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ESSAY JUDGES MEET 

 NOV. 25 TO CHOOSE 

 ILLINOIS CHAMPIONS 



National Committee Convenes 



Nov. 22 To Pick Four 



Regional Winners 



One anxious boy or girl Cham 

 plon In each of the 22 Illinois 

 counties entered in the farm bu- 

 reau essay contest eagerly awaits 

 the announcement of the winning 

 essays. For these boys and girls, 

 Nov. 25 Is an Important date. 

 On that day the Judging commit- 

 tee will pick the winners for 

 Illinois and award, in 13 cash 

 prizes, the $75 given by the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association. 



November 22 is no less Im- 

 portant a date for the 156 county 

 champions, including the 22 from 

 Illinois, who represent their re- 

 spective counties from 27 states 

 with prize winning essays. That 

 day the judging committee of the 

 American Farm Bureau Federa- 

 tion will meet to begin the task 

 of choosing four national re- 

 gional winners In the contest on 

 "Why Dad Should Belong to the 

 Farm Bureau." 



The National Judges 

 This committee consists of H. 

 F. Harrington, director of the 

 Medlll School of Journalism, 

 i Northwestern University; Mrs. 

 5 Grace Vlall Gray, home economics 

 '» specialist for the National Live 

 '. Stock and Meat Board; and 

 i Frank Ridgway, agricultural edi- 

 I! tor for the Chicago Tribune. 

 S The director of the contest for 

 the American Farm Bureau Fed- 

 eration says the winners will be 

 announced in plenty of time to 

 allow them to arrange for their 

 free trip to the annual meeting 

 of the A. F. B. F. in Chicago, 

 Dec. 8, 9 and 10. One winner 

 in each of the four national 

 regions of the organization will 

 be given such a free trip. 



On the committee to select 

 winners for Illinois are C. V. 

 Gregory, editor of Prairie Farm- 

 er; Arthur C. Page, editor Orange 

 Judd Illinois Farmer; Sam H. 

 Thompson, I. A. A. president; 

 C. E. Hay, farm adviser of Chris- 

 tian county; and J. E. Hill, state 

 supervisor of agricultural edu- 

 cation. Mr. Hill is taking the 

 place of Francis G. Blair, state 

 superintendent of schools, who 

 was unexpectedly called out of 

 the state. 



Some County Winners 



Essays written by the follow- 

 ing county champions had been 

 received by Monday, Nov. 17, 

 by the I. A. A. information de- 

 partment to be considered tor 

 state championships: LaVeta 

 McQuigg, Sciota, McDonough 

 county; Dorothy Heckman, Cerro 

 Gordo, Macon county; Curtis 

 Weathers, Ford county; and 

 Everett A. Sancken, Saunemin, 

 Livingston county. The names 

 of winners in other counties have 

 not yet been received. 



There was a last minute rush 

 by many boys and girls to enter 

 the contest just as it closed Nov. 

 10. There were 156 counties 

 from 27 farm bureau states that 

 got in under th^ deadline. 

 Eleven of the counties entered 

 more than 100 each. Hillsboro 

 county. New Hampshire, entered 

 the largest number of names, 

 having 273 contestants. 



Macon county with 130 names 

 entered and LaSalle county with 

 153 led in Illinois. 



Wide-Spread Interest 



Something of the wide interest 

 aroused by the contest is shown 

 by the number of newspaper 

 clippings received by both the 

 I. A. A. and the American Farm 

 Bureau Federation. Hundreds 

 of -them have been pouring into 

 the information departments of 

 these two organizations. More 

 than 4,000 requests for material 

 on the Farm Bureau were re- 

 ceived by H. R. Klbler, contest 

 director for the A. F. B. F., and 

 a proportionately large number 

 came to the I. A. A. from Illinois 

 boys and girls. In answer to 

 these Illinois requests 1,200 spe- 

 cially prepared booklets and 

 sheets of information were 

 mailed to contest directors in the 

 22 Illinois counties that pro- 

 moted the contest. \ 



One of the valuable helps has 

 been the interest aroused in the 

 schools in the contest. Several 

 school teachers have enrolled I 



every one of their pupils. Local 

 business men have sponsored the 

 essay contest and many have co- 

 operated with the county Farm 

 Bureau in offering county prizes 

 tor the best essay in that partic- 

 ular county. 



Announce Winners Later 



Aside from the tremendous 

 publicity value to the Farm Bu- 

 reau, county, state and national, 

 and the interest which will un- 

 questionably be aroused among 

 the parents of the boys and girls 

 and the subsequent help in orga- 

 nization drives, is the value which 

 comes to the boys and girls them- 

 selves. They are the ones, after 

 all, who are enjoying the contest 

 most thoroughly. 



