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« lUinoIs Agricultural Association Record 



IlliDoi* Agricultural Association 



RECORD 



Piihlishfd iwic- a month by .tllP 

 IliirioK^ AKru-ultunil AasO'-iation. 

 6'»Jt >onth l'-.irl>orn Sir-i-r. fhj.-;iK". 

 Iliuiois." KOilt'ti l.y N.-WS f'ljl.ln'ity 

 Dvpartmt-lLt. L. J. Moiitr<»H4. l>irri-tor. 



Entry as, 9*m;oiii( i-^-Sits iiTatt^r <>ft 

 l'». iy21. at *t1i»- I'osi offi<'-'-' ;.i <;iii- 



"■aKO. ifllJlOi*. UIMltT thf ii*-t of 



Mnr.-li 3. 1»7d.. Ai'Oiptnnii' for rnnil- 



:iiii>if.rlz..l 0.-r. 31 



r>< fc.l,.r Tl. M)17. 



}i-i>^ '___ ,; ._ _ __ . 



KtT«» intliv.'lu.'tl m» nit't-rshj'i* ff- nf 

 ';>»■■ nljiMii^ \i:r,i -i;;! ural A.'iso-ri- 

 rtoti is-Ji\«- .U'rlrir- a yt-ar. Ttus 

 'i-p i:'<>hi.l.-i I ,(>T»i • T or tt'i» (.tiTs 

 ■er siihS'Tii"! fi t * 111- illinois Ai;- 

 •truU-ira A!<?o-;i'i"i. fl.-.'T'l 



OKi-'ici;i:s 



?fslA.'pV S- H, T!i"n>1-so.j'. Aiii^-y 



Mm at sjif'-irrfl'j-at.-S' ni postaK*' pro- 

 vi'I«hI for iii'.<»!..l).'r. 11";;. \.l 



,V.V.-t:.ry '). 

 rr<-*asui ■•V. U 





•..vi;fi TIM <(>M>ii-nKi; 



It;' r •imif>-i"ti.il I'i-lrirls 



i:i- jirr.rv _M.'i., inii, Mapl'- I'.irk- 

 th-i'. ^" T- llo. K Uo.kror.!. 

 .►,— !•. f >■:..•). I-. ro'.ith- l'o;.>, 

 'I'. ^ «■.'*;. 11 ■(■■ly. r-Ti Uyron. 



.ti.-Vi. 1-; <'.,.■■■•,::' u.M'P-'i''- 



■'.111 — i;. ':. '-.■•'^r. M-li.Jola. 

 7l'i — F n ^:t?-t"-'. <'orii*-H- 

 ^th- V. i: .K,r%\- II..f.i>.-st"ii. 



lli--T». J I' .^T. rwii->. Satlorus. 



th— Karl J. .-iiiKh. l>-tr"it. 

 Idt" I-:. U (•■iri.'ii. Carl'iu iti'-. 

 ;?t.<l — St-.iiil.-v I'-isti.'. AIto.B. 

 Tlr>l— >:arlto^i Trill I'll-. Trimbl". 

 4tli -*"(irl An.i*-rsoM. Xi-T.ia. 

 5th — V.TTion L»-snlfy. Sparta. 



Direrfnr* i>f nci>ariiiienls, 

 I. A. A. Ofllre 



ti**noral Om.-e an.i Assistant to h'-'-- 

 loturv J. IV M.vriMr. Ki- M Oreani::- 

 tt J «'. Sailor: < irnan ization >*u'>- 

 iji.-ity '';. K M.-4ZKfr. N»-ws I'liMn-- 

 itv. I- J. MoTitr.fcs; Tr:niSi>orl:a i'»n. 

 , J <J«as.-y; Statist!, s, J C. Wat- 

 son KtnaM''*. K. A ("owlcs: Kriiil 

 [111 WicftaM** MarkttiiiK <" , K 

 ! inrst : Liv.- Sti»ck Market :ns. C. A. 

 :t<-w;irt. Hairy M:»rk»-t inii. A. I>. 

 jLvii'!! : Phosphatr l.init <t«.iif. J. U. 

