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The IDinott Asrncultural AMOciadon Record 



Septendier 13, 1984 



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 ^▼"RECORPPV" 



Pablished every other Saturday by the Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association. 608 South Dearborn Street. Chicago. 

 Illinois. Edited by Department of Information, H. C. 

 B«tcber, Director. 



Entered as second class matter Oct. 10. 1921. at the post 

 office at Chicago. Illinois, under the act of March 3. 1879. 

 Acceptance for mailing at special rates of postage pro- 

 vided for in Section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, auttaor- 

 lied Oct. »1. 1981. 



Tke indlTldnal membership fee of the Illinois Arglcul- 

 turml Association is fire dollars a year. This fee Includes 

 payment of fifty cents for subscription to the Illinois Ac- 

 rlcultural Association Record. 



OFFICERS 

 Preaident, 9. H. Thompson, Qaincf. I I 



Vice-President, C. B. Watson, DelUlb. ' ' 



I Treasurer, B. A. Cowles, Bloomlngton. 



i Secretary, Geo. A. Fox, Sycamore. 



I BXECCTrVECOMMTPrKB , I 1 



I By Congressional Districts ' ' 



lltb {... Jacob Olbrlch, Harvard 



13th j. ,... G. F. Tullock, Rockford 



13tli C. E. Bamborough, Polo 



14th W. H. Moody, Port Byron 



ISth ' H, E. Gocmbel, Hooppole 



Kth i , A. R. Wright, Varna 



17th ...P.'D. Barton, Cornsll 



18th.... .1...' R. F. Karr, iroquola 



19th J. L. Whisnand, Charlsston 



aoth Eari C. Smith, Detroit 



21st Samuel Sorrells, Raymond 



22nd Stanley Castle, Alton 



23rd J. E. Llngenf alter, Lawrencevlile 



24th ..Curt Anderson, Xania 



2Sth ...Vsman Leaalsy, Sparta 



I Directors of Departments 



! I. A. A. Office 



General Office and Assistant to Secretary, J. H. Kelker; 

 Organization, G. E. Metzger; Information, H.C. Butcher, 

 Transportation, L. J, Quasey, Statistics, J. C. Watson; 

 FInsnce, R. A. Cowles; Fruit and Vegetable Marketing, 

 A. B. Leeper; Live Stock Marketing, WM. E. Hedgcock; 

 Dairy Marketing, A. D. Lynch; Phosphate-Limestone, 

 J. R. Bent; In charge Poultry and Egg Marketing, F. A. 

 Gougler; special representative on Tuberculosis Eradi- 

 cation, M. H. Petersen; Legal Counsel, Donald Kirk- 

 Patrick; Cooperative Accounting, Gbo. R. Wicker. 



An Explanation 



The American Farm Bureau Federation News 

 Letter, which goes to county agents or fann ad- 

 visers and Farm Bureau workers all over the na- 

 tion, carried a statement in its issue of last week 

 tfcat "the chairman of the Illinois Grain Market- 

 ing Committee, H. E. Goembel, sent his wheat to 

 this company", meaning The Grain Marketing 

 CJompany. 



J Mr. Goembel states emphatieallj' that he did not 

 ship his grain to The Grain Marketing Company. 

 He states that he shipped to .James E. Bennett & 

 Oo. and The Grain Marketing Company bought the 

 carload on the Chicago Board of Trade. 



As chairman of the I. A. A. Grain Marketing 

 committee, Mr. Goembel wants if understood that 

 hj» is in full accord with the st$nd taken by the 

 Illinois Agricultural As.sociatinn in ifs demand for 

 essential facts before attempting to determine the 

 Association's attitude toward the promotion of The 

 Grain Marketing Company in the state. 

 ! "I had a conference with Mr. Coverdale cover- 

 ing certain phases of the I. A. A. investigation," 

 (>Kplains Mr. Goembel. "Durilig our conversa- 

 tion, Mr. Coverdale mentioned that The Grain 

 Marketing Company was haiuHiii^ considerable 

 wet grain and that it was being processed at a low 

 cost. I was interested in what It would cost me 

 to get my grain processed. He said that if I would 

 give him the number of the car, he would have it 

 traced and a check on the various costs made. 

