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The Illinois Agricultural Association Record 



May 20, 1924 



May 





ILrLiINOIS .1 



i^ULTlJRAL ASSOCI/^MPn 



Published twice a month by the Illinois Asrlcultursl 

 AsBoci&tion, 608 South Dearhorn Street. ChlcaKo. Illinois. 



Edited by Department of Information, H. C. Butcher, 



Director. 



Entry ai second class matter Oct. 10. 1S21. at the post 

 olBce at Chicagro. Illinois, under the act of March 3, 1»7». 

 Acceptance for mailittv at special rates of postage pro- 

 vided for in Section 1101, Act of October I, 1917, author- 

 ls«d Oct. il. 1921. 



The IndlTldual membership fee of the Illinois A«rlcul- 

 tural Association is Ave dollars a year. This fee includes 

 payment of fifty cents for subscription to the Illinois A|f- 

 rlrulturkl Association Record^ ^^ 



OFFICERS 



President, 8. H. Thompson, QtUncy. 



Vice-President, C. B. Watson, DeKjdb. 



Treasurer, R. A. Cowles, Bloomington. 



Secretary, Geo. A. Fox, Sycamore. 



KXKCUm^ COMMITTEE 

 ^, By Congressional Districts 



Itdl..'.. .■■ Jacob Olbrleh, Harvard 



12th G. F. Tullock, Roekford 



Uth •. C. E. Bamborough, Polo 



14th .■ W. H. Moody, Port Byron 



15th H, E. Goembel, Hooppole 



16th .; A. R. Wright, Varna 



17th F. D. Barton, Cornell 



18th R. F. Karr, Iroquois 



1»th J. L. Whisnand, Charleston 



20th Esri C. Smith, Detroit 



21st Samuel Sorrells, Raymond 



22nd Stanley Castle, Alton 



23rd J. E. Llnaenfelter, Lawrencevllle 



24th ,.....Curt Anderson, Xenia 



2Sth i .". .Vernon Lessley, Spiarta 



Directors of Departments 

 I. A. A. OlBce 



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

 Organization, G. E. Metzger; Information, H. C. Butcher; 

 Transportation, L. J. Quasey; Statistics, J. C^ Watson; 

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

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

 Dairy Marketing, A. D, Lynch; Phosphate-Limestone, 

 J. R. Bent: In charge Poultry and Egg Marketing, F. A. 

 Gougler; special representative on Tuberculosis Eradi- 

 cation, M. H. Petersen. 



Give the Farmer a Jetty 



Economic professors are now proclaiming to the 

 world that the McNary-Haugen bill is economically 

 un.sound. Their statements have furnished leads 

 for a multitude of people who would like to find 

 some good rea.son for not making the McNarj-- 

 Haugen bill a law. The general trend of economic 

 conditions, if not disturbed in any way, would be 

 comparable to a great river like the Mississippi as 

 it flowed along serenely in the days of Marquette, 

 Joliet, and De Soto. 



Civilisation came and stuck in an Adamson law 

 jetty here, a restrictive immigration jetty there, a 

 high tariff jetty sticking way out into the j-iver, 

 and others. The serene waters of the tranquil river 

 became disturbed by legislation for labor and in- 

 dustry. The farmer is not complaining because 

 other cla.s.ses have jetties in the economic flow, but 

 he would like to have one himself. ; 



An Expreaaion From One Farm 

 Bureau Member 



I am writing you why I belong to the Farm Bu- 

 reau and. how I get service out of it. I am proud 

 to belong to an organization which represents the 

 greatest industry in America. I don't see how 

 any man that lives on a farm and calls him-self a 

 farmer can refuse to belong to his county Farm 

 Bureau, after the farmers have gone through what 

 they have the last few years with everj-thing or- 

 ganized against them. I do not see how they can 

 gain their rights unless they too, organize and up- 

 hold their own individual business. When I need 

 service from my county Farm Bureau, there is 

 only one way to get it, and that is ask for it. I 

 get several times more in a j'ear out of the Farm 

 Bureau than I put into it. I can save my yearly 

 dues by buying one ton of oil meal through the 

 Farm Bureau, to say nothing about buying seeds 

 of all kinds. 



