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December 20, 1923 



ST. LOUIS MILK 

 CO-OP TO REOPEN 

 PLANT, JANUARY 1 



Will Receive Cream and Make 



Butter; Lynch Aids In 



Re-establishment 



The plant of the Illinois-Missouri 

 Co-operative Milk Marketing Com- 

 pany at E. St. Louis will resume 

 cream shipments and begin to man- 

 ufacture butter on January 1, 1924. 

 according to an announcement of 

 the Farm Bureau Advisory Commit- 

 tee appointed by President O. E. 

 Bradfute of the A. F. B. F. last 

 spring to assist the dairymen In 

 freeing themselves from bankrupt- 



cy. 



A. E. Richardson, secretary of 

 the committee, has been vigorously 

 carrying out the liquidation pro- 

 gram since the company has been 

 out of court and states that enough 

 funds have been collected from out- 

 standing accounts and sale of prop- 

 erty to make available immediate 

 cash payments for cream claims, 

 to reduce substantially the indebt- 

 edness to the I. A. A., and to have 

 left a working fund sufficiently 

 large to handle daily cream re- 

 ceipts and to pay spot cash for all 

 •nch shipments. 



Lynch Gives Help 



A. D. Lynch, director of Dairy 

 Marketing for the I. A. A., has 

 spent some time recently at the 

 plant making suggestions pertinent 

 to -the operation of the plant as a 

 butter factory. He reports that 

 the plants back in good shape tor 

 that pnr^se. 



"As high a quality of butter as 

 possible will be made under a brand 

 name," states Mr. Lynch. "Distri- 

 bution is contemplated, as In the 

 past, among retailers In St. LodIs, 

 E. St. Louis, and surrounding 

 towns. Prior to closing about a 

 year ago the plant was turning out 

 about 1,000 lbs. of butter dally and 

 had a ready market for it." 

 Has Good Name 



The company has already estab- 

 lished a reputation among cream 

 shipiiers for square and honest deal- 

 ing. Mr. Lynch says. It is general- 

 ly believed that many of the former 

 shippers will return, once they are 

 assared of the company's readiness 

 to resume handling their business. 



"A large cream business means 

 not only a better market for cream 

 shippers but in due time, with good 

 management, should assure earn- 

 ings to apply on the funded indebt- 

 edness of the marketing company," 

 declares Mr. Lynch. 



A meeting of dairymen of the 

 district to explain the reopening 

 plans was b«U December 18. 



Macoupin Claims 

 Largest Annual 

 I . Meet Attendance 



"Yoa should have be^ down 

 to the Macoupin county annual 

 meeting," said E. L. Corbin of 

 that county and member of the 

 I. A. A. executive committee. 

 "Ov«r 1,200 people were present 

 and we had a flue time. We claim 

 that's the record for any county 

 bureau annual meeting in the 

 TTnited States." 



Macoupin county has 1178 farm 

 bureau members. There are 26 

 organized communities. "These 

 community organizations are re- 

 sponsible for much of the interest 

 in the farm bureau," Mr. Corbin 

 declared. "You're not in the swim 

 at all it you don't belong to the 

 bureau in Macoupin county." 



WHEN ILLINOIS CLUB WINNERS WERE ENTERTAINED 



/. A, A. Banquet Best Event 

 Of Week y Say Club Winners 



"Say, is this the fourth or 

 fifth banquet we've been to since 

 we've been in Chicago f" said a 

 club boy from Ford county to 

 another from Marshall county 

 just before the I. A. A. banquet- 

 ed the youngsters at the Lexing- 

 ton hotel, Chicago, on Wednes- 

 day evening, Dec. 5. 



"Gosh! I can't remember. 

 We've been on the go so much 

 that I haven't tried to keep track 

 of all the banquets we've eaten 

 or all the sights we've seen up 

 here at the International," re- 

 plied the Marshall county boy. 



Anyway, they were all there, 

 the 150 Illinois boys' and girls' 

 club champions and their leaders, 

 the I. A. A. Executive Committee, 

 and the entire I. A. A. office force. 

