lAA Director Albert Webb, Franklin county, (right) presides at a speciol meeting iieid in 

 Carbondale July 30 in protest against the bill to put the Crab Orchard Ordnance District 

 In Williamson county under the jurisdiction of the Department of Interior. Farmers asked 

 that the land be returned to agriculture instead of to wildlife. President Truman signed 

 the bill as law a few days later. Left to right: L B. Broom, Pulaski-Alexander farm 

 adviser; Herb Borum, Williamson county organization director; E. A. Fosse, Williamson 

 (behind Borum); Alonzo Bouyer, Williamson; William Bride, Pulaski-Alexander; Ono 

 Finger, Pulaski-Alexander; 6. J. Christenson, Franklin county farm adviser, and Director 

 Wabb. Behind Christenson is I. E. Parett, lAA secretary of special services, who assisted 

 Director Webb in conducting the meeting. 



Getting the fish ready for close to 300 at- 

 tending a new-member fish fry held In 

 Marlon Ju!y 39 ore left to right: William- 

 son Coun^y Organization Director Herb 

 Borum anJ Mrs. Borum, Mrs. Jones and Sam 

 Jones. 



Prairie Farms Wins 

 Fair Blue Ribbon 



THE Prairie Farms Creamery of Olney 

 is proudly flaunting a blue ribbon 

 tor its high quality cottage cheese en- 

 try in the Illinois State Fair at Spring- 

 field. The Prairie Farms entry took first 

 place. 



The pasteurized cottage cheese was 

 entered in the open class in competi- 

 tion with dairies from throughout the 

 state. Judging was on the basis of 

 flavor, body and texture, color, salt 

 and package. 



The blue ribbon cottage cheese was 

 prepared by Walter Koertge, super- 

 intendent of the bottled milk depart- 

 ment. 



Afternoon swimming classes are shewn In the process of changing at the old 



awimming hole a* Camp Show-waw-nas-see near Kankakee. Campers were 4-H'er* 



from four north central counties. 



R. L Graves Joins 

 lAA Transportation- 

 Claims Department 



ROBERT L. GRAVES, 29, who has 

 been employed in the traflFic depart- 

 ment of the Illinois Central Rrailroad 

 for the past nine 

 years, has joined 

 the staff of the lUi- 

 n o i s Agricultural 

 Association as as- 

 sistant in the trans- 

 portation - claims 

 department. 



Graves will assist 

 Guy W. Baxter, di- 

 rector of the trans- 

 portation-claims de- 

 partment, and will 

 spend most of his 



time checking freight bills on agricul- 

 tural commodities for Farm Bureau 

 members and the Illinois Farm Supply 

 Company. 



Robert L. Graves 



REV. GEO. NELL MARKS 

 HIS 25TH ANNIVERSARY 



The Rev. George Nell, long-time 

 friend of Farm Bureau and the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association, recently ob- 

 served his 25th anniversary as pastor 

 of the Island Grove Catholic church. 

 The Rev. Nell's tireless, early-day ef- 

 forts to help farmers in his community 

 were described in a two-page article in 

 the June, 1937, issue of the lAA 

 Record. He was one of the founders 

 of the Jasper County Farm Bureau. 



President Charles B. Shuman (left) of iIm 

 Illinois Agricultural Association iiands • 

 check for $5,000 to Dean H. P. Rusk of Mm 

 University of Illinois College of AgricuHor*. 

 The money was given by the lAA te • 

 stotO'Wide fund te provide camp focilMas 

 fer 4-H Club memliers. 



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