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Volume 2 



January 21, 1924 



Number 2 



i ORGANIZATION IS 



ESSENTIAL, SAYS 

 A PRES. THOMPSON 



icient Production' Alone W 



Not Solve Farm Problems is 



Opinion of I. A. A. Chief 



milk around 

 inters is gen- 

 ; the country, 

 lilk evidently 

 en to patron- 

 : extensively, 

 oduction Jias 

 igo territory 

 already feel 

 be in order 

 more eflfec- 

 keting plan." 



Rates, 

 nt Finds 



agricultural 



file in the 

 tion Depart- 



Every time 

 . reissue 



lly checks 

 any changes 

 le farmer, 

 ok place the 

 'ear, the de- 



new ruling 

 ive stock as 

 Interstate 



on Septem- 



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 rlington & 



inois traffic 



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up with the 



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Commerce 



f to refund 



shipments 



September 



time, the 

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 ing to ap- 

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 s. 



SRVICE 



Marketing 

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 zations de- 

 endents, or 

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 ective men 

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"Future progress of agricul- 

 ture depends today more than 

 at any time in the history of our 

 country on strong organization 

 of farmers," said President 

 S. H. Thompson in his address 

 at the opening of the ninth an 

 nual meeting of the I. A. A. at 

 Galesburg, Jan. 16. "EflScient 

 production alone wiU not solve 

 the present day problems. 



"We must put agriculture on a 

 ■onnd basis, on equal footing with 

 every other suc- 

 cessful business 

 ot our country. 

 If we would 

 keep our chil- 

 dren on the 

 farm and con- 

 tinue the busi- 

 ness, we must 

 put agriculture 

 on a substantial 

 paying basis 

 that will brluB 

 returns that are 

 8. H. Tiiomp.o. satisfactory so 

 that they can make the home and 

 farm attractive and really worth 

 while for the best of men. 

 Farm Borean Won Voice. 

 "We have through the efforts 

 ot the farm bureau, won a voice 

 in the affairs of county, state, and 

 nation and have been instrumental 

 in securing the passage of con 

 Btructive legislation that will help 

 the farmer to get his business on 

 an equal basis enjoyed by the 

 other businesses of the country 

 and thus have opened the way for 

 cooperative effort, making it pos- 

 sible for him not only to produce 

 elBeiently, but also to Join with 

 (Continued on pare i) 



JoAn Had Talk All 

 Ready But Censors 



Didnt Approve It 

 John C. Watson, Director of 

 Taxation for the I. A. A. was 

 ■ebeduled to tell the world about 

 "Taxation as a Farm Bureau Pro- 

 ject," over the American Farm 

 Bureau radio from SUtlon KYW, 

 Chicago, January 4, but bis man- 

 uscript, prepared in advance, was 

 rejected as "political" by KTW 

 censors. Station KYW is owned 

 and controlled by the Westing- 

 house corporation. If you want 

 a copy of John's "censored" talk, 

 write the L A. A. 



Annual Meeting Report 



As the Record goes to 

 pre** on the eve of the 

 ninth annual meeting, ad- 

 vance copies of several ad- 

 dresses have been secured 

 and are summarized In this 

 Issue. The next Issue of the 

 Record will contain further 

 report of this meeting. 



Series of Shipping 

 Association Schools 

 To Start on Feb. 12 



Farm advisers, directors, mana- 

 gers, and members of livestock 

 shipping associations are invited 

 to attend one-day shipping asso- 

 ciation schools in their districts, 

 which will be held starting Feb- 

 ruary 12, by the I. A. A., College 

 of Agriculture, and National Live 

 Stock Producers Association, co- 

 operating. 



The discussions will be led by 

 C. A. Stewart and L. J. Quaaey 

 of the I. A. A.; E. T. Robbins and 

 V. Vaniman of the College of Ag- 

 riculture; and F. M. Simpson, gen- 

 eral manager of the National Pro- 

 ducers. The managers of each of 

 the four Producers selling agencies 

 at Chicago, Peoria, E. St. Louis, 

 and Indianapolis will attend the 

 schools in their respective terri- 

 tories and the three I. A. A. fleld- 

 men, F. H. Kelley, R. B. Omdorft, 

 and I. C. Grimes will divide their 

 time between the meetings. 



The schools are scheduled as 

 follows: Olney, Feb. 12; Carbon- 

 dale, Feb. 13; Centralia, Feb. 14; 

 Springfield, Feb. 19; Decatur, Feb. 

 20; Gilman, Feb. 21; Galesburg 

 Feb. 26; Dixon, Feb. 27; and Chi 

 cago, Feb. 28. 



UP TO BAT WITH 1924 



Secretary Fox Charts New 

 Year's Program of Work 



Uniform Purchase 

 Plans Being Made 

 For Limestone 



Two more district meetings have 

 been held to discuss plans for the 

 future purchase of limestone on a 

 uniform basis among the county 

 farm bureaus, according to J. R. 

