b. iO, 1924 



{ escape from 

 if real estate, 

 ption of an 

 1 at the earli- 

 further issue 



and honesty, 

 ir, in the ex- 

 1, state and 



round 



)ort the other 

 : received by 

 lany doubled 

 ;ased volume 

 irmers' mar- 

 idensary last 

 le market on 

 le marketing 

 > common in 



iths the con- 

 V that of the 

 hat the con- 

 sed milk on 

 the conden- 

 ordered the 

 arge number 

 company for 



ed a market 

 refit in con- 

 iien it closed 

 3re the mar- 

 liat time the 

 vn company 

 cooperative 

 ipovides milk 

 id. It pays 

 'actures and 

 )fitable form 

 i conditions. 

 ; down and 

 : when the 

 is not great. 



i operating 

 landled 271 

 3 .than they 

 handled in- 

 ),073,623.25. 

 in January, 

 year, and 

 al of four- 



the volume 

 ley were in 

 to 8.4 per 

 ivth. Then 

 ly $130,000 

 savings for 

 jndar year, 



Feb. 20, 1924 



The lIKnoi* Agricultural Auociation Reeord 



It 



at at Indi- 



d an aver- 

 ime on the 

 arket show 

 lay to day 

 Dria, where 

 f the 1923 

 approached 



I the farm- 

 controlling 

 it be done 

 is not the 

 business is 

 3rs selling 

 se on Uvs- 



Protection Against Purchase of T, B. 



Cattle Insured By New Agreement 



A o&lform selline contract has 

 been made between the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association and the 

 JetTerson county (Wis.) Holsteln- 

 Frieslan Breeders' Association to 

 regulate the sale of grade and 

 pure bred dairy cattle between 

 members ot the two organisa- 

 tions. This action is declared by 

 I. A. A. officials to be the most 

 important step that has ever been 

 talien by the association to In- 

 sure farm bureau members that 

 they are purchasing tuberculosis- 

 free cattle. 



This agreement, which has 

 been signed by President Thomp- 

 son and Secretary Fox, is the 

 first one of its kind to be made 

 in the United States. The I. A. 

 A. plans to make similar agree- 

 ments with breed associations, 

 county farm bureaus, and other 

 farm organizations in Wisconsin 

 and other states which have 

 dairy cattle for sale and are look- 

 ing, tor a m-jket in Illinois. 



What Led Up To It 



i Last fall, farm bureau mem- 

 bers asked the I. A. A. to en- 

 gage actively in the tuberculosis 

 eradication program. They 



charged that unscrupulous cattle 

 dealers were unlawfully bringing 

 tuberculous dairy cattle into the 

 state and thus were nullifying 

 the eradication program. 



The I. A. A. immediately of- 

 fered a reward of |100, to be' 

 matched by individual counties 

 for the first arrest and convic- 

 tion of a bootlegger of tuber- 

 culous cattle within the county. 

 M. H. Petersen of Lake county, 

 was employed to take charge of 

 the work under the direction of 

 the Livestock and Dairy depart- 

 ments. - 



Since that time, much help 

 has been given to counties in 

 their campaigns to secure county 

 appropriations and everything 

 possible has been done to en- 

 courage testing. Now comes this 

 first sale agreement to protect 

 farm bureau members from the 

 purchase of diseased animals. 



Provisloiu of Agreement 

 The sale contract made by the 

 I. A. A. with the Jefferson county 

 association is an agreement en- 

 tered into betweeii the buyer and 

 the seller, fulfillment of the buy- 

 er's part being guaranteed by 

 the I. A. A., and that of the 

 seller by his local bank. 



Tlie seller agrees to refund to 

 the buyer the purchase price of 

 any animal which may react to 

 the tuberculin test within a des- 

 ignated period, less the salvage 

 obtained by the buyer, providing 

 that the seller is furnished with 

 an affidavit signed by a qualified 

 veterinarian, stating the results 

 of the' test and also with a state- 

 ment from the commission firm 

 showing the amount received 

 from the sale ot the carcass. 



Smitsry Qiurters 



The buyer agrees to keep ani- 

 mals purchased in sanitary qiiar- 

 ters and in a herd which the 

 county veterinarian, working un- 

 der the federal and state tuber- 

 culin testing plan, guarantees is 

 reasonably free from tubercu- 

 losis. The premises to which 

 the animals are taken must have 

 been properly cleaned and disin- 

 fected since a reactor was found. 



The buyer also agrees to no- 

 tify the seller 16 days before the 

 retest Is made and allow him the 



privilege of having his veteri- 

 narian present during the retest. 

