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December 6, 1924 



The Illinois Agricultural Association Record 



Page 3 



6TH ANNUAL A.F.B.F. 

 CONVENTION SLATED 

 FOR DEC. 8, 9 AND 10 



Subcommittees Will Settle 



Questions; To Broadcast 



Programs By Radio 





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When th<* hand of time rings 

 up Doc. 8, 1024 there will be 

 convening in Chirago. at the 

 Congress Hotel, one ol the most 

 important meetings of farmers 

 America has ever held. 



Tlie occasion will he tlie fith 

 annual meeting of the American 

 Kami IJureau Federation. The 

 convention lasts three days, Dec. 

 8. 9 and 10, during which some 

 of the weightiest problems ever 

 to f.ice the directors of the Ked- 

 eration will be threshed out by 

 agricultural leaders. 



Handle .Many Problems 



The complete program for the 

 several sessions has been an- 

 nounced by the program commit- 

 tee. Aside from the regular pro- 

 gram that has characterized an- 

 nual A. V. it. F, meetings in 

 years befor<^, there has been ar- 

 ranged plans lor a detailed study 

 of the many problems which 

 should be discussed. 



To accomplish the detailed 

 plan of handling questions the 

 Hoard of Direclitr.s will be di- 

 vided into six subcommittees. To 

 those special committees will bo 

 a.ssigned special matters which 

 they will sf^tth' in tli reo periods 

 set aside for that purpose. Prob- 

 lems of organizati()n and linanee. 

 research and transportation, pub- 

 li<*ity, legislation and taxation, 

 rural life and co-ojierative mar- 

 keting are the principal ones to 

 come u)>. Community develop- 

 ment and bo.\s' and girls' club 

 work will also be included. 

 Hanquet <m Tuesday 



On Tuesday evening. Dec. 9, 

 the delegates and farm bureau 

 leaders from all- over tho T'nited 

 States will lay aside their heavy 

 and vexing problems while they 

 attend the 6th annual A. V. B. F. 

 banquet. * 



liadin will play its part in this 

 r.th annual convention. IJy spe- 

 cial arrangements with * station 

 KYW. the opening address of 

 I'resident Itradfute. which will 

 com monco at 10:15 sharp, Mon- 

 day morning, Dec. 8. will be 

 broadcast. Arrangements have 

 al.so bi-en completed with this 

 same station to broadcast the 

 (•ntire program on banquet night. 



MACON COUNTY GIRL 



WINS ESSAY TILT 



Fmtrtvvn of the brst essay ivritrrs in Illinois, ^ome of ihi'W iVuhi't seitil thi-ir pu-hires in time to iset thi'ul il 

 uitll //lis bunch. (1) Inmi llvnry, (2J Curtis lleulhers. f.i) l>s..ir lliiiiilih. ill Unhvrla /.//.r. ''<! Murmn 

 Cutharine Schnapp. Id) LnVrta ilrQuipi!. (7) <*pnl Hixie. HI) llazil » il<h: I'D ithlinr S/,ii«»..«. ' llh Kiih 

 Todd, (ID Elbert McCarthy. 112) Everett A. Simrkrn, (13* hiiith Dishim.:. ill' Uvrnmn llittmnr. 



f''<uitiTHM-'l from pa^r 1) 

 rroidu'tstown, Wliitosido county 

 ;iiul MjirKiirot Catliorine Sclinapp, 

 T;ilulla. M<-nard ooiinty. 



Tliioo .nKK'i'.s. Arthur C. Page, 

 cditdr of OrauKP Jurtd Illinois 

 I- arniir. C. E. Hay. president of the 

 I''arm .\d\ isers' Assoc-iation of Illi- 

 nois, and J. K. Hill, head of vo- 

 ealional at:rirullure department 

 at .Springfield, s|ient an entire 

 day in choosini; the b<'.st essays 

 Ininicdiately after announcing the 

 resnlls of the e<)nlest the judges 

 issued tlu> followin;; statement: 

 Slatenieiil i»f the .lii(lt;es 



"\Vi' find a ureal deal Of merit 

 in these essays, and highly com- 

 mend tlio.se boys and Kirls who 

 have inil in thorough effort to 

 seek out the facts about the Kami 

 Ilureau. 



"We are pleased to see the 

 breadth of vision concerniiiK the 

 nature and purpose of the Parin 

 liureau as a national, state and 

 count.v work, by which it is 

 shown to be not only a means of 

 increasing: profits in dollars and 

 cents, but building a basis for 

 more abundant country life. 



