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The lUinoU Agricultural A»»ociation Record 



December 20, 19Z4 



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I LiIjINOIS 



CCL TUBAL ASSOCIA 



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PQ%llah*d •▼•ry other Saturdar toy th* Illtnola Agricul- 

 tural ▲■■ociatlon, 60S South Dearborn Street, Chicago. 

 lUlDoia. Kdlted by Department of Information. U. C 

 Butcher. Director. 



Entered aa second claaa matter Oct. 10, 1921, at the povt 

 efflce at Chicago. Illinois, under the act of March S, 1I7*. 

 Acceptance for mailing at apeolal rates of postage pro- 

 Tided for in Section 1103, Act of October >, 1917, author- 

 izea Oct. »1. mi. 



The individual membership fee of the Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association is five dollars a year. This fee Includes 

 payment of fifty cents for subscription to the Illinois Ag- 

 rlotoltural Association Rwwsa , 



Postmaster: In returning an uncalled-for or mlssant 

 copy, please indicate key num|>er en address as Is re- 

 quired by law. 



OFF1CEB8 

 Preeldent, 8. H. Thompson, Qnlncy. 

 Tice-President, C. B. Watson, DeKalb. 

 Treasurer, R. A. Cowles, Bloomington. 

 Secretarj', Geo. A. Fox; Sycamore. 



EXBCOnVB COMMITTEE 



Bj Congressional Districts 



1lih Jacob Olbrlch, Harvard. 



12th v-^ P- Tullock, Rockford 



13th >.C. E. Bamborough, Polo 



14th W. H. Moody, Port Byron 



15th H. E. Goembel, Hooppole 



16th , J. ......A. R. Wright, Varna 



17lh i.^. .F. D. Barton, Cornell 



18th R. F. Karr, Irequola 



19th>. J. L. Whisnand, Charleston 



20th. Earl C. Smith, Detroit 



21at Samuel Sorrella, Raymond 



22nd Stanley Castle, Alton 



23rd J. E. LIngenfelter, Lawrencevllle 



24th Curt Anderson, Xenia 



23th Vernon Lesaley, Sparta 



Directors of Departments 

 I. A. A. Office 



General Office and AsslsUnt to Secretary, J. H. Kelker; 

 Organization, G. E. Metzger; Information, H. C. Butcher; 

 Transportation, L. J. Quasey; Taxation and Statistics, 

 J. C. Wateon; Finance, R. A. Cowles; Fruit and Vege- 

 table Marketing, A. B. Leeper; Live Stock Marketing, 

 Wm. E. Hedgcock; Dairy Marketing, A. D. Lynch; 

 Phosphate-Limestone, J. R. Bent; In charge Poultry and 

 Egg Marketing, F. A. Gougler; special representative 

 on Tuberculosis Eradication, M. H. Petersen; Legal 

 Counsel, Donald Klrkpatrick; Co-operative Accounting, 

 Gtoo. R. Wicker. 



'resident Thompson's Christmas Message 



(Continued from pagre 1) 



given maximum retums. But their sons and 

 dlaughters, and grandsons and granddaughters, will 

 be reaping much as a result of these activities. If 

 we of today build and administrate our organiza- 

 tion well, those who follow will have an organiza- 

 tion greater than we dare dream today. They, in 

 turn, can serve for future generations. 

 1 The movement should be kept national in char- 



Eer. In no other way can be attained the results 

 t are offered through the broader service speak- 

 ing for American agriculture. We can afford to 

 ibeet with disappointment and even seeming de- 

 feat for the time being in our efforts to overcome 

 obstacles and things that hinder if it clears our 

 vision and puts us squarely behind the task of mak- 

 ing it what it should be so that it will function 

 effectively in the interest of all of its members. 

 j Henry C. Wallace, our great and sincere friend 

 who died in the service of agriculture, has often 

 ^id that true co-operation is no more than "ap- 

 plied Christianity." A cornerstone in the foun- 

 dation of the Farm Bureau is the whole-hearted 

 co-operation of neighbor to neighbor. If a farmer 

 in any community becomes sick and cannot plow 

 his fields, or needs assistance in any way that is 

 worthy, who is it that helps him? It is his neigh- 

 hoTS, of course. I have seen it happen many times. 

 it is natural that co-operation be a cornerstone of 

 a great farmers' organization like the Farm Bu- 

 reau. In performing neighborly acts, we are ap- 

 plying Christianity. We should co-operate to set 

 aright things that do not appear right. To break 

 ^way would be un-Christian. 