 Demand Increasing 

 "This contract is especially 

 timely now that niinols has en- 

 tered into such an extensive tu- 

 berculosis eradication program," 



berculous cattle within the coun- 

 ty. A totat of 39 counties have 

 county veterinarians now in their 

 employ testing under the area 

 plan. Seven other counties have 

 made appropriations for the hire 

 of a county veterinarian. Twen- 



4 COUNTfES WITH 



^ ARC* VCTCRlNARIAN^ 



^ COUNnC* WMlOM-MAVa 

 9 MADC APPROPfVXTigfM 

 ? POA AHiA WORK 



INOAOTWITV 



Progress of Tuberculosis Eradication in 

 Illinois to February 15, 1924 



states M. H. Petersen, special 

 I. A. A. representative in charge 

 of T. B. work. "Even if the 

 cattle dealer system had been 

 satisfactory in the past, it could 

 not operate successfully with the 

 large number of cattle that must 

 be imported to replace reactors. 



"In 1922, government figures 

 show that over 12,000 dairy cat- 

 tle were brought into the state 

 from Wisconsin alone. That was 

 before testing had become very 

 extensive in the state. For in- 

 stance, in November, 1922, 485 

 reactors were tested out of Il- 

 linois herds. In November, 1923, 

 the number was 1,B79. Corre- 

 sponding figures for December 

 for the two years were 425 and 

 1,222." 



The number of reactors is in- 

 creasing every month, Mr. Peter- 

 sen declares, and farm bureau 

 members must be protected 

 when they replace these animals. 

 That is the big reason for the 

 new selling agreement. 



Many Cioantles Testing 



It is estimated that at least 

 25 counties have embarked upon 

 a tuberculosis eradication pro- 

 gram since the I. A. A. actively 

 entered Into the work last No- 

 vember. At this writing, 75 of 

 the 102 counties in the state are 

 either testing or preparing for 

 It. 



Fourteen counties have dupli- 

 cated the I. A. A. reward offer 

 of »100 for the first arrest and 

 convlctioB of bootleggers of tu- 



ty-nine counties are engaged In 

 campaigns to secure appropria- 

 tions from their boards of super- 

 visors for hiring veterinarians. 

 Connty Progress . 



Edgar county has completed 

 its second test of all cattle in 

 the county and is expected to be 

 placed on the federal-accredited 

 list of disease-free counties in 

 the near future. It is required 

 that less than one-half of one 

 per cent of all cattle in a county 

 react to the tuberculin test in 

 order to be placed on the federal 

 list. 



Mercer county finished its first 

 test in December, and Champaign 

 and McLean counties are now 

 planning a drive to finish their 

 first tests. 



Clair Hay Chosen 

 Head of Illinois 

 Advisers^ Ass^n 



Clair Hay, farm adviser of 

 Christian county, was elected pres- 

 ident of the Illinois State Farm 

 Advisers' Association at their 

 meeting in Urbana. Other officers 

 chosen were, J. Franklin Hedge- 

 cock, Will county, vice-president; 

 L. S. Griffith, Lee county, secre- 

 tary; and F. A. Fisher, Wabash 

 connty, treasurer. 



Members on the advisers' execu- 

 tive board are Harrison Fahrn- 

 kopf, McLean county; E. W. Rusk, 

 Macoupin county; and 3. H. Lloyd, 

 Hancock cou&tjr. 



Dairy Committee 

 Chairman Active 

 Farm Bureau Man 



Jacob Olbrich, whose picture 

 arrived too late to be included 

 with the other 

 new members of 

 the committee 

 jin'the Jan. 5 is- 

 ine of the Rec- 

 ord, is the new 

 committeeman 

 from the tenth 

 ,nd eleventh dis- 

 tricts. Mr. (H- 

 brlch, who was 

 also recently ap- 

 pointed chair- 

 man ot the I. A. 

 A. dairy committee, is a dairy 

 farmer near Harvard, McHeory 

 county, and a leader in county 

 farm bureau work. He served 

 as treasurer in the county as- 

 sociation for four years and was 

 a member of the I. A. A. dairy 

 marketing committee in 1120 

 and 1921. 



Jaesb Olbrick 



■I- 



Adams Co. Farmers 

 Sold $1,766,676.21 

 Thru Co-Operatives 



A gross business totalling ap- 

 proximately II, 7$$, £76. 21 was 

 handled by livestock, dairj*, fruit 

 and vegetable, and grain cooper- 

 ative organizations in Adams 

 county in 1923, according to 

 Farm Adviiser Ray E. Miller. 



