OUTINGS REQUESTS 

 FOR CITY CHILDREN 

 BEGINJO^COME IN 



I.A.A. ReceivingApplications; 

 Third Year of Project Prom- 

 ises Good Record 



The first reffue its for Chicago 

 slums children for two-weelf 

 outiucTs in the hdmes of county 

 farm biireau i^: embers began 

 coming itj to th^ Outing Secre 

 tary of the lUinc) s Agricultural 

 Assoriation durirg the first few 

 da^"s in ^une. '. ndications are 

 that lastjj'ear's reccird of five 

 hiuidred laddies ifiven vacations 

 iuliomes >f Illincis farm bureau 

 members: will b; equalled or 

 even excesded. 



The applicatipi blank which 

 was printed in tie last issue of 

 The Uecond will bie found on this 

 S^ge. If j you wi^h to take one 

 ^r more fchildren^ for an outing 

 ' some- time this Rummer, fill it 

 out and sbnd it it> to the Outiag 

 Secretary *bf Ihe 1. A. A. 



Thlnl (year 



Althou^li the I. A. A. is first 

 and alws^s a business organiza- 

 tion, it has always interested it- 

 self in some project for helping 

 others eii)Bh yeaij. This is the 

 third yeitt of the Outing For 

 g^roject, carried on in 



■tea-.^iV ilnitfiii 



Children 



ijharities, of Chickgo, The Daily 

 News, of ■ Chicag^ and Illinois 

 railroads. : . 



The Unijted Chanties, the city's 

 largest n6n-8ectartan charitable 

 organlratiftp, seleats the children 

 from the ^ost worthy and needy 

 of homes. ! So destitute are these 

 homes thiiit an oiitlng means al- 

 most life![ltself tb the children. 

 The chariiable orjganization out- 

 fits the Children wtth clothing 

 ai>(>ropriatje to tMeir outing, has 

 thtm etamined I carefully to 

 guard agH.inst any possibility of 

 contagious <i>seate and sends 

 them oil their vacations spotless- 

 ly clean, in charge of - competent 

 women directors, j 



From 4 to 14 



PICNIC SPEAKER 



Madison County 

 Melon Growers 

 May Organize 



Cantaloupe growers in the vi- 

 cinity of Poag, Madison county, 

 recently held a meeting with C. E. 

 Durst of the Fruit and Vegetable 

 Mariieting Department of the I. A 

 A. to consider the formation of a 

 co-operative melon marketing oi- 

 gBnlzation. 



The growers present seemed f;i 

 vorably impressed with the ad 

 vantages of such an association. 

 Last year 15 cars of melons were 

 tuarketed from the locality and 

 this year's crop ' will be the big- 

 gest yet with more than 250 'acres 

 under cultivation. 



Formation of two more locals of 

 the Illinois Fruit Exchange at 

 Grafton and Jerseyville, Jersey 

 county, seems imminent, as much 

 enthusiasm toward co-operative 

 marketing was manifest at meet- 

 ings addressed by Mr. Durst. 



Peoria Producers Pay 



Ten Per Cent Dividend 



(Continued ffrom page 1) 

 erection of a new addition to the 

 Exchange office building for more 

 office space. New weighing facil- 

 ities and sort&ig pens have also 

 been provided jby the stock yards 

 company. ; \ 



The E. St. Louis Producers ag- 

 ency held first or second Aik each 

 week bt May.' ' ii' nauaita aoffuT 

 It per. cent of the total receipts 

 each week with an average of ap- 

 proximately 240 cars. 



This agency also gives a good 

 cjample of how Volume cuts costs 

 of operation. For the first quar- 

 ter of 1922, It had receipts of 

 1020 cars and tof the same period 

 this year, 2381 cars were handled. 



an Increase of 133.5 per cent. The 

 average expense of selling was 

 $15.50 per car In 1922 and this 

 was reduced to $11.17 this year. 



The Kansas City Producers 

 took rapid strides in May. From 

 sixteenth place with 40 cars dur- 

 ing the first week, this agency 

 took rapid bounds each week un 

 til it stood in fourth place with 

 lT5*car5~6s^rSCeitIlS- aln-Tirs" vliu- 

 Jast week of May. 



