(|U(>ta~. as .-liDuii 



hu total. 



Othe 



Two Illinois men are among the T949 officers of the National Association of County 

 Agricultural Agents and are shown at a recent meeting in Washington. left to right: 

 (front) Hoar, Colo.; Keller, Mo.; Logans Ha.; Carter, Pa.; Stirling, N. M ; and Ed Bay, 

 Sangamon (III.) farm adviser; (back) Young, S. D.; Williams, O.; Roberts, Mont.; Keller, 

 Md.: Babbitt, N. J.; Truman W. May, Madison (III.) farm adviser; Bralley, Tex.; and S. C. 



Bohannan, Ky. 



OVER THE TOP 



$HMI.(Ml(t worth of llii> -l.ick. I.l< 

 i cuiifianio and ollu-r orgaiii/ati(iii> 



witiir 

 lia\e 

 lak.M S12f).KK). The' lialatur. or a 

 total of ?2.H.S.5n(J of clas> "A"" prc- 

 lerrt'd «tork. was sold to individuals. 



Two counties, namely. Cihampaifin 

 and (ihristian. did not endor.^e the pro- 

 pram or authorize the sale of stock in 

 lli<i>c lounties. Hoorie County Farm 

 l>ur«au l")ard of directors thronph 

 proper action did eiulorse the projiram. 

 hut u 111 II it. came to the sale of stock. 

 llirouuii roolution of their hoard of 

 dirc(ttir-. laid the whole matter on the 

 tahlr, 1 hrc'' counties, therefore, did 

 not participate in the stock selling 

 campaign. 



Kvery connlv Farm Bureau hoard in 

 the state was \isited hy a representative 

 ol the Illinois .Agricultural .Association 

 on thi- project. .After the county Farm 

 I'ureau liad endorsed the project, thev 

 u-iially designated the county organi- 

 zation director or some other individual 

 in the county to he responsihie for 

 -lock -ales. .Much credit must he given 

 llie pai<l personnel in the cooperating 

 counties for putting over this stock 

 "ales cainjiaign. 



Several counties succeeded in raising 

 their entire quota hy mail and a lumi- 

 I'lr of these counties were counties with 

 -izeahle quotas. In other counties the 

 letter apparently had no pulling power 

 and It had to he done hy .soli<itation. 



Credit should also he given to the 

 following men. representing the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association, for the work 

 in sufiervising and directing this cam- 

 paigti. and jiarticularly for their good 

 work in carrying it to the county Farm 

 Bureau-: (). D. Bris.senden. (.. S. May- 

 field. L. B. Hornheck. J. C. Howlett. 

 M. B. Claar. W. B. Peterson. G. H. 

 Iftner. I.. I,. Colvis. Carl Johnson. Carl 



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Hohiii-(in. I), v.. Kuntz. J. (!. Moore. 



Sixty-five countv Farm Bureaus ex- 

 ceeded their quotas. The total stock 

 -uhscription in these (>."> counties over 

 and ahove their quotas is SI01.!!()0. 



The accompanying ma|i shows dis- 

 liiiclU the countic- that made or ex- 

 cccdeil their quota-. I he counties that 

 did not make or exceed their quotas in 

 most instances purchased very suh-tan- 

 tial amounts of stock in the company. 



The accompanying tahle sets forth 

 the ipiotas assigned to the counties and 

 the amount of class "'.A" preferred stock 

 purchased in each of the counties. 

 These quotas were arrived at hy multi- 

 plying the numher of hushels of grain 

 marketed in a year's time in each of the 

 counties hy one cent a itushel. Some 

 adjustments were made u()ward in some 

 of the heavy livestock counties that 

 market very little grain. 



In conducting the campaign, the fir.-t 

 countv Farm Bureau hoard was met bv 

 a representative of the Illinois .Agri- 

 cultural Association on March 17. The 

 campaign was closed on August 17. 

 exactly five months after the date of 

 heginning with the total quota of stock 

 oversuhscrihed hy S2i..i()0. A minihcr 

 of counties should have s[)ecial mention 

 hecau-e of the oversubscription of their 



all Hi 

 mMIK 



colmtic-. even though they failed to 

 mike their quota, also should be com 

 mc^nded because of [he large amoutit m 

 nioni-v that was suhsiriixj by tluisL 

 counliLs ir, !i!!ani.uig tliis proi^r.un. 



Illinois Grain Terminals Company 

 started operations on June 1 in the ele- 

 vator that was taken over from the 

 .Norris Grain (aimjiany. The amount ot 

 grain handled in June was 1.25 1. 17'' 

 bushel-, and in July nearly 2.(V)(».(»(MI 



RURAL YOUTH 



(ContiinteJ from pjge 20) 



maintain contact with its members in 

 school? Monthly reports record that 

 parties are given es|)ecially for these 

 young people upon their return during 

 the holidays. Why not also ask these 

 students to share their school experi- 

 ences'.'' 



.Activities of Hural Youth provide 

 abundant opportunities for growth for 

 the alert young person who desires to 

 become a better leader in his communi- 

 ty. \aried activities under proper 

 group organization and a willing mind 

 in an atmosphere where cooperation 

 prevails will assure fertile soil for 

 growth of individual personalities and 

 community leadership. In a group 

 where these factors prevail, groups will 

 move toward the great goals of Illinois 

 Hural 't outh. 



M//70/ Abouf Prices? 



[inn^jtiueu iri'tfi p.i,i^e 22) 



(22) Grundy. Douglas. Clinton. Henry. 

 Monroe. 



{2'.'>) Livingston, (^oles. Greene. Bureau. 

 Handolph. 



(26) Champaign. (Tallatin. 



(27 I DeWitt. Johnson. 



(2^!l Vermilion. Piatt, Pulaski. .Alex- 

 ander. 



(2'') Edgar. Macon, \X illiamson, Frank- 

 lin. Hancock. 



('>()) Ford, Hamilton. Jefferson, Mc- 

 Donough. 



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Randolph County farm Bureau folks point with pride to this fine new home on fhe south 

 edge of Sparta which houses mosf of fhe county's ogriculfuro/ offices. II It 40 feet by 



9} feef and has a full bosemenf. 



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