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Volume 2 



April S, 1924 



Number 7 



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LIMESTONE PRICE 

 EFFORTS OF I. A. A. 

 BRING FIRST FRUIT 



One Producer Agrees To Farm 

 Bureau Recognition; Will Re- 

 bate 10 Cents Per Ton 



"One of the large limestone 

 producing companies has agreed 

 to the 1. A. A.'s proposition for 

 recognition of farm bureaus in 

 the price of limestone" stales J. 

 R. Bent, Director Phosphate- 

 Limestone department. 



"They quote a price of 50 

 cents per ton in carload lots at 

 the quarry to all farmers and 

 will rebate to each county farm 

 bureau, once a month, 10 cents 

 per ton on the orders sent in by 

 that county. While this is grant- 

 ed as a recognition of the service 

 reodored by the county Juirdau,, 

 it will be permissible for each 

 county bureau that chooses to 

 do so, to remit in turn to each 

 purchasing farmer. It is anti- 

 cipated that other limestone pro- 

 ducers will also agree to this 

 plan." 



Ck>mmlttee Negotiated 



A committee of representatives 

 from various parts of the state, 

 headed by the Phosphate-Lime- 

 stone department of the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association, was ap- 

 pointed and authorized at the 

 state-wide conference on lime- 

 stone at Springfield to negotiate 

 with the various quarry compa- 

 nies for such recognition of the 

 farm bureaus and favorable 

 prices. 



The conference urged the 

 Phosphate-Limestone department 

 of the I. A. A. to continue its su- 

 pervisional work on qualito' of 

 stone furnished and service ren- 

 dered by the various companies 

 and that it handle all matters of 

 adjustment of complaints on 

 quality, weight and service. 



V. of I. to Help 



The University of Illinois was 

 asked to determine more exact 

 and dependable information as to 

 the relative value of the different 

 types of limestone and the de- 

 gree of fineness economical to 

 seek in especially pulverized 

 stone. 



A committee consisting of J. 

 R. Bent of the I. A. A.. Dr. F. C. 

 Bauer of the University of Illi- 

 nois and Frank I. Mann of the 

 Farmers" Institute, was appoint- 

 ed to carry on negotiations with 

 the higher railroad managements 

 for the maintenance and further- 

 ance of the lowest possible 

 freight rates on agricultural 

 limestone. . .... ..... i. 



MORE REASONS FOR McNARY-HAUGEN BILL 



SUSPENDED ANIMATION 

 -Harper Id the Birmingham Age-Herald. 



— Barding in the Brooklyn Eaftt. — 



Trying To Divide 

 Agricultural Ranks 

 On Muscle Shoals 



"In spite of the determined ef- 

 forts of those who have spent 

 hundreds ot thousands of dollars 

 to kill the Ford offer on Muscle 

 Shoals, the measure has made 

 encouraging progress," declares 

 President Thompson of the I. A. 

 A. "It has passed the House by a 

 vote of 227 to 142 and is now in 

 the bands of the Senate Agricul- 

 tural Committee." 



Mr. Thompson states that op- 

 posing interests have striven hard 

 to divide the ranks of those who 

 seek agricultural relief on the 

 Muscle Shoals proposition, which, 

 with the McNary-Haugen bill, are 

 the two principal planks in the 

 farm bureau legislative program. 



"Of course no legislation affects 

 or interests all sections of the 

 country alike," Mr. Thompson 

 says, "and the opposition soon re- 

 alized that there were sections 

 which did not use fertilizer whose 

 representatives could perhaps, be 

 brought to oppose the Muscle 

 Shoals legislation." 



The I. A. A. was one of the first 

 farm bodies to investigate the 

 proposition of developing the ni- 

 trate plants at Muscle Shoals for 

 the benefit of farmers. The Ford 

 plan was approved by the asso- 

 ciation in resolutions and there 

 has been no change In the I. A. 

 A. attitude since that time. 



32 Counties Have 

 Joined New Serum 

 Purchasing Ass^n 



Membership has been taken 

 out by 32 county farm bureaus 

 in the Illinois Farm Bureau Se- 

 rum Association, according to C. 

 A. Stewart of the I. A. A., secre- 

 tary of the organization. The 

 association was organized in 

 Galesburg at the last annual 

 meeting. 



Seven other counties have sig- 

 nified their intention of joining 

 the organization, giving pros- 

 pects for a membership of 39 

 counties out of the 44 which will 

 handle serum this year. \ 



Mr. Stewart estimates that ap- 

 proximately 26,000,000 cubic cen- 

 timeters ot serum and virus will 

 be handled by county farm bu- 

 reaus this year, about two million 

 more than last year. The asso- 

 ciation has received bids from 

 nine serum companies. 



