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The niinob Agricultural A»ioci>tion Record 



P«Ke S 



FARMERS TAl^ OVER 



Various problems 



AT DISTRICT MEET 



Workman'* Compensatioii 



Lsw, Pooltry Marketing and 



Live Stock Matters Are 



High LighU 



Farmers from Clay, Gallatin, 

 White, Saline, Johnson, Pope and 

 Edwards counties, meeting at 

 Shawneetown, Oct. 14, for their 

 third district Farm Bureau con- 

 ference of the year, discussed a 

 variety of farm problems, chief of 

 which were the Workman's Com- 

 pensation Law as it is related to 

 the Farm Bureau, Shipping asso- 

 ciations, individual farmers and 

 live stock producers; poultry and 

 egg marketing, led by F. A. Goug- 

 ler, director of I. A. A. poultry 

 affairs; and live stock shipping 

 association questions of book- 

 keeping and pro-rating. 



At the morning session of the 

 conference. Farm Bureau repre- 

 sentatives discussed informally the 

 Workman's Compensation Law, 

 which protects employees in case 

 of injury sustained while discharg- 

 ing regular duties for their em- 

 ployer. Questions as to the lia- 

 bility of individual farmers and 

 farmers' co-operative organiza- 

 tions were raised. Thos. A. Daily, 

 local lawyer, expressed the opin- 

 ion that farmers are not affected 

 by the law in their individual 

 business but become liable when 

 their co-operatives hire employees. 



To Protect Advisers 

 The delegates suggested that a 

 blanket insurance policy should 

 be obtained for the protection of 

 farm advisers. Such a blanket 

 policy has been arranged by the 

 I. A. A. to protect co-operative 

 shipping association managers. 



At the afternoon meeting. Mr. 

 Gougler talked on several phases 

 of the poultry business. He first 

 explained methods of feeding hens 

 to increase egg production, givlns 

 several balanced ration formulas 

 for scratch feeds and bran mashes. 

 "If you want to make your hens 

 lay you've got to make them exer- 

 cise," he said. "That's why a 

 scratch feed of corn chop, whole 

 oats and whole wheat should be 

 fed In a litter of straw where the 

 hens will have to exercise to get 

 It." 



One-hiiir XOB-larera 



In answer to the question of 

 which is most important — culling: 

 the laying flock or proper feeding — 

 Mr. Gougrler said that in the aver- 

 agre farm flock 50 per cent of the 

 hens could be eliminated as non- 

 layers, which makes the practice of 

 culllnK a very important one. 



A dry mash of bran, shorts, corn, 

 meal and tankage is also essential 

 for the laying: flock, according to 

 Mr. GouKier. Skim milk or good 

 buttermilk can take the place of 

 tankage. 



Mr. Gougler predicted that co-op- 

 erative egg marketing is coming 

 within a very few years and de- 

 scribed a plan for marketing eggs 



co-operatively in Illinois. "Three 

 things are essential for successful 

 co-operative egg marketing." he 

 said. "First, volume of business: 

 second, good roads over which to 

 haul the eggs to local markets, and 

 third, good rail transportation to 

 central markets." 



Next Meet at Vleaaa 



The next 24th district conference 

 will be held at Vienna, Johnson 

 county, Dec. 2. 



Included in a set of resolutions 

 passed by the conference were'the 

 following: 



Be it resolved that the I. A. A. be 

 vrged to InveatlKate the propoaltlon 

 of working men's compeasatloa la- 

 saraare for farm advisers aad ship- 

 plaic assf>clatloB empiorees. 



Be It resolved that the members 

 assembled go on record as ladors- 

 lag the plan of ro-operatlve egg and 

 poultry marketing as laid oat by 

 P. A. Gongler. 



^Vhereas there will eome before 

 the next session of the Illinois leg- 

 lalattire for mtlflratlon or rejection 

 the BO-ealled child labor amendment 

 to the constitution of the I'nlted 

 States and whereas this amendment 

 Is a clear evasion of the rights of 

 the individual states and even of the 

 Individual eltlsens of the states and 

 is destined to train our children for 

 a life of Idleness rather than a life 

 of honest labor without which the 

 business of .\Krlculture ean never 

 succeed, therefore 



Be It resolved that the delegates 

 to the :!4th District Coafereace of 

 the Illiaois Agricultural Association 

 go on record as opposed to this 

 amendment and urge the loyal Farm 

 Bureau members to Join with the 

 1. A. A. in nctiveir opposing the 

 ameadmeut. 



