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The niiaois Agriculturml AModatiooReeord 



Ai«. 1. 1923 



niinoit • Agvicnkiiral AsscdatioB 



R E CO R D 



Publuh«4 twice a month by tha 

 Illinois Agricultural ABSOClation. 

 608 «outl> Dearborn Street. Chicago. 

 IllifSoia Edited by NeWa Publicity 

 Department, 1* J. Montrosa, Director. 



Entry as second class matter Oct. 

 10, 1921, at the »ost ofTice at Cht- 

 cago. Illinois, ttnder the act of 

 Maro4i 3, 1879. -Acceptance for matlx, 

 InK a^ necial rates of postage pctf- 

 vided 'T*- In Section 1103. Act- ot 

 October 3, 1917, authorised Oct. 31, 

 1921. , * . 7 



The individual membership H^ of 

 the Illinois Agricultural ^v^socla- 

 'tion IS flv-e dollars a ye^r. This 

 fee includes payttient of**teB cents 

 for subscription to the Illinois Ag- 

 ricultural AS8<>ciat(on Record. 



Qulncy. 

 rt. Belle- 



OFFIC1SR9 



President. S. H. Thompso: 

 Vloe-PregWent, A.X). Ec" 

 ' • ville. • vf 



Treasurer. R. AT Oo^ 

 Secretary, Geo. ^ Fox, Sycamore 

 ton. 



r --^^^CongressJonal Districts 



11th — Henry McCough. Itaple Park- 

 12th — O. F. TRnock. Rqckford. 

 ISth— J5 E. Bimboron^h. Polo. 

 14th— W. H. ftlStxJy. l"ort Byron. 

 ISth^H. E. /GoeiiiScI. .Hoopole. 

 Ji— 6. --1 - 



Jtedtr. sHndtota. 



I6tJ\- „. _. i- _- 



17th — F. p. BartorT Coniell. 

 18t-h.^-C. R. Flnlcy. Hoopeston. 

 19th — D. J. Tlolterman. Sadorus. 

 20th — Earl J. Smifll. Detroit. 

 21st — B/ I. CorMn. CarlmvlUe. 

 22nd— ^Stanley Castle. . Alton. 

 23rd-/Carlton Trimble. *jMmble. 

 24th-— Curt AndersOjr Xenla. 

 2Sth — Vernon Lesat^, Sparta. 



,.-filrec<€*» of DeimrtiijenU, 

 ^ I. A. A. Office _y 



'General Office and Assistant to Sec- 

 retary. 3. V. Harper; Field ;9rsaniz- 

 »tioo..J C. Sailor; Organliatipn Pub- 



»U<-lff. G E. Metzger; News Public- 

 M^rij- J Montross; Transportation. 

 L. J. Quasey; Statistics. J. C. Wat- 

 son; Finance. R. A. Cowles; Fruit 

 and Vegetable Marketing. C. E. 

 Durst; Live Stock Slarketing. C< A. 

 Stewart; Dairy Marketing. A D. 

 Lynch; Phosphate Llipestone. J. R. 

 Bent. Legal, Newton Jenkins. 



Objects of Wheat Council 



statemeritTBy the Hon. Sydney Anderson, presi- 

 eat Council, of America, and authorized by the 

 direetoVs-af- i|ie organization, gives,- briefly, an account of the 

 causes, scope and^ plans of the movement : 



"A surveV ,of domestic and world conditions In the production 

 and marketing ot wheat demonstrates that the stabilization of the 

 djpmestic price at'a profitable level and the consequent improvement 

 |0t the epndition of the wheat farmer is dependent upon bringing 

 the control of the domestic wheat price within the borders of the 

 United States. For this three things are necessary. Reduced acre- 

 age and production, orderly mEulteting and increased consumption. 



