J««e7,1924 



The Olinoii Agricultural Association Record 



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VARIETY IS SPICE 

 IN 25th DISTRICT 

 MEET AT SPARTA 



Pass Resolution Jogging Congres- 

 sional Representative To Support 

 McNary-Haugen Bill 



Variety was the keynote of 

 the 24th district meeting May 22 

 when farm bureau representa- 

 tives from the counties of Ran- 

 dolp, Franlflin, Jackson, Will- 

 iamson, Union and Pulaski met at 

 the high school in Sparta in a 

 regularly scheduled meeting called 

 by Vernon Lessley. executive com- 

 mitteeman for the 25th district. 



Talks were made in the fore- 

 noon by J. C. Spitler, University 

 of Illinois extension man, and by 

 O. E. Metzger, director of orga- 

 nization for the I. A. A., who 

 spoke in place of President Sam 

 H. Thompson, then in Washing- 

 ton. An open discussion followed 

 in which Mr. Metzger answered 

 questions. Several men expressed 

 themselves pro and con regarding 

 the million dollar bond issue to 

 be voted on this fall. The senti- 

 ment seemed to prevail that the 

 southern Illinois farmers would 

 appreciate the raising of more 

 moivey so that they might benefit 

 more quickly from the hard road 

 program. 



Eat with the liadles 



Following the short morning 

 session, the 50 or 60 farm bureau 

 members present dined at the 

 First Presbyterian church in 

 Sparta In true farm bureau style. 

 Vernon Lessley, executive com- 

 mitteeman, had arranged for a 

 demonstration in the afternoon 

 on the University of Illinois ex- 

 perimental plots near Sparta, 

 which were visited by the farm 

 bureau members. Dr. F. C. 

 Bauer, soils extension specialist of 

 the University of Missouri told 

 of the progress of soil improve- 

 ment work in Illinois and the 

 needs of t>oth the state and Ran- 

 dolph county. A great precent- 

 age of farms in southern Illinois 

 need limestone and clovers. C. 

 J. Badger, the University of Illi- 

 nois soils specialist who is in 

 charge of the plots at Sparta 

 conducted the party, telling and 

 showing the various advantages 

 of phosphate and phosphorous. 



Favor McNary Bill 

 Following the soils demonstra- 

 tionil, the meeting again met in 

 session in the high school. 

 Charles McKJnley, president of 

 the Randolpb-county farm bureau, 

 spoke on farm bureau activities 

 -in Randolph county. A resolu- 

 tion was passed asking Congress- 

 man Denison of the 25th district 

 to support the McNary-Haugen 

 bill. It was understood that he 

 wafa not in favor of the bin. 



' Following is a list of those in 

 attendance according to a list 

 taken at the church dinner: 



H. A. DeWerir, Benton; C. J. 

 Thomas, Murphryeboro; W. K. Ga- 

 leener, Marion; C. J. Badger, Uni- 

 versity of Illinois, in charge of 

 Sparta c,experlment field; H. H. 

 Webb, Mulkeytown; Jacob Krum- 

 rey. Marlon; E. J. Avla. West Frank- 

 tort; J. R. Kelley, Benton; William 

 Ziegler, Murphrysboro; Henry Slck- 

 meyer, Campbell Htll; Glenn 1.. 

 Hamilton, Ewlng; Theo. Kueker. 

 Ava: Geo. -A. Bartruff. Jonesboro; 

 Fred and Phillip DIetz. DeSoto; 

 Matt House, Benton: Joseph Jac- 

 quot, DeSoto: A. Zlegler, Murphrys- 

 boro; H. P. Sauer, Pomona: Z. A. 

 Robb and E. S. Lindsay, Coulter- 

 vllle; W. R, Brvln and J. Rupert 

 Maxwell, Steelevllle; W. C. Patton, 

 Alert Taylor, L. W. Patton. S. H. 

 Wasaon, Louis Degener, H. V. Mor- 

 gan, W. E. Bannister. Ralph Ban- 

 nister. C. P. Baird. W. D. Murphy. 

 H. C. Wills Will Bambauer. Paul 

 Ohms. J. V. Lessley, Charles Me- 

 Kinley, Everett McDill, R. H. Dick- 

 son, E. C. Secor. A. J. Stephenson 

 and N. R. Lessley. Sparta; Herbert 

 Helneman and H. F. Heineman, 

 Evansvllle; John K. Little. Prairie 

 du Rocher; Fred Rehmer, Red Bud; 

 J. C. Spitler, extension service; Dr. 

 F. C. Bauer, department of soil fer- 

 tility. University of Illinois; G. E. 

