The DEnoH AtriculhiwJ AMociatioii Record 



Sei*.20, 



L^. LOUIS CIMIP 

 DISCHARGED FROM 

 BiUIKRllPTCY COURT 



Coinii|iitte« Assembles Claims 



of Creditors to Effect 



Composition 



Thel United States District 

 Ck)urt of East St. Louis has dis 

 charged the Illinois-Missouri Co- 

 operative Milk Marketing Com- 

 pany from bankruptcy and has 

 restortd full property rights to 

 the cimpany as the result of 

 a healing before special Master- 

 in-Chineery Thomas on August 



28. 



Dl8<iiarge from bankruptcr was 

 brougUt about through the ef- 

 forts 3f the Milk Producers' Ad- 

 visory (Committee. The advisory 

 committee assisted In assembling 

 claims! of creditors in elTecting 

 an artangement which was ac- 

 cepted j 1)y the court. The Illi- 

 nois Agricultural Association, 

 througti the services it rendered, 

 made |t possible for the assets of 

 the company to be preserved and 

 tbrougji advances properly se- 

 cured, court charges have been 

 paid, i 



Plan0 tor the reorscnlzation of 

 the company are In the hands of 

 the Milk Producers' Advisory 

 Committee, composed of E. B. 

 HeatOB. Marketing Director of 

 the A. F. B. F', Chairman; Asa 

 B. Richardson, Secretary; 0«orge 

 A. Fox, Secretary of the I. A A.; 

 John L. Boland, President of the 

 Missouri Farm Bureau Federa- 

 tion; and Pearlle Hajcraft, Presi- 

 dent 9t the Southern Illinois 

 Milk Producers Association. 

 ^ Treasurer R. A. Cowles, of the 

 I. A. A., is trustee to secure ad- 

 rances made by the I. A. A. and 

 eonnty Farm Bureaus. 



READY TO SERVE THE PUBUC 



Why I Did Not 

 \ Renew Membership 

 In Farm Bureau 



Here Is another, "Why I didn't 

 renew my membership," which 

 the Record asked sixty former 

 farm bureau members for. This 

 makes nine answers. 



M. B. Z. of Hancock county. 

 #HteS: ■ 



"My reasons for not renewing 

 my membership In the farm bu- 

 reau and I. A. A. are numerous. 

 I believed I could Invest $45.00 

 where I could see returns. I 

 don't approve of the large sal- 

 aries (arm advisers and others 

 are receiving. The three years I 

 was a member I never saw the 

 (arm adviser in our locality. I 

 could gt) on and give other rea- 

 sons I have, but will stop. 



"I don't wish to be misunder- 

 stood. I am not a knocker on 

 the farm bureau or I. A. A. I 

 think there Is a great work ahead 

 to be done and I hope ta see the 

 day when American farmers are 

 ao stroQgly organized that they 

 will be rewarded for their labor. 

 I have talked with hundreds of 

 farmers over all the central 

 sUtes who feel that the small 

 fanner and renter pays the same 

 dues as the big fanner, who think 

 they get the attention. 



"I am wishing the whole I. A. 

 A. success and expect to t>ecome 

 a member again as soon as a few 

 oblectlonal features have been 

 eliminated, and when I am sure 

 I can make a net profit of $15.00 

 a year, to pay does, on an 80- 

 mcre fanB." 



THIS n^w dairy plant, the home of the Rock Island Co-operative 

 Dairy Company, is open to the public for inspection at all times. 

 With Its/ modern equipment for handling dairy products, it represents 

 an inve^ment of about $55,000. The structure is 40x80 in size and 

 has a floor apace of 6,400 feet. It is now equipped to handle a capacity 

 of 2,000 Ballons of milk dally, but can be easily enlarged If volume of 

 business demands it. 



UNO VALUATIONS 

 CUT IN SEVEN 

 MORE COUNTIES 



(Contfhued from paffe 1) 

 rence county belonged to Jef- 

 ferson couUty. 



A cut of 23 per cent was asked 

 for in valuations of farm lands 

 in Lawrence county, figured on 

 the basis of the 1923 figures of 

 the assessors. The Board of Re- 

 view has made a /eduction of 

 10.7 per ceht. 



Stark Cut 10 Per Cent 

 "I am glad to say that a 10 

 per cent reduction in the valua- 

 tion of farm lands was secured 

 as a result of the bearing and 

 facts presented by Mr. Watson." 

 writes E. E. Brown, Stark County 

 Farm Adviser. "The Board re- 

 ceived Mr. Watson and our tax 

 committee in a very friendly and 

 courteous manner, and they were 

 seemingly impressed by the facts 

 and data presented." 



