i 



Using an adding ma- 

 chine to taiMiiate fig- 

 ure! for iiis boeic- 

 keeping. Mrs. Gumm 

 leeiis on. 



Livestock Association for eight years. 



The lAA director has been county 

 supervisor for Galesburg township for the 

 past 14 years, and is now chairman of 

 the finance committee. 



He has been a member of the Gales- 

 burg Exchange Qub for the past 20 

 years, and has served on the board of 

 directors several years and for four years 

 as a moderator of the Galesburg Univer- 

 salist church. He was an AAA com- 

 mitteeman four years. At present he is 

 the farmer representative on the board 

 of directors of the Galesburg Chamber 

 of Commerce. 



In civic and charitable work. Director 

 Gumm has been active in Boy Scout, War 

 Bond, and Red Cross drives. At present 

 he is a director on the board of the Knox 

 County Red Cross. 



Gumm believes that farmers must have 

 Farm Bureau if only to sustain their 

 economic position with other well-organ- 

 ized associations of labor and industry. 



"Young fanners," he said, "are 

 fortunate in coming upon an organization 

 like Farm Bureau. Because of it, the 

 young farmer is assured a better standard 



NOTICE 



OUNOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCI- 

 ATION ELECTION OF DELEGATES 



Notice is hereby given that in 

 connection with the annual meeting 

 of the Boone County Farm Bureau 

 to be held during the month of 

 March, 1948, at the hour and place 

 to be determined by the Board of 

 Directors of such County Farm Bu- 

 reau, the members in good standing 

 of the Boone County Farm Bureau 

 and who are also qualified voting 

 members of Illinois Agricultural As- 

 sociation, shall elect a delegate or 

 delegates to represent such mem- 

 bers of Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion and vote on all matters before 

 the next annual meeting, or any spe- 

 cial meeting of the Association, in- 

 cluding the election of officers and 

 directors, as provided for in the By- 

 Laws of the Association. 



Paul E. Mathias, Secretary 

 February 17, 1948 ..,...■ 



Director Gumm (en wagon) puts up silage 

 witii Ills men, (left to right), Orvilie 

 Chaney, Arthur Motteson, and Glen Wester- 

 field. 



of living on the farm, and because of 

 what Farm Bureau has done Farm Bureau 

 itself will benefit from the high caliber 

 men who will stay on the farms. These 

 men will take an increasing part in Farm 

 Bureau affairs and so make agriculture a 

 finer occupation and a finer way of life 

 than it ever has been in the past." 



Launch New Wool 



Marketing Plan 



This Month ^ ; ; ^ 



ANEW and improved marketing 

 program for Illinois Wool 

 growers is being launched this 

 month. For the first time in its 

 history of operation, Illinois Wool 

 Marketing Association will assemble 

 and grade members' wool in the asso- 

 ciation's own warehouse. The wool co- 

 operative is an associated company of 

 the Illinois Agricultural Association. 



To the grower the new setup will 

 mean speedier payment and a greater 

 share of the sale dollar through lower 

 handling cost. 



Farm Bureau members who market 

 their wool through the Illinois Wool 

 Marketing Association also may secure 

 free bags and paper twine for their 

 fleeces through inquiry at their county 

 Farm Bureau. 



As in past years, wool will be as- 

 sembled in county pools and then 

 shipped to the association's warehouse 

 at Paris in Edgar county. The grower 

 may also ship his wool direct to the 

 warehouse. The warehouse is located 

 on the Pennsylvania railroad and the 

 association has it leased with option to 

 buy. The building is 370 feet long 

 and 50 feet wide. 



The wool will be sold, as in former 

 years, through the National Wool Mar- 

 keting Corporation, a cooperative in 

 Boston. But under the new plan it 

 will not be necessary to ship the wool 

 to Boston for grading and then reship 

 it to the woolen mill. 



(Continue J on page 26) 



This is the Illinois Wool Marketing Association warehouse at Paris, Edgar county, witere 



cooperaters' wool shipments will be assembled and graded, starting after March 15. 



Left to right on the plirtform are Otto Rouse, secretary, Vermilion County Farm •ureou. 



Dale Rouse, Illinois Wool manager, and Art Risser, former warehouse owner. 



MARCH. 1948 



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