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luaed Every Other Saturday — June 21, 1924 



Number 12 



AJ.B J. PLANK GETS 

 POLISHED AND CUT 

 AT G.OJ*. MEETING 



RepoUican* Pledge Many 



Points Sngsested; Same 



AgTicoltoral Plank 



to Democrats 



8*111 H. ThMBpaon 



That the Republican platform 

 committee heeded the demand 

 msde by Ssm. H. Thompson, pres- 

 ident ot the I. A. A., when he pre- 

 aented the 

 I American Farm 

 1 Bureau Federa- 

 tion agricultur- 

 al plank at 

 Cleveland Is 

 rather evident 

 i n spots, and 

 not so evident 

 in other spots. 

 I E. B. Reid, as- 

 I sistant W a s h- 

 I ington r e p r e- 

 I sentative of the 

 A. F. B. F., who 

 I was also pres- 

 lent at the 

 'Cleveland G. O. 

 P. meeting, re- 

 leased the fol- 

 lowing story telling ot the suc- 

 cess snd failures encountered by 

 the farmers' representatives In 

 getting the Republican party to 

 pledge Itself to assist In curing 

 the ills of the American farmer. 

 The same agricultural plank will 

 be submitted to the Democrats at 

 New York. Mr. Reld'a story fol- 

 lows: 



Back to NomuU Plank 

 The biggest plank presented to 

 the Republican party by the A. 

 F. B. F. requested It to "take 

 what steps that may be neces- 

 sary to bring the purchasing pow- 

 er of agriculture back to nor- 

 mal." The Republican plank on 

 agriculture includes this general 

 statement almost verbatim: "We 

 pledge the Party to take jrhat- 

 ever steps are necessary to bring 

 back a balanced condition be- 

 tween agriculture, industry and 

 labor." 



Other planks and splinters 

 from the platform which conform 

 in spirit, if not in wording, to 

 what the farmers, as represented 

 by the Federation, requested are 

 as follows: 



"The crux of the problem from 

 the standpoint of the farmer is 

 the net profit he received after 

 bis outlay. The process of bring- 

 ing the average prices ot what he 

 buys and what he sells closer 

 together can be Indirectly expe- 

 dited by reduction in taxes, steady 

 employment in industry and sta- 

 bility in business. 



Urge Cooperative Marketing 

 "This process can be expedited 

 directly by lower freight rates, 

 by better marketing through co- 

 operative effort and a more sci- 

 entific organization of the physi- 

 cal and human machinery of dis- 

 tribution of farm products. 



"We promise every assistance 

 in the reorganization ot the mar- 

 keting system on sounder and 

 more ecsnomic lines, and where 

 diversification is needed, govern- 

 ment assistance during the period 

 of transition." 



"The Republican party pledges 

 itself to the development and 

 enactment of measures which will 

 place the agricultural interests 

 ot America on a basis of eco- 

 nomic equality with- other indus- 

 try, to insure prosperity and suc- 

 cess. 



(Continued on page 8) 



THE WAGON WHICH BLOCKED THE ROAD TO EQUALITY 



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Lei tn «<r ut 

 nteaa Mtnal 



HATCH NARRATES THE FARM 

 BUREAU WAY TO PROSPERITY 



One ot the easiest things in 

 the world tor the members of a 

 community Farm Bureau to do is 

 to talk about the things they 

 should have done or the things 

 they might do but over in El- 

 mira township. Stark county, in 

 the vicinity of Kewanee is a lo- 

 cal Farm Bureau that really does 

 things. Fifteen years ago, be- 

 fore the Farm Bureau move- 

 ment began, progressive farmers 

 in Elmira township got bit by 

 the cooperation "bug" and the 

 etfects showed up in the form of 

 a farmers' Institute, an alfalfa 

 growers' association, an experi- 

 mental farm and other similar 

 enterprises. This "pull-together" 

 spirit has never died out in the 

 community. Today the local 

 Farm Bureau there is more than 

 abreast of the times in commu- 

 nity work. 