The following delegates and mem- 

 bers were present; Gallatin County, 

 Geo. Scherrer. M. Feehrer. L. L. Pin- 

 nell. Robt. Crunk. Thos. Aud. Geo. 

 Gabel. Arthur Maloney, R. J. Await. 

 M. Henson. Thos. Dally. T. C. Dow- 

 nen. Floyd Ramsey. Preston Elliott, 

 r. W. Simpson. Harry Scott. M. 

 Wiseheart. Frank Gabel. Jno. Cole- 

 man. Chas. Green, Mrs. Chas. Green. 



Saline County: P. T. Baker, and 

 Adviser J. E. Whitchurch. 



White County: Ed. Creighton, Otto 

 Casebler. and John A. Puntrey. 



Edwards County: Bert Perkins. 



Johnson County: Norman Casper, 

 Charles Marshall, and James G. Me 

 Call. 



Clay County: Curt Anderson. 

 Pope County: L. Kimmel and A 

 H. Floyd. 



Chicago Producers 



Get More Praise 



"Of all the concerns han- 

 dling live stock on the Chi- 

 cago market, the returns sent 

 in by the Chicago Producers 

 on reacting cattle to my office 

 are among the most complete 

 and prompt," says J. J. Lint- 

 ner, inspector in charge of 

 tuberculosis eradication in 

 Illinois. "Such co-operation 

 makes It possible to get in- 

 demnity returns back to the 

 farmer in a short time." 



WICKER TELLS HOW TO 



PLUG LEAKS IN CO-OPS 



Egyptian Seed Co-op Gtomts 



"Our membership has voluntari- 

 ly increased twelve and one-half 

 per cent since the opening of the 

 harvest season," says Curt Ander- 

 son, I. A. A. director from tlie 

 24th district, in describing the 

 condition of the Egyptian Seed 

 Growers association, of which he 

 is manager. 



The Egyptian Seed Growers, 

 with a membership of about 800, 

 markets 35 per cent of the red 

 top seed produced in southeastern 

 Illinois. 



The U. S. de|>artment of agri- 

 culture is putting on an Intensive 

 campaign to eradicate common 

 barberry from Mason county. 



Farmers In Iroquois county 



have ordered SOO tons of lime- 

 stone through their Farm Bu- 

 reau. 



Ninety per cent of the cattle 

 in Grundy county have been test- 

 ed for tuberculosis. 



Agriculture Must 

 Depend Upon Its 

 Own Forces, Cowles 



"Restoration of agriculture to 

 a position of economic parity with 

 industry and labor under our 

 American protective system — sta- 

 bilized on a basis of fair returns 

 and remuneration to those en- 

 gaged in agriculture — is the great- 

 est immediate problem of all farm 

 organizations," R. A. Cowles, 

 I. A. A. treasurer, aaid in a talk 

 broadcast from station WLS, Oct. 

 21. 



"Since harvest there has been 

 substantial improvement in the 

 prices of small grain," he said in 

 part. "This reflects direct world 

 crop conditions as may be noted 

 from the many reports appearing 

 in the press. Some European 

 countries have suffered failure in 

 their wheat crop as well as in sub- 

 stitutes for wheat with serious 

 shortage occurring in exportable 

 surplus of other countries, notably 

 in Canada. It appears that our 

 farmers arc to benefit through the 

 misfortunes of the European 

 farmers and not through any hap- 

 penings over which they, or their 

 farm organizations, have control. 

 The same conditions that have 

 brought ^bout temporary price 

 Improvement — world's crop condi- 

 tions — are as likely to bring abqut 

 the reverse conditions next crop 

 season. There can be no assur- 

 ance of a continuation of stability 

 of present prices. 



"There should be no misinter- 

 pretation by farmers or farm or- 

 ganizations of existing conditions. 



"The problem confronting agri- 

 culture is the nation's problem. 

 But the nation — our Congress and 

 the administration charged with 

 the responsibility of government 

 — or any group other than agri- 

 culture is not going to restore ag- 

 riculture to stability. Agriculture 

 must depend upon its own forces 

 and upon an agricultural-minded 

 Congress. 



"It is the duty of every farmer 

 to work for and secure the elec- 

 tion of congressmen, without re- 

 gard to party label, who have 

 proven themselves to be sensible 

 to the serious situation existing in 

 agriculture." 



George R. Wicker, director of 

 co-operative accounting and gen- 

 eral manager of the Illinois Agri- 



pals are not endowed ^th aqy in 

 herent assurances ot'tjticemk. Id 

 co-operatives, as in other privately 



cultural Co-operatives Association I owned enterpriseB, sueoen Is de- 

 pendent upon wise administration 

 and eiBclent management. I'to^mt 

 organization ^nd sufficient capital 

 are only the instrumentalities 

 through and with wlilch co-opera- 

 tive associations seek to accom- 

 plish certain and definite purposes 

 for which they are organized. 



