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The Dfinois A«iricultiiral A««oci«tion Record 



KANE COUNTY MEN 

 ENDORSE PLAN FOR 

 MILKMARKETING 



County Units at Basis to be Fed- 

 erated into Larger Selling 

 Organization 



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Kane county dairymen, at a 

 meeting in Geneva, April 4, en- 

 dorsed a plan for milk marketing 

 in the Chicago district based on 

 county units to be organized as 

 fndependent marketing associa- 

 tions. Federation of these county 

 units into a district-wide market 

 ing company Is planned later. 



This plan was prepared by the 

 I. A. A. Dairy Marketing depart- 

 ment with the assistance of E. B 

 Heaton, formerly dairy marketing 

 director of the A. F. B. F., and 

 presented to the Kane county men 

 at their request. With indepen- 

 dent counftr units, the members 

 will have confidence in such an or- 

 ganization* that they would not 

 have in one covering a larger terri- 

 tory, it is pointed out. 



The Geneva meeting appointed 

 a committee of W. C. McQueen, 

 Elgin; Henry McGough, Maple 

 Park: and G. R. Fox. Hampshire, 

 to make further arrangements. 



The following resolution was 

 adopted at the Kane county meet- 

 ing: 



whereas; It seems expedient 

 that gome sort of a pHan be tormu- 

 lattd on which the dairymen of the 

 Chicago District can unite for prop- 

 er merchandislngr of mills and milk 

 products. 



THEREFORE. BB IT RESOLVED: 

 that this group of Kane county 

 dairy farmers at the Kane county 

 court house. April 4. 1924, endorse 

 and pledge our support to the rot- 

 lowing principles underlying a mUK 

 and dairy products marltetlng or- 

 ganization for Kane county: 



1. Mlll« producers form their 

 own organiiation by attaching a 

 written agreement to the contract 

 which Bpeclfles that the follp-wing 

 conditions must be fulfilled before 

 organization can be formed: 



A. Have local district associa- 

 tions — preferably about a county in 

 size. .. , 



B. Must have at least 60 per cent 

 of the mlHt producers as signers be- 

 fore district associations can be In- 



'> C District associations are to be 

 organized by a local organization 

 committee. 



D. Membership fee of five dollars 

 to be secured to pay the cost of 

 organization campaign. 



E. Contract period to be for five 

 years. 



2. Association Agreement to pro- 

 vide that after marketing associa- 

 tion is <ormed the following provi- 

 sions must be carried out: 



A. Provides for financing associa- 

 tions by loans t*iroueli regular de- 

 ductions from^roducer members. 



when ten local 



Butcher Is New 

 Publicity Director 

 For Association 



H. C. Butcher of Iowa State 

 College, has been employed by the 

 I. A. A. as Di- 

 rector of Infor- 

 mation to suc- 

 ceed Edgar L. 

 Bill, who is now 

 director of the 

 Sears - Roeftuck 

 A g r 1 c u 1 - 

 tural Founda- 

 tion radio sta- 

 Oon. WLS. 



Mr. Butcher 

 H. C.BatehpT has been han 

 dling publicity work for Iowa State 

 College. During the past year he 

 has also sep\'ed as editor-in-chief 

 of one of the student publications. 

 He was born and raised on a farm 

 in Iowa and will graduate at Ames 

 in June in • agricultural Journal- 

 ism and animal husbandry. 



Mr. Butcher has already taken 

 up his work with the Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Association. 



JASPER GROWERS ORGANIZE 



A. B. Leeper. manager of the 

 Illinois Fruit Growers' Exchange, 

 writes that the peach growers 

 of Jasper county have voted to 

 form an organization to market 

 through the exchange. How- 

 ever, he states that their crop 

 this year has been winter-killed 

 and that the organization will 

 doubtless be perfected so as to 

 be ready to market the 1925 

 crop. 



April 21, 1924 



Save These Dates! 



Mark down on your calen- 

 dar the dates for two more 

 important I. A. A. event*. 

 The executive committee has 

 decided that the I. A. A. and 

 county farm bureau picnic, 

 to be held at Lincoln, will 

 take place on August 26. 