Have Good Times 



Not willing to confine their ac- 

 tivities to the problems ot grow- 

 ing more farm crops and better 

 livestock and believing firmly in 

 the old saying all work and no 

 play makes Jack a dull boy, Ke- 

 wanee farmers and their families 

 have developed an unusual com- 

 munity interest In social activi- 

 ties that finds its outlet through 

 basket suppers, home talent en- 

 tertainments and church and 

 school affairs. 



Prominent in the affairs at 

 Kewanee is O. L. Hatch, ot 

 Roselawn Farm, whose person- 

 ality and devotion to the Farm 

 Bureau is largely responsible for 

 the success of the bureau work 

 in Stark and Henry counties. He 

 is something of a novelist be- 

 sides being a community builder, 

 as is evidenced by his account of 

 the Elmira township Farm Bu- 

 reau. It took some press agent- 

 ing to get the story from Mr. 

 Hatch but this is the way he pic- 

 tures the Farm Bureau: 



Farm Bnresn Plant 



"Among the noted men of 

 America is Luther Burbank, the 

 great plant wizard. One of the 

 many miraculous things which he 

 has done in developing plant 

 growth was the production ot 

 the seedless raisin. He took the 



(Continued on pas« 7) 



C.L&M. To Reduce 

 Sheep Rates From 

 Omaha to Bulpitt 



Farmers and livestock men at 

 Bulpitt, Illinois, who buy sheep 

 on the Omaha market will profit 

 from a decrease in shipping rates 

 on sheep from Omaha to Bulpitt, 

 over the Chicago, Illinois and 

 Midland railroad, according to L. 

 J. Quasey, director ot the trans- 

 portation department ot the I. A. 

 A. Heretofore shippers were 

 compelled to pay a combination 

 rate over Pawnee Junction which 

 amounted to 46Vi cents per cwt. 

 from Omaha to Bulpitt. As a re- 

 sult ot negotiations made by the 

 I. A. A. transportation department 

 with the Illinois Central and C. I. 

 £ M. railroads the C. I. & M. has 

 granted rates ot 33% cents per 

 cwt. on sheep from Omaha to Bul- 

 pitt, which becomes effective July 

 1, 1924. This reduction means a 

 saving of 13 cents per cwt. to 

 Bulpitt shippers. 



Many farm bureau members 

 are already getting in shape tor 

 the final "barnyard goir' contest 

 to be held at the annual I. A. A. 

 picnic at Lincoln, August 26. A 

 silver loving cup is to be given 

 to the champion horse shoe 

 tosser. 



Serum Association 

 Seves Money For 

 Illinois Farmers 



During the year 1923, 22,000,- 

 000 cubic centimeters of hog 

 cholera serum was used by Illi- 

 nois farmers through the Illinois 

 farm bureau serum association, 

 which consists of 41 connty farm 

 bureaus. C. A. Stewart, director 

 of the livestock marketing de- 

 partment ot the I. A. A. and also 

 a director of the serum associa- 

 tion, estimates that between 25,- 

 000.000 and 28,000,000 cubic 

 centimeters of serum will be sold 

 through farm bureaus this year. 

 Taking an average per hog ot 60 

 cubic centimeters, 28,000,000 will 

 vaccinate 500,000 hogs. 



Along with the increase in the 

 amount of serum used by Illinois 

 farmers to prevent hog cholera 

 is the unusual situation of a 

 general decrease in the price. 

 Before the farm bureau began 

 to buy serum the general price 

 was from 11.50 to $2.50 per 100 

 cubic centimeters. As a result 

 of collective buying the Illinois 

 Farm Bureau Serum association 

 has been buying semm from sev- 

 eral companies at prices ranging 

 from 60 to -75 cents per 100 cu- 

 bic centimeters and is now fur- 

 nishing it to farmers at that rate 

 through the county farm bureaus. 



