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 OOLLFGE OF AGRICin.Ti;RS, 

 JNIVFRSITY OF ILLINOIS, 

 JRBANA, ILLINO'IS, ^0-lI.L-7-g2 



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Volome 1 



OcL 5. 1923 



Number 14 



RATES eiiCED 

 ON MIXED LOADS 

 OF JIE STOCK 



Saving Will Be Made On 

 ■ 45,000 Carloads of 

 Illinois Stock 



The new freight rates on 

 nuxed carloads of live stock, 

 which the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association has been working on 

 for over a year in cooperation 

 with the American Farm Bu- 

 reau Federation and other ag- 

 encies, went into effect Septem- 

 ber 28. r 



Under the old rule, the charges 

 on mixed sbipmenta ot live stock 

 in carloads were computed on the 

 basis ot the highest rate and 

 highest minimum weight applica- 

 ble on any ppecies of stock in t£e 

 car. In other words if the mixed 

 shipment contained hogs and cat- 

 tle, the rate on hogs would be 

 use<l because it vas the highest 

 rate and the minimum weight 

 on cattle would be use^jis it was 

 also the highest. Railroads used 

 the best combination they could. 



Under the new ruling of the 

 Interstate Commerce Commission 

 the ' freight charge must be com- 

 puted on the rate and minimum 

 weight of one species of live 

 stock in the car. Carriers can 

 not use the rate on one kind of 

 ■lock and the minimum weight 

 ot another kind. 



Illinois SJAving 



The four markets which Illi- 

 nois feeders patronize: Chicago, 

 Peoria, East St. Louis and In- 

 dianapolis, receive approximately 

 45,000 mixed carloads a year 

 from Illinois, says C. A. Stewart, 

 Director of the Lire Stock Mar- 

 keting Department. He estimates 

 the average saving caused by the 

 new ruling will be 16.00 a car- 

 load. 



Start Renewal of 

 Memberships In 

 Seven Counties 



Piatt, Mon»oe, Schuyler, Bond, 

 Jo Daviess, ' Scott, Henderson, 

 Richland and Johnson counties 

 started reorganlzattbn campaigns 

 during September under the 

 direction of the Organization De- 

 partment of the I. A. A. 



Jefferson and Clinton counties 

 have made plans to reorganize 

 during the fall. They will com- 

 plete the list for 1923. The 

 memberships in only six county 

 bureaus will expire in 1924, mak- 

 ing the reorganization work con- 

 ■iderably Ushter (or the next 



year. 



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THE SLUMS KIDDIES 



A total of 2,342 children of 

 Chicago slums had vacations 

 on the farm this year, 

 through the efforts of the 

 United Charities. This nuni- 

 ber Is more than double 

 that of last year. 



The I. A. A. placed 391 of 

 that number, and the Prairie 

 Farmer, cooperating on this 

 project, placed 358. Let's 

 help double it again next 

 year. 



Action Is Taken 

 Toward Violation 

 T. B. Regulations 



Northern Illinois farm advis- 

 ers, officers of the Illinois Hol- 

 steln-Friesian Association and 

 others interested held a confer- 

 ence in the I. A. A. offices in Sep- 

 tember at which resolutions were 

 passed that everything possible 

 be done toward apprehending vio- 

 lations of the rules and orders 

 regulating tuberculosis eradica- 

 tion. 



Recommendations were made 

 that farm advisers, herd owners 

 and county breed associations do 

 their utmost to expose all unlaw- 

 ful introduction of untested cattle 

 from without the state into Illi- 

 nois and to apprehend the vio- 

 lators. 



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Co-op Spuds 



Beat Price of 

 Local Market 



sixty carloads of potatoes sold 

 by the Illinois Fruit Exchange 

 shipped out of Jelleville, Mas- 

 coutah and Qulncy, netted grow- 

 ers from 26 to 75 cents more per 

 hundred pounds than the local 

 wholesale prices, according to A. 

 B. Leeper, Manager of the Ex- 

 change. This is the first year 

 that the Exchange has marketed 

 any large amount of potatoes. 



Prices received for Early Ohios 

 ranged from 11.65 per hundred 

 to 11.90, and Irish Cobblers 

 ranged in price from |1.90 to 

 12.40 per hundred. The large 

 share of these potatoes were sold 

 in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Mr. 

 Leeper states that Illinois pota- 

 toes were outstanding in quality 

 this year and for that reason 

 sold at a minimum of about 25 

 cents a bushel over potatoes from 

 other states. 



"One of the lessons learned in 

 marketing potatoes this year," 

 Mr. Leeper says, "is that our 

 quality and neatness of pack is 

 not as good as it might have 

 been." The Exchange is pro- 

 moting the use ot modern grad- 

 ing machinery at local packing 

 sheds to overcome this dUOcuIty. 



