IJRAL ASSOCIATION RECORD 



THURSDAY, FEB. 15.1934 



00 Illinois fai nters unaninously voted approval of Com ^an Program at ^^^^^^ ,«" ^J*' 27. '^^^^^^^ 

 ition. Certain modifications in loan program were sug fecsied which were adopted by the Commodi 

 nnounced a short time later. > ■'■- "''•' "'-:'' ^--■' ■■ ." 



met at the call of the Illinois 

 ty Credit Corporation and 45c 



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Think 1200 Farm 

 Bureau Members 

 Possible In Kane 



Plans for putting Kane county 

 over the Xo\y were discussed Feb. 

 6 at a nioetlnp of the county cap- 

 tain and lieutenants in Geneva. In 

 the opinion of Farm Adviser 

 Harry Kellcy and other members 

 of the group 1,200 members can 

 be secured in that county with a 

 vigorous solicitation of all non- 

 members. L. A. Williams met 

 wlfh the group to assist in laying 

 plans for the signup. 



•RINCIPLES OF 

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IS IN m s 



Livingston Co. 

 Piles Up Lead 



As wo go to press practically 

 every county in Illinois is busily 

 engaged in signing up corn-hog 

 production contracts which will 

 bring up to $40,000,000 in benefit 

 payments during the next 12 to 14 

 months to Illinois farmers. 



One hundred and nine farmero 

 signed corn-hog reduction con- 

 tracts In the first three days of 

 the Bign-up meetings, reports 

 Farm Adviser L. J. Hager of Mar- 



s'hall-Putnam counties. "^Vihlan• 

 Thlelbar of Henry was the first 

 signer of a corn-hog contract in 

 the two counties. The owner, Mrs/ 

 Ora Sherman of Washburn, was 

 present and signed a contract the 

 same day. 



"Forty-eight farmers completed 

 the work in the first day-sign-up 

 in Magnolia township. Seventeen 

 rooperators were added to this list 

 In the first day sign-up in Sara- 

 toga township." 



John Stout Heads 

 Animal Industry 

 Work For State 



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from Palewtlm», Crawford connty, flll- 

 Indiaii:i|x>li.s Pinxlucprs recently. Their 

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three o'c1o<*k one morning and wore 



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Piatt County Man 

 Named President 

 Of Safety Club 



BenJ. A. Jones of Piatt county 

 was made president of the Illinois 

 Farm Bureau Safety Club for the 

 year 1934 at the annual meeting 

 of the Illinois Agricultural Mutual 

 Insurance Company, held at Dan- 

 ville on AVednosday, January 24. 



.Each year the County Farm Bu- 

 reau winning the September Auto 

 Accident" Prevention Campaign has 

 the honor of naming the president 

 of the dull for the coming year. 

 Piatt county had the honor this 

 year and was presented with the 

 silver loving cup. Morgan County 

 Farm Bureau was awarded second 

 place. 



Every Farm Bureau member 

 having the Safety Club emblem on 

 the windshield of his car is a mem- 

 ber of the Illinois Farm Bureau 

 Safety Club. Six rules of the club 

 for safe driving are: 



1. Stop on entering a main high- 

 way. 



2. Do not drive blind, 1. e., al- 

 ways drive so you can stop with- 

 in the distance you can see ahead. 



3. Never pass cars on hills, 

 curves, or crossings. 



4. When passing, cars make cer- 

 tain there la ample time and space 

 to get around. 



5. Signal for stops and turns — 

 watch the car ahead. 



6. Protect the children. 



John P. Stout, former member 

 of the I. A. A. board of directors | 

 and active for many years in the i 

 Sangamon County Farm Bureau, , 

 was recently appointed state super- ' 

 intendent of animal Industry. He 

 succeeds Don Robison. of Tazewell j 

 county. Mr. Stout will h.ave charge i 

 among other thing of the state tu- 

 berculosis eradication program. 



Only four counties In the state _ 

 at pre.sent are not designated as 

 modified accredited areas which ; 



reih/'r. tomb a ugh 



Tonibnrjgh acted as captain In 

 tlio Llving.slon county moblliza- 

 tinii campaign where 2.>ft new 

 njembers were .slgr.e;! and S8(l 

 delinquents restored to good 

 standing. 



Increased Speed . 

 Marks Closing Of 

 Land Bank Loans 



In the last two months, the 

 Federal Land Bank of St. Louis 

 has loaned $18,453,700 to the 

 farmers of Arkansas, Illinois, and 

 Missouri, according to Walter I*. 

 Rust, president. ' ', 



"This sum represents 68 per 

 cent of the more than J30,000,000 

 disbursed since the mortgage re- 

 financing campaign started in May 

 which shows the advanced speed 

 with which loans are now bein« 

 closed." Mr. Rust said. 



