May 15. 1923 



The Dlinoit Agricuitiiral AModation Record 



Pace 3 



Illinois Poultry Products Amount To 

 Total of Over $60,000,000 in One Year 



I The lowly hen is not consid- 

 I ered an especially important 

 factor in agricultural produc- 

 tion in Illinois, yet the valiie of 

 poultry and egg products in 

 the state was $63,771,952 in 



1919, the last year when a com- 

 plete census was taken. 



I In the country as a whole, 



I poultry and egg products in 1920 



contributed almost seven per cent 



of the nation's agricultural 



wealth, or $1,225,000,000. a sum 



not to be "sneezed" at by any 



means. And this has been done in 



1 the face of the fact that poultry 



production on most farms is con- 



j sidered of very minor importance 



! and little attention has been paid 



I ^ poultry marketing by thn pro- 



I ducer. 



,'■• .Much is heard of the virtues of 

 I California as a poultry and egg 

 I I producing state and doubtless 

 , many have taken it tor granted 

 I that the Golden Gate state is the 

 I leader in that phase of agricul- 

 tural production. Yet Illinois, ac- 

 cording to the 1920 census, pro- 

 I duced in 1919 nearly twice as 

 many eggs as did California. 



While California's hens may 

 cackle more loudly than the bid- 

 1 dies of Illinois, the real secret of 

 California's success lies in co- 

 operative marketing of eggs. 

 I This product has made the Peta- 

 I luma district in that state espec- 

 ' ially noted and the eggs from 

 I that section have attained great 

 fame on the New York market, 

 due to more- efficient marketing 

 methods brought about by co-op- 

 eration. 



Illinois Ranks Third 

 In cold figures of egg produc- 

 tion, Illinois ranked third In 1919 

 with over 100,000,000 dozen pro- 

 duced. Iowa and Missouri stood 

 first and second with over 114 

 million and 112 million dozen, re- 

 spectively. California placed sev- 

 e'nth with somewhat over 57.000,- 

 000 dozen as her production. 



New York and Chicago natur- 

 ally take the lead as the nation's 

 principal egg markets. The egg 

 receipts at the New York market 

 In 1920 were 5,157,535 cases, 

 while, Chicago received 4,153,584 

 cases. 



Strange as it may seem, Illi- 

 nois furnished almost 20 per 

 c'ent of the New York receipts for 



1920, being the leading source ot 

 eggs for that market. Her con- 

 tribution was 1.006.440 cases. 

 Iowa was second with 616,130 

 cases, while Indiana and Cali- 

 fornia Etood third and fourth. 



Chicapro Market 



Market figures for 1921 show 

 that Missouri led on the Chicago 

 market, having shipped 825,912 

 cases of eggs. Iowa was second 

 with 705,995 cases, and Kansas 

 third with 481,684 cases. Illi- 

 nois only supplied 205,178 cases 

 to Chicago, being eighth and fur- 

 nishing only about five per cent 

 of the eggs on the market. 



The accompanying map portrays 

 the distribution of egg production 

 among the counties of Illinois and 

 the "egg belt," or area of great- 

 est production, is outlined. 

 Wayne County In Lead 



According to 1920 census fig- 

 ures, Wayne county led in egg 

 production in 1919, having pro- 

 duced 2,247,180 dozen, with 

 Shelby and Iroquois counties 

 closely following at second and 

 third places. 



McLean county is credited with 

 producing the most poultry in 

 1919, with 585,420 head. Shelby 

 being second and Iroquois third. 



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Map sfiowlnp distributioix of egg production in Illinois. Eacb dot 

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 state or the area Vhere greatest production in indicated. 



Bradfute Calls 

 Conference of 

 Research Men 



President O, E. Bradfute of the 

 American Farm Bureau FJeder- 

 atioh has called a conferen|ce of 

 agricultural economists of tVette 

 middle western states to meet Id 

 Chicago, May 18, at the Sherman 

 hotel. 



The object'of the meeting Lis to 

 talk over the research work Vblch 

 is now being. jione by various or- 

 ganizations and to consider the 

 desirability ° of organizing a Mid- 

 dle West Ai;ricultural Economics 

 Research Committee. A similar 

 group functions in New EnflaDd 

 successfully, serving as a clearing 

 house for economic information. 



Stimulation and co-ordinfetion 

 of research activities bearing 

 upon agriculture in the fields of 

 ta.\ation, central market distribu- 

 tion, transportatioa, market and 

 mortgage financing, farm ineome 

 and production would be among 

 the duties of the committee.. 