KEEPING 'EM AWAY 



Inspection Plans To Be 

 Considered By Poultrymen 



CONFERENCES OPEN 

 WITH CAKBONDAII 

 MEETING, SEPT. 26 



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Essentials Fior Success In 

 I n Co-op Matiteting 

 M Eniilasized \^ 



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"A sound program, sooniS 

 management, and a sound fi- 

 nance plan ar: the three eskea.- 

 tials of every co-operative mar- 

 keting project," said Geo. A. 

 Fox, Secretar; • of. the 1. A. A. 

 at the close of the conference of 

 farm bureau and co-operative 

 marketing association leaders 

 for the 25th E istrict at Carbon- 

 dale on Wednesday, September 

 ■26. 



"The ups axii downs of co-op- 

 erative marke ing organizations 

 vary with th««« thre« tbln?s " 



stated Mr. Fox 



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The Carbon(Iale 

 the first of 

 ences cilled bj 

 cultural Assoc 

 weak links in 

 bureau and 



meeting waa 



district confer- 



the Illtnois Agri- 



ation to find the 



the work of farm 



cd-operative dxarket- 



A state-wide meeting of poul- 

 try breeders and hatchery own- 

 ers wiU be held in Springfield 

 on October 10 to consider a 

 plan of inspection ot fann poul- 

 try flocks and hatcheries," The 

 purpose of the plan is, to insure 

 that they are purchasing eggs 

 of the breed represented and to 

 guarantee purchasers that baby 

 chicks from itate acci^dited 

 hatcheries will mature true to 

 breed. 



For several months, J. D? Har- 

 per, Assistant to the Secretary 

 ot the I. A. A. has studied the 

 Wisconsin plan of accredited tarm 

 poultry flocks and hatcheries. At 

 his suggestion a meeting was held 

 at Springfield attended by C. P. 

 Scott, chief Poultryman for the 

 Illinois Department ot Agricul- 

 ture; A. D. Smith, assistant to 

 Mr. Scott; Dr. Leslie E. Card, 

 Head of Poultry Department, Uni- 

 versity of Illinois; H. W. Day, 

 Supervising Inspector, Illinois De- 

 partment of Agriculture; and 

 representatives of several large 

 hatcheries of the state. 



This body unanimously en- 

 dorsed the Wisconsin plan and 

 decided to call a meeting of all 

 poultry interests in the state to 

 consider eetablisbing a similar 

 plan in Illinois. 



Under the new inspection act. 

 Senate Bill 460, which farm bu- 

 reau interests were instrumental 

 in passing at the last legislature, 

 it is planned to inspect farm 

 flocks for purity of breed and to 

 place them on a certified list. 



Following certification of flocks, 

 hatcheries will purchase eggs only 

 from flocks on the certified list. 

 Hatcheries will also be subject to 

 inspection by the Illinois Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. The ones 

 that pass the requirements de"- 

 manded will be placed on an ac^ 

 credited list. This list will be 

 made public. 



Wisconsin Snccess 



Under a similar plan in Wis- 

 consin, four million certified baby 

 chicks were placed on Wisconsin 

 farms this year, Mr. Harper 

 states. He also says that there 

 has been a phenomenal growth 

 in the hatchery business in the 

 past several years. In his opin- 

 ion there is a tendency to abolish 

 the old setting hen and home in- 

 cubator and to purchase baby 

 chicks. A large share of the 

 business done by hatcheries is 

 with farmers. Not all hatcheries 

 have been al)Je to get the quality 

 of eggs for Incubation they de- 

 sired and as a result, black 

 feathers in White Leghorns when 

 (Continued on pa^e 4) 



ing organizations and to define 

 future policiee 



Seventy \i ricultural leaders 

 from seven c( unties in the di*- 

 trict attended :he meettng. There 

 are 15 local c a-operative associa- 

 tions in the ( istrict. mainly live 

 stock and fnii^ marketing organi- 

 zations. 



The second meeting of the ser- 

 ies was held for the 22nd Dis- 

 trict at Belleville on September 

 27 but no details we^e availalBe 

 when the Record went to press. 



The following is the schedule 

 of meetings following those at 

 Carbondale aild BeUeViUe: 



Dsti 

 Get. 2 

 Oct 3 

 CM. 4 



Cot 16 

 Oct 17 

 Oct. IS 

 Get. 19 

 Get 23 

 Oct. 24 

 Oct. 25 

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St. Louis "Co-op" 

 Seeks 20% Cut In 

 Commission Hates 



Filing of h new schadule of 

 livestock commission rates ap- 

 proximating eo per cent redac 

 tion from present charges has 

 been made by the Paoducers Live- 

 stock Commission Association at 

 National Stt4\s. Yards. 111. Tfce 

 proposed schedule, if approved 

 by the Packdrs and Stock Yards 

 Administratiop. was to be 4** 

 clared effecuie October 1. f 



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