 B',-nt T.« .inl. .N>wtnn J.-nkin!*- 



SIDNEY ANDERSON 

 SLATED TO SPEAK 

 AT I. A. A. PICNIC 



<».'ontiP(i«'i trinii 



",< 



farm transportation. Concrpss- 

 illan A-tui.Tsoii lii'.s tli«' ro^^P'fi ami 

 dlmiralion of (arim rs all «v.<r the 

 iDunirVj, He is,"fariiier-iiiindoil." 

 iiprosvnts an ai;jiciilniral foiisii- 

 tiiency anil !'.a"s an <n\ iablo n pu- 

 t^tion as a speaker. He will, brius 

 real niesaa!;e to the picnic. 

 Meetings of several of tlio com- 

 I litters wliicli are planning for the 

 icriic liu'vi' bPin held litirins; the 

 1 1 St lwi> we«'ks. 



■\rranj;enients have beea^mado 



devote a part of the proipram, 



IHSsihly on tlie evenins; prededin-- 



picnic, to the rural iHinisters 



Illinois. .\ nuhilw^r of pastors 



riive already niydo arrangenients 



conie.^ 1 



The* ;;rounds ooir.nii|teft has 



irted ii.s work at Crystal Lake 



irk'. , .Vrran^ements are hein^ 



ttadP for the parking of cars and 



£[r the ljorseslic>e piteliini.- courts. 



Castle Is New 

 Member of I. A. A. 

 Executive Body 



'Stanley Ca-stie. .-Mton. president 

 .the Madison County Kami Hu 

 fjau, is the liow niemb--r of the 

 A. .\. Executive Coniitiltlee 

 itti (>«• 22nd District to succeed 

 P' i-d yauinberi-'er. Fieno. wh^h re- 

 si ;ned in .\pril. 



.Mr. Castle was itlected, to the 

 psitiiV w the voting dpietates 

 o' the district at a meetins: at 

 Eist St. l.ouis in May. He is 

 a prominent grain farmer of 

 IHiidison county and an out.-itand- 

 ; irj: worker for the farnx bureau. 

 L':d-n his leaddrsliip the lladi- 

 scii County Farm Bureau ha.s de- 

 \, v« oped into one of the strontest 

 aifil most 'successful county or- 

 S;l lizations Ud lUinois. 



/. A. A.^ Has Department To Solve 

 1 Producers' Live Stock Problems 



Trt keeping with iit.s aim to liiriii><h .sorviop to farm Imreaii 



meirtliers'in all iiiiportaiil 



iioi 



|)liases--iif Illinois airric-iiltiiie. Hie [11 

 Ai.'i'iei:ltiiral Assdciatiiiiu lias fi'oin tlie start iiiaiiitaiiieil a 

 LiviJ Stock MiirUetii'iir l)i'| urtiin'iit. ('uiitiiuiiii;: the policy laid 

 iliiwli iliiriii^' ♦lie tirM t.wo. .vears of the operation of'tliis depart- 

 miiil. the work liasliee^ iliviileil into tliree <:eiieral lines of ae- 

 llvillies :': tiV't. live shick Uii rketini;: seeoipl. tlie wool iiool ; thii'il, 

 •_'ein ral iietivities. I 



li> far ihe most ilnpoiMant work is in the division of live stock 

 ilKuketini:. Here tvii aueucies eiili-r lar.i-'ely into co-operative niar- 

 ketiij-. ;"irs1. tlierp i(rB irte •*■'''» cotinminities of the State which are 



June 1, 1923 



S4'rv(|d .by loeiil co-op<*rativi> 



terininal inarLkeis in vthi^h II linois shippers are most interested. Oii- 



ei'ssf.i! prothirerowin 

 under a natimial pkiii 



Tti. 

 ,V. I. 

 nior.t 

 both 

 laaik 

 ory 

 main 

 sent 

 and 

 tion 

 iims 



l!.i-i .'^1. I.imis, Imliaika 



I Iliad 



hipping associations. Second, tlu- four 



olis and Peoria, are now served by suc- 

 op, 'rated Selling agencies fmictiouiii,. 



[. A. 



lip of: l|l,1 



vo .Slock .Markeljijit; f)ijpart 

 toiliese nip.rketink a^ei^cies, 

 I 



oeal and at . tpe tqriliinal 

 Is. is l:ir:;ely of an' ;«ilvis- 

 ^ir c'lnsiillinu n:i|ure iand is 

 lined b> bi-morithly bitters 

 ro 1,1, e boards Of directors 



::ivenl 



inus 



inin.u 



;)f which Ci 

 It). pii»st 



i.jiiKi:.! IS ef all the asaocia- 

 and '-ilso by meajus of i^ieet- 

 alt' iided direotit by C. A. 

