President Shumcm 



OHo SteiieT 



Paul Mathicn' 



Homer Curtiaa 



opportunity and privilege in the future 

 of amending basic articles of the con- 

 stitution to meet current needs. 



President Charles B. Shuxnan of the 

 lAA re-emphasized the need for local 

 action on these matters and urged leaders 

 to bring them to the attention of mem- 

 bers. 



County Farm Bureaus were advised to 

 have their legislative committees launch 

 a campaign to acquaint the membership 

 with the facts of this essential legis- 

 lation and the need for passage of the 

 Gateway Amendment. 



Fertilizer Bills Explained 



Homer Curtiss, chairman of the lAA 

 marketing committee, reported on the 

 response from County Farm Bureaus on 

 the proposed plan for coordinating co- 

 operative livestock marketing facilities. 



Of the total of 76 counties reporting 

 on the plan: 49 were for the revised plan 

 tentatively recommended by the lAA; 17 

 were for the plan of the special statewide 

 committee; 4 favored the Producer 

 Agencies' plan; 3 were against any plan; 

 2 were uncertain, and 1 reported that 

 there needed to be more study. 



Otto Steffey, chairman of the organi- 

 zation-information committee of the lAA 

 board, explained interpretations on mem- 

 bership classifications. 



lAA Field Secretary George Metzger 

 reported on the progress of the lAA's 

 grain merchandising program and the 



lAA REGISTERS OPPOSITION 

 TO FEES ON ROAD FUNDS 



organization of the board of the Illinois 

 Grain Terminals Company. He also 

 outlined the main provisions of the na- 

 tional fertilizer bills which are now pend- 

 ing in Congress. 



Former lAA President Sam Thompson rises 

 to voice his approval of lAA policies dur- 

 ing annual spring Farm Bureau leaders 

 meeting in Springtield. 



lAA department heods and fieldmen are 

 addressed by Organization Director O. D. 

 Brissenden (back to camera) during an- 



nual iieldmen's conierence in Springfield. 

 Field Secretary George Metzger (at table) 

 presides over the conierence. 



OPPOSITION to a state law which 

 permits county treasurers to retain 

 two per cent of the state monies ap- 

 propriated for farm to highway roads 

 has been voiced by the Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Association. 



lAA officials have requested Gov. 

 Dwight Green to include in the call 

 for a possible special session of the 

 state legislature a proposal to amend 

 the law relating to the fees of county 

 treasurers in order to exclude these 

 funds. 



The attorney general recently has 

 given an opinion holding that county 

 treasurers' offices are entitled to two 

 per cent of the $15,000,000 appropri- 

 ated for farm to highway roaas. 



The ruling stated that county treas- 

 urers' offices are entitled to one per 

 cent for receiving the funds and one 

 per cent for paying them out. On the 

 $15,000,000 appropriation, this would 

 amount to $300,000. The two per cent 

 would be used to help defray expenses 

 of operation of county treasurers' of- 

 fices. 



The lAA is of the opinion that the 

 county treasurer will perform but very 

 little service in the handling of these 

 funds and that the law might very well 

 be amended to exclude these funds 

 from monies upon which the county 

 treasurer is entitled to fees. lAA of- 

 ficials point out that county treasurers 

 do not now receive fees on gasoline 

 tax or relief funds handled for the 

 counties. 



By good pasture management, improve- 

 ment of permanent pastures and the use of 

 legumes for grazing, many dairymen have 

 developed a program that furnishes an 

 abundance of green succulent forage from 

 early spring until late fall. 



APRIL. 1946 



