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The niinoU Agricultural Association Record 



AuKwt 30. 1924 



FAIR VISITORS SEE 

 ARRAY OF EXHIBITS 

 BY FARM BUREAUS 



First Prize Goes To Wills 



County; Grundy Second; 



Kendall Third ; Some 



nJob To Pick Winners 



Thousands of visitors at the 

 Central States Fair and Exposi- 

 tion, at Aurora, who studied the 

 exhiljtts of 12 county farm bu- 

 reaus, came away convinced of 

 the linvaluable worth of the 

 county Farm Bureau unit. 



The 12 Farm Bureau exhibits 

 arranged in a group in the wom- 

 en's building made up a display 

 reprflsentatiTe of Farm Bureau 

 workl in Illinois aad furnished 

 farml^rs and their families a 

 bird's eye view of constructive 

 farnii practices and activities. 



wills County Farm Bureau, 

 with an exhibit showing the com- 

 parison of corn produced from dis- 

 ease free seed and disease fret- 

 soil, took first prize. The display 

 showted the results of careful se- 

 lection ^r disease free seed, both 

 as to quality of corn produced 

 and as to yield per acre. Methods 

 of conducting germination tests, 

 keeping of records and samples i 

 of corn root rot and other dis- 

 eases were included in the blue| 

 ribbon exhibit. 



j Exhibit in Motion 



Gtundy county which styled it-i 

 self as "The Sweet Clover County | 

 won, 2nd on a unique exhibit dis-j 

 Dlaving sweet clover as the "key 

 to 'soil fertility." A miniature 

 threshing outfit which was actual- 

 ly l3 motion added reality to the 

 array of pictures, signs, samples 

 and banners. 



Kindall county took 3rd place 

 on its exhibit showing the effect 

 of using limestone in building up 

 soil and producing crops. In com- 

 parison to the wise use of lime- 

 stone the disastrous effect upon 

 the soil of not using limestone to 

 produce legume crops was shown. 



Telling the story of the largest 

 cow testing association in Illinois, 

 the Boone County Farm Bureau 

 took 4th prize. The display showed 

 the equipment, methods of sam- 

 pling and weighing, organization, 

 wavs of shipping and other details 

 in testing association work. 

 Champaign Cleans Up 



Champaign county, the home of 

 the original certified Manchu va- 

 riety of soy bean seed, cleaned up 

 1st 2nd, 3rd and 4th on certified 

 seed- Ist. 2nd and 3rd on uncerti- 

 fied seed and annexed 5th prize 

 among the county exhibits. Paul 

 Butlin of Seymour, who won 

 sweepstakes last fall in competi- 

 tion with samples from all parts of 

 the United States and Canada, got 

 Ist prize on the certified samples. 



Kane county, the county of 

 community clubs, displayed an ex- 

 hibit which illustrated the four 

 objects of a community club: De- 

 velopment of local talent for lead- 

 ership, a community spirit, an 

 agricultural program and a com- 

 munity social life. 



Real samples of ideal poultry 

 raising practices were on display 

 in the DuPage county booth. Sam- 

 ples of unbalanced rations, mon- 

 grel fiocks and inadequate housing 

 facilities were compared to model 

 methods of poultry production. 



The Bureau county exhibit was 

 another that showed by picture 

 and banner how the Farm Bureau 

 and home bureau works through 

 boys' and girls' clubs to develop 

 the four objects of community 

 clubs. 



The DeKalb booth was another 

 that emphasized the importance 

 of using only pure, clean seeds. 

 Samples of hay crops and grain 

 crops made up the exhibit. 



An exhibit portraying the dan- 

 gers to human health from bovine 

 tuberculous, the methods of erad- 

 ication and the progress made in 

 McHenry county was displayed 

 by the McHenry County Farm 

 Bureau. 



The LaSalle county corner dem- 

 onstrated the road to profit in hog 

 production by vaccination to pre- 

 vent cholera. 



The Whiteside county booth 

 told the world that its county 

 l>elieves "it pays to advertise." 

 The exhibit was a small school in 

 journalism, telling the story of 

 the Whiteside County Farm Bu- 

 reau through its weekly paper, 

 The Whiteside County Farmer. 