 Stewirt. Director of the' pet>art- 

 mentl I .1 



.Ml possible info^-matiloil is 

 botli by mail aid at' ilieet- 

 and sucttcstio a are i«ade. 

 Itiu lliisiness |><>iie 

 Mapy of the larger local tehip- 

 associations of !lllin(>i;f do 

 a yeiirly business of from $pnn.-' 

 01)0 lo $150,000. while somje of 

 tlie 1 arrest have handled busi- 

 ne.sB |to the extent olf $50i).iiOll 

 annuilly. The four ti-niinal 

 marki;ts in which HHnois i4 in-. 

 terest|cd reci'ive U|i ti) forty[ per 

 cent i)f thejr total re^ieipts from 

 shippinu associations. ' fully ihalf 

 conies from this utiite. 

 communitiei seryefi by 

 shippijni; associafions, ' the .isso- 

 riatio^i ranks in amount of busi- 

 ness (lone as the most important 

 businiss in the comm(inHy. The 

 I. .\. A, Live Stock i MarkeitinK 

 Departi^ent. thereforo. has I al- 

 ways advocated the ijse (if ^ ^he 

 most riffective business! principles 

 and ttiPthods. The Oepartitient 

 reconi nends that assooiailonsi in- 

 corporate and assist thpm in that 

 respect, as incorporation syives a 

 standi iK as aii orj-'anization and 

 liability of 'members, ; 

 Department alBo ' re<feni- 

 bondini; of niana.qern and 

 einploi-eB handlinK funds and ad- 

 vocatep the best methods of ae- 

 countift.c. ■; 



iteiioris .Asked 

 Ueosnizinj; that one of the 

 trenieudous problems, affectine 

 the juosjierity of the' Illinois live 

 industry is the inabilitT to 

 EC receipts at the terminal 

 markets, the Department has ask 

 ed reports from local shipping as- 

 sociations at frequ»-nt intervals. iVi 

 order to work toward a program 

 of preventing.' fli^ftuatlon in re- 



limits 



The 



liieads 



stock 

 stabil 



ceipts 



and the accompanying fluc- 



tuation in prices. 



In "o-operation with the Ex 

 tensioi Service of the College of 

 .\griciilture. schools oif instruc- 

 tion for associations ' are held 

 from ;iine to time iii difterent 

 parts of the .state. " At these 

 .school; the most efBcient methpds 

 of hai dling live stock, methods 

 of (^r; aiiization and !other in- 

 iformat on of benefit is given out. 



Whi « the Live St-ock .Market- 

 ing Department and thi .1. A. A. 

 in general took a prominent part 

 in the lettin.g up and financin-. of 

 the foir live stock conirais.slon 

 firms in which Illinois fan.<er:, 

 are most interested, no official 

 connection is any longer main- 



tained with them. Thi»y are dis- 

 tinct organizations. .\llhoU'-li they 

 do ^ot place a premiiini upon 

 Farm fSureau membership, it is 

 a recognized fact tkat most of 

 their support conies from farm 

 bureau members and shi|iping as- 

 sociations alliliated with the 

 movement, and it is to the ad- 

 vantage of both that close rela- 

 tions he maintained.* The De- 

 partment, therefore, keeps as 

 closely in touch with the four 

 sellin.g, agencies as possible. 



<\>iiiplaints Filed 



The Departnient. however, 

 always representing foremost the 

 producers and local shipping as 

 sociations. In all questions wliicli 

 arise they may depend U[)on the 

 Departnient for all possible as- 

 sistance. This is especially true 

 in complaints filed ngaisst old 

 line companies or the Producers. 

 Many times, because of the inti 

 mate knowledge which the De. 

 jiartment has of terminal mar 

 kitting methoits, satisfactory ex 

 plaiuition can be offered without 

 further investigation. At other 

 ^tiines such complaints have led 

 to an investigation which result- 

 ed beneficially to all pailies cod- 

 o'rned. 



The \V<KiI h'ool 



The I. A. A. wool pool, han- 

 dled by the Live Stock .Market- 

 ing Department, has been in op 

 eration live years and has gone 

 through many of the vicissitudes 

 which accompany the develop 

 ment of any new enterprise 

 From this experience an' effective 

 plan has been devised, A con 

 tract ii now entered into with 

 the National Wool Warehouse 

 and Stiu-age Company, of Chicago 

 authorfting them to act as de- 

 pository and selling agency for 

 Illinois wools, Illinois producers 

 are thus able to have the advan- 

 tages of marketing their wool 

 with the 7, 000, 000. to 27,000,000 

 pounds marketed yearly from 

 other states. This large scale 

 handling has meant a distinct 

 saving. 



