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The Illinois AgricU'ltural Association Record 



January 5, 1924 



Transportation Dept, Is 

 I JVatchdog for Farmers 



The new lower freight rate on 

 mixe4 carloads of livestock prob- 

 ahly bncans more in direct saving 

 than any other 

 ■ one project 

 worked on by 

 the I. A. A. 

 Transportation 

 Department in 

 1923. However, 

 it is only one of 

 a long list of 

 similar problems 

 L. J. OuaMT which the de- 



partnunl has solved or had a big 

 hand in. ' 



It is estimated that the new 

 mixetj carload freight rate will save 

 Illinois farmers on the average of 

 $6 a parload. Illinois farmers ship 

 about: 41.000 mixed carloads of live- 

 stock a year. 



A Cut on Wabash 

 As a result of negotiations ex- 

 tending about a year, a reduction 

 in rates was obtained from the 

 Wabash Railroad on cattle and 

 hogs from points ^est of the Illi- 

 nois Itiver at East St. Louis. 

 ' Roc^ Island Privilege 

 A girazing-in-transit privilege was 

 obtained from the Rock Island 

 Railroad for all points on the road 

 in Illinois intermediate to Chicago 

 on stock cattle, calves and sheep 

 from Montana. 



Taking Marseilles, 111., as an ex- 

 ample, the arrangement would re- 

 sult in a saving of 13 cents a hun- 

 dred pounds, or about $15 for a 

 single car and $28 for a double 

 deck car of sheep. Previously a 

 feeder was required to pay the rate 

 from. Montana to Marseilles and 

 later the rate from Marseilles to 

 Chicago. Now the sheep may be 

 fed for a period of a year or less 

 and reshipped to Chicago at the 

 through ra^e from Montana plus a 

 small additional transit charge. 



Mr. Quasey reports that similar 

 action is being taken with other 

 roads. \ 



Red Top Privilege 

 A similar transit privilege on red 

 top seed was secured at Flora, 111., 

 for the Egyptian Seed Growers' 

 Exchange. The privilege applies .on 

 seed moving from points in Illinois 

 to Flora, to be cleaned, graded and 

 stored, and then reshipBed to other 

 points .in Illinois, Wisconsin, Mich- 

 igan, Indiana, Ohio and New York. 

 For ^ruit Shippers 

 Of particular interest to fruit 

 aixl vegetable shippers of southern 

 Illinois is the (^se of four railroads 

 of Eas» St. Lo^is which sought to 

 relieve themselves of the provisions 

 made for icing service. The depart- 

 ment objected to the Interstate 

 Commerce Commission and IlUnois 

 Commerce Commission -and a hear- 



Producer Agency 



Buys 600 Cars of 

 Feeder Live Stock 



Lee [Divine, formerly with the 

 I. A. A. Live Stock Marketing De- 

 partment and now in charge of the 

 stocker and feeder division of the 

 East Et. Louis Producers Commis- 

 sion Cojmpany, tells the Record that 

 600 carloads of sto^ were pur- 

 chased for feeders by the Producers 

 this year. It's going fine, Lee says. 



Last year the stocker and feeder 

 divisicjn: purchased 345 carloads of 

 stock for farmers. The idea of hav- 

 ing a farmer representative on the 

 market every day in the year, a man 

 who knows cattle and market prices, 

 is apparently gaining headway fast. 

 Mr. Divine says that 90 per cent of 

 the cattle purchased! for' feeders 

 came b«ck to the Producejts to be 

 told. 



ing before the Interstate Commerce 

 Commission was granted. At the 

 hearing a representative of the lines 

 informed the commission they 

 would drop tiie matter. 



Algonquin Saved $45 a Day 



Considerable survey work was 

 done on milk and cream rates by 

 the department. This was largely 

 supplementary to work done in 

 1922. The principal purpose of 

 these surveys was to get complete 

 information about rates in various 

 sections of the state. 



Mr. Quasey points to a case of 

 milk and cream shipment from Al- 

 i;onquin to Chicago, to show what 

 was made possible through the rate 

 survey. Algonquin is sb situated 

 that the mileage to Chicago can be 

 figured two separate routes. The 

 rate in question was figured on the 

 longer route and of course at a 

 iiigher rate. The matter was taken 

 up with the railroads and adjust- 

 ment was made. Here is what 

 B. B. Stewart of Algonquin wrote 

 to the department: 



"You secured the lower rate for 

 us and we get 8 cents a hundred 

 pounds more than before. We are 

 shipping about 56,000 pounds a day 

 from this station. That makes a 

 daily saving of $45." 



BfG GAINS SHOWN 

 IN BUSINESS OF 

 PRODUCER COOPS 



Farm Bureau Support Is Great Help 



to Agencies; I. A. A. Starts 



Field "Service 



In 1923 the Chicago Producers 

 Commission Association gained 117 

 per cent in business as compared 

 with the same months it was in 

 business in 1922. The Producers 

 at the National Stock Yards gained 



7Z per cent, the Indianapolis Pro- 

 ducers gained 67 per cent and the 

 Peoria Producers gained 100 per 

 cent. These are the four Producers 

 companies patronized by Illinois 

 farmers. 



