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The nimoM AgriiailtiirmI A»»<aci«tioii Record 



Oct. 20, 1923 



Illinois A^icultural Asso ciati on 



Published twice a month by the lUipola Xsrlaultural 

 Asaociation, 608 South Dearborn Street, Chtca^o, lUinola. 

 Bdited by News Publicity Department, B. U Bill, Director. 



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 offlce at Chtcaffo, Illinois, under the act of March X, 1879. 

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 vided for in Section 1103. Act of October S, 191T, author- 

 laed Oct. il. 1921. 



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OPFirBRit 

 PrcnMent, S. H. Tkom|i»«m, 4^Blacy. . j 

 Vlre-PrnidrBt. A, O. Bckert. BeileTtll«k 

 Treaanm>, R. A. Cowlea. Blaoaatestaa. 

 geen tary, Geo. A, Fa^ >ye«aa— ^, 



, EXECUTIVE OOKIMnTEB 



^ By Congressional Districts 



t^tti Henry McGough, Maple Park 



12th a F. Tullock, Roclcfard 



13ttt; C. E, Bamborough, Poto 



14th... W. H. Moody, Port Byron 



IBth H. E. Goembel, Hoopole 



leth. . ....,.,-k O. G, Reder, Mendota 



17th F. D. Barton, Cornell 



ISth C. R. Finley, Hoopetton 



IMh I D, J, Holtertnan, Sadorua 



20th ,,Eari C. Smith, Detroit 



2lbt E. L. Gorbin, Carlinville 



22M ,; Stanley Caatle, Alton 



23W Carlton TrimMe, Trimble 



24|h ,/ Curt Anderaon, Xenia 



M|lh .1 Vernon Laaatey, Sparta 



Directors of DeiMutments 

 I. A. A. Office 

 Oan^rat Office and Aaaistant to Secretary, J. D. Harper; 

 Field Organization, J. C. Sailor: Organization Pub- 

 lldity, G. E. Metzger; News PublicKy, E. I_ Bill; 

 TranaportatiOD, L.. J. Quasey; Statlatlcs. J. C. Wataon; 

 ^ance, R. A, Covvlea; Fruit and Vegetable Marketing, 

 A. B. Le«per; Live Stock Marketing. C A. Stewart; 

 Olairy Marketing, A, D. Lynch; Phoaphate-Llmeatone, 

 J. R, Bent. Legal, Newton Jenklna, 

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I. A^A. STAND ON GRAIN MARKETOfG 



The Illinois Agricultural Association is in fa- 

 vi>r of co-operative grain marketing. 



The Association has deiftonstrated this fact by 

 appropriating large sums of money and spend- 

 ing much time and effort in perfecting and ear- 

 ring out plans. 

 '' t he Association has not endorsed any one plan 

 of co-operative grain marketing since the start 

 of the U, S. Grain Growers, Inc. Its policy on 

 grain marketing is expressed in a resolution 

 unanimously endorsed by Mid-West State Farm 

 Bureaus, and' subsequently approved by the E!x- 

 flcutive Committee of the I, A, A, 



The resolution follows: 

 i. "Reaolved by this meeting of Prealdent and 

 j Secretarjea of Mid-West Farm Bureaus In aes- 

 aion at Chicago, July 3, 1923: 



"1. That the American Farm Bureau Federa- 

 tion be requested through its Co-operative Mai^ 

 keting - Department, to formulate a national 

 grain marketing policy, based on orga'hizatlon 

 of producers by states, with long-term con- 

 tracts, pooling by grades on basis of milling 

 value, corn to be dealt with separately and 

 that approfiriate action be taken to conduct 

 organization campaigns in the several grain 

 growing states in the order of their readiness 

 fo begin such worl<. 



"2. That we request the Executive Commit- 

 tee of the U, S. Grain Growers to co-operate 

 -with the American Farm Bureau Federation in 

 carrying out the program outlined above. 