Tfie Buffalo selling agency held 

 first place at that market each 

 week In- May, handling an average 

 of about 17 per cent of the re- 

 ceipts weekly. 



The tenth Producers agency, it 

 is announced, will open soon at 

 Oklahoma City. 



The children a^e of both s 

 » to 14 In 



sexes 

 and range from I to 14 in age. 

 . The railroads furnish free fare 

 Within a limit of 200 miles from 

 Chicago. ! The Daily .News con- 

 tributes money and publicity. 



Jitsnmes Liability ' , 



The firm buk-eau folks are 

 asked onlj* to tate one or mwi 

 Of the children into their homes 

 for two weeks aid treat them as 

 they would their own youngsters, 

 fhe United Char ties assumes all 

 liability for injuries. 



The families which entertained 

 the fl»« hundred children given 

 oiftisgs last summer had onl.v 

 praise fer the brojfect. Several 

 of them declared that they got 

 as much out o,f tlieir contact with 

 their yodjthful guests as the chil- 

 dren cdAld possibly have re- 

 eeivsd from the outing. A large 

 number of families who took 

 children last year requested that 



FARM OUTINGS 



they entertain 

 this summer, as 

 attach meat and 



the same ones 

 many a warm 

 friendship was 



formed during tie outings 



:) 



\ 



WANT one or more city youngsters for tf two*week OQtlng 

 some time during July or August? If so this blank may 

 be found convenient. It should be filled out and sent In. 

 If possible, before July 1. On account of the fact that the rail- 

 roads offer free transportatidn only within a two-hundred mile 

 radius of Chicago, applications can only be accepted within such 

 territory. ,' . : 



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IlllnoiM Aerlrultural AsaovlatloK, 

 turn MoulH l>earborB Street, 

 f'hleaK4. IIUhoIm 



We are iS bosltion to give k tWo ifeeks* vacation to. 

 Chicago ch^dren some time lit July dr Augusf., preferably. 



Our choice jol aee and sex la 



fflve a 



Our nearest Railway station 1|B at.. 

 County. . . .; 

 dren at. . . i 



wbut we could meet the chll- 



(fP ease name at least two optional sta(ions) 



It Is undbrlstood t^at the itnited Charities of Chicago assumes 

 the liability to the case of aocldeat or illness to any of the chil- 

 dren sent to us: however, we pledge to exercise proper precau- 

 tions in the care and treatment of these children. 



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VARIETY OF SERVICE 



Ten De'piirtmentM Working For You 



The Illinois AgricultursJ Association Is Pre- 

 pared To Serve You In Any .Important Busi- 

 ness Phase of Illinois Agriculture. [■ 5 ; 



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1 



"MEAT FOR HEALTH 

 WEEK,"JUNE 25-30, 

 AIMS ATMNSOMER 



Vigorous Campaign To Tell 



Of Live Stock Products 



In Diet 



As a means of calling the at- 

 tention of consumers every- 

 where throughout the Unite^ 

 States to the high value of meat 

 as a food, its wholesomeness and 

 healthfulness, as weU as its im- 

 portance to Agriculture, the 

 National Live Stock and Meat 

 Board requests the observance 

 of the period of June 25 to June 

 .3.n,jj* ' '.mm J'ji'-J.tfiaUH Week. ' ' 



Until the National Live Stoclt 

 and Meat Board came into being, 

 there was no effective medium 

 through which all factors in the 

 meat industry, from the man on 

 the farm who produces the live 

 stock to the man in the retail 

 shop who sells the meat, could 

 co-operate in the common cause 

 of promoting a better knowledge 

 of the food value and healthful- 

 ness of meat. The board is now 

 functioning vigorously, and with 

 the support of the producers and 

 others, will be able to do effec- 

 tive work in restoring meat to 

 the place which it deserves in 

 the American diet. The "Meat 

 For Health Week" will be the 

 Board's first important step 

 toward this end. 