 Metzger organization director. I. 

 A. A.; W. Floyd Keepers, assistant 

 editor Prairie Farmer; H. C. But- 

 cher, director of information, I. 

 A. A. 



ThU La hon the "annK" lonkt^ fhat nttpnded tbr N»ef-1 (.|(>« rr and H«ifl UrmuMMtralfon »lil«.b mum a 

 part of the prosram of the 'intk dlatrlrt mretlnir at S|inrtn. Mmf Z2. Thr> had luiat aniHhrd m dinarr at 

 the Pint Preabrterian Chareh in .Sparta. It'a to« bad the pletnrv Im mo nmnll uttaervrlae yon (Htnld mrr 

 the happy expreaalona Trhlch are re<.onimend«tloMw for the ladlea wbo fooked the dlaaer. 



Qua/tty Is Basis 

 For Success Of 



Farmer s Market 



Wy F. A. GouKler, Director of 

 Poultry and Egg Marketing 



At Bloomington the members 

 of the McLean County Farm Bu- 

 reau have undertaken to shorten 

 the route from producer to con- 

 sumer by establishing a Farmeis' 

 Produce Market which has for its 

 market place the bottom floor of 

 the McLean County Farm Bureau 

 building. 



Recently. I had an opportunity 

 to see this market in action. 

 Early that Saturday morning the 

 fanners came in from all parts of 

 the county with their various 

 forms of produce, fresh meat, 

 cured meat, dairy products, poul- 

 try products and vegetables. .\1- 

 most as early the towns-folk be- 

 gan to assemble in front of the 

 McLean County Farm Bureau 

 building with their market bas- 

 kets. 



Like Farmers' Quality 



In answer to the question as 

 to why they came to the market 

 to buy their food instead of hav- 

 ing it delivered by the local 

 grocer, several customers an- 

 swered that they liked to get the 

 fresh products directly from the 

 farmers because they were fresh 

 even though sometimes higher. 

 The quality is better, it was said. 



Another thing that makes a 

 patron, "once a customer, always 

 a customer," is that this farmers' 

 market guarantees quality. Any 

 goods purchased which does not 

 prove satisfactory can be checked 

 up with the seller through the 

 committee in charge of the mar- 

 ket. This committee is composed 

 of three farmer salesmen and the 

 Farm Advisor who acts as chair- 

 man of the committee, with no 

 power to vote. 



Have Floor .Manager 



During business hours every- 

 thing is under the supervision of 

 a manager whose job is to keep 

 prices adjusted and to manage all 

 details. Booths are provided for 

 each member of the market at a 

 set charge per week. 



Bloomington housewives are 

 delighted to be able to purchase 

 their Sunday dinners direct from 

 the farm. At the same time the 

 farmers are glad to sell their 

 produce in this manner because 

 they are able to sell their prod- 

 ucts (or better prices than they 

 could get otherwise. One farmer 

 remarked: "This is the first time 

 in my life that I have had the 

 pleasure of setting the price on 

 the stuff I have for sale." 



Here Im ««hnl Ilic nioiie cnniera 

 umvi Mhen senator Mi-Nary and ICep- 

 reweatatlve HanKen helped Prewl- 

 rient ThoiupMOn piek dp the famonM 

 •%7,129 ■Ifcnaturea. 



Get Kansas Man 



For Information 



V. E. Charles, graduate in In- 

 dustrial Journalism at the Kan- 

 sas State Agricultural College, 

 has been secured as assistant in 

 the Department of Information to 

 take the place of George C. Big- 

 gar who resigned in April. 



Mr. Charles was born and 

 raised on a Kansas farm and was 

 a member of the Kansas dairy 

 judging team which placed second 

 last fall at the National Dairy 

 Show at Syracuse. He started 

 with the I. A. A. June 2. 



Ford County Cream 

 Producers Organise 

 Pool on I. A. A. Plan 



Ford county dairymen now 

 have a full fledged cream selling 

 organization on the I. A. A. plan 

 of organization since 114 dairy 

 farmers, representing 496 cows, 

 signed the pooling contract of the 

 Ford County Dairy Marketing As- 

 sociation. They met at Paxton 

 .May 27 and completed their or- 

 ganization by electing officers, 

 formulating by-laws and laying 

 definite plans for the future. Fol- 

 lowing are the five members of 

 the board of directors: Ellven 

 J. F. Nelson, Paxton, President; 

 O. O. Anderson, Paxton, Secre- 

 tary; Geo. L. Stanford, Lota; 

 James Gourley, Paxton; Nels Han- 

 son, Paxton. Ellven J. F. Nel- 

 son is chairman and James Gour- 

 ley secretary of the Paxton local. 