>'e«c More Than High Id«ia>< 



"High ideals and unselfish pur- 

 pose constitute a most excellent 

 background — but business, under 

 competitive conditions, the succeap 

 or failure T>f which is measured in 

 dollars and cents, requires ability, 

 training and experience, and the 

 employment of recognized high 

 standard business methods. It is 

 encouraging to note that co-opera- 

 tives have recognized this fact and 

 that today there is a widespread 

 and growing interest on the part 

 of officers, managers and members 

 to look into better business meth- 

 ods, better alccoanting practices, 

 and the study of proper financing 



"Some co-operatives have failed 

 That fact is neither surprising nor 

 alarming, since bank failures are 

 more numerous than failures of 

 co-operatives. On the whole, the 

 co-operative movement has been 

 remarkably successful. 



"It is my opinion, after many 

 years of active and varied experi- 

 ence, that co-operative organiza- 

 tion, recognizing the reward of in- 

 dividual effort with a fair return 

 to capital employed, all subject 

 to collective control for propor- 

 tionate ttenefits, offers the only so- 

 lution to a present problem, and 

 is the hope of a successful agri- 

 culture. And so, with faces set 

 toward the attainment of high 

 ideals but with our feet planted 

 firmly on the ground of conserva- 

 tive, constructive, practical effort, 

 co-operative organizations will 

 find a place in the industrial life 

 and activities of the Nation as suc- 

 cessful participants of the great- 

 est business on earth — that of 

 furnishing the food and clothing 



through which the newly creati'd 

 I. A. A. accounting department 

 audits and renders business advis- 

 ory service to 74 organizations, all 

 of which have joined since spring, 

 put some of his long years of ex- 

 perience with co-operative enter- 

 prises into the air Tuesday night, 

 Oct. 21, when he told of "Plug- 

 ging Leaks in Co-ops" over the 

 KYW Farm Bureau program. 



"Inadequate capitalization is 

 one of the leading causes of co- 

 op disasters," he said in opening. 

 "It results in incurring a burden 

 of indebtedness in the early stages 

 of the organization which weakens 

 its structure and is a constant and 

 often an increasing drain on its 

 resources. In an enterprl83 re- 

 quiring facilities or an invostment 

 in merchandise, adequate capital 

 should be provided, and further 

 provision should be made for in- 

 creasing the investment by retain- 

 ing each year a portion of the net 

 income resulting from operations. 

 The accumulation of surplus is 

 sound financing for the accommo- 

 dation of increasing business and 

 is a provision reserved from con- 

 ditions of prosperity to meet the 

 possibility of losses in times of 

 adversity. 



Co-ops Too Ubentl With C«sh 



. "One of the most commonly 

 abused practices by co-operatives," 

 he continued, "particularly those 

 engaged in merchandising opera- 

 tions, is the indiscriminate exten- 

 sion of credit. It is a common oc- 

 currence to find accounts receiv- 

 able on their books in an amount 

 greater than their paid in capital. 

 The percentage of losses from un- 

 collectible accounts is generally 

 not large, but the loss of the use 

 of capital tied up in inactive ac- 

 counts, computed in terms of cur- 

 rent rates of interest,, is a drag 

 upon the Ufe blood of the associa- 

 tion. 



"Probably the greatest and most 

 direct cause of failure is misman- 

 agement. There is nothing magi 



cal in co-operation. The princi- supply of the humati family." 



Com|dete 31 Audits 



The Illinois Agricultural Co-op- 

 eratives Association. the six- 

 months' old farmers' co-operative 

 auditing company, has completed 

 audits for 31 member organiza- 

 tions, says Geo. R. Wicker, mana- 

 ger. Five association auditors 

 have made 31 examinations and 

 are at present in the midst of 11 

 more. The accounts of thQ Chi- 

 cago Producers are among the II 

 and next month will see the com- 

 pletion of an audit for the Nation- 

 al Producers. 



.Mason connty fan ne r s ordered 

 2,000 tons of limestone through 

 the Farm Bureau during Septem- 

 ber. 



The Collefce of A|!T<rnltar« will 

 conduct a campaign this winter 

 to replace scrub balls with good 

 purebred sires. 



The second annual Hwine l>ay 



will be held at the rniveraitv of 

 Illinois. Oct. 31. 



Jersey connly (armem sowed 

 1.500 acres of alfalfa this year. 



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