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Shown (lining the asreement which made the mergar official of the llllnol* Orain Corpora- 

 tion and If A tiavatort. Int., ore Mf to right (teatad) IfA Pretldent Robert Otto, IGC Presi- 

 dent Charles B. Sthmltt, IGC Manager Howard MtWard, and A. B. Scheeler, IfA Secretary; 

 f standing} Paul Zimmerman, IfA supply manager; John Butterfield, IGC setretary; J. fred 

 Nomine, IOC director; Id Kazmarek, IOC; Guy Jones, IfA grain manager; and D. f. Dreyer, 



IfA neldman. 



GRAIN CO-OP MERGER 



Illinois Grain Corporation Buys IFA Elevators* 

 Assets and Plans to Sell Supplies Through Member 

 Elevators to Farmer Patrons 



FINAL steps in the merger of Illi- 

 nois Grain Corporation and IFA 

 Elevators, Inc., were taken during 

 the past month following a meeting 

 of IFA shareholders. 

 IFA shareholders agreed to the sale of 

 their assets, sales and purchase contracts 

 to Illinois Grain Corporation, a commis- 

 sion and brokerage firm operating on the 

 Chicago, St. Louis, and Peoria boards of 

 trade. 



It is an affiliated organization with the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association and has 

 offices in the board of trade building in 

 Chicago. 



In taking over the facilities of IFA 

 Elevators, a central buying agency for 

 60 cooperative elevators in central Illi- 

 nois, Illinois Grain Corporation moves 

 into some lines of the farm supply busi- 

 ness for the first time. 



Illinois Grain Corporation will start its 

 new venture with a nucleus of 60 ele- 

 vators organized by IFA in central Illi- 

 nois. 



The service will be offered in the near 

 future to another 150 grain elevators, 

 most of which already are affiliated with 

 Illinois Grain Corporation. 



The new operations of Illinois Grain 



Corporation will give more farmers the 

 benefit of larger centralized purchases of 

 farm supplies. Membership in Illinois 

 Grain Corporation will continue to have 

 as its only limitation that members be 

 true Capper- Volstead cooperatives. 



With the taking over of the assets of 

 IFA Elevators, Illinois Grain also an- 

 nounced the reorganization of its board 

 of directors. The number of directors 

 has been decreased from 15 to nine. One 

 each from eight Illinois districts and 

 one from the lAA board of directors. 



The new board of directors consists 

 of Charles B. Schmitt, president, Beason; 

 J. Fred Romine, vice-president, Tuscola; 

 John H. Butterfield, secretary, Pana; Sam 

 Yergler, Cissna Park; Carl O. Johnson, 

 Varna; Arthur Bertsche, Pontiac; Leo 

 Worden, LaHarpe; John F. McCabe, Lud- 

 low; and Charles J. Elliott, Streator. 



Until reorganization of the distribu- 

 tion system has been eflFected, personnel 

 of IFA Elevators will continue to operate 

 from Pontiac as before. They are Guy 

 Jones, grain branch manager; Paul Zim- 

 merman, supply manager; Daniel F. 

 Dreyer, fieldman; and Ivan L. Bedwell, 

 retail salesman. 



Tenth Annual Farm 

 Sports Festival 

 To Be Held Thurs.^ 

 Fri., Aug. 25-26 



THE 10th annual Illinois Farm Sports 

 Festival will be held Thursday and 

 Friday, Aug. 25 and 26 at the Uni- 

 versity of Illinois, Champaign- 

 Urbana. 

 Several changes in the sports festival 

 program have been made under the direc- 

 tion of the sports festival committee. This 

 group has been charged with the job of 

 recommending a comprehensive sports 

 program which will be as practical as pos- 

 sible for all counties. 



This year bowling scores arc being 

 certified in the counties of the players 

 and must be sent to the office of the Illi- 

 nois Agricultural Association in Chicago 

 before March 15. Scores will be rated 

 in the state office and the high scoring 

 team and two high scoring individuals 

 will be announced for each district. 



Finals of the bowling will be held 

 March 30 in Springfield according to 

 arrangements now being made. Partici- 

 pation points will be awarded for county 

 bowling. Districts will be the same as 

 last year. 



Bowling classes also will be the same 

 as last yew and include: men — team and 

 singles; women — team and singles; Rural 

 Youth boys — team and singles; Rural 

 Youth girls — team and singles; Rural 

 Youth — mixed doubles. 



The committee has recommended drop- 

 ping some of the folk festival events. 

 This recommendation is based on the 

 belief that it is unwise to stress competi- 

 tion of the type which normally is not 

 held in hot weather. 



The committee recommended further, 

 however, that folk festival events be 

 brought back to their normal number in 

 1950 when they could be held in con- 

 nection with Farm and Home Week. 

 Some of the festival events will be held 

 this year, however. 



The trap and skeet shoot events will be 

 held in early August. The exact date 

 and place will be announced later. 



Archery and golf are to be dropped 

 this year because of lack of interest. 



Members of the committee recommend- 

 ing the changes include: Myra Robin- 

 son, president, Illinois Home Bureau 

 Federation; George Metzger, lAA; Ber- 

 nice Engelking, DeKalb county home ad- 

 viser; I. E. Parett, lAA; Louise Rice, 



(Continued on page 26) 



MARCH. 1949 



