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The IffinoU Agricultural Association Record 



Jgly 2 1^923 



Don't Forget the Outings For Slums 



CITY m GIVEN 

 HOME FOR SUMMER 

 IN HENRY COUNTY 



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Little Girl Happy As Result 



«f I. A. A. Project; Get 



Applloations In 



The other day "a young lady 

 from Henry : county dropped 

 into the I. Ai A. office in Chi- 

 cago to spe-^he Outing Secre- 

 tarj-. She eiplained that her 

 mother; was t)ne of . the farm 

 wives U'ho riave a little grrl 

 from^the slunjs a two-week out- 

 ing last snmi^er in their farm 

 home. 



"We would J like to ihare the 

 same girl again." said the young 

 lady, ^itnd I ain sure she,«'ill be 

 to us. Only, this 

 to keep her all 

 take her home 

 She's a little 



glad to come 

 tjme vie warn 

 anmmec. I can 

 with Oiie tonight. 



' / tot of Seven aid last summer dur- 



ing hrt^ two 



week^' 



stay with ui 



Bife" xaSned five pounds and was 

 so hapjpy on tl e (arm." 



j j Takes (iirl Home 



■Thelli A- A. (luting Secretary ira- 

 medialjely ■ got in touch with the 

 United Charitits, the agency which 

 selects the nroat worthy and needy 

 childrOQ tor outings. The little 

 girls mother, | a factory worker, 

 was seen and ihe was very happy 

 to haTB the child offered the op- 

 portunity of another summer oa 

 the farm. Arrangements were 

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" quicklj^ made and little .Marion 

 (for thai was hpr name) was on 

 her way to Hflnry county that 

 night. I 



That's last one example of the 

 results of ,the ^tuti^igs for Chil- 

 dren' pft>Ject ofjth'e I. A. A. It 

 is a' plan which' transfers kiddies 

 from their miiierably hot and 

 dangeroos playgrounds on city 

 streets into the 

 bureau member^ 



out-of-dloors 



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 Last yfear nearly 



homes of farm 

 in God's great 



I. A. A., co-op- 

 United Charities, 



500 children 

 we,nt ■ ^<»i fasin homes under the 

 auspice^ of- the 

 crating j*(ith the 

 Chicagd Dally news, and Illinois 

 '/ailroads. 



IMore .iMiItcations 



This yvar it is desired to place 

 even mc(ife child rem Applications 

 arecontapg to the I. A. A. daily, 

 but marij more ire wanted. 



. It is very noticeable that f&rm 

 bureau Imember) who took chil- 

 dren las|t year v ere tlie very first 

 to appty this ^ear^ It is quite 

 erident that st-ong attachments 

 have b«ien mad ?. Many ask to 

 have th4 same kiddies back again. 

 "We waiJt thi same four chil- 

 dren that we hid last summer," 

 reads a Mercer county letter, 

 , which names the two l)oys and 

 girls desired. "They are surely 

 dandy youngsters and we would 

 like to have the|n again if it is at 

 all possible." I 



Deservlnii Children 



The tipplicatibn blank is re- 

 printed for you^' convenience in 

 this issnf of Tiie Record. Re- 

 quests way be ff'nt in until July 

 i5. Remember jthat the children 

 sent are deserviit; hoys and girls 



SOME VIEWS WHERE THE PICNIC 

 WAS HELD 



pARW Bureau folks from all over Illinois gathered at Crystal Lake 

 ^Park, Urbana, June 29, for the Fourth Annual I, A, A.-County Farm 

 Bureau Picnic. Due to the fact that The Record went to press sev- 

 eral days before the big event «ie could not tell you about It this 

 time. The story will appear in the next issue. 



FARM OUTINGS 



Ci send in requests to provide a two-Week outing for city 

 youngsters during July or August has been made until July 15. 

 This blank may be found convenient to fill out and send in. 

