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Volume 1 



April IS, 1923 



Number 3 



SENATE PASSES COOPERATIVE MARKETING BILL 



U.S.G.G. DIRECTORS 

 APPOINT OFFICERS, 

 DISCO^EW PLAN 



Grain Marketing Program 



Going Toward Uniting 



of Forces 



The Board of Directors of the 

 U. S. Grain Growers, Inc., held 

 a two-day session in the Chicago 

 ofSces of the organization recent- 

 ly and elected officers as follows : 



President, Harry L. Keefe, 

 Walthill, Nebr., ; Vice President, 

 Eugene Funk, Shirley, IlL ; Sec- 

 retary, J. M. Mehl, Chicago, 111. 

 The executive committee con- 

 sists of Harry L. Keefe, Chair- 

 man ; R. A. Cowles (treasurer of 

 the niinoi") Agricultural Asso- 

 ciation), Bloomington, 111.; T. I. 

 Ferris, Pleasanthill, Ind. 

 O New Board Member 



John G. Brown, of Indiana, re- 

 signed from the Board of Direct- 

 era in order to devote all of his 

 time to his duties as president of 

 the National Live Stock Produc- 

 ers Association. Marshall P. HIU, 

 Francisviile, Ind., president of the 

 Indiana Farmers' Grain Dealers' 

 Association, was elected in Mr. 

 Brown's place. 



Detailed statement as to the 

 plans for the immediate future 

 of the U. S. Grain Growers, Inc., 

 .was reserved until later but it 

 was made known that a working 

 plan had been agreed upon by 

 the committee. This plan was 

 explained to the farm bureau 

 , presidents of Illinois at their 

 meeting a few days later by 

 Secretary J. C. Ceverdale, of the 

 American Farm Bureau Federa- 

 tion. 



(Continued on paee 2> 



Extra Copies of 

 First Two Issues 

 of The Record 



There are several thousand 

 copies of the first issue of The 

 I. A. A. Record available. These 

 win be sent in any quantity de- 

 sired to any farm bureau request- 

 ing them, as long as the supply 

 lasts. This issue is a resume of 

 the annual meeting and of the 

 L A. A. and A. F. B. F. accom- 

 plishments of 1922. 



An over-supply was ordered on 

 account of the constant changes 

 in the mailing list, due to mem- 

 bership campaigns. 

 ' There are also a few hundred 

 available copies of the April 1 

 issue for any county farm bureau 

 which can use them. ' > 



There have been several letters 

 received which noted that the 

 writer was not receiving The 

 Record. All these names are 

 being put on the list as rapidly 

 as possible. ' / 



Demand For Farm 

 Hands Over 100 

 Ahead of Supply 



According to Chas J. Boyd, 

 general superintendent of the Il- 

 linois Free Employment Bureau, 

 the demand for farm help at this 

 time is very great and the of- 

 ficers of the bureau throughout 

 the state have many orders from 

 farmers wbich they are unable 

 to fill. 



The Chicago office, 116 North 

 Dearborn street, reports that or- 

 ders have been placed there for 

 over 100 farm hands with pay 

 from $40 to $6S per month with 

 room and board. Occasionally 

 higher rates are offered, states 

 Mr. Boyd, but the help does not 

 seem to be forthcoming. 



Producers Continue 7b vi 

 Rank High On Markets 



, Continued success of the Pro- 

 ducers Live Stock Commission 

 companies on the various mar- 

 kets was evidenced during the 

 month of March. 



The Chicago Producers stood 

 first among the companies on that 

 market for three weeks of the 

 month and ranked second during 

 the other week. A toUl of 1.130 

 cars of live stock was handled. 



At Indianapolis, the Producers 

 handled 740 cars, or 25.4 per 

 cent of the total volume of busi- 

 ^ neas on that market in March. 

 The company ranked first each 

 week of the month. 



Handline 762 ears, or 14.9 per 

 cent, of the Tolnme at the Blast 



St. Louis market, the Producers 

 held first place for three weeks 

 and second during the fourth 

 week of March. 



At both the Buffalo and Peoria 

 markets, the Producers held first 

 rank each week. A total of 570 

 cars, or 18.5 per cent of the vol- 

 ume, shows the success at Buffalo. 

 At Peoria, 156 cars were handled 

 during the four weeks. 



Difficulties peculiar to a new 

 establishment were experienced at 

 Kansas City, where the Producers 

 opened March 5. However, the 

 company climbed from 26th' place, 

 with 24 cars, during the third 

 week,, to I5th with 36 cars, dur- 

 ing the fourth week of the month. 



DAIRY COMMITTEE 

 SUBMITS PUN FOR 

 A SALK AGENCY 



Representatives of Co-opera- 

 tive Associations Meet in 

 Chicago on April 9 



Representatives of co-operative 

 dairy marketing organisations 

 from all parts of the country 

 met at the Sherman Hotel, Chi- 

 cago, April 9, to complete plans 

 for a'Tiational sales agency to 

 sell butter, cheese and' con- 

 densed milk. 



J. T. Williams, president of the 

 Chicago Milk Producers Market- 

 ing Committee and chairman of 

 the Committee of Nine, presided 

 at 'he meeting. Walton Peteet, 

 director of co-operative market- 

 ing for the American Farm Bu- 

 reau Federation, and Aaron Sa- 

 piro, counsel of the marketing 

 committee, addressed the meeting, 

 explaining the plan and citing the 

 advantages of a national sales 

 agency for marketing dairy prod- 

 ucts. 



ffnclens of Plan 



The plan as presented by the 

 committee was not complete, but 

 was put forth as a nucleus upon 

 which to build a national plan 

 for co-operative inarketing of 

 manufactured dairy products. 

