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Volume 2 



Issued Every Other Saturday — October 2S, 1924 



Number 21 



BRADFUTE URGES 

 CO-OPERATION AT 

 KEWANEE PICNIC 



Henry, Stark and Bureau 



County Farm Bureaus Rub 



Shoidder* With Business 



Men For a Day 



"He who would co-operate muit first ad- 

 just himtelj so other men can co-operate with 

 kimr—Prfsident O. E. Brad/ule. 



Talking co-operation is one 

 thing, and actually doing it is 

 another. 



This, from ©. E. Bradfute, pres- 

 ident of the American Farm Bu- 

 r e a u Federa- 

 tion, was the 

 core of an ap- 

 ple of thought 

 tossed vigorous- 

 1 y into the 

 minds of a 

 grandstand full 

 o f a part o f 

 8,000 Henry, 

 Stark and Bu- 

 reau county 

 farmers who 

 picnic k e d at 

 the Kewanee 

 fair grounds in 

 the second an- 

 nual trl-counly 

 O. K. Bradtate farmers' and 

 business men's get-together at Ke- 

 wanee, Oct. 15. 



While farmers and business men 

 rubbed shoulders for the day. 

 President Bradfute made the most 

 of his opportunity to hurl a farm 

 organization sales talk and a plan 

 for co-operation into the thoughts 

 of both. He used as an illustra- 

 tion the fact that Kewanee busi- 

 ness men and the county Farm 

 Bureaus of Henry, Stark and Bu- 

 reau counties are sowing seeds of 

 co-operation in their large com- 

 munity through such informal 

 "chin-fests" as the annual tri- 

 county picnic. 



Most Co-operate Both Ways 

 President Bradfute was intro- 

 duced by W. E. Gould, local bank- 

 er, member of the board of di- 

 rectors of the Grain Marketing 

 Company, and chairman of the 

 speaker's committee for the occa- 

 sion, following an analysis of 

 farm business trends by Frank 

 Ridgway, agricultural writer of 

 the Chicago Tribune. 



"Twelve business men can go 

 into a room with twelve separate 

 opinions on a common problem," 

 said President Bradfute, as be 

 got into the meat of his talk. "Af- 

 ter an hour's discussion they can 

 come out of the room and have 

 their problem completely settled. 

 Twelve farmers can sit down like- 

 wise, but they will come out after 

 twelve hours deliberation and 

 have twelve separate opinions. 

 Co-operation among farmers will 

 come easier when farmers learn 

 to co-operate both ways. Too 

 many of us are willing to co-oper- 

 ate only when the other fellow 

 does a thing our way. 



"Many of us are groping about 

 to co-operate, but have different 

 ideas in our minds as to what co- 

 operation really is. If I were to 

 ask 100 men in this audience each 

 to write on a sheet of paper his 

 Idea of co-operation, I dare say I 

 would get 100 different ideas. 

 Bradfnte's Yardstick 

 "Let me tell you of my meas- 

 uring stick of co-operation. It 

 can be boiled down to this: He 

 who would co-operate must first 

 adjust himself so other men can 

 co-operate with him." 



As one of the first steps of co- 

 operation, he pointed to the ne- 

 cessity of farmers backing their or- 

 ganization. Get back of your 

 county Farm Bureaus and your 

 state organization, the Illinois Ag- 

 (Contlnued on page 6) 



Vote! Vote! Vote! 



On Tuesday, Nov. 4 



Political strife has reached 

 its height The last six 

 weeks has been a period of 

 rapid growth for party 

 claims. The press, as well 

 as the air, has been fall of 

 them. Since this is the last 

 issue of the Record before 

 election, you will find in 

 this issue an extensive re- 

 port by the American Coun- 

 cil of Agriculture on the 

 "Equality for Agriculture" 

 program and a detailed 

 statement compiled by the 

 American Farm Bureau 

 Federation showing the past 

 vote of all Illinois Congress- 

 men on paramount agricul- 

 tural measures. 



