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Illinois Agricnltnral 

 Association 



Greatest State Farm Organization 

 in America 



To advance the purpose for which the Farm Bureau was 

 organized, namely, to promote, protect and represent the 

 business, economic, social and educational interests of the 

 farmers of Illinois and the Nation, and to develop agriculture. 



DECEMBER. 1944 



VOLUME 22 -NUMBER 11 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



OmCERS 

 Preaident, Earl C. Smith Detroit 



Vice-President, Talmage Deirees Smithbore 

 Corporate Sec, Paul E. Mathias Hinadale 



Field Sec, Geo. E. Metzger Chicago 



Treasurer, R. A. Cowles Bloomington 



Asst. Treas., A. R. Wright Varna 



Comptroller, R. G. Ely Chicago 



General Counsel, Donald Kirkpatrick 



Chicago 



BOARD OF DIRECTOHS 



(By Congressional Districts) 



Ist to Ilth Harvey W. Adair, Chicago Hts. 



)2fh C. I. Elliott, Streator 



13th Homer Curtiss. Stockton 



14th Otto Stefley. Stronghurst 



ISth Ronald A. Holt, Galva 



16th Albert Hayes. Chillicothe 



17th Charles Lauritzen, Roddick 



18th W. A. Dennis, Paris 



19th Charles B. Shuman, Sullivan 



20th K. T. Smith. Greenfield 



2l8t Dwight Hart, TaylorvUle 



22nd Alvin O. Eckert. Belleville 



23rd Chester McCord, Newton 



24th Lyman Bunting, EUery 



25th August G. Eggerding, Red Bud 



DEPARTMENT DIRECTOHS 



Dairy Marketing Wilfred Shaw 



Fruit and Vegetable Marketing L. L. Colvis 



Grain Marketing George H. Iftner 



Legal Donald Kirkpatrick 



Live Stock Marlceting S. F. Russell 



Office a C. E. lohnston 



Organization. O. D. Brissenden 



Produce Marketing F. A. Gougler 



Publicity C. L. Mast, Jr. 



Research and Taxation. L. H. Simerl 



Rural School Relations John K. Cox 



Safety C. M. Seagraves 



Sales Service W. P. Sondford 



Soil Improvement John R. Spencer 



Transportation-Claims G. W. Baxter 



Young People's Activities Ellsworth D. Lyon 



ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS 



Country Life Ins. Co. Dave Mieher. Mgr. 



Fanners' Mutuol Reinsur. Co J. H. Kelker. Mgr. 



m. Agr. Auditing Assn. C. E. Strand, Mgr. 



111. Agr. Mutual Ins. Co A. E. Richardson, Mgx. 



ni. Agr. Service Co Eorl C. Smith. Pres. 



Donald Kirkpatrick. Sec. 



ni. Co-op Locker Service Dana Cryder, Pros. 



111. F. Bur. Serum Assn S. F. Russell, Sec.-Mgi. 



ni. Farm Supply Co C. H. Becker, Mgr. 



lil. Fruit Growers' Exchange ...L. L. Colvis, Mgi. 



III. Grain Corporation Frank Haines. Mgr. 



ni. Livestock Mktg. Assn...H. W. Trautmann, Mgr. 

 111. Milk Producers' Assn. Wilfred Shaw, Mgr. 

 ni. Producers' Creameries I. B. CounUss. Mgr. 

 ni. Wool Mktg. Assn S. F. BusmU, S«c.-Mgr. 



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Unity of Purpose (General Convention Story) Page 4 



Annual Address of President Earl C. Smith Page 6 



Resolutions Adopted at lAA Annual Meeting Page 10 



New lAA Directors Elected Page 12 



Membership Goal Set at 117,000 Page 13 



Public Relations Conference - Page 1 5 



Rural Schools Conference Page 1 6 



Jobs After the War, by Paul G. Hoffman, Chairman 



Committee for Economic Development Page 20 



Looking Ahead, by Dean H. P. Rusk, University 



of Illinois College of Agriculture Page 24 



Forward Strides of Illinois Agriculture, by Hon. 



Dwight H. Green, Governor of the State of Illinois ...Page 26 



DECEMBER, 1944 



