Jy 19, 1924 



ng 



UNTY 

 ONTEST 

 ISH TEAM 



>airy Judges 

 and Get 

 y Mail 



county boys' 

 representing 



1 over ttie 



International 

 Heath, Eng- 



he American 

 Gaulrapp. 



Id Williams, 



Folkers, Ster- 

 team from 

 nta and were 

 •ophy by the 

 Last year 



on by high 

 laryland. 

 im earned the 

 the United 

 )ut-]udged 20 

 the National 



g contest at 

 rk,, last fall. 

 sly won the 

 at Springfield, 

 c-weeks trip, 

 re taken with 

 Wise, farm 

 e county, and 

 iry extension 

 liversity, they 

 St dairy herds 

 gland, as well 

 rical interest, 

 the livestock 



of Scotland, 

 id Jersey and 

 ore returning 



Prices 

 b Normal 



existing be- 

 >f farm prod- 

 mmodities has 

 )wing less for 

 ccording to a 

 ed recently by 

 rtment of the 

 ureau Federa- 



for the past 

 in the average 

 ong while the 



has declined 



d of prices on 

 been upward 

 er, the index 

 being 121 on | 

 apared to the 

 f 116. Whole- 

 n general de- 

 for last Sep- 

 compared to 

 . The spread 

 ducts on the 

 terminal mar- 

 owed percept- 



io Program 

 , Over 



V. 



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e Agricultural 



Farm Bureau 



A. Cowles, 



Illinois Agrl- 

 1. 

 lat's Doing in 



Butcher, Di- 

 [formation de- 

 radicating Tu- 

 is," by M. H. 



I. A. A. tu- 

 ition depart- 



3 Farmer and ^ 

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Volume 2 



Issued Every Other Saturday, August 2, 1924 



Number 15 



POSITION TAKEN ON 

 MERGER IS APPROVED 

 BY EXECUTIVE BODY 



I.A.A. Maintains Open Mind- 

 ed Attitude Toward New 

 Company; Thompson 

 Declines To Serve 



The executive committee of our 

 I. A. A., in session July 25, offi- 

 cially expressed" its approval of 

 the open-minded stand taken re- 

 cently by officials of the associa- 

 tion regarding the Grain Market- 

 ing Company, newly incorporated 

 $26,000,000 merger of five old 

 line grain companies of Chicago 

 and Kansas City. 



Since this action was taken by 

 the executive committee the di- 

 rectorate of the new company 

 has been elected with Millard R. 

 Myers, spokesman for cooperative 

 elevator people, as president. 

 Gray Silver, grain grower of 

 West Virginia and Illinois and 

 Washington representative of the 

 American Farm Bureau Federa- 

 tion, is president of the new 

 Grain Marketing Company and 

 J. W. Coverdale, Chicago, secre- 

 tary-treasurer. 



Board of Directors 



Other members of the board 

 of directors are: 



M. D. Lincoln, Columbus, O., 

 secretary, Ohio Farm Bureau 

 Federation. 



J. W. Coverdale, Chicago, sec- 

 retary of the American Farm Bu- 

 reau Federation, and wheat grow- 

 er, Ames, la. 



Oscar Ashworth, Mattoon, 111., 

 grain grower. 



A. L. Middleton, Eagle Grove, 

 la., farmer. 



W. E. Gould, Kewanee, Jll., 

 banker. 



L. J. Tabor, Columbus, O., 

 master of the National Grange. 



Gray Silver, Chicago, grain 

 grower of West Virginia and 

 Illinois, Washington, D. C, repre 

 sentative of American Farm Bu- 

 reau federation. 



J. F. Reed, Gary, S. D., grain 

 grower, vice president of Ameri- 

 can Farm Bureau federation. 



C. M. Dyer, Spencer, la., presl 

 dent of Iowa Farmers' Elevator 

 association. 



O. E. Bradfute, Xenia, O., pres- 

 ident of American Farm Bureau 

 federation. 



