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Picnic Edition I. A. A. Record — State Farm Bureau Picnic, Lincoln. I 1.. Aug. 26. 1924. 



CO-OPERATION 



GETS RESULTS 

 f |,FORJFARMERS 



Picnickers Read Story of 

 LA. A. Activities In 

 ^ Huge Green Map 



BUT EXHIBIT LEFT 

 OUT PART OF STORY 



Farm bureau picnickprs whD hnve 

 bfi n iri the admhiiHtnition building of 

 th' Dionic grounds ti)day studyinR tli(> 

 bir. groen map wliich illuslrati-s I. A. 

 A. activities have seen how th<'ir state 

 farm bureau unit has .been doins real 

 bu-^iness the last few years. 



Tlie plain, graphienl representation 

 of the muj) shows what co-operalion 

 benvcen the I. A. A., county farm bu- 

 reau, The National I.,ivestoek Produe- 

 er^. dairymen. Rrain growers, live- 

 slork men and others have h^en aide 

 to do throuEh cooperation. 



In the upper end of the t;iant exhibit 

 a Miiuiature co-operative ^eieaniery 

 only parlially tells ilie story of eo-opei- 

 alive markeiiuK of dairy produrts in 

 Illinois. In reality ihe <lairy indus- 

 try stretches over a penernus portion 

 of Ihe state in every direction of 

 which Iho- I. A. A. dairy nitirkeliuK 

 and tuberculosis eradication depart- 

 ments are workins to solve the dairy- 

 man's problems. 



Shows Co-op Marketing 

 ThrouRh co-operative dairy niarket- 

 iuK fanners are able to get more sta- 

 ble organization of the market, pro- 

 tective legislation, statistical and ac 

 counting inforinatioii, eff.-ctive adver 

 tising, whbh has .already increased 

 dairymen's returns millions of <bdlars 

 annually. 



The little rrodn<ers commission 

 house which is located at Peoria on 

 the exhibit serves only as a gentle ri- 

 minder of what the f. A. A. livestock 

 marketing departnieni, tin- !*rodn. ■<■'■« 

 and shi|>ping associations have done 

 f<ir Illinois livestock proiliicers. Ouv 

 I. A. A. works with the Producers 

 through the cininly and local shipping 

 associations, practically every constv 

 in the state bavins one or more ship 

 pers organizations. 



Anothrr project of the liveitock 

 marketing department is an annua' 

 wool pool which has been promotid 

 slpee 1919. .- . ,*^ ^_» 



Not Much About PoulVry 

 Aside from the sliiiiping association 

 work the exhibit makes no reprerfenta- 

 tions of the I. A. A. poultry and egg 

 marketing departmint which is at 

 present laying the foundation for one 

 of the most comprehensive poultry 

 ami egg' marketing systems ever 

 launched. 



Under the direction of John ('. 

 Watson, the I. A. A. taxatiim and 

 statistics cU-partment in 11*2:^ savi-d 

 Illinois fanners two and a fourth mil- 

 liim dollars in taxes tiirough the e(iual 

 ization of valuations on r-ity and farm 

 real estate. 



The taxation departimnt director 

 makes nnalysos of the .various classes 

 of proi)erty and represents farmers 

 before c'ounty and state tax officials. 

 $60,000 Saved 

 The phosphate-limestone department 

 which co-operates with the cotinty 

 farm Inireatis by pooling limestone or- 

 ders has made it possible to. save Illi- 

 nois usiTS fCO.flOn annually as the re- 

 sult or an agreement with leading 

 ^tone quaririeB, 

 Vnder the agreement farm bureaus 

 their limest7)ne at the (pjotcd price 

 lilt by applying to Ihe farm bureau 

 Iffice for certificates an- able U) oh- 

 :iln a discount of 10 cent.s per ton by 

 iiesenting tlie certific.ites as part pay- 

 lent. 



|Tbe I. A. "A. transportation depart- 

 . lit in IDL','! filed r.n claims, ,149 of 

 liich wore <'ollectc'd for a total of 

 r.4.:!l. Of these cljiiins 17,". were 

 light overchargi' claiuis. S3 loss anil 

 [iiage claims and !3.'i general loss 

 damage claims. Claims for 19'21 

 l*e already siiriiasscd tliis figure. 

