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The Illinou Agricultural Association Record 



Come to Urbana for I. A. A. Picnic, June 29th! k 



May IS, 1923 |\ . 



29th!h 



PICNIC AT URBANA 

 IS ^th BY I. A. A. 

 AND FARM^BUREAUS 



Springfield, Dixon and OIney 



Erttertain Farmers During 



Last Three Years 



The state ^picnic just sched- 

 uled l)y the county farm bu- 

 reaiL'^ ami the I. A. A. for Chain- 

 paign-l'rbaua on June 2!) will 

 be the fourth {rreat state-wide 

 pienie held by the Illinois state 

 and' county farm bureau orga- 

 • niziition. '. 



The picnics have already be- 

 conie a' traditipn, looked forward 

 to «ach year. They are more 

 than a mere merry-making: they 

 are* the time of the year when 

 the farm bureau meets, shakes 

 ■ hands, gets acquainted, plays, 

 learns and unites for a better 

 atri^lture, 

 y K|)rini;fleI<I in 19*20 



The fir^t picnic, held in a grove 

 in SS^ngamon County near Spring- 

 field in the summer of 1920, drew 

 a crotrj estimated at eight thou- 

 sand. The first state-wide horse- 

 shoe pit<*hing tournament was 

 held at this picnic. 



The following year, on Septem- 

 ber <. 1921, the state picnic wis 

 held at Di.xon. in Lee Count,v. A 

 crowd of nearly 10,000 by actual 

 count, attended. 



Olney Ijwt Year 

 Last year's state picnic, at 

 Oiney, in Richland County, was 

 given a bad deal by the weather 

 ' TtaiTi Clouds loomed the 

 evening before and descended 

 upon the -crowd on the day ot 

 the pici^c. The result ■ was a 

 crowd of about 5.000 where eas- 

 iJjMwioe this many would other- 

 wise iiave attended, in view of 

 the splendid preparations made 

 by the picnic committee of the 

 county farm bureaus. 



Keiuember tike Dtit«! 

 Biiit never have the I. A. A. 

 and (he county farm bureaus had 

 a more splendid opportunity for 

 the state picnic, than this year. 

 a.e [c,o-operatiop of the College 

 ofNACTimlture and the chance to 

 survBv the'^elds at the university 

 is an aliraction to this y'ear's pic- 

 tLic tpat Ctthnot be over-estimated. 

 '•twin\ cities" are easily 

 \reac>t»d by road from almost any- 

 >iieri'\in centred Illinois. 



ste\tlip dat» in your hat- 

 ■b»^d{\-J"iH 29, at>^Trbana! 



JUNE 29 THE DATE-HERE'S THE PLACE! 



THIS airplane view of Crystal Lake Park at Urbana gives an idea of 

 grounds and the trees and grass. The park offers one of the most 

 any place in the state. 



the beautiful, winding lake on the 

 charming locations for a picnic of 



Alabahm l?apc^ 

 Prais^Work of 



^In sneaking of th 



ijpn <^ 

 leadelrshilKjield by Walton . Pfeteef ■ 

 as" ^irectorNjf Co-operative Mar- 

 • ketiBp with tfevAmerlcan Farm 

 Bur(|»u ^K^e^at^on^"A^e ^AlSkbama 

 FaKdi| Burea^~^ews sauk^na recent 

 issu^ ■ *-^N^ 



"Altbami^lnembera have come 

 in i;d»t^c^>»ru3tjii3 Bis^ijd brainy 

 T,exai». He has o^Ain this state 

 for 9«veral linportantmSBtings and 

 has llnpressed those who met him 

 as one of the ablest men* In the 

 Famti Bureau movement. He has 

 beea^n outstanding figure in the 

 Soutol in cotton marketing, with a 

 txemeindous zeal and energy which 

 mak^ i him the ideal leader in the 

 new liehl he has been called to." 



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Barnyard GolF' Pitching 

 Feature of Each Picnic 



"It's a ringer!" 



This exclamation is one that 

 was heard time and time again 

 at Springfield, Dixon and Olney 

 at the last three I. A. A. picnics. 

 For one of the main events ot 

 these affairs was tl>e state-wide 

 horseshoe pitching tournaments 

 for the state farm bureau cham- 

 pionship. 