"Under the stimulation of tte world war the wheat acreage of 

 the^ Unite* States was enormously extended. For the past three 

 y^ars wheat acreage in the United States has exceeded the average 

 wies. Bioon(lng-j8<^''**8e, 1909-1913, by more" than 13,000,000 acres. This is equiva- 

 lent to an excess production of froon 160,000,000 to 200,000,000 

 ■fiushels annually. The exportation of wheat before the war aver- 

 aged 15 per tent of the crop. For the Past three years it has beeD 

 in excess of 25 per cent of the crop. 



"Since the world war there control ot domestic prices of 

 ■bas been a gradual recovery ot 



Interested hi 



Feeder Cattle? 

 JVrite To I. A. A. 



It will be to the advantage of 

 Sy cattle feeder' who desires to 

 purchase feeder cattle direct 

 from the ■ range to communicate 

 with the i^ive Stock Marketing 

 Department of the I. A_ A. The 

 Department is in communication 

 with several parties who can fur- 

 Dish feeder cattle and will be 

 g)ad to put Illinois feeders in 

 touch wltb them. '. 



August Is Picnic 

 Month For Farm 

 Folk of Illinbis 



At least 23 county farm bu- 

 reaus ot Illinois Will hold their 

 annual picnics during the month 

 of August, according to the 

 Speakers' Bureau of the I. A. A. 



This bureau k«leps a list of 

 all avaHakle speakers a^ ar- 

 ranges with Uie cbiinties to fur- 

 nish them-^with inen to speak 

 who hafe a wide . understanding 

 of agriculNwal prbblems «f the 



A. E. Ewrlngham, Hutsonville, 

 of .the I. A. A. L«iglslatiTe Com- 

 Biittee, is one of the most popu- 

 lar speakers, judging from the 

 large number of picnic dates 

 that he will fill iti all parts of 

 the state. Others who will ad- 

 dress farm gala Day throngs in 

 elude J. D. Harper, F. M. Hig- 

 glns, S. Fred Cummlngs, Frank 

 O. Lovden, Howard Leonard 

 J. R. Howard, Senator Cuthbert- 

 son, and S. H. Tbompson. 



Picnic dates scheduled are as 

 follows: Pope, August 4; Rich- 

 land, 8: St Clair, 9; Franklin, 

 10: Edwards, 11; Lawrence, 14; 

 McDohougb, 14; .ToUnson, 15; 

 Calhoun, ■K; Wbodford, 16; 

 Cass. 16; -Wayne, 17; Greene, 

 18; Monroe, 18; Henderson. 22; 

 Knox, 22; Menard. ^2; Lake, 22; 

 ' ■•, 23;'0oles. 23; Macon, 26; 

 '«. 29; Oallatlb, 29. 



the wheat producing countries. 

 These countries in the main by 

 reason of cheaper lands and la- 

 bor produce at less cost than we 

 do. The greater competition ot 

 these countries in the worj^ 

 wheat- market defines the ptice 

 of ^e whola domestic crop so 

 long as we eontinue to produce 

 a surplus of ionsiderable propor- 

 tions. 



Redncetl Acreage , "^ . 



"The directors ot the Wheat 

 Council after full consideration 

 of these tacts are fully convinced 

 that a reduction in the w^eat 

 acreage and wheat production in 

 this country Is absolutely essei^ 

 tial to a profitable price for 

 wheat to th4 American wheat 

 grower. 



"While the influences of the 

 World War were working to 

 produce an increase in the acre- 

 age and prodaction of wheat In 

 tlie United States, these influ- 

 ences as well as the organized 

 efforts of the government, were 

 working to produce a reduced 

 consumption of wheat in ^be 

 United States, and these influ- 

 ences are still being felt. Wheat 

 products constitute a healthful, 

 wholesome food, which is the ba- 

 sis of all meals. Greater con- 

 sumption of wheat by the people 

 of the United States at this time 

 would not only be a healthful 

 and wholeBome thing tor- them 

 but a patriotic ser^-ice to the 

 wheat growers ot the United 

 States in the emergency by which 

 they are now confronted. 

 Vast Volnmes 



"The distressed conditions ex- 

 isting in many wheat growing 

 sections of the country, which 

 are having a tendency to force 

 into the market vast volumes ot 

 wheat which cannot be readily 

 absorbed, must inevitably tend 

 to produce lower price*,- which 

 more orderly marketing might 

 avoid. 



