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Nov. 20, 1923 



Number 17 



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J. A. A. ANNUAL 

 MEETING TO BE 

 HELD JAN. 16-17 



Sessions At Galesburg; May Hold 

 State-wide Markets Con- 

 ference Jan. 15 



The ninth annual meeting of 

 the Illinois Agricultural Asso- 

 ciation will be held in Gales- 

 bnrg on January 16 and 17. 

 These dates were set by the 

 executive committee at their 

 meeting November 9. 



A meeting tor managers, 

 bbards of directors and officers 

 at marketing organizations is 

 planned tor January 15, tbe day 

 prior to tlie annual meeting 

 proper. Definite announcement 

 will be made later. 



Commktees Appointed. 



By motion of the committee 

 the president was asked to ap- 

 point a committee on constitu- 

 tion and by-laws which will make 

 a study of the constitution and 

 will review all changes suggest- 

 ed. The motion carried the sug- 

 gestion that proposed changes 

 be sent to this committee thirty 

 days prior to the annual meet- 

 ing date. 



Budget Committee. 



A committee to prepare tbe 

 budget for next year, composed 

 of President S. H. Thompson, 

 Secretary George A. Fox and the 

 Finance Committee, composed of 

 Charles Flnley, Henry McGough 

 and A. O. Eckert, was elected 

 by the executive committee. Tbe 

 report of this committee will l>e 

 in the form of a recommendation 

 to the new executive committee 

 elected at the annual meeting. 

 New FVnit Committee 



An advisory committee of six 

 for the Fruit and Vegetable Mar- 

 keting Department was appoint- 

 ed upon the recommendation of 

 A. O. Eckert, chairman of that 

 committee. Tbe new members 

 of the committee are Prof. W. S. 

 Brock and Prof. W. H. Ll6yd, 

 both of the Horttcditural De- 

 partment of the University, I. D. 

 Snedeker, Jerseyville; Willis Se- 

 ward, Quincy; Robert Endicott, 

 Villa 7idge: and Frank Lanter 

 of BelleTille. 



Co-op Marketing 

 Day To Precede 

 A. F. B. F. Meet 



A co-operative marketing con- 

 ference has been called by Wal- 

 ton Peteet, Marketing Director 

 of tbe A. F. B. F. for Saturday, 

 December 8, which precedes the 

 four day annval meeting of tbe 

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Reward Offered 

 For Bootleggers 

 ofT.B. Cattle 



To stop the bootlegging of 

 T. B. cattle into the state, the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association 

 offers », reward of 1 100 on the 

 first conviction in each county 

 for violation of state or national 

 law or regulation, prohibiting 

 the importation of tut>erculous. 

 cattle into the state. 



The I. A. A. offer Is made on 

 the provision that the farm bu- 

 reau within the county offers a 

 similar amount for first convic- 

 tion, making a total reward of 

 $200. The conviction must be 

 for a violation committed after 

 this reward offer is made, and is 

 not retroactive. 



Numerous reports clearly indi- 

 cate to I. A. A. officials that 

 tuberculous cattle are being 

 smuggled . Into tbe state without 

 regard for law. This is especial 

 ly true on the northern border 

 line of the state. 



An urgent demand by many 

 interested in eradicating tuber- 

 culosis in the state has resulted 

 in this action. 



PULL OUT, PLOW AROUND, OR TURN IN 

 TOR THE DAY? 



Many Poultrymen 

 Apply for Use of 

 Inspection Plan 



A large number of poultrymen 

 and hatchery owners have ap- 

 plied to tbe I. A. A. and th° 

 State Department of Agriculture 

 at Springfield for Inspection of 

 flocks and hatcheries under t.'ie 

 new plan of state-certified flocks 

 and accredited hatcheries, ac- 

 cording to J. D. Harper, assis- 

 tant secretary of the I. A. A. 



An examination for Inspectors 

 to work under the plan was held 

 at the University of Illinois on 

 November 13, and subsequent 

 examinations will be held as 

 men are needed for the work. 



Trip To Europe 

 Is Planned For 



Illinois Boys 



Plans were made for sending 

 the Whiteside county dairy cat- 

 tle judging team, champions of 

 the United States, to tbe Royal 

 Stock Show in England to com- 

 pete for world honors, at a re- 

 cent meeting of farm organiza- 

 tion and dairy manufacturing in- 

 terests. 



Secretary George A. Fox of 

 tbe I. A. A. was appointed chair- 

 man of a committee to flnance 

 the trip and Mr. L. P. McMillan, 

 Banker of Rockford was appoint- 

 ed secretary-treasurer. 



It's at Galesburg, 



Jan. 16 and 17! 