 They also approved January 

 14 and IS, 1925, as the date 

 for the tenth annual meet- 

 ing of the I. A. A. It has 

 not been decided where next 

 year's annual meeting will be 

 held. 



Metzger To Meet 

 With So. Illinois 

 Cotton Growers 



6. E. Metzger, director of or- 

 ganization for the I. A. A., will 

 meet with the organization com- 

 mittee of the cotton growers of 

 southern Illinois at Mound City, 

 April 22. Plans for organizing 

 the cotton growers of the dis- 

 trict for cooperative marketing 

 of their crop will be discussed. 



It is likely that Illinois cotton 

 growers will not find it advisable 

 to form a separate marketing as- 

 sociation as they do not have 

 enough acreage. Federation with 

 either the Tennessee Cotton 

 Growers' Cooperative Association 

 of the Missouri Cotton Growers' 

 Association is anticipated. 



Representatives from Johnson. 

 Union. Massac, Alexander and 

 Pulaski county cotton growers 

 have been invited to attend this 

 meeting. 



Egg Producers Must Help 

 In Quality Program-Gougler 



F. A. Govgler 



B. 



ons froni^roduc 

 Provi^M that \ 

 ct a^ociations 



district afsociations are incorpor- 

 ated that-- a central marketing ex- 

 change for the Illinois part of the 

 Chicago territory can be forined. 



C. Provides that association can 

 lease and equip locally owned skim- 

 ming stations, processmg or manu- 

 facturing plants as deemed advis- 

 able by the Board of Directors. 



D. ProvKfts the duties which the 

 exchange and the associations are 

 to perform. 



3. The Producer Contract or Mar- 

 keting -Agreement which is attached 

 to the Association Agreement pro- 

 vides: 



A. Delivery of all milk and cream 

 for market to association. 



B. Have one or more pools — fluid 

 milk, condensed milk, butter and 

 cheese. 



C. Specifies maximum deduction 

 Of twenty cents per hundred pounds 

 for milk marketed for -loan to as- 

 sociation for working capital fund, 

 called the Specl41 Advance Fund. 



P. Method of payment to, pro- 

 ducers^ — 80 per cent net pool price 

 the month after delivery and re- 

 mainder on month following. 



E. Average monthly production 

 control with penalty for excess pro- 

 duction during surplus months and 

 reward during short period. 



F. Liquidated damages for viola- 

 tion of contract with -right of In- 

 junction. 



G. Date of beginning and ending 

 of contract period. 



B.*CKnirG BVTTEk COMPANY 



Farm bureaus (n the St. Lonls 

 dairy district are loyally backing 

 the Ill-Mo Butter ■SCompany, a 

 co-op. It opened on Jan. 2, 1924 

 and is now malting over 1,000 

 ponnds o{ butter per 



ir da7. I 



"Every effort is being made at 

 the present time to get Illinois egg 

 buyers to buy- 

 ing on a graded 

 basis, so that 

 the man who 

 takes good eggs 

 to market will 

 get a price com- 

 mensurate with 

 their quality 

 and those who 

 do not handle their eggs prop- 

 erly will receive less," states 

 F. A. Gougler, director of the 

 poultry and' egg marketing de- 

 partment in outlining the pres- 

 ent policy of the Poultry and 

 Egg Marketing Committee. 



This undertaking means more 

 to Illinois poultry and egg produc- 

 ers than appears at first thought, 

 Mr. Gougler thinks. It will pre- 

 serve for Illinois producers a very 

 large egg-consuming center which 

 otherwise might easily be taken 

 by up-to-date poultry producers 

 in other sections. 



He calls attention to the fact 

 that California egg producers by 

 assembling quality eggs have 

 shipped them across the continent 

 to New York and have competed 

 successfully with Eastern produc- 

 ers who live next door to the mar- 

 ket. 