■Goieral Office Of 

 LA.A. Will Provide 

 Supplies At Cost 



J. H. Kelker, office manager of 

 the I. A. A. office in Chicago, has 

 added another activity to his list 

 ot duties. He has recently insti- 

 tuted a purchasing arrangement 

 whereby office supplies such as 

 stationery, carbon pai>er, stencil 

 sheets and other office routine 

 necessities, can be purchased 

 through the central office at a 

 considerable saving. Connty farm 

 bureau offices have been notified 

 of the service by Mr. Kelker, who 

 says that office supplies as a rule 

 are much cheaper in Chicago than 

 in the other Illinois cities and 

 that when large (juantitlea are 

 purchased, a considerable saving 

 will result both for the I. A. A. 

 central office and connty farm 

 bureaus. Quite a tew orders have 

 already been received, he reports. 



AUDITING SERVICE 

 INCORPORATED AND 

 BY-LAWS ADOPTED 



Temporary Board of Diracton 



Elected ; Prodncen S u l»c ri be 



•ad Reconmend Plan 



To Tenniaals 



Continued progress marks the 

 development of the newly formed 

 auditing and business accounting 

 service instituted by the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association. The or- 

 ganization has been incori>orated 

 and by-laws have been adopted 

 by the temporary board ot direc- 

 tors, who are: Henry McGosgh, 

 Maple Park, president; L. P Mc- 

 Millen, Rock Falls, vice-presi- 

 dent; H. J. Shater, Illiopolis. di- 

 rector; O. B. Coble, Charleston, 

 director; Geo. L. Potter, Pontiac. 

 director. These directors will 

 serve only nntil the time comes 

 to elect permanent directors. The 

 by-laws were approved by Donald 

 Kirkpatrick, law connsel of the 

 I. A. A., and have been printed 

 in booklet form for dissemination 

 to all local cooperatives in Illi- 

 nois and others interested. 



A membership contract was al- 

 r-> wr!t*.cr, •••^ »3rrov««l wMrh 

 does not embody the requirement 

 ot a $200 payment tor member- 

 ship as was originally required. 

 Vernon Vaniman, who has been 

 meeting with various cooperative 

 managers over the state during 

 the last six weeks, reports that 

 the representatives of the 87 lo- 

 cal cooperatives whom he has ad- 

 dressed have practically unanim- 

 ously favored a (cooperative audit 

 association like is proposed by . 

 the I. A. A. 



Financed by L A. A. 



The by-laws provide that {he 

 Illinois Agricultural Association 

 shall present at the annual meet- 

 ing ot the auditins association 

 the names of one or more per- 

 sons for the efe<itlon, by the 

 directors of a secretary and a 

 treasurer who it aceepted by the 

 directors, shall be elected to fill 

 these offices. Under this ar- 

 rangement George A. Fox is tem- 

 porary secretary and R. A. Cowles 

 temporary treasurer. This elanse 

 in the constitution of the UDdlt- 

 ing association was deemed ad- 

 visable, inasmuch as the I. A. A. 

 is financing the new organisation 

 until it becomes self-supporting. 



George Wicker is now on the 

 ]ob as general manager and has 

 several audits to perform and is 

 laying his plans to accommodate 

 those co-ops which have asked 

 tor audits. One assistant is com- 

 ing down from Minnesota to 

 help Mr. Wicker take care of the 

 actual auditing and other audi- 

 tors will be added as rapidly as 

 needed. 



National Prodnocrs 8i0i 



The National Livestock Pro- 

 ducers' Association has subscribed 

 to the new organization and has 

 recommended the Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Cooperatives Association 

 auditing service to its 14 ter- 

 minal markets. The Peoria Pro- 

 ducers have applied for an audit 

 and will be among the first to 

 receive' service. According to C 

 A. Stewart, livestock marketing 

 director ot the I. A. A., but who 

 recently resigned to become ex- 

 ecutive secretary of the National 

 Livestock Producers' Association . 

 there will probably be tour or 

 five ot the terminal Prodaeer or- 

 ganizations subscribe, the others 

 having arrangements for audits. 



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