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The IMInoU Agricnlhiral A«»odation Record 



September 27, 1924 



FARMERS OF 13TH 

 DISTRICT MEET IN 

 LIVELY CONFERENCE 



Ducuss Community Problems; 



"Dad" Wise Tells of Trip 



Abroad; Cowle* Explain* 



Grain Merger 



Farmers from Lee, Ogle. White- 

 side, Stephenson, Jo Daviess and 

 Carroll counties assembled for a 

 district Farm Bureau conference 

 at Freeport, Sept. 16, with C. E. 

 Bamborough, I. A. A. executive 

 committeeman, presiding. 



R. A. Cowles, I. A. A. treasurer, 

 who spoke at the conference de- 

 scribed it as, "one of the best I 

 ever attended" and Mr. Bambor- 

 mugh characterized it as a "crack- 

 erjack." 



The discussions were confined 

 chiefly to the farmers' problems 

 within their own respective com- 

 munities. Mr. Bamborough had 

 previously arranged tor the fol- 

 lowing short talks: 



"The Farmer as a Citizen," 

 W. L. Reigie, Lee County. "The 

 Farmers in Unison or Organiza- 

 tion," L. R. Birdsall, Whiteside 

 County. "The Farmer in Busi- 

 ness," Albert L. Getz, Carroll 

 County. "The Farmer in Poli- 

 tics," T. F. Ellis, Stephenson 

 County. 



The High LighU 



The following high lights from 

 tkese addresses show the trend 

 of the speakers' minds: 



■ "The farmer is an outstanding 

 example of Loyalty." "The farm- 

 er is more ready and willing to 

 respond to worthy calls than 

 others." "A satisfactory and 

 profitable agriculture stabilizes 

 Kood citizenship." "Home influ- 

 ence, good reading, examples set 

 by parents, an economic condition 

 ii good citizenship." "Mark of 

 good citizenship is expressed by 

 the use of the ballot." "It be- 

 hooves the farmer to vote at 

 every opportunity he has." "Vote 

 intelligently," "Vote for the one 

 that is pledged to safeguard your 

 special Interest, Agricoltare. That 

 i% the reason organized capital, 

 organized industry and organized 

 labor have been 'sitting pretty' 

 while the disorganized farmers 

 have been compelled to take what 

 He other fellows were willing to 

 Klve to us." 



Farm Adviser "Dad" Wise, 

 Whiteside county, told very in- 

 terestingly of the experience of 

 tke world's champion dairy judg- 

 ing team as they visited places of 

 interest in England, Scotland, 

 France, Switzerland and the 

 Islands of Jersey and Guernsey 

 Find WeU Bred Stock 



Their chief interest was, of 

 course, in the agriculture of these 

 countries. In telling of his im- 

 pressions of European farming 

 Mr. Wise stated that one of the 

 most noticeable things was that 

 the livestock was all well bred 

 and well cared for in all of the 

 places they visited. 



Mr. Cowles was called upon 

 for information regarding the 

 drain Marketing Compitny and 

 I He attitude of the I. A. A. 

 toward it. Stating that the in- 

 vestigation by the I. A. A. com- 

 n(itee is still proceeding, he ex- 

 pressed his disappointment that 

 the vender companies who are 

 eatering this co-operative enter- 

 prise are very slo*r about sub- 

 mitting to the investigating com- 

 mittee such figures as would be 

 required by the stock exchange if 

 the stock were listed with ' them 

 tor sale. He believes that any 

 Individuals or associations con- 

 sidering investing or entering in- 

 to co-operative relations with 

 such an organization should be 

 entitled to such information. 



Whether these elevator properties 

 eife really worth the amount they 

 :»!ti' 'held at and whether it is really 

 I't'-essary for the farmers to pur- 

 <■ lase them at all and how the man- 

 ;>rtfment of the business may he de- 

 veloped and controlled are problems 

 i"i which more information must be 

 olitained before the I. A. A. will in- 

 flfirse the org:anization. 



'•■Wh'le it may be embarrassing," 

 .*<iiid Mr. Cowlea. "to hold off while 

 [-lime others are entering into the 

 t'ltin. yet it migrht be much more 

 ,-mbarrassinK to indorse somethlngr 

 tttat would prove detrimental later." 

 .Ity otficial and unanimous vote the 

 ilitjtrict conference resolved to en- 

 ilOrse the policy of the I. A. A. in 

 thoroughly investigating and with- 

 holding its decision until that In- 

 v,t«tigation is complete. 