"The first and second prize win- 

 ners , i>articularly brinK out an 

 idea which is the foundation of 

 successful Karm lUirean operation 

 in a county, slate and national 

 way. and that is that after all. 

 while live slock, crops, soil, laws, 

 marketinir. etc.. ne<Ml careful at- 

 tention, folks themselves are of 

 highest value, and the ultimate 

 job of the farm bureau is de- 

 veloping rural life." 



Fii'st l»i'i/,e l'a|H'r 



Here is the essay picki'd by the 

 jndj^es as the one best typifyins 

 the ideals and iiurposes of the 

 farm bureau movement. 



equal to any other business. They 

 want other folks to know this. 

 So they have be.i;un to organize. 

 The Farm Bureau is the result. 



The Farm Bureau as it is or- 

 ganized to-day includes county, 

 state and nation. The.se working 

 together stand for profitable farm- 

 ing and social welfare. Thi' mem- 

 bers consist of farmers who look 

 forward to the future for results. 

 not only in money, but in de- 

 veloping a higher type of rural 

 life. 



In Illinois alone there are 

 sixty-three thousand I-"arm Bu- 

 reau members. My Dad is one 

 of them. He is a booster for the 

 I*''arm Bureau, first; because its 

 program of work has put on a 

 campaign of education to lia\e 

 farmers test catth' tor tubercu- 

 losis. It has made [xissible for 

 farmers to get free tests under 

 the supervision (tf the United 

 States Deiiartment of .\~riculture. 

 Also to get pay for two-thirds of 

 the loss of cattle that prove to 

 have the disease. 



Second; For incouraging the 

 raising of soybeans as a com- 

 mercial croj) to fight till' chinch 

 bug. 



Third; For conducting corn di- 

 sease plots to make possible the 

 best choice of seed corn to plant. 

 Kourlli; Because a general 

 luactice has been brought about 

 in sowin.g wheat after the tl.\'- 

 free date, which has saved farm- 

 ers thousands of dollars. 



Fifth; Because co-operative 

 shipping as.sociations h»ve ijeen 

 established to improve the mar- 

 keting of live stock. 



.And liusl; perhaps the best 

 thing of all the Farm Itureaii 

 is doing is the building of b'tter 

 community life through co-op- 

 erating with the Home Bureau 

 and organizing boys' and girls' 

 clubs. The Farm Bureau be- 

 lieves in developing the resources 

 of tlie farm. This can be done 

 by giving higher standards for 

 rural living. The live stock, the 

 ci'ops. and tln> soil all need car<'T 

 fnl attention but the folks them- 

 selves are of more value than all. 

 Because the Farm Bureau is 

 doing and bi'lieves all these 

 things. My Dad is a member and 

 a booster for the Farm Bur.au. 



"till 



ill. •! Iroiii 



Finds 



SIS Fee 



Is Not High 



I hfitr h:td vunsiit«*r:il>l4> «>i|i4Ttcn' 

 in NttlifiliitK t*<>rk nud in N«>nii- »>(- 

 lii»ii<4 hnw calU-tl «in tar Hitire nii 

 »lii» »<*iil4l ni>( i«>in tliun who woul 

 TIh' o p p " w i t «' 

 niiN uMiially the 

 «• a N €'. hit«*'\<T, 

 tlu' ntimlM'r In- f tr I7-«, 



iiiK K».m<-»»li:it ill -^'^ '^^'^ 



pr4»por(J»ii i*> n 

 ilfNire tn tlo thi>ir 

 p n r t i II t h i K 



Krt-nl »\«irk. li* mmi*- i:i*«-» Hn- 

 ■iit-nilirrNhip tvt- w.i^ *hi- lUiiiK «»•- 

 J4'4>l4*il to. hill, in ni> jmiIkmh-hI. nimli 

 llip siiinr nrKunu-nl «oul«! Ii:i%*- iMM-n 

 iiMi'il in nM»wl ca*.!-* rt «:inll«»»'* "t lli** 

 amount «l ll»«* f*'v. I lik«- an ..r»;:iM- 

 ixalion |nd«*priMlfnl <»l Imal t:»\ 

 Kiippurt. an *»rKaiii/.atit»M tinan.'«'«l 

 iij ranntTN IlirmscU r^ ami «l»li- 

 Kntcd to n« ta«|ia>«'r op|MM*vd to Miir 

 »i»rk. A Nlidinu >.»:ilt- |.«r iim-iiiIi»t- 

 Mhi|i tevH basfii "»t ian»! M%vufd or 

 operated, stn NotnctiincK ad»«Mal«-d. 

 t\«mid n«'«»-j.i^ilalr a r«-»i>>ial of it-e*. 