10 Per Cent In Clinton 

 The Christian County Board of 

 Review has announced a ten per 

 cent cut in land valuations. This 

 is In addition to a cut of IS 

 per cent made by the assessors 

 last spring. The farm bureau 

 figures showed that lands bad a 

 full valuation of 46.8 per cent of 

 their sales values and city prop- 

 erty 37.4 per cent. 



Our Farm Bureau Executive 

 Committee is satisfied with the 

 decision as made by the Board 

 of Bevlew," writes C. E. Hay, 

 Farm Adviser. The local tax 

 committee will check up to see 

 that this reduction is made." 

 15 Per Cent In Kankakee 

 Real estate in the city of 

 mnkakee has a full valuation 

 of 34.4 per cent of the actual 

 sales values, according to the 

 farm bureau Investigation. Brad- 

 ley has a valuation of 34.2 per 

 cent of the actual sales value and 

 all other towns and villages have 

 a valuation on property of 40.6 

 per cent of the actual sales val- 

 ues. Farm Adviser John Collier 

 and Mr. Watson, of the I. A. A., 

 presented these facts to the Board 

 of Review on August 29. The 

 Board has announced a reduction 

 of 15 per cent on the full valua- 

 tion of farm lands. 



New Hearings 

 The Randolph County Board of 

 Review was so eager to get the 

 Farm Bureau Information that it 

 waited until nine o'clock on the 

 evening of August 30 for the fig- 

 ures to be completed. Sparta real 



Sangamon Bureau 

 Reports Tax Cut 

 of 32.5 Percent 



The Sangamon County Farm 

 Bureau has secured a total re- 

 duction of 32.5 per cent in (arm 

 land valuations, writes Farm Ad- 

 viser I. A. Madden. "Last spring 

 our Tax Committee requested 

 the supervisor of assessments to 

 recommend a reduction of one- 

 third in valuations of farm lands. 

 He recommended a cut of one- 

 fourth. When the assessors' 

 books were turned In, the farm 

 bureau Tax Committee went be- 

 fore the board and requested a 

 further reduction in order that 

 the total of one-third reduction 

 would be made. The Board ot 

 Review agreed to make another 

 cut of 10 per cent." 



From 4.9 to 9.2 

 Percent Shows 

 GnAloth of Co-ops 



The gradual growth of the vari- 

 ous agencies of the National Live 

 Stock Producers Association As 

 demonstrated by the following 

 percentages of the total stock 

 yards receipts handled by all 

 agencies on the markets where 

 they are operating: 



Percentaere of 



Month — total receipts 



July. 19S2 4.9 



August. 1922 5.4 



September. 19tl 6.1 



October, 1922 C,C 



November, 1922 7.7 



December. 1922 I.i 



January. 1923 ...i 8.7 



February, 19:s ..: (.4 



March, 1923* 7.7 



April. 1923» (.1 



May. 192J t.* 



June, 1923 9.2 



■Declines In percentages durlna 

 these months are due to the start- 

 Inff of the Kansas City office. The 

 Producers have found that starting: 

 on a large market like Kansas City 

 always lowers the percentages, but 

 that within a short time an increase 

 la acaln shown. 



A. F. B. F. Research 



Traffic Dep't Is 

 Ready To Assist 

 In Securing Cars 



Individual Farm Bureau mem- 

 bers or farmers' co-operative as- 

 sociations who have difllculty In 

 securing freight cars should no- 

 tify the Transportation Depart- 

 ment of the I. A. A. as it is 

 ready to assist shippers in every 

 way possible. Telegraphic com- 

 plaints receive special attention 

 from the department. 



'It seems hardly possible that 

 this year will go by without a 

 car shortage, according to the 

 department, and all shippers are 

 urged to load and unload cars as 

 promptly as possible and to order 

 only the number of cars 'actually 

 needed. 



estate has a full valuation of 

 30.3 per cent of the actual sales 

 values, according to the Investi- 

 gation. In Chester, real estate 

 has a full valuation of 45 per 

 cent. In other towns and villages 

 of the county, property has a 

 valuation of 48 per cent of the 

 actual sales values. Farm lands 

 in the county have a full valua- 

 tion of 54.6 per cent of the sales 

 values. The Board stated their 

 Intention of making changes that 

 would equalize classes ot prop- 

 erty.. 



In Monroe :. . - ' 

 In Monroe county the Farm Bu- 

 reau survey showed that farm 

 lands are assessed on 52 per cent 

 of actual sales values while city 

 and town real estate Is assessed 

 on 49.8 per cent of the actual 

 sales values. No change has t>een 

 announced by the Board. 



Prices of eighteen important 

 farm products were higher than 

 a month ago and six are lower, 

 according to the Department of 

 Research, American Farm Bureau 

 Federation, in a September 4 re- 

 port. Compared with a year ago, 

 twenty-one are higher and three 

 are lower. 



