Pag^2 



The blinoi* Agricohnral Astociation Record 



nUnou •Agricultural AtsodafioB 



R E C Q RD 



Published ti^ice 



Jtdy2 1923 



2,192 



month by tha 

 Illinois Agrjlcultural Association. 

 «Q8 South Dearborn Street. Chicago. 

 iniB«ls. Edited by News Publicity 

 Deviutment, u J- Montross, Dfrector. 



Encry aa seoond class matter Oct. 

 10. 1921. 'at the post ofTice at Cbi- 

 oa«<Ot lUinoif,. undor the act -«f 

 Maaali 3, 1879. Acceptance for mtm- 

 Ing at .special rates of postage pro- 

 vided fur ml Section 1103, Act- of 

 October 3. 13tl7. authorized Oct. 31, 

 19!l.i 



I. A. A. 'Bats' 100 Per Cent In Ugislative 

 program In S3 rd General Assembly 



The Indlviduil membership fee of 

 the Illinois jA^ricultural Associa- 

 tion is five Dollars a year. "Oiis 

 fee Ihcluiles payment of ten cesits 

 for aubsrriptson to the Illinois A.e- 

 rlcnllnral Association Record. 



President. S 

 VIce-Presiden 



irSlle. 

 Treaaurer. R. 

 »ecre]tary. Ge< 



ton 



iFFlCERS , 



I. Thompson. Quliicy 

 A. O, EckerV.'TJeile- 



' ■ J*-" ; 



Cowlea. Bloomi^K' 

 A. Fox, SycanlArS.. 



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fBKCirmK COMMITTEE 



tty ('^»nKi-essi4mal District* 



11th— H*nrV MiC.oueh. Maple Paflc- 

 12th-^i. K Tullork. Kockforil. 

 13th— K". E. - Daml'oroUKh. f'olo. 

 nth— W. H. iloody. Port Byron. 

 l6th-rH. E. Ooenibel. Hoopole. 

 »6th-i-0. B. Heder. Mendota. > 

 17th-.^F. D. Barton. Cornell, i 

 18th-«4-C. R. Finley. Hoopeston 

 19th-i-I> J. Hblterman. Sadorus. 

 jnth-t-Earl J. Smitn. Detroit. 

 21st — T.. L. Oorbin. Carllnville. 

 22*id — Stanley! Castle, Alton. 

 23r*— <'arltonl Trimble. TrlroJjIe. 

 J4th-rt<."urt A»derson, Xenia. 

 fSth-^Vernon Lessley. Sparta. 



directors of Departments, 

 j| " I. A. A. Office 



retarii 



Offlc^ and Assistant to Sec- 

 J. D. Harper; Field Organil- 



>tarSL - - -- - 

 ^tioniV- C. SaBor; Organization Pun- 

 llcltjivi!. B iletzB 



lyyn.. ^- .j.^.*...-.. News F'ubliC' 

 tty 1*. I. Moitrorfy; Transportation. 

 L. J. Quaseyi Statistics. J. C. Wat- 

 son; Finance] R. .\. I'Dwles; Fruit 

 and VcBetahle Marketing. C. E. 

 Durst; Live 3tock Marketing, C. A. 

 Stewart. Dairy MarketiiiK A. D. 

 Lyncn; ThosiUjafc I.imt-stone. J. R. 

 Bent. \Legal. Newton Jenkins. 



Co'Operative 



History Told 

 i |/n New Book 



The Pifty-ThirtJ General Ag- 

 serably of Illinois has passed 

 into histo^^-. Several lawi of 

 interest ajid importanee to the 

 farmers ol the state have been 

 pa-ssed. VIost notable of all 

 farm legislation acted upon wfts 

 the pa.ssage'of the Co-oi)orative 

 Marketing' Bill, acclaimed by 

 many to bs one of the most im- 

 porta^it pieces of leijisration 

 p.-ussed in Illinois for several 

 years. There were *ther con- 

 .striictive ilieasures, too." 



