22, 1914 

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SELLS 

 )S WOOL 



Ye»n; Ex- 

 oduction 



twenty Un- 

 sold wool 

 >inoted this 

 Agricultural 

 to Wm. E. 

 t the live 

 tment. 

 brought a 

 rs of 140.- 

 nged from 

 pound, de- 

 ie, the bulk 

 to 51.2 

 he National 

 nd Storage 

 andled the 

 ices for all 

 8 was sold. 



Good 

 s sold Sept. 

 as the first 

 an excep- 

 Through 

 as high as 

 some cases, 

 local prices 

 Ipped. 

 now being 

 the large 

 on Illinois 

 s for this 

 ^ made im- 

 to the Na- 

 le and Stor- 

 ement, who 

 e is some- 

 ember mar- 



lys J 



ts out sev- % 



tne farmer J 

 crop: (1) T 

 the small ^ 



rwlse would 



ip either to 



direct to a 

 either case 



Linated and 



dling saved 



"Tags" sold 



ind through 



would have 

 By selliag 



the shipper 



less freight, 



ce charges. 



"fay of mar- 



1919 



pool origi- 

 en farmers 

 s 10 and 12 



their clip. 

 I> the prob- 



a pooling 



maintained 



:he I. A. A. 

 lion pounds 

 to blankets 

 the market 

 The last 

 ! sold early 



emely low 

 icent years 

 this staple 

 9 been ma- 

 th a much 

 year indi- 

 a marked 

 wool crop. 



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Volume 2 



Iwited Every Other Saturday — December 6, 1924 



Number 24 



COUNCIL CONVENES 

 TO DRAFT BILL FOR 

 AID OF AGRICULTURE 



Organizatioiu Aim To Prevent 

 Recnrrence of Farm Prod- 

 ucts Depremon 



G««rve N. Peck 





^ourse 



8 whereby 

 atlves can 

 irse In co- 

 t low coat 

 ijor actlvi- 

 il Institute 

 it meets in 

 ! Institute 

 ig agricul- 

 Cleveland 

 r the pur- 

 gospel of 

 igers and 

 1 students, 

 inder-grad- 

 ted in co- 



ctor of co- 

 represents 

 il Associa- 

 of the In- 

 commlttee. 



reau mem- 

 has just 

 5ment for 

 ogs which 



M. & St. 



his farm. 



the rail- 

 I badly in 

 claim was 



I. A. A. 

 snt. 



By a declaration that the agri- 

 cultural depression has not been 

 totally abated 

 nor the cause 

 of depression re- 

 moved through 

 the c i r c u m 

 stances of in- 

 creased prices 

 on some farm 

 products, the 

 legislative .aom- 

 mittee of the 

 American Coun- 

 cil of Agricul- 

 ture was direct- 

 ed by the con- 

 ference of farm 

 organ Izatlons, 

 meeting in Chicago, Monday, Dec. 

 1, to continue its efforts to se- 

 cure the enactment of national 

 legislation bill to improve farm- 

 ing conditions and guard against 

 the recurrence of depression. 



"A depression as extensive and 

 as serious, or vastly more so." 

 declared George N. Peek, presi- 

 dent of the Council In opening 

 the conference, "is likely to re- 

 sult again Just as soon as world 

 crop production conditions become 

 normal unless action is taken 

 that will give American agricul- 

 ture the benefit of the American 

 protective principle." Confirma- 

 tion of this statement was made 

 by practically all subsequent 

 speakers. 



50 Organizations Attend 



The conference of farm orga- 

 nization representatives called 

 under the auspices of the Ameri- 

 can Council of Agriculture con- 

 vened with representatives from 

 fifteen states and some forty or 

 fifty farm organizations attend- 

 ing. 



The legislative committee of the 

 Council, which embraces repre- 

 sentation from practically all sec- 

 tions and numerous types of farm 

 organizations, was instructed to 

 ask for early conference with the 

 agricultural commission appointed 

 by President Coolidge to enlist 

 the co-operation of that body with 

 the view of securing Congres- 

 sional action in the present ses- 

 sion. 



Must Prevent Recurrence 



The admission of all three po- 

 litical parties of the tact that 

 American agriculture is not upon 

 an equality with American indus- 

 try and labor was cited as na- 

 tional acknowledgement that some- 

 thing definite and satisfactory 

 must be developed and put Into 

 effect if a recurrence of the agri- 

 cultural depression Is to be es- 

 caped. Legislation designed to 

 satisfactorily effect disposal of 

 surplus crop production without 

 effect upon the domestic market 

 is to be the aim, according to a 

 resolution adopted at the close of 

 the conference. 



