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April 15, 1923 



The Illinois Agricultural Assodatioii Record 



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68,035 Head of Live Stock Received 



In 8 Months By Peoria Co-operative 



': The first result of the ratifica- 

 tion of the plan of the Farmers' 

 National Live Stock Marketing 

 Committee of Fifteen, appointed 

 in 1920 by the American Farm 

 Bureau Federation to work out 

 a national marketing plan, was 

 the formation late in 1921 of the 

 National Live Stock Producers' 

 Association. This agency, with 

 headquarters at Chicago, pro- 

 ceeded early in 1922 to estab- 

 lish farmer-owned and operated 

 commission firms on the East St. 

 Louis, Chicago and Ibdianapolis 

 markets. The Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association was asked to 

 set up a like firm on the Peoria 

 market. 



In March. 1922, an investiga- 

 tion of the market was conducted 

 by the Live Stock Marketing De- 

 partment of the I. A. A. Follow- 

 ing this, a meeting of representa- 

 tives of the Seven counties prin- 

 cipally interested in the Peoria 

 market was called for the purpose 

 of organizing a selling agency. 

 The Organization 



As finally organized, a board of 

 ■ seven directors, one each from the 

 sgven counties — Peoria, Woodford, 

 Knox, staric, Fulton, Marshall, and 

 Tazewell — was selected by the ex- 

 ecutive committees' of the various 

 farm bureaus. Funds suflBcient to 

 establish the selling agency at 

 Peoria were furnished the board 

 of dirertors by the sale of member- 

 ships to individuals and shipping 

 associations, and by loans from 

 the I. A. A. and farm bureaus in- 

 terested. 



After selecting an experienced 

 and capable management, the 

 Peoria Producers' Commission As- 

 sociation opened for business, June 

 26, 1922, the fourth selling ag- 

 ency operating under the National 

 Live Stock Producers' Association, 

 previous agencies being estab- 

 lished at East St. Louis, Indianap- 

 olis, and Chicago. 



Eight Months' Growth 



The following table will show 

 the growth that has been made 

 during the first eight months of 

 'operation of the Peoria Produc- 

 ers: 

 Month Cam Value 



July 61 } Sl.'S'.ys 



August 74 !t. i.',/j..r.8 



September ".'> li=j.T88.42 



October '.I'l 1 l:i,0!)2.42 



November 141 175.U77.31 



December ,-...!6ri 2:0.531.89 



January ;...21!< .101.628.90 



February ....ISO ;36.634.96 



Total ..1.001 Jl. 348.162.57 



It will be noted that the only 

 marked decrease in receipts oc- 

 curred in February. This was 

 caused by the lalmost impassable 

 condition of the roads^ hinderink 

 truck shipment4 During the eighl 

 months, 593 cirs, or i 59.06 pen 

 cent of the tiital of 1,0!04 cWihg' 



I to the\ Peoria. y Producers, ■ were 



\shipped\by truipkl 



^ Total Rlpoeipts 



The total recaj)ts during the 

 [period were 68,085 head of live 

 stock, apnortionad\ as follows: 

 2,\02O cattle. 2.14'1 ialves, 63,460 

 hd^s, and \0S sbleep. Commis 

 sibtas collected anfounted to a 

 totil of »20,X)90.17 



fWr the last fouy' months the 

 Proiuc^rs have stood either first 

 or second among thie seven com- 

 miss^n firms operating on that 

 market. Shipments to the agency 

 are liot entirely from the seven 

 counties mentioned, \ some live 

 stock pelng received trom Mason, 

 Logan| a|id McLean counties, Illi- 

 nois, atod from eastern Iowa terri- 

 tory tributary tb the M. C. and St. 

 L. R. E. i 



In a|«ordance with %b.e policy 



THEY'RE PATRONIZING THEIR OWN HRM 



This picture shows a line of trucks bearing Illinois live stock 

 to the Peoria Live Stock Producers' Association, Organized by 

 the 1. A. A. and county farm bureaus. A large share of the 

 firm's business, which has amounted to nearly a million and a 

 half dollars \n eight months, is truck receipts. The farmer firm 

 does the moist business on the market. 



Ithe 



of the National Live Stock Produc- 

 ers' Associatloii, the Peoria agen- 

 cy, while not a member of the ex 

 change, abides by all the rules and 

 regulations of that body, with the 

 exception that it reserves the priv 

 ilege of pro-rating to its member 

 ship all the profits that may accrue 

 from the business. 



How to Join 

 'Membership in the Producers 

 may be obtained in several ways 

 An individual may make applica- 

 tion directly to the selling agency, 

 may join the local shipping as- 

 sociation which holds membership 

 on the market, or by becoming a 

 member of the county farm bii 

 reau, some of the counties having 

 organized county-wide shipping 

 associations and taken out a mem- 

 bership on that basis. 



