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The Illinois Agricultural Association RECORD is 



SubUshed monthly except August by the Illinois 

 .gricultural Association at 1501 W. Washington 

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

 Dearborn St.. Chicago, 111. Entered os 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, authorized Oct. 27, 1935. Address all com- 

 munications for publication to Editorial Offices, 

 niinois 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 with the 

 United States Army; Director of Advertising, C. 

 M. Seograves. 



Illinois Agricnltnral 

 Association 



Greatest State Farm Organization 

 in America 



OFFICEHS 

 President, Earl C. Smith Detroit 



Vice-Presideat, Talmage Defrees Greenville 

 Corporate Sec, Paul E. Mathias. Hinsdale 



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 Eirkpatrick 



Chicago 



BOARD OF DIRECTORS 



(By Congressional Districts) 



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



12th C. I. Elliott, Streator 



13th Homer Curtiss. Stockton 



14lh Otto SteUey, Stronghurst 



ISth Ronald A. Holt, Galva 



16th Albert Hayes, ChUlicothe 



17th Charles Lauritzen, Reddick 



18lh W. A. Dennis, Paris 



19th Charles B. Shumon, Sullivan 



20th K. T. Smith, Greenfield 



21st F. E. Morris, BuHalo 



22nd Alvm O. Eckert, Belleville 



23rd Chester McCord, Newton 



24th Lyman Bunting, EUery 



25th August G. Eggerding, Red Bud 



DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS 



Daily Maiketinff Wilired Shaw 



Fruit and Vegetobls Morketing L. L. Colvis 



Crnnn Marketing George H. Iftner 



Legal _ Donald Kirkpatrick 



Live Stock Marketiag _ S. F. Russell 



Oifice C. E. lohnslon 



Organisation. O. D. Brissenden 



Produce Marketing _ -...F. A. Gougler 



Publicity _ Creston Foster 



Research and Taxation _ L. H. Simerl 



Rural School Relatiena John K. Cox 



Safety C. M. Seagravas 



Sales Service W. P. Sondiord 



Soil Improvement lohn R. Spencer 



Transportation-Claims G. W. Baxter 



Young People's Activitiee EUswoHh D. tyon 



ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS 



Conntry Lite Ins. Co Dave Mieher, Mgr. 



Fanners' Mutual Reinsur. Ce.....I. H. Kelker. Mgr. 



ni. Agr. Auditing Assn C. E. Strand. Mgr. 



111. Agr. Mutual Ins. C0.....A. E. Richardson, Mgr. 



ni. Agr. Service Co. Earl C. Smith, Pres. 



Donald Kirkpatrick, Sec. 



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



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



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



lU. Fruit Growers' Exchange — L. L. Colvis, Mgr. 



m. Grain Corporation. Frank Haines, Mgr. 



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



ni. Milk Producers' Assn Wilfred Shaw, Mgr. 



ni. Producers' Creameries J. B. Countiss. Mgr. 



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



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 

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



MAY, 1945 



VOLUME 23 - NUMBER 5 



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IF YOU want to know anything about 

 the Farm Bureau or its various sub- 

 sidiary organizations, ask any of the 

 more than 100 members of the Lake 

 County FBI. The members of this Farm 

 Bureau Information Club are keeping 

 abreast of the times when it comes to 

 agricultural problems and the way the 

 Farm Bureau is contributing to the agri- 

 cultural economy of the nation. 



For the members of this Lake County 

 Farm Bureau group are afforded an op- 

 portunity at regular monthly meetings 

 to get the latest information on activities 

 in the agricultural field. 



Organized back in March of 1943 as 

 a means of stimulating more interest 

 among a larger group of Farm Bureau 

 folk in Lake county, this club has been 

 meeting for supper and a program on 

 the fourth Wednesday evening of every 

 month at a restaurant in Libertyville. 



To date not a single month has been 

 missed and the attendance is on the grad- 

 ual increase. Starting out more than two 

 years ago with about 25 members attend- 

 ing, the attendance has grown to 60. One 

 of the factors contributing to the fine at- 

 tendance is that meetings are adjourned 

 promptly at 10 p.m. 



Speakers who have appeared before 

 the group have come from the lAA and 

 its subsidiaries, the U. of I. College of 

 Agriculture, Pure Milk Association and 

 other organizations. 



Not every program includes an outside 

 speaker, for on some occasions the pro- 

 gram is left largely to local talent. 



The whole idea of the FBI Club is to 

 build Farm Bureau membership and 

 keep them informed. That the idea is 

 working in Lake county is evident from 

 the increase in membership which has 

 resulted. Lake county had no organization 

 director until recently so membership ac- 

 quisition and maintenance was depend- 

 ent largely upon loyal Farm Bureau mem- 

 bers. The FBI Club plan is based on the 

 idea that if the number of properly in- 

 formed members is increased, there will 

 be more of them "talking Farm Bureau." 



On March 1, 1943, Lake county had 

 954 members, and today the membership 

 is at 1195. 



Whenever a township fails to make its 

 monthly quota, a new member is added 

 to the FBI Club from that particular 

 township. Should a member fail to at- 

 tend the monthly meetings he is dropped 

 from the club and another member takes 

 his place. 



Every means is used to acquaint the 

 new member with the Farm Bureau, both 

 through personal contact and other chan- 

 nels. Once that a member knows he is 

 being serviced, membership maintenance 

 becomes less of a problem, and there is 

 nothing that makes for membership main- 

 tenance more than personal contact. 

 There is no substitute for it. 



MAY. 1945 