 The transportation departnieut se- 

 ed a reduction in the minimum cav- 

 il weight requirements on hogs 

 |ch saved livestock producers $100, 

 I per year and assisted in .sec iiring 

 inges in livestock mived car re- 

 (■enients which saved farmers $27il,- 



per year. 



pie latest service established by 



I. A. A. is the co-operative audit 



anil accounting project whicli is 



|»e partially under tin; direi'tion of 



I. A. A. until it becmnes entirely 



fsupporting and self-governing. 



auditing service is known as 



Illinois Agricultural Co-operatives 



ociation with the special purpose 



|)rovlding expert auditing and ac- 



nting to farmers' co-operatives. 



hie audit a.ssociation is under the 



pral management of Geo. R. Wi' 



who has managed a similar audit 



fice in Minnesota when' co-opera- 



Ibs are compelled liy law to have 



accounts audited. 



Membership in the audit associa- 



has been under the -direction of 



Irnon Vaniman, a stockholder in 



Farmers' Elevator at Verdun. Sev- 



y farmers co-operatives have asked 



for membership to date. By Sept. 1 

 there will be at least 75 in the asso- 

 ciation, according to Mr. Vaniman. 



Otiier departments and special pro- 

 jtcts of the I. A. A. perform numer- 

 ous services for I. A. A. members. The 

 finance department keps the* records 

 straight and checks up on expendi- 

 tures. The legal department investi- 

 gates every case which involves expert 

 legal counsel. The department of in- 

 IViriiiation is Ihe middie-niun between 

 till' activities of the other depart- 

 ments, the county farm bureau and 

 the individual members, 



Thesi' are a few of the nccomplisb- 

 menls of 6:!,(I00 thinking Illinois far- 

 mers which the makf-rs of the exhibit 

 forgot. 



FRANK BARTON 



PRESIDES TODAY 



Frank D. liarton of rornell, execn- 

 ive committeeman from the 17th dis- 

 trict of the Illinois Agricultural As- 

 sociation, prcsideil in his own quaint 

 style today over liie mamniuth pic- 

 nic speaking program. 



."Mr. Harton has been noticeably ac- 

 tive in Farm liureau work. During 



KUA.Nl'C I). iiAlil(J.\, t'urneil 



Kxecutive Committeeman Trom lt7h 



Distrii-t 



tlie .Mc.N'ary Uaiigen bill <ampaigii in 

 the Stiring, h^' spent coiisideraliletime 

 in the I. A, A. office at Chicago dire<-l- 

 ing the sign-up of the petitions for 

 the bill which were signed by nearly 

 lill.lHIO peopli>, 



Vp at St. Paul when the Council 

 was organized he was chairman of 

 a very important committee — the 

 steering committee, it was a part of 

 Iiis job to litdp keep bolshevik farmer- 

 lalior leaders from sidetracking the 

 Council. ' Put they didn't! ' 



Durlm; spare moments he attends to 

 his farm duties. And then he finds 

 time to do Sunday school work in his 

 county. Mr. Uarton's a pretty busy 

 man, folks, and it's because he's use 

 iul that he's wanted so much. 



And now he is official host of the 

 I7th district, it's a fine picnic, Mr. 

 Parton. Thank yon. 



FARM ADVISER 

 FINALLY SAVES 

 f SMITH'S LIFE 



University Bugologists Mysli- 

 titied By Strange Specimen; 

 ■:y Pass Bucic 



READ STORY AND 



GET THE MORAL 



THOUSANDS HERE 

 FOR i.A.A. ANNUAL 

 PICNIC TODAY 



(Continued from Page One! 



(By a Farm Adviser) 



John, Smith is a farmer living in 

 (^hampaign county within sigAj of Ihe 

 agricultural i ollege. His wife found 

 a small bug in the garden ajid told 

 liiin to go forth to the college to have 

 it identified by the college gray- 

 beards and to obtain a prescription 

 that would cause the; bug's' demise 

 (death, folks, plain death i. 



