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Speakers at American Farm Bureau Federation Convention 

 Include Brannan, Hoffman, Stassen, RumI, Senator Aiken 



OUR guess is that right now about 

 450 of your neighbors are bask- 

 ing in the Florida sun or taking 

 a boat ride down the Potomac. 

 For that number of Illinois 

 farm folks have berths on the three 

 lAA caravan train trips to the annual 

 convention of the American Farm Bu- 

 reau Federation in Atlantic City, N. J. 



Most of the folks are going the 

 southern route, through Florida where 

 tropical sunshine should welcome them. 



So many decided to go on the south- 

 ern trip, the lAA scheduled two trains 

 for the trip down South. About 350 

 are going this route, with the remaining 

 100 taking the eastern tour. 



Three trains are leaving Chicago Dec. 

 5 and 8, carrying Illinois delegates to 

 Atlantic City in time for the AFBF con- 

 vention Dec. 13-16. 



Farm Bureau folks should have a 

 chance to get acquainted with their Illi- 

 nois neighbors, because every section of 

 the state is well represented. Farmers 

 from 62 counties are taking the trip. 



The delegates have come from farms 

 near Illinois crossroads, towns, villages. 

 and cities. From Oswego, Tuscola, and 



Wataga. From Chicago and Champaign, 

 Decatur and Altona, El Paso and Aledo. 



In fact, more came from Aledo than 

 any other town, and more reservations, 

 36, from the Rock Island-Mercer county 

 area than any other. La Salle, with 24, 

 led all counties for numbers registered. 

 Other high towns were Dixon, Cor- 

 dova, Port Byron, Caledonia, and 

 Fisher. 



Helping the lUinoians to maintain 

 their convention spirit will be special 

 trains from eight other states, Indiana, 

 Iowa, California, Oklahoma, Kentucky, 

 Arkansas, Georgia, and Mississippi. 



When the Farm Bureau folks on the 

 southern tour return to their Illinois 

 homes, they'll be able to give you a 

 first-hand account of Alabama hospital- 

 ity. 



Members of the Alabama Farm Bu- 

 reau are taking both train loads of Illi- 

 nois folks on an automobile tour to 

 Wilson dam, a part of the TVA system. 



Later they will be treated to a barbe- 

 cue and rodeo at the famous Norris 

 Cattle Company ranch at Ocala, Florida. 



The lAA caravan trains will help 

 transport a record number of delegates 



to the AFBF meeting. Atlantic City is 

 one of the largest resort and convention 

 centers in the nation. 



So this year the AFBF has asked 

 everyone who can, to come. As many 

 as 8,000 farmers are expected, counting 

 easterners who drive to Atlantic City. 

 Pre - convention reservations totalled 

 5,000. 



The eyes and ears of a food-conscious 

 world are focusing on our Illinois dele- 

 gates, and all the nation's farmers at- 

 tending this giant convention. 



The AFBF is the largest farm organi- 

 zation in the greatest food exporting 

 nation in the world. What Illinois 

 farmers, your neighbors, say at the 

 AFBF forum during this convention 

 week in December, will affect tomor- 

 row's farm policy. 



Persons of a national reputation will 

 address the farm group. Alfred E. 

 DriscoU, governor of New Jersey, will 

 give the address of welcome. 



Another of the principal speakers will 

 be Charles F. Brannan, U. S. Secretary 

 of Agriculture. 



Hanson W. Baldwin, famed New 

 York Times military editor, will talk on 

 our prospects for peace. Senator George 

 Aiken, of Vermont, will discuss the 

 newly enacted long-range farm bill 

 which bears his name. 



Other speakers include: Beardsley 

 Ruml, chairman of the board of R. H. 

 Macy and company; Harold E. Stassen, 

 now president of the University of 

 Pennsylvania, and Paul G. Hoffman, 

 head of the European Recovery Pro- 

 gram. 



NOTICE 

 ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSO- 

 CIATION ELECTION OF 

 DELEGATES 



Notice is hereby given that in 

 connection with the annual meet- 

 ings of all County Farm Bureaus to 

 be held during the month of De- 

 cember, 1948, at the hour and place 

 to be determined by the Board of 

 Directors of each County Farm Bu- 

 reau, the members in good standing 

 of such County Farm Bureau and 

 who are also qualified voting mem- 

 bers of Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion, shall elect a delegate or dele- 

 gates to represent such members of 

 Illinois Agricultural Association and 

 vote on all matters before the next 

 annual meeting, or any special 

 meeting of the Association, includ- 

 ing the election of officers and di- 

 rectors, as provided for in the By- 

 Laws of the Association. 



During December, annual meet- 

 ings will be held in Cass, Clay, 

 Clinton, Cook, DuPage, Edwards, 

 Henry, Iroquois, Jackson, Jasper, Jef- 

 ferson, Johnson, Lee, Logan, Morgan, 

 Moultrie, Ogle, Perry, Saline, Steph- 

 enson, Union, Vermihon, and Liv- 

 ingston Counties. 



Paul E. Mathias, Secretary 

 November 8, 1948 



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