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Plans laid for Farm Bureau Decennial cele bn
The January annual Minors Agricultural Association meeting in Springfield announced a DeKalb led plan for a Farm Bureau Decennial Celebration. A general committee chaired by Henry Parke and secretary G E Metzger was formed with multiple subcommittees on speakers finance pageant publicity and local affairs to organize events. The Illinois Fruit Exchange outlined a August 1 start for graded peaches to boost sales, while farm advisers Collier and Eckhardt reflected on leadership and independence of Illinois farm bureaus. Community Building sessions by Alexander Karr highlighted youth retention and communal spaces to sustain small towns.
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Farm Bureau
Minors Agricultural Association
Springfield
DeKalb
Illinois Agricultural Association
Chicago
Henry Parke
Genoa
DeKalb County
Illinois
G. E Metzger
Howard Leonard
S. E. Bradt
J. D. Billborrow
University of Ilinois
L. P. Montross
H. H. Parke
G. E. Metzger
L E. Birdsall
Sterling
Chas. R. Finley
Hoopeston
Earl Price
Yorkville
Samuel R. Guard
H. A. deWerff
Benton
G. F. Tullock
Rockford
Henry McGough
Maple Park
P. R Edgerton
Rock Island
C. C. Logan Robinson
J. Stanley Brown
Collier Kankoles
Berkett
Blue Mound
W. H. Smith
Urbana
Wt. S. Collier
W. F. Handschin
I. S Brooks
J_ D_ Billborrow
S. R. Guard
PD. O. Thompson
C. C. Logan
J. S. Colier
T. R. Rober
TeKalb
E. P. Ellwood
C E. Bradt
H. H. E, T. R. Roberts
H. G Wright
S. W. Boardman
Dr. J Stanley Brown
A. O. Anderson Publicity Committee
L. J. Montross
Arthur C. Paer
C. V. Gregory
E. L. Bil
P. R. Edgerton
C. A. Atwood
A. O. Anderson
John Collier
Kankakee County
Willian G. Eckhardt
Collier
Mlinois
Eckhardt
Farm Bureeu
Alexander Karr
Fron Fargo
N. D
Far Bureau
I State
Nina B. Lamkin
John G. Brown
Indianapolis