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The Illinou Agrictiltural AsaodatSon Record 



Jane 1, 1923 



Two -Week Farm Outings For the City Tots 



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F. B. FOLKS ASKED 

 TOPLAYJIOSTTO 

 KIDDIES OF SLUMS 



I. A. A. Co-operates For Third 



Year In Providing Farm 



Outings For Children 



' It| mijdity hot down on 

 Soutl Hhlsted street, in Chi- 

 casro^ iliirin-r •July and August. 

 One I lias only to walk through 

 fhf isnenieiit district thcry on 

 a s^illry aCternoon to understand 

 Mhyj io many hahies of the cit.v 

 die I efore they've ever had a 

 thanie at life or why so many 

 ofheif; f»n>w up «tiuited to a life 

 of pi^ierty or worse. 



Bu^ out~ in the country, out in 

 the ♦;)eu air — even two weeks a 

 year i if eSuntry life offer a chance 

 to\otie of these unfortunate "kids 

 of th(«i slants. 



j I. .V. A. Heliiins 



The Illinois Agricultural Asso- 

 ciatio 1 has tor the past two years 

 co-opi rated with the fnited Chari- 

 ties ff Chlchgo, the city's largest 

 non-si ctariUn charitable organiz; 

 tiou, I uid the Cliicago Daily New 

 tha lirgest i evening newspaper ui 

 the < ty. to provide two-week out- 

 ipgs on the (^rm tor as many 

 jioor i nd destitute city children a.s 

 lK>asiqle. ■ 



IB ^he summer of 1921 more 

 than 800 children were given two- 

 week outings in the homes of 

 members of the farm bureaus ind 

 ,'t'^\^. .V, 4- L-ast )eai 500 were 

 receiv ed. j 



Selects Children 



Th( United Charities selects the 

 chjldren and make^ sure that they 

 art ijorthy. Tljey are given new 

 clothi^s, carefully examined by a 

 physician and generally made 

 brlghi and shining — and sanitary — 

 for tielr outing. The railroads of 

 Illinois furnish free fare within a 

 radius of two hundred miles of 

 the city. 



Th0 mem^^rs Of the 1. A. A. apd 

 the cjounty (arm bureaus are in- 

 vited I to take one or more of 

 these I kiddies, who range in age 

 from :4 to 14. of both sexes, into 

 their i homes for two weeks, If 

 they tare to do so and are Itt-po- 

 sitioni There is no expense at- 

 tached and no reward except the 

 feeling tliat one has been a "good 

 fellow" <o a child who was starv- 

 ing for Qod's fresh air and trees 

 and Crass. 



I Assumes Liability 

 Thi United Charities assumes 

 tlie liability for injury and sick- 

 ness and conducts the children to 

 the station where they are met by 

 the {arm folks. With more than 

 800 tots giveii outings during the 

 last two summers only three com- 

 Idaints have been received. A 

 number of people, on the other 

 band, have put In requests to get 

 back the same children this year 

 that they had last summer and 

 have said that they gained as 

 much from the experience as their 

 xneste. 



I The Daily News contributas 

 money and publicity to the cause. 



Within 200 Mfles? 



EHsewhere on this page is an 

 application, blank which may be 

 conveniently filled in if you care 

 to b* host to one or more sluids 



WHEN A FELLER HAS A FRIEND! 



l-lere art three of the 50O Chicago slums kiddies who were giyen 

 two-week outings in the country last summer in homes of I. A. A. and 

 farm bureau members. The same project is being carried on this 

 summer. An article telling the details of the plan and an application 

 blank will be found elsewhere on this page. 



FARM OUTINGS 



If yow live within two hundred miles of Chicago (the railroads 

 furnish free transportation only within this limit) and, wish to 

 be host some time during July or August to a city boy or girl 

 fcr a two-week outing, the blank below may be filled out. E\se- 

 where on this page will be found an article and a picture giving 

 furtherj details. 



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children dotnt* tli^e in i July or An^^ust. prtferably. 



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.I>ut Wf i-oulil meet the rhi!- 



(I'lease nam-- at least two optional, a tat ions) 



understooJ that the United Charities of Chicago assumes 

 •llity in the case of ac^Hdent or illness to any of the chil- 

 erit to us; however, -we pledge to exercise proper precautions 

 »are and treatment of tjiese children. 



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children this summer. The United 

 Charities allows, so far as possible, 

 you choice of age and sex. It is 

 urged, however that applications 

 be sent ia^ if possible, before June 

 15 or at the latest before July 1. 



The railway offer of free trans- 

 portation, however, is extended 

 only wlthi|n a radius of two hun- 

 dred mile(i from Chicago, so ap- 

 plications cannot be received from 

 pointa farther than 20^^ miles from 

 the city. 



The organization committee of 

 the Minnesota Potato Growers Ex- 

 change has decided that it will not 

 be possible to perfect an efficient 

 marli^ting organization in time to 

 handle the 1923 crop, which will 

 begin to move to market on July 

 15. 



It is necessary to provide ade- 

 quate storage and prompt financ- 

 ing before effective merchandising 

 can be maintstined. All plans will 

 be complete to handle the 1924 

 crop, It is announced. 



Will Your County Have ' 

 a'* Barnyard Golf' Team? 



