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Illinois A gricultuimJ^ssodalicm 



Volume 1 



May 15, 1923 



Number 5 



I. A. A. SJATE PICNIC AT URBANA, JUNE 29th 



ALL lU »I|M MMI FOLKS 

 ASe TO GREAT ANNUAL OUTING 



EXECUTIVE BODY 

 HOLDS SESSION IN 

 CHICAGO OFFICE 



Accept Resignation of Fred 



Baumberger; Hear Both 



Sides Roads Issue 



The regular meeting of the I. 

 A. A. Executive Committee was 

 held at the Chicago ofBce with 

 all members present except Fred 

 paumberger, Reno. President 

 S. H. Thompson presided. 



Mr. Fox read a letter from Mr. 

 Baumberger in which he tendered 

 his resignation as a .jnember of 

 the committee due to conditions 

 which made it dilBcult for him to 

 attend the regular meetings. The 

 resignation was accepted and a 

 meetine of votin? delegates of the 

 22nd district was called at East 

 St. Ix>uis on May 11, to fill the 

 vacancy. 



Regular routine business was 

 taken up by the committee. R. 

 A, Cowles presented a financial 

 st^tem^t of the I. A. A. for the 

 first quarter of 1923, which was 

 adopted. Action was taken by the 

 committee in clearly ^defining the 

 duties of the treasurer. A state- 

 ment in regard to the progress of 

 ' the Co-operative Marketing bill 

 was made by President Thompson 

 for the Legislative Committee. 

 Hear Roads Qnestlon 



Both sides of the million dollar 

 .bond issue for roads question 

 'jrere presented to the members 

 ^of the committee. 



(Continued on paffe 2) 



Decline of Five 

 Cents In Price 

 Wool Pool Sacks 



Due to an unexpected decline In 

 the price of burlap, the Live Stock 

 Marketing Department of the I. 

 A. A. announces that a cut of five 

 cents each has been made in the 

 price of sacks for use in the wool 

 pool. 



The new prices went Into effect 

 Hay 1. New sacks now cost 50 

 cents each in lots of from one to 

 24 and 47 cents each in lots of 25 

 or more. Prices of No. 1 used 

 sacks remain the same. 



The Live Stock Department al- 

 so wishes to notify wool growers 

 that a number of companies are 

 advertising prices of 14 cents per 

 pound for twine. Such twine is 

 made ot ]ute and has the same 

 effect upon wool as binder twine. 

 It will only tie about 20 to 25 

 fleeces per pound compared to 25 

 to 40 fleeces that may be tied by 

 Standard twine. 



Arrangements For 

 Phosphate Supply 

 Nearly Concluded 



The Phosphate-Limestone De- 

 partment of the I. A. A. Uaa prac- 

 tically concluded an agreement 

 with two ot the ground rock 

 phosphate producers in Tennes- 

 see for the supply of phosphate 

 for the balance of 1923. 



This fortunate arrangement 

 gives the department a producer 

 on each of the two roads, — the 

 Louisville and Nashville and the 

 Nashville, Chatanooga, and St. 

 Louis, which will help in times of 

 car shortage. 



The specifications as to basic 

 quality are; phosphorus, 13 per 

 cent; fineness, 95 per cent 

 through 100 mesh screen; and 

 moisture not to exceed three per 

 cent. The price based on this 

 quality up to and including July 

 14. '>23, is »5.5fl ar<1 thereafter 

 till the end of the year, 16.50. 

 Adjustments will be made either 

 up er down as the grade varies 

 in individual shipments from the 

 specification as to basic quality. 



Further details in regard to 

 phosphate selling plans will be 

 made later. 



AMENDMENTS TO BE 

 USEDASATTACKON 

 CO-OPERATIVE BILL 



miL Levy Charge 

 On Commercial 

 Claims Collected 



At the last meeting of the I. A. 

 A. Executive Committee, action 

 was taken authorizing the Trans- 

 portation Department to levy a 

 charge for strictly commercial 

 claims which the department col- 

 lects for individuals or co-oper- 

 ative associations. 



Under this ruling, a comnfissioiv 

 will be charged on all height 

 overcharge, freight loss and dam- 

 age, and general loss and damage 

 claims collected. The commission 

 charged will be- as follows; for 

 farm bureau members, 12^ per 

 cent; for co-operative associations, 

 IS per cent; and for non-mem t>er8, 

 25 per cent. ' 



Charges to members will be the 

 same as to non-members, subject 

 to a refund upon certifieation by 

 the county farm bureau that the 

 individual is a member in good 

 standing. The refund will be 121,4 

 per cent less the original commis- 

 sion charged. This emphasizes 

 the difference between the rate 

 charged members and non-mem- 

 bers. 



Checks in payment of claims 

 will be made payable to the Illi- 

 nois Agricultural Association. The 

 association w.ill then issue checks 

 in favor ot tbe claimants, less the 

 amount of commission. The rul- 

 ing affects all claims collected 

 after May 1. 



Next Appearance of Measure 



May Be Test of Strengtiv 



In The House 



With the legislative hopper 

 at Springfield crammed with 

 hundreds of bills, only a few of 

 which have a ghost of f show 

 for passage, the Illinois Co-op- 

 erative Marketing Bill, at the 

 time Ths Record goes to press, 

 is still in the House. It is prob- 

 able, however, that during the 

 second or third week in May 

 the measure will be brought up. 

 It. is believed that the' opposi- 

 tion, which consists to a large 

 o^tent of Cliica,;o leprescnt^Jtives. 

 will concentrate its attack upon 

 amendments to weaken the bill 

 rather than votes against it. 

