Plans for the 1947 season of the Il- 

 linois Farm Baseball League were sched- 

 uled to be outlined at a meeting set for 

 Feb. 10 in the Stevens Hotel, Chicago. 

 Representatives of all County Farm Bu- 

 reaus in Illinois were invited to attend. 

 Incumbent officers are Otto Steffey, lAA 

 board member from Stronghurst, presi- 

 dent; Ebb Harris, Grayslake, vice-presi- 

 dent, and Roy Johnson, lAA director of 

 special services, secretary. In addition 

 to the business meeting, a showing of 

 the 1946 World Series movie was to be 

 made, with Don KoUoway, star infield- 

 er of the Chicago White Sox, as guest 

 speaker. 



President Charles B. Shuman of 

 the Illinois Agricultural Associ- 

 ation, Moultrie county farmer 

 from near Sullivan, spoke for the 

 American Farm Bureau Federa- 

 tion Jan. 18 on the new CBS 

 radio program, "Cross Section — 

 U.S.A." 



President Shuman, a member of 

 the AFBF board of directors was 

 interviewed on the subject: "What 

 Changes Should There Be in Fed- 

 eral Taxes?" 



The broadcast was made from 

 Edward Garms' farm near Arling- 

 ton Heights, Cook county. 



Peoria Producers Commission Associ- 

 ation celebrated their 25th anniversary 

 Jan. 16, declared patronage refunds of 

 110,535.08. During 1946 they han- 

 dled 1003 cars of cattle, 88 cars of 

 calves, 2480 cars of hogs, 293 cars of 

 sheep for a gross sale value of $10,557,- 

 265.31. Les Doran, principle speaker 

 and manager of the Central Co-op As- 

 sociation, So. St. Paul, Minn., described 

 the activities of his organization, largest 

 livestock marketing co-op in the U. S 



R. W. Bartlett, University of Illi- 

 nois economist, predicted recently 

 that in the next 20 years co-ops 

 will manufacture and distribute 50 

 per cent of farm machinery. Why, 

 Bartlett asked, should a farmer 

 pay $200 to a retail distributor to 

 sell him a tractor he is going to 

 buy anyway.^ 



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After July 1 no cattle may change 

 hands in Illinois privately .ot-at a 

 public sale, except for slaughter, 

 without a bill of health or cer- 

 tificate of vaccination for Bangs 

 disease. 



the new youth assistant in Williamson 

 county. A graduate of Southern Illi- 

 nois Normal University, she has taught 

 home economics at Jerseyville and worked 

 as a commercial chemist in St. Louis, Mo. 



Mrs. Bette Lou Johnson has been 

 employed as an assistant in White 

 county to Farm Adviser Thurman 

 Wright and Home Adviser Arven Hol- 

 loway. Mrs. Johnson will be in charge 

 of programs for the 4-H, Rural Youth 

 and young adults in the county. Mrs. 

 Johnson is the wife of J. K. Johnson, 

 soil technician for White County Soil 

 Conservation District. 



American Farm Bureau Federa- 

 tion membership quotas for 1947 

 call for 1,270,113 members. Small- 

 est quota is Delaware's 1,100. 

 Largest is Illinois', 128,387, (al- 

 ready exceeded). 



Elmer Aden, manager of the Han- 

 cock County Supply Company, has been 

 employed as manager of the Calhoun 

 County Farm Bureau Exchange which 

 reorganized and affiliated recently with 

 the Illinois Farm Supply Company. 

 Henry Bach, Calhoun county exchange 

 manager for the past 20 years, is retir- 

 ing because of poor health. 



Mrs. Mary Lou Clinton of Benton is 



D. P. Robinson, has resigned after 18 

 years as general insurance agent for 

 Henry county. He will be succeeded 

 by his son. Ward, 28, who has been 

 working with his father since his dis- 

 charge from the army. 



W. B. Bunn, farm adviser in Pike 

 county since Dec. 1, 1928, has been hired 

 as adviser in Champaign county, suc- 

 ceeding J. E. Harris, who resigned in 

 October, 1946, to work for a fertilizer 

 company in Iowa. Bunn is scheduled to 

 start work in Champaign county March 

 15. 



During the past year Bunn has served 

 as president of the Illinois Farm Ad- 

 visers Association and as the farm ad- 

 visers' representative on the Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Association board of directors. 

 In 1944, Bunn was recognized for his 

 outstanding work in Pike county by the 

 National Association of County Agents. 



Bunn was graduated from Eastern Il- 

 linois State Teachers College and later 

 received his degree in agriculture from 

 the U. of I. in 1920. A wprld war I 

 veteran, Bunn later attended Colorado 

 State college and the University of Mis- 

 souri for graduate work. He first served 

 as farm adviser in Edgar county, 1920- 

 21; then in McDonough, 1921-23, and 

 in Richland, 1923-28. 



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