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Illinoi s Agricultural Association 



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VoiiBne 1 



Oct. 20, 1923 



Number 15 



IMPROVED QUAUTY 

 IS AIM OF POOLTRY 

 INSPECTION PLANS 



Pl^ns Launched To CBrtify 



Flocks and Hatcheries; 



i.A.A. Backs Move 



For the purpose of improv- 

 ing quality and building a rep- 

 utation for Illinois poultry 

 products, a plan of inspection 

 and certification of farm pioul- 

 try flocks and hatcheries was 

 inaugurated at a meeting of 

 fifty poultry breeders and 

 hatchery men at Springfield, 

 October 10. 



The Division of Standardiza- 

 tion and Inspection of the State 

 Department of Agriculture will 

 inspect farm poultry flocks for 

 purity of breed, production quali- 

 ties a^d disease. There will be 

 •a further inspection service for 

 hatcheries which wilt use eggs 

 from inspected farm flocks only. 

 Hatcheries passing the required 

 standard 'will be placed on an 

 accredited list and their products 

 will carry a state accredited 

 label. 



Guarantees Chicks 



"This plan will not only Insure 

 hatcheries of quality egg(, but 

 will be a protection against un- 

 scrupulous hatcheries and will be 

 a guarantee of quality baby 

 chicks to the purchaser," said 

 Lyie Funk of Bloomington, chair- 

 man of the meeting. 



A second part of the plan is 

 to test farm flocks for Bacillary 

 White Diarrhea, the most dan- 

 gerous disease to poultry, and 

 placing disease free flocks on a 

 state accredited list similar to 

 state accredited herds of cattle 

 free from tuberculosis. State 

 Veterinarian, Dr. F. A.. Laird 

 will supervise this work. Ac- 

 credited veterinarians will take 

 blood samples and tests will be 

 made by the University of Illi- 

 nois. 



To Apiioint Committee 



The meeting directed D. E. 

 Hale of Chicago to appoint a 

 committee composed of repre- 

 sentatives of breeders, hatfhery 

 , owners. University of Illinois, Il- 

 linois Agricultural Association, 

 State Department of Agriculture 

 and Illinois Poultry Breeders As- 

 sociation to promote and carry 

 out the plan. Representatives of 

 ^ these associations were present 

 at the meeting. 



At the closa of the general 

 meeting, hatchery owners formed 

 a state association and voted to 

 affiliate ^ith the International 

 Baby Chick Association. 



OVERLOADING THE BOAT 



Important Facts Revealed 

 At District Conferences 



That many co-operative live 

 stock shipping associations are 

 standing still and some are fall- 

 ing off in business, was one of 

 the outstanefing things' disclosed 

 at the first five district confer- 

 ences held at Carbondale, Belle- 

 ville, Freeport, DeKalb and 

 Wheaton. 



This is not true with all asso- 

 ciations, but judging from discus- 

 sions, it is a real factor to be 

 faced. Another weakness is that 

 not all shipping associations are 

 shipping to the • Producers' Com- 

 mission companies. 



As these things were discov- 

 ered, the conferences proceeded 

 to the cause for these conditions. 

 Here are the reasons: 



Discredit Co-operation 



Stock buyers and old-line com- 

 mission companies are spreading 

 false stories to discredit co-operat- 

 ive effort. 



Farm bureaus and shipping as- 

 sociations are doing little to over- 

 come this opposition. 



The only meetings of shipping 

 associations are annual meetings 

 and they are poorly attended. 



No remedies were discussed for 

 these conditions. i 



On the question of increasing 

 the business of Producers' Com- 

 mission Companies, It was sug- 

 gested that salesmen be placed 

 in the field. C. A. Stewart, Live 



Stock Marketing Director of the 

 I. A. A., announced that definite 

 arrangements had been made with 

 the Producers' Companies for em 

 ploying three fieldmen to work 

 with Illinois shipping associations. 

 Farm Bnreaa Relation 



On the question of farm bu- 

 reau relation to shipping asso- 

 ciations, the trend of discussion 

 was to the effect that there would 

 be some -definite rielations. How- 

 ever, it was not expected that a 

 relatioii could be maintained 

 unless some definite service is 

 rendered the shipping associations 

 by the farm bureaus. Secretary 

 Georgfe Fox said that farm bu- 

 reaus cannot afford to talk co 

 operative marketing unless they 

 continue a lively interest in it. 

 Pmits and Potatoes 



Local units qf the Illinois Fruit 

 Exchange are doing a satisfactorj- 

 business, it was stated at Carbon- 

 dale and Belleville. Education 

 and increased membership are 

 needed. Manager A. B. Leeper 

 announced that a campaign has 

 been planned for this winter. A. . 

 need and desire for co-operative 

 marketing of potatoes was ex- 

 pressed at Belleville.- This dis- 

 trict produces one-fifth of the po- 

 tatoes of the 8tat«. 