Members of the Board of Dir- 

 ectors of the Peoria Producers are 

 as follows; George Wilson, Tou- 

 lon, president; W. T. Youle, Dela- 

 van, vice president; Seaton Moon, 

 Harmon, secretary-treasurer; Sam 

 McCIugage, Peoria, chairman of 

 board; J. F. Felter, Eureka, and 

 B. II. Taylor. C.-inton. 



Vv'. It. Hembrough, formerly in 

 ti <■ i: .<■ stock commission business 

 Hi i;A.st S. Louis, is manager of 

 t°i" Producers at Peoria, and is 

 talesman of carlot shipments of 

 stock. Eddie McDonough, a buyer 

 and trader for several years on 

 the Peoria market, takes care of 

 the truck bog sales, while George 

 Stemm is olBce manager. 



Average Prices 



It is a significant fact that the 

 average prices received for hogs 

 On the Peoria market during the 

 Pteriod the Producers have been 

 operating have been much nearer 

 the average prices on the Chicago 

 market than previously. This 

 bears out the contention made re- 

 peatedly by live stock producers 

 ithat a selling agency controlling 

 Bt least 25 per cent of the receipts 

 on the terminal market could in- 

 ^ueno^ favoitably the prices re- 

 «eived\for thi|ir live stock. 



yinswelps Question 

 i The table above will answer the 

 question so often asked- — Are the 

 s^les made^and the services rend- 

 eited by co-operative selling agen- 

 cies on a basi^ with those furnished 

 by old line firpis? Note the grad- 

 ual increase \in the Producers' 

 business from ' month to month. 

 With the live stock producer as 

 the 1 Judge and jury, it can easily 

 be seen that he is satisfied with 

 the I Peoria co-operative selling 

 ageiicy as an efficient and alto- 

 gether satisfactory medium for 

 marketing live stock. Otherwise 

 the Peoria (Producers «rould not 



have experienced the growth so 

 evident during the first eight 

 months of existence. 



THE GOLDEN EGG 



The next co-operative move- 

 ment of the I. A. A. and 

 county farm bureaus to be 

 taken up in the series of arti- 

 cles in The Record, will be 

 the local poultry and egg co- 

 operative shipping associa- 

 tions in Central Illinois whi^h 

 were organized last year. 



/. A. A. Endeavoring 

 To Help In Labor 

 Shortage Problem 



On another page of The Record 

 is an item in regard to the present 

 shortage of farm help in Illinois. 

 The I. A. A., with a view of help- 

 ing farm bureau membe^ who must 

 have additional labor, is endeavor- 

 ing to get in touch with help that 

 may be available for farms in the' 

 state. 



It you are in need of help, fill in 

 the blanks below and mail to Illi- 

 nois Agricultural Association, 608 

 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago, as 

 soon as possible. 



Do you prefer a married or a single 

 man? _ 



Can you use him the year round? 



Is yours a dairy, livestock, or grain 



farm? ___ ^ .. ._ _ -.. 



Would you prefer men of Scotch, 

 German, Scandinavian, or Polish 

 descent ? 



What wages will you pay?. 



When do you need help? 



Write plainly your name, address, 

 and county. 



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(Address) 



(County) « 



Milk Marketing 

 Situation in St. 

 Lotas Improved 



The Milk Producers' Advisory 

 Committee, "which has been car- 

 rying on a campaign over south- 

 ern Illinois and Missouri for over 

 a month, has been meeting a 

 splendid response from producer- 

 creditors and stockholders of the 

 Illinois - Missouri Co-operative 

 Marketing Company, over 1.400 

 agreements having been signed 

 up and are in the hands of cred- 

 itors. \ I \. i I 



^piro Is Named 

 "Co-op ' ' Attorney 

 For theA.F.B.F. 



Aaron Sapiro. noted co-operative 

 marketing attorney, was appointed 

 at a meeting of the Executive Com- 

 mittee of the American Farm Bu- 

 reau Federation as co-operative 

 marketing attorney (tor that or- 

 ganization. >' 



Mr. 1 Sapiro and Walton Peteet. 

 Director of Co-operative Marketing 

 for the A. F. B. F., in ccjoperation 

 with the co-ORerative marketing 

 committee of the national associa- 

 tion, will shape policies and plans 

 for the big national program of 

 farmer marketing now under way. 



"BROWN MOUSE" IS 



UTEST RELEASE OF 



HOMESTEAD FILMS 



Homestead FUms, Inc., will 

 soon have its recently completed 

 five-reel feature film. "The Brown 

 Mouse," ready for distribution. 

 The picture is from the novel of 

 the same name by Herbert Quick, 

 the well known writer of farm 

 stories. " 



Mr. QuicK's home county farm 

 bureau at Berkeley Springs, WeA 

 Virgisia. has been granted the 

 privilege of -the first public show- 

 ing of the ifllm. April 18 and 19. 



"The Brown Mouse" is a story 

 depicting the modernizing of rural 

 schodls through the introduction 

 of practical lessons in agricul- 

 ture. The scene is laid in a typi- 

 cal I6wa rural school district, all 

 of the characters being recogniz- 

 able Sn the average middle. west- 

 em tommanity. The difficulties 

 and opposition encountered by the 

 young man who dares to ohani:e 

 the old order of things, his final 

 success and the happy culmination 

 of his child:iood love affair, all 

 tend to make the picture very in- 

 terestiAg as well as conveying a 

 valuajbie iesr.on. 



