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conducted on a tour of the lAA building 

 and visited President Shuman in his of- 

 fice. Two of them, J. Robert Young of 

 Henry county and George Matthews of 

 Whiteside, were guests on the WLS Din- 

 ner Bell Hour. 



In his talk President Shuman pointed 

 out that the lAA has a uniform coopera- 

 tive agreement with each county Farm 

 Bureau. Each county Farm Bureau, he 

 said, has a memorandum of understand- 

 ing with the Extension Sen'ice of the 

 College of Agriculture. There is no con- 

 tractual agreement between the Extension 

 Service and the I A A. This enables the 

 lAA to operate with freedom from state 

 control and under the direct control of 

 the farmers who are members of Farm 

 Bureau. 



History of Farm Bureau 



A historical account of the growth of 

 Farm Bureau in Illinois was presented by 

 Secretary Metzger showing particularly 

 the need for and the development of the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association. 



Colvis explained the corporate setup 

 of the lAA associated cooperatives and 

 their position in business as compared 

 with other business corporations. He 

 pointed out that farmers believe that the 

 cooperative type of corporation is best 

 suited to their needs. 



Stevenson of Farm Supply said that 

 104 companies and Illinois Farm Supply 

 Company are meeting the needs of farm- 

 ers in every county of Illinois. Since 

 1927 this farmer-owned, farmer-con- 

 trolled cooperative has set standards of 

 quality, has provided improvement in to- 

 the-farm services and has returned to 

 farmer patrons in cash more than $25,- 

 000,000. This is the business organiza- 

 tion, he pointed out, you Rural Youth 

 are inheriting. But with the benefits, you 

 also are inheriting the responsibilities, he 

 cautioned. 



Lyon emphasized the opportunity Rural 

 Youth groups have to use educational ma- 

 terial relative to the lAA and its services 

 in informational programs at local Rural 

 Youth meetings. He explained that the 

 lAA deals with the fundamentals of 

 agriculture with which Rural Youthers 

 live and work as farmers. 



Dr. Van Houweling explained that 

 the purpose of his department was to 

 help farmers take advantage of the serv- 

 ices available to them in fighting animal 

 disease. Van Houweling pointed out 

 that the farmer has many sources of aid 

 available to him when his animals are 

 threatened or stricken with disease. 



The importance of safety on the farm 

 was stressed by Whitlock who urged 

 greater use at Rural Youth meetings of 

 safety posters, film, and film strips, safety 

 games and songs. 



RURAL YOUTH SEE NEW lAA HOME OFFICES 



Frank V. Wilcox, manager of Country Mutual Casualty Company, (tecond from left) 

 shows a group of Rural Youthers around the insurance offices of the lAA. Country Casualty 



is an lAA affiliate. 



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Guests on the WLS 

 Dinner Bell Hour were 

 Rural Youthers J. Rob- 

 ert Young (loft), 

 Henry county, and 

 George Matthews 

 (right), Whiteside. 

 Center is announcer 

 Russell Park. 



About a third of the Rural Youthers making the tour of the lAA offices drop In to vt*l» 



lAA President Charles B. Shuman. 



FEBRUARY, 1948 