 There are members of the Hoiise 

 who would not want to be placed 

 on record as voting against the 

 act yet who would vote for 

 amendments to make it worth- 

 less. 



The real contest on the bill, 

 therefore, will probably resolve 

 itself into a test ot strength 

 when the amendments are 

 brought up. 



Farmers who are supporting 

 the bill, including the 1. A. A. 

 and the county farm bureaus, 

 have willingly listened to and 

 have answered objections brought 

 up against the measure and have 

 always considered any or all 

 amendments brought up for the 

 sincere purpose of trying to im- 

 prove the act. It is probable, 

 however, that at the next appear- 

 ance of the bill, a number of 

 amendments will be proposed 

 whose only purpose is to indirect- 

 ly kill the measure. 



College of Agriculture "Open House" To Be Held At Same 

 Time, Offering Chance To Take In Two Events; 

 j: ''Twin Cities" Easily Reached i - 



Champaign-Urbana on [June 29th. p - .; 

 The place and date of the I. A. A. state picnic for 1923 was 

 thus decided at a meeting of county ffarm bur^us and ofi&:ials 

 of the I. A. A. and of the College of Africolture at the Twin 

 Cities recently. At another meeting whieh followed se%-eral days 

 later, committees were named and the machinery was set in mo- 

 tion to prepare for the greatest state picnic ever held by the 

 state farm bureau movement. - 



Crystal Lake Park, in IJrbana. is to be (he scene of the big fans 

 gathering. This site offers one of the most desirable locations in the 

 state — a large, grassy, wooded plot on the outskirts of Crbana throosb 

 which a beautiful lake winds. 



The "twin cities" are e^*- 

 reacbpdj both by train ani^e ^r- 

 froiA"ilmust ahy^parTTmuBoSr" 

 A more central location wouM be 

 hard t» Kind. 



Cunningham Named 

 As Farmer Member 

 of Reserve Board 



President Harding has appointed 

 Edward H. Cunningham of Iowa 

 as "dirt farmer" meml)er of the 

 federal reserve board. 



Edward E. Jones of Pennsyl- 

 vania ■ was named a member ot 

 the farm loan board. Mr. Jones 

 is at present connected with the 

 federal land bank at Baltimore. 



Mr. Cunningham's appointment 

 fills the vacancy caused by the 

 death of Milo D. Campbell of 

 Michigan, appointed after Con- 

 gress created the "dirt fkrm- 

 er" position on the board. 



Mr. Cunningham's selection is 

 given the unanimous aproval of 

 Iowa Republican party leaders 

 and farm bureau federations of 

 the middle west. 



Mr. Cunningham is well known 

 to Illinois farmers for hie work 

 in the reorganization of the U. S. 

 Grain Growers, Inc., and as sec- 

 retary of the Iowa Farm Bureau 

 Federation. 



'Co-ops' Offer Real Hope, 

 Says N. C. Supreme Court 



The North Carolina Supreme 

 Court, in upholding the constitu- 

 tionality ot the Co-operative Mar- 

 keting Act passed in that state, 

 an act similar to the one before 

 the Illinois legislature, has 'de- 

 livered the following opinion on 

 the merits of co-operative market- 

 ing: 



"The co-operative system is the 

 most hopeful movement ever in- 

 augurated to obtain justice for, 

 and improve the financial condi- 

 tion of farmers and laborers. The 

 producers are paying all the costs 

 and assuming all the responsibil- 



ities of these co-operative assod 

 ations. They are taking all the 

 risks. They are asking no assis- 

 tance from the public treasury. 

 They are forcing no one to join 

 and they are e.xacting no inordi- 

 nate prices for their product. 

 They are associating , themselves 

 as authorized by tjle statute, like 

 other persons, a Td they have 

 signed mutual and fair agree- 

 ments among themselves which 

 would be futile unless those who 

 have signed such agreements can 

 be held to abide by the, terms ot 

 such contracts." 



Kew Advantage 

 Thej 11923 state picnic offers a 

 further advantage which has been 

 enjoyed by none of the three 

 preceding picnics, held at Cham- 

 paign, Dixon and Olney ^ 1920, 

 1921 »nd 1922, respectively. This 

 advantage consists of the co-op- 

 eration of the College of Agri- 

 culture of the University, of Illi- 

 nois and the placing of the Uni- 

 versity "Open House," the time 

 when famers of the state fiock 

 to the oojlege to see the experi- 

 mental fields. In the same week 

 as the pitnic. "^ 



' InstmctiTe Trip 



Farm Bureau, visitors will tbas 

 l>e enabled to make the occasion 

 not only a geituine outing and 

 good tiaie but. also one of the 

 most Instructive trips they could 

 possibly take. i 



The twin cities. Champaign and 

 Urbana, have nifide arrasgementrt 

 to co-operate to the limit to show 

 their fanner visitors the best sort 

 of hospitality. 



Kaine Committees 



At the second meeting, in the 

 offices of the county farm bureau 

 in Chammign. the following com- 

 mittlee were named: 



GENERAL PICNIC COMMIT- 

 TEE — J. D. Harper, Illinois Ag- 

 riculturat Association; J. D. Bils- 

 borrow, Ext^sion Service, Col- 

 lege of Af;ric4ilture, University of 

 Illinois: D. J. '.Holterman. Sador- 

 us; C. R. Fii]|ey, Hoopestoa; J. 

 E. Smith, Mayor of Urbana; EkI 

 Filson, President Champaign 

 Chaml)er of Commercef C. H. 

 Oathout; Champaign Count? Fans 

 (CJcntinued on pace 4) 



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