Two leaders In Illinois agriculture are honored by the Illinois Agrltultural Association for long years of faithful service fo agriculture. 

 lAA President Charles B. Shuman presents awards to (left) Prof. J. C. Splller, state leader of farm advisers, and (right) J, t. Hill, state 



supervisor of vocational agricultural education. 



lAA HONORS 42 



Farm Advisers, Vocational Ag Teachers Receive 

 Awards in Recognition of 25 Years Of Faithful 

 Service to Illinois Agriculture 



AWARDS in recognition of long 

 and faithful service to Illinois 

 agriculture were presented to 42 

 county farm advisers and voca- 

 tional agricultural teachers and 

 two state agricultural leaders by President 

 Charles B. Shuman at the Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Association annual meeting in 

 November. 



The awards were made during the 

 Wednesday evening general session in 

 the grand ballroom of the Hotel Sherman. 

 Prior to the award ceremony, the local 

 agricultural leaders were dinner guests 

 of the officers and directors of the As- 

 sociation. 



The awards were in the form of gold 

 lapel buttons set with diamonds and in- 

 scribed with the words, "25 Years Serv- 

 ice to Illinois Agriculture." 



To be eligible for this award, the local 

 leader had to have served 25 years either 

 as a farm adviser or vocational agricul- 

 tural teacher, or have a combined 

 service record from both fields of 25 

 years. The recipient also had to be in 

 service at the time the award was made 

 or to have retired during the period Oct. 

 1, 1947 to Sept. 30, 1948. 



Among the major contributions of 

 these agricultural leaders are the Future 

 Farmers of America and 4-H club pro- 

 grams which are carried on under their 

 direction. The lAA and county Farm 

 Bureaus have always been closely allied 

 and interested in these youth programs. 

 Many of the directors in Farm Bureau 

 and associated cooperatives have received 



their early training from the local leaders 

 who were honored. 



The two state leaders honored were 

 Prof. J. C. Spitler, Urbana, state leader 

 of farm advisers, U. of I. Gjllege of 

 Agriculture, and J. E. Hill, Springfield, 

 state supervisor of vocational agricultural 

 education. 



Farm advisers who received the awards 

 were: Calhoun, J. H. Allison, Hardin; 

 Carroll, M. P. Roske, Mt. Carroll; Cham- 

 paign, W. B. Bunn, Champaign; Cook, 

 C. A. Hughes, Arlington Heights; Edgar, 

 L. E. McKinzie, Paris; Fulton, J. E. Watt, 

 Canton; Jasper, R. E. Apple, Newton; 

 Lawrence, H. C. Wheeler, Lawrenceville; 

 Lee, C. E. Yale, Amboy. 



Marion, F. J. Blackburn, Salem; Me- 

 nard, L. W. Chalcraft, Petersburg; Moul- 

 trie, Paul M. Krows, Sullivan; Perry, J. 

 G. McCall, Pinckneyville; Pope, Glenn 

 C. Smith, Golconda; Rock Island, George 

 H. Reid, Moline; Sangamon, Edwin Bay, 

 Springfield; St. Qair, B. W. Tillman, 

 Belleville; Stephenson, V. G. Banter, 

 Freeport; Warren, E. H. Walworth, 

 Monmouth; Whiteside, F. H. Shuman 

 Morrison. 



Vocational agricultural teachers re- 

 ceiving awards as follows: C. L. Kutil, 

 Antioch; L. F. Lentz, Belleville; T. W. 

 Qarida, Centralia; W. A. Newlin, Casey; 

 W. R. Queen, Cuba; E. B. Henderson, 

 HutsonviUe; P. M. Furr, DeKalb; A. T. 

 Martin, Delavan; S. J. Fleming, Leland; 

 L. A. McKean, Le Roy; R. O. Robinson, 

 Mendon; L. N. Patton, Momence. 



W. G. Warnock, Mt. OrroU; L. T. 

 Clark, Obey; M. R. Malsbury, Rantoul; 

 G. E. Newbum, Rushville; Ben Eade, 

 Sandwich; Walter Baysinger, Streator; 

 John E. Shields, Sugar Grove; R. W. 

 Terrell, Sycamore; Guy Husted, Virginiai 

 C. W. Hatland, Walnut. 



lAA President Shuman 

 Farm And Home Week 



FARM machinery, soil conservation, 

 small grain, and livestock meetings 

 will highlight the first day's pro- 

 gram of the 48th annual Farm and 

 Home Week to be held Jan. 31- 

 Feb. 3 at Urbana. Principal speaker 

 will be Dr. George D. Stodxlard, presi- 

 dent. University of Illinois. 



lAA President Charles B. Shuman 

 will discuss "Our Program for Agri- 

 culture" at the concluding general ses- 

 sion Thursday. 



Talks on livestock feeding, farm 

 prices and policies, and a demonstra- 

 tion on how to select livestock will be 



To Appear On 

 — Jan. 31-Feb. 3 



featured the second day. The speaker 

 for the general session will be L. F. 

 Livingston, manager, extension Divi- 

 sion, E. I. DuPont DeNemours and 

 Company. 



Scheduled for the third day are dis- 

 cussions on farm leases, dairy market- 

 ing, and weed, crop, and orchard spray- 

 ing equipment. The principal speaker 

 will be Pauline Park Wilson, dean. 

 School of Home Economics, University 

 of Georgia. Grain marketing, farm 

 management, and farm buildings will 

 be featured also during the Thursday- 

 program. 



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