 On account of the fact that the railroads offer free transporta- 

 tion only within a 200-mile radius of Chicago* application* can 

 only be accepted within such territory. 



ttoi. 



To Oattns;: Seer^tmry, 



IlllnoU AKrlealtnral AvaocUtto 



608 Mouth Dearborn Street. ^ 



Chicago, Illtaoia 



We are In position to fftvej a two weeks' vacation to. 



Chicago cfhlldren some time 



Our-choic^ of Age %nd sex Is as fallows: 



in July or August, preferably. 



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Our nearest railway station is &t..|. 



Ceuntyi. 



i.but we could meet the chll- 



. [(Please name at least; twio optional stations) 



It Is understood that the United Charities of Chicago assumes 

 the liJibility in the case of accident or illness to any of the chil- 

 dren sent to us; however, we pled^re to exercise proper precau- 

 tions in the care and treatnaehtj of these children. 



Name 



Ifural Houte No. 



frt>m 4 ^ II. 



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'the Railroads fur- 



nish free transportation within 

 200 miles from Chicago. The 

 United Charities assumes all lia- 

 bility for injuries and sends them 

 to you with fresh clothing, tree 

 from contagious disease, and spot- 

 lessly clean. 



Just put ytourself in the place 

 of a slum kiddie and imagine 

 what a farm, outing would mean 

 to you! 



One of the most enthnsiastic 



schools of Instruction for so- 

 licitors held for a loijg time was 

 the one in Carroll county in June 

 in preparation 'for the reorgan- 

 ization campaign. Out of an at- 

 tendance of 171, of whom 161 

 were eligible for membership, 163 

 agreements were signed. A bank- 

 er-farmer signed three agree- 

 ment% — one for each of bis (arms. { 



Odds Against City BoyS" 

 Girls In Popular Favor 



"Nobody wants a boy!" 



strange as that statement may 

 seem, yet it eppears to be the 

 case In reading the majority of 

 applications from farm bureau 

 folks who are willing to give 

 Chicago slums kiddies a two- 

 week outing. 



In fact in the applications so 

 far received, the demand for girls 

 outnumbers the call for boys Just 

 four to one. 



Several are quite emphatic In 

 their demand for girls, others give 

 the lasses as first choice but will 

 take boys, while the small ma- 

 jority are requesting boys only. 



What's the reason? It can't be 

 because of last summer's experi- 

 ences with boys because the odds 

 favored the girls then also. Then 

 again, the I. A, A. has had no 

 complaints from farm bureau 

 families who did "put up" wjth 



NATIONAL COUNCIL 

 TO BE RESULT OF 

 WHEAT CONFERENCE 



(Continued from page 1) 



.\lexander Legge, Chicago; H. S, 

 Helm, Minneapolis; F. B. Wells, 

 Minneapolis; Juiius Fleischmann, 

 New York; A. I,. Taggart, Indian- 

 apolis; Sydney Anderson, Minne- 



city laddies for the two weeks 

 last year. 



In fact, it is a rather queer 

 proposition. 



To be frank, the Outing Secre- 

 tary of the I. A. A. doesn't like 

 It. When she saw little boys cry- 

 ing last summer because their sis- 

 ters went to the country while 

 they bad no chance, she decided 

 the boys were getting the worst 

 of the bargain. 



Now, to be truthful, does It 

 look to you as M it's Just ex- 

 actly fair? 



"Let's give the boys a chance!*' 



TTXTENSION of the time i n whir.ii farm ii»r,.a.i fatlrt n]:iv -j^aQta:-_Genrge-C- >«€,«•-... M'JW- 



apolis; Harvey Sconce, Illinois; 



Dan Wallace, St. Paul; Judge 

 Bingham, Loaisville; T. Gdson 

 White, Chicago; and H. E. By- 

 xam, Chicago. 



Endorse Co-Oi)eratlon 



The conference went on record 

 in support of co-operative grain 

 marketing but split on the ques- 

 tion of governmental price fixing. 

