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WHAT ardtfac fSi*mer's chief in- 

 terests o\tsade tk^ actual busi- 

 ness of 

 Bettermenherf^his community 

 living conditions would no 

 doubt stand high. That involves better 

 schools, better roads, fairer taxation, 

 research, rural safety and public health. 



All these factors for better farm liv- 

 ing are promoted by the Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Association and most County 

 Farm Bureaus as a duty to farmer mem- 

 bers. 



On the state level, the departments 

 working for the betterment of local liv- 

 ing conditions are banded together as 

 the Division of General Services under 

 the direction of I. E. Parett, former 

 Vermilion county farm adviser. 



Each department is headed by a di- 

 rector who coordinates and interprets 

 lAA policy and attitudes on schools 

 roads, taxation, and public health 

 county Farm Bureaus and non-F: 

 Bureau groups also interested in q 

 welfare. 



The departments and their hea 

 as follows; safety and public hfeati 

 Walter W. Whitlock; research, I. H 

 Simerl; road improvement, Charlete S. 

 Mayfield ; rural school relations, Jo 

 K. Cox; veterinary medical relations. 

 Dr. C. Don Van Houweling; propert 

 taxation, Bert Vandervliet ; and so/ 

 improvement, (director to be named 



Parett said the goal of his Division 

 of General Services is the establishment 

 in every county of committees to work 

 with each of the directors named above. 



These seven men, Parett said, are and 

 will be available to all County Farm 

 Bureaus to assist in the solution of local 



by JIM THOMSOr 

 Asst. Editor lAA REC( 



problems as far as time will j permit. 

 The overwelming majority of tpe coun- 

 ties have availed themselves of ooe or 

 more of the members of the iDivJsion 

 of General Services, Parett «id. The , 

 others are welcome to requejit the as-; 

 sistance of the division at amr time. 



What are the men in Ae gener 

 services division doing ^d what /re 

 they trying to do.' 



Rural School Reladdns — At M esent 

 one of the princig?* jobs olyOirector 

 Cox is his wor^^ith Couiuy School 

 Comgantees, whi^h for many 

 havpjj^^n considering 

 It inyme reorganization of 

 ni|;*Kschools. This work has 

 m in close touch with most 

 County Farm Bureaus in the 



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 months 

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Cox appears on 

 programs spon- 

 sored by Farm 

 Bureaus, Home 

 ureaus. Parent 



achers' Associ- 

 lons, the high 

 school visitors of- 

 fice of the Uni- 



sity of Illinois, 



'rmal schools, 

 unty school su- 

 perintendents, Il- 

 linois Rural Edu- 

 cation Committee 



John K. Cox 



and various civic 



groups. 



In most of these meetings. Cox out- 

 lines and explains lAA policy in re- 



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Map illustrates the extent of the activity of 

 the Division of General Services over a 

 nine month period beginning Oct. 1, 1946. 



gard to schools and particularly to ru- 

 ral school improvement. Writing for 

 newspapers and magazines, he has done 

 much to publicize the lAA's school re- 

 organization program. He is a mem- 

 ber of the lAA state legislative com- 

 mittee. 



Research — This department, headed 

 by L. H. Simerl, functions as a fact- 

 finding service for the lAA board of 

 directors, its officers, members of other 

 lAA departments and County Farm Bu- 

 reaus. This department is responsible 

 for the collection and systematic filing 

 of economic information of interest 

 and importance to farmers and farm 

 organizations. 



One of the more important jobs of 

 the department of research was the as- 

 sistance it offered the Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association School Committee. 

 The work and report of this committee 

 laid the foundation for the rural school 

 reorganization and improvement move- 



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