Extract from Letter from 

 Knox County Farm 

 Bureau 

 Galnknrg, III., 

 Aoanut 19, 1924. 

 ^', D. Perry of Hermon, 111., 

 reporta that the M. A St. L.. 

 Railroad got busj and rut the 

 thlatlea along the right at 

 war before they weat lato 

 blooBt. 



<siKaFd> h. R. Marrhaat. 

 AdTtaer. 



Here Is the Final Settlement 

 of -Another Case 



Sept. 18, 1924. 

 Mr. Fraak Butxovr, 

 Chenervllle. III. 

 Hear Stri 



REt Claim agalnat i\ 

 M. Jt St. P. Fire Dam- 

 age. 

 la aeeordanee vrlth our let- 

 ter of Aug. IS aad your repir 

 thereto, we have obtalnmi the 

 railroad conipany'a eheek In 

 the antonnt of 9130 In pay- 

 meat of thia claim aad attach 

 name hereto. 



1%'e traat thIa matter has 

 heen handled to 7oar entire 

 aatlafactloa. 



Yoora very trtily, 

 TRANSPORTATION DEPT. 

 !<. J. (laaaey. Director 



Eighty farmers imd adTisers 



attended the first of several seed 

 corn selection meetings being 

 held by the University of Illinois. 



Listen In! 



Tune in on KYW the evening 

 of October 3, Farm Bureau folks, 

 for that is the night when two 

 I. A. A. executive committeemen 

 put forth their views on two vi- 

 tally important phases of farm bu- 

 reau work. Here is the rest of 

 the September program and the 

 October list: 



.September 30 — "Please Help Vour- 

 aelf." l)y John A. Kotal, 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 AV. Coverdale, Secretary of the 

 Grain Marketing Company. 



October 3 — "Rural Community 

 Building." by Franlc D. Barton. Cor- 

 nell. Executive Committeeman of 

 the I. A. A. 



"Putting Business In Farming." 

 by chauncey B. Watson. De Kalb. 

 Vice-President of I. A. A. 



October 7 — American Farm Bu- 

 reau Federation feature. 



"Vocational Agriculture in Twelve 

 Xorth Central States." by J. A. 

 Linke. Supervisor of Vocational Ag- 

 riculture. Xorth Central Region. 



October JO — "Better Boys and 

 Better Calves." by Earl Cooper. Hol- 

 stein-Friesian Association of Amer- 

 ica. 



".«!tunt.>i for Tour Evenings' Pro- 

 grama." by Paul A. Potter. Assistant 

 Editor, Orange Judd Illinois Farmer. 



October 14 — "Painting and Hous- 

 ing of -Farm Machinery." by F. A. 

 Wirt. Editor. Case Eagle, Racine. 

 Wis. 



American Farm Bureau Federa- 

 tion feature. 



October 17 — Boys' and Girls' Club 

 Feature, by A. D. Polker.. Mont- 

 gomery Ward & Co. 



"What Cattle Feeders Are Talk- 

 ing About." by D. C. Waterman. 

 Editorial Staff of the Orange Judd 

 Illinois Farmer. 



October 21 — .American Farm Bu- 

 reau feature. 



"Plugging Tweaks in Co-ops." bv 

 George R. Wicker. Mfer.. lilinoi's 

 Agricultural Co-operatives Associa- 

 tion and Director of the Illinois 

 •-Agricultural Association Dept. of 

 Co-operative Accounting. 

 • October 24 — "What the National 

 Roys' and Girls' Club Congress 

 ■\Teans to America." by G. L. Noble. 

 Secretary. National Committee on 

 Boys* and Girls' Club Work. 



"Farmers' Produce Markets," by 

 Arthur C Page. Editor. Orange Judd 

 Illinois Parmer. 



October 28 — "Monthly Analysis of 

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

 house. Howard-Moorhftuse Agricul- 

 tural Business Service. 



American Farm Bureau Federa- 

 tion feature. 



Oi^ober 31 — "Farm Juniors at the 

 International Live Stock Exposi- 

 tion." by B. H. Helde. Gen. Mgr, 

 International Live Stock Exposition. 



"What the Illinois Farm Bureaus 

 Are Doing." by H. C. Butcher. Di- 

 rector of Information. I. A. A. 