The next issue of the Recokd 

 win carry a complete list of 

 county, state and national win- 

 ners in the contests. 



Pooled Insurance 

 Will Save Money 

 For Shipping Units 



Pooling insurance through the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association 

 will save con- 

 siderable mon- 

 ey for shipping 

 associations, ac- 

 cording to Wm. 

 E. Hedgcock, 

 director of the 

 live stock mar- 

 keting depart- 

 ment. 



An arrange- 

 ment with the 

 Fidelity and 

 Casualty Com- 

 pany of New 

 Wm. E. Hcdscork York, through 

 Fran klin N. 

 Burns, Chicago agent, has been 

 completed whereby insurance cov- 

 ering the liabilities possible un- 

 der the Illinois Workmen's Com- 

 pensation law can be obtained by 

 individual shipping associations 

 at its exact pro-rate share of the 

 cost as purchased by all. 

 Absorbs Liability 

 The Workmen's Compensation 

 law provides that if an employe 

 is injured in the course of his 

 occupation, the employer is liable 

 for all expenses and for indemni- 

 ties as set forth in the law. This 

 kind of insurance absorbs the lia- 

 bility from the shipping associa- 

 tion. 



"The plan can be extended to 

 take in any shipping association 

 in the state which wishes protec- 

 tion," Mr. Burns stated, "and 

 simply by paying the charge 

 based on its actual payroll for 

 the year. To make the plan uni- 

 form, all payrolls are figured 

 from the time of taking the in- 

 surance up to Dec. 31, 1925." 

 How It's Figured 

 An example of how this plan 

 works for the Blank Shipping 

 Association is shown by Mr. 

 Burns as follows: ' 



Managers payroll — N6v. 14, 1924 

 to Dec. 31, 1925 J600 



Payroll for other help — Nov. 14. 

 1924 to Dec. 31, 1925 400 



Total payroll 11,000 



"In the case 75 per cent of the 

 shipments are hogs and sheep and 

 25 per cent of the shipments are 

 cattle: 



1750 payroll @ tO.68 per »100..J5.10 

 250 payroll @ 1.89 per $100.. 4.72 



$9.82 

 "This J9.82 represents the 

 cost of insurance up to Dec. 31, 

 1925, on the payroll as estimated. 

 To purchase this insurance indi- 

 vidually would cost the Blank 

 Shipping Association the mini- 

 mum premium of $27.00. 



"Shipping associations which 

 take advantage of the I. A. A. 

 plan not only benefit by thfe low- 

 est possible cost but relieve their 

 responsible managements from 

 trouble and possible financial loss 

 in case an employee should be 

 injured." 



Six Saved $107.64 



Six associations have already 

 taken protection under the I. A. 

 A. blanket insurance policy. These 

 six paid a total of $90.67 through 

 the I. A. A., whereas under the 

 old system the same protection 

 would have cost them $198.31, 

 according to Mr. Hedgcock. This 

 means a saving of $107.64 for 

 the six associations. There are 

 531 live stock shipping associa- 

 tions in Illinois, which indicates 

 that a tremendous saving can be 

 effected if others sign up under 

 the new plan. 



Application blanks may be ob- 

 tained by writing Mr. Hedgcock, 

 care the I. A. A. ^ - 



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Montgomery County Owns ^ * *'i = 



Its Farm Bureau Building 



Not many county Farm Bu- 

 reaus own their office buildings 

 and still fewer can boast own- 

 ership of a building construct- 

 ed and designed especially for 

 the convenience of farmers 

 and the Farm Bureau. Such a 

 building is owned by the 

 Montgomery County Farm Bu- 

 reau at Hillsboro, 111. 



A little 

 over two 

 years ago the 

 Montgomery 

 county Bu- 

 reau and the 

 Farmers' Mu- 

 tual Fire and 

 Cyclone I n - 

 surance Com- 

 pany decided 

 they could 

 erect and oc- 

 c u p y the 

 s d m e build- 

 ing to mutual advantage. A 

 lot was purchased jointly and 

 a handsome two-story brick 

 building erected at a total cost 

 of $10,000. including the lot 

 It is now known as the Farm- 

 ers' building. 



The street on which the 

 Farmers' bailding is located is 

 a real farmers' street, accord- 



ing to Sam Sorreils, Raymond, 

 executive committeeman from 

 the 21st district, who furnished 

 the accompanying picture of 

 their farm bureau building. 

 You can almost recognize a 

 figure back of the Ford. That 

 is Farm Adviser A. E. Snyder. 

