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The DKnob AfricnlhlwJ A«>ocktioo Ifacawl 



6. 1924 



FARM BUREAU ESSAY 

 WRITERS TELL HOW 

 CONTEST HELPS THEM 



Boys and Girb Appreciate 



Ti; Believe In Farm 

 Organizatioas 



After the county judging com- 

 mittee* had announced the win- 

 ners la each county the I. A. A. 

 ■sent Utters of congratulation to 

 the winners asking for Jheir pic- 

 tures and letters telling of the 

 benefliB they got out of the 

 essay contest. The letters and 

 pictures of some of the boys and 

 girls weren't received in time to 

 get in this RrxoBD but here are 

 a few "snapshots" and "cross- 

 cuts" taken from the replies. 

 Head what 10 future members say 

 about the Farm Bureau. 



•'I wish to thank you for your 

 confcratulatlons on my essay. I 

 looked up some of the things the 

 Farm Bureau Is doing and this 

 helped me to remember them. I 

 learned more about the Farm Bu- 

 reau ahd more of the benefits It Is 

 to the farmers. My father Is a mem- 

 ber of' the Farm Bureau and gets 

 the I. j\. A. RECotD." 



Dorothy Heckman, 



Cerro Gordo, 111. 



"I received your letter of congrrat- 

 ulatlon for which I am sending my 

 thanks and also for the prize I won 

 in the state contest. I think I de- 

 rived quite a little benefit by enter- 

 ing as I think it will be quite an 

 enrouragement in entering again 

 some time. I also think it quite In- 

 terestlhg as well as educational." 

 Marjorie Cline, 

 i Virpinia, 111. 



Prlie Bays Class Pins 



"My jfather not being a farmer or 

 a farm bureau member. I knew lit- 

 tle If anything about It. Our class 

 at school was striving to get some 

 money with which to buy pina 

 When we heard of the contest we 

 decide* to choose some one to take 

 part. r was chosen. I enjoyed 

 studying the subject because It was 

 something new and helpful. I am 

 very thankful for having won first 

 in Logan county and third in Illi- 

 nois because with the prize money 

 our class is able to pay for the pins 

 Kindlx send the next issue of the 

 the I. lA. A. RzcoaD." 



Ru<h Kaesebier, Emden, III. 



"I c*n assure you that I have ob- 

 tained, several benefits from this 

 contest. I learned about the works 

 of the Farm Bureau of which before 

 I was not so well Informed. I think 

 one should know of the great or- 

 ganization of our country and the 

 Farm .Bureau Is a great, active or- 

 ganization. I also learned self-con- 

 fldenc* which will make me want 

 to try again. Please send me an 

 Issue of the I. A. A. Rzcou) because 

 my father is not a member of the 

 Farm Bureau." 



Margaret Catherine Schnapp. 

 Tallula. 111. 



Shows His Dad 



"The prize money made a nice 

 addition to my bank account, be- 

 sides I think the practice of writing 

 essays is a help in school work. I 

 give »iy Ag teacher credit for my 

 success, as he explained the subject 

 so wall. I would like to have a 

 copy of your paper to show my 

 Dad. Perhaps all these arguments 

 will Induce him to become a mem- 

 ber of the Farm Bureau." 

 Everett A, Sancken, Saunemin, 111, 



"It has been interesting' to me to 

 know how the Farm Bureau has 

 benefited my Dad. I have learned 

 -in writing this essay that the farm- 

 ers should co-operate and get be- 

 hind their organization and boost." 

 Adelipe Stevenson. Biggsville. 111. 



His Dad Will Join 



"I did learn a lot from writing 

 my essay. I learned how neatness 

 countg. I got the benefit of learn- 

 ing rtiore about the Farm Bureau 

 because I looked Into 'the subject 

 more thoroughly. But best of all 

 I now have the best side of an ar- 

 gument with my father. He is now 

 a business man but soon expects to 

 be a farmer of Michigan. 1 argued 

 that he should join the Farm Bu- 

 reau after he becomes a farmer. I 

 now receive his attention, a thing 

 impossible before I won the prize of 

 Jo Daviess county. Please send me 

 an Isfue of the RECOto." 



Herman W. Dittmar. 



Woodbine, III. 



"Prom this contest I have learned 

 more-good works that the Farm Bu- 

 reau has done because I have read 

 about it. I have got some benefits 

 from It. My father Is a farm bu- 

 reau member so we get the Record. 