Early each year the Depart- 

 ment enters into contracts for 

 sacks and twine so as not to lose 

 on a possible rise in the market^,- 



Watch Gratline 



.\ representative of the Depart- 

 ment watches the grading of the 

 woo! at the warehouse as closely 

 as possible, even though there is 

 no doubt of the reliability of the 

 graders. The Department is con- 

 sulted before any sale of wool is 

 niade and in cases there is any 

 doubt as to what decision should 

 be made the owners of the wool 

 are consulted. ^ 



Despite the fact that the pool 

 has been operating in the fluctua- 

 tions of the post-war fluctuation 

 period, questionnaires from the 

 counties have shown that every 

 year pool prices have generally 

 been higher than local prices. 



ST, LOUIS DISTRICT 

 MARKETING PLAN IS 

 PROPOSED AT MEET 



E. 



C, A, STEWART 



A rapid advance in wool dur- 

 ing -jfhe fail of 1921. after the 

 pool had been sold, resulted in 

 some dissatisfaction. This ad- 

 vance, however, was n"t Justified 

 by iirevailing conditions and 

 there was no way to forecast it. 

 Sale of UlaiikeiM 



In 1920 and 1921 the Depart- 

 ment, in order to And an outlet 

 for wool at a time of iioor de- 

 mand, had thousands of pounds 

 made into blankets to be sold to 

 members at cost. This realized 

 growers a higher Hrice than they 

 could otherwi.se have obtained at 

 the time and furnished blankets 

 at a figure comparable to city 

 wholesale prices, saving the buy- 

 er, too. Some of these blankets 

 are still on hand and are^being 

 distributed by the Department. 

 (ieneral rr(>.iecls 



The general activities of the 

 Department include various mat- 

 ters in which producers over the 

 State are interested. lAvi stock, 

 freight rates are handb d by the 

 I. A. A. Live ' Stock and Trans- 

 portation Departments, co-operat- 

 ing. An active part has lieen 

 taken in an attempt to get a re- 

 duction on mixed shipment rale«. 



The Department has filed an 

 application with the TariH Com- 

 mission for the reduction of the 

 exorbitant tarjft on 'Canadian cat- 

 tle. This move was prompted by 

 protests from Illinois feeders. 



The Departpient workf with 

 countii s which! are handling hog 

 cholera serum and virus for mem- 

 bers, being represented on the 

 committee which recommended to 

 counties the company best fitted 

 tor handling the Illinois bust 

 uess. A number of conferences 

 have beeii held with the State 

 ■Veterinarian on farmer vaccina- 

 tion. The Departnient is repre- 

 .sented, with farm bureaus, the 

 University and the State Depart 

 ment of .V^riculture on a com 

 mittee working out a plan for a 

 better distribution in Illinois of 

 serum and virus, especially as to 

 distribution from jobbing houses 



Work is being done on the 

 subject "of direct contact between 

 the cattjie feeder and Western 

 producers, as the present method 

 of distributing feeders is becom- 

 ing more and more unsatisfac- 

 tory and losses among cattle pur- 

 chased at the terminal are in- 

 creasing yearly. -The attention of 

 the U. S. Department of Agri 

 culture has been called to these 

 problems. 



"We are an.\|ousIy looking for 



■ ' i >. 



B. Heaton. of A. f . B. F., 



.Heads Committee For 

 Dairy Co-operation 



At a nieetin? of the iiiHk pro- 

 iliieers' advisory comiiiittee of 

 the St. Louis district, lu-ld at 

 Kiist St. Louis, E. B. Heatoiij, 

 Dui'-luf of Dairy .Markelinn f(,r 

 the A. V. B. F.. wa.s cleeted 

 eliairnian and A, K, liidiardson 

 seeretar-y. Tlic otlhT ineniliers 

 of tlie eominiitee are : 



Ceo. A. Fox, Secretary of the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association; 

 •lolni L. liol.ind. President of the 

 .Missouri Farm Hureau Fcileration; 

 Piarlic Hayoi-aft. President of the 

 Sonihein Illinois .Milk Producers' 

 .\ssociation. 



