RURAL YOUTH 



Studies lAA in Cliicago 



To CiY.V s ilo^cr look at the lllinoi-. 

 Agricultural Assoiuitioii, Si Rural 

 ^'outliers and youth assistants spent 

 two days in Cliicatjo last month. 

 In many lascs Rural ^'outii lead- 

 ers of today will he the harm lUireau 

 leaders of tomorrow. With that in 

 mind, the lAA sponsored the two-day 

 short course in CJiiiayo to aetjuaint the 

 yount; men with some ot the more de- 

 tailed relationships between the lAA and 

 other organizations and within the lAA 

 itselt. Seventy-six tounlies were repre- 

 sented. 



The ^'ener.il tlieme ol' the short course 

 was "How the lAA Ser\e-, llhnois larni- 

 ers." Amont: those addressiiii; the \outh 

 leaders was lAA President Charles H 

 Sluiman who s|>oke on tl;e relationship 

 between the lAA and the Lni\ersit\ ol 

 Illinois. 



Several ot (he speakers expressed their 

 surprise at the w ide knowled^-e the \ouii_i: 

 men already h.ui about rarni Ikireaii and 

 the Illinois Aiiruultural Assouation. 



Explaining their departments and the 

 services offered tanners were lAA statt 

 men George E. Melzger, ort;ani;?ation 

 and information. He spoke on purchas 

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

 Houwelinu. \eterinarv medual relations; 

 E. D. l.yon. young peoples acuities; I.. 

 L. C!olvis. division of marketing: Sam 1'. 

 Russell. li\esi(Kk marketing: d H. 1ft 

 !ier. urain marketini; Ittiur. who 



Started in farming.' hi conneetion with 

 I'arett's talk a movie was siiown en- 

 titled "VC'hat is a Earm Worth/" 



NJixed with the speaking program 

 were three tours made by the Rural 

 ^'outh leaders. On Monday alternoon 

 after a lunJicon at the Stockyards Inn, 

 the vouiig men \ iewed the slaughtering 

 and stOMge .Ktivities ot Swilt and ( om- 

 pany. 



luesdav mornini; thev visited the 

 Hoard of Trade, watched the noisy proc- 



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



city's smoky jkyline. 



tounded the first county Rural \'outh 

 group in Illinois while Etfinghain coun- 

 ty farm ad\iser. spoke on the beginnings 

 of Rural 'S'outh: E. V. Stevenson. Illi- 

 nois Earm Supply Company; W. \X'. 

 Whitlock. satety and public health. I. 

 E. I'arelt. seiretary ot the division ot gen- 

 eral serviies. spoke on the important sub- 

 lect to Rural ^'outhers of (ietting 



ess ot trading on the board floor, and 

 were gi\en a lecture on floor operations 

 They also visited the top floor of the 

 Hoard of Trade building for a look at the 

 Chicago skvline. Tliis tour was under the 

 direction of Howard McWard and E. J. 

 Kazmarek of the Illinois Grain Corpora- 

 tion, the I A As grain brokerage affili.-ite. 

 Tuesday morning the young men v^ere 



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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. 



I. A. A. RECORD 