Invitations have been sent to 

 state colleges- of agriculture, state 

 departments of agriculture, state 

 bureaus of markets, state farm 

 bureaus, Federal Reserve Banks, 

 Federal Land Banks, Chambers of 

 Commerce, as well as to many 

 miscellaneous orfanizations allied 

 to agricultural economics, to at- 

 tend the conference. 



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STRONGER LOCALS 

 ARE PLANNED FOR 

 STEPHENSON 'CO-OP' 



In respoqse to a request (rom 

 the Stepitaeneon County Fari^ Bo- 

 reau, the I. A. A. Dairy Mar|etiilK 

 Department has Seen detotitag 

 some time recently in supplying a 

 stronger type of organization to 

 locals, ot the Stephenson COivitT 

 Co-operative Marketing Coiilpa)ir. 



The*plaa will give each of tbe 

 12 locals of tbe co-operative a 

 stronger organization with 'oilBcbra 

 and enable them to function better 

 in carrying out the p^ns df tbe 

 marketing rompaoy. 



Each local may elect one ijepm- 

 sentative from each 50 nieiitbera 

 to serve on an advisory cduneil 

 composed of representatives 'froca 

 all the locals. This advisory .Coun- 

 cil participates in each meetiJiK,of 

 the board of directors of tbe mar- 

 keting company. Thus each local 

 is given a more dir/fct voi«« In 

 the affairs of the coHlperativ0. 



The Dakota Local Branchj baa 

 adopted the new plan and 4>th«r 

 locals have exnressed a desire to 

 use the plan to strengthen their 

 organizations and to give ibem 

 more respoasibility in the goTCra- 

 ing of the association. I 



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Producers* Board Hears of 

 Great Grou^th of Movement 



The production figures of these 

 three counties do not vary 

 greatly. 



* I. A. A. Investigates 



In 1922 the Poultry and Egg 

 Marketing Department of the I 

 A. A. made a careful study of 

 market methods as affecting 

 poultry products. Investigations 

 were made as to the advisability 

 of forming co-operative poultry 

 and egg marketing associations 

 and a start was made in the 

 formation of some associations, 

 notably in Shelby county. In 

 some localities where such co- 

 operatives were contemplated, the 

 department advised against or- 

 ganization, due to tbe fact that 

 there was not a sufficient volume 

 of business to indicate SDfcess. 



Associations were formed in 

 Oconee, Tower Hill, Shelbjrvilie, 

 Westervelt and Stewardson, Shel- 

 by county, and at Flora, Clay 

 county. 



Itesnlts Secured 



As a result of careful grading 

 and standardization of the poul- 

 try products handled, every ship- 

 ment made by these associations 

 sold for at least half a cent prem- 

 ium, and many shipments com- 

 manded as high as five cents 

 premium on the Chicago market. 



Economy in marketing costs 

 was also evident. For example, 

 one association which transacted 

 $4,410 worth of business in a 

 month, did it at a total cost of 

 only $158.00. 



One result of the formation of 

 associations was the fact that in 

 communities where co-operative 

 marketing associations were 

 formed, the prices of eggs rose 

 from three to eight cents per 



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dozen and poultry from four to 

 eight cents per pound in the im- 

 mediate neighborhoods. This 

 boost in price naturally caused 

 farmers in outlying districts to 

 bring eggs and poultry to the 

 towii where the prices had been 

 boosted. This brought about a 

 raise of about three cents in egg 

 and poultry prices in these out- 

 lying districts. Thus the effect 

 of farmer marketing reached out 

 far beyond the territorj' in which 

 the associations were located. 



Educational Value 



The educational value of the 

 associations was also great, in 

 that the farmer members have 

 learned how to standardize, grade, 

 and make their own individual 

 shipments to market at proper 

 times. They also learned how 

 to study market conditions and 

 market trends. 



It may be said that, among 

 other things, the very existence 

 of the poultry marketing asso- 

 ciations formed by the I. A. A. 

 had its effect upon poultry and 

 egg dealers all over the state. 

 Prices were kept up to discour- 

 age the forming of co-operative 

 associations. This is emphasized 

 by the following statement made 

 by a member of an egg dealers^ 

 organizatioil in 1922: 



"While dealers will be in- 

 clined to pay lower - prices for 

 poultry and eggs this year in 

 order to make up some of the 

 losses suffered in the industry by 

 readjustment, we would aovise 

 yon to pay as much as possible 

 because the lower prices will tend 

 to stimulate the springing up of 

 co-operative marketing associa- 

 tions." 



