T 



NovenAwr 8, 1924 



The minoU Agricultural A«»ocu>tion Record"' 



Pace 3 



i' 





WHISNAND AND FOX 

 EXPLAIN TWO LA.A. 

 ACTIONS AT DECATUR 



Farm Bureau From 19tli Dis- 

 trict WiU Meet 

 Otace More 



1. W. WkUuad 



The Macon County Farm Bu- 

 reau was host to the Farm Bu- 

 r e a u repre- 

 sentatiTes of 

 Piatt, DeWltt, 

 Cham palgn, 

 Douglas, Coles, 

 Shelby and 

 Moultrie coun- 

 ties, when the 

 second meet- 

 ing of the year 

 for the 19th 

 district was 

 held at Deca- 

 tur Oct. 23. 

 E. P. Imbo- 

 den, president 

 ot the Macon 

 County Farm 

 Bureau, was chief receiver for the 

 host. J. L. Whlsnand, executive 

 committeeman, presided and led 

 the talks by explaining the re- 

 sults of the school survey made 

 during the summer under the di- 

 rection ot the I. A. A. educa- 

 tional committee of which he is 

 chairman. 



The resulU of the survey, Mr. 

 Whlsnand pointed out. Indicate 

 that farmers have a big problem 

 in getting their school affairs set 

 right. The survey, which was 

 made in co-operation with the 

 Illinois Educational commission, 

 will be used in formulating school 

 and tax legislation. 



Gives Final Survey Facts 

 "Ten per cent of the 10,000 

 questionnaires which were sent 

 to Illinois farmers in the spring 

 were answered," said Mr. Whls- 

 nand. "These show that 22 per 

 cent of the farmers who answered 

 Hve in township high school dis- 

 tricts and 32 per cent in com- 

 munity high school districts. 

 Forty-one per cent live in non- 

 high school districts and five per 

 cent in consolidated school dis- 

 tricts; 60 per cent had no chil- 

 dren in high school; 89 per cent 

 approved the present courses of 

 study; 88 per cent had children 

 who went from home to school; 

 12 per cent had children who 

 stayed away from home to go to 

 school; 76 per cent were not in 

 favor of consolidated schools; 77 

 per cent favored retaining the 

 one-room school while only two 

 per cent favored doing away with 

 community schools and 96 per 

 cent of the farmers who have 

 children are preparing to send 

 them to high school." 

 Say Uniform Text Books Needed 

 J. F. Watkins and L. H. Cassi- 

 ty, both of Macon county, led a 

 short discussion on the necessity 

 for uniform text books in rural 

 schools. 



C. A. Ewing, local lawyer of 

 Decatur, set the farm bureau 

 representatives to thinking in 

 a talk in which he touched on 

 the necessity for religious instruc- 

 tion in schools, advocated a code 

 of ethics for all schools whether 

 public or parochial, and lauded 

 the Farm Bureau for its work. 

 He said that farmers should 

 realize they have some duties as 

 citizens and that they should 

 take a more active part in civic 

 affairs. 



Fox Talks Grain Merger 

 In the afternoon, George A. 

 Fox, executive secretary of the 

 I. A. A., explained the attitude 

 ot this organization toward the 

 Grain Marketing Company. 



Mr. Fox pointed out, among 

 other things, that the principal 

 object of co-operative marketing 

 is to eliminate speculation and 

 wide fluctuations in prices. As a 

 possible alternative plan, Mr. Fox 

 brought attention to the meeting 

 of the executive committees of 

 the Farmers Grain Dealers' As- 

 sociation of Illinois and of the 

 I. A. A. at which it was agreed 

 that the two organizations would 

 work together as much as possi- 

 ble in the future. The Grain 

 Dealers' Association has a grain 

 marketing plan already partially 

 in operation which will be sub- 

 mitted to the I. A. A. tor con- 

 sideration. 



In Coles County Next 



It was voted that Coles county 

 should have the third and last 

 district meeting at a date to be 



determined by the Coles Coontr 

 Farm Bureau and Mr. Whlsnand. 



Group singing and songs by a 

 Decatur quartette furnished di- 

 version at ihe dinner under the 

 genial direction of B. P. Imbo- 

 den. 



Following are the names of those 

 present at dinner: Macon county— 

 C A Ewing. E. P. Imboden, E. H. 

 Walworth (farm adviser). J. F. 

 Watliins, Decatur; J. C. Batchelder. 

 Harristown; Henry Shafer. Illiopo- 

 11s; L. H. Casslty. Oreana: J. M. 

 Beckett and H. C. Bean, Blue 

 Mound: Moultrie county — C. C. Tur- 

 ner (farm adviser), Sullivan: T. P. 

 Ellis. Lovlngton; J. H. Sharp and 

 Geo. Falk, Bethany; Shelby county 

 — Chas. J. Robinson (farm adviser). 