Use of Poster 



Tentative plans tor "Meat For 

 dealth Week" call for the dis- 

 tribution and posting in a wide- 

 spread fashion of the meat poster 

 receully issued by the United 

 States Department of Agriculture. 



This poster bears the message: 

 "Meat is Wholesome — For Health 

 and Vigor Eat Well Balanced 

 Meals — Use A Variety of KiLds 

 And Cuts Of Meat." 



Recipe Booklet 



This poster will probably be 

 supplemented by colored posters 

 bearing various meat, dishes 

 which will be in season at the 

 time, as well as by recipe book- 

 lets, which will be issued wide- 

 ly, and by demonstrations, in the 

 , larger cities of the country, at 

 which the proper methods of se- 

 lecting and preparing meat will 

 be taught. -^ 



Through these various activi- 

 ties, and with the cordial co-op- 

 eration of live stock producers 

 and tlieir associations, breed as- 



Havc You Consigned 

 Your Wool To The 

 1923 Pool? 



"'"''-■' ■' ^ _^ 



Your Lot Will Incfeate 

 The Volume of Wool In 

 The Pool. 



Volume Spellt Efficiency 

 T In Marketing. 



Efficiency Meant Greater 

 Net Returns To The 



Grower. _ 



-i- 1 ■ 

 Fourteen Teart Out of 

 Seventeen The Wool Mar- 

 ket Advances With The : 

 Season. 



Live Stock Marketing Dep't., 

 Illinois Agricultural Ass'n. 



ILjJ 



NATIONAL I 

 TO BE RE 

 WHEATN 



Delegates Con 

 Industry; 

 Co-ope 





Milk Producers 

 .. At Decatur May 

 A Orgcmize Company 



At the request of the Macon 

 Couptf Farm bureau, a meeting 

 was fceld at Decatur recently when 

 122 niilk producers supplying milk 

 to that city met to consider the ad- 

 visability of forming a co-operat- 

 ive milk marketing company. A. D. 

 Lynch, of the I. A. A. Dairy Mar- 

 keting Department, addressed the 

 conference. 



Explanation was made of tfae 

 principles of co-operative dairy 

 marketing, its advantages and pit- 

 falls, and the experiences of simi- 

 lar projects that are proving sac- 

 cessfui in Illinois were related. 



The presence of many small 

 milk dealers, the wide range in 

 the retail price of milk, and the 

 tack of facilities for conforming 

 to the new compulsory pa^euriza- 

 tion ordinance passed in Decatur, 

 seem to indicate that cooperative 

 effort would greatly improve the 

 milk supply of that city. 



Wblle no definite action was 

 taken toward orKanizing, a com- 

 mittee was '' appointed to investi- 

 gate the practicability of the step. 



sociations, live stock shipping 

 associations and other factors in 

 the industry, the Board hopes to 

 make "Meat For Health Week'« 

 an unlimited success. 



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Decision to st 

 Council of the 

 in which al^ in 

 represented, wa 

 main accomplish 

 National Wires 

 held in Chicago 

 by governors o 

 headed by Gov. 

 of Minnesota, 

 gates were pres 



This council, i 

 resolutions, "will 

 ough, scientific st 

 problem and enlis 

 efforts of all it 

 publicity in every 

 ings and to develc 

 proved methods 1 

 brium • between d 

 •nd consumption 

 Jlshed and p r i i 

 ^American price 1 



Such a council 

 be necessary to 

 forts possible to 

 sumption of whe 

 the part it plays 

 nation, and to s 

 wheat which will 

 lean wheat farm< 

 standards of livi 

 has b'^en accustc 

 titled. 



Qomn 



The personnel 

 tion committee v 

 the Wheat Coun< 

 States 13 as folio 

 fute, Chicago; CI 

 Georgia; S. J. Lo 

 (Continued 



BEFC 



The organlz 

 ty farm bure£ 

 linois Agricul 

 tlon, the farir 

 had little me 

 the law-maker 

 know Just w 

 wanted and w 

 they didn't wi 

 organization, 

 pointed a Le 

 mittee to inf 

 lators jost ho 

 feel about tl 

 Springfield, 

 of the work 

 tive Committe 

 this issue. 



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