'^, That pending the organization of atate 

 co-operative grain marketing organizations as 

 above, we approve the plan of the Board of 

 Directors of the U. S. Grain Growers, Inc., to 

 engage in grain selling on the plan submitted 

 to us today, the same to be merged into or 

 supplanted by the organizations contemplated 

 in paragraph 1 hereof at such time as the latter 

 are ready to begin operations," , 



In this re.solutioii a definite plan of co-oper- 

 ative grain marketing is asked for. It states 

 that the plan devised shall carry provision for 

 merging or supplementing the U. 8. Grain Grow- 

 ers, Inc. The Illinois Agricultural Association 

 believes the plan expressed in the mid-west reso- 

 lution to be correct and fundamentally right, 

 ! The new national plan of wheat marketing, an 

 Inounced in this issue of the Record, has not been 

 submitted to the Association otherwise than in 

 the form of a press statement. It is the desire 

 of the Illinois Agricultural. Association that the 

 plans of the new association will carry out the 

 principles expressed by the mid-west committee. 



LET'S FACE THE FACTS 



The district conferences were scheduled pri- 

 marily for farm bureau and co-operative market- 

 ing association leaders to tell about their troubles, 

 to find the weak links in their work. Here are 

 some of the troubles and weak links disclosed at 

 the first five conferences that must be faced and 

 solved, 



A few live stock shipping associations are fall- 

 ing off in business and many are standing still. 



Local stock bi:^ers and old-line commission 

 companies are working hard to get business, even 

 going to the extent of spreading false stories to 

 discredit co-operative effort. 



Farm bureaus and shipping associations are 

 doing little to overcome this opposition, or to in- 

 crease or hold business. 



Many co-operative shipping associations are 

 sending only a part of their business to co-oper- 

 ative commission companies. 



The manager is the leading spirit in many 

 shipping associations, little part being taken by 

 officers or executive committees. 



These weaknesses were reiterated • by live stock 

 shippers at several meetings. In the same dis- 

 cussions where these faults were told, opinion was 

 unanimous in favor of co-operative marketing of 

 live stocC and many experiences were told of the 

 good work of shipping associations and Produc- 

 ers' commission companies. ^ 



One remedy has already been started to over- 

 come these weak links. The Illinois Agricultural 

 Association has perfected arrangements with the 

 Producers' commission companies at .Chicago, 

 Peoria, St, Louis and Indianapolis for paying the 

 expenses of three men to work in the field with 

 local shipping associations, under the direction of 

 the I, A. A. Live Stock Marketing Department. 



A big part of the problem must be solved by 

 the local association. There were no discussions 

 ,or suggestions how shipping association associa- 

 tions or county farm bureaus could overcome 

 these problems, at the conferences. In counties 

 where these conditions exist these problems must 

 l)e faced with action, 



LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM OF A. F. B. F. 



At a luncheon with President Coolidge, mem- 

 bers of the American Farm BureaVi Legislative 

 Committee outlined the legislative program of the 

 Federation for the next session of Congress, 



It is restricted to eight general points, as 

 follows : 



1, Immigration. 



Favors further restriction; ' 



2. Price Fixing. 



Opposes governmental price fixing, 



3. Taxation. 



Opposes sales tax, 



4. Consolidation of Railroads. ' 



Decision held pending referendum, 



5, Merchant Marine. 



Wants Jlerchant Marine without subsidy, 



6, Crop Insurance. 



Desire government to investigate, 



7, Truth-in-Fabric. 



Insists goods to be labeled^sh^ing per- 

 centage of virgin wool, -C 



8. Muscle Shoals. / 



. Favors original Ford offer and amortiza- 

 tion plan. ' f , 



' S. B. 460 AGAIN J 



Senate Bill 460, passed by the last State Legis- 

 lature comes into swing again on the program 

 of inspection, certification and state accrediting 

 of farm poultry flocks and hatcheries. 