Mnst Sell Qnality Ekrs 

 "If we wish to maintain these 

 large middle west markets we 

 mnst realize that our quality must 

 be as good or better than that of 

 Other producers." states Mr. Goug- 

 ler. "Many of the large shippers 

 of eggs have expressed a desire 

 \o purchase on a graded basis and 

 they are willing to pay a premlnm 

 tor quality eggs." 

 Mt.' 'Oooster' poiAts oat the fol- 



lowing precautions that egg pro- 

 ducers should take in order to de- 

 liver good eggs to the buyer: 

 Precautions to Take 



1. Provide hens with clean 

 nests. 



2. During hot weather gather 

 eggs twice daily. , 



3. Keep eggs in cool, clean 

 place. Eggs absorb bad odors 

 very readily. 



4. Market at ' least twice each 

 week during summer months. 



5. Try to have eggs uniform in 

 size and color. No. I's must be 

 1 % inches In diameter or larger. 



6. Never wash eggs unless they 

 are to be marketed for immediate 

 consumption. 



7. For your own use, use odd- 

 sized, off -color and dirty eggs, 



8. Preserve eggs for wintar use 

 while they are cheap. Then you 

 can sell your winter eggs for high- 

 er prices. 



9. Keep male birds away from 

 all hens except the breeding flock 

 at all times. 



Only Fair Method 

 "The egg trade will probably be 

 divided on the grading program," 

 states Mr. Gougler, "and of course 

 some farmers may not wish to line 

 up with the grading system at 

 first. However, this method is 

 the only fair method of handling 

 the egg trade. Illinois producers 

 must deliver quality eggs or their 

 competitors will take their busi- 

 ness away from them. 



"The success of this movement 

 in Illinois rests on farm bureau 

 members and their wi-ves. Ask 

 your dealer if he is paying a pre- 

 mium on qualify eggs and if he 

 Is not, ask him why not. We urge 

 all farm bureau members to co- 

 operate with us In this prosraBt,"- [ 

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Egg Shippers Are 

 Pushing Grading 

 Program in State 



Egg shippers from Peoria and 

 other towns in that part of the 

 state met in that city, April 9, to 

 discuss the buying of eggs on the 

 basis of grade. Mr. Gougler, dl 

 rector of poultry and egg market- 

 ing for the I. A. A., was present 

 and reports that practically all in 

 attendance were in favor of buy- 

 ing on grade, and it was voted to 

 begin buying on Monday, April 

 14, with standard weight to be 

 24 oz. per dozen on a margin of 

 5 cents or more per dozen for No. 

 1 eggs. 



"The I. A. A. and county farm 

 bureaus are backing you in this 

 program of paying for eggs on the 

 basis of grade and will do all in 

 their power to make the plan a 

 success," Mr. Gougler told the 

 shippers. 



The Peoria meeting was one of 

 several being held over the state 

 by the Illinois Poultry and Egg 

 Shippers' association to acquaint 

 shippers with their plans for buy- 

 ing on the basis of grade. 



I.A.A. Gives $200 

 For Boys' and Girls^ 

 Club Judging Teams 



The executive committee at its 

 April meeting voted to appro- 

 priate $200 for the purpose of 

 helping defray th« expenses of 

 Illinois boys' and girls' Judging 

 teams to national contests in 

 1924. 



It will be remembered that the 

 I. A. A. gave $250 for this pur- 

 pose last year. This money 

 helped to send the champion live- 

 stock club Judging team to Sioux 

 City, the high school Judging 

 team to the International Live 

 Stock Show in Chicago and the 

 state champion dairy Judging 

 team to the National Dairy Show 

 at Syracuse, New York. 



The latter team, composed of 

 three boys from Whiteside coun- 

 ty, carried off the championship 

 in Judging at the boys' and girls' 

 contest at the National Dairy 

 Show. 



1. A. A. TO HAVE 

 BUSINESS SERVICE 



(Continued from Page One) 

 farm crops by farmers is a 

 sound business policy. There is 

 enough successful experience to 

 warrant this conclusion. 



"Second, the semi-failures and 

 deplorable practices prevailing in 

 many concerns have served to 

 bring about a clearer understand- 

 ing of what is needed to make 

 cooperative companies efficient 

 business institutions. 



