Bill Text: IL HR0855 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates the DeKalb County Farm Bureau on its 100th anniversary.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2012-03-09 - Resolution Adopted [HR0855 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR0855-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, On March 27, 1912, the charter was issued for the | ||||||
| 3 | DeKalb County Soil Improvement Association, which later became | ||||||
| 4 | the DeKalb County Farm Bureau; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, DeKalb County was one of the first counties in | ||||||
| 6 | Illinois to establish the organization and hire a farm advisor | ||||||
| 7 | to carry out the responsibilities of Farm Bureau work; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Henry H. Parke was one of the organizers and | ||||||
| 9 | founders of Farm Bureau; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, In 1917, he and others formed the DeKalb County | ||||||
| 11 | Agricultural Association, a spin-off of the Soil Improvement | ||||||
| 12 | Association, incorporated for the purpose of becoming engaged | ||||||
| 13 | in the commercial seed business; the flying ear of corn later | ||||||
| 14 | became the symbol of the DeKalb Agricultural Association; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, On April 28, 1926, the DeKalb County Soil | ||||||
| 16 | Improvement Association officially became the DeKalb County | ||||||
| 17 | Farm Bureau; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Other associations developed out of the Farm | ||||||
| 19 | Bureau, including the Farm Bureau Farm Management Association, | ||||||
| 20 | Illinois Farm Supply, and Illinois Country Mutual Insurance | ||||||
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| 1 | Company; therefore, be it
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| 2 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 3 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 4 | we recognize the accomplishments of the DeKalb County Farm | ||||||
| 5 | Bureau and congratulate it on its 100th Anniversary; and be it | ||||||
| 6 | further
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| 7 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 8 | presented to the DeKalb County Farm Bureau as a symbol of our | ||||||
| 9 | respect and esteem.
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