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The Iflinob Agricultural Association Record 



April I, 1923 



Illinois Needs a New "Co-op" Marketing Law! 



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McHENRY FARMERS 

 GET FACTS ABOUT 

 LIVE STOCK 'T.B; 



County-wide Demonstration 



Meeting is Sequel To 



Months of Dispute 



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THE T. B.' MAP 



The climax of months of bo- 

 vine tuberculosis agitation in 

 McHenry county came at a 

 county-vi-ide meeting recently 

 when several hundred daily 

 farmers gathered at Woodstock 

 to witness a demsonstration and 

 to hear authorities discuss all 

 phases of the subject. . 



An indignation meeting had been 

 lield during the few weeks pre- 

 ceding the demonstration to com- 

 bat reports that the herds of the 

 county were badly infected with 

 tuberculosis.- Farmers and others 

 interested were divided into two 

 f camps, one favoring an immedi- 

 ( ate campaign to clean out the 

 /plague, the other opposing a cam- 

 paign, saying that It would work 

 hardship to the farming interests 

 iif-The district. 



Propaganda, lack of understand- 

 ing of the economic value of erad- 

 iiation, doubt aa to the reliability 

 (if the test, and scant knowledge 

 iif how well owners were indemnl- 

 I ed for losses, were reasons for 

 tlie ill Reeling. 



r>r. Auapburger, a government 

 V lerinarjan, e onggcted the dem- 

 onstration. Five cattle of dlfter- 

 fit ages, which had" reacted to 

 the tubsrculin test, were slaugh- 

 tered. All showed visible lesidns 

 of tuberculosis. 



Several Addresses 



Following the demonstration, 

 several prominent authorities 

 spoke on tuberculosis and its erad- 

 iciation. These included A. J. 

 Glover, editor of Hoard's Dairy- 

 man; H. R. Smith, national live 

 stock commissioner; Dr. A. E. 

 White, assisunt chief of the Bu- 

 (•eau of Animal Industry; and Dr. 

 J. J. Lintner. in charge of tuber- 

 culosis eradication work- in Illi- 

 nois. 



The speakers showed the Im- 

 mense economic loss to the farm- 

 ers themselves by tuberculosis. It 

 was shown that In addition to the 

 menace to health of people drink- 

 ing milk from tuberculous cows, 

 there are important financial rea- 

 sons for eradicating the dissase. 



■ Economic Loss 



». .jTOiWi TJoted government 

 figures to show that 20.3 per cei^ 

 of the hogs coming on the Chi- 

 cago market last year showed le- 

 sions of tuberculosis, the result of 

 infection from diseased cattle. He 

 stated that cattle coming from 

 counties known to be badly in- 

 fected often sold for from 75 cents 

 to a dollar less than those from 

 cleaner districts. The packers are 

 willing to pay a premiiim on stock 

 from tested counties, he said. 



Information that had spread over 

 McHehry county ^o the effect that 

 compulsory testing, with no"in- 

 demnity, was desired, was com- 

 batted by Dr. Lintner, who ex- 

 plained the progress of the work 

 in Illinois and how owners were 

 indemnified by federal and state 

 funds. He stated that testing was 

 optional with owners. 



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THE above map shows the 

 estimated amount of bovine 

 tuberculosis in the various 

 counties of Illinois. The coun- 

 ties in black are those In which 

 It is estimated that there Is 

 fifteen per cent or more of the 

 disease among the herds; the 

 shaded counties are those In 

 which from one to fifteen per 

 cent of the herds are estimated 

 to be tuberculous; and the 

 white counties are those which 

 have only one per cent or less. 



Forty Farm Boys 

 Come To Chicago, 

 Visit the I. A. A. 



C. F. Baumeister, of Freeport, 

 farm adviser of the Stephenson 

 County Farm Bureau, brought forty 

 boys to Cbdcago. for an educational 

 trip, March 29 and 30, as a part of 

 his Farm Boys Short Course. It 

 was planned to visit the Stock 

 Yards and see tuberculous catUe 

 slaughtered, also to Inspect the 1 

 A. A. and A. F. B. F. 



With the strong evidence pre- 

 sented at the deidonstration and 

 meeting, most of the "anti" prop- 

 aganda was dispelled and many 

 of the unbelievers converted to 

 the cause of cleaning out the 

 plague from the herds Ot the 

 county. I - 



Two Resolotioiis 



Two resolutions were introduced 

 and adopted unanimously by those 

 in attendance. The first read as 

 follows; 



"In recognition of the need ot 

 an appropriation for tuberculosis 

 eradication, we, the farmers of 

 McHenry County, 111., at Wood 

 stock assembled, March 1, 1923, 

 urge our representatives in the 

 legislature to make every effort 

 possible to secure adequate funds 

 for indemnity to reimlMjrse Owners 

 for a part of the loss on reacting 

 cattle slanthtered." 



