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ORGANIZATION NOTES 

 By O. D. BRISSENDiN 



Jackson county and Bernis Provart is now 

 COD for the new organization in Perry 

 county. • 



A TOTAL of 114,503 members was 

 on the rolls of the Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association as of June 30, 1945, 

 the end of the third quarter of the fiscal 

 year. 



Cancellations totalled 6,026. Of this 

 number 464 were transfers to the two 

 new organizations, Hamilton County 

 Farm Bureau and Perry County Farm 

 Bureau, leaving a net cancellation of 5,- 

 562 for comparative purposes. The can- 

 cellations for the same period last year 

 were 4,775. There are 14,145 new mem- 

 bers as compared with 14,365 last year. 

 This represents l6l.7% of the yearly 

 new member quota of 8,745. The net 

 gain for the nine months period was 

 9,446. 



Eighty-two counties in the state had at- 

 tained or exceeded their new member goals 

 and twenty-one of these had completed 

 more than 200%. Only six were below 

 75%. This should be the year when all 

 counties make their new member quotas. 



The 105% dues income quota was attained 

 by 19 county organization directors during 

 the period. , 



Long range goals set by the county com- 

 mittees had been attained in 34 counties 

 and many have definite programs for com- 

 pletion by Sept. 30. Almost all plan on 

 having the job done by annual meeting time. 



In addition to the good work done on 

 acquisition, the program of maintenance 

 has been intensified in many counties. An 

 all-out effort is being made to carry serv- 

 ices to each and every member. Analysis 

 of the services that are being used by each 

 member is the first job in this program. 

 And then comes the follow-up by both 

 members of the Farm Bureau personnel and 

 leadership. A recent article in "CLIC" 

 entitled "Give Every New Member a 

 Chance to Buy", is an example of the in- 

 terest and cooperation the organization 

 forces are receiving from other departments 

 in this program. 



John C. Bigelow, county organization di- 

 rector of Marion County Farm Bureau, re- 

 ported the largest percentage of the new 

 member quota during the nine months' per- 

 iod. Some 170 new members were reported 

 on a quota of 55 or 309%. 



A. B. Gulp, county organization dirertor 



in McLean county, reported the largest 

 number of new members. He reported 322 

 on a o.uota of 180. 



The Jackson-Perry County Farm Bureau 



started the year with 891 members, later 

 divided into two county organizations, whose 

 combined membership was 1149 as of June 

 30. making a net gain of 258, which was 

 the largest numerical net gain in total mem- 

 bership. Carl Robinson, who served as 

 COD for the dual organization, continues in 



Franklin-Hamilton County Farm Bureau 



was also reorganized during the year into 

 two separate county organizations. The per- 

 centage net gain of 40.9% in the total mem- 

 bership for the two counties was the high- 

 est in the state. Carl Cox is COD in Frank- 

 lin county and B. H. Wainstreet, an aggres- 

 sive volunteer worker in past membership 

 drives, now serves the new organization in 

 Perry county as COD and general agent of 

 insurance. 



Earl Groves, center, Brouillett Creek town- 

 ship, has just signed a Farm Bureau 

 agreement to become the 1500th member 

 oi the Edgar County Form Bureau. H. 

 Zeis Gumm, COD, is ot the leit, and Leo 

 Swiniord, president, is at the right. 



Five years ago, Greene County Farm 

 Bureau had a membership of 480. In April 

 of this year, William Shuts of Patterson 

 township became the thousandth member in 

 that county. Dale Sponsler, Farm Bureau 

 member of long standing in Greene county, 

 is now serving as county organization di- 

 rector. 



T. R. Drone, a salesman of many years' 



experience, is the new county organization 

 director in Gallatin county succeeding 

 James S. Potter, who resigned to enter soil 

 conservation work. 



Arnold Ziegler, who ha$ served well as 



county organization director in Effingham 

 county, has resigned and is being succeeded 

 by Glen A. Percivsl, who started work on 

 Aug. 13. 



Gathman of Williamsville is the new 



general agent and county organization di- 

 rector for the Scott County Farm Bureau. 

 Gathman was a farmer and a special agent 

 for Country Life Insurance Company in 

 Sangamon county prior to his employment 

 in Scott county. 



One-day "Refresher" meetings in 12 

 districts, featuring pointers on effective 

 speaking and salesmanship, will be of- 

 fered to employees of Farm Bureaus and 

 subsidiaries during September by W. P. 

 Sandford, lAA director of sales service. 



lockers 



By FRANK A. GOUGLER 



The first annual meeting of the Piper 



City Locker Association was held in the 

 Piper City High School Aug. 15. Despite 

 the fact that it was V-J Day, a fair attend- 

 ance was had. 



Manager Clarence E. Pierson, in his re- 

 port to the shareholders, from the audit, 

 showed that during the first 4V2 months 

 of operation, the company experienced a 

 slight loss. A small profit was made dur- 

 ing July and it was the manager's belief 

 that by the time the company had operated 

 a full year the loss would be liquidated. 



George Fickling, president of the board, 

 reported that patrons are demanding 

 slaughter and other services which the board 

 plans to provide as soon as possible. 



Several thousand dollars have been sub- 

 scribed for additional stock, some of which 

 can be used to build a slaughter plant. The 

 board plans to build an addition to the 

 locker plant for installing slaughter facil- 

 ities. It is estimated this addition, with 

 equipment, will cost about $6,000. 



The board- members and officers re-elected 

 were as follows: Geo. Ficklin, president; 

 W. R. Crandall, secretary-treasurer; Wm. F. 

 Weber and Harry Van Antwerp, all of 

 Piper City^. 



L. R. Downs, Piper City, asked to be re- 

 lieved of his duties on the board because 

 of the extensive expansion program of the 

 seed company. Those present voted unan- 

 imously their appreciation for the splendid 

 service Downs had given the locker com- 

 pany. 



V. A. Krueger, Chicago, a discharged 



veteran, started work in August as manager 

 of the Coles County Locker Service. Krueger 

 has had extensive experience in the meat 

 business and also worked in this line dur- 

 ing three and one-half years in the Army. 

 His wife, Mrs. Mildred Krueger, will serve 

 as bookkeeper for the Coles Locker Service. 

 She served as office secretary in Adams 

 county and in 1937 came to the lAA offices 

 in Chicago where she worked as secretary 

 for several lAA department heads. For 

 the past two years she was secretary to 

 President Earl C. Smith. lAA associates 

 wish the Kruegers the best of success in 

 their new positions. 



All of our cooperative locker plants are 



grading beef, veal, lamb and mutton ac- 

 cording to OPA requirements. There is 

 some variation as to the method due to the 

 fact that district officials do not issue uni- 

 form regulations. At least one district has 

 not required that patrons' meat be graded, 

 provided it is point free meat and the patron 

 is a producer and is entitled to it. Other 

 districts now allow the patron to designate 

 an employee to do the grading for him. 

 Some managers are having all the beef, veal, 

 lamb and mutton graded by a federal grad- 

 er. Either the association pays the federal 

 grader or it is charged direct to the patron. 

 OPA permits this charge to be made to 



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