Of course you know the 

 I. A. A. is absolutely non- 

 political; it gets behind is- 

 sues without regard to party 

 politics. All Farm Bureau 

 members, and every farmer 

 for that matter, should 

 know the attitude of every 

 candidate toward agricul- 

 ture. This information is 

 in this Record. Read it and 

 THINK, and then VOTE. 

 VOTE on Tuesday, Nov. 4. 



VOTE FOR AGRICUL- 

 TURE. 



Midwest Officials 



Discuss Problems 



The presidents and secretaries 

 from nine state Farm Bureaus 

 met at the American Farm Bureau 

 Federation headquarters, Oct. 9 

 and 10, to consider matters of 

 special interest to the Midwest 

 group of states, including Illinois, 

 Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, 

 Indiana, South Dakota and Minne- 

 sota. 



After a lengthy discussion of 

 the Grain Marketing Company 

 the delegates voted to endorse the 

 big merger. However, Illinois, 

 Indiana and Wisconsin dissented 

 from the vote of approval. 



In addition to the thorough dis- 

 cussion of the Grain Marketing 

 Company, the Midwest presidents 

 and secretaries discussed various 

 problems affecting the Midwest 

 state Farm Bureau federation. 



Some time was spent in the dis- 

 cussion of the constitution of the 

 A. F. B. F. in relation of equitable 

 representation of members on the 

 governing body. The idea was ad- 

 vanced by some that since the 

 Midwest state federation contrib- 

 uted the largest percentage of fi- 

 nancial support to the national or- 

 ganization that these states be 

 given greater representation on 

 the governing board. 



R. A. Cowles, treasurer of the 

 I. A. A. and secretary of the Amer- 

 ican Council of Agriculture, told 

 pf the work, purpose and plan of 

 Ihe Council. 



IroqutNS To Reorgamze 



One hundred Farm Bureau lead- 

 ers from all parts of Iroquois 

 county attended a meeting at Wat- 

 seka, Oct. 15, to lay plans for the 

 immediate reorganization of the 

 Iroquois County Farm Bureau. 



Principal speakers at the meet- 

 ing were V. Vaniman, now organ- 

 ization director for the Illinois 

 Agricultural Co-operative Associa- 

 tion; J. C. Sailor, formerly direc- 

 tor of organization with the 

 I.A.A.; H. L. Hough, farmer at 

 Mazon; and G. E. Metzger, I. A. A. 

 organization director. 



Mr. Hough was made director 

 of the campaign with Fred Halm, 

 Peru, and W. D. Owen, La Rose, 

 as his assistants. Under the man- 

 agement of these men an inten- 

 sive reorganization drive by town- 

 ships will be made. i 



THE 63,000 THINKING FARMER EXHIBIT 



Two hundred and seventy'five thousand people, from country and citXt 

 have seen this display. 



City Folks Marvel 

 At Show of 63,000 

 Thinking Farmers 



Under a canopy emblazoned 

 around the edge with the letters: 

 "Illinois Agricultural Association 



63,000 thinking farmers," the 

 vast throngs of city and some 

 country people, who visited the Illi- 

 nois Products Exposition' at Chica- 

 go last week saw how the I. A. A. 

 represents its 63,000 Mnking 

 farmers at places where the farm- 

 er should be represented. 



Thirty-three cities of Illinois, 

 through the Chambers of Com- 

 merce of each of those cities, put 

 on extensive displays showing 

 many products produced and man- 

 ufactured in Illinois. The I. A. A. 

 exhibit showed the agricultural 

 resources of Illinois and the part 

 the I. A. A. plays in representing 

 the farming industry. 