 Shelbyville; Carl D. Middleton. As- 

 sumption: I,oui8 Buhler, Shelbyville; 

 rolea county — J. L. Whlsnand and 

 Slelvin Thomas (farm adviser). 

 Charleston; Douglas county — G. E. 

 Ewlng. Areola; F. W. Garrett and 

 J. W. Coslet. Tuscola; Champaign 

 county — C. C. Burns (farm adviser). 

 Champaign. E. A. Smith. Urbana; 

 DeWltt county — O. M. Allyn (farm 

 adviser), Clinton; M. E. Goken, 

 Lianes; Piatt county — S. S. Davis 

 (farm adviser). Montlcello: I. W. 

 (Jantz and Alva A. Reed, Deland. 



ILL-MO CREAMERY 



ON PAYING BASIS 



(Continued from page 1) 



needed device for modem batter 

 making and has turned out, on 

 an average, tor the last five 

 months more than 30,000 pounds 

 of butter each month. 



The problem of marketing 15 

 tons of butter every 30 days has 

 been no small one in competi- 

 tion with older and larger com- 

 mercial creameries. The Illini 

 carton was adopted last spring 

 and by June sales under this 

 brand had increased until they 

 totaled 11,395 pounos during the 

 month and have continued to in- 

 crease until during October, Illini 

 sales were over 15,000 pounds. 



The balance of the output, ex- 

 cept for 24,000 pounds which is 

 now on hand, has been sold on 

 the open butter market at from 

 1.9 cents to 3.6 under the price 

 received for that sold as Illini 

 butter. The total number of 

 pounds manufactured since Feb. 

 1 is over 250.000 pounds. 



Cater To Farm Market 



"Three-fourths of our Illini 

 brand butter is sold through 

 country stores in the milk dis- 

 trict around St. Louis," Manager 

 Richardson said in describing 

 how they manage their Illini 

 sales. "Our motto isn't exactly 

 'ship us your cream and we'll 

 ship you our butter' because our 

 cream comes from beyond the 

 milk territory which extends 

 about fifty miles every direction 

 from St. Louis and we sell most 

 of our Illini butter in the milk 

 territory to farmers who market 

 their whole milk and buy our 

 butter. That is the market we 

 cater to. 



"One of our men gives all of 

 his time to getting orders in 

 towns in the milk district. We've 

 got a butter wagon now that 

 keeps busy handling these or- 

 ders." 



Cream shipments to the Ill-Mo 

 company come from 147 stations 

 in Illinois and 65 stations in Mis- 

 souri. Altogether, 1,068 indi- 

 vidual shippers have consigned 

 cream to the St. Louis co-op since 

 February. Several customers ship 

 their cream regularly, a distance 

 of about 150 miles by rail. 



Keep Careful Records 



Check-upa on the number ot 

 pounds of butter on hand, the 

 amount churned, amount of but- 

 termilk sold, pounds of butter de- 

 livered and other details are 

 made twice daily, at the begin- 

 ning of the day's work and at 

 the end of the day. 



This practice of rigid accuracy 

 in recording sales and keeping, 

 accounts is one reason why the 

 IIl-Mo companv is making 

 money. In the words ot Man- 

 ager Richardson, "This cream- 

 ery business isn't all velvet." 

 Only by hard business prac- 

 tices can a creamery prosper. 



ThiMnpsonigranu : 



These four statements were 

 taken from President Thomp- 

 son's address in Morris. Grun- 

 dy county, last week: 



Service and personal sac- 

 rifice by the unpaid mem- 

 bers of the Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association are the 

 forces that have made the or- 

 ganization a powerful one. 



The late Secretary of 

 Agriculture, H. C. Wallace, 

 called the I. A. A. the strong- 

 est farm organization in the 

 United States, and after 

 thinking that over to find the 

 cause, I am convinced that it 

 is because of our strong 

 county Farm Bureaus. 



The biggest job v»e farm- 

 ers have before us is to put 

 agriculture on a business ba- 

 sis. 



The time has come when 

 someone must speak for the 

 farmers in an organized way 

 among other groups. That is 

 what the 1. A. A. does. 



"Co-operate and Be 

 Loyal to Your Farm 

 Organization," Smith 



Earl C. Smith, executive com- 

 mitteeman from the 20th district, 

 speaks from 

 radio station 

 K Y W Friday 

 night, Nov. 7, 

 on "Farm Bu- 

 reau Loyalty." 

 Part of this is- 

 sue of the Rec- 

 OBD will be off 

 the press and 

 mailed before 

 he makes his 

 talk but we got 

 a copy of Us 

 Karl <•. Smith "speech," sub- 

 mitted to KYW, and are giving 

 you some of the meat of it here. 