Smith took the bug to Ileaii Mum- 

 ford, he being the boss of the farm- 

 ing coll.ge, ought to know what kind 

 of bug it was. The Dean allowed 

 that the bug should be refernd to 

 Professor Husk's deparlinent, since it 

 was an animal. Professor Rusk asce;-- 

 tained that the bug lived on vegeta- 

 tion (possibly) and should be taken 

 to Dr. Uurlison. The latter decided 

 after a few hours of research that the 

 l)ug did not live on crops and might 

 even be a cow tick. 



Bugists Go Buggy 



The following morning Smith retui'n- 

 ed with the bug, which lie presented to 

 Professor Frazier. The latter concliid- 

 I'd it Iind mouth parts for gardtui 

 crops, after carfeul dissection. 



Smith went home to get a fresh bug. 



Tills one was taken to Professor 

 HIair, who rci-ognized the lieast as 

 having an entoinoligical name which 

 no one knew but Professor Falsom. 

 .\fter Professor I'alsom had stndieil 

 the poor bug his conclusion was that 

 tlie hurt was a bumbleheo. 



Theri.'upon Smith made haste (o 

 carry Mr. Hug to Professor Flint, a.'^ 

 the only livln' man who could clas- 

 ^■■ify the bug where it properly belong- 

 ed. It happened that the professor 

 was in southern Illinois and would be 

 gone for a week. 



The Mystery Deepens! 



In despair Smitli went up town to 

 see if Farm Adviser Biirns could get 

 \ man who would lielp him catch up 

 with the work vhich had piled up 

 wliib.' a name hatl been sougiit for the 

 Img. Smith got his man and asked 

 llHrn.ii: "Did you ever see a bug lik« 

 this?" 



*'Sure," fiay.-5 Burns. "It's a potato 

 bug. Kill "em with paris green." 



Moral — The farm adviser has to tell 

 'em something. (Didn't believe it un- 

 less yon want to, folks.) 



Farm J- dvisers 

 Write Gossip 

 On jEach Otherl 



Colby Be«kma 



^5 



flerc are the base ball and liorse- 

 lioe championship cups to be award- 



d todav. 



Sam Thompson 

 Awards Cups 

 to Champions 



Nono otlior llian Ihe cloar tlunkiiiK, 

 iianl liittinf; Ram H. Thompson, prps- 

 i'U'nt of our own Illinois Agricultural 

 Association, was to prosont tho Ijoau- 

 tiful trophies ro the Flatc farm bureau 

 i>aKe bull and horseshoe championship 

 i<ams alter they haU been rtelermined 

 today. 



Sam hns a hank iti Quincy. but his 

 customers Iiardly ever see him be- 

 cause he's away on business for his 

 CS.OOi) farmer-constituency. And he's 

 luid a lot of business of late! lie has 

 :; fnrm or two. too. 



There's his tilt with Congressraan 



uiity Kiirm is irtjiu, lias a i^cw j-;!* u.« 



unly sup<;rvii -r of hij^Iiways 



umiiy. lie ha i not aiy use<l lo l.fnit; 



I u.*t-td that he > 



}leres .sijme 

 uji t'losf so no 

 (;uwleK, our i. J 

 lAiis to deliver a_ 

 lull when the dl 

 .li^! julvanco cop; 

 ud ii. 'Joo bad. 



l-'riend; "We 

 ;:oc>'! talk you n 



rU tiw^ar I didn 



. proFident of the Menard I 



his 



anis more of it, he says. 



* * * 

 eep Htyiiidal. folks. <jt't 



lic t'Lse V. Ill hi-.u*. HiU] 



A. director of finance, | 



Lalk over Kl'W Aunust 1. 



■ector of the .statiftri m^w j 



he iiuinediaifly ct-nsoi-l 



Hluo bad. . I 



• • * * I 



1. Cheekley, that was a i 

 de over w Ijft ine 



iKhl- I've liea. d yuu .several times and 



that good a tal i," 



(-'Iieekiey: "Y !a,h. I r^ad it off.' 