 All were determined to have the 

 best possible time at this get-to- 

 gether of the present and future 

 leaders of organized agriculture 

 in Illinois. 



Everybody Sings 



The banquet was served and be- 

 tween courses E. I. Pilchard, club 

 work specialist from the U. of I., 

 led in community singing. 

 'Smiles," "There's a Long, Long 

 Trail," "L'il Liza Jane," and lots 

 of other familiar tunes were sung 

 with farm bureau and club work 

 variations. 



"I'm mighty proud to speak in 

 behalf of the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association in welcoming the boys 

 and girls who are champions in 

 the club work in Illinois," said 

 President Sam Thompson of the 

 I. A. A., who presided as toast- 

 master. "The association is in- 

 terested in you and we want you 

 to know that we're back of you in 

 the splendid piece of work that 

 you are doing." 



Introdnces I. A. A. Family 



President Thompson introduced 

 Secretary Geo. A. Fox, who spoke 

 a few words before introducing 

 the entire I. A. A. family of 

 'bosses" and employes. 



"You've probably heard about 

 many of the members of our fam- 

 ily before," said Mr. Fox, "and 

 now I want you to get personally 

 acquainted with them." 



Several of the club winners 

 were introduced by President 

 Thompson. Arthur Manock, Pe- 

 oria county, who is 1923 state 

 champion in pig club work, made 

 the first talk. Arthur lives with 

 his aunt on a Peoria county farm 

 and takes an active part in the 

 farm operations. He << president 



of his local pig club. His win- 

 nings this year included first on 

 Chester White litter and second 

 on gilts in the club class at the 

 Illinois State Fair and first, sec- 

 ond, and third on boar, first on 

 gilt, and first on litter at the Na- 

 tional Swine Show In the club 

 classes. 



Club Work Valuable 



"Pig club work is certainly in- 

 teresting as well as educational," 

 Arthur said. "Last spring I be- 

 came a little discouraged and 

 didn't go into the work at first. 

 However I finally joined the club 

 again and helped increase its mem- 

 bership. I certainly wish I had 

 started when I was younger. Next 

 year I will be too old to Join the 

 pig club, but I am going to en- 

 courage every boy and girl that 

 I can to get into club work." 



Donald Williams of the nation- 

 al champion dairy judging team 

 from Whiteside county spoke. "We 

 sure felt our responsibility at the 

 National Dairy Show in represent- 

 ing the boys' and girls' clubs of 

 all Illinois, and we determined to 

 do our best, not for selfish rea- 

 sons, but for those whom we rep- 

 resented," he said, "and when we 

 get to the Judging contest In Eng- 

 land next spring we are going to 

 do our best for Illinois." 



Winning Whiteside Team 



Donald introduced the other 

 members of his team, Harold 

 Gaulrapp and Elwyn Folkers, and 

 also the coach. Farm Adviser 

 "Dad" Wise. "It's an honor to 

 stand up with such boys as these," 

 said "Dad." 



Other club champions spoke. 

 There was Dorothy Basting, Mc- 

 Lean county, state champion in 

 girls' work, Geneva Smith, Wood- 

 ford county, member of the win- 

 ning agricultural demonstration 

 team, and Helen Wade, member 

 of the Rock Island county home 

 economics demonstration team. 



"We certainly appreciate this 

 entertainment by the I. A. A.," 

 said Helen Wade. "When we go 

 home, we boys and girls are go- 

 ing to Interest other boys and 

 girls in club work and soon we 

 will have a much greater army 

 of coming leaders for the farms 

 of Illinois." 



Six Thousand Enrolled 



Mr. Pilchard, club work special- 

 ist from the university, spoke. 

 "Six thousand Illinois boys and 

 girls have been enrolled in Junior 

 club work this year," he declared. 



IT was a happy event when 150 

 boys' and girls' club winners and 

 their leaders were entertained at 

 a banquet by the I. A. A. executive 

 committee and entire office force 

 on Wednesday night Dec. 5, during 

 the International Live Stock Expo- 

 sition. Everyone enjoyed it. 