"No one recognizes better than 

 the National Live Stock Producers 

 Association that this growth is the 

 result of support given by the Farm 

 Bureau," says C. A. Stewart, Live 

 Stock Marketing Director of the 

 I. A. A. 



Field Service 



This department has devoted 

 much time to the promotion of 

 these selling agencies. Among other 

 things, it recognized the need of a 

 field service and worked out a plan. 

 Three field men are already at work, 

 financed by the selling agencies but 

 working under the direction of this 

 department of the I. A. A. 



F. H. Kelley represents the de- 

 partment in the St. Louis territory, 

 R. B. OrendorflF is the representa- 

 tive in the Peoria and Chicago ter- 

 ritory and I. C. Grimes in the Chi- 

 cago territory. No one has been 

 engaged for the Indianapolis terri- 

 tory. 



Mat.e Personal Contact 



These men make a personal con- 

 tact for the selling agencies with 

 shipping associations and produc- 

 ers. They attend meetings of farm 

 bureaus, shipping associations, ad* 

 just complaints and call on associa- 

 tion mamtsers. 



1923 WOOL POOL 

 CONTAINS OVER 

 WOO POUNDS 



Beats 1922 Pool by Over 50.000 



Pounds; Pooiing Has Stabilized 



Market Prices, 



The 1923 Illinois wool pool, with 

 198,283 pounds to date, beats the 

 pool of 1922 by over 50,000 pounds. 

 LaSalle County is the leading con- 

 signor with over 18.000 pounds from 

 73 individuals. In all 7S6 individ- 

 uals consigned to the pool. The 

 average amount pooled is 258 

 pounds, 36 pounds abov^ the aver- 

 age of 1922. 



To date the National Wool Ware- 

 house and Storage Company has 

 disposed of the following grades of 

 Illinois wool at the prices quoted: 



H Blood Staple 49c 



fi Blood Clothing 46c 



Va Blood Staple 46c 



y» Blood Clothint . .' 41c 



H Blood Semi 43.5c 



% Blood Semi . .■ 40c 



Low ^ 4U 



Braid 36c 



Medium Burry ft Seedy 37c 



Cotts 3Ic 



Dead 33c 



Murraine Dead 19c 



Taga 14c 



These prices are all f.o.b. ware- 

 house and may be subject to slight 

 change. Because these sales were 

 made recently, the Live Stock Mar- 

 keting Department states that re- 

 turns cannot be made for a short 

 time and it may be necessary for 

 those having fine grades of wool to 

 wait somewhat longer. 



Orderly Marketing 



The average price paid in the 

 country was ZZ cents a pound, Di- 

 rector C. A. Stewart of the depart- 

 ment states, six cents higher thatr 

 local prices paid in 1922. Many in- 

 dependent dealers became over- 

 zealous in their efforts to prevent 

 wool from being consigned to the 

 pool and paid higher prices than the 

 market justified. Much of that wool 

 has already been sold at a loss, 

 Mr. Stewart states, and the pools 

 now control quite a percentage of 

 the wool yet unsold. 



"By marketing wool only as fast 

 as the trade could absorb it, the 

 pools have prevented a decline in 

 the market which the independent 

 system of marketing could not have 

 prevented," Mr. Stewart states. "In 

 other words orderly marketing has 

 prevailed." 



Cowles Helps You 

 To Remember Your . 

 Membership Dues 



You know there are bound to be 

 a few among the 62,000 members 

 that will forget all about the Farm 

 Bureau member- 

 ship dues. 



But if there is 

 to be a Farm 

 Bureau there 

 must be mem- 

 bership dues. 

 When the prob- 

 lem of collecting 

 dues arose, Rob- 

 ert A. Cowles, 

 lU A. Cowiea treasurer, fig- 



ured out a scries 

 of reminder letters and other sug- 

 gestions. Mr. Cowles held a series 

 of meetings over the state at which 

 he invited Farm Bureau officials and 

 Farm Advisers. The problems of 

 collecting dues and other business 

 problems of the county organiza- 

 tions were discussed at these meet- 

 ings. 



Mr, Cowles has assisted co-op- 

 erative marketing associations in 

 their problems of bookkeeping and 

 financing. He says co-operative as- 

 sociations must play the game of 

 business according to the rules of 

 the game. A complete financial re- 

 port of the I. A. A. will be given by 

 Mr. Cowles in the next istne of the 

 Record. 



ILLINOIS IS GOING 

 STRONG IN PROGRAM 

 OF T. B. ERADICATION 



Geo. A. Fox 



LIMESTONE SURVEY 

 MADE DURING YEAR 

 BY ASSOCIATION 



IIHnois Fanners Used 300,000 Tons in 



1923; Give Help in Phosphate 



Purchasing 



J. R. Bent 



Where is the best place for our 

 county to purciiase limestone, taking 

 into considera- 

 tion the quality, 

 price and freight 

 cost? To answer 

 ^^^^"^^v^H questions of that 

 T^^^BW kind, the Phos- 

 Y*' **^B^^ phate-Limestone 

 I ^^^H Department 



made a survey 

 of practically all 

 (^f tlie commer- 

 cial quarries in 

 Illinois and 

 neighboring states. The survey 

 covered 31 plants in Illinois, three 

 in Indiana and six in Iowa. 

