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'Jwiuary 5, 1924 



The Illino'ia Agricultural Association Record 



Page 7 



A. A. HELPED TO 

 DEVELOP HATCHERY 

 INSPECTION PLANS 



HH^ fivper Predicts That Higlier Quality 

 of Poultry and Eggs Will 

 Result 



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1' The -I. A- A. took a very active 

 A4 part in sfartiiig the plan of farm 

 poultry flock inspection and accred- 

 iting of hatcher- 

 ies which was 

 put into opera- 

 tion in the fall. 

 Machinery which 

 made the plan 

 possible was af- 

 forded through 

 the farm prod- 

 ucts inspection 

 ^. and grading law, 



j' J. D. Harper passed by the 



♦% 1923 General As- 



f sembly, and actively sponsored by 

 lithe I. A. A. Legislative Committee. 

 •t.l In his 1923 annual report, J. D. 

 ^ J Harper, in charge of egg and poul- 

 /try marketing for the association, 

 • »lhas the following to say regarding 

 1 the poultry improvement plan. 



"Early in the year complaints 

 ! and several claims against hatch- 

 eries for misrepresentation of baby 

 chicks called my attention to the 

 fraudulent practices in the baby 





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chick business," says Mr. Harper. 

 "This was connected with the fact 

 that the quality of Illinois eggs 

 was below that of some adjoining 

 states on the terminal markets. 

 Studies Wisconsin Plan 



"A trip was made to Madison, 

 Wis., early in the summer to study 

 their accredited hatchery plan. H. M. 

 Lackie, Chief Hatchery Inspector 

 for the Wisconsin Department of 

 Agriculture, gave me the plan of 

 their state inspection of flocks and 

 accrediting of hatcheries. 



"Mr. Lackie consented to come to 

 Chicago and discuss the whole sub- 

 ject with a committee selected to 

 hear him. 



Adopt Plans 



"As a result of a conference on 

 this subject in June plans have been 

 developed in co-operation with the 

 Univei-sity of Illinois Poultry De- 

 partment, the Division of Standard- 

 ization and Markets, and the Poul- 

 try Division of the Illinois Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture until at this 

 time inspectors are at work and a 

 number of hatcheries will be avail- 

 able on the list to furnish state-in- 

 spected standard Illinois baby 

 chicks this coming season. 



','The accredited hatchery will be 

 a guarantee to farmers and others 

 buying baby chicks that they are 

 getting chicks true to variety and 

 name from state-inspected breeding 

 stock. 



Will Help Egg Marketing 



"Improvement of the quality of 

 farm flocks of the state will surely 

 follow the breeding-up of flocks 

 supplying baby chicks which are 

 being sold in increasing numbers 

 annually," predicts Mr. Harper. 



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CONSTITUTION COMMITTEE 



1 i A committee of five has been 



named to review all proposed 



ji changes to the constitution and by- 



i_« laws, and to make a report to the 



I annual meeting. Members of the 



^' committee are: Frank Barton, Earl 



C. Smith, Carlton Trimble, H. E. 



Goembel and C. E. Bamborough. 



Annual Meeting Program 



OPENING SESSION 10:00 A. M., JAN. 16 



Invocation ^ Rev. M. Guy VanBuskirk, Oneida 



Addreis of Welcome Ray Arnold, Galesburg 



President's Address S. H. Thompson 



Treasurer's Report R. A. Cowles 



Secretary's Report George A. Fox 



Appointment of Commttteea. 



AFTERNOON SESSION 1 :00 P. M. 



Accomplishments in Livestock Co-operative Marketing 



O. B. Goble 



Illinois Director of Indianapolis Producers 



State Financial Control of Co-operatives Geo. Wicker 



Department of Agricultiu'e, State of Minnesota 



Self-Imposed Financial Control of Co-operatives Geo. B. Frazer 



Consulting Accountant, I. A. A. 



Managerial Control of Co-operatives James B. Stone 



President and General Manager of Burley Tobacco Growers' 

 Co-operative Association 

 Nonaination of Executive Committee Members by Districts. 



EVENING SESSION 

 Banquet— 6:30 P. H. 



Address Dr. Tilden 



President o( Lombard College 



Organized Co-operation in Community Improvement . . John Camlin 



President of Illinois Chamber of Commerce 



Merchandising a Farm Crop for Three States James C. Stone 



Election of Officers. 



MORNING SESSION 9:00 A. M., JAN 17 



Music. 



The Taxation of Land Richard T. Ely 



Professor of Economics, 'University of Wisconsin. 



Transportation Problems of the Mississippi Valley 



'. Hon. Cleveland A. Newton 



United States Congressman, Missouri 

 Discussion. 



AFTERNOON SESSION 1:30 P..M. 