Over-production of milk loomed 

 up as a problem at Wheaton and 

 (Continued on page 4) 



National Judging 

 Contest Won By 

 Whiteside Team 



In competition with teams from 

 many other states, the Whiteside 

 county dairy judging team, con- 

 sisting of Donald Williams, El- 

 wyn Folkers. and Harold Gaul- 

 rapp. captured first honors in the 

 National Boys' Dairy Judging 

 Contest at the National Dairy 

 Show at Syracuse, N. Y. 



This year's team, coached by 

 Farm Adviser L. O. Wise, is the 

 second team from Whiteside 

 county to win the national con- 

 test, a team from the county win- 

 ning laat year at St. Paul, 



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Jefferson cmd 

 White Counties 

 Sign With I. A. A. 



Jefferson and White county 

 farm bureaus have joined the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association 

 and American Farm Bureau Fed- 

 eration. This leaves only two 

 county organizations in Illinois 

 that do not have a joint member- 

 ship in the state and national as- 

 sociations. 



White county starts a member- 

 ship campaign next Monday and 

 Jefferson county started on Oc- 

 tober 10. The two counties which 

 are not members of the I. A. A. 

 are Calhcrun abd Massac. Cal- 

 houn county is considering join 

 ing when their organization work 

 starts this fall. -l'. 



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WHEAT MARKETINIi 

 ON NATION-WIDE 

 BASIS IS PLANNED 



Ex-Governor Lowden Heads 



Committee To Formulate 



Plan of Action 



Field Men Will 

 Be Employed For 

 Producer Co-ops 



Authority was given the J. A. A. 

 Live Stock Marketing Department 

 at the la^t meeting of the Execu- 

 tive Committee to make arrange- 

 ments with the Chicago, St. Louis, 

 Indianapolis, and Peoria Produc- 

 ers' agencies to employ field men 

 who will devote their entiije time 

 to work for the Producers. ' 



These men will be employes of 

 the I. A, A. to work under 'the 

 direction of the Live Stock Mar- 

 keting DJepartment, but will be 

 financed txclusivety by the'selling 

 agencies. \ 



They will devote their entire 

 time to I calling on managers, 

 boards o^ directors of shipping as- 

 sociation, straight load shippers, 

 attending live stock meeting!, 

 shipping association meetings, and 

 will assidt in organizing shipping 

 associations. 



Arrangements have already been 

 made with Chicago, Peoria, and 

 St. Louis agencies and the aet.vity 

 will stwt by November 1 if capable 

 men can be found to flU the poel- 

 tions. I 



At the call of .Tudpe Robert ' 

 Bingham of Louis\-iile, -Ken- 

 tucky, a meeting of men identi- 

 fied with cooiwrative marketing 

 movements of the I'nited States 

 and others met in Chicago, Octo- 

 ber 8, and formulated plans for 

 a nation-wide organization of 

 wheat growers into standard 

 commodity marketing aSsoeia- 

 tions. 



AccordBng to tk'e statement is- 

 sued, stati^ associations will lie 

 organized along the lines simi- 

 lar to cotton and tobacco tocp'ras 

 lives and to the wheat macketing 

 associations in the' northwest and 

 southwest states. 



Executive CommtttM ' 



An executive committee was 

 formed headed by Ex-GoTem«r 

 FVank O, Lowden of Illinois. Other 

 memt>ers of the committee sre 

 Robert Bingham. W. H. Settle of 

 Indiana, Geo. oAewett of Minne- 

 sota, Carl Williams of Oklahoma. 

 Dan Wallace of Minnesota, and 

 Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas. 



Eugene Meyer, Jr.. Managing 

 Director of the War Finajice corp-' 

 oration vpas a visitor at .the con- 

 ference. He pledged thf support 

 of the War Finance Co^pora'tion. 

 Frank W. Mondell of the War 

 Finai^ce Corporation assured the 

 confernce that their work would " 

 have tke appro\-aL of PrMident 

 Coolidge and the national ladndn-, 

 istratioD. 



Walton Peteet, speaking for the 

 American Farm Bureau pledged 

 the support of that organization. 

 Mr. Jewett. representing nine 

 northwest cooperative m'h*»at mar- 

 keting 'associations, pledged their 

 support, 



Aarop S^piro wa* employed as 

 councilj 



E^acbi state wijl^ direct .Its o«« 

 campaign with ^the general ap- 

 proval and suppofl of the National 

 Committee, according to the state- 

 ment. The national committee 

 was not named. _ 



Others 1 



Others present at the meeting 

 named in the statement are Geo. 

 A. BulB of the American Wheat 

 Grower» Association, J. C. Cbai>- 

 pelle ot Kansas, Alexander Legse 

 of Chicago. Bemrfrd Baruch of 

 New York, C. V. Grego^ and Her- 

 man Steen of Cbirago. and B-. 8. 

 Yoht of the V. S. Department of 

 Agriculture. 



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