his lieu-!j> 

 tenants were out oarly Fob. 1 and 

 are worltinR full speed ahead. K. 

 O. Woody, one of our lieutenants 

 Blgned up 11 new members in 10 

 days durlnp the month of Decem- 

 ber. All lieutenants have started 

 the new year with increased vim 

 "and enthusiasm and we are going 

 to increase our membership at 

 least 25 per cent." 



George F. Gabel, president of 

 the Gallatin County Farm Bureau 

 and county captain, reports re- 

 cent comments from different 

 members of the Farm Bureau, as 

 follows: "One said, 'I received 



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my Farm Bureau duos, and had 

 some left, didn't cost me a cent to 

 belong to the organization." An- 

 other said, 'I received more than 

 I anticipated. If I did not belong 

 to the Farm Bureau would have 

 received nothing, so why not be- 

 long to an organization that helps 

 me.' 



Increase Farm Prires. 

 "There have been quite a few 

 men make the following state- 

 ment to me about the corn loan 

 program: 'If it wasn't for our or- 

 ganization we would be Retting 

 about 25 or 30 cents for our corn 

 instead of 45 rents. Forty-five 

 cents Is what the elevators are 

 paying in this county now and 

 there are many who re.illze why 

 It has reached that price. 



"As I said in the beginning of 

 my letter, the hog callers are be- 

 ginning to wake up and when they 

 once get their eyrs opened wide 

 enough to see how the fellow on 

 the other side of the fence has 

 been treating him, they will be 

 ready to Jump across the fence and 

 go down the road with the fellow 

 that Is fighting for him." 



C. T. Kibler, farm adviser In 

 Jersey county, where the Farm 

 Bureau has secured Its 25 per cent 

 quota since January 1. reports that 

 credit for this splendid rccora be- 

 longs to the mobilization commit- 

 tee. "The campaign was in charge 

 of Martin Fltzglbbons, 11 township 

 captains and 41 lieutenants se- 

 lected for the drive which started 

 January 18 following a training 

 school with V. Vaniman and H. 

 H. Walker." writes Kibler. 

 Signs 10 Out Of 11. 

 A report meeting was called on 

 January 20 at which time 77 new 

 members were signed. Ileports 

 made January 23 brought this to- 

 tal to 121. Lloyd Day, vice-presi- 

 dent of the Jersey County Ship- 

 pers Ass'n., signed 10 new mem- 

 bers on Januan- 2 3 out of 11 in- 

 terviewed." 



Kibler reports that the drive 

 will be continued until April 1 

 when they expect to secure at 

 least 200 new members. "Morale 

 is much higher amons; farmers 

 than any time during the past five 

 years," he says. "Farmers arc now 

 realizing that if any Improvement 

 is to be had It will come through 

 farm organization and coopera- 

 tion." 



The story of the wonderful rec- 

 ord made by Farm Adviser F. H. 

 Shuman, Captain Lowell Johnson 

 and 26 lieutenants In Whiteside 

 county has already been told. In 

 two days with the temperature be- 

 low zero they went out and signed 

 161 new members, two more than 

 necessary for their 25 per cent 

 quota. 



Henderson Co. Signs 150. 

 From Henderson county comes 

 the report from Ernest D. Walker, 

 farm adviser, that at least 150 

 more members will be .signed with- 

 in the next few weeks. Walter 

 Cochran of BiggsvlUe has been ap- 

 pointed captain. 



President Wilbur Glbbs of the 

 Scott t:ounty Farm Bureau states 

 that "As the new programs for re- 

 covery are getting under way the 

 need for our Farm Bureau is great- 

 er than ever. Farmers must stand 

 together If they are to secure a 

 fair sh;ire of the national Income." 

 In Pulaski-Alexander counties 

 comes the report from Hnrohl H. 

 Gordon that 43 new members have 

 been signed, and plans are being 

 made to contlniie membership 

 work along with the com-hog 

 campaign. "Henry P. VVlescnborn. 



to 12 more between now and sum- 

 mer." writes Gordon. "E. H. 

 Bryden of Tamms signed six and 

 feels that the time Is ripe to strike 

 for a larger membership. *A man 

 cannot afford to stay out of the 

 Farm Bureau,' said Bryden. The 

 feeling among farmers Is strong 

 that agriculture is going to have a 

 better Income from now on. They 

 realize that much of the credit 

 should be given to farm organiza- 

 tion." . \ 

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win ' Bay, farm adviser, has Its ' 

 regular membership campaign 

 scheduled for 1334 when they ex- 

 pect to resign their present large 

 membership and many new ones. 