S|.i 



U I 



The 



iK-feat: •T 



spirit Caus Co 



^iinie with I*' 



iVat: 'What 



Defeat; "Oh 



l^n^aii County ( 



Lost : Farm 

 County — left ho 

 Auk. :i4. L^ite 

 looking for him ^ 



C. \V. Brown 

 niari-ifrl. Mian 

 \\h<i promised u 

 .\uil. just tliiiik, 

 iiiK school, 



T. P.. IsaacP. 

 visor, has iner 

 dition of one 



t helieve you could niudi 



rit That Wins, 

 it was certainly fine 

 ly showed after the la^l 

 I County, wasn't it?" 

 do you mean?" 



that bottled si)irit the 

 tcher got for them." 



, kdvlser Hushes of Menard 

 ne early Sunday morninn. 

 ug. 25 — Mr.*i. llUKhe» still 



assistant to ChorkJey. is 

 Lucille Sutll was Hit- f-'i'l 



I.e his lawful di.shw;.H)i.r, 

 ■ihe quit a t^ood jo\t teach- 



Vfason County's Farm Ad- 

 the force Ity the ad- 

 rioy to his housfcliold. 



Th**..!. A. A. 's charity wofk is commend- 

 able. .'Many sluim kiddies have been ^iven 

 outiuRH. corn ifhlpped lo Kurope'H refu- 

 gees, etc. Only last winter an apidicant 

 .soujrht A. 1). Ljynch, dairy marketing di- 

 rector, late one iilKht. in his office where 

 he was workiijg all by liini.self. 



The janitor lame to Lynch 's df»or ami 

 -•^aid, "A womi n waits without for you, 

 boss." ' - ^la 



"Without whit?" came tlie reply. 



'Without foo 1 nor elotliintr." said the 

 janin»r. 



•■(jivf her fn»d and cloihinp and send 

 her in." was tjhe answer. 



(We doubt t\in. Lynch never worl- 

 nielli, folks.) 



(llenn Rowel, and Ford Hush, the tw< 



WLS radio sin 

 Hureau folks 



\V. 



buck stuff loo 



Jers who entertained Farm 



this afterncKtri with their 



..tty songs aid charming voices, have 



evelo|)ed a c -eat following among the 



:idio fans of { he country. 



Today they (ang songs that have met 



with favor in roadcasting. Did you. Air. 



Mrs. or M\t i Radio Fan. reiro>uiize the 



you he ,rd today as ilie ones you 



njoyed > ver the radio in the iiasi? 



M. it's tri^ anyway, lint Sejirs-ltu*-- 



different clo.se ui». 



my 



today to j;et news from and get ac- 

 (juainled with Kami Bureau folks. J. 

 H. Cbtc-kley gave a talk over WLS. 

 Chicago radio station, lelling the 

 world about the picnie. 



Local people have been busily en- 

 gaged in making Linctdn a jovial host 

 for tho day. Committees were aj)- 

 pointed t\i/o nionthH ago by the Logan 

 County Farm Hureau. 



The general executive eomntittee 

 consisted of G. K. Metzger, director 

 Of org;Miizati(»n of the I. A. A.. D. C. 

 Shepli-r, Lincoln; John Lutz, Jr.. Lin- 

 coln; Will Gardner, Beitson; C!eo. J. 

 StoM. Chestnut; K. K. Sisson. Lincoln; 

 Cluus WiK.icers. HartsbnrK. and J. H. 

 Cherkley. Lineoln. D. (', Shepler was 

 in clKirge of eonec^sions. John Sclimuf 

 Lincoln, W. C. Coe, Atlanta and Os 

 ear Kchultz. New Holland, supervised 

 llic horseshoe pitMiIng tournament. 



