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The DBaow Agricaita»ml AmocuUiob Record 



Nor. 20. 1923 



All Co-ops in Jersey ; I 

 i County Linked To Bureau 



When the Jersey Connty Farm 

 Bureau started co-operative mar- 

 keting worlt, action was taken 

 right then and there to see that 

 a worliing relationship was main- 

 tained between the organizations 

 formed and their 'daddy," the 

 Farm Bureau. So today Jersey 

 county farmers find it well worth 

 while to tie up with the bureau 

 if they expect to marlcet live 

 stock through the shipping as- 

 sociation, fruit through the Illi- 

 nois Fruit Exchange, or pur- 

 chase serum through the Jersey 

 County Farm Bureau. 



There were two big reasons 

 why the action was taken, ac- 

 cording to Farm Adviser, R. L. 

 Eyman. 



"First, we wanted everything 

 that we did tied up with the 

 fatm J>i*reau Iwcause without 

 counsel and our help the thing 

 might ^ wrong." he states, 

 "and second, l>ecau8e if it was a 

 success we wanted it to strength- 

 en the organization. We didn't 

 want to trust "to luck that the 

 fellows whom we were helping 

 would, out of gratitude hold up 

 the hands of the parent organi- 

 zation. We just expected that 

 human nature wasn't that way." 

 Fifty Cents Per Hundred. 



A man must be a farm bureau 

 member to ship through the Jer- 

 sey County Shipping Association 

 at its regular charges. If he 

 is not a meml>cr, he must pay 

 60 cents per hundred extra for 

 the privilege of the service. 



This results in most live stock 

 shippers joining the farm bu- 

 reau, states Mr. Eyman. Once 

 in a while a man who has only 

 a little stuff ships it through, but 

 whenever his extra costs are go- 

 ing to amount to as much as 

 $15.00. right away he joins the 

 farm bureau, "and when we 

 get him in we can do a lot of 

 things for him other than ship- 

 ping his live stock." 



Pmlt Bxcliange. 



The farm bureau has made it 

 a ruling that it a man belongs 

 to and ships through local units 

 of the Illinois Fruit Exchange, 

 he will l>e charged a sum great- 

 er than his membership in the 

 bureau if he is not already ■ a 

 member. They naturally take 

 the option that is. cheaper, says 

 Mr. Elyman. However, it is not 



compulsory that farmers be farm 

 bureau members in order to be- 

 long to the fruit exchange. 

 Senun Purchasing. 



Another activity that the Jer- 

 sey County Farm Bureau con- 

 trols is serum purchasing. It 

 makes arrangements with a lo- 

 cal dealer to handle serum, dic- 

 tating to him where it shall be 

 bought, the price paid for it, 

 and the margin of profit. Un- 

 der the terms agreed upon, the 

 dealer cannot sell to anyone ex- 

 cept farm bureau members or 

 the agency is taken away from 

 him. 



The result is that maa)r far- 

 mers just naturally cqme in and 

 join the farm bureau because, 

 in their mind, the organization 

 is greatly strengthened and is 

 doing much for them. 



Farm Bnrean at /Head. 



"Farm bureau leaders in Jer- 

 sey county are very anxious at 

 all times that organized agricul- 

 ture, and especially the farm bu- 

 reau shall have complete control 

 of organized activities of our 

 county at all times," declares 

 Mr. Eyman, "and this is the rea- 

 son why we have everything 

 sewed up in the farm bureau." 



THREE FIELD MEN 

 ARE EMPLOYED FOR 

 PRODUCERS' CO-OPS 



Kelley, Grimes and Omdorff En- 

 gaged Through Joint Agree- 

 ment With I. A. A. 



FARMERS NOT OUT 

 OF THE RUNNING 

 ON TAX PROBLEM 



Series of Farm 

 Bureau Business 

 Meetings Are Held 



R. A. Cowles, Director of the 

 Finance Department of the I.A.A 

 is holding a series of farm bu' 

 reau business meetings over the 

 ■tate at points to serve the best 

 convenience of all county farm 

 bureaus. 



The purpose of these confer- 

 ences is to provide opportunity 

 for offlcers and farm advisers of 

 each county to discuss the busi- 

 ness problems of the farm bu- 

 reau, particularly collection prob- 

 lems. The I. A. A. collection 

 plan is being fully explained at 

 the gatherings. 



Meetings have been held re- 

 cently at Kankakee, Blooming- 

 ton, Tuscola, Taylorville, Belle- 

 ville and Murphysboro. One is 

 scheduled for today at Harris- 

 burg; Olney, Nov. 21; Jackson- 

 ville, Not. 22; and Qaincy, Nov. 

