

By JIM THOMSON 



Ass't Editor, lAA RECORD 



Headline illustrotion shows lAA Director K. 



T. Smirh qctting ready to wcigli in some of 



his Hereford calves. They averoged about 



600 pounds. 



suk--. \Mirkih.; on tin plioiu Imcs. he 

 1.1.1 Lii i."'.uii. lii> l()\\^^lll|l ro.iiis. 



Iron; ili^ ixpL-run.L .uul tr.iminy, he 

 IS j-ritl\ will t;r()uiKlnl rii iht lund.inKn- 

 l.iiN 1.1. . n';iiKi.rin!;. tli. oycii iim.s his 

 cnL;incti n;:: mslruiiKiits .iiul in.ii.;lil''<)rs 

 hki ;o h.i\c iiim .iiDijiul on .mk h ona- 

 Moris .IV Hhi.li thcA .irc iii<t.ilhni; lir.iiii.iye 

 Ilk. Ill i'Mii 111. Mip(.T\iscii .1 >.lr.uii.i^e 

 linens in '' lllinuis voiintus. 



ljii;.ii;i.il III ULiicral tariiiiiii; most of 

 hi> hiL'. .Siiiilh h.is s[x\i.ili2ed soiilLwhat 

 111 stock tLcdinu. As .1 youn^ inaii lie 

 rinti.1.1 .is imiih .is ■>(>() aires hut today 

 111. owns 1()() whiih he operates with the 

 help ol .1 hired man. The hired man 

 lives on the tarni. 'I'he Smiths moved 

 to the outskirts of' Greenfield several 

 \ears ai;o. 



riirouyhout Ills lannmt; career, K. T. 

 li.is been closely connected with Farm 

 Bureau. He helped organize the Greene 



'llluN the lAA director from the 

 20tli congressional distriit was 

 born, his aunt who li\ed with the 

 family was disappointed. Her 

 heart liad been set on a baby girl. 

 She even had a name ready -- Katherine. 

 But the name didn't lit. AH lie got was 

 the initial. So if you ha\e wondered 

 about K. 'I'.'s tir.st name, that's the story. 

 He hasn't any. The letter ' T" is for 

 Taliaferro, a family name. Down in 

 Greene county he is widely known as 

 "Trot" but tiiat's another story. 



In recent years, K. T. Smith has dont 

 much for larm Bureau as a member ot 

 the legislate e committee ,md chairman 

 of the jiublic relations committee ot tlie 

 lAA. ^o perhaps it w. isn't such a bad 

 thing alter all that his aunt was dis- 

 appointed 



As clirLvlor of the ^Dth district. Smith 



Director Smith is shown with his collection of 

 Ind^n arrowheads which he has gathered for 

 number of years. Here he shows Mrs. 

 Sni/ith how the redmen fashioned a stone ax. 



has represented Mason, Cass, .Menard, 

 i^rown. Pike. Morgan, bcott, ( alhoun, 

 lersev, and Cireeiie counties since ly„s-i. 

 He is the second oldest director, in point 

 of ser\ice, on the lAA board. 



During the past several years, he lias 

 spent a great deal of time in Spriiigtield 

 with other members of the lAA legisla- 

 tive committee attending legislative .ses- 

 sions and committee hearings, besides 

 continually explaining to individual law- 

 makers the larm Bureau point ot Mew 

 on legislation atfecting farm people. 



Director Smith was born and reared on 

 .1 farm near Greenfield in Greene coun- 

 tv .? miles north of the larin he now op- 

 cr.ilcs. He attended local schools and 

 entered the L^niversitv oi Illinois in I9()S 

 to Study civil engineering. In his third 

 year at the L'niversity ill health caused 

 him to c]uit ,iiid he went to western Texas 

 to supervise a tarm owned by his t.ilher. 

 It w.is a livestock .md cotton ranch in 

 the range country. 



The tollovving winter. I'MI i_'. he 

 look a luismess course ui Am.irilli). Tex., 

 .md returned to the home larm in I'MJ. 

 III. v\.is in.irned to the loniier .\I.irv Met- 

 . .il; 111 ( iiccnndc! ill I'M I, 



I'.itlier ."sniilh owiKcl .1 riir.il telephone 

 s\sieiii SI) K I ii.hi the iii'i 1)1 su|ier- 

 visini; .1 lck|iliiiiu I o'ls: I ',!' Mun .md re 

 i\iir crew inr a luimi er iil vears. Be- 



7'/i/i /• .'/'t I-!//' "' .,• 'fi7f "I .I'lnU' 

 I 'I l.'/ii, i-i .i.ii.'/.i/i:/ ]"// n/ll> the intii 

 uh(i rf,"/(''c -// 1"// '/*/ /At- llUil'iis Ai^ii- 

 lullHial Awtjualion hi/uij uf Jnncton 



Shaded area on map shows the 20th Con- 



gressional district which is represented on 



the lAA board of directors by K. T. Smith 



of Greenfield. 



county unit, became a charter member, 

 and played a leading part in member- 

 ship drives. During more than a cjuarter 

 of a century he has served on the county 

 hoard ot directors, he has traveled the 

 20 miles to meetings at Carrollton on 

 horseback, by buggy, train, and auto- 

 mobile. At present he is treasurer of 

 tlie Greene County larm Bureau 



I. A. A. RECORD 





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