 I thank you for your congratula- 

 tions," 



Elbert McCarthy, Kinsman, III, 



Going To Join Farm Bnreoa 



"In looking up facts for my essay 

 I learned that there were more ben- 

 efits derived from being a farm bu- 

 reau .member than T realized. I am 

 only 14 now but wh&n I am a man 

 I -will be a member of the Farm 

 Bureau. In writing my essay I find 

 that I have enlarged my vocabulary 

 and .Increased my knowledge In 

 English and spelling." 



Klrby Todd. Clinton, 111, 



"The farm bureau essay contest 

 has firoved a great success because 

 It has stimulated the Interest of 

 farm, boys and girls in agriculture, 

 the greatest industry. Please send 

 me the next Issue of the Rzcobd." 



Ofcar Hamlink, 0«Beseo, 111, 



Listen In! 



WLS Lines Up I.A.A. Men 

 For Short Course On Air 



Radio station WLS, under the 

 directioiHfbt E. L. Bill, formerly 

 director ^f the I. A. A. Informa- 

 tion department, has arranged a 

 comprehensive farm bureau short 

 course of 16 farm radio talks to 

 be given by I. A. A. representa- 

 tives. The series will start with 

 a talk on the evening of Dec. 19 

 by President S. H. Thompson and 

 close on Jan. 13 with a final farm 

 bureau address by G. E. Metzger, 

 director of organization. 



President Thompson's opener 

 will be "A Bird's Eye View of 

 the Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion." His talk as well as all 

 others on the evening schedule 

 will begin at 8:30 o'clock. 



On Dec. 23 at the same hour, 

 Chauncy B. Watson, I. A. A. vice- 

 president, DeKalb, III., will take 

 up the chain where Mr. Thomp- 

 son left off, telling all radio tun- 

 ers-in of "The Farm Bureau as a 

 Cog In the Nation's Mechanism," 

 Treasurer Cowles comes along in 

 3rd place on Dec, 26 with "What 

 the Farm Bureau Member Gets 

 for His Money." 



Noonday Programs Too 



The first noonday program of 

 the series comes on Jan. 2 when 

 J. R. Bent, director of phosphate- 

 limestone problems relates his 

 experience in "Helping Agricul- 

 ture to Permanency" via com- 

 mercial fertilizers. All noonday 

 programs begin at 12:30. 



The same day, but on the eve- 

 ning schedule, J. C. Watson, tax- 

 ation and statistics director, talks 

 on "Saving Money for Illinois 

 Farmers." 



"The Farm Bureau's Milky 

 Way" subject falls to your dairy 

 marketing specialist, A. D. Lynch 

 on the mid-day program, Jan. 5. 

 The next night, Jan. 6, L. J. 

 Quasey, transportation director, 

 tells "What the Farm Bureau 

 Has Done and Is Doing to Solve 

 the Farmers' Transportation Prob- 

 lems." 



Fruit Tallu Sclieduled 



Discussion of "The More-Dol- 

 lars-On-The-Tree and Less-Cost- 

 At-The-Greeks Activity of the 

 Farm Bureau" falls to A. B. 

 Leeper, fruit and vegetable rep- 

 resentative of the I. A. A. His 

 talk is scheduled for 12:30, Jan. 

 7. 



At the same time, Jan. 8, M. 

 H. Peterson, In charge T. B. 

 eradication gets his turn with 

 "Clean Hearts and Herds." 



Donald Kirkpatrick tells about 

 "Handling the Fanner's Legal 

 Problems" at 12:30, Jan. 9 and 

 the evening of that day Geo. R. 

 Wicker, general manager of the 

 I. A. C. A. and director of co-op- 

 erative accounting, describes the 

 "20th Century Cooperative." 



"Farm Bareauitis" Ends Series 



On Jan. 12, during the noon 

 hour, Wm. E. Hedgcock, live 

 stock marketing, comes in for 

 his "Shortening the Hoof-to-PYy- 

 ing-Pan Train via the Farm Bu- 

 reau" talk. 



At 12:30, Jan. 13, H. C. 

 Butcher, information director, 

 will talk on "The Farmer and 

 His Local Newspaper." At 8:30 

 P. M. the same day the chain 

 winds up with Metzger's final 

 "Farm Bureauitls" talk. 