"The Council desires to call 

 attention to the new credit facil- 

 ities now being furnished under 

 Federal direction through the In- 

 termediate farm credit banks, 

 which are available to meet these 

 distressed conditions." 



Objects of Conncil 



The objects of the Wheat 

 Council of America have l^een 

 outlined by the directors as fol- 

 lows: 



A. To advance the interests 

 of the producer, by developing 

 and promoting Uirough voluntary 

 action, the application of meth- 

 ods of organizing the production 

 and marketing of wheat in the 

 United States, la order to estab- 

 lish or approximate a balance 

 between domestic production and 

 consumption and to bring the 



, -dustry. 



wheat within the Uplted States 

 instead ot abroad; 'and to de- 

 velop profitable outlets for such 

 surplus as may exist. 



B. To advance the general 

 welfare ot the producer by any 

 and every means deemed advis- 

 able and especially by promot- 

 ing more eflficient and effective 

 marketing methods and systems. 

 To interest agriculture, In- 

 transportation, finance, 

 commerce, labor and consumers 

 in the economic phases ot the 

 prdduction, distribution, manu- 

 facture and consumption of 

 wheat and wheat products and 

 Nassociated commodities. 



D. To increase the consump- 

 tion ot wheat and wheat prod- 

 ucts by informing the consumer 

 of the advantages to be gained 

 by such increased consumption, 

 an^ by such other means and 

 methods as may be deemed ad- 

 visable; and to co-operate with 

 the producers of wheat and, the 

 manufacturers and distributors 

 of wheat products to tljis end. 



E. To offer co-operation with 

 every existing agency, national, 

 state and local, working for im- 

 provements in methods of pro- 

 ducing, storing, handling, mann- 

 tacturing, marketing and distrib- 

 uting wheat and wheat products. 



F. To aid in co-ordinating, or 

 If deemed necessary, to conduct 

 scientific research into the pro- 

 ductioB, manufacture, distribu- 

 tion and consumption ot wheat 

 and wheat products. 



G. To perforin the functions 

 of a Clearing House in the field 

 of advertising, publicity and gen- 

 eral business endeavors that are 

 aimed ^t accomplishing any and 

 all of the foregoing objects. 



New Issue of 

 ' Federal Bonds 



Being Floated 



A new issue of Federal Farm 

 Loan bonds of 45 million dollars 

 now being floated should result 

 In more money being available 

 before long to be lent thrquan 

 co-operative farm loan »s0<na- 

 tions to farmers wishing to place 

 long term mortgagee on their 

 farms. These bonds will yield 

 4.45 per cent to the redeemable 

 date 1933 and 4H per cent 

 thereafter to redemption or ma- 

 turity. They may be purchased 

 in denominations running from 

 $40 to m.OOO. ' ■ 



Chicago Prqflucers* » 

 Patrons Urged To 

 Consign Correctly 



Live stock shippers who con- 

 sign their stock to the Chicago 

 Producers Commission Associa.- 

 tion, the agency ot the National 

 Live Stock Producers Associa- 

 tion, at Union Stock Yards, are 

 requested to use more care in 

 billing their shipments, as con- 

 siderable confusion has arisen in 

 thfe past when cars have come 

 to the yards consigned to "Na- 

 tional Producers" Instead ot 

 "Chicago Producers." ^ 



Some shipments billed in this 

 manner^ have not reached the 

 "co-op" firm at all, the word 

 "national" being connected with 

 a private commission company 

 in the yards. 



"To Chicago Producers, Union 

 Stock Yards, Chicago, 111." is 

 the carrect way to consign live 

 itdck to the fanners' flrm. 



Red Top\Growers 

 Hold Annual Meet; 

 Orr Is President 



George Orr, Wayne county, 

 was elected president ot the 

 Egyptian Se^d Growers Exchange 

 to succeed J. S. McDonald ot 

 Jefferson county, at the annual 

 m*ti[ng of the red top "co^op" 

 held at Flora in July. S. S. 