If we will jiLst look over our countrj- we can see 

 results, such as the alfalfa that has been grown 

 the last six years, the vaccination of our hogs, 

 and the soybeans that have been grown for the 

 benefit of our stock. 



We have the shipping associations, we have our 

 livestock marketing association in Chicago, and the 

 laws that are being passed in the state legislature 

 and in Washington, D. C, for the benefit of the 

 farmer. 



We have one of the finest institutions in the 

 state of Illinois, a farmers' cooperative milk plant 

 located in the City of Rock Island, all brought 

 about by the Rock Island County Farm Bureau. 

 — Fred Saulpaugh, Blackhawk Township, in the 

 "Rock Island County Farm Bureau." 



PtTI TIOH TOR IteBABI-IUUCril BILL 



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 r«*p«0tf\ill]r r«pr«««Bt to you our Intoroat A t^ o&rlT paasa^ 

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 Bill, aa raooeaaadad for paaaasa to Coocraaa by tha Oocalttaa ea 

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 Maateza elll effort aubatantlal and laaadlata rallaf to acrleultura. 



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Thla rrprodvrtlon of one petition paite is representative of the 

 many eUMaea of people who want the MeNao'-Hansen bill to 

 heeome a law. Iloea thlft indieate that the bill la a "flead iaaue" 

 in lliinola aa aonie Chicaco newapapera declareT 



Merchandising Excel* Monopolizing 



The Illinois Agriculture Association has never 

 waivered in its belief and advocacy of cooperative 

 marketing of farm products, meaning thereby that 

 the producer must follow and exercise control over 

 his product until it reaches the consumer of the 

 same. The greed and not the inefliciency of the in- 

 dividual operator who ha.s no producer interest 

 at stake, has made cooperative marketing a neces- 

 sit.v. Just as human weakness and selfishness com- 

 pelled collective action in government to supersede 

 absolute monarchical government, so it is forcing 

 collective action by producers to supersede individ- 

 ualistic marketing. 



Grain, because of its non-perishable character, 

 would seem to offer the least difficulty to the co- 

 operative. However, the transition from old, estab- 

 lished methods is slow and has met with great dif- 

 ficulties. Cooperative effort got a good start at the 

 local loading station but stalled at the local elevator. 

 The n. S. Grain Growers planned to complete the 

 journey to the consuming buyer. Like many of 

 Uncle Sam's war-time ships, it promised much while 

 under construction at the dock yards but never put 

 to sea. Nobody has yet found out what to do with 

 it or how to use it. 



In the meantime, many hard pressed grain farm- 

 ers are becoming restless and confu-sed. Why 

 blame anybody when all are to blame! Perhaps 

 presently we will have exhausted all of the unsound 

 theories and will begin to see clearly what not to 

 do as w^ell as what to -^o. Then we shall build a 

 ship which, when completed, will put to sea and 

 weather the storm. 



Many past efforts were started with the purpose 

 of creating an absolute monopoly. Why nott We 

 have learned to envy the individual or company 

 that succeeds in controlling a market, whether that 

 market be labor, steel or what not. However, we 

 overlook the fact that comers on the market are 

 short lived and end in heavy losses somewhere. 

 Have we not learned that monopolies have limita- 

 tions beyond which they cannot got Nearly all 

 cooperative efforts have been permeated some time 

 with a desire to hold their product and compel the 

 buyer to pay the seller's price. Every cooperative 

 must be a merchandising institution for the purpose 

 of selling and not holding, e.xcept holding to supply 

 the market at point^of demand with the quality 

 and quantit.v of product needed. All efforts at co- 

 operative marketing which aim at a purely holding 

 program to compel the buyer to pay the seller s 

 price are self-destructive and will fail. Surely 

 thoughtful farmers will soon learn that cooperative 

 marketing to be successful must be more than a 

 holding proposition, for holding can only succeed 

 in influencing the price when accompanied by all 

 the means and facilities for merchandising a prod- 

 uct according to the needs of the market. 



