Ransom Aldridge 



HOW will the long-range farm 

 bill affect Illinois farmers? 

 What is the outlook for grain 

 and livestock prices? Farmers 

 attending the 34th annual meet- 

 ing of the Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion can expect to hear answers to both 

 these questions. 



The annual meeting sessions will be 

 held this year in Chicago Nov. 15-18. 

 The meetings, dinners, and general 

 sessions will be held in the Hotel 

 Sherman, with the exception of the 

 annual meeting of Illinois Farm Supply 

 Company, which will be held in the 

 Morrison Hotel. 



Those attending the lAA meeting 

 will hear a discussion of national issues 

 by prominent spokesmen, as well as 



Erograms and projects being sponsored 

 y the lAA to help solve local problems. 



A review of the year's activities of 

 the lAA and its affiliated companies, 

 as well as their financial reports, will 

 be presented during the sessions by 

 company managers and department 

 heads. 



Last year the annual meetings of the 

 lAA and its affiliated companies were 

 held in St. Louis. More than 5,000 

 were registered last year, and an even 

 larger crowd is expected for this year's 

 sessions in Chicago. 



The first two days of the convention 

 will be devoted to conferences. Rural 

 Youth activities, and the annual meet- 

 ings of the lAA-affiliated cooperatives. 



The third and fourth days will be 

 devoted to the general sessions of the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association and to 

 conference meetings on subjects of in- 

 terest to Illinois farmers. 



Conferences will be held on national 

 legislation, schools, organization and 

 publicity, roads and property taxation, 

 health and safety, marketing, and soils. 



The closing hours of the convention 

 will be devoted to the election of a 

 president and vice-president of the 



Well see you in 



CHICAGO! 



More Than 5000 Farmers Are Expected to Hear Aldridge, 



Butler, and Sen. Aiken at 34th Annual Meeting 



of the Illinois Agricultural Association at 



the Hotel Sherman Nov. 15-18 



lAA, and the election of half the 

 membership of the lAA board of -di- 

 rectors. 



Finals for the state Rural Youth 

 Talk Fest will be held during the con- 

 vention. A champion will be selected 

 to represent Illinois at the American 

 Farm Bureau Federation in Atlantic 

 City in December. A dance on Monday 

 evening will be held for the Rural 

 Youthers, as well as a Rural Youth 

 breakfast Wednesday morning. Finals 

 of the state Skilled Driver's Club will 

 also be held during the annual meeting 



Prominent Figures to Speck 



Two widely-known speakers are sched- 

 uled to address general sessions. George 

 D. Aiken, the senior senator from Ver- 

 mont, will speak Thursday morning. 

 Aiken is a member of the senate agri- 

 cultural committee and author of the 

 long-range farm program bill that carries 

 his name. Carl Butler, president of the 

 American Institute of Cooperation, will 

 address the convention Wednesday night. 

 Martin H. Kennelly, mayor of Chicago, 

 has been asked to give the welcoming ad- 

 dress. President Charles B. Shuman of 

 the lAA is also scheduled to give his 

 annual address at this assembly. 



Other speakers scheduled include 

 Ransom E. Aldridge, president of the 

 Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation, 

 Dr. H. M. C. Case of the University of 

 Illinois who was a member of the 

 committee which helped draft the Aiken 

 long-range farm bill, and a representa- 

 tive from the state revenue committee 

 who will discuss state finances. 



A special invitation is extended all 

 Farm Bureau people who attend the 

 annual convention to also visit the lAA 

 office building located across the 

 Chicago river, only a few blocks from 

 the Hotel Sherman. 



Members of the Junior Farmers' Asso- 

 ciation from Ontario, including its presi- 

 dent, Ross Bcattie, a young farmer from 

 Stayner, Ont., will be guests of Illinois 

 Rural Youthers during the lAA annual 

 meeting. 



The young Canadians will speak during 



the Tuesday afternoon session of the 

 Rural Youthers at the grand ballroom in 

 the Hotel Sherman. 



They will also talk informally during 

 the Wednesday morning breakfast, an- 

 swering questions on the home life and 

 farm activities of young people in Can- 

 ada. 



Ellsworth D. Lyon, director of Rural 

 Youth activities for the lAA, expects 

 more than 500 during their annual ses- 

 sion. 



During the convention, finals will be 

 held in the State Talk Fest to pick a rep- 

 resentative from Illinois to go to the na- 

 tional Talk Fest at the American Farm 

 Bureau Federation meeting in December 

 in Atlantic City. 



During the conference on veterinary 

 medical relations. Dr. Robert Graham, 

 dean of the College of Veterinary Medi- 

 cine at the University of Illinois, and A. 

 R. Kemp, farm adviser at Galesburg, 

 Knox county, will discuss animal diseases 

 and their importance to livestock farmers. 

 Dr. Graham will also speak during the 

 annual meeting of the Illinois Farm Bu- 

 reau Serum Association. 



Dr. C. D. Scarseth, director of the 

 American Farmers' Research Association, 

 will address the soils conference. C. E. 

 Yale, Lee county farm adviser, will tell of 

 the soil testing laboratory at Amboy. 



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The fhra Maichlnos, acrobatic foam, will 



entertain during general lesslons at lAA 



annual meeting In grand ballroom of Hotel 



Sherman In Chicago. 



L A. A. RECORD 