 Since last October the Sangamon 

 County Farm Bureau has added 60 

 new members. 



By JOHN C. WATSON 



In the third special session of 

 the Fifty-eighth General Assembly 

 which convened on Feb. 13, the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association is 

 committed by resolution, adopted 

 in the recent annual mseting In 

 Danville, to sponsor or' support 

 proper legislation on two subjects 

 Included in the call. .. v, 



1. To permit the filing of chat- 

 tel mortgages, at moderate cost. 

 Instead of requiring that they be 

 recorded, necessarily at much 

 higher cost to mortgages. 



The enactment of legislation for 

 this purpose is necessary If the 

 new production credit provided 

 for farmers is to be made available 

 to them without excessive costs. 

 In many other states a chattel 

 mortgage can be filed in the office 

 of the county recorder for as small 

 a sum as twenty-five cents. 



2. To permit courts to continue 

 suits for foreclosure from time to 

 time for a limited period, under 

 conditions prescribed by the court, 

 whenever the mortgagor has made 

 and continues to make every rea- 

 sonable effort to pay his obliga- 

 tions, 



Couif Upholds Act. 





NEED POWERFUL VOICE 



"You know and I know 

 that the complexities of 

 our economic and social 

 order are such that with- 

 out a powerful voice speak- 

 ing for farmers, without 

 the influence of organiza- 

 tion behind that voice, 

 agi*iculture would grad- 

 ually drift into and remain 

 in a state of poverty that 

 would be as bad for the 

 Nation as for those en- 

 gaged in the business of 

 farming."— Pres. EARL C. 

 SMITH, at Danville, Jan. 

 25, 1934. 



Kdgar Co. Beats Quota. 



"Things are different In Edgar 

 county these days," ^writes A. K. 

 Staler, president of the Edgar 

 County Farm Bureau. "Never has 

 the Farm Bureau received more 

 favor than In the past three 

 months. Beginning with' the 

 mobilization campaign in October 

 our lieutenants have gone out and 

 told the story of organized agri- 

 culture. Alany of our members 

 were not aware of the Immense 

 amount of work which had been 

 done by their county, state, and 

 national organization. With every 

 member fully informed we ean win 

 the victories which should bo ours. 



"Edgar county surpa.ssod her 

 quota before January 1. At the 

 February directors' meeting. It 

 was agreed to increase our mum- 



bei-ship 



per 



cent over the 



January 1 number. During re- 

 cent weeks. $21,600 was distributed 

 by our Ccmnty Wheat Control 

 Association. Two hundred ninety- 

 one corn loans were made prior 

 to February 9 on 443,288 bushels, 

 totaling $190,212.42." 



Ai>prpclatc Kfforts. 



Carl F. Frey, president of the 

 Iroquois County Farm Bureau, 

 states that never before have the 

 farmers of that county shown 

 greater appreciation of the Farm 

 Bureau than today. "Iroquois 

 county Is looking for a 50 per cent 

 increase in membership. The 

 corn-hog program Is well under 

 way and the Service Company re- 

 cently paid a graduated dividend 

 of from eight to 15 per cent." 



"We are proud of our record In 

 Shelby county," says Captain R. C. 

 McKlnley, "We will respond to 

 President Earl Smith's call for a 

 25 per cent Increase In member- 

 ship. Farmers here are coming to 

 realize that the Farm Bureau pro- 

 gram has largely been made 

 President Roosevelt's program. 

 President Roosevelt Is a Farm Bu- 

 reau member himself and wc are 

 all working close together." 



"1 believe DuPnge county has 

 the largest membership for Its size 

 In the state," reports Leo Pauling, 

 captain. "Wc now have an aver- 

 age of 111 members per township. 

 Bloomlngdnle, the largest, has 138 



supported by the As.soclation was 

 defeated largely on objections to 

 Its constitutionality, in the regular 

 session of the present General As- 

 sembly. Such objections were re- 

 cently brushed aside by the 

 United States Supreme Court in a 

 notable decision upholding the 

 validity of a Minnesota Act very 

 similar to the bill defeated last 

 June m this state. 



In addition to the two subjects 

 of legislation described above, the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association Is 

 necessarily Interested in any legis- 

 lation which may be Introduced 

 under several other subjects In- 

 cluded in the call for the third 

 special session. Among these are 

 any measures changing the school 

 laws, providing for consolidation 

 of political subdivisions, clarifying 

 the provisions concerning delin- 

 quent taxes and property forfeited 

 for taxes, providing for regulation 

 of trucks, and modifying the pres- 

 ent statute limiting purchases of 

 substitutes for butter and lard to 

 25 per cent of the oil and fat re- 

 quirements of state public institu- 

 tions. 