 The Farm Bureau occupies 

 the entire first floor of the 

 building. A large reception 

 room, f u r- 

 nisbed with 

 chairs, ta- 

 bles, desks 

 and seed 

 shelves, 

 where farm- 

 ers meet to 

 visit and 

 transact busi- 

 ness ; four 

 offices occu- 

 pied by the 

 Farm B u- 

 reau, a gov- 

 e r n m e n t veterinarian, the 

 Farm Loan Board and the man- 

 ager of the county shipping as- 

 sociation; and a basement with 

 plenty of storage space, are 

 features whi«h make t h e 

 building especially adapted to 

 the needs of the Farm Bu- 

 reau. 



Plan Survey of 



Chicago's Poultry ,. 

 And Egg Market 



A survey of the Chicago mar- 

 kets for the purpose of collect- 

 i n g informa- 

 tion concerning ^^^^^ 

 poultry and egg ^^^^^ X 

 marketing, and 



with the possi- ._ 



bility of creat- SPH H^ 

 ing special mar- 

 kets for high 

 quality poultry 

 products, is to 

 be undertaken 

 by the poultry 

 and egg de- 

 partment, a c- 

 cording to the 

 report made by c. E. B.«boroaKb 

 C. E. Bambor- 



ough. Polo, committeeman for 

 the 13th district and chairman 

 of the advisory committee for 

 that department. 



"This work should be in the 

 nature of a very detailed sur- 

 vey," Mr. Bamborough reported. 

 "Information thus collected 

 would be exceedingly valuable 

 to a marketing association for 

 poultry and eggs." 



F. A. Gougler, director of that 

 department, has attended the 

 farm advisers' conferences held 

 at Centralia, Decatur, Chicago 

 and Galesburg, where he has 

 shown the film "Unscrambled 

 Eggs" which portrays a Minne- 

 sota co-operative egg marketing 

 association from hen to house- 

 wife. 



Counties Ask Help 



Requests have been coming to 

 the department asking assistance 

 to look into the possibilities of 

 setting up co-operative poultry 

 and egg marketing associations 

 in DeKalb, Fulton and Hancock 

 counties. 



The farm-to-farm survey to 

 dig out the rock bottom facts 

 which will some day form a basis 

 for a state-wide poultry and egg 

 marketing project has been con- 

 tinuing in Wayne county. Two 

 townships have been completed 

 in the survey and two others 

 are more than half finished. 

 Wayne county was taken as typi- 

 cal for southern Illinois. No 



work has been 



done yet in col- 

 lecting infor- 

 mation from 

 egg dealers, 

 but it is hoped 

 by Mr. Gougler 

 that this phase 

 of the survey 

 can be gone 

 into at an 



F.A.G.iWler ^^'■."' ,^"^- . 



A bulletin 

 showing the results of the poul- 

 try and egg survey will be print- 

 ed about the first of the year, 

 Mr. Gougler says. 



Producers Pay Best 



The Iowa Co-operative Ship- 

 pers have just recently made pub- 

 lic the results of a study of re- 

 turns from 1,010 cars of hogs 

 showing a comparison of returns 

 on stock shipped direct to the 

 Chicago Producers and to old line 

 commission companies. 



Sixteen old line firms received 

 cars from the Iowa shippers at 

 the same time as did the Pro- 

 ducers, with the following re- 

 sults: 



Producers cars secured $7.07 

 net per hundred weight while the 

 others netted $6.93. For a load 

 of 17,000 pounds the owners con- 

 signing to the Producers netted 

 $23.49 more returns direct from 

 account sales and in addition a 

 refund averaging about $5.34. 

 This makes an advantage of 

 $28.83 a car in favor of the Pro- 

 ducers. 



Chicago Producers Grow 



The records of the Chicago Pro- 

 ducers shows an increase in their 

 business. Comparing, the records 

 of last year with those of the last 

 four months the Chicago Producers' 

 cattle market shows a gain of 22 

 per cent, the calf department shows 

 38 per cent gain and the sheep de- 

 partment a gain of 25 per cent. Due 

 to the decrease of 18 per cent in 

 number of hogs coming to market, 

 this department has not had an un- 

 usual growth. , 



The Chicago Producers now have 

 a special "out" hog salesman. This 

 salesman. Randall Grimes, former- 

 ly with the St. Louis Producers, 

 gives all his time to sale of "out" 

 hogs. 



For the week ending Nov. 14. 

 Chicago Producers handled 74 cars 

 of cattle, 287 cars hogs, 36 cars 

 sheep for a total of 397. 



Pass 12,000 Car Mark 



During the week ending Nov. 14. 

 Missouri shippers consigned 148 

 cars of live stock to the St. Louis 

 Producers. Illinois shippers con- 

 signed 101 and Iowa 39. Shipments 

 from all other states totaled 26 for 

 a grand total of 314, exclusive of 

 stocker and feeder purchases. 



With 44 cars received Monday. 

 Nov. 17. the St. Louis Producers; 

 passed the 12.000 car mark for the 

 year. The goal for this year is 

 14.000 cars. 