Nam (>. Nmlth, .\nchor, and R 

 horaeHhor pitehera of McLean eou 

 Bureau chanplonalilp cup. 



aben G. Bright, HudNon, orack 

 ntr. wlnnera of the atnte Farm 



MURPHY OUTLINES 



FARMERS' STATUS 



(Continued from page 1) 



Agricultural Association picnic 

 We are in solemn conference this 

 day because your inalienable 

 rights have been invaded. Not 

 only you, but all agricultural 

 people find themselves today in 

 economic bondage by rea.son of 

 the projection across the current 

 of the natural flow of economic 

 laws of artificial obstructions and 

 interferences which have resulted 

 in material advantage to labor, 

 industry and commerce, and to 

 corresponding disadvantages to 

 the nation's basic industry. Our 

 agricultural purposes are peace 

 ful, but at the same time de 

 termined and just." 



McXary-Haugen Bill Sound 



Continuing, Mr. Murphy stated 

 that the principle of the Mc 

 Nary-Haugen bill was sound and 

 that the American Council of 

 Agriculture is going to keep the 

 principle from becoming the foot- 

 ball of partisan politics. 



Under the present economic 

 structure of our country, he said 

 that 40,000,000 farmers, 35 per 

 cent of the nation's population, 

 is wearing economic chains. He 

 gave his reasons for the failure 

 of- the McNary-Haugen bill; told 

 of the sincerity of the funda 

 mental cause; pointed out that 

 the case of agriculture should be 

 stated clearly, that the people 

 want the truth, and that the 

 fault with our economic structure 

 should be attributed to the na- 

 tion's statesmen. He said that 

 the farmer's production cannot 

 be controlled but that industry 

 and labor have means of con- 

 trolling their production. 



At the Whiteside County Fair 

 a Better Baby Conference will be 

 conducted by the Whiteside Coun 

 ty Tuberculosis Society. Empha- 

 sis is placed upon the fact that 

 this is a conference, not a con 

 test, and that children not so 

 strong will Be as welcome as the 

 stronger ones. 



Toll.* 



BIGGEST 



LMR^r 



Marshall-Pntnam Farm Bureau 



recently conducted a boys' and 

 girls' calf club tour. Several 

 farms in the two counties were 

 visited where cattle judging dem- 

 onstrations were made. 



Several limestone com|Minies are 



giving free, aside from freight 

 charges, five tons of limestone to 

 each of 65 Montgomery county 

 boys who belong to an alfalfa club 



Ftirni AdvUer ('heokl^r of 

 |j«Kun county, n heel home on 

 the Htnte picnii' eommittee, 

 appointed three mlnlaterii In 

 Lincoln to pick out the "Bls- 

 areMt L,lar No Far** In the I. 

 A. A. RK<'ORD Llara* Con- 

 teMt. It waM decided that D. 

 <'. Shepler, a real, honeiit-to- 

 KoodneMM, public aplrlted 



Morker of the I.OKran CoontT' 

 Farm Bureau, ■hould have 

 the IN-lneh tin medal with 

 the adorning thr^e yards of 

 purple ribbon (ahown above) 

 aH his award for the entrrt 

 *'I never told a He." 



Adviser ('heckle^ made the 

 award during: the comntaBlty 

 ■Iniclnic and the Picnic Edi- 

 tion of the KKCORU con- 

 tained a bl|c Htory about it. 

 The Mtory quoted one of the 

 nilnlHtera a« foilowsi **There 

 was coHMlderable apparent 

 and Intentional lack of dls- 

 hone«ty In the batch of falae- 

 hoodn.** 



I nfortunatelr. Mr. Shepler 

 frot run over by an auto dur- 

 ing the mornlna: and nearly 

 fcot laid up In the hoapltal. 

 HIa mlafortnne nearly 



wrecked the conaplracy. 



Listen In! 



PAUM PROGRAM RADIO 



Over KYW — Wave Length 536 

 Central Standard Time 7:20 

 On Sept. 5. J. L. Whisnand. 

 I. A. A. executive committeeman 

 and chairman of the I. A. A. edu- 

 cational committee, will talk on, 

 "The Farmers' Educational Pro- 

 gram." Mr. Whisnand is ex- 

 perienced in Illinois school prob- 

 lems, having taught school and 

 once serving as county superin- 

 tendent of 8Cl\pol8. 



C. V. Gregory, editor of the 

 Prairie Farmer, talking on the 

 I. A. A. program the night of 

 Sept. 16. will tell of. "School 

 Days." 



On the last I. .A. A. program 

 for the month will be Arthur C. 

 Page, Editor, Orange Judd Illi- 

 nois Farmer, who will review. 

 "What We Saw at the State Fair 

 This Week." 