 But I did not ship to The Grain Marketing Com- 

 pany — the car was bought by them on the Board 

 of Trade." 



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Driving Around 



! G. E. Metzger, organization director, tells the 

 following story: 



"I sometimes feel that a great many farmers get 

 to the point where they do a great deal like a 

 friend of mine who bought a new Ford. I met 

 t^ friend some time ago, and I asked him: 



"How is the new Lizf" 



" 'Oh, just fine,' he said. 



"How far have you driven itf " I asked him. 



" 'Four thousand miles.' j . , 



"How long have you had itT ( : j j: 



" 'Four months'. ' 



' "You must have been on a long trip to have 

 4riven your car 4,000 miles in four months. 

 1 " 'No, I haven't been on a trip. I haven't been 

 4nywhere. I have just been driviag around.' 

 ' "I sometimes think that quite often we farmers 

 (iperate for a period of weeks, or months, or some- 

 tiines years, and suddenly wake up to the fact that 

 we have just been driving around." 



We're Starting Something 



In the column to the right and under the head- 

 ing "The Voice of the Members" are a few let- 

 ters from members and former members telling 

 their views. 



"The Voice of the Members" column is new with 

 this issue of the RECORD. Maybe we are start- 

 ing something we can't finish, but we don't think 

 so. We think Farm Bureau folks will make good 

 use of the column. 



The membership is cordially invited to express 

 opinions in this column. And it is not our inten- 

 tion to censor the material printed under its head- 

 ing. Constructive criticism is best. Destructive 

 criticism helps get a load off somebody's chest, but 

 .it does not build. The I. A. A. needs builders, and 

 the builders are the members. 



Let us call a spade a spade, and take the opin- 

 ions for what, they are worth. What do you think 

 of Mr. Wienecke's suggestion in his letter? Let 

 us have YOUR opinions. 



I Vote or Shut Up '; 



A LTniversity of Chicago professor who has just 

 returned from a trip in Europe, where he made 

 observations along lines of political economics, re- 

 ports that the ideal republic of today is Czecho- 

 Slov.akia. 



And the reason for this is that every voter must 

 vote or pay a fine, he tells us. 



Here in the United States we would not miss 

 the revenue we lost when the Volstead act went 

 in if we collected a dollar from every eligible voter 

 who failed to vote. 



Every person who has the right should vote. 

 And this applies to Farm Bureau members par- 

 ticularly. As recognized leaders in agriculture, 

 Farm Bureau members should make it their patri- 

 otic duty to "have a say" on election day. 



Vote or shut up'. 



Be Ready To Antwer 



Get ready to answer questions on the Farm Bu- 

 reau, folks! For there's an essay contest coming, 

 and when the school students start writing essays, 

 they'll be prodding all of us for "dope". The 

 subjects for this nation-wide contest are: "Why 

 dad should belong to the Farm Bureau" or "Why 

 dad is a Farm Bureau member." 



Get ready to answer questions, folks, for we will 

 all be in this contest. The kids will be in the front 

 line trenches and parents, school teachers, farm 

 advisers and the rest of us re-inforcing them with 

 ammunition. 



Keep your powder dry by being ready to answer 

 questions. 



Getting Together 



To bring about better co-operation and under- 

 standing between the leaders in the Illinois Grain 

 Dealers Association, representing the farmers' el- 

 evators of the state to which many Farm Bureair^ 

 members are associated, and the leaders in the Il- 

 linois Agricultural Association, an all-day confer- 

 ence between the two groups is being called jointly 

 for October 2, the day preceding the next regular 

 T. A. A. executive committee meeting. 



A more complete understanding, which is con- 

 ducive to whole-hearted co-operation, should result 

 from this meeting. The personal contact between 

 the two bodies of men, plus an airing of views by 

 both, will do much to bring the farmers' elevators 

 and the Farm Bureau where they belong — closer 

 together. j • . ' • •- ; 



I The Voter's Yardstick 



Farm Bureau members ask the I. A. A. WHO 

 they should vote for. The I. A. A. is absolutely, 

 definitely and infallibly non-partisan. Let that be 

 understood. 