One of the many activities of 



George H. Crawford, an Iowa 

 cow tester for a two-county as- 

 sociation, is the regular Job of 

 weighing babies and judging bible 

 reading contests. He says the 

 life of a dairyman isn't all 

 drudgery. 



Marshall-Patnam Farm Bureau 



ordered another 350 tons of lime- 

 stone last week. 



In A'emillton county over 16,- 

 000 cattle have been tested for 

 tuberculosis. 



Half of the farm homes in 



Sweden are equipped with elec- 

 tricity. 



A. F. B. F. OFFICULS 

 TAKE GRAIN JOBS 



(Continued from page 1> 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture; 

 Murray D. Lincoln, secretary of 

 the Ohio Farm Bureau Federa- 

 tion; Gray Silver and E. B. Reld 

 of the Washington office. 



Following the president's re- 

 port came the report of the 

 treasurer, which ^ave a digest of 

 the financial situation. In this 

 report It was shown that the 

 Federation had been operated 

 some 110,000 under the total 

 budget set at the first of the year 

 and $14,300 of the Federation's 

 indebtedness had been liquidated 

 this year. 



For Farmers' Bill 

 A general discussion of pend- 

 ing farm legislation was carried 

 on by the executive committee 

 following the report made by 

 Gray Silver on Monday afternoon. 

 During this discussjon a resolu- 

 tion made by C. E. Hearst was 

 passed by the committee, which 

 empowered the legislative com- 

 mittee to make a draft of the 

 bill which is to be presented in 

 the next Congress. Mr. Hearst's 

 resolution called for a re-draft by 

 the A. F. B. F. legislative com- 

 mittee of the McNary-Haugen bill 

 along such lines that would more 

 likely insure its passage. 



Following the report of the Fi- 

 nance Department showing: several 

 states delinquent in matters of ac- 

 counting to the national office for 

 membership dues collected, the fol- 

 lowing report was made by the Fi- 

 nonce Sub-Committee of which Pres- 

 ident Thompson is a member: 



Tour Finance Committee has ex- 

 nnilned the preiient Ktatna of the va- 

 rlouB atateii with respect to their II- 

 nnn4Tlni obllfcationM to the American 

 Farm Bnrenu Federation, and we 

 hes leave to call the board*a atten- 

 tion to the fact that a number of 

 atateH are In arrenra. aome hnvins 

 wholly failed to make any paymenta 

 of duea to the A. F. B. F. for the 

 present year. 



We call the board's attention to 

 th4* provision In the constitntlon 

 which empowers the board to sus- 

 pend such atntes, and we nrfce that 

 appropriate action be taken to the 

 end that it may be speedily deter- 

 mined w^hat states may properly 

 participate In the ensnlns conven- 

 tion of the American Federation. 

 And we suKKCSt that the board em- 

 power the president to commun- 

 icate with the Mcveral delinquent 

 states on behalf of the board and to 

 call attention to their delinquency 

 and to the penalty which la provided 

 by the constitution. 



In view of the fact that our con- 

 vention will be held In less than 

 three months from the present date 

 we urse that this matter be acted 

 upon promptly and that the several 

 delinquent states be communicated 

 vrlth at once. 



Ii^'e further smtmreat that the pres- 

 ident compile a report of his flnd- 

 Ingrs respectInK the delinquent states 

 ■o that the same may be available 

 to the credentials committee of the 

 convention when appointed In order 

 that such committee may act In- 

 telilffently upon the credentials of 

 the several delfgrates. 



Child Labor Bill 



Following the discussion of the 

 amendment to the Constitution. 

 which gives the Federal Govern- 

 ment power to prohibit the labor of 

 persons under the age of eighteen 

 years, the executive committee of 

 the American Farm Bureau Feder- 

 ation passed the following resolu- 

 tion : 



**Whereas. Conirress has passed an 

 amendment to the t'onstitutlon 

 which would (cive that body 'iiower 

 to prohibit the labor of persons 

 under the aice of IN years and to 

 prescribe the conditions of such la- 

 bor and ratification of this action Is 

 now before the state Icfclalntures, 

 and 



**Whereas. The opportunity to dls- 

 conraice or prohibit this sort of fed- 

 eral interference— making a farm 

 mother of Congress— has pasfted for 

 the moment beyond the activities of 

 the American Farm Bureau Feder- 

 ation and has become almost en- 

 tirely a state question, and 



"Whereas, The proposed amend- 

 ment will give Congress blanket au- 

 thority to pass stringent and far- 

 fluufr laws on this subject which la 

 already covered adequately and ac- 

 cording to local conditions In a ma- 

 jority of states. 