The second resolution called up- 

 on, the county board of supervi- 

 sors to appropriate funds for the 

 carrying oa of a local campaign 

 of eradication. 



Further plans for the cleanup 

 campaign will be inaogurated at 

 a public meeting of McHenry 

 farmers and business men to be 

 called with)n a few weeks. 



'CO-OP' MARKETING 

 UP TO LEGISUTURE 



(Continued from Page One) 



can be efficiently done and to sta- 

 bilize the marketing of agricultural 

 products." 



Eleven or more persons engaged 

 in agricultural production may or- 

 ganize an association, which may 

 engage for its members in the mar- 

 keting or selling, harvesting, pre- 

 serving, 'drying, processing, can- 

 ning, packing, grading, storing, 

 shipping, or the manufacture or 

 marketing of by-products. 



The act provides that any per- 

 son who maliciously and know- 

 ingly spreads false reports about 

 association affairs shall be guilty 

 of a misdemeanor and subject to 

 punishment. 



No stockholder may own more 

 than one-twentieth of the common 

 stock of the association, accord- 

 ing to the provisions. 



Associations are allowed to make 

 contracts with members to sell 

 for any period of time not over ten 

 years, all or any specified part of 

 their products. 



The act is permissive In charac- 

 ter in that it enables the organ- 

 ization of/ co-operative associa- 

 tions but Moes not interfere with 

 the present law on organization. 

 It does not Interfere with the op- 

 eration of elevators or other cor 

 operatives organized under the 

 present law. 



Any association at present or- 

 ganized may be brought under the 

 provisions of the act if It is passed. 

 Trade Board Act 



The Board ot Trade bill provides 

 that "No associations of persons, 

 whether Incorporated or unincor- 

 porated, comprised of brokers, com- 

 mission merchants, or traders, en- 

 gaged In buying, selling, dealing in 

 or exchanging grain, live ^stock, 

 other agricultural products or the 

 by-products thereof" shall discrim- 

 inate in any way in the sale of its 

 memberships or In the conferring 

 of trading privileges against any 

 person or association with adequate 

 financial responsibility, and who 

 agree to comply to all reasonable 

 rules and conditions governing that 

 association. 



It further provides that such as- 

 sociations shall not make discrimin- 

 atory rules against co-operative 

 organizations of producers or pro- 

 hibit them from returning to bona 

 fide members, on a patronage basis, 

 moneys collected in excess of ex- 

 penses of such cooperative associa- 

 tions- 

 Further provisions are made for 

 tlons who are discriminated 

 relief in the courts of organlza- 

 against. Memberships or trading 

 privileges in Board of Trade must 

 be conferred within thirty days 

 after demand, according to the act, 

 or each day of delay thereafter 

 shall be considered a separate of- 

 fense against such associations. 

 "T. B." Funds 



The I. A. A. maintains the posi- 

 tion on the several road bills which 

 are to be brought up during this 

 session of the legislature that It 

 stands for farm-to-market roads 

 rather than the use of all funds for 

 cement city-to-clty highways. Ac- 

 cording to the resolution passed at 

 the annual meeting the I. A. A. Is 

 urging a $500,000 state appropria- 

 tion for the eradication of bovine 

 tuberculosis. 



New Milk Plant 

 At Rock Island 

 Ready on May 1 



Construction of the new coop- 

 erative milk marketing plant Is 

 under way at Rock Island and the 

 directors plan to have It- in opera- 

 tion by May 1. The building is 

 being erected at a cost ot $20,000, 

 exclusive of equipment. 



The Rock Island project is cap- 

 italized at $50,000 and is backed 

 by the local Farm Bureau- A. D. 

 Lynch, Director of Dairy Market- 

 ing of the I. A. A., is rendering 

 assistance In the work. 



Contracts for the installation of 

 strictly modern equipment will be 

 let at a very early date and a man- 

 ager will also be appointed. 



Two Other Laws 

 Have R^lation^ 

 To Credits Act 



A delegation of senators and 

 representatives called upon U. S. 

 Secretary of Agriculture Henry C. 