 Hardin, Clay county, was made 

 vice president. 



Other changes includ^ the elec- 

 tion of George McElyea ot Xenia 

 to the Board of Directors to suc- 

 ceed Curt .\nderson, who re- 

 signed to accept the position as 

 full time general manager ot 

 the exchange. Mr. Anderson Was 

 also re-elected secretary-treas- 

 urer. I 



Walton Peteet, director of Co- 

 operative Marketing of the 

 American Farm Bureau Federa- 

 tion, made the principal address 

 at the meeting. He gave a most 

 interesting and practical talk on 

 the fundamental principles of co- 

 operative marketing. 



"The aim of co-operative mar- 

 keting," said Mr. Peteet, "is to 

 substitute orderly marketing ot 

 farm products "for the old, waste- 

 ful practice ot dumping and 

 blind selling. Wealth; culture, 

 and power were on the farm two 

 generations ago — now they are 

 In the cities. The change hits 

 been brought about by the prod- 

 uct of combination ot group ac- 

 tion in industry against individ- 

 ualism in agriculture. The great 

 hopes for agriculture are more 

 economical production and a bet- 

 ter marketing system. Organiza- 

 tion Is the bedrock foV advance- 

 ment of both of these." 



Prospects for the exchange 

 this year are very encouraging. 

 With the new warehouse at 

 Flora practically completed, fa- 

 cilities for handling the red top 

 pool are much Improved. 



EUROPE INCREASES 

 FOOD PRODUCTION, 

 ECONOMISTS AVER 



Lessened Demand For Amerf" 

 can 'Farm Exports Is Pre- 

 dicted At Conference 



European nations are gradu- 

 ally catching up in food pro- 

 duction and will have less and 

 less demand for American agri- 

 cultural products, according to 

 a survey of the foreign situa- 

 tion made by a committee of 

 farm economist* meeting in 

 Washington at the call of Sec- 

 retarj' of Agriculture Heary 

 C. Wallace. The farm bureau 

 was represeu^d by H. C. Moor-^,' 

 house, of the American P^fA 

 Bureau Fede^tiQn. .-^ 



Issae Statement 

 ' The statement which came 

 from the conference is in part as 

 follows: 



"The European nations are 

 gradually approaching their "pre- 

 war level in agricultural produc- 

 tion, especially importing nations 

 which are endeavoring to make 

 themselves independent ot out- 

 side ftood supplies. Twenty-one 

 countries that 4n 1909 to 1913 

 harvested an average of 67,000,- 

 000 acres of wlieat decreased to 

 58,000,000 acres in 1920, and 

 then rose again to 00,060,000 in 

 1922. Eleven countries that 

 haveated* 48,000,000 acres in 

 1920 and • 51,449,000 acres in 

 1922 have reported 52,180.000 

 acres Ibr 1923. Moreover, crop 

 conditions are much more favor- 

 able this year. Revival ot pro- 

 duction in Europe is much more 

 tianitest in agriculture than li^ 

 manufacture. 



Other Regions 



"During the World War agri- 

 cultural production in Europe 

 was reduced while the output in 

 several other countries was in- 

 creased. 'For example, the total 

 wheat area in the United States, 

 Canada, India, Australia and Ar- 

 gentina was 116,000,000 acres 

 In 1913 as against 137,000,000 

 In 1923. 



"Increased production in these 

 regions has more than offset the 

 decline of production In Russia. 

 There is no evidence to show 

 that the competition ot these 

 areas will be less this year than 

 last." 



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Now foi 

 ; history — r< 

 ■ progress o 

 If ing in An 

 . its first fi 

 l>;^. June 30, : 

 ducers sel 

 , , a gross val 

 828,033.54 

 '! date, June 

 1^ 30, 1923. 

 4V showed th 

 'sentlng 71 

 i ,^ock had 



A total of 11,534 farm bureau 

 meetings were held in Illinois 

 last year with an attendance ot 

 543,000. 



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