
I encountered small country chapters of the League, for instance, which 
seemed to have all kinds of vitality and were actually wrestling with 
their local problems, while many large chapters were either sidetracked 
into functioning as social clubs or else were practically dead. ‘These 
inert units may be the result, not the cause, of the absence of any at- 
tempt to reorganize. state leadership. 
21, Farm Organizations and Farm Press. While a considerable number of 
individual farmers were Seen, there was unfortunately insufficient time to 
contact with their organizations, These include the Illinois Farm Bureau, 
the Illinois Agricultural Association (608 S. Dearborn), and the Illinois 
Farm Guards. 
Ghicago is the centre for the farm press of the prairie states. 
One of these papers-~-The Prairie Ffarmer--was visited on a previous occasion, 
and takes an enlightened and sympathetic attitude toward game problems. 
There is possibly no particular occasion for going to these farm 
agencies with the game problem in its abstract form. When concrete in- 
formation is available (such as would be developed through research under 
a fellowship), or when a concrete move is under way (such as that proposed 
in Caption 17) these papers will, I think, co-operate. 
Chicago also headquarters certain farm educational ventures such 
as the Atlas Educational Fiim Coe. Ne Wabash). Two attempts were made 
to interview this organization but its officers were Out. 
22, National Organizations. Several of these, in addition to the Izaak 
Walton League, headquarter in Chicago. One of the most significant is the 
Igaak Walton Foundation (410 N. Mich. Ave.), a chartered corporation in- 
dependent of the League, and organized to receive and administer funds for 
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