I. A. A. Farm Program 



From Station WCK, St. Loala 



Time: Wednesday evenings, 

 7:40-8:00 



(This program is arranged par- 

 ticularly for the benefit of south- 

 ern Illinois farm bureau mem- 

 bers who have had difficulty in 

 hearing the Chicago stations. 

 Letters and suggestions would be 

 appreciated. Address the I. A, A, 

 department of information.) 



Dec. 10 — Dairy talk by G. Edwin 

 Popkess. editor of the Dairyman's 

 Journal, E. St. Louis, 111. 



"What the rilinols Grange is Do- 

 ing at Belleville This Week," by 

 Paul Potter, Ass't Editor, Orange 

 Judd Illinois Farmer. 



Dec. 17 — Samuel Sorrells of Ray- 

 mond. Montgomery county, execu- 

 tive committeeman for the 21st dis- 

 trict and chairman of the live stock 

 marketing co'mmlttee of the I. A. A.. 

 on the activities of live stock mar- 

 keting department. 



"News About the Nation's First 

 Live Stock Producers Market." by 



Washington County's Only 



LA.A. Member b Basy Man 



To Martin H. Schaeffer of 

 Hoyleton, III., goes the dis- 

 tinction of belos the only 

 member of the Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Association in Wash- 

 ington county. Young Schaef- 

 fer, he is not yet 22 years 

 old, paid his first membership 

 In the I, A. A. when he was 

 18 and has since kept up his 

 membership. 



If you go Into 

 Washington county 

 today and ask who 

 Martin H. Schaeffer 

 is, chances are ten 

 to one he will be 

 designated as presi- 

 dent of the Wash- 

 ington County Farm- 

 ers' Institute, presi- 

 dent of the Wash- 

 ington County Milk 

 Producers' Associa- 

 tion, teacher of the 

 Bend school, offi- 

 cial agriculture ed- ""rtl" 

 itor for local papers, chief 

 poultry culler of the neighbor- 

 hood or maybe the individual 

 who you ask will describe him 

 simply as chief-cook-and-bot- 

 tle-wasber in all farm Improve- 

 ment work. 



"I was 'bom In a log cabin, 

 graduated from public school 

 and went to the normal Uni- 

 versity at Carlmndale, intend- 

 ing to leave the farm," this 

 Washington county leader ad- 

 mitted. "But after studying 

 agriculture and finding that it 

 has such an interesting scien- 



tific side It became the most 

 fascinating thing In the world 

 to me." 



Realizing the disadvantage 

 to which Washington county 

 farmers are put without a 

 Farm Bureau, Schaeffer began 

 to talk Farm Bureau. That 

 was previous to 1922 but the 

 agricultural depression made 

 such organization unwise at 

 that time. He thinks 

 it wont lie long now 

 until they will have 

 a Washington Coun- 

 ty Farm Bureau. 



Some of the neigh- 

 bors made fun of 

 young Schaeffer 

 when he went away 

 to school to study 

 "book farming" but 

 they've changed 

 their minds. Now 

 they follow his ex- 

 ample and spread 

 kaeCer ^ jmig „ore lime, 

 sow a little more sweet clover 

 and make their cows glTe Just 

 a little more milk. 



Most of his better-farming 

 work Is done "after hours" for 

 he teaches school during the 

 day and then culls chickens, 

 writes for the papers, and 

 makes plans for Farmers' In- 

 stitute meetings. At the first 

 Farmers' Institute Schaeffer 

 attended there were six farm- 

 ers present Under his direc- 

 tion this attendance grew un- 

 til at the last meeting, 2,000 

 farmers turned out. 



Says Talks Were Good 



Read what a repreaentative of 

 •tation WCK write* to the 1. A. 

 A. about the first air program 

 over the St. Louis station: 



Your two speakers on WaJaes- 

 day nicht were very cood indeed 

 and we have received quitei a 

 few cards about then, which 1 

 will mail as soon as 1 Keve tWm 

 sorted out. 



Our wave length kas. been 

 changed to 273 mefcere. 

 Yours very truly, 

 Helen G. Hatfield. 

 Radio SUtion WCK. 



W. T. Angle, director of Information 

 Producers Live Stock Commission 

 Association. National Stock Tarda. 



in. 



From SUtioD KYW, Chicago 

 BroadcMt at 8:20 P. M. 