 Bent, Director of the Phosphate- 

 Limestone Department. A meet- 

 ing was held at Joliet on January 

 9, and one was planned for Gales- 

 burg on January 17 in connection 

 with the annual meeting. 



One is planned for Southern Il- 

 linois on February 6, at Centralia. 



Mr. Bent states that the state- 

 wide conference which representa- 

 tives selected at the district meet- 

 ings will attend, will probably be 

 held at Springfield, February 20 

 and 21. 



"The meetings are evidencing 

 that the use of limestone is rap- 

 idly increasing in all parts of the 

 sUte. especially In tje northern 

 and central parts," Hr. Bent says. 



In his address at the ninth an- 

 nual meeting. Secretary George A. 

 Fox reviewed and discussed the 

 work of the past five years. He 

 pointed to the failures and strong 

 holds, and made recommenda- 

 tions for the future. 



Following are a few ontstand' 

 ing things said by Mr. Fox: 



Cooperative Marketing 



"We have had four years of in- 

 tensive experience with marketing 

 problems, some satisfactory and 

 some not. We may become dis- 

 couraged and overwhelmed or we 

 may capitalize upon our mistakes 

 and make them serve us. The 

 greatest obstacle to overcome at 

 this time is the strife over lead- 

 ership. 



Livestock Marketing 

 "Where possible livestock ship- 

 ping associations membership 

 should be confined to farm bureau 

 membership and a differential 

 charge be made for handling in 

 favor of members. Each associa- 

 tion would profit by requiring its 

 members to enter into a binding 

 agreement which will t>e Just and 

 fair and at the same time secure 

 the maximum efficiency. Boards 

 of directors need control. Mana- 

 gers need not fear this control. 

 The members do need to fear the 



lack of control by a board of di- 

 rectors. Well-established locals 

 are the guarantee of successful 

 terminals,- 



Grain Marketing 



"If nilnois is willing to accept 

 U. S. Grain Growers' obligations In 

 Illinois as Illinois obligations, and 

 no longer regard them as obli- 

 gations of the national institu- 

 tion, then Illinois may contemplate 

 a state grain marketing program. 

 The resolution passed by the mid- 

 west presidents and secretaries In 

 July and later approved by the 

 A. F. B. F. Executive Committee 

 is the best expression of a nation- 

 al policy that has been put for- 

 ward. 



"The National Wheat Commit- 

 tee and the U. S. Grain tirowera 

 have not defined their position 

 with reference to this resolution. 

 Until the policy of these two or- 

 ganizations are made clear and 

 points of antagonism between the 

 two removed, there can be no na- 

 tional program upon which Illi- 

 nois can embark with safety with- 

 out first accepting that the U. S. 

 Grain Growers obligations in Illi- 

 nois are state obligations, and 

 thereby assuming the hazard of 

 impairing, if not destroying, the 

 (Continued on pace 4> 



I.A.A. NET WORTH 

 TOTALS $214,293 

 START OF NEW YEAR 



$150,000 In United States Bonds 



And Cash — Treasurer R. A. 



Cowles Comments 



With a net worth of $214,293, 

 of which $150,000 is i» Govern- 

 ment bonds and cash, the Illi- 

 nois Agricultural Association 

 starts the' year 1924. 



On another page Is printed the 

 balance sheet of the association, 

 certified by public aetountants, 

 and following are comments by 

 Treasurer Robert A. Cowles: 



"The balance sheet of the asso- 

 ciation shows its general fund re- 

 serve balance at December 31, 

 1923 to be $214,293.64. These 

 figures represent the coaservatire 

 net worth' of the asaoclatitlk. 

 after having made deductions in 

 ample amoiint for probable losses, 

 doubtful accounts receivable and 

 advances to affiliated organisa- 

 tions, and reserves for deprecia- 

 tion, and, having listed under its 

 liabilities all accounts payable and 

 other obligations, of every natur^ 



Other Property 



"There might have been listed 

 with some propriety among the 

 assets of the association as a de- 

 ferred charge, an additional Item 

 of substantial amount represent- 

 ing prepaid organization expenses, 

 since during 1922 and 1923 the 

 greater part of the membership -in 

 the farm bureaus and the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association bas been 

 signed to new three year contracts. 



"The item listed under accounts 

 receivable, $18,409.93, repreaenta 

 membership dues collected by the 

 farm bureaus and unremitted at 

 December 31, 1923. A substan- 

 tial part of these unremitted bal- 

 ances -were received during the 

 first days of January following. 

 «iae.000 In V. S. Banks 



"The aasoclation has been able 

 during the year to increase its 

 (Continued on pace >) 



Chronic Kickers 

 Past Redemption 

 Says Riplinger 



"That banquet given to the 

 boys' and girls' club trinners was 

 a hundred per cent good act," 

 writes Henry N. Riplinger of Ga- 

 lena. "The young An^rieans on 

 the farm are the people tbat wUl 

 make America worth while. 



"The old chronic kickers are 

 past redemption. Tbey shonld 

 keep quiet. Keep going and all 

 will be well before long.", 



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