Organizing Community Centers Benjamin H. Darrow 



Secretary of County Y. M. C. A., Ravenna, Ohio 

 Report of Resolutions Committee. 

 Report of Constitution and By-Laws Committee. 

 Round Table Discussion. 



Fruit Exchange Has Good 

 Year Says Manager Leepe? 



The average prices received by 

 the Illinois Fruit Exchange during 

 1923 were quite satisfactory, ac- 

 cording to A. B. 

 Leeper, Centra- 

 lia, manager of 

 the organization. 

 This is particu- 

 larly true of 

 strawberries, po- 

 tatoes, cabbage 

 and peaches, he 

 states. 

 "In the case 

 A. B. Leeper of peaches the 



average price 

 net-to-growers was the highest we 

 have heard of in 1923," declares 

 Mr. Leeper. "The apple and pear 

 prices were the exception. The 

 apple prices were not satisfactory 

 in a good many cases but when 

 comparative prices received by the 

 exchange and prices received in 

 other apple-growing sections of the 

 United States are considered, in 

 almost every case we find a very 

 favorable margin in favor of Illinois 

 fruits. 



Apple Crop Large 

 "The enormous apple crop which 

 was moved during the year was one 

 of the largest ever moved in the 

 same length of time and it was 

 only by distributing apples in car- 

 lots to practically every small town 

 in the country that they were able 

 to be sold at any price in the short 

 period in which they were forced 

 on the market. 



600 Cars Volume 

 "Last winter the weather man 



dealt roughly with the southern 

 Illinois fruit growers and the early 

 apple and peach crops throughout 

 most of the section were badly in- 

 jured or killed," states Mr. Leeper. 

 "The falHng-off of these two im- 

 portant crops reduced the tonnage 

 of the Illinois Fruit Exchange by 

 practically 50 per cent. 



"However, there was a consider- 

 able gain in the late apple crop and 

 the exchange will finish the season 

 having marketed around 600 cars of 

 fruit." 



Shipping Point Inspection 



The establishment of government 

 shipping point inspection during 

 1923 has been a decided step for- 

 ward in the marketing of Illinois 

 fruits, Mr. Leeper says. 



"The Exchange was the first to 

 call on the Illinois Department of 

 Agriculture for this service and it 

 was used on practically all the 

 peaches shipped and also on a great 

 many of the apples. 



Insures High Grade Fruit 

 "There is considerable sentiment 

 among the members of the ex- 

 change to install government in- 

 spection on every car of fruit 

 shipped by the organization next 

 year," declares Mr. Leeper. 



He predicts that if this is done, 

 added to the general supervision of 

 inspection already in use by the 

 exchange, the co-operative will put 

 on the market a product of uni- 

 formity and also of superior grade 

 to that of any other growers or 

 shippers in Illinoia. . - i 



Annual Reports 



The annual report of the asso- 

 ciation for 1923 will be ready lor 

 distribution in booklet form at 

 the annual meeting at Galesburg. 

 Detailed summaries of the work 

 of each department are included 

 in the annual report. If you want 

 a copy, secure it at the annual- 

 meeting or send your name to 

 the I. A. A. and one will be 

 mailed to you as soon as they are 

 off the presa. 



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HAVE ANY TROUBLE ! 

 WITH RAILROADS? 

 I WRITE THE I. A. A. 



Transportation Department Helps With 

 : Fences, Urestock Pens and 

 Loading Platfornis 



H. K. Ripling of Galena wrote 

 the Transportation Department say- 

 ing that the railroad fences adjoin- 

 ing his property had been bad for 

 a numl>er of years and he was not 

 able to get in touch with anyone 

 locally who could take care of jthe 

 matter for him. j 



Upon taking up the case, ]the 

 railroad informed the departn<ent 

 that instruction had beep given to 

 put the fences in first class condi- 

 tion. Later Mr. Ripling thanked 

 the I. A. A. for securing a t^w 

 fence. •■! 



The Dahinda Livestock Shippitg 

 Association, Knox County, asked 

 that watering facilities and shelter 

 be provided at the local stock ptns. 

 The railroad did not respond favor- 

 ably at first, contending that Ithe 

 volume of business did not warttant 

 any improvements. They st^ed 

 that there were a number of titees 

 around the yards to give sufficient 

 shade. Photographs of the yards 

 revealed a different situation, how- 

 ever. After submitting the matter 

 to the management again, word was 

 received that the division superin- 

 tendent had been authorized to pro- 

 vide water and shade at the stbck 

 pens. 



Bad-Acting Buyers 



Another shipping association ide- 

 sired additional pens and wanted to 

 lease a piece of ground for scales. 

 Investigation disclosed that local 

 buyers were not friendly to Ithe 

 shipping association and they t^ied 

 to hinder it in its operations. 



