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 m 



\l BILL 



I Benefit 

 Four 

 ons 



) authorize 

 Uinois De- 

 ture to es- 

 [ standard- 

 1 kinds of 

 irtieultural 

 rdize con- 

 to employ 

 itly infro- 

 ois Senate ' 

 S. Jewell, 



growers to 

 lie Federal 

 3r shipping 



cannot be 

 xisting ma- 



he bill is 

 llinois fruit , 



in, that it Vi* 

 le to per- 



the past, 

 lyers have 

 or unwar- 

 they could 

 ping point 

 the grower 

 tion of the 

 isportation. 

 ;rower will J ', 

 ^warranted 

 . inspection 

 ectors will 

 e property 

 lotation is 



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ons 



rat, 1 



vis- i* 



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sions 



provisions 

 bill. First 

 lion divi 

 ent of Ag- 

 rovides for 



standards 

 jducta fol- 

 fter proper 

 It also 

 tainers. 

 the em- i 

 the ralB- 

 inspection, I 

 the United j 

 ^gricultu-e f 

 ovisions of 



authorizes 



funds to , 



also Intro- 

 an amend- 

 ading law 

 years ago. 

 :onform to 

 in use by 

 irtment of 



apple law 

 grade bis 



with the 

 ad of the 

 sires. The 

 iolete and 

 Iculture is 

 iding rule, 

 luced into 

 will allow 



to grade 

 andards It 



Uble Mar- 

 ie I. A. A. 



these two 

 growers. 





IllinoisAgriculturdJAssociaiion 



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' Volume 1 



June 1, 1923 



Nmfebcr 6 



"CO-OP" BILL UP FOR FINAL VOTE IN HOUSE 



Attempt To CrijipleAct] \ 

 With Amendments Ftit^s 



SIDNEY ANDERSON 

 SLATED TD SPEAK 

 AT I. AJ. PICNIC 



Committees IMeet To Make 



Arrangements For Big 



Outing of June 29 



f ' 



PASTORS INVITED 

 TO PICNIC 



A special ■invitation has been 

 issued to rural pastors of Illi- 

 nois to attend the I. A. A. State 

 Picnic at Urbana, June 29, to be 

 held in co-operation with county 

 farm bureaus and the College 

 of Agriculture. A special pro- 

 gram is to be arranged for the 

 ministers, accoromg to plans or 

 the General Picnic Committee. 

 Many ministers have already an- 

 nounced that they would attend. 



The General Picnic Commit- 

 tee urges that each county farm 

 bureau do all within its power 

 to bring out its rural pastors. 

 "There's always room for one 

 more" in the flivver — see to it 

 that your minister gets a ride to 

 l-rbana on June 29. He'il be 

 just ag>' interested in us and our 

 work as we are in him and his. 



h^idiioy A-ndcrson,. Con<;ress- 

 man from Minnesota and known 

 country-wide as Cluiirmancff the 

 Coiuiiiission of Agricultural In- 

 quiry, will be the speaker at the 

 I. A. A. State Picnic at Urbana, 

 June 29, if ^arran<;ement.s which 

 have been niade can be later con- 

 firmed. While Congressman 

 An.'lerson's acceptance of the 

 date is not yet official, it can be 

 announced thdt h^ will be at Ur- 

 bana on "the big day" if there 

 is any possibility. 



For his work in the Commission 

 of Agricultural Inquiry, especially 

 (Continued on page 2) 



A. F. B. F. Calls 

 Egg Marketing 

 Meeting May 28 



A national egg marketing con- 

 ference was called for May 28 at 

 the Hotel Sherman, Chicago, by 

 the American Farm Bureau Fed- 

 eration. It was planned, accord- 

 ing to a resolution passed by the 

 A. F. p. F. at Its last annual meet- 

 ing, to develop plana for the cen- 

 tralized marketing of eggs and 

 poultry. 



RepresentatlTes of state farm 

 bureau federations, of agricultural 

 colleges and of the agricultural 

 press were Invited. 



HE FEEDS THEM ALL ! 



AVitli all unfavojjiiblc aini-niluH-irts killwd, the 'IHinois t;Q-i}p- 

 erative Jliirketing bill was ort the ordtrjof final pas.sai.'e in' the 

 House at Spriiiglield at Jhe time this ts.*ie of The RVcoid tH-ent 

 to press and will undoubtedly, be final^- [vested upon a few dnys 

 later. 



Supporters of the measure in the Ildufie rolled up a' voti '. 

 resultetl ill tablin-.r a stiecf^ion of anf<i(lments which lad 



t'leir real jpurpose the eripiilins: of the bilL Only cnce ws 

 call necesijarj' to defeat an amendiiientj 



It had peen widttly predicted about SprijigReld that the chie aVtack 

 on the bill would IJB in the way of amendbi4nts. but the two-lour ob- 

 slaughfon the measure in the House founq the defense invulne -able. 



Six proposed anjcndmeni.s. in all. werei dptvned 



As the [measure stood after the barragb i>t ilmendmeuts It can-ied 

 no feature lobjectionable to its backers. 



The bill has already been passed by tlK {Secate by a deci^ve ! nub- 

 jority. I 



which 



for 



a. roll 



9th ''Co-op'' Yards Firm 

 Is Opened At Cleveland 



The ninth Producers' Co-op- 

 erative Live Stock Commission 

 Association has been 'opened by 

 the National Live Stock Produc- 

 ers' Association at Cleveland, 

 Ohio. Farmer-owned and oper- 

 ated selling agencies are now 

 functioning at Chicago, East St. 

 Louis, Peoria. Indianapolis. Buf- 

 falo, Fort Worth, Kansas City, 

 Cleveland and Sioux Falls. 