 Helps with Problems 

 The department has acted as rep- 

 resentative for many county farm 

 bureaus and individuals in dealing 

 with producers in the interest of 

 improving service and making ad- 

 justments on quality, weight and 

 price. It has assisted nine counties 

 in the problems surrounding the 

 possibility of starting local lime- 

 stone crusher and storage plants. 

 At the present time the department 

 is holding a series of seven district 

 meetings to make further study of 

 the limestone problem. 



Probably 300,000 tons of agricul- 

 tural limestone have been used by 

 Illinois farmers in 1023. Director 

 J. R. Bent states in his annual re- 

 port. Practically every county in 

 the state is now a user of lime- 

 stone and a future greater user. 

 Rock Phosphate 

 The department has continued to 

 serve as the purchasing agent for 

 the collective buying of raw rock 

 phosphate for members of the farnj 

 bureau. The branch office at Co; 

 lumbia, Tennessee, has sampled and 

 analyzed every shipment and has 

 supervised shipping, billing and ac- 

 counting. The tonnage for the 

 year, as in 1921 and 1922, has been 

 below normal. However the oom- 

 missions earned in this business have 

 been more than enough to pay all 

 the cost of shipping office and lab- 

 oratory in Tennessee. 



Hatchery ff^ork 

 Is Progressing, 



States Mr. Day 



Eight hatcheries have sent ap- 

 plications to the Illinois Department 

 of Agriculture for inspection undftr 

 the new- accredited hatchery plan, 

 according to H. W. Day, Supervis- 

 ing Inspector. Two or three othe/s 

 have stated that they want inspec- 

 tion. 



Mr. Day itstes that inspector* 



A. A. and County Farm Bnreaus 

 Cooperating in Campaign of 

 Education and Action 



Illinois now has the largest pro- 

 ^'ram for the eradication of bovine 

 tnht-rculosis of any state in the 

 Union, accord- 

 ing to M. H. 

 Petersen, in 

 charge of eradi- 

 cation work for 

 the I. A. A. A 

 total of 44 coun- 

 ties either have 

 county veterina- 

 rians employed 

 M. H. Petersen q|. have appro- 



priations for their hire to test herds 

 in the county for tuberculosis. 



About the middle of November 

 the I. A. A. offeced a reward of 

 $100 for the fir^t arrest and convic- 

 tion of a bootlegger of tuberculous 

 cattle within the county, with the 

 provision that the county match 

 with a similar sum, making the re- 

 ward total $200. 



Fourteen Make Reward 

 To date, , 14 counties have 

 matched this reward, states Mr. 

 Petersen. These counties are, Iro- 

 quois, DeKalb. Dupage, McHenry, 

 Rock Island, Will, JoDaviess, Craw- 

 ford, Boone, Whiteside, LaSalle, 

 Kendall, Peoria, and Cook. 



"Sixteen counties are now co- 

 operating with the I. A. A. in con- 

 ducting educational campai^s to 

 secure county appropriations from 

 boards of supervisors," states Mr. 

 Petersen. "And eight have defi- 

 nitely formed vigilance committees 

 working to stamp out T. B." 

 Committee Takes Action 

 At its December meeting, the 

 I. A. A. Executive Committee 

 passed a resolution stating that the 

 association would go forward on a 

 vigorous program to make the pro- 

 gram for the eradication of T. B. 

 more cffectj^ve. It will co-operate 

 to the fullest extent with state and 

 federal authorities. 



Recommendation was made that 

 the Budget Committee provide 

 $7,000 to carry on the work in 1924 

 under the direction of the Livestock 

 and Dairy Marketing Departments, 

 with Mr. Petersen in charge. 



New Farm Bureau^ - 

 ' ; Markets Doing 



a Lively Business 



The . Producers' Market which 

 was opened by the Logan County 

 Bureau at Lincoln, November 27, 

 is doing a fii^e business, according 

 to J. H. Checkley, farm adviser.* He 

 reports that average sales each 

 Saturday from 26 booths are $600. 

 The Farm Bureau Seed Depart- 

 ment last year cleaned and found a 

 market for $30,000 worth of clover, 

 timothy, and soy beans, he states. 



In Decatur, the Macon County 

 Farm Bureau started a producers 

 market; in the farm bureau building 

 on November ^.0. Average returns 

 each Saturday are around $500. 

 Most of the farmers holding booths 

 come from 10 to 25 miles from De- 

 catur, Farm Adviser Walworth 

 says. 



are now at work inspecting farm 

 flocks. Quite a large number of 

 applications are coming in from 

 flock owners, notably in Mont- 

 gomery and Wayne counties. "It 

 is c^ur desire to develop the work 

 slowly during the first season -and 

 to give service rather than to have 

 more hatcheries accredited than we 

 can efficiently take care of,** de- 

 clai«t Ur. Day. 



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