 Consultation was held with repre- 

 sentatives of dairy manufacti^ring 

 associations throughout the^giid- 

 dle west in the formulating; of 

 the plan. - ; 



Important features of the plan 

 Include the creating of a national 

 brand for butter, the first step 

 in a national merchandising pro- 

 gram. While all the butter sold 

 will • be stamped with the brand 

 name, it will also bear the name 

 of the individual co-operative 

 creamery manufacturing it. 

 Through a program of national 

 advertising, similar to that of the 

 California fruit growers, the co- 

 operative sales agency will strive 

 to put the national brand name 

 before the consumer to become 

 as well and favorably known as 

 the fruit growers' brands ar^ now 

 known. 



Agencies In Cities 



Agencies will be established in 

 the principal cities to gather in- 

 formation and statistics relative 

 to the dairy markets to place be- 

 fore the creameries in the vari-: 

 ous states belonging to the co- 

 operative. Aid will also be given 

 to assist the members in dispos- 

 ing of surplus milk and cream. 

 Every effort will be made to cre- 

 ate a stabilized dairy products 

 market. 



Cass County Does 

 Fine Work; Other 

 Campaigns Coming 



An unusually fine record was 

 made by the Cass County Farm 

 Bureau in its reorganization cam- 

 paign. One hundred per cent 

 wai made in the solictors' school 

 on March 28, when 181 agree- 

 ments were signed. By March 31, 

 three days later, 578 memberships 

 were secured and tamed in to 

 the state office. This was 86 per 

 cent of the former membership of 

 '678. H. C. McCarrel .directed the 

 Cass campaign. 



Ogle county, whose school was 

 originally scheduled for March 

 19, was forced to poatpone until 

 April 4, due to the severe snow 

 storm in that section of tbe state 

 previous to the 19th. 



Madiison county will hold its 

 school at Edwardsvillie on April 

 16, followed by the Bureau county 

 school at Princeton on May 1. 



Holsteins To Be- 

 Sold At Aurora 

 April 19 and 20 



The Illinois Third Guaranty 

 State Sale of Holstein-Prieslan 

 cattle will be held at the Central 

 States Fair Grounds, Aurora^ 

 April 19 and 20. Twenty breedj- 

 ers fr^m all parts of tbe state 

 have consigned about li>0 high 

 class Individuals of the breed . to 

 this sale. 



The sale is a co-operative en- 

 terprise on the part of Holatein 

 breeders and is sponsored by the 

 Illinois Holstein-Friesian Associa- 

 tion. Tbe many inquiries com- 

 ing to the associatioa point to 

 more interest in the event than 

 has been the - case for several 

 years, indicating that improved 

 milk market and other conditions 

 are causing a demand for pure 

 bred foundation dairy cattle. 



VOTE IS 34 TO 3 

 IN FAVOR OF ACT; 

 ONE AMENDMENT 



Resolutioa of Illinois Farm 

 Bureau Presidents Pre- 

 sented to Legislature 



By a majority of thirtgr-four 

 to three th« cooperativ* market- 

 ing bill pacsed the Senate. The 

 opposing Votes were those of. ; 

 Chicago setiators. Everj' doipn- 

 state memher voteid for it. 



Six out lof the' nine Chicago 

 senators, Ihowevier, recorded 

 themselvea in lavor of the 

 mea-sure. J 



Kit Amendment 



The only! ppposiition came two' 

 days before the passage of the 

 bill at a hqaring before the Sen- 

 ate. This opposittbn was in the 

 form of a proposed amendment 

 to the bill,; but resulted aliso in 

 censure of some of tbe provisions 

 of the measure which were not 

 up for ameddment. The amend- 

 ment would have changed the 

 bill te eoni(iel co-operative mar- 

 keting associations to release 

 members from marketiag con- 

 tracts on a year's notice. 



It was d«feated 30 to 6, after 

 some discusBion: 



Adopt Cluuwe 



Another amendment from a 

 Chicago semator which would 

 have cast out several of the most 

 vital sections of tbe bill was de- 

 feated. 



The only amendment wtiieb 

 was finally adopted was one 

 brought up by Senator Mason, 

 of Chicago, which would permit 

 co-operative contracts to be made 

 for any len^ of time instead of 

 <Contjnu«^<.n|Bp«« ;> 



General Manager Hired 

 For Chicago Milk ^Co-op^ 



The Milk Producers* Market- 

 ing Company of Chicago recent- 

 ly announced the selection of 

 Fred Blizzard, West Town^ N. 

 Y., as new general manager of 

 the company. 



Mr. Blizzard has bad thirty-one 

 years exj>erience in dairy market- 

 ing work. He was for several 

 years with the Borden company 

 in New Tork as general manager 

 and more recently baa been en- 

 gaged in practical dairy farming 

 in the East. Be has also been 

 greatly interested io the building 

 up of the anecessfttl Dairymen's 

 League, New Tank, bdplng that 



co-operative work out many <ot 

 its problems. 



Since taking np bis work with 

 the Chicago marketing company 

 on April I. Mr. Blitzard has been 

 devoting the time to a general 

 study Of the milk marketing sit- 

 uation in tbe district and in lad- 

 ing out plans for the growing 

 success of tbe company. 



With such a maa with proven 

 business ability at the heul of 

 the co-operaitive, tbe officers a«d 

 directors of the company are ask- 

 ing the whole hearted eo-opora- 

 tion of every producer member to 

 roboild tbe oompanr. 



