"Should it be necessary, farmers must 

 demonstrate their cooperative spirit and 

 their good faith by cooperating in 

 whatever acreage adjustment programs 

 are called for." 



The resolutions also asserted that the 

 Farm Bureau will "resist any attempt to 

 destroy the parity concept. . .It is the 

 position of the Farm Bureau that for 

 the Steagall support price period the 

 present parity formula should be used 

 in administering the support price pro- 

 gram for most agricultural products. . . 

 For certain non-basic commodities such 

 as livestock and dairy products, how- 

 ever, some revision is needed in the 

 parity formula for administering the 

 support price program. It is recognized 

 by the American Farm Bureau Federa- 

 tion that the parity formula should be 

 modernized to become effective at the 

 end of the Steagall support-price period. 



"We earnestly request that the proper 

 agencies of the Land-Grant colleges and 

 the Department of Agriculture give 

 serious study to strengthening the par- 

 ity formula so that it will be sound, 

 practicable, and workable in meeting 

 the needs of agriculture during the 

 postwar period. 



"After such plans have been devel- 

 oped, we request that conference be 

 held among the leading farm organiza- 

 tions and steps be taken to have a defi- 

 nite revised parity plan ready for opera- 

 tion at the close of the Steagall support- 

 price period." 



Considering the broad objectives of 

 the Farm Bureau in the years ahead. 

 President O'Neal said the first job for 

 farmers to strengthen their organiza- 

 tions still further. . ."Our strength has 

 been tremendously augmented in recent 

 years, but that strength has not been 

 tested in fires of adversity," President 

 O'Neal said. 



The AFBF leader also declared that 

 "We intend to insist that the ever- 

 normal commodity loans and price- 

 stabilization features of the old farm 

 program be continued, because they 



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California 4-H Ciub girl pins badge on Gov. 



Earl Warren of California, center, as UWf 



President Edward A. O'Neal leeks o«r : 



lAA board members look over charts show- 

 ing Illinois Farm Bureau membership ac- 

 complishments at AFBF convention. Coun- 

 ties making AFBF goals are listed. Left , 

 to right: President Charles B. Shuman, lAA; 

 Chester McCerd, Jasper county; C. J. Elliott, 

 La Salle; John T. Evans, Vermilion; Vice- 

 president Floyd E. Morris, Sangamon, and 

 Otto Steffey, Henderson, chairman of the 

 lAA organization-information committee, 

 points out goal achievements. 



President Edward A. O'Neal pins the AFBF 



gold medal for Distinguished Service to 



Agriculture on the lapel of Rep. Clifford 



R. Hope, of Kansas. 



HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CONVENTION 



AS RECORDED BY THE CAMERA 



Illinois beard member delegates listen to proceedings at AFBF annual meeting. Starting 

 in the first row, third from left, are: Floyd E. Morris, Sangamon county, lAA vice-presi- 

 dent; K. T. Smith, Greene; and at extreme right is a delegate from another state. Back 

 row, left to right: Otto Steffey, Henderson; C. J. Elliott, La Salle; John T. Evans, Ver- 

 milion; R. V. McKee, Marshall-Putnam; Chester McCord, Jasper; Homer Curtiss, Je Daviess, 

 and at extreme right is a delegate from another state. 



lAA Organization Director O. D. Brissenden 

 reads the list of counties attaining mem- 

 bership goals before the AFBF convention 

 session. 



President Charles B. Shuman of the Illinois Agricultural Assockition, a member of the AFBF 

 board and a member of the AFBF resolutions committee, sits on platform with the of- 

 ficials of the ether State Farm Bureaus. Left to right: George Wilton, California; Herbert 

 Voorhees, New Jersey; R. E. Short, Arkansas; President Shuman, J. F. Porter, Tennessee; 

 Hassil E. Schenck, Indiana; Ransom Aldrlch, Mississippi; John M. Bailey, West Virginia. 



JANUARY, 1947 