"Next year we are going to work 

 for an enrollment of 10,000." 



"Not many years hence these 

 young folks who are here tonight 

 will be the leaders in the I. A. A. 

 and county farm bureaus," stated 

 John W. Coverdale, secretary of 

 the American Farm Bureau. "In 

 the place of these men who are 

 sitting around this table tonight 

 will be these boys — trained for a 

 better ' agriculture through club 

 work." 



"Finish WeU" 



H. W. Mumford, Dean of Agri- 

 culture at the university, was a 

 speaker. "Finish well," he said. 

 "After you have completed your 

 club work, enroll at the university 

 of Illinois to further fit yourself 

 as leaders in agriculture." 



Howard Leonard, former presi- 

 dent of the I. A. A., and D. O. 

 Thompson, former secretary, also 

 spoke words of greetings to the 

 club folks. Then the tables were 

 cleared away and lively games 

 were entered into under the lead- 

 ership of Nina B. Lamkin, well- 

 known as the director of the Farm 

 Bureau Decennial Pageant at D«- 

 Kalb last summer. 



"The kids voted the I. A. A. 

 entertainment the best of the en- 

 tire week's program," declared Mr. 

 Pilchard the next day. "They're 

 strong for the I. A. A. Watch for 

 us next year." 



Ff^rmcm "Week at the Univerfllty 

 of Illlnofs is scheduled for January 

 19-26, and an open rate of tare and 

 one- half has been granted by the 

 railroads from Illinois polnta. 



VIGOROUS ACTION 

 AGAINST T. B. IS 

 VOTED BY I. A. A. 



Farm Bureau Will Co-operate With 



All Agencies in Fight; Ask 

 ^ . Budget of $7,000 



Action was taken at the Decem- 

 ber 5 meeting of the Executive 

 Committee authorizing that the 

 I. A. A. assist in every way pos- 

 sible to make the campaign for 

 the eradication of tuberculosis 

 more effective and to do every- 

 thing in its power to aid both fed- 

 eral and state authorities in en- 

 forcing the law. 



A recommendation was made to 

 the budget committee that the 

 sum of $7,000 be provided tor the 

 work. It will be handled Jointly 

 by the I. A. A. Live Stock and 

 Dairy Marketing departments. 

 M. H. Petersen, who was employed 

 temporarily to start the work, will 

 continue in charge of it. 



Endorse I. A. A. Action 



Since the I. A. A. took over the 

 work, a few weeks ago, a large 

 number of counties have asked 

 that the association continue its 

 activities. 



Iroquois, DeKalb, DuPage, Mc- 

 Henry, Rock Island, Will, Jo Da- 

 viess, Crawford, Boone, Kendall 

 and Whiteside counties have 

 matched the 1100 reward offer of 

 the I. A. A. for the first arrest and 

 conviction of T. B. cattle bootleg- 

 gers within the counties. 



The association has helped to 

 organize vigilance committees in 

 nine counties and 14 more have 

 stated that they desire help in 

 forming such organizations. 

 Much Interest 



Two counties not now doing tu- 

 berculin testing have asked tor 

 help in planning a campaign to se- 

 cure an appropriation to help tbem 

 carry on the work. Several coun- 

 ties desire help toe an educational 

 campaign with a view of obtain- 

 ing an appropriation from their 

 board of supervisors during the 

 coming winter. 



Program 



In its program for the eradica- 

 tion of bovine tuberculosis, the 

 I. A. A. will carry on an education- 

 al campaign to give the tacts re- 

 garding the T. B. situation and 

 will coordinate the efforts of all 

 counties in uniform methods of at- 

 tack. 



It plans to co-operate with state 

 and federal authorities, medical 

 associations, chambers of com- 

 merce, women's clubs, bankers' 

 associations, milk dealers, rail- 

 roads and other forces which can 

 help to bring about tuberculosis- 

 free herds in Illinois. 



The MaeOM CovHtr Farm Bnr«a« 



has opened a public market in the 

 farm bureau building in Decatur. 