Approxiin^-ply 100.000 fann- 

 ers are marketing their live 

 stock throiiph eipht a'pcncies of 

 the National Live Stock Produc- 

 ers Asso<-iati<)n at tlie rate of 

 $100,000,000 annually, arcrird- 

 ing to tilt- report of President 

 John G. Brwii at tlie regular 

 quarterly se.ssion o.f tlie bojird 

 of directors fccld in Chieag( a 

 few days ago^ 



A steady gain in volume ot 

 business is being experion :ed 

 each month ty the Producers. 

 For instance, a report showed 

 that .it>e total lvalue of live sti ick 

 handled in February was $5.4£ 5.- 

 090.12 on' 194(158 head, and [or 

 March. $5,863J683.-08 on. 266. i 03 

 head. Of thlese about 40. ( 00 

 were cattle, 4alve^, and she»p, 

 hogs making up the bulk of i he 

 live stock handled. .An incre|i8e 

 in sales '^accouhts from 6.809 

 February to 8j250 in March \lfaa 

 noted. " i 



.%niouht of Business 



In Mr. Brown's quarterly 

 port, he showed that 15 to 

 per cent of the total live stcjck 

 shipped _,toiBuf(alo is sold b.v- qlie 

 ProducerBTTi' to 8 l>er cent 

 Chicago, or more than 1,000 cir- 

 loads per month; 25 to 30 per 

 cent at' Indianapolis; 15 to IS 

 per cent at Ealst St. Louis; akd 

 25 to 30 per cent at Peoria. 



Kansas City. Which opened in 

 March, has progressed from twe n- 

 ^ty-sixth place Iduring an early 

 w^e'k after ooenSng. to tenth pla :e 

 during the last week in April. 



The Peocia Producers ha' "e 

 voted to return to members ] 

 per cent of the commissions lis 

 'patronage dividends after Mj ,y 

 31. Fifty per fent of the .mem- 

 bership fee will also be returnel; 



The Chicago ^gency has repaid 

 its membership fees in full aid 

 will pay a substantial patronaj e 

 dividend after the close of tie 

 &r«t year's business. June 30. 

 t^xiianslon IVovidetl For 



The board of directors in se«- 

 sion voted to invest comple^ 

 executiv.e authority in Presidet^t 

 ^rown and requested that he de- 



[ vote as nisfh pf- his tiraei a* 



necessary to the executive affatra 



I of the organization. Mr. Briawa 



: has establidiied headquarters ii 



the executive offices of the*nai- 



tional association. 608 S. Diear- 



born St.. Ciil«a^u7 a?n^V 



1 the work from there. ' . 1 . 



This arralmgcment was folund 

 j expedient bet.'iuse the opening ot 

 ] new branches of the Produtei-l 

 at various nliArkets requires Cen- 

 era! .^lanager ^. M. Simpson to be 

 absent alinott continuously from 

 the Chicago lOfflce to over^e itWf* 

 details uf fti^t'Dn ■>*'*' lernMnUls. 

 yr. Sjm|)st>h opened up a Pro- 

 ducers agdnity at Sioux F'allsl S, 

 D.. Muy 'i, a^h halB been devoting 

 his tinn' ai'^^ recentjy. to wwlc 

 at Clevelabdj |ind Oklahoma <;i1y 



f.-enfjji-s 



will be eslalH 



where a^e 

 lished. i 



I'niiNe ^ork: of itntwa 



The tiatinbal board deflakvdj 



that I'resideillj lirowu had sh< wn! 



unusual geni$s in liariiioniilnKi 



the variout elements of the Ih'e* 



stock indtietti) Effective cooip-l 



eration has bk-f'n taade ptissibU fit| 



the terminal^ and the oiTaolza-j 



tion h^ bee(i built construct! ne-l 



^1y ut>on a sbi^nd foufidatiou Tor 



j the orderly I marketing of live 



■stock. , , . I 



Addresses jwere jpade at ibe 



I directors' ro^^ilig by President' 



Bradfute ot ilje A. T. B. F. Jod, 



Walton TeCeel, director of co-ep- 



erative mark(|tlnc. Mr. Bradfate' 



congratulated tiae Producers unon 



their splendid! ^and sound gromb 



and. named the organization las 



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one of the oe^standing examples 



'of co-operatUn. Mr. Pel 



especially ttrg4d a simultaneolas 



I development -^t the sales depi 



ment and fipli serVice work. 



FicKl on I l*'our Marke^^ 



Tlie Producers were fir-^t '*n 



tour markets,, iBuffalo, Indiana |t- 



olis. St. Louls.i fend Peoria, during 



the last two wje^eks of April. 'Tie 



Chicago agency j stood second bo:h 



weeks, while ^ansas-C'ty swuiig 



from eleventh to tenth place dufi- 



Ing the seveDtb and eighth weO^ 



of business. - 



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