The base Iml] games were under the 

 care of Hoss Quiscnberry, Rmden. and 

 Oscar Mounljciy of Atlanta. Junior 

 siK>iis were supervised by E. I. Pil- 

 chard of the University of Illinois, Al- 

 vin Kentschler of Chestnut and Clair 

 W. Brown of Lincoln. 



Chas. Sohaffer of Reason and Merle 

 Houston of Lineoln had eharge of 

 making anuigement for the airplane. 

 while Will (Jardner of Beason took 

 e;u-f <tf the musical program. 



Olfieiiil grcefcrs were Levi !leaver._ 

 Xi'w Htdland; Wm. Krau.se, Lineoln; 

 11. C. Sheiiler, Lincoln; A. M. Arm 

 strong, Lincoln. These men wolcom- 

 fd individual Farm Bureau members 

 at the gate. 



Superttition Explained 



Tl;e superstition connected with 

 lighting three cigarettes with one 

 match has its oii^rin In the fact that 

 In tJie old Russian funeral ser%*ice 

 three altar candles were lighted from 

 one taper. It was considered nn net 

 of impiety to make any other lights In 

 groups of three and. therefore, ill luck 

 ntould follow such an act. 



All Wear Homemade 



Rendy-mnde clotldng Is unknowTi fn 

 Venezuelii and there are 40.000 sew- 

 ing ma-hines, one to every 100 Inhab- 

 itants, in use there. 



Famous Mount 



Slount I'arna^sns is in ancient 

 Phocis, G.'t miles northwest of Athens. 

 It is celebrated lis one of llie i>rinci- 

 pal -seats of A!>oH-,i und the Muse.-*, juid 

 as an inspiring S'»urre of ixM-try ivnA 

 song. The Deliihic oracle and the Ca.s- 

 tali^ spring were on Its southern 

 slo|>e. The- expression "to climb Pur- 

 nassus." meaning to write poetry, Js 

 an exiiresslon once in vogue. — Kansas 

 City Star. 



SAM H. THOMPSON'. Our President 



Big Noise, Little Cause 



Ttie noise in the receiver of the 

 telephone apparatus is made by the 

 vibration of a diaphragm, hut it is 

 hard to conceive the minuteness of 

 this vibration. A scientific person 

 has recently undertaken to measure 

 this agitation of the dluphnigrn and 

 has arrived at the conclusion that It 

 is no more than one thirty-fifth part 

 of tin? millionth of an inch. 



!{;iiney — that v.us a good one. Sam 

 stated the funnel's position in that 

 •ase. all right, all right. 



Tlien there Wii.^ that trip to Wash- 

 ington with the r.7,i)ftO signatures all 

 signeil to petitions asking President 

 Coolidge and Congress in general to 

 do their best on tlie MeNary-Haugen 

 hMl. The potitions had consiilerable 

 weight tm congressional opinion, but 

 there's a h>t of people in Washington 

 who did not do their best for the hill. 

 in fact, we suspect some people were 

 "agin it." 



Th'Mi. if you remember, lie was in 

 the moving picture business with Mr. 

 McN'ary and Mr. Haugen on the cap 

 itol steps at Washington. Like a real 

 inovi*^ hero. Sam mr'tle a elipiax to the 

 picture. He dropped the dnrn peti 

 tions right wliile" the camera was 

 grinding. 



JlM'd no more than got a loan or two 

 out o^ his Quincy bank when this grain 

 merger business came up. And he's 

 l)een on the jump ever since trying 

 to find a few facts to put his fingers 

 on. The I. A. A. ordered an investi- 

 gation of The Grain .Marketing Com- 

 pany and until the results are ob- 

 tained Sam says the best thing to do 

 is wait. 



"Tim" Hard n of West Lineoln lown- 

 sliij. attended the I. A. A. meelinL; at 

 <;alest)urg last whiter. - 



While up tl ere "Tim" lost hi.-* shirt 

 iind had lo gt around witli his overcoat 

 on aiul the collar of it turned up. lie 

 Idanifd everybody he knew up there for 

 Ihe theft of bis shirt. 



