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AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION RECORD 



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THC STATE F A R «M 

 BUREAU PUBLICATION 



OPPORTUNITY AND RESPONSIBILITY 



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 our dctcnnin.itum tii.it ui;r jLirnHr.itK Inriii ut i:<'\ 

 ernmc-nt shall Ix- prrscr\c'j .it;aiii^r its m.iin likiih.^ 

 ri nil from withm itui oiitMiiL .uir ii.ition llit tiiiK t^r 

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 opj-iortuiiitv tnr iIk t.iriiKr^ in ri.t;- 

 istcr th(.ir (..iliii, iklilKT.itc )u>it:i.iii(.iii. 

 iiiipri. |ikIh cii h\ the intluciKi ct u.ir 

 Tilt ioiitiiuii.1.1 ^trlHl;th .'t mir 

 JcIll^Hral^ dcpciul^ iipnii iIk .Utl\l. 

 p.irt Kip.it II ifi ot .ill iiti/.(.ris lit \utini: 

 lie in alfairs »,ir mivcrnmcnt. There is mi in. Jaii^er th.it 

 -icniocracy may fail h\ default than In i<iiK|uest I \cr\ 

 iMtivoter in November l^ .utiulK wutinc i ballot .luaiii^t 

 ".if Form of ^overIlment. 



Unlike manv other llri,^lnl/.ation^. tlu Illinois Ai:ri 

 luirural Assouation has never attempted to tell its mi.ni 

 lier> how to \otc on p.irtisan i^Mies. Rather, we li,i\e at 

 t.nipted to ^i\e the tarniers all the t.uts loruernini; issues 

 ukI pa.st votint; remrds ot the landidaies This trust \v. 

 farmers' ability to tiling tor themselves and M'le iheir hon 

 e-t eonvictions has not been misplaced. 



Tile respeit .md pouir \^hKh vour urbanization h.i^ 

 ,'! leijisl.itni halls l^ due larijeK to tin. tai t that farmer- 



li.ivi. Mij'jiortLi.1 ;lu:r !r;. the p<<iK. i.lseuliere in 



diis l^sue ol tfie KmkKIi .1. Aill tind an analysis ot somi 

 i| the pniKip.il i^'riiultiir il issues toother wjth tht vi>i 

 iii|: reiiird of MHir niemlHrv .it f.ont;rcss 'in these i.^sih.". 

 Illl^ issui. of iIk I.\.-\ KiiiiHi) also (arries the %<)tinc rex 

 ird ol the nii.mbi.r-. ot ;l: Si.iii. Ia ylisl.ituri. Stu<K flu- 

 iitorm.itnui. tlitn '.'>ii '.'Mir hon.. >t •oiuhtions 



111 llliiiniN tills .I'lniiii: ckilimi I- douhh imporiaiil 

 1 nr \e.irs t.irnKrs Ii.im Ixui nyhtitii: tor some badl\ tueded 

 .oiistitution.tl ri.|i'rn.s .\t tin List session ot the St.ite 

 LeyisLuuri. till l.A.A spoDs.in ! .iii.i helped siiure p.iss.ici 

 lit the Ci.iUu.u ■\ir;i. iidpunl proposal M.hufi uuuld m.iki 

 ihe-se ri h 'rms p..ssii.k .iii.i uiiuii is !,• i .( ,ui>mittid to thi 

 \oters .It iIk ikiiinii \"\iniber "• I'.er\ t.iniKr sii.iui.i 

 read the .irtuk in this issui. or the Ri'iiKO i \pl,iniint: th< 

 import. mil. nt sciurm^ i t.i\or.ibie \'>u nii this .uiund 

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I he li.iiiu.t\ .\n;i.P..!:!ii. nt projMs.ii is printed "ii the 

 s.ime b.illnl uith iIk lisi .ii i.an. iidates uid must rtieiv. t 

 :iia|iirit\' ot ill nuIls , .i^t n\ the iLition lor .ii.l<ipiiiiii In 

 otJKT utirds. taiii.ire i" mark the daiLway balint is tin 

 s.ime js .! \iit^ acaiiist thi. proposition Bi sure to niark 

 our b.iiliii tnr this .inuiidment 



.■\s t.iriiKrs .uid i.'i.iid >iti/eiis u.r jimst impnri.ui' 

