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AgriqdtunJ Aj>ocMrtion Record 



Jmmmt 21. 1924 j 



PUY IS MISSING 

 PART OF FARM 

 RATION-DARROW 



B.H.I>ttrrow 



Hogs Root For Missing Elements, 



So Do Young Follu, Says 



Ohio Speaker 



TTie Wg need of the country- 

 side today is play and it is high 

 time that we 

 glTe the matter 

 serious atten- 

 tion, declared 

 Benjamin H. 

 Darrow, secre- 

 tary of the coun- 

 ty Y. M. C. A., 

 Ravenna, Ohio, 

 in his address 

 before the I. A. 

 A. annual meet- 

 ing, "Organiz- 

 ing Community 

 centers." 



"Sogs root for the missing 

 elements of food In their ration," 

 Mr. Darrow said." Young people, 

 too, root for missing elements. 

 If their own community does 

 not provide a balanced ration, 

 they go elsewhere for the missing 

 eivnents, usually entertainment, 

 and frequently overeat. Or It 

 the social events of their com- 

 munity are weak and uninter- 

 esting third rate affairs, they 

 know it. 



CMder People Too 

 "Young people are not the only 

 ones who need more of the fats 

 of social enjoyment," continued 

 Mr. Darrow. "There is a crush- 

 ing poverty In playless lives. 

 Too many folks rob themselves 

 and their families of many of the 

 best things of Ufo because they 

 ^orget to play. 



"Why do the young people 



FRUIT GROWERS 



TO REORGANIZE 

 • UNDER CO-OP ACT 



"Illinois Fruit Growers Exchange" 



Will Be Name; Member Cam- 

 ' paign To Start Soon 



A meeting of the Fruit and 

 Vegetable Marketing Advisory 

 Committee of the I. A. A., officers 

 and directors of the Illinois Fruit 

 Exchange, and several large fruit 

 growers took action to organize 

 a non-stock, non-profit coopera- 

 tive organization under the Illi- 

 nais Cooperative Marketing Act 

 to be Incorporated as the "Illinois 

 Fruit Growers Elzchange," at 

 Centralia, January 5. 



The new organization will be. In 



^"ilfleet, a continuation of the Illi- 

 aoia Fruit Exchange. However, 

 the latter will not liquidate until 

 some future date, due to unex- 

 pired marketing contracts, railroad 

 claims, and present duties aind ob- 

 Ugations to its members. 



Organliation under new uni- 

 form flve-year contracts will be 

 started at an early date under the 

 direction of the Illinois Fruit 

 Growers Exchange and the Fruit 

 and Vegetable Marketing Depart- 

 ment of the Illinois Agricultural 



_ Association. 



The decision to reorganize the 

 Illinois Fruit Exchange has been 

 the result of much tbougkt and 

 study on the part of officials of the 

 exchange. Considerable expansion 

 of the organization was felt neces- 

 sary and there are many limita- 

 tions which prevent the Exehafige 

 from expanding a»it la now organ- 

 to»d. i 



Want R. R. Fences 

 Repaired? I. A. A. 

 Helped This Man 



"Let us know it railroad fences 

 are defective," said the I. A. A. 

 Transportation Department's ad 

 in the December S issue of the 

 Record. Immediately On receipt 

 of the issue, Chas. R. Birken- 

 mayer, Macoupin county, wrote to 

 the I. A. A. and said that the 

 fence along the C. P. & St. L. rail- 

 road adjoining his pasture was 

 badly in need, of repair and he 

 wished that the department could 

 at least persuade the railroad to 

 set the posts it he furnished them. 



The Transportation Department 

 took the mattsf up with the C. P. 

 & St. L. general manager. On De- 

 cember 29, the latter wrote: "We 

 have set the posts tor Mr. Birken- 

 mayer, furnished wire and staples 

 and he is to do the balance of the 

 work." 



And Mr. Birkenmayer wrote to 

 the I. A. A.: "I want to thank 

 you for your efforts with the C. P. 

 & St. L. railroad in having them 

 repair their fence along our land. 

 I think it was a nice favor of you 

 and I truly appreciate it." 



desert their community tor the 

 city to get their entertainment?" 

 asked the speaker. "Because it 

 is more interesting and, shame 

 to admit it, sometimes because 

 their own community offers noth- 

 ing of a social or entertainment 

 nature. 



It can be done 



"To revive enthusiasm in some 

 communities is like trying to 

 start a Are with wet wood. But 

 it can be done. Many a man 

 and woman has given up the 

 task in disgust these last few 

 years. The farm bureau pro- 

 gram itself falls tar short of its 

 possibilities because township 

 meetings are poorly attended. 

 Leadership in the country is real- 

 ly good, but the followership is 

 terrible. There Is no question 

 but that the time is here when 

 farming must have more brains 

 and less brawn in the 'brains 

 and brawn mixture.' And chor- 

 ing by lantern light has cost the 

 farmer as much as it has made 

 him. ,_, 



Wipes away the Worries 



"Laughter wipes away the 

 worries and music soothes the 

 heartaches. Three or four times 

 a winter every community ought 

 to have a social in which the 

 feature is music. Stunt nights 

 as a feature of community en- 

 tertainment are valuable. I fully 

 expect to see the time when 

 farmers generally will play just 

 as the business man in the city." 