 Wallace recently to ask him as to 

 the relation between the new 

 Agricultural Credits act and ex- 

 isting facilities, such as- the War 

 Finance Corporation and the Fed- 

 eral Warehouse Act. Mr. Wal- 

 lace ■ Issued the following state- 

 ment: 



"The Agricultural Credits Act 

 does not In any way Interi re with 

 the functioning of the War Fi- 

 nance Corporation. The life of 

 the -War Finance Corporation was 

 extended to Feb. 29, 1924, for the 

 very purpose of making sure tlut 

 there should be no restriction of 

 credit facilities to the farmer dur 

 ing the period needed to build up 

 the machinery of the new credits 

 act. The War Finance Corpora- 

 tion has ample funds and nothing 

 has been done to limit its work. 



"The United States Warehouse 

 Act has an important relation to 

 the new credit system- Origin 

 ally, the law limited licensed 

 warehouse commodities to cotton, 

 wool, tobacco and grain. The 

 law has been so amended as to 

 remove limitations. Under the 

 present act the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture can license ^a warehouse 

 for the storage of any products 

 he considers would constitute 

 sound collateral. There should be 

 no difficulty in making advan- 

 tageous loans based upon such 

 collateral." 



18 COUNTIES HOLIK 

 MEMBER CAMPAIGNS 

 SINCEJANUARY 



Greatly Hampered By Bad 

 . Roads; Dates For Four 

 New Schools Set 



Eighteen Illinois counties have 

 Instituted Farm Bureau member- 

 ship reorganization campaigns dur- 

 ing the first three months of 1923. 

 Only one county, Williamson, has 

 announced the compieflon of Its 

 campaign, the remainder not be- 

 ing entirely cleaned up as yet. 



Fulton county stands high in 

 members secured this year, with a 

 total of about 1,300 announced and 

 returns not all in. 



The campaigns have been greatly 

 hampered by weather conditlops 

 and alibost— impassable roads. In 

 many counties solicitors have been 

 obliged to give up their work for 

 long periods due to the difficulties 

 In travelling. 



Counties which started their cam- 

 paigns In January and February In- 

 clude Fulton. Pike, Mason, Union, 

 Lawrence, McDonough, Lee, Han- 

 cock, DeWitt, Kendall, Menard, 

 Williamson, Boone, and Cook. 



Ogle, Adams, Morgan, and Cass 

 counties held solicitors' schools 

 preparatory to campaigns during 

 the latter part of March- 

 Dates for schools in Madison, 

 Ford, Stark; and Franklin counties 

 have been set for the spring and 

 summer months. Several more will 

 reorganize, but have not completed 

 the preliminary arrangements at 

 this time. 



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I. A. A. Wool Pool 

 Gets. Ready for 

 Shearing Season 



"The sheep-shearing season will 

 soon be upon us and we want to 

 keep before the members of the 

 1. A. A. the fact that every effort 

 is being made to make the wool 

 pool larger than ever this year," 

 says the Livestock Marketing De- 

 partment of the I. A. A. 



"Prices obtained" last year were 

 gratifying and the service offered 

 by the National Wool and Ware- 

 house Storage Company in hand- 

 ling the clip and making returns 

 exceeded all expectatlonB. 



Montana growers have pledged 

 75 per cent of the total clip to 

 this year's pool and the results 

 obtained In Wyoming are almost 

 as large. 



Serum Purchasing 

 Committee Makes 

 Recommendations 



The Serum Purchasing Commit- 

 tee of Five, which was appointed 

 at the I. A. A. annual meeting, met 

 recently to consider a contract for 

 the handling of serum during 1923. 



The committee is recommending 

 a contract with a large serum com- 

 pany to furnish both serum and 

 virus at 75 cents per cubic centi-- 

 meter for the year. Based on last 

 year's contract, this price Is five 

 cents less per cc, and will result in 

 an estimated saving of $11,000 to 

 the counties purchasing serum. 



There are 31 county farm bureaus 

 which have serum depots, and nine 

 others will order serum through 

 the contract. 



Two Employes 

 « Leave Service 



of Association 



Two employes, E. F. Murphy, of 

 the Poultry and Egg Marketing De- 

 partment, and A. O. Peterson, of 

 the News-Publicity service, have 

 left the I. A. A.; Mr. Murphy to 

 take up other work and Mr. Peter- 

 son on account of serious illness. 

 The tatter's place has been taken 

 by George Btggar, formerly of the 

 Mollne Dispatch, an Instructor last 

 year In South Dakota State College. 

 J. D. Harper, assistant to the secre- 

 tary. Is temporarily taking care of 

 Mr. Murphy's duties. 