W. J. Brown, Thief River, 

 Minn., president of American 

 Wheat Growers, Inc. 



Fred A. Mudge, Peru, 111., pres- 

 ident of Illinois Farmers' Ele- 

 vator association. 



Harry L. Keefe, Walthill, Neb., 

 president U. S. Grain Growers, 

 Inc. 



94,000,000 C»|>ital 



The company will open its ac- 

 tivities with J4,000,000 paid in 

 capital with no outstanding in- 

 debtedness, according to an an- 

 nouncement made July 26. 



The developments of the Grain 

 Marketing Company since the 

 executive committee meeting has 

 not altered the position taken by 

 I. A. A. officials. 



The executive committee also 

 ordered the grain marketing com- 

 mittee of the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association to investigate care- 

 fully the proposal for the benefit 

 of the association's 63,000 Illi- 

 nois farm bureau members. The 

 association defines its position as 

 follows: 



"Until definite proposals have 

 been made to the board of di- 

 rectors of the Grain Marketing 

 (Continued on (■act t.> 1 



THE LATEST REPORT ON THE GRAIN MARKETING COMPANY 



Late Wrdnmdar, Jaly 30, tkrirrala 

 marketlBK and flnanor committer*, 

 after ronferrfas with Prealdeat 

 Thompaon, Secretary Fox, Treaanrer 

 Covrlea. Lecral Conaiiel KIrfcpatrIck 

 and Anditlnr C'onaael Fraaler of 

 Framler Jk Torbet, Chlcairo. deter- 

 mlaed the nature and acope of the 

 inveatliratlon to be made Into the 

 already completed fcrain mernrer. F. 

 D. Barton. Cornell, and W. H. Moody. 

 Port Byron, of the llnanee contaalt- 

 tee were preaent aa were H. R. 

 Goemble, Hctoppole. and A. R. 

 Wriirht. Varna, of the sratn atarkct- 

 Inv eonimlttee. 



The determlnatloa of the smln 

 marketlnfc and finance committee* 

 came as the , reiinlt of a motion 

 paaaed by the Kxecntlve Commit- 

 tee. In scffMlon Vriday. July 25, or- 

 dering an invcNtliratlon into the 

 srala merirer and tornlny It over 

 to the Krain marketing committee 

 and I. A. A. otBcem to ontline the 

 inveatlcatlonal procedure. 



The Grain Marketing Company U 

 belaic aaked to fomUk complete, 

 detailed Independent anditora re- 

 port* for each of the oompanlea In- 

 volved for each of the past five 

 year*. 



Conalderable reaourcc* will he 

 thrown Into the laveatlffatlon pro- 

 cedure a* It I* dcfflred by all the of- 

 ficial* and cum m It teem en to deter- 

 mine truthfully and from an nnbl- 

 n*ed fltandpoint the real value of 

 the merfcer to farmer*. It I* reallaed 

 that Illlaol* farm bureau meaBber* 

 will no doubt be a*ked to buy stock 

 In the Grain Marketing Company, 

 the Incorporated company under 

 which haa been mei^ed the Armour 

 Grain Company, Roaenbaam Grain 

 Corporation and Roaenbana* Broa. 

 I. A. A. ofllrlolN vrlMh to be In an 

 authoritative poMltlon to advise Illl- 

 aol* farui bureau people. 



Competent profesaloual uien will 

 be ensaired to carry out the provl- 

 ■lou* of the outlined tuveatlffatlou. 

 Following !■ the outline for the in- 



vent licatloa of the irraln mrrs^r 

 ahowlnv the facta which will he 

 *ouBhtt 



(1) \atlonal Public Policy t 



<at A atatement of the lesal re- 

 quirement* to be naet. If nUy. to 

 ■ecure the upproval of the 

 rnlted State* Departmeut of 

 Ajrricaltnre and of the Hutted 

 State* Federal Trade Commla- 

 *lont toffctber 'vrtth an Indica- 

 tion of the procedure thnt ninat 

 be followed In securlnic auch 

 Federal approval*, and the ap- 

 proxlaiate time that will ordi- 

 narily elapse In the proceaae* of 

 Federal Inveattratlon. 