 I'at'h year. Ii«* a soiipee of «-l«-riial 

 disMaticilaelion. and reM"ir«- a ire- 

 nirnilouM ainoiint ol" «<ti<U. \ Sl.% 

 annual nn-nilKT-.liip l«*»- >« mom*- loo 

 IiIkIi eonHidfrint^ Itie rapilal and !»• 

 hor invcNlcd oii lite a*«-iac«- Inrm 

 IMher liuNineMs coniliinett and IsiUor 

 orisaniiKntionN lia*<- ' niMMM-ciN-d Im'- 

 l-aiiN<> «f represcMtali^e lofiiilM-ixliip 

 i\ilh fee« l,*ir»sr cHOiiuk t»i atii-r|Ual«'- 

 l> liniinee their HnderlaUinf. 



.More eiri4>ien( prodiiel ii>ii In tlie 

 I'linilanit'iilal program ol oiir l-*:irni 

 Ilureau. htll «»* niusl e.»-<i|M-ra«e iu 

 niereliaiidlKine our |irodii«l->i. lo- 

 operative innrketine: iw itot hetliiiK 

 pri«-eK on our «M(itiino<lilie<<>, liiil it 

 Nhonid aiVord a nieanN ol rr;iiilal Jnt:' 

 llie Hon **( «uir prodiiol*. I'roin llie 

 I'arni l«» the tuarkelN in ne«-ordaner 

 »ilh d>-itiniid!s <tt' titor aod p!-i<-ji-. 

 and ohoiild iluapt-n iIm- «-om| oi diN- 

 triliiilion. 



ir all nienilMTs of the l-*arni Ilu- 

 reau »4»ul«l «*o-operale lui:>, r«-*M»e- 

 ni/.e anil |i 



Richardson Tells 

 Radio Bugs Why 

 Cream Tests 



Vaiy 



lEy Dorothy llockiiian, 

 >lacoii Counly 



The farmers have begun to 

 think. They think farming is 



111 McDoiiough ronnty, slii|i- 

 |)ing associations have consigned 

 H:: carloads of stock to the Chi- 

 cag(t Producers Commission Com- 

 pany since July 1. 



Forty boys' and kiHs* in Knox 



county begin feeding their baby 

 beef club calves on Jan. 1, 1925. 



i«e th 



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•tiiiK proj- 



iiM ilieir 



inflieienl «»f 



II o» 



pr.Mlu 



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uld 



our Ii.'iihIs \i iH-re 

 «e ha^e aa i«- 

 alienahlc r i t: h t 



- Do^vn in l-;i>^t Si. I.nniti A. 

 Itirhandsim m.iii;ig<-s the 111 

 Dairy (Nimpany. Snmetimes 

 Mo pat runs, like otlu-i-s. Kii-U 

 ere;tm tests. .Mr. ki<lKinlson. 

 ill) all" eream<'ry!iieu. Knows tl 

 :]iere.are reasftns for variatii 

 ill ( r»fain tests. Wlieii he v 

 ask'Ml to leU r;idio fans "\\1i 

 f''re:im Tests "Vary" ho was ^1 

 !o aeeept. Ue:id. in part, how 

 <'\pl:iill«Mi the pUZ7,b' ever \V( 

 last \Ve.inesday evening. I>ee. 

 "Thtrc isn*t any s*m W-l ab( 

 making goocl huller' now a-ihi 

 with "llie moiU rn «'<pirpiiM'Ut 

 the up-tci-dale cr'nm'-ry." the 

 Mo iWMiager loM ihe H.^^iciii 

 iuiryijifn. "To n;al.»' goiid butt 

 s.t;ir4 With tho if^w. <*b-an u-ld 

 (jlt'iii Jlqnk. t lean haiitls and cK 



Tills is i!Ol seniitiK'liI 

 iiily way t^> ke**p di> 

 which desivt'vs bnl 



h: 



ri>e 



II nr*' 



aled i>ruaniy.atlon' 

 our «>«« n proilurti' 

 Iheiii. lii-Ip Iht III 

 I'ariii »ill !•«■ a U' 

 akie ahidiiiu 



1 «Mir'» 



(■•-Nxtnl . 

 , llHleh. 

 *i|ark t'«»iint> !■' 



kIiiIIciI innrkeC 

 p <• r i «• d •• i\4iuld 

 »>,o 41 n tiinappeac 

 and » e » on lit 

 4-onie inio onr 

 t»i\fi » (I liout :iii> 



■ iijiir.t |o I It 4" 



■ ■titisiiiiiiti;.!' p Ilk- 

 Mr. 