The I. fik. A. lias been risht 

 behind tbe bills which it consid- 

 ered to be for the best interest* 

 of Illinois farmers. It has acj- 

 lively supi orted some measures^ 

 it ' has leas actively urged the 

 passage of others, and it has been 

 on the vi a t c h for nijeasure3 

 which wot Id be detrimental to 

 the agricultural well-being of the 

 state. ^ J I 



The L*gl8lative Watch-dogii' o^ 

 the I. A. Ji. are the members of 

 the Legi»lutive Committee, com- 

 posed of President S. H. Thomp^ 

 son, Quincy, chairman; A. C. 

 Everinghaili, Hutsonville, and 

 Frank D. Barton. Cornell. Jijst 

 rj big business and manufa<3turt- 

 ing interests keep their eyea oB 



the doings 



of the Legislature, so 



does Illino^ agriculture, through 



' "Co-operative Marketing — The 

 Gol^i^tul^in Agriculture 



the latest book upon organized 

 agricwUure tq appear. Taking as 

 its theme th« history of the pr- 

 ganixiitioD oi co-operative asao- 

 riatlMis ail [over America, the 

 book is sponsored by the Ampri- 

 cani..y«rm Buk-eau Federation aad 

 publiabed by |Poubleday Page and 

 Co., «t New ^ork. ' It retails tcir 

 one dollar- I 



Where O. ^. Kile's book, "The 

 Farm BureatJ Movement," which 

 has beetx wildely read by farm 

 bureau folks; portrayed the rise 

 of the count^f, state and national 

 farm bureau organizations, "Co- 

 operAive Mkrketing" tells the 

 later organization of the co-oper- 

 ative marketing "movement. Her- 

 man Steen, of Prairie , Farmer, 

 Chicago, is tHe aatbor. 



The Record will publish a re- 

 view of the »ook later. 



Farm Bureau Is 

 Heard In Packer 

 Merger Hearing 



Newton Jenkin s of jh e I. A. A 

 Lesal DepatMB«IfCrepraeented thC; 

 AmeirtfcayTaim Bureau ft'ederatlon 

 at thr Armour-Morri9\ merger 

 ha^iTOgs held before Chester 1. 

 iforrell of the Packe/Stockyatds 

 Admlnistratian at^tJ>« UnioivSrOck 

 Yard*, Chicago.' 



The economic tacta of the patk- 

 er merger as affecting the pro- 

 ducers of live stock was the T)ig 

 aim of the kearlng. C. W. H«nt; 

 Prealdent of the Iowa Farm Bu- 

 reMi Federation, teetifled that he 

 keliaved the absorption of the Mor- 

 ris iBterests by Armour & Com- 

 paHjr "would have a bad effect 

 from the feeders' standpoint" and 

 if helld legal might lead to still 

 further concentratloa of packing 

 loduatries. 



11; ^■■- 



8. H. TlTompson 

 S. H. Thompson. Quincy, Presi- 

 dent of the 1. .-v. A., who heads 

 the Legislative 'Committee of the 

 Rssoelation. 



Frank O. Barton ^ 

 Mr. Bartt^n hails from Cornell 

 and has been doing his share in 

 letting the jlegislators know what 

 the "folks liack home" want. 



the Legislative Committee of the 

 I. A. A., make a study of law- 

 making, j 

 Well Snpported I 

 Right behind the Leglslaiiva 

 Committee were the loyal farm 

 bureau presidents of the state 

 and the membership which re- 

 sponded so heartily whenever 

 called upon to Snd out the senti-; 

 ments of the "folks back home," 

 The' Legislative Committee woufd 

 have been almost helpless with- 

 out this support anct-'little would 

 have beey accomplished. 



And then there was the active 

 co-operation and aid given to 

 agricultural interests by many 

 members of the Senate and 

 House. Senator Simon Lantz, 

 chairman of the Senate Commit- 

 tee on Agriculture, and Repre- 

 sentative Homer Tice, Chairman 

 of the House Committee on Agri- 

 culttire, were especially interested 

 in tbe passage of beneficial farm 

 legislation. 