The Adams County Shippers' 

 Association did the largest busi- 

 ness, selling 689 cars of live- 

 stock with a gross value of |9S9,- 

 068.55. This is one of the larg- 

 est shipping associations in the 

 United SUtes; 



Farmers' elevators did the fol- 

 lowing business: Ursa, 1262,- 

 623.59; Chatten, 1182,920.78; 

 and La Prairie, $80,000. The 

 Western Illinois Fruit Exchange 

 sold 185 ears of fruits and vege- 

 tables with a gross value of ap- 

 proximately $100,000. The 

 Quincy Cooperative Milk Produc- 

 ers Association had total sales 

 for the yeai* of $182,063.29, pro- 

 ducer members getting 53 per 

 cent of the consumer's dollar on 

 the average. 



j 



Conference Names 

 Curt Anderson On 

 Executive Body 



Curt Anderson, executive com- 

 mittee member from the 24th 

 district, was elected to the ex- 

 ecutive committee of the Na- 

 tional Council of Cooperative As- 

 sociations in Washington, Feb- 

 ruary 8. Mr. Anderson was del- 

 egated by the executive commit- 

 tee to represent the I. A. A. at 

 the meeting. 



Walton Peteet, former director 

 of cooperative marketing for the 

 A. F. B. F., was employed as 

 secretary for the National Coop- 

 erative Council. It was deter- 

 mined that the major laork of 

 the organization this year would 

 be in assisting the Wheat Ad- 

 visory committee in organizing 

 a nation^ pool. The organiza- 

 tion will be financed by a 5 cent 

 membership fee from the mem- 

 bers of cooperative marketing as- 

 sociations. The plan Is to col- 

 lect this membership fee from 

 the marketing organizations 

 rather than from individuals. 

 Secretary Peteet will have his 

 oSee in Ohleaso. 



COMMITTEE HEADS 

 OF LA A. NAMED 

 BY PRES. THOMPSON 



Frank Barton Is Chairman of Both 



Finance and Legislative Groups; 



Special Committees 



President S. H. Thompson an- 

 nounced, in part, the personnel 

 of the 1724 standing commit- 

 tees for the association at the 

 January 31 meeting ' of the ex- 

 ecutive committee In the Chleaco 

 office. 



Members of the fknanee eom- 

 mittee are Frank D. Barton, Cor- 

 nell, chairman; Earl C. Smith, 

 Detroit; and W. H. Uoody. Port 

 Byron. Mr. Barton U also chair- 

 man of the legislatitve commit- 

 tee. The other members are 

 H. E. Goembel, Hooppole, and 

 A. C. Everingham, HutsonvlUe. 



The various departmental com- 

 mltteee of the I. A. A. are bead- 

 ed as firilows: dairy marketing, 

 Jacob Olbrich, Harvard; livestock 

 marketing, G. F. Tullock, Rock- 

 ford; poultry and egg marketing, 

 C. E. BambOrough, Polo; fruit 

 and vegetable marketing. Curt 

 Anderson, Xenia; 'grain market- 

 ing, H. E. Goembel, Hooppole; 

 information, R. F. Karr. Iro- 

 quois; organization. Earl C. 

 -Smith, Detroit; limestone-phoe- 

 phate, Stanley Castle. Alton. 



Two special committees were 

 named, one on schools headed 

 by J. L. Whisnand, Charleston; 

 and the other on insurance with 

 C. B. Watson, DeKalb, chair- 

 man. 



Other members ot these com- 

 mittees will be announced at 

 the March 6 meeting of the ex- 

 ecutive committee. { 



I. A. A. Represented 

 By J. C. Watson At 

 Washington Meet 



The I. A. A. was represented 

 by John C. Watson in a confer- 

 ence at Washington, February 

 8, at which the crop reporting 

 service of the United States De- 

 partment of Agriculture was dis- 

 cussed. 



Mr. Watson took part in the 

 conference at the request of Sec- 

 retary of Agriculture Wallaoe. 

 He states that it ie generally 

 recognized that there are many 

 shortcomings and flaws in the 

 present crop reporting servtoe. 

 and because this service is the 

 chief source of information, it Is 

 important that tl)e information 

 be accurate and r e lia b l e . 



New Live Stock 

 Schedule On Rock 

 Island Railroad 



Beginning February 18, 1924, 

 a new C. R. I. ft T. train for 

 livestock shipments to the Chi- 

 cago market will leave Galva at 

 12 o'clock noon on Mondas's and 

 Wednesdays and will make pick- 

 ups at intermediate points be- 

 tween Galva and Peoria. It will 

 make connections with M. * St. 

 L. trains coming into Peoria, 

 leaving there at 5 p. m., making 

 pick-ups between Peoria and^^n*- — 

 rean and arriving in Chicago at 

 S a. m. on Tuesdays and Thnra- 

 days. This schedule Is only tem- 

 porary, but if the business wai^ 

 rants it. the train wBl be mala- . 

 tatned in the fatare^ 



