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The IHinoU Agricultural Association Record 



March 20. 1924 



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4CULTUIIAIL ASSOCflAl 

 "RE(DOR 



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Published twice a month by the Illinois Agriculturkl 

 Asfloctation, ti08 South Dearborn Street, Chicago. lUinols. 

 t:dUt.'d by Dt'partmenl of Information. K. U tliU. Director, 



Entry as second class matter Oct. 10, 1921. at the poat 

 oflici at Ohicago. Illinois, under the act of March I, 187», 

 Aceepta/»ce for mailing at special rales of postage pro- 

 vide<l for in Seut^on 1103, Act of October 2, 1917 author- 

 ized (I. I ,11 i":'i. 



The individual membership fee of the Illinois Agricul- 

 tural AsRO'-iation is five dollars a year. This fee includes 

 payment of fifty cents for subscription to the Illinois As- 

 rlcuiturn! AjJsociatlon lieoord. 



OFFICERS 

 President, S. H. Thompson, Quinc). 

 Vlce-PreHident, C. B. \Vat.<i<«i, lleKalb. 

 Treasurer, R. A. Cowles, BlboiiiliiKton. 

 Secretary, Geo. A. Fox, Sycamore. 



EXEcirrn'K sommittek 



By CoiiKreKsiohal Districts 



Jacob Olbrieh. Harvard 



G. F. Tulloek. Rockford 



C. E. Bamborough, Po4o 



W. H. Moody, Port Byron 



H. E. Goembei, Hoopole 



A. R. Wright. Varna 



; F. D. Barton. Cornell 



R. F. Karr, Iroquois 



J. L. Whisnand, Charleston 



EsrI C. Smith, Detroit 



.Samuel Sorrells, Raymond 



Stanley Castle, Alton 



J, E. LIngenfelter, LawreneevHIe 



Curt Anderson, Xenia 



Vamon Lessley, Sparta 



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I I Directors of De|)artments 



I I. \. \. Office 



General Office and Assistant to Secretary, J. H. Kelker: 

 Organization, G. E. Metzger; Information, E. L. Bill; 

 Transportation. L. J. Quasey: Statistics, J. C. Watson: 

 Finance. R. A. Cowles: Fruit and Vegetable Marketing, 

 A. B. Leeper; Live Stock Marketing, C. A. Stewart: 

 Dairy Marketing, A. O. Lynch: Phosphate-Limestone, 

 J. R. Bent: in charge Poultry and Egg Marketing, J. O, 

 Harper: special representative on Tuberculosis Eradi- 

 cation, M. H, Petersen, 



1 THE PROGRAM OF WORK 



' A proKraiu of work for the yvav ha,s Iteeii de- 

 veloped. After working with the policy com- 

 mittee and e.xecutive committee, each depart- 

 ment has put down on paper what it hopes to 

 accomplish this year. The new program of work 

 outlines a definite course for the as.sociation to 

 follow, it ,start.s the year with a definite aim and 

 makes a standard to live up to and to answer 

 for at the end of the year. The adoption of 

 tliis program does not mean that changes or ad- 

 di<lln.s can not be made a.>i emergcnc.x- demands. 

 Htrewith is a summarj- dl the I. A, A. pro-, 

 •rram of work for 1924. 



Taxation I 



Continue the effort to sedore equalization of 

 valuatioas of different cla.sses of property for 

 taxation in Illinois. 



• .Make a study of constitutional and statutory 

 changes neces.sary to make the revenue act and 

 its administration fair to farmers. 



Offer services, as far as time permits, in the 

 analysis of county and local expenditures of tax 

 funds. 



Organisation Department 



To cooperate with county fanu bureaus in 

 maintaining a supporting membership in county 

 bureaus and I. A. A. There will lie eight re- 

 organization campaigns in 1!)24. 



To train men for organization work. 



To gather and summarize information which 

 will be of assistance to field men in their work. 



To cooperate with I. A. A. (h-partment-s in or- 

 <jaiijzing cothmodity marketing organizations and 

 furnishing and recommending men well trained 

 in the technique of organization. 



Til council and advise in a general way with 

 county farm bureaus on questions pertaining to 

 in-gani^ation, community service and programs of 

 ^ Work. 

 1-^"=^ has been quite evident in the past that 

 :. I'liinmunity organization is a great aaset in farm 

 bureau work and it is the aim of this department 

 to . inajce a careful study of the community or- 

 ganization work in Illinois with the idea of offer- 

 ing Some sort of service to county farm bureaus 

 for the advancement and development of the 

 \vorfc 



Livestock Marketing 



To givi- a.ssistaiu'e to cooperative livestock 

 shipping associations in organization work, in the 

 application of husine.ss principles and in opera- 

 tion. In application of business principles is in- 

 cluded incorporation, iMiiuliiig of iiianagcrs, fre- 

 (|Uent meetiiijrs of the b(Mir<l of directors, account- 

 ing and reports. Assistance in operation includes 

 advertising, installing own sc-jili-s. pro-rating 

 where the viilume of Imsiness is sufflcient, and 

 other similar problems. This part of the program 

 will be promoted through the field service by at- 

 tending meetings and writing fre(|uent letters to 

 shipping associations. 



To support and promote Producers' selling 

 Hgeiicies through field men attending meetings of 

 shipping a-ssociations, farm bureaus and livestock 

 organizations and by mail. 



To promote favorable legislation, particularly 

 amendments to the Packers and Stockyards act. 



To promote the wool pool through county farm 

 bureaus. 



To give membership information relative to 

 source of supply of cattle, hogs and sheep. 



Dairy Marketing 



The dairj- dei)artment will cinitinue- to render 

 advisory service in the form of field service, or- 

 ganization and marketing pii)l)lcms of dairj' co- 

 operatives. 