The work of inspection will be carried on by 

 the Division of Standardization and Inspection, 

 created by the new act. It is the machine that 

 makes it possible to carry out the poultrj' pro- 

 gram, 



S. B, 460 is one of the several bills which the 

 I. A. A. worked for in the last legislature. 



CO-OP MARKETING RESULTS 



Co-operative fruit and vegetable marketing 

 saved the situation at Quincy. 



There was practically no market for strawber- 

 ries at Quincy this year. The Quincy local '•f 

 the Illinois Fruit Exchange sold 8,320 crates of 

 strawberries at a net average of $2,10 to growers. 



At the same time Quincy dealers were offering 

 75 cents per crate for cabbage, the Exchange 

 sold carloads at a net average to growe'rs of $1,04. 



Local dealers offered from 50 to 60 cents a 

 bushel for potatoes. The Exchange sold 26 car- 

 loads of potatoes for 78 cents net to growers. 



These are the facts that can be proved by fig- 

 ures. What would have happened to prices of 

 strawberries, cabbage and potatoes, if all the 

 business of the Exchange had been damped on 

 the Quincy market? 



FOR POULTRY BREEDERS 



Problems arose with the passing of the setting 

 hen and with the coming of the baby chick busi- 

 ness. One of them was the unscrupulous hatch- 

 ery which sold White Leghorn /shicks that ma- 

 tured with a few black feathers. Another was 

 the problem of hatcheries getting eggs that «euld 

 be relied upon. 



The Illinois Agricultural Association studied 

 this problem, visited other states, found that Wis- 

 consin had a plan of inspection, certification and 

 accrediting that is working. Poultry interests of 

 Illinois were called together and the problem was 

 talked over. 



All forces joined together at Springfield, Oc- 

 tober 10, and inaugurated a program to overcome 

 these problems and will improve quality and 

 build a reputation for Illinois poultry products. 

 This is progress for the poultry industzy of Illi- 

 nois. Let's make it work. '. ' ■ I '■ -if ;. :■.' .'"- 



; : FACTS ON SALES 



Last' year Illinois farmers sold almost $469,- - 

 500,000 worth of farm products; in 1921, $386,- 

 000,000 worth; in 1920, $564,000,000 worth; in 

 1919, $770,500,000 worth; and in the pre-war 

 year, 1909, sales totalled $381,400,000, 



Corn and hogs brought Illinois farmers 34 per 

 cent of last year's cash receipts; cattle supplied 

 12 per cent ; dairy products, 18 per cent ; and 

 poultry, 8 per cent. 



These are facts derived from an exhaustive 

 study of sales of Illinois farm products over a 

 period of several years, by the Department of 

 Research, American Farm Bureau Federation, 



These facts, together with more detailed ones, 

 are told on page 4 of this issue of the Record. 

 Study them, 



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NO REASSESSMENT DECISION "^^ 



The I. A, A, has no information from the State 

 Tax Commission as to any steps taken to correct 

 the inequalities of valuations between city and 

 farm real estate in the counties on which hear- 

 ings were held before the Commission, 



We hope to give this information in the next 

 issue of the Record, 



TUNE IN ON THE FARM BUREAU 



Every Tuesday night at 9:01, standard time, 

 the farm biirean's voice is "in the air" from Sta- 

 tion KTW, Chicago. Wave length is 536 meters. 

 At that time the American Farm Bureau Fed- 

 eration presents two, speakers with a worth-while 

 message fo» farmers. Fifteen-minute talks are 

 given by each individual. 



Announcements of programs are given in the 

 Record as they are available in advance. Have 

 you tuned in yetT 



The unanimous sentiment of delegates at the 

 National Tax Conference in West Virginia was 

 that a comparison of actual sales values is the 

 most practical way to determine real values of 

 real estate for tax purposes. This upholds the 

 method used in tax wor^'of the I. A. A, and 

 county farm bureaus this year. 



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