Carbondale Milk 

 Producers Form 

 New Co-operative 



Milk distributors of the city of 

 Carbondale, Jackson county, met 

 with the Dairy Marketing Depart- 

 ment of the I. A. A. in May to 

 effect the organization of the Car- 

 bondale Co-operative Milk Pro- 

 ducers Association. 



Officers elected by members of 

 the new company were Arthur 

 Parrish, president, and Harry 

 Atherton, secretary-treasurer. 



The association was organized 

 to bring about a better under- 

 standing between the distribut- 

 ors, to advertise the value of 

 milk products as food, and to 

 stabilize milk market prices in 

 Carbondale. 



Other agencies are to be started 

 soon at Oklahoma City, Cincinnati 

 and probably other terminal mar- 

 kets. 



On the last week before publica- 

 tion the Producers' agencies were 

 first on five markets. Chicago han- 

 dled 300 cars, or 5.87 per cent of 

 the total receipts, Indianapolis, 

 203 cars, or 26.16 per cent of the 

 total receipts, Buffalo 74 cars and 

 Fort Worth 100 cars. ' 



The Peoria Producers received 

 twenty-two cars and ranked first. 

 At East St. Louis the Producers 

 ranked second with 217 cars. 



THE WATCMtOG" 



How earn a farmer, busy with 

 his :Crops and untrained in the 

 technicalities of transportation 

 matters, know that he isn't 

 paying too much freight when 

 he ships? Unless he is one 

 out of a million, he can't. But — 



Evefl if he can't, his county 

 farm bureau and the I. A. A. are 

 on the job with men who make 

 it their business to know and 

 to safeguard the member's in- 

 terests. This story tells how 

 many a farmer is saving the 

 price of his membership on a 

 shipment of hogs or cattle be- 

 cause his bureau and the I. A. 

 A. were on the Job! 



Conference Of 

 Producer Heads 

 Held May 25-26 



A contetence of the manaKers 

 ot" the various Producers Co<>per- 

 atlve Live i Stock Commission As- 

 soclatipna now operated on nine 

 markets iwas called at Chicago. 

 May 25 and 26 by President John 

 G. Brown df the National Live 

 Stock Producers .\ssociation. 



-f-* 



LIVE STOCK R*l 

 REDUCED FOLLOWING 

 PROTEST OFI. A. A. 



m. 



9WINI 



rcdiictini 



.Vii average r 

 !t'11.2.'i <«(i a car of cattle, 

 (in a qait of hogs, and $'!' 

 a car (i|f ."ihcep from points 

 Wabasjh i Uailroad west i 

 Illinoit; |{iivcr to Ea.st St 

 has bci'iij tiniotinced, fi " 

 pnitcst H'tcjred on the 

 rates bji- tlie Tr 

 .Serviol' ^ the Illinois 

 tiiral .|V«>ociation. 



... of 



$1t).62 

 .73 on 

 oiij the 

 of ; the' 

 IXiuiii 



)lk w 



ing a 



former 



anspt^naltioa 



rjcuU 



i! gr 



Tli» fi-fluclior is now in 

 ' Kabird hi IRSl 



In th»- fK-ilK ot la:! tlio 

 ratlin- liiiii htiKfi from poi 

 of ihv Iiituoia i;iv*-.r to <;ih 

 oriH afidl jl'I.ist St. L.ouis 



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 I'ortlatU- 



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DID YOU KNOW-? 



THAT there are 580 local co-operative live stock shipping 

 associations in Illinois, many of which are the largest busi- 

 ness institutions in the communites they serve? Turn to 

 Page Two and read how the Live Stock Marketing Department 

 of the I. A. A. aims to give the most complete service possible 

 to these associations and ' to «H farm bureau live stock pro- 

 ducers. 



Did you know that at Waukegan is the only producer-con- 

 sumer co-operative company in Illinois, doing a flourishing and 

 profitable business? Read on Page Three about this remark- 

 able leaf in the history of farmer co-operation ,and the part 

 played in it by the I. A. A. I 



4't"Ut 25 per f<-nt 

 tk ith an - Intt 

 nnuKBioti ordt-r. 

 \\\' il>.a8h inor«'-aKod 

 from poiils'on th-ir line 

 ihf riv<rl to Knsl St.. IxiiT 

 canu' ^as s as- on poibtR vat 

 nvt-r. Tit !• A. A.,*" on. ci 

 trom <h< HaTieOf K Coitnt; 

 HurctiiL or-ok up the mattPi 

 jl, A. A. PtaT.-^fs 

 Not ♦i»1>" Hancock County 

 pointi* km rtho Wabash woh) 

 Hliiioi^ lUvt-r to Kast St 

 wrro niv wlvid. Tt was" 

 thi> I. A. V **ifit thf r.-rt.rs 

 Phoop jin« hoys Wt-rc out 

 thi« tf*rrit^ry. ^^ 



Fnllokvliijt-- the ftfolfst o) 



A., the. railroad ma«l«' an njjj i 

 r*ilucinp t*iL- r.T!' « ai-i'i^i 

 five co»itiiP^>r hundr«-*l 

 oattle, tBhijceiitP OH ho*r8 

 rents ofei iheep. 



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Mid- West States 

 Hold Economic 

 Meet At Chicago 



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tatra 



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 i.>,the 

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 oti ino 

 liou in 

 lad l-y 

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ni«t>ly 

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.\n AfiVlrultural fifonon i.-s Re- 

 search Conference for MIdd le Vest 

 States it 4a held at the Hot 1 Sher- 

 man. GhifcliKO, on Friday, Olay 18. 

 O. E. IBi>adfute." pre.sident 

 .\nierioan Farm nur*"au 

 tion, acted as chairman. 



Taxation was discussed ^y 

 WatsoB. of the lUinoh) 

 tural .4sf<f«ij»tioB. 



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