 I In the affairs of the various units of our great 

 farm bureau organization we must not forget that 

 Christianity can be applied in our relationships 

 ^th other organizations or other units of our big 

 family. We must look to the future over and 

 above any obstacles of the present and obvious er- 

 rors of the past and apply the Christian spirit of 

 Christmas in our relations with one another. Thus 

 will the Farm Bureau go on into posterity like 

 Christianity. 



Right Under the Cans 



When President Coolidge gave his notable speech 

 at the International Live Stock Exposition, he was 

 literally talking into the muzzle of the guns that 

 have been shooting hell-fire into the co-operative 

 live stock marketing organizations. Before a large 

 group of old time commisBion men, President Cool- 



idge gave unqualified recognition to co-operative 

 marketing of an orderly and centralized character 

 a.s a substitute for the haphazard and wasteful 

 distribution methods of the past. 



President Coolidge showed that he is acquainted 

 with the present status of co-operative marketing of 

 live stock. He stated that the principle of co-oper- 

 ation in producing, financing, buying and market- 

 ing must be encouraged to the utmost practical 

 development. He pointed out further that the 

 farmer must be released from the individualistic 

 and competitive conditions under which agriculture 

 has been conducted in the past. 



President Coolidge 's good will toward co-oper- 

 ative marketing should be a great boon to the move- 

 ment. The National Live Stock Producers Associ- 

 ation reports that live stock producers and local 

 shipping association managers who have been at its 

 office and at the yards are unanimous in their ap- 

 proval of President Coolidge 's stand. 



The growing confidence of the shippers in their 

 own co-operative commission agency is seen in the 

 record breaking receipts of the Chicago Producers. 

 In. the week ending Dec. 5, this organization 

 handled 573 carloads of stock, a record for the 

 Union Stock Yards. This figure beat their former 

 record of 552 cars. 



That's getting to be quite a husky farm bureau 

 baby, folks. 



Tune In! 



If you are one of those farm bureau folks who 

 owns a radio, you should not overlook the talks be- 

 ing given these wintry noons and evenings by I. A. 

 A. officials and directors. President Thompson will 

 have started the series off by the time you have 

 received this Record. He puts forth the larger 

 viewpoint of the Illinois Agricultural Association, 

 a thing that many of us need to get. His talk is 

 followed at later dates by Vice-President Watson, 

 Treasurer Cowles and Secretary Fox. Then will 

 come talks by the various departmental directors, 

 each telling of his awn work. Someone has rather 

 aptly termed this series as a "short course" on a 

 great farm organization. Tune in and know more 

 about your organization. 



And while you are tuning, don "t forget that there 

 is an Illinois Agricultural Association farm pro- 

 gram broadcast every week from St. Louis over Sta- 

 tion WCK. There is still another which is handled 

 in co-operation with the American Farm Bureau 

 Federation over KYW at Chicago. If you have a 

 radio, you should know more about your organ- 

 ization's worth than it ever has been possible 

 before. The schedules of the talks appear in the 

 Record. 



I A Real Program 



The shipping association movement in the I'nited 

 States during the last 12 years has made rapid 

 growth, and at the present time the live stock mar- 

 keting department's figures show there are 3,900 

 such associations actively engaged in marketing live 

 stock in the United States. 



The percentage of live stock being shipped to the 

 various terminal markets by the shipping associ- 

 ations will vary from 15 to 65 per cent, which shows 

 the importance of the shipping association to the 

 live stock producer. Itj has been found that the 

 shipping association returns more net dollars to 

 the farmer than when he markets his live stock 

 through the old channels. 