 23. 



(Continued from Par« One) 

 Chairman Percy Coffin had re- 

 signed from the commission, a 

 second announcement appeared 

 stating that James Telford, mem- 

 ber of the Commission from 

 Marion- county had been appoint- 

 ed chairman. The story carried 

 the intimation that this move 

 was made to please the farmers. 

 "Whether there is any truth 

 in that or not," says John C. 

 Watson, in charge of tax work 

 for the I. A. A., "the only thing 

 that is going to please the far- 

 mers is for the Commission to 

 act, to carry out the law and 

 their promise." 



''We Want Action.'' 

 "I want it understood that 

 the Association is not attacking 

 any individual member of the 

 Commission. We have tried to 

 steer clear of wire pulling and 

 political angles of the whole 

 question. We based our argu- 

 ments on facts, facta that took 

 long hours and hard work to 

 get. 



"And these facts have not 

 been questioned by the Com- 

 mission. The Commission as a 

 whole agreed with us and made 

 us a promise, . and we have not 

 even bad the courtesy of an an- 

 swer. No, any changes which 

 have been made in the personnel 

 of the Commission is not going 

 to satisfy. What we want is 

 action by the Commission. We 

 want the Commission to live up 

 to its oath of office." 



The three fl61d men, whose 

 appointment was authorized by 

 the I. A. A. executive committee 

 about two months ago, have been 

 employed by the Live Stock Mar- 

 keting Department of the I. A. A. 

 to work for the Producers' com- 

 mission companies at Chicago, 

 Peoria, and East St. Louis. 



F. H. Kelley, formerly farm 

 adviser in Edwards county, start- 

 ed work November 5, for the St. 

 Louis agency. He will cover all 

 southern Illinois territory from 

 which shipments go to that com- 

 pany. 



Grimes Continues 



I. C. Grimes, who has been 

 doing field work for the Chica- 

 go Producers Commission Asso- 

 ciation, started work November 

 19, to cover the Chicago terri- 

 tory in Illinois, exclusively, un- 

 der the agreement with the 

 I. A. A. 



To work for both the Chica- 

 go and Peoria Producers' agen- 

 cies, R. B. Omdorff, president 

 of the Tazewell County Farm 

 Bureau, has been employed. 



Duties 



These three field men will be 

 financed exclusively by the Pro- 

 ducers' agencies. They will en- 

 deavor to strengthen the relation- 

 ship existing t>etween the agen- 

 cies and the farm bureaus; 

 make personal calls on managers 

 and directors of shipping asso- 

 ciations, individual live stock 

 feeders, and all others interested 

 in consignment of live stock to 

 terminal markets; assist in or 

 ganizing shipping associations 

 and attend meetings of associa- 

 tions; and, when requested, aid 

 in adjusting complaints. 



J. C. Sailor Wiil 

 Retire On Dec. 1st 

 From I.A.A. Work 



Our John Sailor, who has been 

 tazellSC tbe state ever since the 

 I. A. A. was 

 first organized 

 on the five 

 dollar m e m- 

 bership t>asis, 

 handling o r- 

 ganization 

 crews and 

 preaching the 

 gospel of or- 

 ganized agri- 

 culture, told 

 the Executive 

 Committee that 

 J. a Saner he will retire 

 from active service December 

 first. 



Mr. Sailor was one of the ear- 

 ly leaders of th farmers' eleva- 

 tor movement and later was 

 president of the state organiza- 

 tion. With the coming of the 

 Farm Bureau he first tied Into 

 the county organization work 

 and in ,1919 took charge of or- 

 ganization work for the I. A. A. 

 Under Mr. Sailor's direction 

 a farm bureau membership of 

 a hundred thousand was rolled 

 up in Illinois. Mr. Sailor gave 

 all that he had in him to this 

 big work and he put it over. 



"We appreciate your faithful 

 work," the Executive Committee 

 told Mr.' Sailor. "Good-bye and 

 good luck to yon." 



A. F. B. F. Research 



45 COUNTIES HOLD 

 MEMBER CAMPAIGNS 

 DURING THIS YEAR 



Four Bureaus Affihate With 



I. A. A.; Gain Lessons From 



Organization Work 



Forty-five county farm bureaus 

 have carried on reorganization 

 work this year, reports the Or- 

 ganization Department. 



Johnson, Clinton, White and 

 Jefferson counties are winding 

 up campaigns now and Gallatin 

 county has just started. Eleven 

 other counties are doing clean- 

 up organization work. 