A painting in which the artist 

 had depicted a typical Illinois 

 farming scene — a cozy farm house, 

 a good barn and silo, chickens, 

 pigs, beef and dairy cattle, horses, 

 sheep and all that goes with the 

 average farm — attracted city and 

 country visitors alike. In front 

 of the canvas and lying fiat like 

 a table was a map of Illinois 10 

 feet wide and 20 long upon which 

 were miniature buildings repre- 

 senting the various co-operative 

 organizations in which the I. A. A. 

 is interested. The exhibit occu- 

 pied a prominent triangular space, 

 20 feet on a side. 



The map is the one shown at 

 the Aurora fair, the state picnic, 

 and the state fair at Springfield. 

 A green-shaded flood light under 

 the canopy gave an effect of twi- 

 light which stopped the visitors 

 and kept them looking. 



The Knox County Farm Bureau, 

 through the Galesburg Chamber of 

 Commerce, showed the wide va- 

 riety of products grown in Knox 

 county. City folks were heard to 

 say upon several occasions that 

 they wished such fine vegetables 

 as were shown in the Knox County 

 Farm Bureau exhibit could be 

 bought in the Chicago stores. L. R. 

 Marchant, farm adviser of Knox 

 county, spent two days in getting 

 the exhibit set up. 



Co-op Ships 29 Can Spuds 



Twenty-nine car loads of Bluff 

 Brand, Irish Cobbler potatoes were 

 shipped from Belleville, St. Clair 

 county, by the Belleville Co-oper- 

 ative Potato Marketing Associa- 

 tion from early August to Oct. 15, 

 this year. This potato co-op is a 

 local branch of the Illinois Fruit 

 Exchange. The potatoes were 

 sacked in bags bearing the brand: 

 "IHini, St^ Clair County, Bluff 

 Brand, Gobblers," and were 

 shipped as far as Mobile, Ala. 



Committee of Five 

 To Choose Winning 

 Farm Bureau Essays 



The five judges who will deter- 

 mine the prize winners in Illinois 

 in the Farm Bureau essay contest, 

 have been named. They will 

 serve as the official I. A. A. com- 

 mittee and will choose the state 

 winners in Illinois. 



The committee includes Francis 

 G. Blair, state superintendent of 

 schools; C. V. Gregory, editor of 

 Prairie Farmer; Sam H. Thomp- 

 son, president of the I. A. A.; Ar- 

 thur C. Page, editor of the Orange 

 Judd Illinois Farmer; and C. E. 

 Hay, Christian county farm ad- 

 viser and president of the Illinois 

 Farm Advisers' Association. 



After the close of the contest on 

 Nov. 10, a committee of judges in 

 each of the 21 Illinois counties in 

 the contest will choose a first prize 

 essay for the county. From these 

 21 prize winners the I. A. A. com- 

 mittee will pick the state champ- 

 ions and award the 13 cash prizes 

 given by the I. A. A. 



"The contest in Illinois as well 

 as in other states has surpassed 

 all our expectations," said H. R. 

 Kibler, directing the contest for 

 the American Farm Bureau Fed- 

 eration. "We had hoped to get. 

 in all, about 100 counties into the 

 contest. It looks now as though 

 we might have 175. They aver- 

 age about 70 contestants to the 

 county so far. We didn't expect 

 tbem to average more than 20 to 

 the county." 



The rivalry between county 

 Farm Bureaus for first place in 

 amount of publicity secured on the 

 contest is mounting. Counties are 

 commencing to send in large 

 batches of clippings from their 

 local papers of stories carried on 

 the contest. In addition to form 

 stories sent out by the A. F. B. F. 

 many counties are building sepa- 

 rate local stories. 



Thousands of requests from in- 

 dividual farm boys and girls for 

 material concerning the Farm 

 Bureau have been received by the 

 national office and the state or- 

 ganizations report similar flood of 

 requests. Several state federations 

 have published separate booklets 

 containing just the information the 

 contestants should have. 



Within another week the total 

 number of contestants by states 

 and counties will be available and 

 will be sent out to newspapers. 



ILUNOIS HGHTERS 

 WHIPPING ENEMY, 

 TEST DATA SHOWS 



Executives Meet . 