<b> A atatement of the Icval Mepa. 

 If aay. for the approval of thla 

 merger by the authorltle* »f the 

 State of Illlnel*. e. m^ the Secre- 

 tary of State and the Illlnoia 

 Couimeree Conamtaalon. 



(2) Place tu the Cycle uf Grain Mar- 

 ketlnst 



Opinion* ahonld be aecnrcd froui 

 competent airrlrultural rconomlata 

 and *tatl*tlclan* a* to the place of 

 the facllltle* which arc t* be 

 mer ne d. eonatdered a* part of the 

 irraln nkurfcetinic fncliltle* of the 

 I'nited State* and Canada. 

 (a> The relation of the merged fa- 

 cilities In aoope and volume ^vlth 

 other Rrraln marketing fn<'lliHe* 

 in C'hicaso, Kansaa City and 

 •ma ha. 

 (h> The relatlonahip to other Krnin 

 marketing facllltlea In Mlnne- 

 apolla, Duluth and Buffalo with 

 particular reference to the lai- 

 provcmenta In facllltle* within 

 the past five ycnra at Duluth 

 aad Buffalo. 

 <ct A statemeat of the existlufi: re- 

 lailonahips between the compa- 

 nlea that are to be merued and 

 Fanners* Co-operative Elevators 

 la the territory aerved. For ex- 

 ample, what percentage of Far- 

 mers* Elevator Contpanlea are 

 now marketlug; thronarh these 

 three compuuie* that are to be 

 merged r 



(S> Valuation and Barulnic Capacity i 



(a> Value* IndleatM by ludepeudeut 

 certified audit report* I Balance 

 aheets and profit and loss state- 

 ments » for each co*>|»any for 

 each of the last five years. 



(b) A statement of the properties 

 aecBred and alienated by each 

 of the three companies durluflr 

 each of the last five years, to- 

 irether with their earnlnirs. 



<c) A atatement of the depreciation 

 accounts mnlntnlned by each of 

 the three coaapanles for each of 

 the laat five years. 



<d) A atatement of the eurnlusa of 

 each of the companlea for each 

 of the Inat five years, classified 

 as bet ween < 1 > profi t or loss 

 front future or speculative 

 trauaactleusi t2i profit or lo** 

 from warehoualnu and commis- 

 sion transactloa*. 



<4) laveatlaration of Proponed Eeon- 

 omleoi 

 The statistics presented by the 

 vendors as to proposed economics 

 should he compared vHtb earnings 

 and expenae account* for each of the 

 laat five year*, 



<5> Inventlcatlou •t PropMBcd Plant 



<a> ComputatloB of data neces*arT 

 to act up e*tlmatcd balance 

 aheet aad eatlmated eamlnic* re- 

 quirement* nece**ary In making 

 the Investment of farnter* In 

 atock aafc a* to prlaclpal aad 

 Inferest on farmern* Inveatmcnt. 



(b> Analyal* of learal feature* of 

 proposed by-law* and contract. 



fc) Analyal* of experience, reliabil- 

 ity and coat of auiuaveuieni 

 personnel that 1* to be taken 

 over from the former companle*. 



Produce Fanners at 

 Prophetstown will 

 Sell Cooperatively 



Details of organization and a 

 membership drive for a produc- 

 ers* market will soon be started 

 by the executive committee of 

 the producers* association at 

 Prophetstown, III., according to 

 plans worked out with Donald 

 Kirkpatrick, legal counsel of our 

 I. A. A., at a recent meeting of 

 the committee. 



The movement for a produc- 

 ers' market, through which poul- 

 try products, dairy products and 

 other farm produce will be sold 

 direct to the consumer, wa£ start- 

 ed some months ago but thor- 

 ough consideration of the advis- 

 ability of establishing such a 

 market and care in drawing up a 

 contract has wisely prevented a 

 hasty beginning for the market. 



