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The niinou Agricultural Aatoctation Record 



Oct 20. 192S 



FAC1S GIVEN ON 

 SAIfS OF ILLINOIS 

 FARM_PR0OUCTS 



Sources of Income Listed; 



Coiiparison By Years 



Made By A.F.B.F. 



PrOsiecU for the new crop 

 year, 132?-1924, are somewhat 

 better in Illinois than for the 

 countr^tj as a whole, according to 

 the riepartment of Research, 

 Americiin Farm Bureau Federa- 

 tion. I 



Corn and oat crops are espe- 

 cially large compared with last 

 year and ' the general price ten- 

 denciea for these grains have 

 been u|iward. The Income from 

 the lar^e cattle and hog feeding 

 and dajry industries promises to 

 be at lAast no less than last year, 

 states Ithe Department of- Re- 

 search. 



Last jyear, Illinois fanners sbld 

 H70,0i0,000 worth of products. 

 There Are 237,181 farms in Illi- 

 nois aii|d the gross sales receipts 

 were therefore }2.066 per farm. 

 The value of all farm property 

 in Illiniiis in 1919 was $6,667,- 

 000. Ood and the sales turnover 

 was' 1]|.6 per cent of this cap- 

 ital sum. 



Sources of Income. 



Furtler research shows that 38 



T • 



per cent of the cash income of 

 Illinois {farmers last year was de- 

 rived Irom sales of crops, 35 

 per ceiit from live stock, and 27 

 per cent from animal products. 



The leading items were hogs, 

 of whicii J89, 000,000 worth were 

 sold; (lairy products, furnishing 

 185,00(1,000 cash return; torn, 

 )71,00(1,000; cattle, 155,000.000: 

 wheat, 1*47,000,000: poultry and 

 eggs, tiT.SOO.OOO; and oats, $24,- 

 000,00(l|. 



Obm 4nd Hogs Lead. 



Cornjand hogs together brought 

 in tl6At000,000 or 34 per cent 

 of the Itotal cash receipts. Cat- 

 tle supplied 12 per cent of the 

 gross ^receipts; daip' products, 

 18 perjcent; and poultry, eight 

 per ce4t. 



Faroi income in Illinois the 

 past <lft|een years has shown some- 

 what different trends from that 

 of the country as a whole, which 

 is attrif)uted to the fact that the 

 (tate has long been a highly de- 

 veloped! agricultural region.. 



I ^Comparison. 

 At t^e present time, income 

 from s^les in Illinois is 123 per 

 cent otjthfe 1909 receipts; for the 

 United JStates it is 157 per cent. 

 From 19Q9 to 1919 the increase 

 in Illinois was 100 per cent; for 

 the coQntry as a whole, 150 per 

 cent. Illinois farm sales declined 

 50 per?ce t from 1919 to 1921, 

 which was somewhat greater than 

 the avtrage of all states. The 



Traffic Dep't Can 

 Secure Lowest and 

 Best Rail Routings 



The I. A. A. Transportation De- 

 partment states that it can aefre 

 farm bureau members through the 

 correct routing of shipments so 

 that the lowest rates and quickest 

 service can be secured. 



An example of incorrect routing 

 was the complaint received by the 

 department tiom Paris, 111., when 

 the freight charges on a car of 

 cattle shipped there from Wauke- 

 sha. Wis., seemed excessive: 



Investigation by the department 

 disclosed the fact that ihe ship- 

 ment was badly misrouted, going 

 from Waukesha to Leithton, 111., 

 to Coster, 111., to Indianapolis, 

 Ind., and then to Paris. The 

 through rate on this routing is 

 67 54 cents per hundred. 



The shortest routing would 

 have been from Waukesha to Chi- 

 cago to Danville and then to Paris, 

 the through rate being 43 cents 

 per hundred for this routing. 



Nothing could be done by the 

 Transportation Department as the 

 shipper had accepted the bill of 

 lading with the specific routing 

 and 80 signed his name to it. In 

 cases of this kind if the consignee 

 is in doubt as to the best routing, 

 the information jrill be given by 

 writing to the department, which 

 should be done, of course, before 

 the shipment leaves its shipping 

 point. 



Farm Bureau Radio Program 



Every Taecdiiy eve«iBiE the 

 Farm Bureau Kadi* pro^rmn 

 In broadcanted from KY1V, 

 Chleafco. alarttiiK at l»t01 P. M. 

 The time haif been temporarily 

 ehhnsed to thla hour. 



"From Orehard To Table,*** 

 will he the Mubjeot of V, E. 

 llnrat of the Federated Fruit 

 nud Vegetable Urowera on 

 Tueaday. Ortober sa. At gi20 

 P. M.. A. P. Taylor of the 

 American Farm Bureau nrlll* 

 npeak on, **A Little Group of 

 Famt Folka At The Croaa* 

 lloada.*' 



On Tueadny eventnfr. Oeto- 

 ber .til, J. I>. Harper of the 

 llllnolM Affrlenltnral Aalioelii- 

 tlon apeakM on. **Farni V^'orker 

 and WaKe Worker," at »i01 

 P. M. H, X. Noble, Herretary 

 of. the National Committee on 

 Boya and Glrla Club Work 

 will follow on the anbjeet, 

 "Our Farm Doya and Glrla." 



