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The Illinois Agricultural Association RECORD U 

 published monthly except August by the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association at 1501 W. Washington 

 Boad, Mendota, 111. Editorial Offices, 608 So. 

 Dearborn St.. Chicago. 111. Entered as second 

 class matter at post office. Mendota. 111., Sept. 11. 

 1936. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of 

 postage provided in Section 412. Act of Feb. 28. 

 1925, authorised Oct. 27. 1935. Address all com- 

 munications for publication to Editorial Offices. 

 Illinois Agricultural Association RECORD, 608 So. 

 Dearborn St., Chicago. The individual member- 

 ship fee of the Illinois Agricultural Association is 

 five dollars a year. The fee includes payment of 

 fifty cents for subscription to the Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association RECORD. Postmaster: Send 

 notices on Form 3578 and undeliverable copies 

 returned under Form 3579 to editorial offices. 608 

 So. Dearborn St.. Chicago. 111. 



Director of Information, Creston Foster; Editor. 

 Merrill C. Gregory, on leave of absence writh the 

 United States Army; Director of Advertising. C. 

 M. Seagraves. 



Illinois Agricultural 

 Association 



Greatest State Farm Organization 

 in America 



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OFFICERS 

 President, Earl C. Smith Detroit 



Vice-President, Talmage Deirees Smithboro 

 Corporate Sec, Paul E. Mathiaa Hinsdale 

 Field Sec, Geo. E. Metzger Chicago 



Treasurer, R. A. Cowles Bloomington 



Asst. Treas., A. R. Wright Vama 



Comptroller, R. G. Ely Chicago 



General Counsel, Donald Kirkpatrick 

 Chicago 



BOARD OF DIRECTORS 



(By Congressional Districts) 



Isf to 11th Harvey W. Adair, Chicago Hts. 



12th C. I. Elliott, Streator 



I3th Homer Curtiss, Stockton 



14th Otto SteHey, Stronghurst 



15th Ronald A. Holt, Galva 



16th Albert Hayes, Chillicothe 



17th Charles Lauritzen, Reddick 



_18th W. A. Dennis, Paris 



'l9th Charles B. Shuman, Sullivan 



2(hh K. T. Smith, Greenfield 



2l8t F. E. Morris. Buffalo 



22nd Alvin O. Eckert, Belleville 



23rd Chester McCord, Newton 



24th Lyman Bunting. Ellery 



2Sth August G. Eggerding, Red Bud 



DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS 



Dairy Marketing _ Willred Shaw 



Fruit and Vegetable Marketing L. L. Colvis 



Grain Marketing George H. Iltner 



Legal Donald Kirkpatrick 



Live Stock Marketing S. F. Russell 



Office - C. E. Johnston 



Organization O. D. Brissenden 



Produce Marketing F. A. Gougler 



Publicity Creston Foster 



Reseorcn and Taxation L. H. Simerl 



Rural School Relations John K. Cox 



Saiety C. M. Seagraves 



Sales Service W. P. Sondiord 



Soil Improvement John H. Spencer 



Transportation-Claims G. W. Baxter 



Young People's Activities Ellsworth D. Lyon 



ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS 



County Lite Ins. Co Dave Mieher. Mgr. 



Farmers' Mutual Reinsur. Co.. ...J. H. Eelker, Mgr. 



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



ni. Agr. Mutual Ins. Co. A. E. Richardson. Mgr. 



ni. Agr. Service Co Earl C. Smith. Pros. 



Donald Kirkpatrick, Sec. 

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

 ni. F. Bur. Serum Assn. S. F. Russell. Sec.-Mgr. 

 111. Farm Supply Co. C. H. Becker. Mgr. 



111. Fruit Growers' Exchange L. L. Colvis. Mgr. 



111. Grain Corporation Frank Haines, Mgr. 



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

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

 111. Producers' Creameries . T. B. Countiss, Mgr. 

 111. Wool Mktg. Assn. S. F. Russell, Sec.-Mgr. 



JANUARY. 1945 



To advance the purpose for which the Fctnn 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. 



JANUARY, 1945 



VOLUME 23 - NUMBER 1 



By Eail C. Smith 



TW O landmarks 

 were noted on 

 the pages of history 

 of organized agri- 

 culture with the re- 

 cent 19 4 4 annual 

 meetings of the Illi- 

 n o i s Agricultural 

 Association and the 

 American Farm Bu- 

 reau Federation. The 

 Association rounded out its first thirty- 

 year period of service to Illinois farmers 

 and the American Farm Bureau Federa- 

 tion obser\'ed its silver anniversary — 

 25 years of service to American agricul- 

 ture. 



In reviewing briefly these annual meet- 

 ings, there are several significant facts 

 that well deserve consideration. As Farm 

 Bureau people met for their annual ses- 

 sions in the fourth successive year that 

 our Nation has been engaged in war, 

 there was a deep consciousness of organ- 

 ized agriculture's ever-increasing respon- 

 sibilities in making a full contribution to 

 the winning of the war and to the win- 

 ning of the peace. The foreword of the 

 resolutions adopted by the delegates to 

 the Association's annual meeting reflects 

 the sentiment dominating the thoughts of 

 all. That statement in part read, 

 "The Assoc-'ation was born durint; the 

 violent stresses of World War I. These 

 days of World War II are measuring its 

 virility. This hour is the high-water 

 mark of its strength, its influence and 

 its membership. From its farm homes 

 have moved out into the fronts of the 

 world their legions of young men and 

 women. Other legions upon the home 

 front have sustained those in active serv- 

 ice." 



At the same time Farm Bureau people 

 felt a thrill of pride in the increase in 

 membership and sound progress reported 



by the Association and the American 

 Farm Bureau for the year 1944 and in 

 the accomplishments achieved in the out- 

 standing food production record for the 

 year. Also recognized was the contrast 

 of voluntary organizations of farmers 

 coming together in free and open meet- 

 ings to determine plans and policies while 

 people in many other lands, bowed under 

 the yoke of dictatorship, are denied the 

 privilege of shaping their own destinies. 

 The annual meetings of the Association 

 and the American Farm Bureau are con- 

 crete examples of American democracy 

 in action and show how the inherent 

 rights of a free people guaranteed by the 

 Constitution may be exercised. 



Farm people may look back on the 

 year 1944 with the satisfaction that 

 comes- in the knowledge of a job well 

 done. They have overcome many and 

 difficult obstacles through long hours of 

 toil and labor and through ingenuity in 

 planning. Many farm fathers and moth- 

 ers have carried these great loads under 

 the stress of mental anguish and worry 

 that comes with the knowledge that a 

 son, daughter, or close relative is in 

 peril on a shell-marked battlefield. Others 

 have had to carry on after they received 

 word that a dear one has made the su- 

 preme sacrifice. 



As we look to the year 1945 we realize 

 that the road to victory will be long and 

 hard. It will bring more and greater 

 trials and tribulations. It seems fitting 

 that we here repeat a sentence in the 

 foreword of the resolutions adopted at 

 the American Farm Bureau convention : 



'To these aims — victor)- in war, and 

 victory in peace — the organized farm 

 people of America have pledged them- 

 selves anew. So help us God, we shall 

 not fail." 



