lAA Annual Meeting 

 Scheduled for Nov. 26-29 



THE 31st annual meeting of the Il- 

 linois Agricultural Association and as- 

 sociated companies will be held Nov. 

 26-29 in the Hotel Sherman, Chicago. 



Difficulty in obtaining housing ac- 

 com.modations, due to crowded condi- 

 tions in Chicago, is expected to keep 

 attendance far below normal. 



As in past years, the associated com- 

 panies will hold their annual meetings 

 during the first two days of the con- 

 vention, Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 

 26 and 27. 



A program of entertainment will get 

 underway at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 

 27, and the lAA general sessions will 

 open Wednesday morning. 



Group conferences are scheduled for 

 Wednesday afternoon and a general 

 session will be held Wednesday night. 

 The convention will be adjourned 

 Thursday after a meeting of business 

 delegates. 



A complete calendar of events for 

 the convention will be published in 

 the November issue of the Record. 

 Following is the program, not quite 

 complete, as the October Record went 

 to press: 



Monday, November 26 , 



Presidents' and Farm Advisers' con- 

 ference and luncheon starting at 10 

 a.m. 



Farm Bureau presidents' conference 

 meeting at 3:30 p,m. 



Scheduled tentatively to meet at 7 

 p.m. are these associated companies: 

 Illinois Farm Bureau Serum Associa- 

 tion, Illinois Cooperative Locker Serv- 

 ice, Illinois Grain Corporation and Il- 

 linois Agricultural Auditing Associa- 

 tion. 



Tuesday, November 27 



Planning to meet at 9:30 a.m. are 

 these associated companies: Illinois 

 Agricultural Holding Gjmpany, Illinois 

 Wool Marketing Association and Il- 

 linois Milk Producers Association. 

 Meeting at 10 a.m. are Farmers Mutual 

 Reinsurance Company and Illinois 

 Farm Supply Company. 



Rural Youth at 10 a.m. 



Opening their meetings at 1 p.m. are 

 the Illinois Livestock Marketing As- 

 sociation, Illinois Agricultural Mutual 

 Insurance Company, Illinois Producers' 

 Creameries. 



General insurance conference later in 

 afternoon. 



General entertainment starting at 

 7:30 p.m. 



Wednesday, November 28 



General session, lAA, starting about 

 9:15 a.m. 



Group conferences at 1 :30 p.m. in- 

 cluding public relations, organization 

 and publicity, soil improvement and 

 marketing. 



District conferences and caucuses at 

 4 p.m. 



lAA general session opening at 7:30 

 p.m. 



Thursday, November 29 



Business session. * 



Adjournment. 



The American Farm Bureau Federa- 

 tion will hold its annual convention 

 Dec. 17-20 in Chicago. Headquarters 

 will be at the Hotel Sherman. 



It 



...AS FARMERS 

 FORWARD GO 



ORGANIZATION NOHS 

 By O. D. Brissanden 



THE 115,000th member was signed in 

 the Farm Bureau in Illinois during the 

 month of August. 



It is not possible to determine just who 

 was the 115,000th member, but the fact 

 that 115,000 persons belong to the Farm 

 Bureau in Illinois furnishes a point for 

 study. 



It emphasizes the fact that farmers do 

 believe in organization. It demonstrates 

 the faith farmers have in the Farm Bu- 

 reau, its programs and its leadership. It 

 proves that non-members are signing up 

 daily upon the invitation of their neigh- 

 bors who have built Farm Bureau. 



It gives confidence that the Long 

 Range Goals will be reached in all 

 counties in the near future and that a 

 total of more than 118,000 members in 

 the state will be realized. 



Above everything else it impresses the 

 leadership with the responsibility of the 

 future development and maintenance of 

 a program of^ service to agriculture and 

 to the nation comparable with the prob- 

 lems and opportunities ahead. 



Wade Nuttal who has given many years 

 of faithful service as county organization 

 director and general agent of insurance in 

 Lawrence county retired at the end of 

 September. He says he expects to catch up 

 with his fishing in the days ahead. Jasper 

 DeMonbrun, former special agent in Menard 

 county, succeeds Mr. Nuttal. 



McLean county's annual membership cam- 

 paign kickoff, was held Oct. 1. Asa B. 

 Culp, director of organization, had every 

 detail of his program on paper before the 

 drive was launched. 



C. E. Carrier got Macon county off to a 



good start on Oct. 1 with his campaign 

 organized on the school district basis. 

 Macon county is headed for a membership 

 of 2000. 



An enthusiastic membership acquisition 



campaign known as "The Spaghetti Handi- 

 cap" netted the Edwards County Farm Bu- 

 reau 63 new members in the period of Sept. 

 1 to 15. The member goal of 500 was ex- 

 ceeded by 19. The "Evens" led by "Rube" 

 Works were the winners in the contest by 

 the narrow margin of 33 to 30. High 

 honors in signing the largest number of 

 members went to Harold Shepherd, captain 

 of the losing side, who signed 16 members. 

 Losers ate spaghetti and winners ate steaks. 



Scott county started its workers off Sept. 

 6 on a contest between the young men and 

 old men. There were about 50 present. 

 Thirty new members were reported by the 

 Sept. 13 meeting with the older men win- 

 ning the contest by a 2 to 1 majority. 

 Thirteen new members are needed for the 

 long range goal of 600. Organization 

 workers are pledged to secure them. 



Jo Daviess County Farm Bureau went 

 over the 1100 mark as a result of a recent 

 membership drive. Forty-one new members 

 were signed. 



Harry Humphrey has been employed by 



Sangamon County Farm Bureau as organi- 

 zation director. 



We are sorry to hear of the illness of 



J. S. Smith, Adams county organization 

 director, and hope he has a speedy recovery. 



At a new member meeting held Sept. 19 

 in Champaign county, some 400 new mem- 

 bers and their wives and organization 

 workers were in attendance. On Aug. 28, 

 325 membership workers and their wives 

 celebrated the achievement of 2900 paid up 

 members with a fish fry and barn dance. 



Paul Laffey has been employed by Mar- 

 shall-Putnam Farm Bureau as assistant ad- 

 viser and organization director. Paul who 

 is 26 and a graduate of the U. of I., was 

 bom and reared on a farm near Carthage in 

 Hancock county. A former bomber pilot 

 in the 15th Air Corps, Paul was in service 

 for three years and received his honorable 

 discharge July 15, 1945. 



Lee county staged a kickoff meeting Aug. 



27 on a contest basis. The older men, that 

 is 45 years and above, were pitted against 

 those under 45. At a report meeting Sept. 

 1, 44 new members were reported signed. 

 Reports from the county failed to name the 

 contest winner. 



McDonougb county had a kickoff meet- 

 ing Sept. 24, report meeting Oct. 1 and a 

 new member meeting Oct. 8. 



Bureau county started a drive Sept. 24. 



Whiteside county held a kickoff meeting 

 Oct. 2 and was scheduled to have a report 

 meeting Oct. 5. - ■, . ■.' -. • / 



Brown county has a drive Kheduled for 

 Oct. 9. 



L A. A. RECORD 