The Oli'iieral Committee fur 

 the 1. A. A. 'State Picnic to be 

 iield at Urbana, June 20. urj^es 

 that every comity fartu hurea\i. 

 if possible, be represented in 

 tlic big horseshoe pitoliintr con- 

 test to be heirt at the main 

 sports fcatiife of the day. Will 

 vonr coiii.'ty be represented? 



It is realized that the I. A. A. 

 picnic this year precedes most of 

 I lie county farm bureau ^picnics 

 :iik1, tlierefore, that mi>st cumnties 



URBANA TO HAVE 

 MANY JUNE EVENTS 

 BESIDES PICNIC 



Farm Advisers Will Meet; 



Boys' and Girls' Clubs 



To Visit U. of I. 



will have no opportnnity to select 

 ^ county team at their picnic. It 

 is suggested, however, that last 

 year's ch.uHpicns be seat to Ur- 

 bana or that a team he selected 

 hj' farr.i bureau officials. 



The only requirement is that all 

 contestants must be county farm 

 bureftu 'members. A handsome cup 

 is to be presented to the coaiJtjr 

 farm bureau winning the tourna- 

 ment. 



•narnyarir golf" is thoroughly a 

 farmer's game, although today )t 

 is popular in eve^ city in the 

 country. 



See to it that your county is 

 represented in the tournament. 



The annual I. A. A. Picnic, 

 •Tune 29, will be a grand and 

 litting elimax to a series ot 

 several important agricultural 

 meetings in Urbana during the 

 month. 



^rom June 12 to 14, Illinois 

 farrii advisers' T#ill hold their 

 annual meeting at the University 

 of Illinois. County home advis- 

 ers will meet in conference June 

 14-15. _ 



On itrtie 22 and 23, a meeting 

 of national importance will be 

 held at the university when tha 

 summer meeting of the American 

 Society of Agronomy will be held. 

 This society includi»B all the In- 

 structors and reseai^ch men in the 

 agronomy departments ot all state 

 agricultural colleges. 



Another event of jjune 22 is the 

 staging of grain ajnd live stock 

 judging contests it which high 

 school boys from alii over the state 

 will take part. Many boys' and 

 girls' club members from Illinois 

 counties will meet I at Urbana in 

 the annual club tot^r on the same 

 day. , I 



"Open House" week, ending 

 with the I. A. A. Picnic ftn the 

 29th, will be featuiied by visits to 

 the university by farmers from all 

 over the state to inspect the 'e.x- 

 periment work l>eing carried on 

 by the agricultural division of the 

 institution. 



Meat-for-Health 

 Campaign To Be 

 Observed In June 



In order to bring to the atten- 

 tion of the public the wholesome 

 qualities of meat as well as the 

 relative economy of flesh for food, 

 all organizations interested in the 

 packing industry are sponsoring 

 a Meat-for-Health Week through- 

 out the nation, June 25 to 30, 

 1923.- 



Producers, packers, live stock 

 commission men, butchers, and 

 consumers are co-operating to 

 make the campaign a success. 

 Among other thhigsv one of the 

 purposes of the campaign is to 

 bring about a closer understand- 

 ing between the producer and the 

 consumer of this basic food sup- 

 ply. 



Dairy Interests 

 Busy Preparing 

 For Expositiorts 



October will be a banner month 

 for the dairy industry in the 

 United States according to plans 

 being made by dairy interests all 

 over the nation. 



The First World's Dairy Con- 

 gress will be held at Washington 



D. C, October 2-5, when world 

 problems relating to dairying will 

 be considered. Representatives 

 from practically «very civilized 

 country in the world will attend 

 this exposition, many of them 

 bringing exhibits with them. H. 



E. Van Norman is president ot 

 the Congress. 



Immediately following the Wash- 

 ington ev?nt. the .Vnnual National 

 Dairy Show will be held at Syra- 

 cuse. N. Y., October 6-13. It is 

 expected that the display w(ll be 

 the greatest in the history of, the 

 show, owing to the holding of the _ 

 World's Dairy Congress, and also 

 the determination cf eastern 

 dairy interests to excel the middle 

 west in staging the big event. The 

 National has been held at St. 

 Paul, Mi^i^., during the past two 

 years. , ; 



Oleo Production 

 Declines; Butter 

 On the Increase 



Oleomargarine production fell 

 from 212 million pounds in 1921 

 to 185 million pounds in 1922, 

 while the production of creamery 

 butter increased about 100 million 

 pounds at the same time, accord- 

 ing to figures just issued by the 

 United States Department of Ag- 

 riculture. Oleo production had 

 reached the great heighth of 370 

 million pounds in 1920. 



Complete figiires of increased 

 dai[y production are as follows: 

 creamery butter, 1921 — 1,055,000,- 

 000 pound4; 1922 — 1,153.515,000 

 pounds; cheese: 1921 — 356,000,000 

 pounds: 1922; 370,000,000 pounds; 

 ice cream: 19 2 1 — 148,000.000 

 pounds; 1922—161,000,900 pounds. 



Education of the consumer as 

 to the great food value of dairy 

 products as well as the bettering 

 ht economic conditions are mainly 

 responsible for the increased dairy 

 consumption. 



Fruit growers of western and 

 southwestern Michigan recently 

 organized the Michigan Fruit 

 Growers, Isc, to co-operatively 

 ntarket their fruit products. 



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