:iu and itN ntlill- 

 ar«- eliiliireu *tf 

 >n. I.ei'N prolr.-l 

 o Kr4>«\. anil Ih4* 

 :itllt\ .-iiitl proUI- 

 >ld ace 



clellH- 



is the 



l);ir-t. i'i;i 



Mavnr. . " ' 



I ria\4>r f'oiiiMs Itig 

 f '"In judiring luin-r. Ilav-r eoni 

 4r. i.eir <enl. hoily and gr;iin 

 '^Hv' <er)t. color Vi per rcul. .s 

 Ho per cent, ami neatiess 

 paeKii}:*' "t p<'r 4-eiil. S(» yiiu i 

 why I mlk of rta\H>r lirsi. Th 

 are ^tlier elen^'nis which c 

 (rihntt' vt*ry largely to tiie hut 

 ;llavor> suih as liarn i»htrs. um' 

 lie tUv*:r and usinK vessels 

 i]iro|ie|:ly tinned, wi-eily feed, 

 im;il(y others. 



The :n idily of rr<*ani is.."i;ni 

 \>y hjH leria. wliiili n.nliiply ■ 

 iilly Ui warm weaiiier. Cr 

 shouifl he kepi ai ahunt TiH 

 grefe-i. -Mways prnpcHy eo »l 

 fr(?i-h cream bi-fnre it is put 

 ihft c an witli Ihal of ]irev 

 -htys. 



Lois of less 1-5 caus'-d 

 Kxlia vnrv for 

 pai4| for if a 



•i>-op4-rati4tn. 

 I'r4*<*i4leiil. 

 ariti ilureau. 



.\l (^iiincy, :M 



re menilh rs of ihi 

 ■ Farm Ilur«;au. 



Itiisiiioss inon 



■ Adams Coun- 



Scvenly-tlifM' lici^Is r*preseut 

 Ing l.'inO h« ad of cattle ia the 

 neighborhood of Waukegan and 

 Zion were given the tuberculin 

 test in one week recently. 



oaniy 



<-ream. 

 is well 



IM 



enj;iin' 



or two foams ov* r and 



iraaisU, 



i l-;iVe<t |V«- lAt'iy TaiiM' 



•'Ttie variation in the !<■ 

 <ro;im is |)roh:il>ly th*- ctii 

 imire, ^nisn!id'-r..::i tiding h' 

 i1h^ protlucers nml the ere:im< 

 llian, any oth»'r i>»e Ihins. 

 eiias«)-p of. the cr<>am l*'.st var 

 4lnes ; net s<'*'m to Im» very 

 uiijlerslood. bill remembt-r. 

 « very tffect tlu re is a cause. 

 !ni";Iifl b(- tho comlilioii of 

 loft;. eondttion of the milk,' 

 ditioii of th«' separator or 

 condition of thi* civam." 



I.A.A. ACCOUNTING 

 ' DEPARTMENT HELPS 

 i 101 MEMBER CO-OPS 



! Make Applications for Income 



Tax Exemption; Schedule 



53 Audits 



Tlw ri-.jjpoli.se ol * o ».|(er;itive as- 

 sjrieiations, and Kaiin |lur"aus fn 

 Illinois in Ihe , ._ 



lltaii <>( ^U'Rani- | 



witioii of the, 1 



Illinois April lll-l >*• ."Sf*,* 



Uiral ("oioiH'ra- • , ' 

 Ifves .\ss<Kia- 1 .. 



tl«>n lias been . 1 — 



vjery eiinouraK 

 iiMK. aerprdinc 

 til a sla(ement 

 h y -ti .■ <i U 

 Wieker. kJc neral 

 i^ianaKer of Ihe 

 :ilililillK co-op. 

 i i:iuler lihe di- 

 r^.eli..u of Ver ^ .,..,„, ......^ 



It o n \ aliimun, 



i»-j;auiztiiion r.i.res.'iiiai n e. ihe 

 liemh.Msliiip has readied 1"! 