I. A. A. representatives at the 

 conference were F. D. Barton, 

 Cornell, 17tb district committee- 

 man and Treasurer R. -A. Cowles. 



I. A. A. Backs Census 



Many inquiries have come to 

 the I. A. A. regarding the agri- 

 cultural census soon to be made. 

 In answer to these inquiries the 

 I. A. A. legal department reports: 

 (1) The census questions must 

 be answered honestly. (2) Other 

 business is likewise subjected to 

 a similar census. (3) The Farm 

 Bureaus and I. A. A. should back 

 the census because It will furnish 

 valuable agricultural statistics 



Fare and One-Half 

 To Annual Meeting 



niiBoU pMpU will be abU ta 

 trmv*l to tba anaiial m««itl»g of 

 tk* L A. A. at Urbaaa, Jan. 15 

 and 16, far fare and aaa-ball, 

 accordUaff to a lata aaaooaea- 

 ■MstnoBt af tha Woatara Paa- 

 aaajar Asaociatioa. 



Open rate of fare and line half 

 for tba round tHp» with mini- 

 ■ivaa excoraion fare of $1.00, has 

 bean aathoriaad for tboee attend- 

 imt the annual L A. A. meetina 

 and the annual Fannera* Week 

 proyrajB. 



Tbeae rataa will be allowed 

 from all poiata in niinoia and 

 from St. Louis, Mo., between 

 Jan. 10 and 17 with final retara 

 limit of Jan. 19. No etop-oeera 

 to be allowed. 



''No credentiala are requited to 

 obtain theae rates," eajrs L. J. 

 Quasey, director of the I. A A 

 transportatieo department, who 

 asked for the cut retes. "Any- 

 one foinc to Cbampaifu or Ur- 

 hana that week can aajojr tha 

 reduced fare.** 



Adjust Fertilizer 

 Troubles Through 

 I. A. A., Says Bent 



One of the principal duties of 

 the phosphate-limestone depart- 

 ment is that of providing to the 

 county Farm Bureaus and the 

 individual I. A. A. members care- 

 ful supervision of limestone ship- 

 ments as to quality of stone and 

 service rendered by the produc- 

 ing companies. 



Recently several shipments of 

 bad stone got away from one of 

 the plants. When complaints 

 came In through the Farm Bu- 

 reau. J. R. Bent, director of the 

 department, got busy with the 

 sales force of the company con- 

 cerned. The trouble was located 

 and satisfactory adjustment made 

 through refunds and discounts in 

 weights and payments. 



"The producing companies ap- 

 preciate having these adjustments 

 handled through one channel," 

 Mr. Bent stated. "They feel that 

 such a method insures uniform 

 justice and fair play to them- 

 selves as well as to the pur- 

 chaser. It is also the best means 

 of correcting unsatisfactory con- 

 ditions and lessening their re- 

 currence in the future. 



MACON COUNTY GIRL 

 WINS FARM BUREAU 

 ESSAY WRIUNG TILT 



Here are the three champion essay writers of Illinois. Abov« — Doro* 

 thy HecknuuL, first prize winner ; left - Marjorie CUno, winner of second 

 prize; right — Ruth Kaesebier, third prize winner. 



Dorothy Hedanan Gets $25 



Prize; MkKrest Honors 



To Iowa Girl 



Fanners Meet Town Men 



About 650 people attended a 

 farmer-business man's banquet in 

 Peoria last month, the first occa- 

 sion of the kind ever pat on in 

 Peoria. The crowd was so great 

 that plans to show pictures on 

 the screen had to be abandoned 

 because there was not enough 

 room to erect a screen. 



The Association of Commerce 

 presented a }25 prize to Lloyd 

 Graham, BUmwood, champion pig 

 grower. He got a free trip to 

 the International Live Stock 

 Show in Chicago this week. 



Speeches were made by C. R. 