Buyers endeavored to gel tlkeir 



cattle to the pens first and tb lis 



tribute them in as many pens as , farmers will avail themselves of the 



I. A. A. DEPARTMENT 

 COLLECTS NEARLY 

 $10,000^ IN CLAIMS 



Trafiic Department Represents Farmers' 

 ioteiests in Railroad 



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A total of 519 claims were filed 

 :iiid jji were collected to the 

 amount of $9,457.98. during 19iJ, 

 by the 1. A. A. Iransportation De- 

 ijartnient, according to the aiiuual 

 report of L. J. Quasey, director of 

 the department. 



1 hese were all strictlji, railroad 

 claims and those .filed included 161 

 freight overcharge claims] 325 loss 

 and damage claims, and ii general 

 loss and <i-ainage claims. 



Freight ;Overcharge Esamfde 



"Under (he first group | we have 

 claims that are occasioiijed either 

 ilirough the application ii an im- 

 proper rale or improper rcjuiing and 

 an overcharge is the reiilt," Mr. 

 iJuasey states. "In many cases 

 where errors were founili claims | 

 were filed and money tecovered. 



"A member of the j McLean 

 <-ouuty Farm Bureau ha^ a ship- 

 ment of slock cattle moving from 

 South St. Paul to his loctl station 

 on which he was charged $106 

 freight. ' He suspected tijat some- 

 thing was wrong and referred the 

 matter to us. Upon checking the 

 rate, we found that he |iad been 

 cliarged the fat cattle raie instead 

 of the stock cattle rate. The cor- • 

 reel charge should have be|en $80.80. 

 Hie difference of $25.20 was re- 

 funded by the railroad dompany." 

 Live Stock Delayed 



Loss and damage claims often 

 arise .from loss and damage to ship- 

 me«ts en route, states Mr. Quasey's 

 report. In the case of live stock it 

 may be due to delay in arriving at 

 the market thus causing a shrinkage 

 or drop in the market. An example 

 is cited of C. B. Watson, o( DeKalb, 

 who shipped a carload of! cattle to 

 tlie Chicago yards which i was de- 

 layed in getting to market 



The claim was placed -with the 

 department for handling and in- 

 cluded shrinkage, drop in 'the mar- 

 ket, and extra feed, the total amount 

 of which was $8-».lo. This settle- 

 ment was obtained for Mr. Watson. 

 In acknowledging it, he ••rote: 



"1 received check for $84.16, set- 

 tlement in full from the C. & N. W. 

 railway for claim on loa4 of cat- 

 tle, I appreciate your efforts in this 

 and the other claim adjusted. It is 

 excellent service you are fendering 

 the farmers of Illinois in getting live 

 stock and other claims adjusted. I 

 hope the time will come when more 



possible The scale owned by the 

 local buyers was in poor shape fnd 

 led to much trouble. 



The Transportation DepartnUent 

 took the matter up with the railrtiad 

 company with the result that |he 

 lease for the scale site was cancelled 

 and given to the shipping associa- 

 tion. The railroad promised i to 

 make necessary changes in the p^ns 

 to accommodate shippers. ' 



416 Like These j 



The Transportation Department 

 has handled approximately tid 

 matters similar to these instances, 

 Director L. J. Quasey states in |his 

 annual report. 



NOT WHO, BUT HOW 



The question is not who, but now 

 and when, President Bradfute said 

 at the annual meeting pf the Ameri- 

 can Farm Bureau Federation, fit 

 was discussing politics, of the cbn- 

 vention and his meanftig was tliat 

 how and when the needed wOrk 

 was to be done is more itnportfint 

 than who is 'to have the glory ^nd 

 profit in doing it. 



Our own annual meeting is ccm- 

 ing in two waeka.. , : : 



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service which the I. A. A. i^ giving." 

 Loss by Fire 



"Under general loss anj damage 

 claims are the fire losses 4nd stock 

 killed along railroad right-of-ways," 

 says Mr. Quasey. • "The iclaim of 

 Mr. J. C. McWhinney series as an 

 illustration of this class C|f claim. 

 Mr. McWhinney sustainedja loss of 

 17 acres of meadow and length of 

 fence. The damage amounted to 

 $100. The railroad offered to pay 

 less than half that amount, stating 

 that according to. their records th«t 

 amount covered the loss. 



"We made further investigation of 

 the matter and insisted tha« the full 

 amount of the claim be paid. The 

 claim agent then informed us tliat 

 he could not pay more than that, 

 whereupon we asked him for evi- 

 dence to back up his contention. He 

 then sent us the report of the sec- 

 tion foreman which he relied upon 

 in making the settlement. This 

 .disclosed that the section ftoreman 

 had greatly underestimated the ac- 

 tual damage. Our evidence was 

 comprehensive and compile and 

 after taking the matter up with the 

 railroad company again, they passed 

 y^ for payment in the fall amount." 



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