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DeWin FARMERS 

 6ET BIG RETURNS 

 FROM INVESTMENT 



Over ^,400 Saved In Land Taxes 



In Two Years of Tax Work 



By Farm Bureau 



Ficarea talk and the larger they 

 are the louder they talk. That's 

 what the DeWitt County Farm Bo^ 

 reaui thinks. Figures taken from 

 the tax books of DeWitt county 

 ■hoi4 that land owners in that 

 eounty will pay 183,403.81 less 

 land taxes for 1923 than they 

 did for 1922. Bat that's only 

 part of the story. 



The reduction in land Taluations 

 for state tax purposes in 1922 se- 

 cured by the I. A. A. through its 

 appearance before the Illinois Tax 

 Commission clipped |3,0g3.Sl 

 from DeWitt county land taxes 

 that year. Adding 1922 and 1923 

 reductions, the total is )86,4eT.42, 

 which is eqnlTalent to 37.4 cents 

 per acre or $63.43 per farm, says 

 Farm Adviser O. M. Allyn of De- 

 I (■ i Witt county. 



Balance over $81,000 



"Since its incepttoa six years 

 axo, the DeWnt County Farm Bu- 

 reau, the Illinois Agricultural As- 

 sociation and the American Farm 

 Bureau Federation has cost De- 

 Witt county farmers $35,097.65," 

 states Ur. Allyn. "Subtracting 

 this from the amount saved in 

 1922 and 1923 taxes, it leaves a 

 balance of $51,369.87, together 

 with all the other service rendered 

 In a hundred different ways." 



During 1923 the DeWitt County 

 Farm Bureau made an investiga- 

 1^' tioa of land tax conditions in the 

 li county under the same plan that 

 the I. A. A. Taxation Department 

 directed investigations in 66 other 

 counties. Inequalities were found 

 showiDB that farm land was val- 

 ued too high for tax purposes. The 

 facts And figures were presented 

 to the county board of review and 

 the reduction, as stated,^ was se- 

 enred, 

 f Who Presented Case? 



"astne farmers will tell you that 

 the farm bureau didn't have any- 

 thing to do with the reduction of 

 taxes on farm lands and that they 

 would have been reduced any- 

 way," says Mr. Allyn. "Simply 

 .Mk them who presented the fann- 

 ers' ease before the local board 

 of review. Ask them who fought 

 the farmers' case before the state 

 tax commission." 



Agri, 



•e To Ship 

 Livestock Thru 

 Marketing Ass^ns 



Three cooperative shipping as- 

 sociations have recently adopted 

 a membership agreement which 

 calls for the shipment of all live- 

 stock through the association, 

 reports 0. A. Stewart of the 

 Ltrestock Marketing department. 



liSwrence county has organ- 

 ised a county association under 

 this plan and local OEganizations 

 at Sycamore and Roekford have 

 both reorganixed and adopted the 

 membership agreement. Mr. 

 Stewart says that the annual 

 meetings of shipping associations 

 are attended better and more in- 

 terest la belnc sho^n than ever 



$10,000 MORE SEC'UUITIKS 



In January an additional $10,- 

 000 wu Invested in Government 

 seevritles, making a total of 

 <ISO.0O0 la the I. A. A. reaerre 



tOBd. 



Ohio Is In Same 

 Boat On Problem 

 Of Land Values 



After speaking at the annual 

 meeting of the Ohio Farm Bu- 

 reau Federation, John C. Wat- 

 son of the I. A. A., made an In- 

 vestigation of valuations for tax 

 purposes in Wyandot eounty and 

 found that Ohio farmers have 

 the same problems we are con- 

 fronted with. 



Making the investigation the 

 same as has been carried on In 

 a large number of counties of 

 Illinois, Mr. Watson found that 

 farm land In Wyandot county is 

 valued at 93 per cent of the ac- 

 tual sales values, while town 

 and city lots carry a valuation 

 of only 72 per cent of their ao- 

 tnal sales values. 



ENDORSES FARM 

 RELIEF MEASURE 



(Contlnned from pace 1) 

 said, "We have protective tariffs 

 for industry and immigration laws 

 to protect labor. This bill Is de- 

 signed to protect the farmer." 

 Beadjnst TarilT 



The McNary-Haugen bill applies 

 only to commodities of which 

 there is an exportable surplus, and 

 on which the market price Is be- 

 low the ratio based on pre-war 

 prices. Since domestic prices can- 

 not be sustained without a pro- 

 hibitory tariff, the bill gives fuller 

 power to the President and the 

 commission provided for, to make 

 tariff readjustments with regard 

 to any commodity which . It has 

 been found necessary to protect. 