Two of the directors are ap- 

 pointed from the directorate of 

 the Ford County Farm Bureau 

 and three are elected from mem- 

 bers of the dairy association. All 

 directors are farm bureau mem- 

 bers which is one requirement of 

 the Ford county organization. 

 Indicates Better Price 



Convincing proof that the pool- 

 ing will bring a better price is 

 indicated by the fact that four 

 cream buying organizations have 

 submitted bids and are compet- 

 ing for the cream. The directors 

 are now busy considering these 

 offers and will soon close with 

 the highest bidder. Operations 

 will commence * In about two 

 weeks in the first branch at Pa-\- 

 ton. Other buying points will be 

 established in the county as soon 

 as the local dairymen sign up In 

 sufficient numbers to assure a 

 profitable volume. The financing 

 has been cared for by arranging 

 for a loai. at one of the Paxton 

 banks, which loan will be paid 

 off from reserves. . There is no 

 capital stock and each member 

 has one vote. 



Nearly T. B. Free 



A. D. Lynch, director of dairy 

 marketing, states that in three 

 months Ford county will be free 

 from bovine tuberculosis, which 

 will make this organization the 

 first cooperative marketing asso- 

 ciation in Illinois that is selling 

 products from T. B. free cattle 

 only. 



Macoupin Loses To 

 Cass 9-0 In First 

 Game of Season 



In the first game played in the 

 Illinois farm Bureau Baseball 

 [League between Cass and Macou- 

 pin counties, "Chuck" Houston, 

 pitching for Cass county, let th-" 

 Macoupin team down for a no-hit. 



-run shut-out. During' the af- 

 ternoon show Houston struck out 

 Macoupin county batters. 

 jwhile his 'team-mates collected 

 five safe hits off Goode, ' which, 

 combined with bobbles by Macou- 

 pin players, netted a total of 

 nine runs for the, Cass county 

 players. The fielding of the Cass 

 'county team was faultless. 



Macoupin county had a large 

 number of plaj'^'rs out but had 

 not held a regular practice be- 

 fore the game. Gootle bad plenty 

 of steam and pitched a good 

 game for the home teaai but the 

 visitors coupled their hits with 

 errors by the Macoupin team 

 when hits meant runs. 



The Cass county tekm made 

 the trip across country in cars, 

 arriving In Modesto at noon, 

 where they were met b^ "Crack- 

 ei'V Johnson, assistant advisor of 

 Macoupin county. Tjie home 

 toaiii had made arrangements at 

 the hotel and put fortlh an ex- 

 cellent dinner for-the Cass <M>anty 

 bo.vs. 



Soon aft«T dinner the tfams were 

 out on the diamond liml>ering up 

 while an enthusiastic cr^wd gath- 

 ered to watch the preliminary pra*--" 

 tice. Promptly at two o'clock the 

 umpires, one from Cass oounty and 

 one from Macoupin county, made 

 agreements as to ground rules and 

 the, pame was on. 



It was a typical farmers' game 

 and the spirit manifested, was com- 

 mendable. Macoupin corunty was 

 extremely 4'ourteous to the visitors 

 who wore so welcome that "Bob" 

 Hiermaii. the good natured catcher 

 of tlic Casa county team, had a 

 number of small boy admirers hang- 

 ing on Ills arms (turing the latter 

 part ol' the game. W. H. AVitte. Sr.. 

 I'ass '-ounty. whose son played 

 pentcr Held, came all the way to 

 Modesto to see the game. He was 

 prnltalily one of the oldest fans in 

 the rrf)wd. Young and old alike 

 were in the game. One of the play- 

 ers who received considerable notice 

 was P.irdsell Kelthley. lleft fielder 

 for tho Pass county team. He is 

 but 14 years old and just out of 

 Ihi- ,'iB!itb .grade but caught every 

 bail that came to bis territory and 

 caught the only long fly "which the 

 Macoupfn team knocked outside the 

 infield. 