1>. C Shepler, former I^ogan ('ounty 

 I'.'impaign manager and othej-wise famous, 

 .says he knows who got his shirt. He 

 chiiins he has been up to Galesburg sin<'e 

 "Tim" lost his shirt .nml saw a Swede 

 Kirl who worked in the hotel, wear-ing 

 "Tim's" iihlrt. 



What we want to know is ho\v Shepler 

 new it was 'Tim's" shirt the girl had 

 on. -ShepItT c<iukln't renienituT a i-eri;nn 

 shirt that long and why should he even 

 remember the Swede girl? Then at'ain. 

 wii> Would a Swede girl steal an Irish- 

 man's shir-t? The world sure are goiiu; 

 to the dawgs anyhow! 



• • « • 

 (If nil Ihe s:id wc>rds of tongue or i)eii: 

 the saddest are these: "We won't n-t 

 the rhanipionship." 



.Sadly sing.' Filrm .Advi.sor r>ickenson 

 ofCass I'ouniy and iHxl laureato of ihe 

 Farm liureau movement. I>ickenson's 

 wife and Kte'togmpher i« trying to j^et 

 him to give up buKeball for lighter anuise- 

 nietds— <IaiiciiiiT, for instance. 



(Continued on page T» 



' VAN ESS 



THREE BOTTLE MONEY BACK GUARANTEE 



Van Ess usually .stops falliiie Iiair in a few 

 wofks. But it };eii('ia]Iy takes alinut !«l days t<» start 

 new growth <»f' liair. One Ixitllf i.i' \i\i\ Kss, used 1 

 minute jwr day, lasts about '■',() days. That is wliy 

 we cannot f^ive you a .ti'Ua ranter- e.\<-(])t on llic ))tif- 

 'rliaise of tiii'ce Ix^ttles. 



Buy 11 nee bottles at one piuviliase. Tliis is H^o 

 quantity for a 00-day treatment. 'I'iieii use all three 

 bottles on yoiu' own sealj) as ])er directions. Tliat's 

 all you need to do. If you ai'c not satisfied with the 

 results, your money will be lefunded. 



This suavantee comes with a three-bottle pur- 

 chase of Van Ess Liquid Scalp MaHsa^e. For saJe at 



PFAU'S DRUG STORE 





This Space Reserved 

 for I 



EVERETT SMITH 



Candidate for j 



STATES ATTORNEY 



What to Take for 

 CONSTIPATION 



Tfeke a gcod dose fl{ Carton litde liver POli 



— tiien take 2 or 3 for a few nighta after. ThcT 

 deanse your system of an waste matter add 

 Begidate Toar Bowels. Mild— as easr.to 



&nanFnL SmallDose. &saIIPrioe. 



An.vthing can happon now. Insiir- 

 anco men licld a (-onvcnlion in Chica- 

 so witliout talkinj? off a single arm. 



English-Born Presidents 



FA'^ht I'ro.sulents wore l)nrn British 

 subjt'ots: Waslilncton, ,Tohn Adams, 

 .TefTcrson, MaJi.siin, Slimrop, John 

 Quincy Adams, Jacksnn and William 

 Ileniy Ilanlsiin. Marlin Van Buren 

 was the tirst president born an Anier- 

 tean citizon. 



tilii'HiiUli.i 



MOTOR CAR 



Constantly improved — 

 but no yearly models 



Stallings Auto Sales Co. 



Sales, Service, Oil and Greases, Storage, 

 Tires and Tubes 



Terms if Desired 



Phone 350 and 777 



TUESDAY, AUG. 26th 



All Lincoln Welcomes You I. A. A. 



Every employe of our company at 



your service. 



You will see ana hear new and better ways 

 ^^ of operating your farms. v « 



We invite the ladies to see the many modern 

 la )or Saving Household appliances to be had, 

 on display at our office. | 



H )over Sweepers, Thor Washing Machines, 



Eljectric Irons, Gas Ranges, Electric Fans, 



all for your comfort. 



Take advantage of this opportunity' to visit 



Lincoln, the only City in the United States 



named after Abraham Lincoln before He 



became great. 



\ ■ ' 

 At Your Service 



Lincoln Water & Light Co. 



Phone 3— 1103 





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