 Ford, president of the Ford Coun- 

 ty Farm Bureau, Eugene Brown, 

 president of Association of Com- 

 merce, E. I. Pilchard, boys' and 

 girls' club leader. University of 

 Illinois and Dean H. W. Mum- 

 ford, college of Agriculture, Uni- 

 versity of Illinois. 



iisn 



Continue Tax Hearing 



The first court hearing in the 

 Madison county tax litigation, in 

 which 200 farmers paid two- 

 thirds of their 1922 land taxes 

 and refused to pay the remain- 

 ing one-third on the ground, as 

 admitted last year by the Chair- 

 man of the Board of Review, that 

 real estate In cities and towns 

 of Madison county Is valued at 

 one-third less than rural lands, 

 was held in Edwardsville, Madi- 

 son county seat, Nov. 21. No 

 decision was reached and the 

 case was continued (or a second 

 hearing on Dec. 22. 



1924 Has Been Busy 

 Year For Fruit and 

 Vegetable Division 



The work of the fruit and 

 vegetable marketing department 

 of the I. A. A. during the year 

 1924 has centered largely around 

 a survey of the producing coun- 

 ties, according to A. B. Leeper, 

 director of the dep&rtment. The 

 purpose of the study has been 

 to determine in which counties it 

 is advisable to set up marketing 

 organizations. 



"We have obtained definite 

 knowledge of the products, varie- 

 ties and tonnage at shipping 

 points in 30 counties," Mr. 

 Leeper gays in a recent report. 

 "We have organized seven local 

 shipping associations, under the 

 new Co-operative Marketing Act 

 of Illinois, in Johnson, William- 

 son. Jackson, Madison, Pike and 

 Jasper counties and have assisted 

 in marketing either through local 

 associations or Farm Bureaus In 

 17 counties." 



Castle and Lyndi 

 Lead Off On Down 

 State Air Program 



Stanley Castle of Alton, I. A. 

 A. executive committeeman from 

 the 22nd Congressional district, 

 officially opened the series of 

 I. A. A. farm radio programs 

 over station WCK, St. Louis, 

 when, on the evening of Nov. 26, 

 he told WCK listeners how run- 

 down farms can be rebuilt through 

 the use of commercial fertilizers. 



A. D. Lynch, director of the 

 I. A. A. dairy marketing depart- 

 ment, helped the I. A. A. com- 

 mitteeman dedicate the first pro- 

 gram as well as all succeeding 

 ones to "a better agriculture." 



"Farming has been full of. 

 trials these last few years," Mr. 

 Castle said. "At times we farmers 

 have become morally and physi- 

 cally depressed. Often times a 

 word of encouragement such as 

 may come over this radio pro- 

 gram would be most appreciated." 



Mr. Lynch described what he 

 chose to call "The Dairymen's 

 Paradise." This land of para- 

 dise for dairymen would prob- 

 ably be "a land where milk is 

 the money standard and where 

 cows are the idols (or worship- 

 pers," according to Lynch. That 

 dairymen cannot think Individ- 

 ually about marketing their dairy 

 products apd get very far was 

 one of th« principal "clinchers" 

 of his talk. 



Wright Outlines 



Ultimate Goal of - 

 Producers' Plan 



"The plan of the Producer age«- 

 cies is to unite the live stock 

 producers and feeders of the coun- 

 try into an organization, looking 

 forward to orderly marketing of 

 live stock," H. D. Wright, manager 

 of tlie E. St. Louis Producers, toU 

 WCK radi9 farmers last Wednes- 

 day night, Dec. 3. as he spoke aa 

 the regular I. A. A. (arm program 

 from that station at St. Louis. 



"The only practical way we see 

 to accomplish this Is to get con- 

 trol of all the live stock ship- 

 ments to the terminal markets 

 now established, so that we will 

 be able to control shipments and 

 eventually direct them to the mar- 

 kets where needed, at a price 

 satisfactory to the producer. 



"Government statistics show 

 that farmer-controlled live sto4k 

 selling agencies handled over 15#,- 

 000 cars of stock during the year 

 1923," the E. St. Louis Producer 

 representative said in closii^. 

 "While there has been a decrease 

 in volume received at most mar- 

 kets the co-operative agencies 

 have shown a steady growth and 

 1924 will probably be a much 

 larger year than 1923, with re- 

 ceipts reaching well over the 

 200,000 car mark." 



LAA. Breakfasts 



Club Champions 



Some eighty odd Illinois bqys 

 and girls, winners in various boys' 

 and girls' club work projects dur- 

 ing the last year, were break- 

 fasted Wednesday morning, Dec. 

 3, at the Great Northern HoKel. 

 Chicago, by I. A. A. officials and 

 departmental directors. 