Around the edges of the field, be- 

 twi'en innings. Cass and Macoupin 

 county fans exchanged ideas about 

 rattle feeding, sweet c'*ver. soy- 

 beans and bther farm topics. 



The summary of the game: 

 MACoiPix oorvrv 



AB R H P E 



Downs, cf 4 2 n 



Chapman. If ■..4 » 1 I l> 



Rogers, tm 4 O " 2 1 



Knoll. 2b 4 in 3 1 



Mansfield, lb > In fl S 2 



Hale, Sb 4 K> » 2 1 



I.loyd. rf a I" n 2 o 



Goode, p 3 kl n 1 <i 



Whittler. c .v.S » » 1 (1 



Totals « » « 22 5 



CAna rorjmr 



ABIb H PR 



WItte. cf 5 B -n 



Herzberger. 3b S p fl fl 



Hierman. c 5 11 1 " 



Dober. lb . . .S B 1 5 



R. Hager. as . ." 5 jl 1 «i 



Karl Hager, 2b 4 fl fl 1 



Lvnn. rf 3 a n n 



Keithley. If 4 S 1 1 



Houston, p 3 p 1 fl 



Totals 3il B r, 7 fl 



Score by innings — t 



Macoupin pflfl 000 ftflfl 



Oass B3fl ojfl non 



Struck out. by Goode. R: by Hous- 

 ton. 20. 



The Kane County Farm Bu- 

 reau will not contract tor serum 

 during the year 1924. according 

 to a decision made by the ex- 

 ecutive board' at its regular meet- 

 ing at Geneva, Saturday, May 3. 



FARM BUREAU WINS 

 REPRESENTATION ON 

 TRADE COMMISSION 



C. W. Hunt's Appointment Signif 



icant; Victory for A. F. B.F.; Helps 



Fight On Pittsburgh Plus 



Charles W. Hunt. Des Moine«. 

 Iowa. Secretary of ttw Iowa Farm 

 Bureau Federation, bas be^'B ap- 

 pointed to the Federal Trade 

 Commission by Presiilent Coolidge 

 to fill the vacancy t^aused by the 

 resignation of Victor Murdock. 

 of Wichita, Kansas. 



The appointment of Mr. Hunt 

 to this important Oomnfisslon is 

 hailed at farm bureau head- 

 quarters as another great accom- 

 plishment in the farm bureau's 

 campaign to secure farmer repre- 

 sentation on all public boards. 

 The appointment of Mr. Hunt to 



(. \\. Mum 

 the Federal Trade Commission 

 has particular significance at this 

 time because that Commission 

 will soon make a decision on the 

 Pittsburgh Plus case. 



In selecting Mr. Hunt for a 

 place on this ConiBiisslon, the 

 Federal Government has recog- 

 nized for the second time within 

 a year the farm bureau in Iowa, 

 since Mr. Hunt's predecessor In 

 the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation. 

 E. H. Cunningham, was appointed 

 only a few months ago to the 

 Federal Reserve Board. 



C. W. Hunt has been Intimate- 

 ly associated with tbe farm bu- 

 reau since its beginning. Away 

 back In 1920 when the president 

 of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federa- 

 tion was J. R. Howard and the 

 secretary was J. W. CoTerdale. 

 C. W. Hunt was eletsted as vice- 

 president of the stale organlxa- 

 tion. Then the summer of 1920 

 when the American Farm Bureau 

 Federation was organized with 

 Mr. Howard as president and Mr. 

 Coverdale as the national aecre-, 

 tary, Mr. Hunt became president 

 of -the state organization. He was 

 president in 1921-1922 and again 

 in 1923, until E. H. Cunning- 

 ham, the secretary, was appointed 

 to the Federal Reser\-e Board 

 Mr. Hunt then assumed active 

 control of the state organization 

 in the position of secretary. 



The appointment of a farmar- 

 mlnded member to the Federal 

 Trade Commission is of utmost 

 Importance because of the great 

 Pittsburgh Plus case involving 

 the present method of steel pric- 

 ing by which all rolled steel, no 

 matter where madk- or shipped 

 from, is charged for at the Pitts- 

 burgh price, plus the freight from 

 Pittsburgh to destination. This 

 practice bas been in vogue over 

 twenty years and for the past 

 four yeara the American Farm 

 Bureau Federation has been vig- 

 orously fighting It. The farm 

 bureau leaders estimate that the 

 Pittsburgh Plus practice takes a 

 total of 1.5,000.000 a year from 

 the American consumer of «te«l. 



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