Particular attention will be given to grading 

 and quality protluctioii. The department is in 

 a position to locate markets for Illinois dairy 

 cooperatives, providing there is definite a.ssurance 

 that the cooperative will furnish uniform and 

 dependable merchandise. 



A special effort will be made in 1924 to < o- 

 ordinate the efforts of the cooperatives '.irt^rfy 

 etsablished. The aim is to harmonize business 

 policies of the cooperatives and promote eflBciency 

 by group action, especially in accounting and 

 selling. When the cooperatives begin to work to- 

 gether there will be developed real leaders from 

 the ranks who are to take the positions of em- 

 plo.vees. managers and directors. 



Tuberculoeia Eradication 



To assist In the Illinois tuberculosis eradica- 

 tion program along the following lines: educa- 

 tional, cooperative work, legal and statistical. 



Under educational to assist counties in getting 

 appropriations from boards of supervisors to 

 earrj- on an-a tuberculosis eradication work. To 

 'supply B uniform sale contract between county 

 farm bureaus and organizations which have cat- 

 tle for sale. To assist in carrying on slaughter 

 and cleanup demonstratioiLS. To disseminate a 

 set of rules for. accredited herds and an outline 

 of proper cleanup and disinfective measures. 



t'nder cooperative work to enlist the support 

 of other organizations in cleanup work. To work 

 with the Illinois Department of Agriculture in 

 developing a method of positively identifying 

 feeders, obtaining more prompt pa.vment for re- 

 actors and adding men to 'the eradication forces 

 to aid in cleanup work. To work with the rail- 

 roads to bring about a proper cleanup of local 

 loading pens. To help fann bureaus to organize 

 vigilance committees. 



'From the legal standpoint to obtain evidence 

 of violations of cattle quarantine laws. To offer 

 rewards for information leading to the convic- 

 tion of violators. To introduce bills into the ne.xt 

 legislature to make testing eompulsorj- after 7:') 

 per cent of cattle owners in a county have tested 

 their herds. To require a retest of all animals 

 brought into Illinois and to require the branding 

 of feeders at terminal markets. 



Under statistical work to list the approved vet- 

 erinarians for Illinois and adjoining states. To 

 list county breed a.s.sociations with whom the 

 I. A. A. has completed buying arrangements and 

 to list tuberculosis-free areas. 



Linteatone-Phoaphate 



The chief purpose of the Limestone-Phosphate 

 department is to protect the interests of farm 





bureaus and farm bureau members in their pur- 

 chase of agricultural limestone and raw rock 

 phosphate by seeing that there is an adequate 

 and economical supply of these fertilizers avail- 

 able for the soil of Illinois. 



To attain this end, the program of the depart- 

 ment for 1924 specifies that it will investigate 

 and study the underlying conditions and develop- 

 ments which control or aifect the present and fu- 

 ture supplies o£ agrieultural limestone, and crude 

 ground rock phosphate. This work covers mat- 

 ters of the gwnership and operation of the sources 

 of supply, quality, quantity and price of the 

 products and conditions and costs relating to 

 traiLsportation and distribution. 



To act a^ a bureau of information for farm 

 bureaus and their members in relation to lime- 

 stone and phosphate and to inform the producing 

 industries when such information will react to 

 the interest of farmers. 



To act as the spokesman for farm bureaus or 

 individual members in their negotiations with ' 

 the producers for the adjustments and correc- 

 tion of abuses covering prices, weights, quality, 

 service, etc. To advise regarding the develop- 

 ment of local farmer-owned prfnluction enter- 

 prises, storage facilities, and other problems. 



To give information on sources of supply and 

 cost- of other fertilizers, such as potash, nitrates, 

 acid phosphate, and bone meal. QuestioiLs in re- 

 gard to the developing, sellihg or leasing of coal 

 rights by landowners and collective purchase of 

 coal by members will also be handled by the de- 

 partment. 



Transportation Department 



To represent Illinois farmers in proceedings 

 before the commerce commissions and railroads. 

 This work includes filing formal and informal 

 complaints before the Interstate Commerce Com- 

 mission or the Uinois Commerce <!!ommis8ion, pre- 

 senting evidence and giving testimony in pro- 

 ceedings where the interests of the members are 

 involved, filing briefs and giving argument in 

 connection with such proceedings. 



To propose matters for consideration of rail- 

 road rate committees and appear before such 

 committees when the interests of the membership 

 is involved. Negotiate with individual railroads 

 in matters of rates, train schedules and shipping 

 facilities. 



To maintain a freight rate service which will 

 include the quotation of rates and routing on 

 agricultural commodities and the making of sur- 

 vey of freight rates on certain' commodities de- 

 manding attention. 



To assist members, cooperative associations and 

 county farm bureaus in securing cars. 



To assist in securing side tracks and other 

 shipping conveniences, and in changes and ad- 

 justments in freight train service. 



To help in preventing claims against railroads 

 by obtaining necessary repairs and improvements 

 to livestock pens and by giving out information 

 to shippers on the reducing of losses in transit. 



To maintain a railroad claim collection service 

 for freight overcharge and freight loss and dam- 

 age claims. 



To carry on investigation of highway and water 

 transportation problems, :\ 



Information 



Continue publication of the I. A. A. Record 

 and improve it, with the view of making it a 

 more potent factor in informing and holding the, 

 membership. 



Continue the information service to the public 

 press, including farm papers, dailies and week- 

 lies. Improve the quality of material sent out in 

 thLs service. 



Give county farm bureaus more specific help 

 in their information and publicity problepis. 



Maintain a publicity and advertising service 

 to cooperative marketing associations. To the 

 extent that this work can be done without addi- 



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