 "Farming is made up of two 

 fundamental factors, production 

 and marketing," says Mr. Smith, 

 in part. "There are many other 

 sub-factors that enter into the 

 successful operation of a farm 

 but all other operations are sec- 

 ondary or in support of produc- 

 tion and marketing. Farm orga- 

 nization is the natural result of 

 the present day unity of capital, 

 industry and labor." 



Farm Bureaus Xot Itsdical 



"Our Farm Bureau program is 

 not radical as many misinformed 

 people profess to believe, but is 

 constructive and beneficial not 

 only to those whose interests are 

 from the soil but to all peoples. 

 Without a successful and profit- 

 able agriculture our nation can- 

 not prosper for any length of 

 time. Since 40 cents of each 

 American dollar represents the 

 purchasing power of the Ameri- 

 can farmer, it would behoove all 

 persons engaged in industry to 

 study and become acquainted 

 with the problems of agriculture 

 for their personal benefit. 



"It would not take a very 

 close study on any person's part 

 to reveal that the biggest prob- 

 lem confronting agriculture to- 

 day Is the subnormal purchasing 

 power of the farmer's dollar. One 

 of the major projects of the Farm 

 Bureaus, and especially of the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association 

 and the American Farm Bureau 

 Federation, is to endeavor to give 

 American farmers an American 

 price for the American consump- 

 tion of farm products and a 

 world price for the surplus which 

 is sold in the world market. That 

 is the meaning of agricultural 

 equality — a much used expres- 

 sion during the recent campaign. 



All three presidential candidates 

 promise, if elected, to give agri- 

 culture equality with indoatrjr 

 and labor. 



Represent Farm Industry 



"Although it is in iU intaner 

 when compared with other or- 

 ganizations of like character, the 

 Farm Bureau stands today reo- 

 ognized by officials in both state 

 and nation as the representative* 

 of the largest industry in our 

 country when viewed from either 

 number of population employed 

 or value of product. 



"The Producers Live Stock 

 Commission Association, a farm 

 ers' marketing enterprise fostered 

 by the county, state and national 

 units of the Farm Bureau, now 

 is successfully operating on thir- 

 teen of our largest live stock 

 markets. This would have been 

 impossible withoift the support ot 

 farm organization. 



Praises I. .%. A. 



"The successful efforts of the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association, 

 the farm bureau unit of Illinois, 

 with respect to tax reduction and 

 transportation relief are outstand- 

 ing." 



He reviews the accomplish- 

 ments ot the American Farm Bu- 

 reau Federation, the I. A. A. and 

 local units of the Farm Bureau 

 in stabilizing prices, in establish- 

 ing co-operative marketing, in 

 legislative matters, and in in- 

 creasing the production of out 

 farms. 



Watch for Poison Bait 



"All of these achievements 

 were, and others will be, made 

 possible only in proportion to the 

 extent that farmers co-operate 

 and are loyal to their organiza- 

 tion," according to the I. A. A. 

 director. "I would admonish you, 

 Mr. Farmer, to beware ot all bait 

 thrown out by the competitor of 

 any of your co-operatives. Farm 

 leaders know of such bait, and 

 it is mighty poison stuff, too. 



"Various ways and means are 

 being employed to break down 

 the morale of co-operative orga- 

 nizations. Only to the extent ot 

 your full co-operation will they 

 succeed. 



Elect Capable Leaders 



"Give them your loyal support. 

 .\ttend your local meetings. Se» 

 that your most capable men are 

 elected to represent you. Make 

 I he farmer who has thus far 

 failed to join his county Farm 

 Bureau see how he is standing 

 in the way.ot your future as well 

 as his own. Resent all destrue- 

 tive criticism of your organizsk- 

 tion as though it were personal, 

 which, in reality, it is. Couit 

 constructive criticism and see to 

 it that your leaders profit there- 

 by. 



"It is my l>elief that only with 

 the full co-operation and stead- 

 fast loyalty of the American 

 farmer to his organization can we 

 look forward with assurance to ki 

 profitable and permanent agif- 

 culture." 



BUREAUS ASK TO 

 CHANGE BOUNDARY 

 UNE OF DISTRICTS 



The Ill-Mo Dairy Company 

 is making a winning fight in 

 spite ot a big handicap. But 

 its managers, who believe in 

 co-operation and are able to 

 learn by past mistakes, see the 

 time not far distant when it 

 will t>e on its feet as strong as 

 the Rock ot Gibraltar because 

 it is operated on true co-op- 

 erative principles. 





The carton in which illini butler 

 i$ <oM 



November 10 to 16 is to 1^ 



"Boost the Farm Bureau Week" 

 in Massachusetts and Connectteut. 

 Special attention will be devoted 

 to development of local units and 

 broadcasting the accomplishments 

 of our American Farm Bureau 

 Federation. 



