HISTORY
The first meeting to organize a Farm Bureau in Winnebago County
was held at Memorial Hall, on Saturday afternoon, May 8, 1920. On
June 12, 1920, there was a formal organization of Farm Bureau with a
total of 947 memberships. Officers were nominated and elected
as follows: E. F. Derwent , President; R. S. Bradt, Vice
President; W. H. Mackey, Secretary-Treasurer; with the following
Executive Committee: E. C. Burch, Winnebago; C. E. Austin,
Rockton; G. F. Tullock, Rockford; George Atwood, Roscoe; S. E.
Hoisington, Stillman Valley; and Ashley Hartman, Davis.
Since the initial organization of the Winnebago County Farm
Bureau there have been 17 Presidents and the 88th Annual Meeting was held
in March of 2008.
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