"We urare the Ntnte Farm Bureau 

 Federation to Impress upon their 

 leglHlatures the desirability of de- 

 feating the ratification of the child 

 labor amendment." 



At this meeting of the executive 

 committee the Farm Bureau went 

 on record along with other organ- 

 izations urging that every American 

 citizen vote at the coming fall elec- 

 tions. The form of the executive 

 committee's mind went on record In 

 the following resolution: 



"Whereaa. The reeorda of the poll 

 books at the varloua rural voting 

 prei'InctH show on the average a 

 light representation of farm vote, 

 and 



"Whereas, It la highly Important 

 that agriculture expreaa Itaelf at the 

 polls, 



"Therefore, be It Resolved, That 

 the A. F. B. F. urge the rural people 

 to attead the elections this year and 

 »xpress themselves by ballot In the 

 selection of all the offlclala regard- 

 leas of party nlHIIatlon.** 



Details for the final arrangement 

 of the program for the sixth annual 

 meeting of the American Farm Bu- 

 reau Federation, which will be held 

 in Chicago, December 8. 9 and 10. 

 were left in the hands of President 

 Bradfute. 



^EVBR SAY DIEt 



Two frogs fell into a bucket 

 of cream 

 And must paddle to keep 

 afloat; 

 But one soon tired and 

 drowned to death 

 With a gurgling sigh in his 

 throat. 



The other paddled away all 



night 



And not a sigh did he utter; 



But with the dawn of the 



morning light 



He rode an isle of butter. 



The flies came thick to his 

 island home 

 And he gobbled a breakfast 

 snappy; 

 The milkmaid, scared, upset 

 the bucket 

 And the froggie hopped 

 away happy. 



A mora! we all can learn 

 right now 

 And hasten at once to ap- 

 ply; 

 Success will come in difficult 

 times 

 If we paddle and never say 

 die. 

 — By A. D. Lynch. 

 Director of Dairy Marketing. 

 I. A. A. 



Valuation of Farm 

 Lands Cut 10 Per 

 Cent In Vermilion 



Farm land valuations in Ver 

 milion county got a 10 per cent 

 slash when the Board of Review 

 met in Danville, early in Septem- 

 ber, to consider the equalization 

 of real estate valuations between 

 city and country property as re 

 quested by the Vermilion County 

 Farm Bureau. 



The 10 per cent reduction fol- 

 lowed a hearing of the case, be- 

 fore the Board, of Review, on 

 Sept. 3. Previous to th^t time, 

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

 sentative on taxation matters, had 

 appeared before the Board with 

 data showing the unfairness of 

 the valuations of farm lands. 



In 1923 the Board of Review 

 did considerable equalizing on 

 tax valuations which, however, 

 made no material change In the 

 cut of about five per cent In total 

 valuations by assessors. The re- 

 cent reduction of 15 per cent in 

 Logan county had left Vermilion 

 county farm lands assessed at the 

 highest average per acre of any 

 county In Illinois. 



The late cut by the Board of 

 Review places Vermilion county 

 farm lands in more favorable 

 circumstances, according to Mr. 

 Watson. Although still some- 

 what above the average level of 

 the county, the disparity between 

 urban and rural lands is consid- 

 erably reduced. 



Farm Folks Hear 

 Editor of Prairie 

 Farmer On Radio 



"A good teacher backed by a 

 community that Is Interested in 

 its schools will make a good 

 school anywhere." This funda- 

 mental statement, heard by thou- 

 sands of farm folks as It was 

 carried along the ether lanes 

 from station KYW, Chicago, 

 came from W. Floyd Keepers, 

 assistant editor of the Prairie 

 Farmer, as he talked about 

 "School Days" on the I. A. A. 

 farm program recently. 



Mr. Keepers spoke with author- 

 ity on school problems tor he 

 was substituting on the KYW 

 program for C. V. Gregory, 

 Prairie Farmer editor, and presi- 

 dent of the grade school board 

 at Wheaton, 111., whose knowl- 

 edge of school questions comes 

 from a long study of farmers' ed- 

 ucational difficulties. At the last 

 minute Mr. Gregory was called 

 to Springfield to attend a Farm- 

 ers' Institute meeting, and Mr. 

 Keepers was called on to give 

 the talk. Could you tell by their 

 voices? 