Would Arrange For Greater 



Convenience ; Elndorse The 



Packer-Stockyards Act 



Farm Bureau representatives of 

 the 15th congressional district, 

 called together 

 i n Galesburg, 

 Oct. 25. by H. 

 E. Goem)>el, I. 

 A. A. director , 

 from that dls- ' 

 trict, took a 

 definite step 

 toward a gen- 

 eral revision of 

 ttoundary lines 

 of districts 

 from which di- 

 rectors of the 



Illinois Agricul- H.K.<i.«k»i 

 tural Association are elected. Ac- 

 cording to their suggestion redis- 

 tricting would be effected regard- 

 less of Congressional districts. 



A resolution stating that, "un- 

 der existing rules of the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association, many ot 

 the districts from which state 

 directors are elected cover coun- 

 ties brought together from a wide 

 range, making it inconvenient for 

 attendance at district meetings," 

 was passed and sent to the ex- 

 ecutive committee of the I. A. A., 

 with the request that "district 

 boundaries be changed to snit 

 the convenience of Farm Bu- 

 reaus." 

 Endorse Packer-Stockyard Act 



Mr. Goembel. in discussing the 

 Grain Marketing Company, ex- 

 plained the claim ot this company 

 that they had marketed his grain. 

 His grain was sold through his 

 local elevator, shipped to a com- 

 mission firm in Chicago and pur- 

 chased from this £rm by the 

 Grain Marketing Company. 



The resolutions committee com- 

 posed of J. R. Shinn. Fulton coun- 

 ty farm adviser; John Swarts, 

 Knox county; and L. C. Warner, 

 Henry county, recommended tliat 

 plans be prepared by the I. A. A. 

 to put grain marketing on an 

 orderly contract basis. 



Want t^o-op Marketing 



This recommendation came in 

 view of the fact that there is a 

 widespread demand among farm- 

 ers for co-operative grain market- 

 ing in Illinois and with the idea 

 of later affiliating with a nation- 

 wide grain marketing organiza- 

 tion. 



A brief note of condolence at 

 the loss of agriculture's faithtnl 

 friend, H. C. Wallace, was sent 

 to the late Secretary's family. 



These delegates attended the 

 meeting: 



Henry county — <5eo. Hroman. I., r. 

 Warner. H. E. Goembel. A. A. Nel- 

 son. Benjamin Downs. Elmer Erick- 

 son. Martin Rehn. Roy Ferguson. 

 Heber Smith. Frank Good. Glen 

 Good. Adviser J. W. Whlsnand'; 

 Knox county — John SwartE. Robi-rt 

 Gil>bs. C. E. Hartsook. Adviser I.. U 

 Marchant, Adviser A. R. Kemp; 

 Schuyler county adviser, I* B. Mc- 

 Kenzie and Fulton county advisers 

 J. I(. Shinn and Price. 



Many connties in Ohio are 



making a systematic "clean-u»" 

 following the second three-year 

 organization campaign. The idea 

 is to sign up as members any Isd- 

 lated farmers or groups ot farm- 

 ers who were missed in re-orsa- 

 nization. 



.\ farm wonutn in every school 

 dlKtrfct in the state, holding a 

 membership in the Farm Bureau, 

 is the goal of a membership cam- 

 paign which is now under way, 

 launched by the women's commit- 

 tee of the Iowa Farm Bureau Fed- 

 eration. 



.1 reduction of four dollars a 



ton on sheet steel was announced 

 recently by the Inland Steel Com- 

 pany, the leading independent 

 producer in the Chicago district. 



Farmers Not Buying 

 Much New Equipment 



That profite on the average 

 Illinois farm the last few years 

 have been too small to permit 

 the owner to buy adequate new 

 equipment for farming opera- 

 tions, or even just a few luxuries 

 in many cases, is a tact revealed 

 in a summary of 70 letters from 

 farmers scattered over one-third 

 of the counties in Illinois. 



The letters are from farm own- 

 ers of radio sets, who are serv- 

 ing as reporters for the "What's 

 Doing in Illinois" news talk given 

 by the I. A. A. information de- 

 partment from KYW once each 

 month. 



The letters from radio report- 

 ers show that: Farmers like to 

 hear radio discussions that will 

 make them think, they like snap- 

 py music, want radio market 

 news on time and weather re- 

 ports while they eat dinner and 

 would like to have less static 

 and less politics. 



Farmers in Iroquois roonty 



have ordered 800 tons ot lime- 

 stone through their Farm Bu- 



1^-1- I 



Fanners all over the country 



are being asked to grow trees on 

 waste land. 



Ninety-nine thousand, five hun- 

 dred and fifty-five pounds ot wool 

 have l>een sold through the pool 

 promoted by the I. A. A. lire 

 stock marketing department and 

 the National Wool Warehouse 

 and Storage Compaiij. 



J^ 



'i- 



I 