Wool, flax, potatoes, hides, and 

 sugar were lower on ^ September 

 4 than a month before, while 

 wool, kaflr, and hides are the 

 only products lower than a year 

 ago. 



1923 Farm Income 



Estimates based, on the latest 

 production reports and recent 

 market trends Indicate that farm- 

 ers' cash income, from sales, for 

 the crop year 1923-24, will be 

 about $200,000,000 greater than 

 In 1922-23, according to the De- 

 partment of Research, American 

 Farm Bureau Federation. 



This contradicts the enrrent 

 statement that the farmers' in- 

 come will be one billion dollars 

 greater than last year. The lat- 

 ter figure was derived from an 

 estimate which assumes that all 

 farm products will be sold for 

 cash value. The A. F. B. F. con- 

 siders cash Income as more slg- 

 niflcent. For instance, only about 

 20 per cent of the corn will be 

 marketed as corn, while the rest 

 will be sold as pork, beef, etc. 



The Department of Research 

 estimates that corn In all forms 

 will yield the fanner practically 

 the same Income this year as last, 

 with the pork and beet price 

 trends taken Into consideration. 

 The difference between the two 

 methods of computation in the 

 case of this one crop is, therefore, 

 $600,000,000. 



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WHYIJOOe 



THE FARM BUREAU,,, 



MEMBERS EXPiADi: 



Organization Is Best let 

 For Solving Problems '^ 

 of Farm a\ 



"The greatest reason is tluU|> 

 it binds the farmers In one grear 

 organization," writes I. A. B., o^ 

 Crawfjrd county, in answer t(| 

 the question why he Joined Uki 

 farm bureau. The Record asked 

 sixty members to answer this>' 

 same question. Here is what 

 some of them say: 



"If we ever get anywhere we 

 have got to stick together." write«| 

 T. O. H., of Pike coanty. 



"I joined the farm bureau witbj 

 the thought that co-operatloa] 

 would bring better prices for out^ 

 products, which I think musG 

 come or farming must stop," li] 

 the answer of P. O. L., of McLeanj 

 county. 



Chinch Bogs to Taxes 



"Organization is the only thini 

 left for us to do," writes R. L. B 

 of Cass county. "The (arm bu 

 reau has been a great benefit t< 

 all members in the way of culling' 

 chickens, spraying orchards, com-i 

 bating chinch bugs and otberr 

 things. And also our taxes art) 

 going to be looked after." S 



C. A. P., of Marion county.; 

 owns a farm and runs a business | 

 In town. He says, "I am for ourj 

 county, state and national organ-;'': 

 izatlons, strong, and I am Just | 

 half a farmer at that t renewedj. 

 my membership because I thoughti^ 

 It was vtorth more nan it cost.i| 

 Since all classes are organizeiifr- 

 there will be slim picking for^ 

 the farmers antil they do Uke^'i 

 wise." I 



Good Farm Adviser 



"Our farm bureau agent is a^ 

 great man, always kind, helpful, 

 and a man who knows his busl-I 

 ness. I find him a friend ill'' 

 trouble," writes C. F. N., of Ken- 1 

 dall county. "I can do my vac-', 

 clnatlon for nearly half the cost: 

 of previous years and Just as^V 

 satisfactory. I hope to have my 

 cows tested through the bureauil 

 and have applied for a chicken 

 culling demonstration In Septem- 

 ber at my home." •' 



"In unity there is strength.; 

 We farmers must stick together If^ 

 we expect to accomplish things."^ 

 — L. M., Vermillion county. / 



I. A. A. AT TAX CONFERENCE 



John C. Watson, in charge of. 

 tax work for the Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association, will attend the 



National Tax Conference at White. 

 Sulphur Springs, Wast Virginia, 

 September 24 to 28. 



TRANSPORTATION DEEARTMENTi 



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Load and Unload Cars Prompt- 

 ly. It Helps to Prevent Car 

 Shortage. 



Volume 1 



RATES RE 



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Saving Will 



I 45,000 I 



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The new 

 mixed carloa 

 which the 111 

 Association h( 

 for over a y( 

 with the Am 

 reau Federat 

 encies, went i 

 ber 28. 



Under the o 



on mixed ship 



in carloads we 



basis ot the 



highest minim 



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also the higbi 



the best comi 



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Interstate Coi 



the freight cl 



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The four 



nols feeders 



Peoria, East 



dianapoUs, r< 



45,000 mixe 



from Illinois, 



Director of I 



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the average i 



new ruling i 



load. 



Start Re 

 Memi 



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Piatt, Mod 

 Jo Daviess, 

 Richland an 

 started reori 

 during Sep 

 direction of 

 partment of 



Jefferson 

 have made 

 during the 1 

 plete the I 

 memberships 

 bureaus will 

 tng tbe reoi 

 Biderably 11 

 year. 