Bills which the I. A. A. most 

 actively supported, each of which 

 passed, were the Co-operative 

 Marketing Bill, bovine tubercul- 



•;,|':>i;:.:..-r'^i|: 



m 



osis bills, dairy advertising bill, 

 flUed fnilk aniendnient, and fruit 

 inspection and grading acts. 



The "Co-op" Act 



S. B. 165 to proride tor a Co- 

 operative Marketing Law, intro- 

 duced by the Committee on Agri- 

 nilture, was one of the most bit- 

 ti rly contested measures brought 

 up during the session. It easily 

 jias.sed the Senate In final vote 

 hy 31 to 3 and the House agreed 

 K 't» pas sage J;. .- . ,a .„ vg |e, of lfl.< 



to 4 



But the final votes do not tell 

 the tale. The struggle to pass 

 the bill was a fight to the finish. 

 Every effort was made to kill the 

 bill or to render it ineffective. In 

 the House, especialls", were strong 

 efforts 'wade to strike out im- 

 portant sections and to amend the 

 bill. However, during the entire 

 progress of the bill, in eiery roll 

 call, its proponents had control of 

 the situation. 



"Now that it's passed, let's see 

 it work," seems to be the general 

 challenge of those who opposed 

 the "Co-op" bill. In passing the 

 measure, Illin is has fallen in 

 line with over haU the states In 

 the Union who have enacted a 

 similar law. Inasmuch as so 

 many farm marketing interests 

 are centered In Illinois, and par- 

 ticularly Chjcago, it was espeoial- 

 ly needed in the state and the 

 fight against it has been more 

 bitter than in most other states. 



^ What It Will Do 



The Co-operative Marketing 

 Law will legalize co-operative 

 marketing. It clearly defines 

 who may organize such associa- 

 tions and how they may be or- 

 ganized. It enumerates the ac- 

 tivities and powers of a co-oper- 

 ative. The legality of a com- 

 modity marketing contract is pro- 

 vided for. Co-operative market- 

 ing organizations are protected 

 against false reports and ma- 

 licious statements. 



It "provides an injunction 

 against persons who knowingly 

 solicit or persuade a Inember of 

 an association to breach his mar- 

 keting contract. Through the re- 

 quiring of bonds and the submis- 

 sion of regular reports from em- 

 ployees of co-operative associa- 

 tions, the membership is protect- 

 ed from mismanagement Exist- 



ing associations are allowed to 

 reorganize under tU* law. 



In short, the Co-operative '■ Mar- 

 keting Act gives Illinois farmers 

 a law which will allow them to 

 organize co-operatively for the or- 

 derly merchandising of their prod- 

 ucts without fear of their organ- 

 ization or membership contracts 

 being called' illegal. It seeks to 

 do for the marketing of farm 

 products what corporation law 

 does for other business activltlis. 

 Tuberculosis Bills 

 Three acts were passed' by the 

 Legislature which will do much 

 to clean up bovine tuberculosis 

 in the stale. These were strong- 

 ly supported by the I. A- A. 



.S. B. 209 provides for the ap- 

 propriation of <1, 000,000 for the 

 next two years for the purpose of 

 indemnifying owners of tubercu- 

 lar cattle which have been de- 

 .stroyed. ' 



A provisibn of S. B. 348 makes 

 it legal for ' counties to appro- 

 priate funds from the county 

 treasury for the eradication of tu- 

 berculosis in cattle. 



S. B. 37 7 provides that the 

 state of Illinois shall indemnify 

 the owners of cattle destroyed for 

 tuberculosis to the extent of two- 

 thirds of the appraised value In 

 case the Federal Government fails 



Crawford County 

 Apple Growers 

 Join Exchange 



Apple growers In the vicinity, 

 of Oblong and Robinson, Craw- 

 ford county, signed up 100 per 

 cent for membership in the Illi- 

 nois Fruit Exchange in June or- 

 ganization meetings held by Farm 

 Adviser H. F. Crosby and -C. E. 

 Durst of the I. A. A. Fruit and 

 Vegetable Marketing Department. 