Mnst Correct Weak Spots 



"To search out the weak spots 

 and help correct these weak- 

 nesses is a part of the business 

 of the I. A. A.." continues Mr. 

 Fox. "The business methods of 

 cooperative companies have heen 

 the subject of careful considera- 

 tion for some time. Many con- 

 ferences have been held with 

 executive officers and managers 

 of successful companies. The 

 universal conclusion has been 

 that there is need for a busi- 

 ness service to cooperatives of 

 Illinois such as we are now es- 

 tablishing." 



It will be remembered that 

 Mr. Wicker was a speaker at our 

 last annual meeting upon the 

 sabieot of cooperative aoeoant- 

 Ing. He will Join th* I. A. A. 

 fbotft June i: 



CUMBERLAND AND 

 RICHLAND FARMS 

 PAY LESS TAXES 



Calculations From Tax Book Figures 



Show Reductions Due To 



Farm Bureau Effort 



Land-owners of Cumberland 

 county are paying a total of |26,- 

 016.61 less 1923 land taxes than 

 they would have paid had the farm 

 bureau secured no reduction in 

 land valuations, according to fig- 

 ures of John C. Watson, director 

 of taxation and statistics for the 

 I. A. A. This is an average of 

 $13.13 for each of the 1982 farms 

 in the county. 



And land-owners of Richland 

 county pay $10,514.09 less lS'23 

 taxes, or an average saving of 

 $5.45 for each of the 1930 farms 

 in the county, because the farm 

 bureau dug out facts and figures 

 to show that the assessed valua- 

 tions of farm lands should be re- 

 duced, as they were too high in 

 proportion to the valuations of 

 town and city lots. 



Figures from each of these 

 counties were taken from the 

 county tax books and the calcula- 

 tions made in Mr. Watson's ofBce. 



In Cumberland 



In Cumberland county the total 

 reduction in assessed valuations 

 for lands from 1922 to 1923 was 

 $1,101,556 or 26.3 per cent. The 

 reduction in taxes due solely to 

 reduction in valuations was $66,- 

 728.22, which, added to the re- 

 duction of $1,054.22 due solely to 

 decrease in tax rates, makes a to- 

 tal of $67,782.44. This was off- 

 set by Increases in tax rates 

 amounting to $51,070.12, leaving 

 a net actual decrease levied on 

 land of $16,712.32. 



However, increases totalling 

 $9,304.29 were made in 1923 over 

 1922 for certain purposes which, 

 it may fairly be assumed, would 

 have been made if there had been 

 no decrease in valuations, makes 

 a total of $26,016.61, or the total 

 saving on land taxes due to farm 

 bureau activity. 



Richland Decrease 



The total reduction in the as- 

 sessed valuations of lands in Rich- 

 land county from 1922 to 1923 

 was $512,065 or 16.18 per cent. 



The reduction in taxes due sole- 

 ly to reduction in valuations was 

 $21,836.40. A further reduction, 

 due solely to decreases in tax 

 rates, was $4,331.31, making a to- 

 tal reduction for, both reasons of 

 $26,167.71. This was offset by 

 increases due solely to increases 

 in tax rates amounting to $18,- 

 834.11, leaving a net actual de- 

 crease in taxes ^evied on land of 

 $7,333.60. 



However, as In the case of Cum- 

 berland county. Increases in 

 amounts levied for certain pur- 

 poses from 1922 to 1923 and 

 which, it may fairly be assumed, 

 would have been made had there 

 been no decrease in valuations, 

 were $3,180.49, making a total 

 reduction in taxes levied as com- 

 pared with what would have been 

 levied with no reduction in valua- 

 tions, of $10,514.09. 



C.UiHOUN FRUIT MEETINGS 



During the week of - April 1, 

 Walton Peteet, co-op marketing 

 authority, and A. B. Leeper of 

 the Illinois Fruit Exchange, ad- 

 dressed a series of five fruit mar- 

 keting meetings in Calhoun coun- 

 ty. A large proportion of the 

 (rowers attended. 

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