In 1920 a cup was put up to 

 be kept for a year by the winners 

 of each tournament. Any team 

 winning it for three consecutive 

 years was to keep it permanently. 



Ed Torbert and Joe Heskett, of 

 the DeWitt County Farm Bureau 



won the trophy all three years 

 and now retain it permanently. 



At the recent meeting ot the 

 general picnic committee at 

 Champaign-Urbana, it was the 

 opinion that the horseshoe pitch- 

 ing tournament should be con- 

 tinued at the picnic this year. As' 

 many counties as possible are 

 urged to enter teams. Only farm 

 bureau members are eligible to 

 play. 



Another trophy will be put up 

 for the championship and more 

 details about the contest will be 

 given in the ne.\t Record. 



Writer Says Farm 

 Bureau Man "Best 

 Mind" At Capital 



What sort of a fellow Is Gray 

 Slither, who' is the head ot the 

 legislative office ot the American 

 Farm Bureau Federation at 

 Washington? More than one Illi- 

 nois farmer has asked himself 

 this question, when he read of 

 the accomplishments ot the Farm 

 Bloc, which was organized by the 

 A. F. B. F. It is answered in 

 "Judge," the issue of March 24, 

 By Herbert Corey, celebrated cor- 

 respondent. 



"There are other organizations 

 which have agents here (in Wash- 

 ington), of course," writes Mr. 

 >(3orey, "but Gray Silver is the 

 best mind ot them all. They 

 compare with him as a yellow 

 tulip, does with the Aurora bore- 

 alis. ■ 



"The only thing that even 

 sounds phony about Gray Silver 

 is his name, and that's real. He 

 is the man who made a majority 

 of the House and Senate deter- 

 mine to raise whiskers and wear 

 boots during the summer vaca- 

 tion. It is not often that Silver 

 uses harsh measures to carry 

 through a plan, but when he 

 does get rough a horseshoer's 

 rasp sounds like velvet. He is 

 essentially an organizer rather 

 than an individualist. 



"He became th« most powerful 



individual engaged in molding 

 legislatKn in Washington — no 

 one who , knows the situation 

 would question that description — 

 because fie could not help him- 

 self. When farmers had no real 

 organization, Gray Silver was 

 made a member of every com- 

 mittee sent to Washington to ask 

 Congress to behave, because he 

 lived near at hand and would 

 pay his own way When the A. 

 F. B. F. determined to take an 

 active hand he came to Washing- 

 ton to stay tour years. He has 

 tried to getr back to his thousand- 

 acre farm in West Virginia and 

 is not let." 



Over Million and 

 Half Fleeces Are 

 Pledged to Pool 



According to C. J. Fawcett, as- 

 sistant manager of the National 

 Wool Warehouse and Storage 

 Company, which handles pooled 

 wool for several states, a total of 

 1,700.000 fleeces are pledged for 

 the 1923 wool pool. The, contracts 

 call for delivery pf wool immed- 

 iately after shearing. 



Mr. Fawcett states that it is 

 quite universally recognized by 

 the wool growers of the west that 

 the pool has been the means of 

 stimulating the price paid in a 

 local way by speculators from 3 to 

 5 cents per pound. In the seasons 

 of 1921 and 1922 the wool pools 



ALL FARM BUREAU 

 FOLKS ASKED TO 

 ANNUAL OUTING 



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INSPECTION FARM 

 PRODUCTS IS AIM 

 OF SDIATE BILL 



Would Especially Benefit 



Fruit Growers; Four 



Main Provisions 



Adviser; Melvin Thomas, Presi- 

 dent Illinois Farm Advisers. 



PROGRAM COMMITTEE — Geo. 

 A. Fo.\, Secretary, I. A. A.; Dean 

 Herbert Mumford, ^ollege of Ag- 

 riculture, University of Illinois; 

 Melvin Thomas; Mrs. H. L. Dun- 

 lap, Savoy, 111. 



PUBLICITY COMMITTEE — L. 

 J. Montross, I. A. A.; J. A. 

 Wright, University of Illinois. 



