This I* the modern 

 hybrid feed c o r r 

 professing ptant and 

 office building of thi 

 Producers Crop Im - 

 provemenf Association 

 at Piper City. 



By 



CRESTON 



FOSTER 



Editor, 

 lAA Record 



Interior view ot modern office of Producers shows we//-/ighted working 

 area, fxterior of office Is shown at right in top photo. 



Seed Co-op Is 

 I A A Affiliate 



Full Recognition Given To 

 Producers Crop Improvement 

 Association As A Statetvide 

 Affiliate of I A A. District 

 Caucuses Scheduled To 

 Name Eight Directors. 



UNDER a ruMscd plan ot operation, 

 full recognition has he-en ^iven to 

 the Producers Crop Improvement 

 Association as a statewide atliliate 

 of the Illinois A^yricultural As- 

 sociation. The Producers Association is 

 a Farm Bureau type cooperative which 

 has ^iven outstanding service in the hy- 

 brid seed corn field in many counties of 

 the state. Home offices of the orpani- 

 zation which was founded in iys7 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 

 C^ity to act on a change of name for the 

 Producers, redistricting lor representa- 

 tion on the board of directors, and 

 authorizat:ion tor 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 1';. 



.St. Charles, Community Center: district 1, 

 April 18, Polo Opera House; district 3, 

 April 23, Piper City High School; district 

 4. April 15, Toulon. Farm Bureau Hall; 

 district "i, April 1 1 . Tuscola, Farm 

 Bureau Hall; district 6. April M. Jack- 

 soin die. Farm Bureau Hall: district 7, 

 April 12, Fairfield. I'arm Bureau Hall: 

 district 8, April 1 3. 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 ser\ices of 



the Illinois Agricultural Service Company 

 the corporate management affiliate of the 

 lAA. 



Class B stock of the Producers whici 

 is already held by the lAA would con 

 tinue in effect. 



The reorganized Producers will ht 

 recognized as the Farm Bureau setup ii 

 Illinois for the acquisition, processing 

 and cooperative distribution of hybrid 

 corn, and small seeds. 



The Producers will submit to the sam^ 

 rigid control of c]uality regul.itions undc 

 a Quality Control committee of the lA." 

 as is in effect for other affiliates of tli^ 

 organization. 



The expansion program in hybrid cor; 

 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 it> 

 service to members is a tribute to the 

 Farm Bureau folks who pioneered the 

 organization. The growth has been a 



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