S. S. Seller, Wabash county. III.; 

 topped the St. Louis hog market, 

 through the Producers. Nov. 12, 

 with 70 head weighing 230 pounds 

 and selling for $9.85. 



On Nov. 13, Ralph A. Woods, 

 Fulton county, III., was with the St, 

 Louis Producers for the hog mar- 

 ket top of $9.70. His 80 head av 

 eraged 233 pounds. i 



PICK COMMITTEE TO 

 REPRESENT ILLINOIS 

 AT AJ3.F. MEETING 



I.A.A. To Help Farm Bureaus 



File AppUcatioos For 



Tax Ezemptioa 



At least four and possibly five 

 I. A. A. executives will repre- 

 seat the Illinois Agricultural As- 

 sociation at the annual meeting 

 of the American Farm Bureau 

 Federation at Chicago, Dee. 8. 9 

 and 10. 



IPresident Sam Thompson. 

 Quincy; Vice-President Watson, 

 DeKalb: Frank D. Barton, Cor- 

 nell, and Earl C. Smith. Detroit, 

 extcutive committeemen for the 

 17ith and 20th districts, respec- 

 tively, were chosen by the entire 

 executive committee as the 1. A. 

 A. spokesmen in the national 

 conclave. 



:a. R. Wright of Varna, com- 

 mitteeman from the 15th dis- 

 trict, was selected in case the 

 I. ^A. A. is entitled to five direc- 

 tors. Wliether or not a fifth di- 

 rector is required depends upon 

 the number of paid-up member- 

 ships yet to be transmitted from 

 thie I. A. A. to the national or- 

 ganization. In a report to the 

 executive committee. Secretary 

 Fox said that $28,000, represent- 

 iUK 56,000 memberships, had 

 been transmitted to the A. F. B. 

 F. up until Nov. 1. Probably 

 $}.000 more will be transmitted 

 by the annual meeting. 



I>isru!«i Tax Exein|itions 



Treasurer Cowles and George 

 R, Wicker, director of co-opera- 

 tive accounting, gave a joint re- 

 port on the status of tax exemp- 

 tions for county Farm Bureaus 

 a|id co-operative associations. 

 Qoth men, as well as Geo. E. 

 FVazier, Chicago, audit counsel 

 f«r the I. A. A., had been to 

 \i'ashington. D. C, in an effort 

 ti secure rebates for a number 

 of county Farm Bureaus and 

 farmers' elevators which have 

 turned their collections over to 

 the I. A. A. Since the proper 

 pireparing of accounts is neces- 

 sary before claims can be pre- 

 fpnted, and expert knowledge of" 

 presentation necessary, the fol- 

 Ibwing recommendation was sub- 

 mitted by the finance committee: 



"We, J'our finance committee, 

 have had called to our attention 

 the fact that a large majority of 

 lihe county Farm Bureaus have 

 tailed to file federal Income and 

 capital stock returns. The form 

 Df organization of county Farm 

 Bureaus is such that they are 

 exempt from payment of tax, but 

 (he law requires that evidence of. 

 ♦xeniption be filed with the prop- 

 er authorities. Failure to com- 

 ply with these regulations makes 

 a county Farm Bureau liable to 

 the imposition of penalties. In 

 view of the facilities now avail- 

 able in the offices of the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association, and 

 whereas the preparation of the 

 hecessary documents by the offl- 

 rers of each individual Farm 

 Bureau would require a knowl- 

 edge of law not readily available 

 ito them, your finance committee 

 moves the adoption of the fol- 

 lowing resolution: 



" 'Moved, that the Illinois .^gri- 

 cnltural .^Ksociation offer all affil- 

 iated Kami Knreaus its Mirviceii 

 in the prrinration and presenta- 

 tion of a|>plirations for exemp- 

 tion aiKi that no charge be made 

 for representing Farm Bureaus 

 before the Internal ICev<«ue Bu- 

 reau; and. further, that charges 

 be made only in such canes as 

 require additional e^iiense In se- 

 curing data and information re- 

 quired In the preiHtratinn of re- 

 IiortK and briefs.' " 



Ttie resolution was passed. 



A budget committee was elect- 

 ed, consisting of President 

 Thompson. Secretary Fox and the 

 members of the present finance 

 committee, who are: Frank D. 

 Barton. Cornell, chairman; Earl 

 C. Smith. Detroit, and W. H. 

 Moody. Port Byron. This com- 

 mittee will dictate where the 

 Farm Bureau members' money 

 shall be invested for bettering 

 agriculture during 1925. 



Contest Postponed 



The Illinois-Indiana corn 

 shucking contest, scheduled to l>e 

 staged in Sangamon county. III.. 

 Nov. 14, was postponed on ac- 

 count of bad weather. The later 

 date of Nov. 21 was set. 