More Opinions Received 

 From Voting Delegates 



Illinois figure for this year was 

 barely above the 1909 level, 

 whereas the total for the country 

 remained 30 per cent above 1909 

 figures. 



Severity of Depression. 



Deflation of wheat prices, low 

 prices for corn and oats, and 

 the short crops of oats in 1921 

 and 1922, made the severity of 

 the depression intensified in Illi- 

 nois. 



The increase in whoat grow- 

 ing was made largely at the ex/ 

 pense of corn. Wheat in 1909, 

 furnished but eight per »cent of 

 the farm income «tnd corn 22 per 

 cent. In 1919, wheat had risen 

 to 17 per cent in the sales ac- 

 count and corn had declined to 

 18 per cent. Wheat acreage has 

 remained large since that date, 

 but price declines have reduced 

 its relative standing, wheat sales 

 supplying but 10 per cent of last 

 year's receipts. 



Hogs Gain. 



Hogs have gained substantial- 

 ly in relative importance since 

 1920. while horses, which in 1909 

 were an important sales item,, 

 have fallen to a position of minor 

 significance. 



Dairy and poultry products 

 about held their own between 

 1910 and 1920 in relation to 

 total sales, but have gained rela- 

 tively since that time as a result 

 of the severe deflation of crop 

 farming. 



SU»OL*RY OP S.lIiES — ILLINOIS 



(In millions of dollars) 

 1909-1910 1919-1920 1920-1921 1921-1922 1922-1923 



Corn . .1 t S2 



Wheat Iv ,., S2 



Oats . . I ; .'. 36 



Hay ..[ S.* 



Fruits J S 



Ve^etaBlea C.5 



Mtocelltlneous 4.6 



Totkl I1U.4 



Livc^ackl '■ 



Cattle [ 49 



Hoga 1 6( 



Sheep, fete t.S 



Horses 26.6 



liules .. ., 7 



I364.0 



1265.0 



6140.6 



6176.6 



»3 66 38 65 



136 14 <3 89 



8 4 3 3.6 

 16.5 12.6 11 11 



9 7 5.5 ' 6.5 



Toll 



Aula , 



Dairy 46 



PoultrsI . . .' 61 



If iscellatleous . . ■. 7 



6261.6 6160.6 



6120.6 



6164.0 



90 60 62 85 



46 41 37 37.6 



10 .. 7.5 « 6.6 



J 146 6138 



TIM ist4 



J 126 

 686 



6129.0 

 6469.6 



Grain Growers 

 Funding Debts 

 With Debentures 



Deljentures have been tend- 

 ered to the creditors of the U. S. 

 Grain Growers, Inc., to fund the 

 debts of the organization and ac- 

 ceptance hafl been general when 

 this issue of the Record went to 

 press. 



The I. A. A. is recommending 

 to its members this step of the 

 Grain Growers, T-hich includes, 

 in brief, the pledging of all pres- 

 ent tangible assets (except need- 

 ed office furniture) to creditors 

 and in addition is making pro- 

 vision . whereby its debentures 

 may sometime be paid in full. 



Xhis is being done in such a 

 manner that the obligation to 

 such future payment will not 

 prejudice its admission , to mem- 

 bership privileges on contract 

 grain exchanges and will not 

 jeopardize future operations. 



A. F. B. F. Research 



"Prices of fifteen important 

 t&Tta commodities are higher than 

 a month ago, eight are lower, and 

 one is Unchanged. Compared with 

 a year ago, seventeen are higher 

 and seven are lower." This is the 

 summary of the report of the 

 American Farm Bureau Depart- 

 ment of Research on October 2. 

 Hogs 



Hog price decline is partly sea- 

 sonal as spring pigs are arriving 

 in large numbers. Receipts con- 

 tinue abnormally heavy compared 

 with previous years. Neverthe- 

 less, the stocks of hogs in storage 

 are being distributed at a satis- 

 factory rate. Domestic consump- 

 tion remains high and exports con- 

 tinue to run ahead of last year. 

 Foreign countries purchased about 

 one-third more hog products dur- 

 ing the first eight months of 1923 

 than in the same period of 1922. 

 Cattle 



An increase in receipts of short- 

 fed cattle has caused a decline in 

 prices on practically all grades. 

 Total arrivals have been in excess 

 of the corresponding time a year 

 ago and well above -the seasonal 

 average. Stocker and feeder ship- 

 ments into the main feeding 

 states have been heavier than in 

 the corresponding period last year. 

 Sheep and Lambs 



A heavier market supply of 

 sheep and lambs than last year 

 has weakened prices somewhat. 

 Shipments of feeder lambs and 

 sheep from the leading markets 

 liave been about 60 per cent heav- 

 ier than last year. 