September 2 — "I. A. A. News Re- 

 view." by the Department of In- 

 formation of the Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association. 



■What the Colt Clubs are Doing^." 

 by Wayne Dinsmore. Secretary, 

 Horse Association of America. 



September 5 — "Farmers Educa- 

 tional Program." by J. L. Whis- 

 nand of the Executive Committee 

 of the Illinois Agricultural Asso- 

 ciation. 



"First Live Stock Shlpplng^ Asso- 

 ciation in Illinois," by Paul A. Pot- 

 ter, Assistant Editor, Orange Judd 

 Illinois Farmer. 



September 9 — 'A Hint to the 

 Housewife." by Miss Gudrun Carl- 

 son. Institute of American Heat 

 Packers, under the auspices of tiie 

 National Live Stock and Meat 

 Board. 



"Vour Community," by J. W. 

 Coverdale, Secretary. American 

 Farm Bureau Federation. 



September 12 — "How My Boys 

 Profit by Club Work," by J. R. 

 Howard, former president of the 

 American Farm Bureau Federation. 



"What to Do With Soft Corn." 

 by L. C Brown, of Cook County 

 Farmers' Institute and Editorial 

 Staff of the Orange Judd Illinois 

 Farmer. 



September 16 — "With the Farm 

 Bureau East of the Alleghenles," 

 by E. P. Cohlll. of the American 

 Farm Bureau Federation Execu- 

 1 i \ e Committee and president of 

 i])t> Maryland Farm Bureau Federa- 

 tion. 



■School Days." by C. V. Gregory, 

 l-Mitor of Prairie Farmer. 



September 19 — "Boys' and Girls' 

 I'lub Work in the South." by H. J. 

 Sr hwiet*Tt. General Development 

 AK^t'nt. Illinois Central Railroad. 



■What We Saw at the State Fair 

 This Week." by Arthur C. Page. 

 Editor, Orange Judd Illinois Farm- 

 er. 



September 23 — "Monthly Analysis 

 of Farm Markets." by H. W. Moor- 

 house, of the Howard -Moorhouse 

 Agricultural Business Service. 



"Vocational Agricultural Train- 

 ing." by Dr. C. H. Lane. Chief. 

 Agricultural Education Service. 

 Federal Board for Vocational Edu- 

 cation. Washington, D. C. 



September 26 — "Transportation of 

 Farm Products," by O. W. Sand- 

 berg. Director of Transportation, 

 American Farm Bureau Federation. 



Talk on Vocational Education by 

 Dr. C. H. Lane. Chief Agricultural 

 Education Service. Federal Board 

 for Vocational Education, Wash- 

 ington. D. C. 



September 30 — "Please Help Your- 

 self." by John A. tCotal. Secretary, 

 United Master Butchers of Ameri- 

 ca, under auspices of the National 

 Live Stock and Meat Board. 



"Observations -of the Growth of 

 Boys* and Girls' Club Work." by 

 John W. Coverdale. Secretary of 

 the Grain Marketing Company. 



RAIN DIDNT KEEP 

 FARMERS AWAY FROM 

 21ST DISTRICT MEET 



r 



Algonquin, III. 

 August 27, 1924. 

 The III. Agricultural Att'n., 

 608 South Dearborn, 

 Chicago, III. 

 Dear Sirs: — 



The Canada thistles that 

 I wrote you about on the 

 C. a N. W. Ry. have all been 

 cut and they made a clean 

 Job of It. 



Am very much obliged for 

 your prompt action In this 

 matter. 



Yours truly, 



(Signed) B. B. Stewart. 



John C. Watson, I. A. A. direc- 

 tor of taxation and statistics, 

 will attend the national tax con- 

 ference in St. Louis, Sept. 15 to 

 19. This meeting is attended by 

 taxation administrators of vari- 

 ous states and cities and by 

 teachers, students and professors 

 of economics. It has been an 

 annual affair for the last 15 

 years. 



Dick Denzlg won the homely 

 man contest at the Marshall- 

 Putnam Farm Bureau picnic. The 

 pig-calling prize went to Louis 

 Boyle. 



Seventy - two Farm Bure*u 



Representative* Discuss 



Various Problems; Bos«t 



Area Testing for T. B. 



A downpour of rain wasn't 

 enough, to prevent farm bureau 

 executive committeemen and dele- 

 gates from attending the 21st dis- 

 trict conference at TaylorviUe, 

 August 20. Seventy-two farmers 

 from Macoupin, Montgomery. 

