I A A Is Host 

 To 65 Foreign 

 Farm Leaders 



Visit Illinois While on Nat ion-Wide 

 Tour to Study U.S. Agriculture 



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Www v<iii |iiil ii luniur I roiii 

 \i'« /rulufid at a lulilf with a 

 tarriKT Ironi Illitiui- it doesii I 

 take llifiii Ion-; to start rx- 

 • haiiaitiji croii re|M>rts. 'I"lial'« 

 alMiiit tin- wav von can <lf<(i"i|pe the 

 liinclieon the llliiioi.- Aiiriciilliiral \s- 

 -ixiatioti ^avf lor do delcsialfs I mm 

 alioiit 20 countries in (iliicaijo late iti 

 liinc. Thi-sc farnuM> troni torcij;n 

 • oinilrics stojipcd in (^hica-io after at- 

 teiulinj; a recent meeting of the Inter- 

 national Kederalion ol Ai;rii'iiltnral 

 I'roducers at (iiiel()h. Ontario. 



As i;nc>l:- ol (he American farm lin- 

 lean li-dcralion these farmers u|i<> rcp- 

 ifst'iil iarni oruani/atioiis frotn xarious 

 |iarls ol tlic world were taken on a lour 

 of the I nited Stales. In the various 

 areas visited the state Farm liureaus 

 were in char>;e of the sigiit seeing. In 

 Chicago, the tour was |>lanne<i iiy Roy 

 Johnson, director of special ser\ices for 

 the \W. It incluiled visits to South 

 Vi aler Market, the stockvards. a packing 

 ()lant. other points of interes-t and the 

 luncheon at the Sherman Hotel. 



Among llie countries represented hy 

 the farmer- were: I niteil Kingdom. 

 Krance- Germanv. Sweden. \ew Zea- 

 land. India. Netherlands, (.hina. <!osta 

 Hica. Swit/erland. South Africa. Deti- 

 mark. Iceland. Norway. Kenya. Japati. 

 Southern Rhodesia. Finland. Tanada. 

 and Luxembourg. 



H. H. Hannam. Ottawa. (Canada, new- 

 ly elected president of the International 

 Federation of Agricultural I'roducers. 

 speaking for the visitors said that real 

 progres.- has lieen made during the first 

 two vears of the Marshall Plan. Pro- 

 duction of the main crops in Furopean 

 coinilrie- wa^ alreadx up to pre-war 

 level and in -inwy cases, ahove it. Com- 

 plete reco\erv of the livestock produc- 

 tion wa^ delayed only liv current diffi- 

 cultie.- iti the purchase of feeding stuffs. 



Hamiam said that Furopean countries 

 lully appreciate the aid which thc\ lia\e 

 received under the Marshall Plan and 

 are making e\erv eflort to play their 

 lull jiarl in the rehuilding of a halanced 

 world t-cotioiny. He said that the 

 I'uropean coutitries want \nierica to 



AUGUST, 1949 



IA4 boord members pause to thai with Roy Yung (left) state 

 director of agriculture, at luncheon for foreign farm leaders. 

 Left to right are: State Director Yung, Albert Webb, Franklin 

 county, 75th district; Mrs. Webb; and T. H. Lloyd, Macoupin, 71st 



district. 



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Among the farm leaders at the luncheon 

 for fhe vfsifors from foreign counfries given 

 by the lAA are left to right, f. I Morrit, 

 lAA vice president; H. H. Hannattt, Ottawa, 

 Canada, newly elected president of fhe 

 International federation of Agricultural Pro- 

 ducers; Charles 6. Shuman, lAA president; 

 Allan 6. Kline, American farm Bureau presi- 

 dent, and Roy Yung, state director of 

 agriculture. 



know that their help has l>een ajipreci- 

 aled and that it will he j)ut to the Lesl 

 possible Use in trxing to rebuild a better 

 world. 



The (Canadian leader warned, how- 

 e\er. that the <lestruction caused by fi\e 

 years of total war is so great that it 

 will take a lot of toil, skill, and brain,- 

 lo put farm and industrial production 

 back in shape. He said that the re- 

 eoverv of Furopean agriculture is vital 

 not otdv to feed the people of Furope. 

 jiut also lo guarantee larmers. who rep- 

 resent more than one-third of the popu- 

 lalioti. a de<ent standard of livinsi. 



Martin H. Kennelty , mayor of Chicago, 



officially tvelcomes represenfoffves of 



foreign farm organizations to CIvicogo. 



HovN To .Milk When 

 The Power G(>e<, Oflf 



FHFI) KWPP. lro.p„,i- county 

 dair\maii. has >olved the problem ol 

 how lo milk his cows bv machine when 

 the electricity iioes otf . 



Knapp put a stallbov in th< nitake 

 manifold ol hi- tractor. Nuw he can 

 dri\e the tractor up lo the barn and 

 coruiect it to lln' milker vai uiirn liiic 

 with a hose. He ju>t open- tlw -tall- 

 cock and the tractor engine then < reate* 

 enough ot a vacuum to allow him to 

 keep on milking bv machine. 



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