But, WHAT Farm Bureau members should vote 

 for is different. Every candidate for state or na- 

 tional oflSce should be measured with the yard stick 

 of equality for agriculture. 



The American Council of Agriculture is taking 

 steps to see that candidates for such offices are 

 pledged to help agriculture obtain equality with 

 industry and labor. Equality for agriculture is an 

 economic question and it is the intention of the 

 Council that it shall not become the football of par- 

 tisan politics. 



Stand your equality for agriculture measuring 

 stick up alongside your candidate. Is he a friend 

 to agriculture, and will he remain a friend after 

 he gets your votet 



But vote, by all means, vote! 



The Voice of the Members 



Members are invited to speak their minds in this 

 column. As many letters from members will be 

 printed each issue as space will permit. Letters 

 should be short and snappy; tUl must be signed to 

 be printed. All constructive criticism of the Farm 

 Bttreau— county, state or national units — is welcomed. 

 If you have any grievances^ praise or suggestions, 

 here is the place to tell them. lt*s your column, 

 make it wh4U you will. Address letters to H. C, 

 Butcher, I. A, A. Record, 608 S. Dearborn, Chicago. 



Carlrle, III, An*. 10, 19J4. 

 Mr. H. C. BiAcher. Director of Information. 

 D«ar SIrt In regard to the merKer of the Ave Mm vrala 

 rompanlea. In my opinion thU t« meant to mifllead the 

 farmer*. I believe In orKanlxatlon and co-operatlTe bny- 

 Iniic and nelllnB. bnt I have no faith In an or^anlKatlon 

 irotten np by theae Mpeoulatorn for the "Rood** Of the 

 farmer unleas the farmers have abHOlute eontrol. 



I believe In the Farm Bureau and I think It wlae that 

 the Farm Bureau laveMtisate before glvlns their opinion 

 on the merger. The plan seema anaplelona to me, aa in 

 the paat theae apeenlatora oppoaed all farm orffanlsa- 

 tlona. and now they are wanting to fornt an organisa- 

 tion "for the good of the farmer.** 



I believe their aim la to aell ua farmer* aonie vrorthleaa 

 Mtoek or Home unprofltable rlevatora. I honeatly believe 

 the mergrer la to be of more benefit to the apecnlator 

 than to the farmer. It will only be koo4 for the few 

 at the head that are on the pay roll. 

 Sincerely yonra* 



NIC laaafc. 

 We're After the Facts, Nic, 



(Fifty letters to p&sons who had dropped their Fann 

 Bureau memberships during the summer were mailed out 

 a few days before the RECORD went to press. These fol- 

 lowing replies had been received.) 



Tlakllwa, 111.. Scvt 8, 1924. 

 Dear .Mr. Batchert 



My reaaon for not renewing my membcrahip In the 

 Farm Bureau la that I am not farming »»r more. Of 

 eourae It la all right to he a member, but I cannot afford 

 to apend the money for the aame while not farming. 



Yonra truly, 

 I^onla E^ Gingery. 

 He Quit Farming. 



Aahmorei 111.. Sept. 5. 1924. 

 Dear SIrt 



In reirard to why I did not renew my membcrahip In 

 the Farm Bureau. 1 have moved to town. Am now in 

 n meat market, and don*t feel that It would pay me to 

 ntay In any longer. 



I.. R. Miller. 

 And So Did Mr. MUler. 



Barrlnston. III. 