The Prophetstown producers* 

 market will be established on a 

 purely cooperative, no-capital, no- 

 profit plan and except for small 

 expenses connected with opera- 

 tion the proceeds of sales will go 

 directly to the sellers. The mar- 

 keting contract is being given 

 further study by our I. A. A. le- 

 gal counsel to eliminate all flaws 

 or defects. 



A. D. Lynch, our I. A. A. dairy 

 marketing head, with the aid of 

 the executive committee of the 

 Prophetstown market will super- 

 vise the campaign for member- 

 ship and work out details for the 

 permanent administration of the 

 produce market. 



The Stephenson County Farm 

 Bureau, one of the largest county 

 farm bureaus in Illinois with 

 around 1.400 members has begun 

 a reorganization upon the town- 

 ship plan. 



County Farm Bureau Chair- 

 man L. M. Swanzey appointed a 

 committee of three to redraft the 

 county constitution so as to pro- 



vide for the creation of 17 county 

 township units and the election 

 of the township officers at annual 

 township meetings. The town- 

 ship presidents elected will be- 

 come the directors of the county 

 farm bureau. 



Heretofore, the county farm 

 bureau board has been appointed 

 by the county chairman. This 

 plan has not developed as many 

 nor as active community leaders 

 as wafi desirable and has lacked. 

 It is thought, the democratic 

 bpirlt which the election of the 

 U-aders and selection of local 

 I'roprams of work in the com- 

 munities will give. 



Farmers' Markets 

 Don't Need License 



Farmers' cooperative markets 

 that are not organized for profit 

 and collect no commissions for 

 sales of commodities of its mem- 

 bers or shareholders, but make 

 only such reductions from sales 

 as are necessary to defray the 

 expense of operating the market, 

 do not have to obtain a license 

 under the Cooperative Marketing 

 Act of 1923, according t» an 

 opinion coming from the State 

 Department of Agriculture at 

 Springfield to our I. A. A. 

 through Donald Kirkpatrick, le- 

 gal counsel for the Association. 



The statement lo the effect 

 that farmers' cooperative markete 

 need not comply with the Com- 

 mission Merchants License Act 

 was the result of many inquiries 

 coming to our I. A. A. from 

 farmers' cooperatives requesting 

 information in regard to license 

 for operating markets. 



F. A. GouKler, director of our 

 I. A. A. poulty and egg market- 

 ing departiQent, has just com- 

 pleted a three weeks* trip 

 through Iowa, Minnesota, Wis- 

 consin and Michigan, where he 

 studied pruduce marketing prob- 

 lems in many local markets. 



Cotton Growers In 

 Cooperative Move 

 To Sell 1924 Crop 



Cotton growers in southern Ill- 

 inois met in Mound City, July 22, 

 with G. E. Metzger, our I. A. A. 

 organization director, for the sec- 

 ond conference relative to the 

 formation of a cotton growers' 

 association. 



An organization committee 

 which has for several weeks been 

 studying the possibilities of a 

 cooperative marketing organiza- 

 tion made a report favorable to 

 effecting such an organization. 

 According to the plan outlined 

 at this meeting a minimum of 

 1,500 acres of cotton must t>e 

 signed up by the owners to be 

 sold through the cotton growers' 

 association. 



Four hundred acres were signed 

 up at the meeting and during 

 the next few weeks the commit- 

 tee will sign up the balance of 

 the 1,500 hundred acres. Soon 

 after the minimum is reached, 

 the organization committee will 

 conduct primaries for the elec- 

 tion of directors who will meet 

 and effect a cooperative cotton 

 marketing association which will 

 handle the 1924 crop. 



i.A.A. DOING REAL 

 BUSINESS.'J-STATES 

 SECRETARY WALLACE 



Executive Committee and Di- 

 rectors Hear Secretary of 

 Africukure Outline Chal- 

 lenge CoafrootinK Us 



Milk prodncers In nilnoU and 

 .Missouri are watching with grow- 

 ing interest the Ill-Mo Creamery 

 Company at East St. Louis. The 

 company began buying cream laat 

 January 3 on a cooperative ba- 

 sis and has shown a marked up- 

 trend in volume of business done 

 each month. In May 43.000 

 pounds of butter were manufac- 

 tured by this company, which is 

 considerably above the average 

 privately owned creamery com- 

 pany. 