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The Minnesota I^egislature re- 

 cently passed a bill appropriating 

 $10,000 to protect the state 

 against the Pittsburg-Plus prac- 

 tice of setting the price for steel. 



ILUNOIS FRUIT/ 'I 

 EXCHANGE JOINS 

 FQERATED BODY 



Growers Sign Contract To 

 Market Through "Co-oj^" 

 Sales Agency :..| 



The dSi^<'tors.of the Illinois 

 Fniit Efchaqpt, 'with head- 

 quarters bt Ceiilralia, reeently 

 signed th^ contract of member- 

 ship with the Federated FVuk 

 and Veritable 'Growers, Inc., 

 the natit>tial eo-Hiperative siales 

 agency fbrmed .rsinuary 1, 1923 

 as the result of the work, of 

 Fruit MJarketing Committee of 

 Twenty-OBe of the American 

 Farm Bureau Federation. , 



This step was taken only aft^r 

 lorg consideration on the part of 

 the directors of the Illinois e.-:- 

 cbange leadinic - Up to a unani- 

 mous declsiob ftir membership. 

 In 1922 (he exchange marketed 

 its ^rodaets through a privat'- 

 sales agency, arid it was only thn 

 obvious superiority and advant- 

 ages of the IVderated FVuit 

 Growers lihat' pfampted th^>rl^- 

 portant step. ' ] * 



ate'Adrjtntaces 



Among the adu-antages of an 

 affiliation iwith tliie national sales 

 agency cited wer^f the facts that 

 it was a product ; of the work of 

 the farm bureau slnd desened the 

 support of growerl ' organ iiations; 

 exj;hangeB who sire members of 

 the J'edel^ed hale a voice in its 

 governing; body;! and the l-Vd 

 erated is ^n a sojlnd basis, being, 

 formed on a plan similar to the 

 successful California fruit grow- 

 ers' co-qperatives. In addition, 

 the Federated ha« taken over'iflie 

 North Aiaerican ' Fruit E-vchanK"- 

 with its trained sales force and 

 experienop of twelve years. | 

 130 Sales Offices I 



The F«derated Fruit and Veg- 

 etable Gnoiwers. l»c , have already 

 established salaried representatives 

 in over iSb cities reaching 70 per 

 pent of the population of the 

 United States, anfl have bonded 

 brokerage servi'je in the remainder 

 of the markets. 



What's the Biggest Farm - 

 Bureau Lie You've Heard? 



In every community there is, 

 out of a thousiind loyal farmers, 

 one "knocker" who is fond of 

 gossip and who spends valuable 

 time in spreading about the neigh- 

 borhood some highly imaginary 

 "fish stories" about state and 

 county farm bureau work. You've 

 heard 'em. Yet, ridiculous as 

 most, of these yarns are • when 

 compared to the facts, there are 

 unintbrmed peOpIe who believe 

 them. 



The Record proposes to publish 

 these whoppers! Sunlight 'and 

 air are the best cures for noxious 

 germs! SO send, in to The Rec- 

 ord what you (hijik is the bjggest 

 lie about the farm bureau yoa've 

 ever heard.! 



I}a«r*8 This One? 



The Record will start the ball 

 rollins by the following story, 

 which wa^ told on himself by 

 one of the former members of 

 the I. A. A. Executive Committee: 



"I came home from- Chicago 

 after one of the meetings of the 

 I. A. A. Executive Committee." 

 he said, "and attended a meet- 

 ing of our county farm bureau 

 the dext evening. While at this 



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 ^ 



meeting. 1 notejl that several 

 people glanced at me curiously 

 and evea suspiciously. It wa.s 

 not until ti few 4ays later, how- 

 ever, that I leatm-d the -cause. 

 The rumor had started about the 

 county that as a member jof the 

 I. A. A. Executive Committee. I 

 was bein£ paid $3,600 a year and 

 expenses! The fact is. as every- 

 body knows, that executive com- 

 mitteemeti are paid .only tihefr 

 expenses for the usual one-day 

 InoMhly rteetings and that all of 

 them, if their far|ning-«i>eration8 

 are at all extensive, miist beces- 

 sarily loae money every Wme they 

 attend a conference. Yet I found 

 that a tpw uninformed farmers 

 believed this yam! J / 



He Denl«s Tarn *^' 



"1 was unable tor a raont^ or 

 so to learn who bad started <he 

 rumor. When 1 .ftnally f-'jund 

 out, I challenged the man. who. 

 by the way. was not a member 

 of the farm bureau, and he de- 

 nied the ptory. The matter drop- 

 ped therf.*' 



How's !t|iis for a "whopper? Or 

 do you t|ow a fa'rger one? It 

 so, send ^^ in to (The'" Record. 