FOX CHARTS NEW 

 PROGRAM_OF WORK 



(Continued from Page One) 

 national confidence upon which a 

 national program must be built. 

 Dairy Marketing 



"Dairymen around both Chica- 

 go and St. Louis are in need of re- 

 organization. Dairymen around 

 these two cities will never be able 

 to stabilize prices or enjoy the 

 privilege of permanently being the 

 dominating factor in price control 

 until they make adequate provi- 

 sion for local concentration points 

 to care for surpluses and until 

 they are sufficiently well organized 

 to make an equitable distribution 

 of the losses over all producers 

 involved. , 



"Dairymen around several other 

 cities are making progress in co- 

 operative marketing. Effective 

 organization around these other 



JENKINS RESIGNS 

 TO ENTER IN RACE 

 FOR U. S. SENATOR 



Restoration of Agriculture Will 



Be the Paramount 



Issue 



The request of Newton Jenkins, 

 recently announced candidate for 

 United States Senator, to be re- 

 lieved as legal counsel for the Illi- 

 nois Agricultural Association was 

 accepted by the executive commit- 

 tee at the January 11 meeting. 



In a resolution to Mr. Jenkins 

 the committee stated that the 

 principles of the Association are 

 such that anyone connected with 

 its administrative affairs cannot be 

 a candidate for public office at the 

 same time. The committee ex- 

 tended appreciation of the efficient 

 service rendered to the association 

 and for the courteous manner in 

 which all requests have been 

 handled. 



"I am entering the Republican 

 primaries as a candidate for 

 United States Senator," Mr. Jen- 

 kins states in his letter to the 

 association. 



Agricnltore Paramonnt 



"While I expect to appeal to 

 every element of the state's citizen- 

 ship, Mr. Jenkins continues," the 

 restoration of agriculture will be 

 a paramount issue of my cam- 

 paign. This issue, of course, is 

 quite non-partisan and I shall do 

 my utmost to carry my message 

 to the farmers in every section of 

 the state." 



cities will help in making a suc- 

 cessful organization around Chica- 

 go and St. Louis. The most diffl- 

 cnlt factor in all of these efforts is 

 to secure efficient management. 

 Every failure is traceable directly 

 or indirectly to faulty accounting 

 and lack of financial control. 

 Poaltrr. 



"Standardizing and grading 

 should receive first attention in 

 the poultry and egg marketing 

 question. If egg exchanges and 

 buyers do not fall in line by rec- 

 ognizing grade through prices 

 paid, cooperative marketing of 

 poultry products must and will 

 force the issue. 



Fmits and Vegetables. 



"The experience of the Illinois 

 Fruit Exchange points the way 

 to successful marketing of Illinois 

 fruits. This institution, while 

 highly successful, needs to be re- 

 organized and its operations ex- 

 tended and improved so as to in- 

 clude more of the successful fruit 

 growers of the state." 

 Taxation. 



Secretary Fox recommended 

 that active work be started in 

 analyzing revenue expenditures for 

 both country and state purposes 

 and he suggested that the project 

 be taken up by the joint efforts 

 of farm bureaus, chambers of 

 commerce, bankers' associations 

 and other groups of citizens. 



"The purpose of this undertak- 

 ing should not be to interfere 

 with the proper functioning of 

 public oScials, but should be con- 

 ducted for the purpose of secur- 

 ing an intelligent understanding 

 of the use that is being made of 

 public money," Mr. Fox said. . 

 Legislation. 



In discussing the legislative pol- 

 icy of the association he said that 

 without facts and careful analysis 

 farmers can not hope to arrive at 

 the sound solution of public ques- 

 tions. "In anticipation of the 

 next session of the Legislature, a 

 careful survey and analysis should 

 be taken of the revenue question. 



''We Call Them 

 Cheap Screws 

 Down In Egypt" ' 



"1 have been reading my I. A. A. 

 Record and find many good things 

 in it for me that I have helped to 

 do by belonging to the farm bu- 

 reau," writes Arthur J. Casper, 

 Johnson county. "These things 

 have helped others that don't be- 

 long just as well, and wont be- 

 long as long as they can reap the 

 harvest without belonging. We 

 call them 'cheap screws' down 

 here in Egypt. 



"I am well pleased with what 

 the I. A. A. has done tor us. With- 

 out orgtmization, we are as far as 

 we can ever expect to get. With 

 organization we can adjust the lid 

 to the lunch box at an? degree we 

 desire to fit the agricultural con- 

 ditions of our country. 



"In our drive for membership 

 in December, 1923, we lost more, 

 I think, than we gained. Those 

 we lost were mostly trouble-mak- 

 ers. Those we gained were men 

 that have been reading and mak- 

 ing a study of the farm bureau. 