 ■'pportunit\ .ind rtsp. ifisiiiilif', .ii: TiksvI.h. WiwiiiIkt ' 

 :s to t:o to till, polls firs! to support .mr pnnen frn.n.is 

 ■n the '.Litinii 11).' -ii.'ti.ilv !.i \-it, tnr tin. (t.ifrw.o 

 .Amendmi.iit 



OCTOBER, 1946 • VOLUME 24, NUMBER 9 



ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION 

 OFFICERS 

 Pr.*sidenl, Cborles B. Shuman Sullivan 



Vice-Prosident, Floyd E. tiilorris Buiialo 



Secretary. Paul E. t^athias Hinsdale 



Field Sec. Geo. E. Melzger Chicago 



Treasurer, R. A. Cowles Btoomington 



Asst. Treas.. A. R. Wright Varaa 



Comptroller. C. C. Chapelle Chicago 



General Counsel. Donald Kirlcpatnck Chicago 



BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

 (By Congressional Districts) 

 l.sl lo 11th Harvey W. Adair. Chicago His. 



!2th C. I. Elliott. Strealof 



13th Homer Curtiss. Stockton 



14lb Otto SteHey. StronghursI 



15th Ronald A. Holt Galva 



!6th Russell V. I^cKee Varna 



I7th Charles Lauritzen. Reddick 



I3th John T. Evans. Hoopeston 



I9tn I^iilon W. Warrt-n Man.stifia 



20th K. T. 5m!th. Groenheld 



21sl Dan L. Cljrke, New Betltr. 



22nd J. King Eaton. Edwardsvillf 



23rd Chester McCord. Newton 



24th Lyman Bunting. Eller-f 



25th August G. Egg.^rding Red Bud 



DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS 



Fruit and Vegetable Marketing L. L. Coivi< 



.Sp»- 13! .sf>:vt,.... Ho-,' P lohnsoi: 



Property Taxatior. Bert Vandervliet 



Transportation. Claim:> G. W. Baxter 



Young P^'ople's Activjtu-j. Ellsworth D Lyon 



ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS 



Cou.n*ry Lite Ins. Co Dave Mieher. Mgr 



Counlry Mutual File Co [. H Kelket Mgi 



Country Mutual Ca.^ual'y Co. " ~ 



Grain .Marketing 



Legal 



Live Stock Marketing 



Oilice 



Organization 



Produce Marketing 



Publicity 



Hesearc h 



Rural School Relation.s 



Safety 



George H. Ift.ier 



Donald Kirkpatrick 



S. F. Russell 



C. E. Johnston 



O. D Brissendcr. 



F. A- GougltT 



Cr...-.ton Fost.-T 



L. H. Simeri 



lohn K. Cox 



W W. WhlliOK 



A E fli.'hardson 

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 C E Strand. ' 



III Agr. Auditing Assn. 



111. Agr Servict' Co Donald Kirkpatrick 



III. Coop Locker Service C- F Musser. 



III. F. Bur. Serum A.^sr. S. F Hu>,>eU See 



111. Farm Supply Co. C H. Be' ker 



ill F:ui* Grower.. Ex hlcj*- 1 L Colvrs 



HI. Grain Corporation Frank Haines 



III. Liv....,io.k Mktg As.,n H W Trautmann Mg 



111. MilK ProdHC.-r.- As.^n. Edwin Gumm P 



Prairie Farms Cr .-.Tm.iri'..- Dov*. H»-ri.v Sal.-^ N 



:il. Wool Mkrg A,,r; .S. F R 



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Editor, Creston Foster. Ass'l. Editor, James C. Thomson. field Editor, Lewis A. Reisoer 



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