Mamhall-Putiuun iMsebitil team 

 defeated Knox county July. 18, 

 4 to 3. making them leaders of 

 the Galesburg district with Ave 

 games won and none lost. 



K(litiiT'» \'„tn Stern ary of Aiiri- 

 rullure. H. C. Wallare. rrrojimiztd at 

 oftrial iftomiir uf Ikr Mr\ary-Ham- 

 (/»» bill, nlo/iiiKt of at rhirano July 

 ^, tkt iatr 'of tht toMt txtrvtivf rom- 

 mittff mrrtimg. ami look timt lo tpeak 

 brUfltf to omr eifritlivf rommiittemfti 

 and drpartmfntal dirrrlort. Altkimpit 

 not hrrrin rerordrd ofciallg, Srcrr- 

 laty Wallare If ft the imprtftion that' 

 he it by no meanti difkrartrned orrr 

 tkt dtfeat of tke MrSary-Hanprn bill 

 m the lait Conprrtt, and. at aill hr 

 notnd vhrn kit tprrrk wkirk follow^, 

 it rrad, hr tkinkg fat do many of our 

 agricultural Itadrrt) tkat agrirulturr 

 it faring a ckallrngr in tkt ittur : 

 "ShouU tke vorld't crop irl tke prirr 

 of tke domrttir rrop^" Hit anim • • 

 it, "Xo." So it 0ur». Tkat it on* r< 

 ton teky our Attoriation it etrong {■" 

 Ike prinriplet of tke MrXary-Haugrn 

 bill. Tke .\ational Counril of Agri- 

 rulture. rerentJy formed at St. Paul, 

 witi kave more lo tay ab(*ut tkit later, 



Follmcing it tke talk gix^en by Ser~ 

 retary Walltire at reeord*d by a t1*n- 

 ograpker: 



"I have been kept fairly well 

 informed concerning the work of 

 the Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion, and you have been doing 

 real business for the farmers of 

 your state. 



"You know that during every 

 other period of depression there 

 was a tremendous stimulant to 

 farm organizations. It is easy to 

 organize wl)en things are going 

 hard with fhe farmers. My ob- 

 servation is that in those periods 

 the organization goes through 

 three stages: 



"First, through agitation when 

 the evangelist goes out and helps 

 cr}-stalize sentiment and vocalizes 

 the farmers' own feelings. This 

 is an easy period. 



"Second, the period of orga- 

 nization — when you go out and 

 get memberships. This is rather 

 an easy pertoi. 



"Then you come to the time of 

 administration. That is the test. 

 Organization is not an end in it- 

 self, although sometimes I have 

 felt that some of our folks were 

 inclined to thiak It »-aa; but I 

 guess you people have learned 

 differently, and they have in a 

 good many other states. 



"Organization is simply an im- 

 plement, a thing to be used on 

 behalf of the members, and that 

 period of administration deter- 

 mines whether the organization 

 is going to live or die. 



The Third Defiremlon 



"This is the third depression I 

 have been ffirough. and the third 

 that a number of you men have 

 been throagh. I look back to 

 the time when we had the West 

 organized almost as well as it 

 has been during the past three 

 years. And then the organiza- 

 tions gradually soaked amav in 

 the ground like a rain in July 

 because they had not got to the 

 point where they say the pur- 

 pose of an organization is to do 

 certain things for iu members. 



■'Now, the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association has stood out as one 

 of the relatively few organiza- 

 tions of Its kind which has been 

 functioning as it ought to func- 

 tion, and I want to congratulate 

 (Continued on pac« 4.) 