The wool market, while lower 

 than a year aso, is beginning to 

 show more firmness and activity. 

 Foreign markets are strong at 

 prices above an importing basis 

 so that but little wool Ys coming 

 Into this country. Consumption 

 by domestic mills continues at a 

 fairly high rate. 



Expressions of their opinion on 

 the wheat situation have been re- 

 ceived from more voting dele- 

 gates of the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association. Letters were sent 

 by the News-Publicity Department 

 to all voting delegates to get 

 their opinions on the solution of 

 the wheat situation after the I. 

 A. A. Executive Committee issued 

 its wheat statement in August. 



"I am heartily against price- 

 fixing by any political organiza- 

 tions," states T. R. Lovett, Clark 

 county, "I am strongly in favor 

 of co-operative marketing of any 

 or all farir products and I feel 

 that I speak for the more pro- 

 gressive body of our farmers 

 here when I say that we are sure 

 that such marketing will be the 

 only salvation from the present 

 condition. 



Better Marketing 



H. B. Koeller, Madison county, 

 sees more common sense in mar- 

 keting as a great aid to the sit- 

 uation. He says, "Farmers as a 

 rule are poor business men. Very 

 few pay much attention to that 

 end of farming — the most im- 

 portant. We don't market pro- 

 duce today; we dump it at the 

 consumer's door as fast as we 

 produce it and nearly always at 

 a loss — then raise a big howl the 

 way they treated us. It's up to 

 us to help ourselves and we c^ 

 do it. We need a marketing sys- 

 tem that starts right _ on the 

 farm." 



Mr. Koeller urges warehousing 

 on the farm if a certain standard 

 type of warehouse can be agreed 

 upon. Then a marketing system 

 built with townshiif county, state 

 and national units could be built 

 up. — 



World Market 



Fixing of a minimum price oa 

 wheat by law would cause more 

 vexing problems than it would 

 solve, according to George Fulk, 

 Moultrie county. He sees the 

 farmers' big difficulty caused by' 

 selling his products on a world 

 market. 



'The truth that hurts is that 

 we are selling on a world market 

 and being denied the privilege. of 

 buying on this same market. It 

 we wheat farmers, after selling 

 on the world market today were 

 allowed to turn around and buy 

 on this same market, we should 

 all have a balance left in our 

 bank accounts," writes Mr. Fulk. 



Mr.' Fulk says it woujd be 

 hopeless to try to force the 

 prices of grain far above the 

 world market prices but thinks 

 that a lowered tariff will com- 

 pel the manufacturer to lower 

 his prices through competition 

 with lower-priced goods from 



abroad. Farmers could buy on 

 a world market. 



Eliminate Cbmpetltlon 



"I believe that we should prac- 

 tice efficient farming, diversified 

 farming, and co-operative mar- 

 keting," writes John P.- Stout, 

 v6ting delegate of ' Sangamon 

 county, "but until we, as farmers, 

 are/ relieved of world competition 

 just as the manufacturers- and 

 the laborers have been relieved 

 of it, we will never find farming 

 a profitable business. 



"Until our leaders are willing 

 to take some aggressive action 

 toward solving this big problem 

 of world competition, wp may ex- 

 pect to donate our labor and that 

 of our families to produce food 

 for those who are protected from 

 world competition." 



Mr. Stout thinks that the next 

 16 or 20 years will decide 

 whether American agriculture is 

 to be maintained on the standards 

 o( today or whether the standards 

 wil} be those of farming in 

 Europe. ^ 



MANY IMPORTANT 

 FACTS REVEALED 

 AT CONFERENCES' 



(Continued from Page One) 

 DeKalb. Many carloads of dairy 

 cattle are coming into the dairy 

 district. This district is not sup- 

 porting the Chicago Milk Market- - 

 ing Company, it developed. ■ At 

 Belleville a plan for reorganizing 

 the Illinois-Missouri Milk Market- 

 ing Company was announced. 



Bnslness Methods Needed 



A need for better business 

 methods In all co-operative jnar- 

 keting assdbiations was outstand- 

 ing in the discussions. In all of 

 the conferences co-operative mar- 

 keting was looked upon as tie so- 

 lution of the economic problem 

 facing farmers. 



President Si H. Thompson, Sec- 

 retary George Fox, and Walton 

 Peteet, Marketing Director of the 

 American Farm Bureau Federa- 

 tion, are attending all of the con- 

 ferences. 



This week conferences were 

 held at Danville, Tuscola, Spring- 

 field, and Centralia. 



On October 23, a conference 

 will be held at Bloomington for 

 the seventeenth district; Octotwr 

 24, at Peoria; October 25, at 

 Galesburg; and 9n October 26 at 

 Monmouth. 



The Pike County Farm Bureau 



collected 6200 rain Insurance for 

 which It paid |15 premium when a 

 heavy rain the night before and 

 threatening weather during the pic- 

 nic caused a small attendance. 



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