 llirmers' oiKaliizaliolis. ineludim; 

 i^ farmers' ■levaiiors. ::« eouii- 

 U Farm Bureaus, niiie live stiw-k 

 shiPpinK sissmialiolis. live dairy 

 ,li jperaCJte lompanies. Ihree live 

 s^.H-Ii tiiaitkeJinK aKen( i)s. two in- 

 .hraiii •■ i-»uiipaiiies and four niis- 



ella neons Ol-Kallizat iolis 



I'p to l»ei-. 1. .'►:» e.\aminailons 

 iBave been silieduhd ;niil the man- 

 a»:eiueiit Is makiiiK an eflort to 

 ni.ii Ihi' reiiuir. iiients o< the vari- 

 ous oiKanizalions al lUe (-lo.se of 

 ihiir liseal period, with one or 

 lUo exriipiioiis this has been 

 (lime. Tbc' number of examina 

 lions wliii-h eome in .lanuary will 

 inoi permii examiuatioi'S and ro- 

 lii.rif lo b- ronipleted before tlif 

 iUinual meeliiiKs of tine difTerent 

 (vrj;aili/.atioiis. 



llii>-,» Willi liii-oiiie Taxes 

 DuriiiK Ithe past iiioinli. the ac- 

 (KuinlinK department liiis Ikk'H en- 

 Kau'd in sei-uriuK information 



ir l-'arlii llureaiis r<-<iuired for 



llie piiriKise of niaki»K applioa- 

 llous for i exemiilion tnun ineome 

 ifixes. .\! niuiil)'-r of Mi< b appli 

 Oaii'.ns liive been prepared and 

 >fent out lor siKuatures of Ihe ofli 

 eers of the Farm Ilureaus and 

 others ar<- lieinK pieftited as soon 

 as lie- r»^Mnired iiitt>rriiaiioii can 

 l»e serurud. says Mr. Wicker. 



.\ bulU-liii was reciMitly pre- 

 ^areil aiiH ^enl out lo all farm 

 adviser;* coveriiiK quite fully the 

 girovisioni of the Ueveiuie Act 

 and regulations issm-d tlwreunder 

 as applyiJiiK lo <-o-opefalive asso 

 ciations .(iid oilier aKrieullural or- 

 gani/atioits. 



.\iienti<>ii of farm advisers is 

 called lo the fail that lhi;i bulle- 

 tin covers most of Ihe inquiries 

 wliieh arc bi-im; mad-' wilh refer- 

 ence lo Itlni ri'tinireiuenis of co- 

 operative; as.social ions and farm 

 bnrians io make returns for in 

 cmiie an^ capital stock lax, un- 

 less I hey are expressly I'xunipi; 

 The bi|llelin also <T>vers ([uite 

 spet ilically llie reiiuireiiients of 

 llie ('omillissioner of Internal Kev- 

 t^iiiije for tin; exemption of the 

 tissoriatidns iiiid iirocedure ntn-es- 

 sary IheVeto. .Any qileslions not 

 ansvtei-cd by this bullciiii will he 

 Civen .peeial allenlion it ad- 

 dressed «o Ihe .\eeounlinK I'ivi- 

 hion of the Illinois u\|;ricullural 

 .Vs.socialiiiii. 



Hear \ aiitiiiaii on KaHi** 

 ■I Mr. A'aiiiniaii oulliiied ihe need 

 iif propiir aiiditin;; of eo-4ips ■ lo 

 IkVW raiilio folks Tli»sday niKlit, 

 |l>ec. 2. ' He explaiHOal that the 

 I. .\. r. l.\ is lo oper*le on a co- 

 Ki|ieiaiivi( basis lor ftirmers just - 

 as a hahkils' i li ariiiK house oi>- 

 irales iii lalKe i-ijies- 



■The ialue of a cood audit in 

 incriMsiiiK the lo.valty of the 

 st.Kkhol«ers is not to be over- 

 looked." was <iue of his slate- 

 iiu'iiis. f'.Viiy numlH-r of diriH-tors 

 haVe siafi-d thai it w<inld he worth 

 f.T to $1(1 per yiar, iM-r stiK-k- 

 X'<i\ in iicildi-r 111 ihiir associ»iion if ea<-li 

 t(>ikhol|ler were loyal lo his own 



loop." I 



Faimiijis who aiv bkokiue ahead 

 nl kei'pinK abreast with the 

 tims a(iprei iate the ne.il of bet- 

 ter busfne>^ mi'lhods for co-op- 

 elative.s, he >aid. 'I liey are look 

 iiiK for|«aid to the lime when 

 I here vfill be iiioii' co-opiratiH 

 bfi W'-eiij CO operation's and they • \- 

 p.-it tljiir auditing s>>r\ic.- to 

 tia.--ii-n il^ eoiuini-. 



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Tlic IMlitllle Vtlional Kami 

 Loan .\t>s<M'ialioii ha* marly _fl.- 

 iiilo.iio(» farm loans: ia force in 

 Verniili|>u county, j 



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