Think On This 



Farm Bureaus and their activities are always 

 subject to a great deal of criticism whenever they 

 do anj-thing that doesn't just suit interestia other 

 than farm interests. The whole category of agents 

 and officers are subject to this criticism. This 

 criticism even goes so far sometimes as to say the 

 whole sj-stem is wrong. A Farm Bureau that 

 can't stand up under criticism from those who 

 would like to kill it isn't much of a Farm Bureau. 

 Occasionallj' enemies of organized agriculture will 

 succeed in making some Farm Bureau members 

 believe that the organization is all wrong. A Farm 

 Bureau member who wants to make hLs dollar 

 serve him and make his organization better will 

 bring this criticism to the attention of the officers 

 or the agent. Every Farm Bureau member is en- 

 titled to understand everj' detail and everj' act of 

 his organization. It isn't much use to explain to 

 the knockers outside of the organization. They 

 won't believe the explanation and Farm Bureau 

 members should make it their business to find out 

 the truth when they hear anything that they feel 

 is detrimental to their organization. The facts are 

 obtainable from the OflScers and the Agent. It is 

 impossibh to answer a lot of criticism in the 

 monthly letter, or the newspapers. Not only is 

 it impossible, but it is unwise to do, so. We would 

 be chasing rainbows all the time. — From the 

 monthly letter of the Jersey County Farm Bureau, 

 R. L. Eyman, Farm Adviser..! ' «. ■. ; • • 



Dairy Cattle Sale* Contract* 

 Bring Reaalt* 



Here is one example of money-saving results ob- 

 tained through the I. A. A. Read about it — • 



Prank Ehredt of Round Lake recently made 

 a trip to Barron County, Wisconsin, and 

 bought over 30 head of springers, which cost 

 an average of $71, delivered at Round Lake. 

 This is in line with what we stated in the 

 March issue of the Diversified Farmer. The 

 district around Barron has a very low per- 

 cent of tuberculosis, and any one vvho will 

 take a trip up there can very likely be well 

 satisfied if he wants to buy cows. The Illinois 

 Agricultural As.sociation through Mr. Peter- 

 sen has completed contracts with the Barron 

 County folks whereby cattle can be bought 

 subject to 75 day retest in Lake County. 

 Copies of these contracts may be seen at the 

 Farm Bureau Office. Prospective buyers from 

 that territory should investigate this propo- 

 sitio.i before going up there. — Lake County 

 Diversified Farmer. 



LIARS' CONTEST GOING STRONG— 

 EVERYBODY ELIGIBLE 



Here's the best lie so far. It's contrib- 

 uted by Charles J. Robinson, farm adviser 

 of Shelby county. Everybody's eligible; 

 let 'em come — the bigger the better, but 

 it takes a big one to get recognition in this 

 contest ! This one is a dandy for a starter, 

 but it's too bad the Methodist preacher 

 came in when he did. 



Here we go — :i> ''JJJ- . 



The other day a short distance from 

 Shelb3rville I met a man who stopped me 

 and said he had decided to join the Farm 

 Bureau. Not happening to have any con- 

 tract blanks with me we drove back and 

 he signed up, paying three years in lid- 

 vance in cold cash. After his departure 

 I again started out and was stopped by 

 three farmers within two miles travel, all 

 of whom wanted to join. After signing 

 them and receiving their checks, which 

 were bankable, I stopped at a farm sale. 

 Here I was swamped with requests for 

 membership blanks and within 49 minutes 

 three good Farm Bureau members had 

 signed up 84 new members. Five of these 

 84 also signed up contracts for their moth- 

 ers-in-law and paid cash for same. Well 

 —our Methodist preacher just walked in 

 the office and said: "Let your conscience 

 be your guide" — so I must quit. — Chas. J. 

 Robinson, Shelbyville. 



Let's see if you can make the "Liars' 

 Comer" of the RECORD. All contribu- 

 tions must be signed, but name will not be 

 printed if so requested. Let's got Mail 

 'em to H. C. Butcher, care of the I. A. A., 

 608 South Dearborn Street, Chicago. The 

 biggest liar for the year wins a prize, to 

 be awarded at the next annual meeting. 



