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will be smaller. It may also be found 

 necessary to establish transportation fa- 

 cilities, such as river grain barges. 



Several million dollars of capital will 

 be needed to complete this merchandising 

 program. 



The first phases of the financing will 

 be carried on through the sale of stock to 

 the river grain companies mentioned pre- 

 viously, country grain companies, service 

 companies. Farm Bureau type elevators, 

 county Farm Bureaus, and other organiza- 

 tions vitally interested in a complete 

 grain marketing program. The lAA and 



other Farm Bureau affiliates of course 

 have and will invest money in the venture. 



Farm Bureau members will, for the 

 most part, carry the risk. Farm Bureau 

 members also will put forth most of the 

 effort to raise the money. 



Because of the effort and investment, 

 it seems fair and reasonable that the new 

 grain merchandising program is set up as 

 a Farm Bureau-type cooperative with pat- 

 ronage earnings, when available, largely 

 passing down through regional or local 

 Farm Bureau-type cooperatives to the 

 Farm Bureau member. 



Havana 



Dr. C. D. Van Houweling 

 Resigns As Veterinary 

 Med. Relations Director 



DR. C. D. VAN HOUWELING, 

 director of veterinary medical re- 

 lations for the Illinois Agricultural As- 

 sociation for the past two years, re- 

 signed Dec. 1 to take charge of pro- 

 fessional relations for the American 

 Veterinary Medical Association. 



During the two years. Dr. Van Hou- 

 weling traveled extensively throughout 

 the state for the lAA and served as 

 technical veterinary adviser to the As- 

 sociation and its affiliated organizations. 



He will work from the Chicago office 

 of the AMVA and hopes to maintain 

 his fine working relationship with the 

 lAA and the American Farm Bureau 

 Federation. Van Houweling was born 

 in Iowa and graduated from Iowa State 

 College in 1942. He practiced in cen- 

 tral Illinois, served in the army three 

 years and joined the lAA staff in No- 

 vember 1946. He lives with his wife 

 and two sons in Elmhurst. 



Above are two of the river houses «rfllllcited with Illinois Grain Terminals Company. The 

 elevator at Havana Is the main outlet for the Havana River Grain Company. The Henne- 

 pin elevator is duplicated at Locon and both are operated by the Prairie Grain Company, 

 aUe affiliated with Illinois Grain Terminals. 



Honor 13 Illinois FFA 

 At National Convention 

 Held in Kansas City 



THIRTEEN Illinois Future Farmers 

 of America were honored in the na- 

 tional organization's 20th annual con- 

 vention Nov. 15 at Kansas City. They 

 were named to receive the American 

 Farmer degree, highest degree of 

 achievement that the FFA offers. 



The FFA's American Farmer degree 

 is awarded annually to members who 

 have achieved distinction in their super- 

 vised farming programs, scholarship in 

 vocational agriculture, rural leadership, 

 farm citizenship and patriotism. Only 

 one member in a thousand may receive 

 the degree. 



Those from Illinois receiving this 

 high honor were: 



Edward C. Bates, Henry county; Glen 

 Loyde Busboom, Champaign; Eldon 

 Ray Chapman, Wabash; Kenneth Le- 

 Wayne Cheatham, Bond; Harold F. 

 Farley, Champaign ; Edward H. Heine, 

 Kane; Russel Math re Jorstad, Grundy; 

 Kenneth W. Koertner, Stephenson ; 

 Herbert L. Mueller, Jr., Monroe; Ray 

 C. Musser, Henderson ; Donald Arland 

 Petrie, Lee; William Lewis Porter, 

 Adams; and Lyle P. Schertz, Woodford. 



Illinois is in second place in the 

 nation in FFA membership with a total 

 of 14,282 members. 



DECEMBER, 1948 



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