'ilr. Heatoii presented Ihe fol- 

 lowing jilan as the basis tor re- 

 orgunizing the district for the co- 

 oiierativ'e distribution of .dairy 

 liroducts: 



,i'' ,?!''^'. """ property standing of 

 vVIi, ■'',"";'" -. ■'^''ssourl Co-operative 

 .v.ilk Mark.[i„K Company 1.,- maiii- 

 ..iiriiil l.y 11,,. Issue of preferred 

 .-lo.-k.to laniier ereditors. 



-'- riial all lUreetors of the mar 

 k-liiim lotnpany sul.mit their rosiir- 

 iiajioM.s to th,- eommiltee. 



■'.. Tiiat the eoutilry rert.jvine 

 .-'atioti property of the markctiiiS 

 ■ompaiiy l„..aold to local eo-opt-ra- 

 I.V.- a.saoclatjong. 



i.i.tv .,''"'',■■'' "', "el'l- organizer he em- 

 .lo>,.,l l.y the niarketine .-ompnny 

 looK.atl.-r the proji-rty of the 

 'on.pany ami to Ji.ssisl in the for- 

 mation of loial assoeiatlons. etc 



ateiv stall '■'i"'?'''w""' ''^' 'mnieili- 

 ai. l> start.-.l looking forwanl to 



,-ri, "■"'"?;""!' "'■ ■■'■ non-stoek. noa- 

 S I o'n'ii-""".'- r".'"-" "Kcney for Iho 

 'n nv, ,'o I "s riel and that this-- 



••'.lloul'ng IhlV^'s: '"■'"'''"•' ^'"""^ "■«.: 

 lai Th.i formation of local ro- " 

 • litr.ative non-stoek and non-profit 

 issm-latmns at all shipping points 

 ^ the ., strut having a minimum 



, I ;■ '^i ""*"";'' pounds of mik 

 Phall iTll''^" 'ocal asso,riation» 

 r, '?l,ii, ' * "r '■"'"' "■" Pur!-h.aj,e a 

 si. o*",""'-' '^rop^rty of sumrient 



istLe i.ri.r"... '"V. "^''O'-iation shall 



-.i-fn!-'."::,™?;;;'. ""•■'' "■ «"»"« ■»• 



h-i'v'e ih'",.'"i.,''^'i*' =>»S''clations shall 

 i.ne the lo.al prodnrera as mpni- 

 l.ers sien an enforreal.le eontraet 

 (■p. "»^ the provision.s In. which shall 

 III A provision that when -I 

 i eevi" !'„' ::' 'J'.'' ,"""' "'ilk pro- 



v h 'li „i 1 »™"="- associations 

 mil iri.nti.-al contracts the title to 



■•.iiK"r'ea ;^ ',", ^'""' ""'' 'h'- "lilk 

 -1 1 nnn i^ofl '* central non-stock 

 .11111 iion-profli assoeiatlon to be 



iTe.atefl. 



(2) A provision also that when 

 till- central association hoBins to 

 1 unction that the local association 

 niii-jt base the local liiiildlnc anij 

 r.-al estate to the central .associa- 

 tion, the central association to own 

 all etiniptnent. 



(■<< A provision that a commit- 

 tee conipoacd of all the farm ail- 

 viscrij and county asrents of the St. 

 l.ouis district. Bhall dctcrnirnc when 

 .1 per cent of the total milk in the 

 ihstrict is represented by contracts 

 with local associations. 



14) Fntil a new markotinff asso- 

 ciation is created the Southern Illl- 

 nriis Milk iVodiicers Association 

 ■iliaM liari-'am with the dealer!! for 

 tlie sale of the milk in the district. 



iro When the new marketing as- 

 sociation is created it shall enter 

 into contract, with the Illinois-Mis- 

 souri Co-opurjitlve Milk Marketlne 

 Company for pse of the property of 

 tliat companyiwith the understand- 

 ing: that its property may he ab- 

 sorbed by the new company or made 

 .a subsidiary. 



suggestions wherein this Depart- 

 ment may be of benefit to the 

 producer," says one of the bulle- 

 tins from the I. A. A. Live Stock 

 Marketing Department. "If you 

 have any problems, send them in. 

 Jf this Departtaent cannot help 

 you solve them, it may be pos- 

 sible to place you in contact with 

 some agency which can be of as- 

 sistance. We want all the live 

 stock interests of the State to 

 realize and appreciate that this 

 Department has been created for 

 the sole purpose of assisting the 

 producer, particularly with h'' 

 marketing problems," 



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