GAMES AND STUNTS COM- 

 MITTEE — J. W. Watson, Farm 

 Adviser, Piatt County Farm Bu- 

 reau. (Mr. Watson to select 

 assistants. ) 



HORSESHOE COMMITTEE — 

 L. A. Palmer, Champaign; L. J. 

 Montross, I. A. A.; I. A. Madden, 

 Farm Adviser, Sangamon County 

 Farm Bureau; J A. Wright, Uni- 

 versity ot Illinois. 



ACCOMODATIONS AND IN- 

 FORMATION COMMITTEE — M. 

 I. Coldwell, Champaign; Lloyd 

 Rovelstadt, Champaign; Lloyd 

 Lamkins, Champaign. 



GROUNDS COMMITTEE — J. E. 

 Smith, Champaign; Ed Filspn, C. 

 H. Oathout; Melvin Thomas. 



POLICE, TRAFFIC AND PARK- 

 ING COMMITTEE — John Gray, 

 Champaign. 



FEEDS AND FEEDING c6m- 

 MITTEE — C. H. Oathout. 



FINANCE COMMITTEE — Ed 

 Filson, J. E. Johnson, R. A. 

 Cowles, J. L. Ascher, E. J. Holt- 

 erman. 



May be Changes 



It is possible that changes may 

 be made in these committees. 



The next issue of The Record 

 will carry a full report of fur- 

 ther plans for the picnic. 



were very successful, returning to 

 the growers substantial increase 

 above the price obtainable loctlly 

 at shearing time. 



At least ten states are or- 

 ganizing for the co-operative mar- 

 keting of potatoes under the Pe- 

 teet-Sapiro plan. 



A bill for an act to authorize 

 the director of the Jllinois De- 

 partment of Agriculture to es- 

 tablish inspection and standard- 

 *ization service for all kinds of 

 atrricultural and horticultural 

 products, to standardize con- 

 tainers therefor, and to employ 

 inspectors, was recently intro- 

 duced into the Illinois Senate 

 by Senator William S. Jewell, 

 Fulton county. 



This act will enable growers to 

 take advantage of the Federal 

 law which provides for shipping 

 point iiispection. It cannot be 

 used in Illinois with existing ma- 

 chinery. 



The passage of the bill is 

 especially desired by Illinois fruit 

 and vegetable growers in that it 

 is especially applicable to per- 

 ishable products. In the past, 

 some unscrupulous buyers have 

 rejected shipments for unwar- 

 ranted reasons when they could 

 profit thereby. Shipping point 

 inspection will protect the grower 

 as it insures the condition of the 

 products before transportation. 

 With this service, the grower will 

 be protected from unwarranted 

 rejections, as previous . inspection 

 by licensed U. S. inspectors will 

 make the shipment the property 

 of' the buyer when quotation is 

 accepted. 



Four Matn Provisions 

 There are four main provisions 

 which characterize the bill. First, 

 it establishes an inspection divis- 

 ion under the Department of Ag- 

 riculture. Second, it provides for 

 the establishment of standards 

 for all agricultural products fol- 

 lowing a hearing and after proper 

 notice has been given. It also 

 sets standards Ht containers. 



Third, it authorizes the em- 

 ployment of inspectors, the rais- 

 ing of fees to pay for inspection, 

 and co-operation with the United 

 States Department of Agricultu"e I 

 in carrying out the provisions of 

 the bill. Fourth, it authorizes 

 the appropriation of funds to 

 carry out the work. 



.\mend Apple Law 

 Senator Jewell has also intro- 

 d'uced into the Senate an amend- 

 ment to" the apple grading law 

 which was passed two years ago. ' 

 It will make the law conform to 

 the grading rules now in use by 

 the United States Department ot 

 Agriculture. 



As it now stands, the apple law 

 allows the grower to grade his 

 products in accordance with the 

 U. S. Sulzer Act instead of the 

 Illinois act, if he so desires. The 

 Sulzer act is now obsolete and 

 the department of agriculture Is 

 using another ttpple grading rule. 

 The amendment introduced into 

 the Senate ot Illinois will allow 

 Illinois apple growers to grade 

 under present U. S. standards It 

 desired. 



The Fruit and 'Vegetable Mar- 

 keting Department of the I. A. A. 

 is strongly supporting these two t}: 

 measures in behalf of growers. 



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