At Galesburg, January IS 

 and 17, the ninth annual 

 meeMng of the I. A. A. will 

 be held. Save these dates 

 and make plans to be on 

 hand. Make a vacation out 

 of it and bring your wife 

 along; It will help to make 

 the work eaaler all year. 



The program In the mak- 

 ing promises to be one of 

 the best, A previous one 

 day meeting Is planned for 

 executives and manager* of 

 marketing companies, a new 

 feature for the annual meet- 

 Ing. 



Send your hotel reserva- 

 tions to the 1. A. A. office. 

 Other definite announce- 

 ments ef the meeting will 

 appear in the next Issue of 

 the Record. 



More Than 165,000 

 Pounds of Wool To 

 1923 Illinois Pool 



Illinois farmers have consigned 

 approximately 165,000 pounds of 

 wool to the 1923 wool pool which 

 is about 20,000 pounds more 

 than last year, according to C. A. 

 Stewart of the I. A. A. Lire 

 Stock Marketing Department. 



The wool market is very slow 

 at present, says Mr. Stewart, and 

 it is not likely that conditions 

 will favor movement of the 

 pooled wool in the near future. 



TO USB NEW LAW 



Officer* of the Ozark unit of 

 the Uliaois Fruit Exchange, tn 

 Johnson county, are making plans 

 to reorganize soon and to in- 

 corporate under the Illinois Co- 

 operative Marketing Act which 

 went into effect July 1. This 

 unit will be tbe flrst to come un- 

 der the {act. All other units are 

 expecting to reorganize during 

 the winter. 



Fruit Interests 

 Asked To Fight 



Freight Boost 



Effort] is : being made by tbe 

 I. A. A. Transportation Depart- 

 ment to get all fruit and veget- 

 able interests of the state to 

 assist in the flght against an in- 

 crease In freight rates. 



The Indiana Public Serriee 

 Commlseion complained before the 

 Interstate Commerce Commission 

 that frdigbt rates on fruits and 

 vegeubles to Chicago are out 

 of line with Illinois rates to 

 Chicago. A "hearing was held 

 March 1, at which time tbe fruit 

 and vegetable interests of Illinois 

 were ndt represented. 



The L A. A. and Illinois Com- 

 merce Commission have petitioned 

 the Interstate Commerce Com- 

 mission I for a rehearing of tbe 

 case, tbe I. A. A. is inviting 

 al interests to work with tbe 

 Transportation DepaitM€ttt on 

 this problem. •. • r' 



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FARMERS NOT OUT 

 OF THE RUNNING 

 ON TAX PROBLEM 



All Illinois Knows That State 

 ' Body Has Broken Its 

 Promise 



The State Tax Commission 

 knows that the farm bureau is 

 able to sit up in bed even if 

 vaUuations of farm land are not 

 of line with city real estate in 

 seven' counties. 



At the same hour the last 

 Record was going to press, 

 I. A. A. Information Depart' 

 released a story to the press 

 charging, the ^Commission with 

 evading their lawful duty as laid 

 down by the act that created tbe 

 Commission and of breaking their 

 promise made to the Illinois Ag- 

 ricultural Association to order 

 reasaeaements in seven counties 

 where wide inequalitiee of as- 

 sessments existed. 



In the 



The next morning the Chicago 

 Tribune carried a front page 

 column story telling all about 

 the I. A. A. charge and printing 

 part of tbe letter Attorney New- 

 ton Jenkins sent to the CommU- 

 slon. All of tbe Chicago papers 

 carried the story, the preia wire 

 associations ticked the charge 

 off to papers all over the state, 

 and a few days later tbe Orange 

 Jndd Farmer and Prairie Far- 

 mer both carried flrst page 

 storiea. 



The Chicago American waited 

 a few days and came out with 

 an editorial warning the power*- 

 that-b« that it would be a good 

 idea to play aqnare with the 

 farmer crowd. 



Bat No Answer. 



But no answer or excuse has 

 come from the Tax Commission 

 to the I. A. A. office, in the face 

 of this barrage. 



A few days after the news- 

 paper* carried the story that 

 (Continued on pare 4) 



A.F.B.F. Meet 

 To Hear About 

 I. A. A. Tax Work 



"The taxation work aeoom- 

 plished by the I. A. A. Is the best 

 project carried on by a state 

 farm bureau that I know of," 

 says BeereUry John Coverdale 

 of th^ American Farm Bureau 

 Federation. 



Mr.^ Coverdale has asked John 

 C. WaUon, in charge of tax 

 work for the I. A. A., to tell 

 about his work at the annual 

 meeting of the FedetmttM .!■ 

 Deeember. 



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