(Incomplete for December) 



Dec. 9 — Broadcast ingr entire pro- 

 gram as It Is given at the annual 

 American Farm Bureau Federation 

 banquet. Congrress Hotel. Chicago. 

 7:30 to 10:30 P. M. 



Dec. 12 — "Eleven Thousand Pota- 

 to Club Boys Triple their Dads* 

 Yields." by F. C. Gaylord. Associate 

 In HortkruUure. at Purdue Univer- 

 sity. La 'Fayette, Ind. 



"Review of the A. F. B. F. an- 

 nual meeting." by A. F. B. F. de- 

 partment of Information. 



Dec. 16 — "The Farmer In Busi- 

 ness." by C. E. Bamborougfh. Polo. 

 111.. I. A. A. executive committeeman 

 from 13th Congressional district. 



"How the State Grange Serves 

 4^rlculture," by Paul Potter. Ass't 

 Editor of Orange Judd Illinois 

 Farmer. 



Dec. 19 — Program by National 

 Committee of boys* and girls* club 

 work. In charge Guy L. Noble, na- 

 tional boys* and girls' clubs. 



Dec. 23 — "What the Farm Bureaus 

 Are Doing in Illinois," by H. C. 

 Butcher, director of I. A. A. depart- 

 ment of Information. 



"Monthly Analysis of Farm Mar- 

 kets." by H. W. Moorhouse. Brook- 

 meyer Agricultural Business Service. 



Illinois Still In Lead 



Illinois still refuses to relin 

 quish its title to Iowa as the 

 most staunch supporter of the 

 Chicago Producers Commission 

 Association, During October they 

 were in the lead by ninety-nine 

 cars, their total being 570 cars. 



In the county class, Henry 

 county, last year's champions, 

 was setting a hot pace. To -date 

 173 carloads have been received 

 from this county, 156 from Knox 

 and 149 from Carroll. 



The race of the shipping asso- 

 ciations is considerably closer 

 with Mount Carroll shipping as- 

 sociation's 79 carloads placing 



them in first position. They are 

 at the present time leading the 

 Rockford Shipping Association by 

 exactly 11 cars, which shipping 

 associations until now has always 

 been in first place since they 

 have started shipping to the Pro- 

 ducers. 



For the week of Not. 29 the 

 Producers handled 100 per cent 

 more hogs than any other firm 

 in the yards, the total being 2C6 

 carloads. 



Sheep Volame Grows 



Chicago Producers are taking 

 great pride in the record of their 

 sheep department. This depart- 

 ment has been in operation little 

 over a year and a half and dar- 

 ing that short space of time, has 

 achieved such success that the 

 Producers are regarded as one 

 of <he four leading sheep firms 

 on the Chicago yards. 



Indianapolis Pnxlncers Report 



Dnring the last two weeks of 

 November, Illinois shipping asso- 

 ciations have shipped 9S carloads 

 of live stock to the Producers at 

 Indianapolis, representing a busi- 

 ness of well over $130,000. This, 

 of course, does not represent all 

 the business from Illinois, for in 

 the twenty-two counties from 

 which shipments were received 

 during this time, there were many 

 men who fed in carlots and 

 shipped their own stock. 



The twenty-two counties from 

 which shipping associations con- 

 signed stock during the last half 

 of November are: McLean, De- 

 Witt, Macon, Piatt, Champaign, 

 Iroquois, Eidgar, Douglas, Moul- 

 trie, Christian, Shelby, Cumber- 

 land, Clark, Effingham, Crawford, 

 Lawrence, Richland, Edwards, 

 White, Coles, Jasper and Logan. 



Feeders Are Interested 



One of the most noticeable 

 things at the market at this time 

 is the number of men who are 

 coming to market with curiosity 

 whetted in regard to their own 

 organization here. They are in- 

 terested in the success of the 

 Producers as well as being Inter- 

 ested in the sale of the live stock 

 which they bring with them when 

 they come, - ^ 



Some of the most recent visit- 

 ing shippers have been Abe Hess 

 of Edgar county, Floyd Barbee 

 and Tonie Tyler of Clark, Oscar 

 Anderson of Coles, K. O. Woody 

 of Effingham, Jess Monohon of 

 Iroquois, R. R. Shephard and T. 

 W, Simpson of Christian, and 

 Fred L. Gumm of Edgar. 



From St. Louis Producers 



The St. Louis Producers Asso- 

 ciation received and sold 280 cars 

 of inbound stock Nov, 22 to Nov. 