 Christian and Sangamon counties 

 plowed through mud in their cars 

 or came by train to TaylorviUe 

 for the meeting. 



R. A. Cowles, treasurer of the 

 I. A. A., made a short talk in the 

 forenoon explaining the present 

 status of the Grain Marketing 

 Company and the position of the 

 I. A. A. toward the big merger. 

 To safeguard its 63,000 Illinois 

 farm bureau members, the I. A. A. 

 has maintained a neutral and 

 open-minded stand on the new 

 grain company, he said. A thor- 

 ough investigation by the best 

 legal counsel available is now be- 

 ing made by the Association. This 

 investigation is made as a matter 

 of sound business practice and not 

 particularly with the intention of 

 prejudicing I. A. A. members 

 against the grain company. 



Eat Free Dinner 



After the morning meeting the 

 slxty-flve farm bureau boosters 

 were treated to a real farm bu- 

 reau dinner in the Methodist 

 church. The meal was "on" the 

 Christian County Farm Bureau, 

 smokes and all. 



Variety was the spice of the af- 

 ternoon meeting. Mr. Cowles re- 

 viewed the organization of the 

 American Council of Agriculture, 

 giving as the purpose of the 

 Council, "to secure economic 

 equality for agriculture with cap- 

 ital and labor." The widely scat- 

 tered character of the industry, 

 the millions of individuals In- 

 volved, and the impossibility of 

 limiting production were given by 

 Mr. Cowles as the reasons why 

 agriculture has not been unified 

 as have labor and capital. 



The Council aims to overcome 

 this natural obstruction to unifica- 

 tion by legislative protection for 

 farmers such as labor and capital 

 have enjoyed from laws which 

 allow them to compete in Ameri- 

 can protected markets. 



Want Kfflcient Service 



Sam Sorrells, executive com- 

 mitteeman for the 2 Ist district, 

 reviewed the activities of the I. 

 A. A. as they affect farmers of 

 central Illinois. The sentiment 

 of the general discussion which 

 followed was to require more 

 efficient service from the I. A. 

 A. and its several departments 

 without establishing additional 

 departments or projects. 



Short talks on area testing for 

 tuberculosis were made by county 

 veterinarians Hess of Montgomery 

 county and Montgomery of Chris- 

 tian countj^. Farmers who took 

 part in the discussion of the 

 tuberculosis eradication problems 

 were united in endorsing a con- 

 tinuance of the campaign against 

 bovine taberculosis. 



The following names were 

 taken in answer to the roll call: 



Macoupin County: J. F. Leeper, C. 

 H. Leeper. E. L,eeper, J. P. Enslow. 

 L. C. Bates, Dale Dewii, G. W, 

 Wrightman, H. J. Shultz, C. M. 

 Shultz. W. A. Shultz. H. W. Reis, 

 E. W. Rusk and Roy Bates. Total IJ. 



Montgomery County: R. E. Gifford. 

 A. E. Satterlee. H. G. Lingle. Walter 

 Satterlee. Alden Snyder. W. H. Turn- 

 er. Lewis Lessman. Howard Turner, 

 Sam SorrellB, H. A. Cress, Dr. Geo. 

 Hess. Geo. C. Simon and wife, M. E. 

 Roberts and wife. Total IB. 



Sangamon County: John Stout, F. 

 L. Stout. I. A. Madden. A. D. Van 

 Meter, J. F. Greenwood and wife, 

 Fred Darcy. Total 1. 



Christian County: Glenn Hunter. 

 C R. McCloskey. G. A. Wacker. M. 

 C. Durbln, Dwight Hart. T. A. Os- 

 termeier, Harold Gordon. Elmer 

 Waddell. Bart Hall. Wm. Pearson. 

 George Spates, Elmer Gebiiart. Nel- 

 son Waddle, Chris Munzenmaler, 

 Fay Hubbard, C. W. Rayhill, C. B. 

 Norris. Frank Kincaid. Wm. Shan- 

 non. Frank Garwood, E. E. McVick- 

 er. T. H. Langen, Ray Beaty. Wm. 

 Palmer H. E. Kendle. Andrew Bur- 

 gess. J. H. Gebhart. C. E. Hay, L. E. 

 Naah, R. R. Shepherd, H. S. Arm- 

 strong. Henry Kessler, Wm. Engel- 

 man. Con Curtin. W. A. Mateer. Wm. 

 Shaw and Dr. R. S. Montgomery. 

 Total S7. 