 Dear .Slrat 



Per requeat on the other aide, all I can aay la, I do not 

 feel aa though I get flCteen dollara, value received, per 

 year, from the Farm Bureau. My ausKcatlon la that yon 

 aend a asan, who la well Informed In farming: In general* 

 and have him vlalt the membera oecaalonally. ao if they 

 have a queatlon they can aak him about it. Yon know a 

 farmer will not take the time or trouble to write to yo*. 

 I refer to the majority. 



Reapectfnily. 



Chaa. Welneck& 

 P. S. f he re«t of the family are through with dinner? 



while I wrote thla. 

 Sorry You Missed Your Dinner, Chas. 



Macomb. 111.. Sept. 7. 1B24. 

 Dear HIrat 



In reply to your qneatlon w^lU aay that the reaaon I 

 did not renew waa beeanae I loat all I had on the farm 

 with bad loek, and moved to town, and felt I did not 

 need It any more. I waa nnable to keep np the expenae. 

 But I will aay that I think It a fine thing. 

 Yonra reapeetfuUy. 



F. L. Lcftrldffe. 

 Hard Luck, Mr. Leftridge. 



THE LIARS' CORNER 



WHBRB IS THIS MELON PATCH? 

 Dear Sirt 



I hBven*t Imagination enough to tell lies, bnt here 

 la an nbaolntely truthful happening that I have 

 a hard time getting people to believe. 



I waa working for a fellow one time who ralaed 

 very flue wntermelona. One day he aent me to the 

 patch to get n melon, nnd an I waa going to help 

 eat It, of rourae 1 picked one of the largest melons 

 I could And. 



I tried to carry the thing home, bat I could net 

 lift It. So 1 got a pole nnd pried It loose from the 

 vine and atarted It rolling down hill toward the 

 house. The hill waa pretty steep, and the melon 

 got to rolling ao faat that It dldn*t atop when It 

 reached the bottom, but rolled on agalnat the honae 

 and tore off one room. The blow cauaed the melon 

 to break open, and the Juice of It drowned 22 dncks 

 and 14 gecNC^-tiuat Hesa, Teutopolla, Illlnola. 



he:re?s onk from Colorado 



Dear Eldltort 



Our neighbor, Mike B.. la a small man. weighing 

 only about 135 pounds, but we must nil admit that 

 he la, as he modestly aaya. "Hell for stout.** To 

 prove hia proweaa, he tella of a time when he and 

 a companion were herding a thoaaond aheep. ishen 

 a terrible bllBaard atrack them. They auccecded 

 In getting the abeep to within half a mile of camiy, 

 but the poor things could get no fnrther, so each 

 man gathered up a sheep under each arm, carried 

 it to camp, and returned for t'wo more. By mom« 

 Ing they had carried the whole thousand head to 

 camp. 



On another occasion, Mike went Jack rabbit bant- 

 ing with aome of his friends, and he got so far 

 ahead of them that he thought he would atop and 

 count the rabbit* he waa carrying. He bad 411, and 

 the rabbits averaged 8 pounds aplece.~-Mrs. Pearl 

 Underwood, New Castle. Colorado. 



SOHe GUN! 

 Dear Kdltort 



One day recently I was oat hunting with a friend, 

 when he made a allghtlBg remark about my gna, 

 ao of eourae. I had to ahow him what a good gun It 

 waa. I noticed n cro^iT on a fence poat near a 

 aehoolhonae, about a quarter of a mile down the 

 road, ao I took aim carefully and ahot at It. The 

 bullet killed the crow, went through both aides of 

 the brick aehoolhonae nnd went down a row of po- 

 tatoea on the other aide of the houae and plowed 

 them out better than breaking plow. All we had to 

 do waa walk down the row and pick up the pota- 

 toea.<^Ralph Faul. Route No. S, Lincoln, Illinois. 



Not so bad. eht But we need some more yarna 

 to swap. Come on-^iend ns in your tallest ones. 

 Yon may w^ln the plntlnum lee pick when w^e de- 

 cide on the winners at the Annual Meeting next 

 January. Fish stories are not barred.-~Eklltor. 



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