 The commission also has special 

 power to "collect and disseminate 

 information concerning the supply 

 and demand for agricultural com- 

 modities throughout the world. In- 

 cluding the conditions affecting 

 such commodities, and to advise 

 producers as to acreage or quan- 

 tities that it may appear wise to 

 produce." 



Two Bodies Provided For 



The United States Agricultural 

 Ebn>ort Commission and the Agri- 

 cultural Elxport Corporation, the 

 two bodies to be created by the 

 bill to determine the existence and 

 nature of emergencies and to ar- 

 rive at what should be fair prices 

 for farm products, would be main- 

 tained for ten years. At the end 

 of that time many of their powers 

 would be transferred to the Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture. 



Regarding the question of co- 

 operative marketing being affected 

 by the McNary-Haugen bill, Mr. 

 Thompson stated that he believed 

 it would open up the way if it 

 demonstrated the idea is right, 

 and would be of assistance to co- 

 operatives handling those com- 

 modities affected by export sur- 

 plus. 



Speed Settlement 

 When I. A. A. Acted 



Three flres in one summer, and 

 no damage settlement! Pretty 

 poor — so thought George E. Kite, 

 of Clark county, after trying vain- 

 ly for a year to collect from the 

 railroad that started the fires on 

 his farm. 



Then, in October, 1923, he 

 wrote to the Transportation De- 

 partment of the I. A. A., asking 

 what could be done about the mat- 

 ter. A letter from the depart- 

 ment to the claim agent of the 

 railroad brought prompt action, 

 and In January- Mr. Kite was 

 granted a satisfactory settlement. 



THE FIRST STEP IN MARKETING 



Constitution Approved For 

 Bureau Baseball League 



Illinois county farm bureaus 

 are "ready to go" for an organ- 

 ised program of baseball games. 

 The constitution of the Illinois 

 Farm Bureau Baseball League, 

 drawn up by a committee head- 

 ed by Farm Adviser R. W. Dick- 

 enson, Cass county, was ap- 

 proved by farm advisers inter- 

 ested at Farm Advisers' Week 

 at the University of Illinois. Mr. 

 Dickenson will meet with the I. 

 A. A. executive committee on 

 March 6 to officially present the 

 project to the association. 



The constitution provides that 

 any farm, bureau member or 

 member of a farm bureau fam- 

 ily whose principal dependence 

 is on the farm, shall be eligible 

 to play in the league, providing 

 that the farm bureau member- 

 ship shall be contracted for In 

 the customary way. 



Managemesit 



Management in the league Is 

 to be vested In an executive 

 committee, elected tor one year, 

 consisting of three men, a presi- 

 dent, .vice-president and secre- 

 tary-treasurer. The secretary- 

 treasurer will be appointed by 

 the I. A. A. executive committee, 

 and the president and vice-presi- 

 dent will be elected by the board 

 of directors, to consist of one 

 director from each farm bureau 

 Joining the league. 



Each farm bureau team must 

 bear its own expenses In the 

 league and any money received 

 at games through collection, con- 

 cessions or otherwise is to be 

 equally divided between playing 

 teams at any game. 



May District State 



The executive committee of 

 the baseball league will district 

 the state when enough counties 

 Join, with district directors. 

 Games will probably be sched- 

 uled for championship of bu- 

 reaus within the districts and 

 then between districts, the final 

 game being for the state cham- 

 pionship. 



According to the constitution, 

 no games shall be played on 

 Sunday. 



Fee for membership In the 

 league is $10.00, which should 

 accompany the appUeatlon of • 



farm bureau for membership. 

 Mr. Dickenson, as chairman of 

 the league steering committee, 

 requests that applications for 

 membership be sent to him until 

 officials are selected. 



Cass First to Apply 



Cass eounty was the first 

 county to apply for membership 

 In the league, action having been 

 taken at the meetinx of the farm 

 bureau executive committee on 

 February 4. George R. Cllne, who 

 has managed the Cass County 

 Farm Bureau Baseball Team for 

 the past two years, was appoint- 

 ed director from that county. 



Macoupin, Logan and Sanga- 

 mon counties were also active in 

 starting to organize the league, 

 and Morgan, Scott, Pike, Mason, 

 Menard, and Brown counties are 

 among those who may Join be- 

 fore spring, as they have shown 

 interest in it. 