During January the BaT>k closj 

 3401 loans, a record for 

 made by the St. Louis I nR ' 



amount disbursed last month was 

 $9,197,900. Of this sum 16.286,400 

 went to Illinois farmers in 166] 

 loans. 



During January the Land Bank 

 received 5887 applications for 

 $30,720,800. almost a million dol- 

 lars more than was requested in 

 December. Of the January appli- 

 cations, 2 588 were niade by Illi- 

 nois farmers for $20,507,100. 



means that In such areas all cattle 

 have been tested at least once and 

 the percentage of reactors Is less 

 than one per cent. The four coun- 

 ties still untested are Winnebago. 

 Warren. Hancock and Randolph. 

 Lawsuits are holding up tubercu- 

 losis eradication in these counties. 



There are a.'i a.ssistant state vet- 

 erinarians and 21 county veteri- 

 narians working on tuberculosis 

 eradication. 



Farmers* Institute 

 Annual Meeting 

 At Jacksonville 



The annual meeting of the Illi- 

 nois Farmers In«tltute will b« 

 held at Jacksonville Feb. 21. 22. 2». 

 Edward A. O'Neal, president of the 

 American Farm Bureau Federation 

 is one of the headline speakers. 

 Other speakers are C. V. Gregory, 

 Dr. H. H. Bennett of the U. S. D. 

 A.. Walter McLaughlin. Judge 

 Camllle Kelley of Memphis. J. R. 

 Cosgrove of the Farm Credit Ad- 

 ministration and a number of staff 

 members from the Illinois colleg* 

 of Agriculture. • 



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HENDERSON GETS 

 I:: $160,000 ON CORN 



Whiteside County Farm Bureau Board Celebrates Victory in Boosting Membership 2.N Per Cent 



During Two -Day Drlvq. 



Seated left to right: C. A. Gauhapp; .Art. James, vice pi-esident; A. L. Goodenongh, president| 

 F. H. Shunian, farm adviser; (>. C. Beatty, wcrcta ry-treasnrer; Ralph ilohnson. David Hagans. 



Standing left to right: Floyd Florence, Frank G. Plant/.. Fred Biernian. J, .\. I'arker. Ernest 

 Cassens, Burton Drury, tJeorge W«M'ssnrr, Tom C.wjney, Everett Ege, Art Entwhistle, Frank Nor- 

 rlsli, William J. Peterson and Charles Reed. 



Ship To Producers 

 Says L. A, Williams 

 To Live Stock Men 



Out In western Illinois the Hen- 

 derson County Warehouse Super- 

 vlsoiy Board reported on Feb. 7 

 that approximately $lf(0.000 had 

 been received by corn growers on 

 loans in that county. 



Henderson Is primarily a live 

 stock feeding county. Many farm- 

 ers in that section did not apply 

 for loans. They needed all their 

 corn for live atock feeding. 



Apply the spirit of organization 

 and the advantages of organization 

 to your llve.stock marketing pro- 

 gram, Lawrence A. Williams. Tnnn- 

 ager of Country Life Insurance 

 Company, told more than 225 

 growers at the annual meetings of 

 the lUggsville and Strnnghurst 

 Shipping Associations in Hender- 

 son county. Jan. 31. 



"You are cooperating In ship- 

 ping your livestock and you know 

 the advantages you have gained 

 through such action," .said Wil- 

 liams, "but rnoperatlve markftlng 

 means selling through your own 



cooperative agency and that means 

 shipping to the Producers Com- 

 mission Association. The Producer 

 agencies are constantly exerting 

 their influence for higher prlcrs. 



"The Chicago Producers Is the 

 largest marketing agency at the 



Union Stock Yards. Scores of 

 smaller commission companies fol- 

 low the lead of the Producers from 

 day to day In efforts to get the 

 farmer more money for his live- 

 stock. 



"If you have Ideas on Improv- 

 ing the service of th«^ Chicago 

 I'rodiicors or wonder why the 

 benefits are not greater the way 

 to do is to get in and cooperate 

 and combine your InfUnncc with 

 thou.sands of other shippers 

 toward accomplishing what needs 

 to be dune." 



Peoria County In 

 Big Membership 

 Gain, Still Going 



Harvey McNaughton, Peoria 

 county captain working with local 

 lieutenants, signed up 18 new 

 Farm Bureau members the week 

 of the 1. A. A. annual meeting, re* 

 ports J. W. Whisonand. farm ad- 

 vist'r. 



"Leonard Strope and Thurman 

 I Scott are two high solicitors and 

 [have signed 28 each." said Whls- 

 { enand. "We have added 204 new 

 I members since the campaign be- 

 ; gan In October. This is up to Feb. 

 (i. We expect to Improve thfal 

 record considerably before April 1. 



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