 28, more cars than were bandied 



RAILROAD TROUBLES 

 SETTLED FOR BUREAU 

 MEMBERS BY LA.A. 



Service Includes AU Trouble* 



Arising Between Fanners 



And Railroads 



The transportation department 

 of the I. A, A, collects many 

 claims for I. A, A. members and 

 settles many troubles arising be- 

 tween railroads and farmers 

 whose land lies along the right of 

 way. Collection of claims and 

 settlement of all troubles between 

 farmers and railroad companies 

 is one of the principal services 

 for which the I, A. A. maintains 

 the transportation department. 

 This service is free to I. A. A. 

 members. 



It would take an entire volume 

 to give spaca to all the claims 

 handled by the department but 

 three cases Just recently settled 

 are fairly representative of hun- 

 dreds of others. 



Got Fences Repaired 



Late in December, 1923, Otto 

 Heur of Bensenville, 111., bad a 

 valuable cow killed on the C. M. 

 & St. P. right of way. The ani- 

 mal got through a hole in the 

 right of way fence during the 

 night. The transportation depart- 

 ment collected 1100 damages for 

 Mr. Heur. But the railroad com- 

 pany was slow In fixing the fence 

 and only after persistent efforts 

 by the transportation department, 

 were the fences finally put in re- 

 pair. 



Under date of Nov. 27, 1924, 

 Mr. Heur writes: 



The feaee la flx^ on both aide* 

 or the track now. I thjiak yon very 

 m«eh for yoMr troahle aad I atlek 

 to the AaaoelatlOB bow. 



Bad Fence For Years 



Another case just settled is 

 that of the Meyer Bros., of Zear- 

 ing. 111. For several years they 

 had been trying to get fences 

 along the C. M. & St. P. repaired 

 but no steps were taken by the 

 company to make improvement. 

 Early this fall Mr. Quasey took 

 the matter up with the C. M. & 

 St. P. officials. 



This extract from a letter of 

 Meyer Bros., dated Nov. 25, 1924, 

 shows that settlement has been 

 made: 



They are novr vrorkJitK om the 

 fence. I am anre thankfsl for what 

 yoo have done for nte In grttlnK 

 this fence fixed. 1 aare will do all 

 I can to hooat the 1. A. A., aa roit 

 did me a sood tnrn In celtlnc thla 

 fence flxed. 



Collect $600 Damages 



And here is another claim 

 which involves a fiood gate of 

 poor construction. A faulty flood 

 gate of the B. & O. railroad com- 

 pany gave way to flood waters, 

 resulting in much damage to Dan 

 DeLorme'B field crops at Casey- 

 viUe, III. The damage was done 

 early in the summer and claim 

 for loss taken up with Mr. Quasey 

 through the St. Clair County 

 Farm Bureau where B. W. Till- 

 man is adviser. 



On Nov. 27, Mr. DeLorme wrote 

 to Mr. Quasey as follows: 



I have received a draft for f.'SOO 

 and thank 70a very much for the 

 IntercBt yon ahowed la helplna acl- 

 tle HBT claim. 



These three examples of claims 

 that have been handled only illus- 

 trate the services for which the 

 transportation department is 

 maintained by the I. A. A., Mr. 

 Quasey says. The department is 

 the Illinois farmer's hired hand. 

 It performs the services requested 

 by I. A. A. members as regards 

 collection of overcharges on 

 freight hauls, fumfehing freight 

 rates between shippin'g points, 

 collection of damages from death 

 of live stock, fire loss, crop losrf 

 or any difficulty arising between 

 the farmer and the railroad. 



Whatever your difference with 

 the railroad may be, send in a 

 description of your trouble and 

 we will settle it if at all possible, 

 the department advises. The 

 only way to realize on your I. A. 

 A, membership dues is to use the 

 services provided. 



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Noon, Thursday, Dec. 4, was 

 the time set for the Boys' and 

 Girls' Baby Beef Club of Macou- 

 pin county to sell their 44 head 

 of Angus calves at public auction. 

 This is their first Christmas Baby 

 Beeves sale. 



C. C. Mast, manager of Adams 

 County Shippers' Association, 

 Qulncy, 111., sold one load of hogs 

 through the St Louis Producers 

 on Nov. 28 at )9.2& per cwt., the 

 top for the day. 



