THE 



ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION RECORD 



To adtitmi ihc purpose for which the liirm liiiriju «<;« oif;.i)ii:ttl. iicinuly. 

 to promote, protect ami represent tl.ie husiiuss. teonowie. soiiui unti eAni^t- 

 lional interests of the farmers of Illinois ami the \atioH. and to iliielop 

 agritnllnre. 



THE STATE FARM 

 BUREAU PUBLICATION 



This is the Illinois Agricultural Association board of directors that served during 1946. Left to right: Ronald A. Holt, Henry county; 

 J. King Eaton, Madison; Dan Clarke, Sangamon; Otto Steffey, Henderson; Charles Lauritzen, Livingston; K. T. Smith, Greene; Chester Mc- 

 Cord, Jasper; Vice President Floyd E. Morris, Sangamon; President Charles B. Shumon, Moultrie; Secretary Paul Mathias; Shirley Manis, 

 office secretary; C. J. Elliott, La Salle; Lyman Bunting, Edwards; Harvey W. Adair, Cook; August G. Eggerding, Randolph; Homer Curtiss, 

 Jo Daviess; Russell V. Mckee, Marshall-Putnam; JohnT. Evans, Vermillion, and Milton W, Worren, Piatt. 



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Annual Meeting General Story 4 



Public Relations Conference 7 



President Shuman's Address 8 



Home Bureau Federation Conference 11 



New lAA Directors 12 



Retiring lAA Directors 13 



Annual Meeting Resolutions 14 



Insurance Meetings 17 



Organization-Information Conference 18 



III. Milk Producers Annual Meeting 19 



Earl C. Smith's Address 30 



Livestock Conference 22 



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Prairie Farms Creameries Meeting 35 



Soils Conference . 30 



Illinois Farm Supply Meeting 32 



Rural Youth Talkfest 34 



Illinois Form Bureau Serum Meeting 35 



Schools Conference 34 



Associated Company New Directors 37 



Illinois Cooperative Lockers 43 



Illinois Fruit Growers Exchange 44 



Illinois V/ool Marketing Assn 47 



Illinois Grain Terminals 48 



Illinois Grain Corporation 49 



DECEMBER, 1 946 * VOLUME 24, NUMBER 1 1 



ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION 



OFFICERS 



President, Charles B. Shuman Sullivan 



Vice-President, Floyd E. Morris Butialo 



Secretary, Paul E. Mathias Hinsdale 



Field Sec, Geo. E. Metzger - ■. Chicago 



Treasurer. R. A. Cowles Bloomington 



Asst. Treas.. A. R. Wright Varna 



Comptroller, C. C. Chapelle Chicago 



General Counsel, Donald Kirkpalrick Chicago 



BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

 (By Congressional Districts) 



1st to Uth Earl M. Hughes. Woodstock 



12Ui „ C. J. Elliott, Streator 



13th „. Homer Curtiss. Stockton 



Uth... Otto SteHey. Stronghurst 



15th - Edwin Gumm, Galesburg 



IGlh Russell V. McKee. Varna 



17th E. T. Culnan. Lincoln 



18th John T. Evans, Hoopeston 



19th Milton W. Warren. Mansfield 



20th. K. I. Smith. Greenfield 



21sl Dan L, Clarke, New Berlin 



22nd J. King Eaton, Edwardsville 



23rd Chester McCord, Newton 



24tb ■■ Lyman Bunting, Ellery 



25th Albert Webb, Ewing 



ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS 

 Country Life Ins. Co. A. E. Richardson, Mgr. 

 Country Mutual Fire Co. J. H. Kelker, Mgr. 



Country Mutual Casualty Co. Frank V. Wilcox. 



Mgr. 



111. Agr. Auditing Assn. C. E. Strand, Mgr. 



111. Agr. Service Co. Donald Kirkpatrick, Sec. 

 111. Co-op Locker Service C. F. Musser, Mgr. 

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



111. Farm Supply Co. - - C. H. Becker. Mgr. 



III. Fruit Growers' Exchange L. L. Colvis, Mgr. 

 111. Grain Corporation Frank Haines, Mgt. 



Ill, Gr. Terminals Co. G. H. Iftner. Acting Mgr. 

 111. Livestock Mktg. Assn. H. W. Trautmann, Mgr. 

 111. Milk Producers' Assn. Edwin Gumm, Pres. 

 Prairie F. Creameries Dave Henry. Sales Mgr. 



111. Wool Mtkg. Assn. 



S. F. Russell. Sec.-Mgr. 



DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS 



Dairy Marketing E. E. Houghtby 



Fruit and Vegetable Marketing L. L. Colris 



Grain Marketing . 



Legol 



Live Stock Marketing 



General Office 



Organization 



Personnel 



Produce Marketing 



Publicity 



Research 



Road Improvement 

 Rural School Relations 

 Safety and Public Health 



Special Services 



Property Taxation 



Transportation-Claims 



Veterinary Medical Relations C. D. Van Houweling 



Young People's Activities Ellsworth D. Lyon 



George H. Iftner 



Donald Kirkpatrick 



S. F. Russell 



C. E. lohnston 



O. D. Brissenden 



. . W. E. Scheer 



-.. F. A. Gougler 



Creston Foster 



L. H. Simerl 



Charles Mayfield 



John K. Cox 



W. W. Whitlock 



Roy P. Johnson 



Bert Vandervhet 



G. W. Baxter 



Editor, Creston Foster. Ass't. Editor, James C. Thomson. Fieid Editor, Lewis A. Reisner. 



The Illinois Agricultural Association RECORD is published monthly except August by the Illinois Agricultural Association at ISOl W. Washington Road, 

 Mendota, 111. Editorial Offices, 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicago, III. Entered as second class matter at post office. Mendota. 111., Sept. 11, 1936. Accept- 

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