Carl Lundgren, varsity base- 

 ball coach at the University of 

 Illinois, gave help to the organ- 

 izers of the league and (he Ex- 

 tension Department has given- its 

 approval of the plan as an asset 

 to the morale an4 spirit of farm 

 bureau work. 



''Illinr Brand of 

 Butter To Be Sold 

 By Ill-Mo Company 



The "IlUnl" brand of butter 

 will be put on the market within a 

 short time by the Ill-Mo Dairy 

 Company at E. St. Louis, accord- 

 ing to an announcement from the 

 concern. The Ill-Mo company was 

 recently organized with a capital 

 stock of $16,000 in order to han- 

 dle the cream business at the 

 plant of the IlUnois-Uisaouri Co- 

 operstlre Milk Marketing Com- 

 pany. 



This company started to bny 

 cream on January 1, and its busi- 

 ness has been growing nicely since 

 then. A. E. Richardson, who is 

 managing the affairs of the com- 

 pany, announces that the company 

 is giving accurate weight and test, 

 prompt payment for cream, and 

 pays exactly what the market will 

 permit "A dependable market for 

 cream shippers aU the year 



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TEN HATCHERIES 

 MAY SELL CHICKS 

 WITH STATE LABELS 



Brttef PouKiy Plen Well Under 



Mby; Day Says Public Is 



Judge of nan 



Tea hatcheries la nUaois Iwt« 

 met the requirements to sell baby 

 chicks under the state-accredited 

 hatchery plan which the I. A. A. 

 was Instrumental In starting in 

 1923. They may use state labels 

 on all shipments of chicks which 

 they sell. The following is the 

 list' furnished by the DiTisloa of 

 Standardization and Maricets of 

 the State Department of Afrieul- 

 tute: 



Walnut Ridge Hatchery, Mrs. 

 Dorothea Rainey, Butler; Stouffer 

 Egg Farm, W. B. Stouffer, Mt. 

 Morris; O. B. Utech Hatchery, Mr. 

 0. B. Utech, New Holland; Rock 

 River Hatchery, Mr. F. W. Reu- 

 bensaal^ Mgr., Rookford; Metsger 

 Hatchery, Mr. Alvin P. Hetxger, 

 Roekford; Chestnut Hatchery, 

 Chestnut; Lake Fork Farm Hatch- 

 ery, Linn O. Rau, Kenney; Oolden 

 Buff Hatchery, Mr. L. A. Werlieb, 

 Lincoln; Jones * Howard, Arundel 

 Farm, Heyworth; Mr. George D. 

 Butcher, Wenona. 



H. W. Day, Supervising Inspeo- 

 tor of the Division of Standardiza- 

 tion and Markets, says, "The chick 

 buying public will be the Judge of 

 the accredited hatchery plan. Oi>- 

 ponents to our plan have stated 

 that people do not care for accred- 

 ited chicks. It remains for the 

 public to prove or disprove this 

 argument Already several of tlie 

 accredited hatcheries have sold 

 their entire output for this ae»- 

 son." 



According to Mr. Day, a number 

 of large hatcheries could not get 

 their flocks In shape tor Inspection 

 for this season but have stated 

 that they want to start early next 

 fall and get on the accredited list 

 In addition to the flocks inspected 

 for the hatcheries, the division 

 has a reserve list of approximately 

 SO flocks which have been li>- 

 spected and which will sell hatch- 

 ing eggs. This list may be secured 

 upon application to the offiee at 

 Springfield. 



Pay Full Rates 

 When Shipping In 

 Single-Deck Cars 



The Transportation Depart- 

 ment advises that when a rail- 

 road is unable to famish double- 

 deck cars for the loading of 

 livestock at country points, and 

 two single-deck cars are fui^ 

 niahed instead, the shipper is re- 

 quired to pay charges on the 

 basis of each single-deck car 

 used. The information frequent- 

 ly given by agents at country 

 points that the double-deck rate 

 applies when two singles are 

 furnished is not accurate. Six 

 days is usually required in ob- 

 taining a ear, and if a double- 

 deck is not furnished, the ship- 

 per may expect to pay for each 

 single deck he uses. 



around" is the aim a(t the eom- 

 pany. \ 



It is the plan of the manacs- 

 ment to build up a market tor the 

 "IlUnl" brand quality butter in 

 the St. Louis territory, instead of 

 shipping it at a distance. Profits 

 from the cream business will go 

 toward paying the debts of the old 

 marketing company, released from 

 baakraptey ls«t tall. 



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21st 