I The next regular executive 

 committee meeting is set for 

 Friday, No. 7. The present 

 executives have a standing 

 invitation to all ex-committee- 

 men to attend wtienever they 

 happen to be in Chicago. 



I.A.A. Has First Ficnres IW^ 



ing Progress in Statewide 



Project to Eradicate T3.; 



Reactors Decresuiaf 



That treacherous enemy of peo- 

 ple and live stock Is on the retreat 

 in Illinois. 



The enemy has been putting up 

 a stubborn guerilla warfare against 

 regiments of trained fighters In 

 battles all over the nation. 



The enemy is bovine tuberco- 

 losis, the disease which caoaos an 

 annual stock loss in the United 

 States of approximately J40.00*,- 

 000. 



The white flag of complete sab- 



ission has by no means iMen 

 hung up by the enemy, altbousb 

 in some areas in Illinois it has re- 

 treated 80 far that it is Uktir 

 never to regain its lost ground. 



Kradication Started In 101S 



In Illinois, where the enemy 

 originally gained unchallenged ad- 

 vancement in the thickly cattle- 

 populated milk producing areas, 

 especially before its opponents be- 

 came aware of its disti (eslng 

 strength and severe leeching pow- 

 er upon the farmers" resources, 

 the first attacks against it becan 

 after April 1. 1918. when owners 

 of purebred herds started to test 

 their cattle under the accredited 

 plan. 



From that starting point until 

 July 1. 1921 — a little over three 

 years — an average of slightly more 

 than Bine out of every hundred 

 purebred cattle were found to t>e 

 traitors to the people's cause, not 

 only concealing the enemy, Iwt 

 helping it spread its forces to oth- 

 er strongholds. Those cattle 

 which reacted were promptljr 

 weeded out and disposed of. 

 Ares Testinfc in ISZl 



The fighters of bovine tubercu- 

 losis, beginning July 1, I9tl, 

 marshalled their forces. under one 

 supreme command — the United 

 States Department of Agriculture. 

 Under this direction, a co-opera- 

 tive, area testing plan was worked 

 out whereby the battles would be 

 directed and waged systemaUcaUy 

 by trained fighters. 



The battle front in Illinois crew 

 from DO counties conducting area 

 work on July 1, 1921 to 61 test- 

 ing on July 1, 1924. The llrst 

 fiscal year ending July 1, 1122, 

 brought Edgar (the first IlUaois 

 county to become accredited). Mc- 

 Lean, Montgomery, Tazewell, and 

 Woodford. The next year brought 

 in Boone, Champaign, Crawford, 

 Livingston. Vermillion and White- 

 side counties. By July 1, IS2t, 

 Adams, Bureau. Christian, Clark, 

 Coles, Cumberland, DeKalb, De- 

 Witt. Douglas. Du Page. Ford, 

 Fulton. Greene. Grundy. Hancock, 

 Henderson, Iroquois, Jo DsTtess, 

 Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Knox, 

 Lake, LaSalle, Lee, Logan, Xaeoa, 

 Madison. Marion, Marshall, Ho- 

 Donongh. McHenry. Menard, Mer- 

 cer. Monroe, Morgan. MonlUie, 

 Ogle, Peoria, Putnam. Rock Island, 

 Scott, St. Clair, Stephenson. Wa- 

 bash, Warren. Will and Winne- 

 bago counties. 



Reactors Decreasiini; Now 



During the three-year period 

 from July 1. 1921 to July 1. HJ4, 

 instead of nine reactors in every 

 hundred, there were only slightly 

 more than five to the hundred. 

 This means that the enemy is be- 

 ing pushed back. 



M. H. Petersen, in charge of 

 the tuberculosis eradication prot- 

 ect of the Illinois Agricultural As- 

 sociation, has compiled the ao- 

 companying tables from data ae- 

 (COBtlnued on p«a« S) 



