RURAL YOUTH 



Studies lAA in Cliicago 



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Started in Farming." In connection with 

 Parett's talk a movie was shown en- 

 titled "What is a Farm Worth?" 



Mixed with the speaking program 

 were three tours made by the Rural 

 Youth leaders. On Monday afternoon 

 after a luncheon at the Stockyards Inn, 

 the young men viewed the slaughtering 

 and storage activities of Swift and Com- 

 pany. 



Tuesday morning they visited the 

 Board of Trade, watched the noisy proc- 



TO GET a closer look at the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association, 83 Rural 

 Youthers and youth assistants spent 

 two days in Chicago last month. 

 In many cases Rural Youth lead- 

 ers of today will be the Farm Bureau 

 leaders of tomorrow. With that in 

 mind, the lAA sponsored the two-day 

 short course in Chicago to acquaint the 

 young men with some of the more de- 

 tailed relationships between the lAA and 

 other organizations and within the lAA 

 itself. Seventy-six counties were repre- 

 sented. 



The general theme of the short course 

 was "How the lAA Serves Illinois Farm- 

 ers." Among those addressing the youth 

 leaders was lAA President Charles B. 

 Shuman who spoke on the relationship 

 between the lAA and the University of 

 Illinois. 



Several of the speakers expressed their 

 surprise at the wide knowledge the young 

 men already had about Farm Bureau and 

 the Illinois Agricultural Association. 



Explaining their departments and the 

 services offered farmers were lAA staff 

 men George E. Metzger, organization 

 and information. He spoke on purchas- 

 ing activities of the lAA; Dr. C. D. Van 

 Houweling, veterinary medical relations; 

 E. D. Lyon, young people's activities; L. 

 L. Colvis, division of marketing; Sam F. 

 Russell, livestock marketing; G. H. Ift- 

 ner, grain marketing. Iftner, who 



From the 44th floor of tho Chicago Board of Trade building. Rural Youth look over the 



city's Hneky skyline. 



founded the first county Rural Youth 

 group in Illinois while Effingham coun- 

 ty farm adviser, spoke on the beginnings 

 of Rural Youth; E. V. Stevenson, Illi- 

 nois Farm Supply Company; W. W. 

 Whitlock, safety and public health. I. 

 E. Parett, secretary of the division of gen- 

 eral services, spoke on the important sub- 

 ject to Rural Youthers of "Getting 



ess of trading on the board floor, and 

 were given a lecture on floor operations. 

 They also visited the top floor of the 

 Board of Trade building for a look at the 

 ■ Chicago skyline. This tour was under the 

 direction of Howard McWard and E. J. 

 Kazmarek of the Illinois Grain Corpora- 

 tion, the lAA's grain brokerage affiliate. 

 Tuesday morning the young men were 



Right: Rural Youth leaders from nearly 80 counties listen to Illinois Agricultural Association staff men explain the organization during 

 the lAA Rural Youth luncheon at the Morrison hotel. Left: A group of Rural Youth gather in the Chicago Board of Trade lecture room 



to hear operations of the board explained to them. 



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