This It the modern 

 hjfbrtcf seed corn 

 proceu/ng plant and 

 office building of the 

 Producer* Crop Im- 

 provement AuocloMon 

 of Piper City. 



By 



CRESTON 

 FOSTER 



Edhor, 

 lAA Record 



Interior view of modern office of Produters thovrs well-lighted working 

 area, txterlor of office Is shown at right In top photo. 



Seed Co-op Is 

 lAAAffUiate 



Full Recognition Given To 

 Producers Crop Improvement 

 Association As A Statewide 

 Affiliate of lAA. District 

 Caucuses Scheduled To 

 Name Eight Directors. 



UNDER a revised plan of operation, 

 full recognition has been given to 

 the Producers Crop Improvement 

 Association as a statewide affiliate 

 of the Illinois Agricultural As- 

 sociation. The Producers Association is 

 a Farm Bureau type cooperative which 

 has given outstanding service in the hy- 

 brid seed corn field in many counties of 

 the state. Home offices of the organi- 

 zation which was founded in 1937 are 

 at Piper City, Ford county. 



A meeting of the stockholders of the 

 Producers has been called for April 23 

 in the high school auditorium at Piper 

 City to act on a change of name for the 

 Producers, redistricting for representa- 

 tion on the board of directors, and 

 authorization for an increase in capital 

 stock. 



District caucuses for the purpose of 

 nominating directors for the new districts 

 will be held at 1 :30 p.m. on the follow- 

 ing dates and places: district 1, April 19, 



St. Charles, Community Center; district 2, 

 April 18, Polo Opera House; district 3, 

 April 23, Piper City High School; district 

 4, April 15, Toulon, Farm Bureau Hall; 

 district 5, April 11, Tuscola, Farm 

 Bureau Hall; district 6, April 14, Jack- 

 sonville, Farm Bureau Hall; district 7, 

 April 12, Fairfield, Farm Bureau Hall; 

 district 8, April 13, Belleville, Farm 

 Bureau Hall. 



The new name being proposed for the 

 organization is Producers Seed Company. 



Proposed new districts are illustrated in 

 the map on the adjacent page. It is pro- 

 posed that the board would consist of 

 nine members, one elected from each of 

 the districts and the other member to be 

 a member-at-large nominated from the 

 board of directors of the Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Association. 



Under the new setup, the Producers or- 

 ganization will have a close working 

 relationship with the lAA and will sub- 

 scribe to the management services of 



the Illinois Agricultural Service Company, 

 the corporate management aflfiliate of the 

 lAA. 



Class B stock of the Producers which 

 is already held by the lAA would con- 

 tinue in effect. 



The reorganized Producers will be 

 recognized as the Farm Bureau setup in 

 Illinois for the acquisition, processing 

 and cooperative distribution of hybrid 

 corn, and small seeds. 



The Producers will submit to the same 

 rigid control of quality regulations under 

 a Quality Control committee of the lAA 

 as is in effect for other afFiliates of the 

 organization. 



The expansion program in hybrid com 

 and in the new field of small seeds will 

 be only at the rate that seems practical 

 and efficient. 



The growth of the Producers and its 

 service to members is a tribute to the 

 Farm Bureau folks who pioneered the 

 organization. The growth has been a 



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