 Representatives of the American 

 Farm Bureau Federation voted 

 against any attempt to fix a defi- 

 nite price on wheat through gov- 

 ernmental agencies. 



Speakers 



There were several prominent 

 speakers during the two days' 

 sessions. O. E. Bradfute, presi- 

 dent of the .^werican Farm Bu- 

 reau Federation, urged one great 

 national 'body of farmers to bring 

 about regulated production and 

 better distribution of wheat, to- 

 gether with a campaign tor in- 

 creased consumption. 



President Samuel Gompers of 

 the American Federation of La- 

 bor, made an especially strong 

 address, emphasizing the necessity 

 for farmers to lay more stress on 

 organization. 



Advisers In June 

 Meeting At U. of I.; 

 Club Tour Held 



Illinois farm advisers met at 

 the University of Illinois, Urbana, 

 for their annual June meeting, 

 Melvin Thomas, farm adviser of 

 Coles county, presided at t*e 

 sessions. He is president of the 

 state association of advisers. 



The conference opened with an 

 address, "Co-operative Marketing 

 as Demonstrated by Actual Expe- 

 rience," by Dr. Theodore Mack- 

 lin, ot the University of Wiscon- 

 sin. He described the advantages 

 and pitfalls of co-operation and 

 stated that the ultimate aim in 

 co-operative marketing is to make 

 happier rural communities and 

 general improved conditions of 

 farm life. 



Tours and inspections of the 

 agronomy plots, animal husbandry 

 and dairy departments, and ani- 

 mal pathology and hygiene lab- 

 oratories were made by the ad- 

 visers to learn the latest results 

 of experimentation. Several talks 

 were delivered by members of 

 the College of Agriculture faculty 

 and others. 



The annual boys' and girls' club 

 tour was held at Urbana on June 

 22 when club members from a 

 wide area of the state assembled 

 with their leaders to visit the 

 university and especially the va- 

 riqus departments ot the College 

 otiAgriculture. 



Volume 1 



NEW 



Supervision Brings 

 Cleanup At South 

 St. Paul Market 



As a result of ^deral supervis- 

 ion under the stockyards control 

 act, nine out of the 30 firms op- 

 erating on the South Sit. Paul 

 Live stock market have been fined 

 or suspended during the last two 

 months. Twenty-two out of the 

 30 firms had had their books 

 audited when this report was 

 made. 



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QUALITY OF SERVICE 



Your State Association Gets Resalts 



Investigations of the I. A. A. Statistical Ser- 

 vice presented before the State Teuc Commis- 

 sion last December resulted in a decrease of 

 $557,217.65 in land taxes for 1922 alone. 



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FORM PRO 



"COOP" 



MILK_A 



I. A. A. Advis( 



After Findin 



Favi 



Formation o 

 Co-operative E 

 capitalieed at 

 place at Decatu 

 250 milk pro( 

 milk to that c 

 bers of the nev 

 was formed 

 County Farm 

 eration with tl 

 Marketing De] 



Dissatisfactio] 

 ent milk distri 

 the city led up 

 lion. Produci 

 been getting 

 per quart for 

 been retailing f 

 new company 

 cure a higher 

 ducer and at 

 greatly better t 

 product for the 



An organizat 

 nine with L. I 

 man, was appo 

 board of direc 

 ization is comi 

 form a stock 

 Shares of stocl 

 a par value of 



Before advis 

 the Dairy Mark 

 conducted a bt 

 the retail millc 

 catur and foun 

 were favorable 

 company, to 8< 

 providing it is 

 iied and prope 



Judging froD 

 manifested by 

 ers, the latest 

 I. A. A. family 

 shows every pi 



Pen Whicl 



Co-oper 



Presente 



At the July t 

 ecutive Commi 

 H, Thompson 

 with whfch Gov 

 the Co-operatii 

 to the committf 

 mendation that 

 one of the val 

 the association, 

 place the pen i 

 :o hang it on 1 

 A. A. offloew 