"It Is rather astonishing to 

 read of college-trained teachers 

 teaching in one-room country 

 schools," the Prairie Farmer rep- 

 resentative told bis audience. 

 "Yet there are a number of such 

 teachers in the country schools 

 of Illinois. Trained teachers cost 

 more, of course. But a good 

 teacher is always worth more 

 than she costs. Every country 

 district should keep Its teacher — 

 If she Is a good teacher — even 

 at an Increase In salary. 



"I wonder how much a good 

 school means to a child? And 

 what a vast difference there is 

 between a good school and a 



ILLINOIS AND IOWA 

 LEAD OTHER STATES 

 IN ESSAY CONTEST 



New York i* Close Sec<Hid; 



Boys and Girls From 19 



State Farm Bureaus 



Are Entered 



With 11 counties entered from 

 each state, Illinois and Iowa were 

 in the lead among the states en- 

 tered in the American Farm Bu- 

 reau Federation essay contest on 

 Sept. 23. 



Up to that time the following 

 Illinois counties had notified H. 

 R. Klbler, at the American Farm 

 Bureau Federation offices in Chi- 

 cago, of their entry into the con- 

 test, which is open to all boys 

 and girls of the public schools 

 up to and including the second 

 year in high school; 



Shelby, Clark, Whiteside, Ver- 

 milion. Ogle, Johnson, Henry, 

 Lee. Cass, McLean and Hender- 

 son. In each of these counties, 

 either the Farm Bureau or co- 

 operating business firms are offer- 

 ing prizes (or the best essays on 

 either of the two optional sub- 

 jects, "Why Dad is a Farm Bu- 

 reau Member" or "Why Dad 

 Should Join the Farm Bureau." 

 .Many States In 



The contest has assumed siz- 

 able proportions with counties 

 from 19 State farm Bureaus en- 

 tered and the probability of many 

 more joining before the contest 

 closes. New York is running 

 Illinois and Iowa a close second 

 with eight County Farm Bureaus 

 in the contest. 



Broom County Farm Bureau 

 (New York), which has the dis- 

 tinction of being the first County 

 Farm Bureau ever organized. Is 

 into the contest to stay 't% the 

 last, according to Mr. Klbler. 

 The entry of Harrison county, 

 Iowa, was the first to be re- 

 ceived at A. F. B. F. head- 

 quarters. 



Throughout Illinois, in the 

 counties that are conducting essay 

 contests, county superintendents 

 and public school teachers are 

 promoting the contest along with 

 their regular school work. 

 Ten From Elach County 



"There should be at least 25 

 Illinois counties in the contest 

 when it opens on October 1," 

 Mr. Kibler stated. "And there 

 must be at least 10 contestants 

 entered from a county to make 

 it eligible for the regional prizes." 



The first prize essay in each 

 Illinois county will be considered 

 by the I. A. A. committee of 

 judges for the state champion- 

 ship, after the contest closes 

 Nov. 10. Immediadlly after the 

 close of the contest a local com- 

 mittee will choose the prize win- 

 ners in the counties and forward 

 the names of the winners to the 

 I. A. A. and the American Farm 

 Bureau Federation. 



The judges for the latter orga- 

 nization will then select the win- 

 ners in each of the four national 

 regional districts from these 

 county winners, regardless of 

 how the state championship has 

 been decided. The four regional 

 winners will be given a free trip 

 to the annual meeting of the 

 American Farm Bureau Federa- 

 tion in Chicago, Dec. 8, 9, and 

 10. A national sweepstakes win- 

 ner may be chosen from the 

 regional champions at that time, 

 according to Mr. Kibler. 



poor or an indifferent one — if we 

 deprive our children of the best 

 school opportunity we can give 

 them, we have taken something 

 out of their lives that we can 

 never replace. The best is none 

 too good for your children and 

 for the children of your neigh- 

 bors. Let's make the children's 

 school-days days of real oppor- 

 tunity, every one of which will 

 count in glvfng them the best of 

 preparation for leading a happy, 

 successful lite." 



The number of counties in 



Illinois now doing organized 

 tuberculosis eradication work has 

 advanced to 61 with the addition 

 of Fulton and Marlon counties 

 when they recently appropriated 

 funds for the work which will 

 begin as soon as veterinarians 

 can be secured. 



During the first year of op- 

 eratlon, the gasoline tax in Indi- 

 ana yielded 14,500,000 with a 

 total collection expense of {6,046. 