'gyp 



A, C. Everingham 



Mr. Everingham, whose home is 

 in Hutsonville, is one of the mem- 

 bers of the committee who did 

 much to put across Its Legisla- 

 tive program. 



to appropriate funds or withdraws 

 indemnity funds from the state. 

 In no case shall the state reim- 

 burse the owner' more than $50 

 for a grade or $100 for a pure 



bred animal in the event that 

 Federal ftinds are withdrawn. 



Dairy Advertising *" 



A law passed which will serve 

 for the protection of dairy inter- 

 ests of the state was H. B. 223 

 which prevents the illegal use of 

 the words butter, crellm, aiMl 

 dairy in connection with the sale 

 or advertisement of any butter 

 substitute. Penalties are provid- 

 ed for violations. 



House Bill 122, adding a sec- 

 tion to the Pure Food Act of 

 1907, nAikes it illegal-'to manufac- 

 ture or sell any food derived from 

 milk to which has been added 

 any fat or oil other than milk 

 fat. This is similar to the "filled 

 milk" bills passed in other states. 

 Shipping Point Ins|iectldn 

 A law which will be of especial 

 advantage to prc«iuCors of fruit 

 aiKl other perlsJiablea 's S. B. 

 460 which authorizes the state 

 Department of Agriculture to ftx 

 certain standards for grading an^d 

 classifying any or all agricultural 

 products produced in the state. 

 It appropriates )l5,00O for the 

 carrying out of the act. 



An especially desirable feature 

 of the law is the provision for 

 shipping point inspection of farm 

 products. Such inspection nrill 

 protect shippers of perishables l^y 

 insuring the condition of tbe 

 products before shipment. There 

 has been some loss in the past 

 when t<nscrupulous dealers mis- 

 represented the condition of ship- 

 ments upon arrival at their des- 

 tination or rejected them for 

 unwarranted reasons. 



Another law of Interest to 

 fruit growers it the amendment 

 to the Illinois apple grading law. 

 S. B. 469 gives Illinois apple 

 producers the right to grade . 

 their product under the provisions 

 of the present U. S. Department 

 of Agriculture grading rules in- 

 stead of under the Illinois law, 

 if they so desire. 



Other Legislation 

 Besides very actively support- 

 ing the measures just named, the 

 I, A. A. has lent support to sev- 

 eral other laws which were passed 

 by the Assembly. 



(Continued on page 3) 



How are the five stock pens and 

 watering facilities? 



Transportation Department, 

 Illinois Agricultural Association. 



Organizal 



Seed Growe 

 io-operative 

 bop .seed ^ 

 lunmer anc 

 farm burea 

 Marion, am 

 issisted by 

 kural Asso 

 Cl&fke repi 

 n directin 

 KTork. 



Practicall; 

 red top seed 

 States is pr 

 the southe 

 named. In 

 crop by Indi 

 fully. IneBlci 

 one upon wl 

 lar market 

 tary pool ol 

 largely by t 

 Bureau in 1 

 effect upon 

 Incentive fo 



Before tl 

 harvest sea! 

 red top of 

 contract. J 

 growers ha 

 through the 

 of five year 

 Due to t 

 of organizs 

 to build wa 

 the crop, c 

 into with t 

 Flora, Clay 

 at Cisne, W 

 warehouse, 

 for markei 

 ceived 1,20 

 into the po 

 L 

 The seed 

 warehouses 

 linois ware 

 liable w^are 

 issued 'to s 

 tain funds 

 bers. Loa 

 24 differen 

 district, ra 

 $1,650 to i 

 An adva 

 pound, or 

 paid to all 

 For those 

 advance, i; 

 their acco 

 which the 



Owing 

 seeding se 

 not yet dis 

 Ings, alth( 

 not consic 

 large, as 

 heretofore 

 the memb< 

 Isfied. 



Po 

 Local bi 

 market a 

 last year, 

 to 10 cent 

 son began 

 solicitors 

 dealers wt 

 their pric< 

 close of tl 

 their req 

 was purcl 

 16% cent 

 It is rec 

 non-memt 

 by severs 

 the pool, 

 would ha' 

 cents per 

 1 

 Plans 1 

 the past r 

 son's cro 

 new ware 