 Not such a bad loss but a better 

 gain." 



Mr. Casper asked tor 50 January 

 5, I. A. A. Records to hand out to 

 some of his neighbors. 



the road program, the school prob- 

 lem and law enforcement meas- 

 ures. 



Organization. 

 "Counties that have well de- 

 veloped community centers are 

 maintaining membership at less 

 cost than counties less thoroughly 

 organized. If we will study and 

 develop local community organiza- 

 tion within the county, the next 

 campaign should cost less. This 

 should be undertaken in 1924." 



CHICAGO LIVESTOCK 

 CO-OP SHOWS GREAT 

 J GAIN IN RECEIPTS 



Handled Nearly 16,000 Cars In 



1923; Sykes Says Big Problem 



Now Is Orderly Selling 



The Chicago Producers Commis- 

 sion Association handled 16,855 

 cars of livestock in 1923, over 72 

 per cent of which came from co- 

 operative shipping associations, 

 said S. W. Doty, manager, in his 

 report at the annual meeting of 

 the agency, January 8. There are 

 now over 78,000 individual mem- 

 bers of the Chicago Producers. 



Big Increase 



Mr. Doty's report showed the 

 following increase in receipts of 

 the agency from July through De- 

 cember, 1923, compared with the 

 same montlis in 1922: cattle, 133 

 per cent; hogs. 111 per cent; and 

 sheep, 239 per c^nt. 



"The big problem before the 

 Producers selling agencies is or- 

 derly marketing," said A. Sykes, 

 Ida Grove, la., president of the 

 Chicago Producers, in a talk in 

 which he traced the entire growth 

 of the movement. "Refunds are 

 all right but they are not the big 

 thing. There should be closer co- 

 operation between livestock pro- 

 ducers BO that the fiow of live- 

 stock to the market can be regu- 

 lated." 



Re-elect Directors 



W. E. Elliott, Willlamsfield, IlL, 

 and Frank Coyne, Ida Grove, la., 

 were re-elected for three year 

 terms as directors of the Chicago 

 selling agency. They were the 

 only directors whose terms ex- 

 pired. 



Grading Eggs By Quality 

 Is Essential Says Harper 



"Grading by quality is the 

 most important service which co- 

 operative marketing is rendering 

 to egg producers," declares J. D. 

 Harper, who has returned ' from 

 an investigation of cooperative 

 poultry and egg marketing asso- 

 ciations in nine western states 

 and in Canada with the view of 

 working out a policy of poultry 

 and egg marketing suitable for 

 Illinois conditions. 



"Standardized [ :ts are es- 



sential to proi marketing. 

 Marketing associi that are 



paying their mE 3 on the 



basis of grade ar ones that 



are succeeding s etting the 



best prices tor m rs. 



"In Utah, PC men were 



paid five cents pe an tor eggs 



in May, 1922. producers 



organized a cooi ve market- 



ing association : ircb, 1923. 



They pay by gr iud quality 



and sell standa J products. 



They now have 1200 members 

 and sold 160 cars of eggs and 20 

 cars of poultry in 1923. Nearly 

 a million dollars' worth of busi- 

 ness was transacted. In 1922, 

 Utah shipped out only 17 cars of 

 eggs. Seven cars were imported." 



Similar success with grading 

 by quality was found by Mr. 

 Harper in Washington, Texas, 

 and British Columbia. 



Orderly Marketing 

 "Cooperative poultry and egg 

 associations are able to bring 

 about orderly marketing," de- 

 clares Mr. Harper. "The great 

 bulk of eggs is produced during 

 about one third of the year and 

 rushed to market and into stor- 



age, bringing prices down. By 

 controlling the product and put- 

 ting the surplus into storage, 

 producers' associations are letting 

 their eggs on the market as they 

 are needed throughout tte fall 

 and winter months. This is one 

 of the big services which most 

 of the egg cooperatives are ren- 

 dering. 



All Get Better Prices 



"Producers who belong to mar- 

 keting associations are not, as a 

 rule, getting any more tor their 

 products than non-members are," 

 Mr. Harper says. "But members 

 and non-members alike are get- 

 ting considerably more than they 

 did before tb« association existed. 



"The independent dealers are 

 paying on a much narrower mar- 

 gin as a result of the competi- 

 tion aroused by producer market- 

 ing. This was especially notice- 

 able with the cooperative associa- 

 tions in Washington, California, 

 and Texas. A manager In Wash- 

 ington who had been a private 

 dealer tor years said that* it 

 might be a good thing if the 

 cooperative ceased to function in 

 order to make all producers real- 

 ize what it is doing tor them." 



Good Management 

 Good management was a very 

 noticeable factor which Mr. Har- 

 per noted as a prim^ necessity of 

 successful poultry and egg mar- 

 keting associations. Most of the 

 managers whom he met were 

 men who were well grounded in 

 experience and a thorough knowl- 

 edge of the poultry and egg 

 market i 