Asks Speeisl Session. 



The Aasbciatlon, having spon- 

 sored and secured the enactment 

 of the law limiting the use of but- 

 ter and lard substitutes In state In- 

 stitutions, has a special Interest In 

 this Act. The Association will 

 n>alntuln Its usual constructive at- 

 titude toward any legislation on 

 this subject or on any other sub- 

 ject of legislation In the third spe- 

 cial session of the General Assem- 

 bly. It will study with especial 

 care bills. If any, which aim to Im- 

 pose heavier taxes on farm prop- 

 erty. 



The call for the third special 

 session doe* not Include among 

 the subjects named for considera- 

 tion amendment of the revenue 

 article of the state constitution. 

 The Association has long believed 

 this to be the most Important 

 needed legislation In the state and 

 asked that this subject h . Included 

 In the call for the third special 

 session. 



,^,^,..,.^ .. _ members, and York township, the 



Ornnd 'chaln, signed 10 members 1 smallest has 84. 



and stales that he will securs 10 I "DuPage county Is primarily a 



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dairy section where the wheat, 

 corn -hog and corn loan programs 

 have not been as Important as In 

 many other counties." The many 

 forms of service developed by the 

 County Farm Bureau and the I, 

 A. A. are responsible for the big 

 membership In this county. 

 Mereer Signs 121. 



From Mercer county comes the 

 report that a 25 per cent Increase 

 In membership will be secured at 

 a very early date. "We signed 

 eight new members today, making 

 our total 121 new members," re- 

 ports Captain J. O. Carlson. 



With 85 new members already 

 In th# bag, Jloultrlc county Is go- 

 ing out to improve on this record 

 In the next few weeks. An oyster 

 stew was held for all members and 

 their families on Feb. 8. 



In DeKalb county 80 new mem- 

 bers were signed, R. N. Rasmusen, 

 farm adviser, reports. 



Captain Elery A. Leefers of 

 Macoupin, reports that an earnest 

 attempt will be made to meet the 

 request of President Earl C. Smith 

 for a 25 per cent Increase In mem- 

 bership. "We have secured over 

 150 new members during the past 

 three months," he writes. "We ex- 

 pect to put each non-member on, 

 the spot and give him a chance to 

 show his colors In the present 

 fight for the rights of agriculture. 



"1 should like to appeal to those 

 worthy farmers of the State of 

 Illinois who are members of their 

 respective County Farm Bureaus 

 and ask their help In enlisting 



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The most promising year that 

 they have had since 1929 Is ahead 

 of Illinois farmers as they begin 

 to plan their operations for 1934, 



according to the College of Agri- 

 culture, i,'nlversity of Illinois. 



"During the past year the In- 

 auguration of plans for agrlcul- 



Lake County Man 

 Gets Bureau Dues 

 Front One Service 



A request was made of the lAA 

 Transportation Deportment re- 

 cently to collect a claim for three 

 cattle killed on a railroad right- 

 of-way. This I^ke county farmer 

 was not a member of the Farm Bu- 

 reau 80 he was advised by Q. W. 

 Baxter of the lAA that the claim 

 could only be handled on a com- 

 mission basis. The commission 

 would have amounted to more than 

 the annual dues of the Farm Bu- 

 reau so the man became a mem- 

 ber. T^e claim was collected In 

 the amount of $120. This one 

 service from the organization saved 

 more than this annual dues. 



their neighbors In the ranks of or- 

 ganization. 



"I should like to a.«»k those who 

 are not members to consider care- 

 fully the many benefits that have 

 been secured directly and Indirect- 

 ly as a result of the organized ef- 

 fort of member farmers." 

 filad Thcv Joined. 



Chris Powers, vice-president of 

 the Macoupin County Farm Bu- 

 reau, believes that the time has 

 now arrived when every farmer 

 should get In and do his part 

 through membership In the Farm 

 Bureau. "I have signed a good 

 many," he says, " and they are all 

 glad they Joined. One? member 

 whom I signed said that he got hi* 

 dues back the first week by Insur- 

 ing his car and buying serum." 



"Sixty-five new members," Is 

 the encouraging report from Murk 

 F, Cooper, captain in Vermilion 

 county. "Membership drive ex- 

 tended two weeks. Prospects good." 



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