coniiiuttii on a tuur ot the lAA buildiiiL- 

 and visited President Sliunun in his ol 

 lict. Two ol them, |. Robert ^'oung ol 

 Henry (.ouiity and George Mattliews ol 

 Whiteside, were cuests cm tlie W'l.S Din- 

 ner Bell Hour. 



In his talk President Shum.in pointeii 

 out tli.it the lAA has a unilorni coopera- 

 tive agreement with each lOiinlv 1 .irin 

 Bureau. I'ach countv l-.irrn Bureau, lie 

 said, li.is a menior.mduin ol undcr^t.uui- 

 ing with tiie P.\tension .Scr\ ii c ot the 

 College ol Agriculture. IIkic i^ no .on- 

 tractual agreement heiun ii the lAicn-.ioii 

 Service and the lAA, I i; ^ en.ihies the 

 lAA to oper.ite witii Irec.loin tmrn si.ue 

 control and under the diui c(.nl;iil of 

 the tanners who .uc niinii crs ol l-.irni 

 Bureau. 



History of Farm Bureau 



.•\ historual .iciount ol llie grouth of 

 Farm Bureau in Illinois w.is presented hv 

 Secretary Metzger showinu p.i;tuul.irlv 

 the need tor and the development ot the 

 Illinois Agricultural .AssOc i.ition. 



f ol\ is explained llie corporate setup 

 ot the lAA associated cooperatives and 

 their [x)sition in hiisiness as compared 

 with other business corporatioiiN. Me 

 pointed out that Carmers lxlie\e that the 

 eooper.itive type ol" cor|ioration is best 

 suited to their needs. 



Stevenson of I'arm .Suj-'ply said that 

 KM companies .md Illinois I'arm Sui->pl\ 

 Company are meeting the needs of farm- 

 ers in every county of Illinois. Siiue 

 l^)2~ this larmer-ovMied. tarmer-con- 

 trolled cooperative has set standards of 

 cjuality. has provided improvement in to- 

 the-larm .services .md h.is returned to 

 farmer patrons in cash more than SJ^.- 

 000. 000. This is the business organiza- 

 tion, he pointed out. you Rural ^'outh 

 are inheriting. But with the benetits, you 

 also are inheriting the responsibilities, he 

 cautioned. 



I.yon emphasized the opportunity Rur.il 

 Youth grou|-'S have to use educational ma- 

 terial relative to the I.AA .uui its services 

 111 informational programs .it loi.ii Rur.il 

 ^'outh meetings He exj^Iained th.it ihe 

 lAA deals with the fundamentals of 

 agriculture with which Rural ^'outliers 

 live and work as farmers. 



Dr. \'in Houweling explained th it 

 the- purpose of his de|iartment vv.is ti) 

 help tanners take .uUant.iLri oi ii,c serv- 

 ices available to them in iiu'liiint: .miiii.il 

 dise.ise. \'aa llouvveiin_' poinled out 

 that the f.irmer has num soui.cs ol aid. 

 available to him when his animals are 

 threatened or stricken with disease. 



The importance ol satetv on the l.inr: 

 was stressed by \X'hitlock vv ho urge>: 

 greater use at Rural ^'outii meetings oi 

 safety posters, lilm. and tilm strips, satetv 

 games and songs. 



RURAL YOUTH SEE NEW lAA HOME OFFICES 



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

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



is an lAA affiliate. 



K 



Guests on the WIS 

 Dinner Bell Hour were 

 Rural Youthers J. Rob- 

 ert Young (left), 

 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 visit 



lAA President Charles B. Shuman. 



FEBRUARY, 1948 



