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organized opposition. 

 W« Co-operative Marketing — The Farm 

 Bureau is responsible for organiz- 

 • ing most of the large Producer 

 commission associations which put 

 . V : ; the farmer's voice and bargaining 

 ' ;; power effectively into the terminal 

 . markets, battling for better prices, 

 ;;•:;* saving millions in commissions. 

 -•Similarly have grain, milk, cream, 

 y 5 fruit and vegetable, soybean and 

 other co-operatives been set up to 

 help farmers get all the market 

 affords for their products. 

 :.^r Organized Buying — The Farm Bu- 

 7^. ^J reau organized the 56 county serv- 

 ice companies operating in Illinois, 

 also the Illinois Farm Supply Co. 

 which have been paying patronage 

 dividends of close to $500,000 an- 

 nually for the past three years. 

 : Most members save more than their 

 ^ annual dues from this service alone. 

 : Serum and other supplies of uni- 

 form high quality purchased co- 

 :^-:'v^ . operatively. 



iV. Insnrance-farmer owned and con- 



V trolled — ^Illinois farmers have the 



•r most complete insurance service, 



life, automobile, fire, hail, and 



' windstorm, which they own and 



-J control, of any state. These co- 



% operative companies have millions 



i / V in assets, save huge sums annually 



*: to their policy-holders. All made 



V possible by the Farm Bureau. 



The development of the co-operative 

 principle in all lines of endeavor in this 

 state has been amazing during the past 

 10 years. Yet with few exceptions, the 

 hundreds of associations and companies 

 established have thrived and are operat- 

 ing soundly rendering a greatly appre- 

 ciated service, '"'''•'■ ; v-',v--- -••■:' v- .-vr- :. ••••/.-... 



In the 12 points outlined above are 

 included only the more prominent ac- 

 complishments of organized Illinois 

 farmers working with Farm Bureau 

 members, in national activities, in other 

 states. 



The splendid record of achievement of 

 the County Farm Bureaus and the state 

 extension service of the University of Il- 

 linois in making farm production effi- 

 cient, in improving soils, crops, and live- 

 stock requires a separate article to do 

 it justice. 



In perhaps no other trade organization 

 in America does the member receive so 

 much for so nominal a fee — only $15 a 

 year — as in the Farm Bureau and Illinois 

 Agricultural Association., 



For this reason, and no other, the I. 

 A. A. and its many associated com- 

 panies is regarded as the largest trade 

 organization in America. . ■ 



Look over these beneflti listed above and tell «fl 

 if we have missed some which yon think should 

 have been Included. A check for S6 goes to the 

 member writlnf the best letter (not over 2S0 words) 

 on the subject "The Farm Bureau Service I Most 

 Appreciate." Deadline Sept. 15. — Editor. 



WHEN SPEAKEB HENRY T. RAINEY ADDRESSED MORE THAN 8.000 FARMERS AT PEORIA CALLED 

 by the I. A. A. in November, 1988, to request federal com loana. His funeral on August 28 attended by 

 President Roosevelt and many other dignitaries centered nation-wide attention on Cturollton, Greene county 

 seat, where the Speaker resided throughout his lifetime on his 600 acre farm. 



Speaker Rainey Mourned 



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: : The farmers of Illinois and the nation 

 are grieved at the sudden death of the 

 Honorable Henry T. Rainey, CarroUton, 

 Illinois, Speaker of the House of Repre- 

 sentatives. In Speaker Rainey, farmers 

 had an outstanding champion who 

 smoothed the way for important agri- 

 cultural legislation sponsored by the 

 Farm Bureau and passed during the last 

 session of congress. ;::Ci^v.f; "^ ' ; 



His distinguished figure and kindly 

 personality was a familiar one at many 

 I. A. A. and County Farm Bureau meet- 

 ings and picnics. Throughout his long 

 and useful career he stood staunchly for 

 measures to promote farm welfare. 



A native of Greene county, he repre- 

 sented the 20th district since the turn 

 of the century, being defeated only once 

 in 1920 during the Harding landslide. 

 He was a close friend of President Earl 

 C. Smith, a resident of the same district. 

 For many years he had been a member 

 of the Greene County Farm Bureau and 

 the I. A. A. His office was always open 

 to Farm Bureau representatives in 

 Washington." '.'•:'• ^•>V'.'-;'^-:''- ''•■■'Q:.'%-X 



Representative Rainey was the oldest 

 man in point of service in congress. His 

 death at 74 years came unexpectedly 

 after a brief illness from bronchial pneu- 

 monia in DePaul hospital, St. Louis 

 where reports indicated he was recover- 

 ing. ■ :. ■ . , .: 



The Speaker lived on and operated a 

 500 acre farm where he maintained a 

 herd of purebred Holstein cattle. 

 Throughout his service in congress Mrs. 

 Rainey acted as his adviser. His pass- 

 ing means that agriculture has lost a 

 powerful friend in the highest councils 

 of the nation. 



J. L Whisnand, Former ^ 

 I. A. A. Director, Dies 



J. L. WHI8NAin> 



Everybody is ignorant — only about 

 different things. — Will Rogers. 



John L. Whisnand, age 70, of Charles- 

 ton, Coles county who represented the 

 19th congressional district on the board 

 of directors of the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association from 1924-'29, died at his 

 home in Charleston on August 15. He 

 was buried August 17 at the cemetery 

 in Ashmore. 



: Mr. Whisnand 

 taught school for 

 several years in 

 Coles county, and 

 while a young man 

 was elected county 

 superintendent o f 

 schools. Later he be- 

 came active in farm-' 

 ing to which he de- 

 voted most of his 

 time. 



"One of Mr. Whisnand's chief pleas- 

 ures," reports the Charleston Daily 

 Courier, "was to remind his many friends 

 of the five years he served as a member 

 of the I. A. A. board, which, he said, 

 meant more to him than his college and 

 school days because of his wide contacts 

 and associations which this office made 

 possible." . ,; . 



He was a member of the I. A. A. pub- 

 lic relations committee which studied the 

 effects of township and community high 

 schools on farm taxes. He served for 

 27 years as president of the school 

 board in his own city, and throughout 

 his life was active in civic, church and 

 local affairs. He is survived by Mrs. 

 Whisnand, three brothers and two sis- 

 ters. '■'■'■"'■■:■.. -^ '■■■"^ 



- At its monthly meeting on August 17 

 the I. A. A. Board adopted a resolution 

 expressing sorrow and paying tribute to 

 his years of useful service to the As- 

 sociation. 



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