The Illinois Agricultural Association, through 

 its live stock marketing department, is working to 

 help strengthen the shipping associations of Illinois 

 as it is believed that the stabilization and success of 

 our live stock markets depend upon the strength 

 and co-operative mindedness of our various ship- 

 ping associations. 



With this thought in mind we are endorsing the 

 resolutions passed by the officers and managers at 

 the second annual shipping association conference 



The resolutions 



of Champaign county, Dec. 12. 

 follow : 



The general committee in charge of the second annual 

 lonference of livestock shipping associations in Cham- 

 Itaign county matte the following recommendations for 

 the consideration of the reprea^ntativea of the local live- 

 stock shipping associations iti tiie betterment uf work 

 for the coming year; 



Things urged: 



That officers and directors of local shipping associations 

 carry on an educational program during the coming year 

 on the following things: 



1. That each local shipping association hold a demon- 

 tratlon during this winter on grading hogs. 



2. That officers and directors of local shipping asso- 

 ciations hire local managers that are co-operative 

 minded. That is that the manager have an under- 

 standing, and sympathy with the larger principles 

 necessary in advancing co-operative marketing 'of 

 livestock. If a manager is not in sympathy with 

 these things it is hard for him to put them In prac- 

 tice. It is also more probable that he will keep 

 still when he ought to be of service in explaining. 



3. That local carload individual shippers be urged to 

 ship thru tiieir local co-operative shipping associ- 

 ations. 



4. That shipping association ofllcials attempt to cor- 

 rect the practice of several men In the community, 

 making up carloads of their own stock for shipment. 

 This is not co-operation, but the tack of co-oper- 

 ation and results in several different forms of evil. 



5. Dra^ attention to the fact that shipping associ- 

 ations should make their reports on capital stock 

 tax and establish exemption according to the re- 

 quirements of the Federal Revenue Act for incorp- 

 orated and unincorporated associations by July 31 

 of each year. Income tax reports for co-operative 

 associations establishing exemption must be filed by 

 the I5th of the 3rd month following the close of the 

 business year. After exemption is established it 

 is not necessary to file an income tax return but all 

 shipping associations must make capital stock tax 

 report. 



6. The committee recommends that there should be 

 more regular meetings of the l>oard8 of directors 

 of local associations and greater activity in the 

 local problems for the betterment of co-operation. 



7. It is recommended that boards of directors of local 

 shipping associations take up the questions of in- 

 corporation for their consideration. 



8. It is recommended that local associations pay at- 

 tention to planning in detail good annual meetings 

 for the complete report and explanation of the co- 

 operative business of the association. 



In this connection good dinners and speakers may add 

 to the attendance and interest. 



(Signed) A. O. Peters, general chairman: 

 B. P. Rayburn. secretary; H, W, 

 Holl, chairman round table and 

 \V. H. Odell, reception. 



The Voice of the Members 



Members are invited to speak their minds in tkis column. As 

 many letters from members wilt be printed each issue as space 

 will permit. Letters should be short and snappy; all must be 

 signed to be printed. All constructive criticism of the Farm Bu- 

 reau — county, state or national units — is welcomed. II you have 

 any grievances, praise or suggestions, here is the place to tell 

 them. It's your column, mate it what you will. Address letters 

 to B. C. Butcher, I. A. A. Record, 60S S. Dearborn, Chicago. 



**Volce of the Members** Colnmnt I have studied the 

 view points of remedying farm or agrlcaltnmi eondltlonii 

 and dlfllenltles from every angle, and I believe these 



verr COndltlona fma iyr- aoWetl if nmir wlartom or Ih«c1- 

 li^eace are combined with enerfcy and thrift, backed by 

 I'^edeml Loan Banks, and proper advUement or super- 

 vision of Farm Bureaus, and of leading agricultural 

 papers. But here are the main and foremost problems. 