Four New Counties 



During the year four connty 

 farm bureaus have affiliated with 

 the state and national organiza- 

 tions. They are Lawrence, Pu- 

 laski, White and Jefferson. Cal- 

 houn and Massac counties are 

 the only two not affiliated with 

 the I. A. A. and A. F. B. F. 

 Organization Lessons 



"Where the live stock ship- 

 ping Association is functioning in 

 good shape and is closely tied 

 up with the county farm bureau, 

 we have little or no trouble in 

 organization," says G. E. Mets- 

 ger of the Organization Depart- 

 ment, in commenting on the 

 work of the year. 



Conunnnity Organizations 



"Another outstanding thing," 

 says I^r. Metzger, "is the fact 

 that not in a single county have 

 we had any particular difficulty 

 in organization work where com- 

 munity organizations have been 

 developed. 



"Where the county farm bu- 

 reau has mapped out a definite 

 program of work and has car- 

 ried out that program, it has 

 been of great help in organiza- 

 tion work," Mr. Metzger says. 



MEETINGS WEIXi .ATTENDED 



G. E. Metzger of the I. A. A. 

 Organization Department, who 

 has been addressing many an- 

 nual meetings throughout the 

 state this fall, reports that there 

 is a larger attendance and more 

 interest displayed on the part of 

 the farm bureau membership 

 tlian ever l>efore. 



Feeding- Transit 

 Rates Granted On 

 C.&N.W.Railroad 



Feeding-in-translt rates on cat- 

 tle and sheep to apply at points 

 in Illinois directly intermediate 

 to Chicago have been announced 

 on the Chicago and Northwes- 

 tern railroad, according to infor- 

 mation received by the I. A. A. 

 Transportation Department. 



The Transportation Depart- 

 ment will be glad to advise any 

 shippers along the C. ft N. W. 

 who contemplate bujrlng feeders 

 in the West, as to how the rates 

 apply and what advantages they 

 may have in its use. 



Of date November 6, 1923, 

 prices of seven farm products 

 were higher than a month pre- 

 vious, fourteen were lower, and 

 three were unchanged, accord- 

 ing to the Department of Re- 

 search, American Farm Bureau 

 Federation. Compared with a 

 year ago, thirteen were higher 

 and eleven were lower. I 



Cattle, butter, eggs, rye, bar- Junior Winners 



ley, kafir and cotton were higher 

 than a month ago; hogs, lambs, 

 sheep, cheese, poultry, wheat, 

 corn, rye, hay, sugar, apples, 

 onions, beans, and flax were low- 

 er; while hides, potatoes,, and 

 wool remained unchanged. 



Compared with a year ago, 

 sheep, butter, cheese, eggs, corn, 

 kafir, barley, hay, cotton, pota- 

 toes, onions, sugar and apples 

 were higher than a year ago; 

 while hogs, cattle, lambs, wool, 

 poultry, wheat, oats, rye, flax, 

 beans, and hides were lower. 



It is interesting to note that 

 26 per cent more hogs were 

 slaughtered at markets tiniSer 

 federal Inspection in the first 

 eight months of 1923 than in 

 the same interval of 1922. Av- 

 erage weights were practically 

 the same both years. 



WANT A WOOL BLANKET? 



On these cool and shivery fall 

 nights with winter coming on 

 soon, just think how much more 

 "comfy" you'd be after you 

 crawl into bed if you had one 

 or two of those virgin wool blan- 

 keU which the I. A. A. Live 

 Stock Marketing Department has 

 for you. They are double blan- 

 kets, 72x84 inches in size, and 

 weigh six pounds. Only blue 

 and gray colors are left. They're 

 going fast so you'd better get 

 your order In soon. Remem- 

 ber the price is $11 to farm 

 bureau members and .$13 to non- 

 members. 



To Banquet With 

 I.A.A. Officials 



Two hundred farm boys and 

 girls, winners of county club 

 work, will be entertained by the 

 I. A. A. on the evening of De- 

 cember 6, during their rliit to 

 the Internatioaal Live Stock 

 Show. 



The full executive committee 

 and all employees of the Asso- 

 ciation will banquet with the 

 club winners, after which there 

 will be entertainment given by 

 both the boys and girls and 

 I. A. A. officials. Six thousand 

 boys and girls took part in club 

 work in Illinois this year. This 

 number exceeds last year by 

 600, according to E. I. Pilchard, 

 in charge of junior club work 

 at the College of Agriculture. 



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