These boys and girls cashed in 

 on free-trip awards to the Iliter- 

 national Stock Show as rewards 

 for superior achievement In club 

 work. During the week in Chi- 

 cago they followed a social sched- 

 ule rivaling that of the Prince of 

 Wales during his recent trip to 

 the U. S. A. 



Last year the I. A. A. enter- 

 tained the club boys and girls 

 at an evening banquet but 4ue 

 to the intensive schedule of their 

 visit to the Live Stock Show only 

 a breakfast date could be -squeeced 

 in. Practically all of the yoong 

 folks here this year are from 

 farm bureau families. 



The last tartn btire«a confer- 

 ence (or the 24th Congressional 

 district has been called by Execu- 

 tive Committeeman Curt Andereon 

 for Dec. 2, at Vienna. 



As essay writers Illinois school 

 girls put Illinois school boys to 

 shame, if the results of the farm 

 bureau essay contest in the state 

 are to be used as a basis for 

 judgment, for out of approxi- 

 mately 1,000 pupils, mostly boys, 

 who entered the contest in 23 

 Illinois counties, 13 girls von 

 their way to county champion- 

 ships and three to state champion- 

 ships. 



Dorothy Heckman of Cerro 

 Gordo in Macon county won the 

 first prixe and gets the t2S 

 awarded by the Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association. Her essay was 

 entitled "Why Dad Is a Farm 

 Bureau Member" and was lees 

 than 300 words long. The second 

 prize and the $15 award was won 

 by Marjorie Cllne of Virginia In 

 Cass county. Third prixe went to 

 Ruth M. Kaesebier of Emden in 

 Logan county, who wrote on 

 "Why Dad Should Belong to the 

 Farm Bureau." 



In the national contest, con- 

 ducted by the American Farm Bu- 

 reau Federation by regional dis- 

 tricts, honors were more evenly 

 divided among the boTs and 

 girls. 



Iowa Girl MMweM Winner 



In the eastern region, Janien 

 McCann, Chateaugay, New York. 

 won first prize. In the southern 

 region, Wallace Collins, Berlin, 

 Maryland, won highest honors. 

 Ellen Edmonds. Birkenfleld, Ore- 

 gon, was winner out in the great 

 Northwest and in the Middle 

 West, the section which inclndes 

 Illinois, an Iowa girl. Rose Dale 

 Jackson. Mediapolis, reigns as the 

 supreme essay writer. As a re- 

 ward for their winnings each of 

 these sectional winners will . at- 

 tend the American Fam- Bureau 

 Federation annual meeting in 

 Chicago, Dec. 8, 9 and 10, at the 

 expense of tbe national organixa- 

 tion. 



There were 23 essays, one from 

 each county, in the state-wide 

 contest in Illinois. The ten es- 

 says which placed 4th to 13th In- 

 clusive each won a 93 check for 

 its writer and were not eta^Sed 

 in definite order. The judsee bad 

 a hard enough day's work to se- 

 lect the first three winners in 

 proper order. The remaining es- 

 says were each given honorable 

 mention as exemplifyiag the 

 high purposes of the Farm Bu- 

 reau. 



Winners Get Ohertcs 



Three-dollar checks were 

 mailed to each of the following 

 bo}-s and girls whose essays 

 placed 4th to 13th Inclusive: 



Faith Dishong. Lee Center, Lee 

 county; Wilbur Mclntyre, Bell- 

 flower, McLean county: Raymond 

 Markert, Mason county: Herman 

 W. Dittmar, Jo Daviess eonnty; 

 Adeline Stevenson, Blggsvllle, 

 Henderson county; Hazel Wilde, 

 Oregon, Ogle county; lona Henry, 

 Streator, LaSalle county: Harold 

 Kellenberger. Litchfield. Mont- 

 gomery county: Elbert McCarthy, 

 Kinsman, Grundy county and Ed- 

 win Leverich, Danville, Vermilion 

 county. 



Honorable mention was given 

 LaVeta McQuigg, Scotia. McDon- 

 ough county; Curtis Weathers, 

 Ford county; Everett A. Sancken, 

 Saunemin, Livingston county; 

 Roberta Zeller, New Douglas, 

 Bond county; Kirby Todd, Clin- 

 ton, DeWltt eonnty; Martha Ger- 

 hardt, Mendon, Adams county; 

 Oscar Hemllnk, Geneseo. Henry 

 county; Opal Rixle.. Rosebud, 

 Pope county; Frieda Hintz, 



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