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a couple of ewes. Now tbey keep about 

 30 sheep, market the wool and sell the 

 males. 



About eight to 10 milk cows are 

 kept. The animals are owned mostly 

 by sons, Bob, 21, and Don, 13, as a 

 result of Bob's former interest in 4-H 

 Qub work and Don's present interest. 



Mrs. Morris raises the poultry flock 

 of from 300 to 500 birds each year. 

 A laying flock of 100 hens is main- 

 tained. 



Morris is tall, trim, and muscular. 

 He is soft spoken and quiet in his 

 manner, calm and methodical in his 

 work. He admits to little formal edu- 

 cation on a higher level but his aware- 

 ness of this fact has made him one of 

 the best read men on the lAA board. 

 Readine is his hobby and in particular 

 the study of problems of agriculture. 



He is proud of his family of four 

 children — Kathryn, 25, a registered 

 nurse who served in the army during 

 the war, is married to Floyd Dale and 

 lives in Springfield with their three 

 small sons; Jean, 23, is married to 

 Fred Siemert, a district forester with the 

 state forestry department now on leave of 

 absence to study for his master's degree 

 at Penn State College; Bob, 21, started 

 his third year this fall in agricultural en- 

 gineering at the University of Illinois. He 

 served in the navy during the war; Don, 

 13, works diligently on his 4-H projects 

 and attends local school. 



Morris joined the Sangamon County 

 Farm Bureau in 1926, the year he 

 started farming in the county. He took 

 part in the numerous member drives 

 and served on the county board of di- 

 rectors and later as vice-president of 

 the County Farm Bureau. He was 

 elected to the lAA board in 1944 and as 

 vice-president in 1945. 



The lAA vice-president was on the 

 first corn-hog temporary committee in 

 1931 and served as secretary-treasurer 

 of the permanent committee until 1938 



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fomily shown togothor aro, loft to right: 

 rondtooft, till and ftob, aoh ftoh, 21; 



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By JIM THOMSON 



AM't. EdHer, lAA RECORD 



when he was elected chairman and served 

 for two years. 



He is a member of the board of 

 trustees of his local Methodist church, 

 a member of the board of trustees of 

 Mechanicsburg township, and a former 

 member of the Buffalo school board. 

 Morris was a key figure in the establish- 

 ment of the Tri-City school district 

 which resulted in the successful consoli- 

 dation of three high schools located in 

 Mechanicsburg, Buffalo, and Dawson. 

 The first move in this consolidation was 

 made in the early 30 's. The school was 

 ready for use in the fall of 1938. 



On the state level he is vice-president 

 of Country Mutual Casualty Company, 

 Country Life Insurance Company, a 

 member of the board of directors of 

 Illinois Farm Supply Company, and 

 Country Mutual Fire Company, and a 



MARKCT PRICES ABOVE SUPPORT LEVEL 



For moat of th« important iana conmiediliMi for which GoTcranient pric«-«upporl 

 progranu ora orcdlabU, the lev*! oi support ia bolow th« mark*! price. H«r« ia a 

 cempozJson for 1948 crop* oi nationcd crrwagmi ei prico-aupport lorala, parity 

 pricoa, and prices rocoivod by iannars as oi Augtist 15, 1948: 



Parity Prica Support Prices Received by 

 1948 Commodity 8-15-48 Nat Averaqa Farmers 8-15-48 



Cattle, baal (par cwt) S13.60 No support S24.40 



Sheep (par cwt.) No support 10.20 



Lambs (per ewL) ISJO No support 24.80 



Hogs (par ewt) 18.20 \%Ak 27.10 



Wool (par lb., shorn wool 



graose basis) MIk XKk Xl\ 



Eggs (par dos.-«parative 



in Midwest) .54 .35 .492 



Soybeans (per bu.) 2.41 2.18 2J1 



Bye (per bu.) IJl 1.29 1.46 



Cora (per bu.) 1.61 90% ei 9-15 parity 1.91 



Wheat (per bu.) 2.22 20)0 1.96 



Oats (par bu.) IJIO .70 .688 



Barley (par bu.) 1J» I.I5 U4 



Potatoes, late (per cwt.) 1.86 1.25-1.75 IJt 



member of the lAA public relations 

 committee and finance committee, 

 which keeps an eye on lAA funds. 



NOnCE OF ANNUAL MBTING 



COCNTBY MOTOAL CASUALTY 



COMPANY 



Notice is hereby given that the 

 annual meeting oi the members oi 

 Country Mutual Casualty Com- 

 pany will be held in the Sherman 

 Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, on Tuesday, 

 the i6th day of November, 1946. 

 at 1 :00 P.M., to receive, consider and 

 if approved, confirm and ratiiy the 

 reports of the ofiicers and of the 

 Board of Directors of the Company 

 for the year ending December 31, 

 1947; to elect directors for the com- 

 ing year and for the transaction of 

 such further and other business as 

 may properly come before the meet- 

 ing. 



Otto Steffey, Secretary 



OCTOBER. 1948 



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