 1 think, vrhleh If used at the right time and with the 

 proper advantage or appllnnce, will do more to beneSt 

 the farmers of Illinois than all other suggestions com- 

 |»lned. Here is my suggested program: 



1. The «10O,U0<»,00O road bond Issue should be care- 

 fully and ei'onomlcally planned and exeeuted, and all 

 county roads, llnklns: with state roads, should be properly 

 araded and finished off with a thick layer of crushed roek, 

 which would eventually lift the state of Illinois com- 

 pletely out of the mud, while at the same time It would 

 reduce truck transportstlon expenses to farmera Mv<»»— n: 

 or nenr these hard roads, and would i •.„;■;■. 

 open markets easily accessible for d 



2. A co-operative marketing systei- . ' -g. 

 and selling Is in direct contact wItL tue consumer 'and 

 producer, to eliminate handlers* and mlddlemen*s proflts. 



3. Immediate redaction on all farm machinery prices, 

 say to at least one-hnlf, and co-operating farming com- 

 munities dealing direct with any factories manufacturing 

 farming implements, to curb the proSts of ageats aad 

 hardware dealers. 



4. Reduction of freight and transportation rates by 

 the railroads on all large consignments or full car load 

 lots destined to distant markets, and better service rend- 

 ered by the railroads to the farmers, when large produc- 

 tion worrants more cars and quick transportation during 

 busy seasons. 



5. Encouraging farmers to buy and sow only pure 

 seeds, nnd also buy and raise pure-bred or registered 

 stock, and advising farmers to rid themselves Immediately 

 of all Impure seeds and scrubby stock. 



6. Proper housing nnd sheltering of all stock nnd of 

 all farming Implemerfts. 



7. Interests of ogrlcultnre should be taught In rural 

 or district public schools, and the best of educational 

 facilities made available la well-established farming com- 

 munities. 



8. Advertising, used by the farmers as a sales medium, 

 and dally market reports by selling directly to consumers 

 from the farm. 



0. Keeping In touch with, or Investigating farming nnd 

 marketing conditions In other states, or la foreign lands, 

 thereby possibly solving In helping to remedy existing 

 home-market difllculties like surpluses, and keeping In 

 contact with dlstsnt or foreign markets In cases of crop 

 shortage or In eases of shortage of farm production. 



10. General or diveralfled, sclentllli- and economic 

 farming methods nnd systems, nnd rotating the yielding 

 farm acreage. The advice of the Farm Bureau as to the 

 best methods of treating nad building up poor soils to In- 

 crease the value of unproductive agricultural regloas. 



11. Kneouraglag farmers to buy the most neeesssry 

 up-to-date farming Implements and co-operating (If 

 necessary thru expense) In buying high priced farm Im- 

 plements Infrequently used, during all seasons of the 

 year. 



12. Encouraging prospering farmers to utilise farming 

 Implements (like tractors or trucks) to the best and uuout 

 necessary advantage to cut operating expenses to a min- 

 imum. .\lso advising land itwiierN to nsMlNt their tenants 

 In a most creative nnd benefloini way nnd manner which 

 will tend to increase the land vnlue, and 10 Increase crop 

 production wlthoat additional expense In wages for hired 

 help, or otherwise. 



13. Tax should be reduced for all tenant farmers, and 

 for all land owning farmers, according to the dlstsnee or 

 accessibility to markets, and according to the nature and 

 productivity of ngrlcnltuml regions. 



14. Complete budget system by all farmers, showing 

 tnx and Income tabulations, plus agricultural operations 

 on ssld farms — which would place farmers on an equal 

 footing like banking debits or credits, or other Industrial 

 lines. 



is. Formntlon of agricultural associations to build and 

 to malntnln farmer-controlled grain elevators, mills, 

 warehouses, shipping stntlons. dnlries. etc.. same being 

 controlled by shares or stocks, and with the aid of Fed- 

 eral Farm Loans, governed by proper advisement nnd 

 supervision of nbie. Intelligent and talented farm leaders, 

 and the full nnd henrty support nnd eo-operation of elear- 

 visioned members selected from well established farming 



nitles, 



Adolph OyroS, Dnpo, St, Clair County 