Alexander County 

 Considering Bureau 



G. E. Metzger, director of the 

 I. A. A. organization department, 

 has been invited to speak before 

 a meeting of the Kiwanis club 

 with Alexander county farmers at 

 Cairo on April 17 to explain farm 

 bureau work. Alexander county 

 is considering the organization of 

 a county farm bureau. It Is one 

 of the seven ttnor<'"'"'«ed counties 

 in Illinois. 



The I. A. A. Answer 



On the four-page insert of 

 this issue of the Record are 

 reproduced two letters. One 

 is from Congressman Rainey 

 to President Thompson ask- 

 ing why the I. A. A. has com- 

 mitted itself to the McNary- 

 Haugen bill and bringing 

 in about all the objections 

 that have been raised against 

 the measure. The other let-, 

 ter Is President Thompson's 

 reply to Mr. Rainey answer^ 

 ing these objections and def- 

 initely setting forth the rea- 

 sons why the I. A. A. is de- 

 manding the passage of thg 

 bill. 



Geugler To Head 

 Poultry and Egg 

 Work For LA. A. 



F. A. Gougler, Urbana, lias 

 been employed by the I. A. A. 

 as director of the Poultry and 

 Egg Marketing department to 

 succeed J. D. Harper, who on 

 April 1 entered the employ of 

 the National Live Stock Produc- 

 ers Association. Mc. Gougler is 

 at present taking advanced work 

 in poultry husbandry at the 

 University of Illinois and will be 

 on a part time basis with the I. 

 A. A. until June 1, when he Will 

 be on full time. 



Mr. Gougler was farm adviser 

 in Adams county for about four 

 years until his resignation l^t 

 September. Previous to that he 

 was in county agent work in 

 Missouri. He completed his qol- 

 leglate work at the Oklahoma A. 

 and M. College. . ! 



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Increased Use of 

 Limestone in 1924 



Is Anticipated 



Forty-three counties used more 

 limestone in 1923 than in any 

 other year, according to reports 

 secured from county farm bu- 

 reaus by the Phosphate-Lime- 

 stone department. A total of 

 298.623 tons of limestone were 

 used in the 95 farm bureau coun- 

 ties in 1923, an average of 3,- 

 176.84 tons per county. Much 

 the largest portion of the lime- 

 stone bnsiness in Illinois in 1923 

 was carried on through county 

 farm bureaus. 



However. 1919 was the maxi- 

 mum year for the use of lime- 

 stone In Illinois as a whole, as 

 reports from that year indicate 

 that over 363,000 tons were used. 

 I-ast year's volume was second 

 in tonnage. 



"The anticipated tonnace to be 

 used in the organized counties 

 of the sUt« in 1924 is mvt 3S0,- 



TIME IS SHORT 

 ON RELIEF BILL 

 SAYS THOMPSON 



Tell Senators and Congressmen 



To Act Before Congress 



Adjourns, Advice 



"The McNary-Haugen bill is 

 the real rem- 

 edy for our sit- 

 uation." sa y 8 I 

 our president, 

 S. H. Thomp- 

 son. "We are | 

 going through 

 to the end to | 

 make It a law, 



"Keep In 

 touch with your 

 Congressmen,'' 

 Mr. Thompson 

 asks you. "Not 

 only ask their g. h. 

 support but ask them to use their 

 influence with their fellow mem- 

 t)ers to secure the passage of this 

 bill. Talk it over with your 

 neighbors. Tell your business 

 men and bankers atmut it. Show 

 them the fairness and merits of it- 



"The time is short. It is now 

 well understood that Congress 

 will adjourn in June, which means 

 that we must put on aU the power 

 we have to get the McNary-Hau- 

 gea bill passed during this ses- 

 sion. 



"It is conceded by all that the 

 present condition of agriculture 

 justifies the passage of this bill. 

 It does not add any burden to oar 

 government or any unnecessary 

 burden to the consuming public. 

 The entire cost is charged back to 

 the commodity. 



"If you are for this emergency 

 measure now is the time for every 

 farm bureau member to declare 

 himself tp actively engage in tlM 

 battle to make it a law. Your of- 

 ficers are counting on your help." 



ENDORSE McNARV-HACGEN 

 BILL 



After the DeWitt Co*inty Farm 

 Bureau and the Clinton Cham- 

 ber of Commerce held a joint 

 meeting, the chamber ot com- 

 merce passed a resolution en- 

 dorsing the McNary-Haugen bill 

 and directed that a wire l>e sent 

 to 19th district Congressmen 

 urging them to support the meas- 

 ure. 



000 tons." states J. R. Bent, di 

 rector of the department. "This 

 Is an average of 4,21S.61 torn; 

 for each county." 



The report showed that there 

 are 13S local farmer - owned 

 limestone crushers In operating 

 condition In Illlnoi* 



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