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The IllinoU Agricultural AMOciation Record 



December 20, 1924 



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Mished avery x>tb«r Saturday by tha Illinois A^ricul- 

 ) Asaoclatfon^ 104 South Dearborn Str«et. Chicafro. 

 loia. Kdtt«d by Department of Information, H. C. 

 her. Director. 



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En ered as second ctaea matter Oct. 10, 1921, at the post 

 office at rhlrkeo, lllinoie, under the act of March 3. 1879. 

 Ai:i eptance for mailing at epeotat rates of postage pro- 

 vidPd for In Section lli)3. Act of October 3, 1917. author- 

 ir.l Oct 31, 1921. 



I Individual membership fee of the Illinola Agrlcul- 

 il Association is fiTe dollars a year. This fee Includes 

 ment of nfty cents for subscription ttr the Illinois Ag- 

 tltural Association 



tmaster: In recurnins an uncalled-for or missent 

 y. please Indicate key number on address as Is re- 

 red by law. S 



OFFICERS 



President. S. H. Thompson. Qnincy. 

 Vice-I>resident, C. B. Watson, DeKalb. 

 Treojiurer. U. A, Cowles. Bloomini^toii. 

 Secretary, <ieo. A. Fox, Sycamore. 



EXECITTIVE COLMITTEE 



By Congressional Di.strict8 



1l4h ^jl. Jacob Olbrlch, Harvard 



h G. F. Tullock, Rockford 



h i> ,C. E. Bamborough, Polo 



12 

 13 

 14 

 15:h, 



16:h 



17th... 



18th 



IHh. 



h I W. H. Moody, Port Byron 



.., H. E. Goembel, Hooppole 



A. R. Wright, Varna 



.,^ F. D. Barton, Cornell 



R. F. Karr, Iroquolt 



.^. ... J. L. Whisnand, Charleston 



20(lh Earl C. Smith, Detroit 



21|Bt .; Samuel Sorrells, Raymond 



22|nd i Stanley Castle, Alton 



23lrd J. E. Llngenfelter, Lawrencevllle 



24th Curt Anderson, Xenia 



2^h 1,., Vernon Lessley, Sparta 



I Directors i)t Departments 



I. A. A. Office 



General Office and Assistant to Secretary, J. H. Kelker: 

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

 xi-ansportation, L. J. Quasey; Taxation and Statistics, 

 JJ C, WaUon; Finance, R. A. Cowles; Fruit and Vege- 

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

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

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

 E^g Marketing, F. A. Gougler; special representative 

 oh Tuberculosis Eradication, M. H. Petersen; Legal 

 CsunseU Donald Klrkpatrlck; Co-operative Accounting, 

 Geo. R. Wicker. 



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President Thompson's Christmas Message 



given maximum return^. But their sons and 

 daughters, and grandson^ and granddaughters, will 

 We reaping much as a result of these activities. If 

 We of today build and idministrate our organiza- 

 tion well, those who foUiw will have an organiza- 

 tion greater than we darte dream today. They, in 

 tjrn, can serve for future generations. 



The movement should )>e kept national in char- 

 acter. In no other way can be attained the results 

 tliat are offered through the broader service speak- 

 iig for America.! agr.culture. We can afford to 

 .licet with disappointment and even seeming de- 

 fcf.t for the time being in, our efforts to overcome 

 (b..tac!eb and things thatJhinder if it clears our 

 vision and puts us squareljf behind the task of mak- 

 ing it what it should be so that it will function 

 (fl.ctive:y i.i the interest of all of its members. 



Henry C: Wallace, our great and sincere friend 

 fho died in the service of agriculture, has often 

 laid that true co-operatfon 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- 

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

 It is natural that co-operation be a cornerstone of 

 k great farmers' organization like the Farm Bu- 

 reau. In performing neighborly acts, we are ap- 

 plying Christianity. We should co-operate to set 

 iright things that do not appear right. To break 

 iway would be un-Christian. 



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 

 with other organizations or other units of our big 

 family. We must look to the future over and 

 iibove 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 Guns 



Wlwii l'^l■^illl■nt ( iidliiliri' jjavc liis iiotalile spi'i'di 

 iit tilt' Intcniiiticiiiiil Live Stix-k Kxpositii)ii. he was 

 litirally tiilkinj.' into the niiizzli> of tlir jriiii»i that 

 have l«'i-ii slioiitiiiijr lioU-tire iiitu the co-npeiativi' 

 live st(ii-k iiiarkftiii!; (irfraiiizatiims. Het'ore a lartri' 

 i;riiii|i III' iilil tiiiii' ci>niiiiis.sioii men. Pri'sidcnt Cool- 



icl>;e ^ave un(|ualified recognition to co-operative 

 niarki'tiii^ of an orderly and cciitrali/cd character 

 ii-; a siilislitiitr for tlii' haplia/anl and wastrfiil 

 ilisti'iliiilioii iiii'llioils of llii' past. 



I'rcsiilc-nl ( 'ooiid;.'!' siiowcd lliat he is ac(|iiaiiiliMl 

 with the pri'-sciit status of eo-opcnitivc markctiiiK of 

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

 ation ill jn'odiicing, financing, Inlying and iiiarket- 

 iiig must be encouraged to the utmost practical 

 devcliipnieiit. He pointed out further that the 

 fanner injist he released from the individualistic 

 and coiiipclitive conditions under wliii'li agricnltiiri' 

 lias lieeii conducted in the jjast. 



President Coolidge's good will towanl co-oper- 

 ative iiiarkctiiig should be a great boon to tin' iiiove- 

 iiKMit. The National Live Stock Producers AssiK'i: 

 atioii reports that live stock producers and local 

 slapping association managers who have been at its 

 otlicc anil at the yards are unaiiiiiioiis in llicir ap 

 proval of Picsideiit Coolidge's stand. 



The growing confidcnee of llie shippers in their 

 own co-o|)crative commission agency is seen in the 

 ii'Cord breaking receipts of the Chicago Producers, 

 In llie week ending Dec. 5, this organization 

 liandled ^il'-i carloads of stock, a record for the 

 I'nion Stock Yards, This figure beat their former 

 record of 'I't'J. cars. 



That's getting to lie i|nite a husky farm luiieaii 

 liaby. folks. 



Tune In! 



If yon are one of those farm Inireaii folks who 

 owns a radio, you should not overlook the talks lie 

 ing given thesi' wintry noons and evenings by I, A. 

 -V. officials anil <lireetoi's. President Thompson will 

 have .started the series off by the time yon have 

 received this Ui.ruKii. He puts forth the larger 

 .iewpoint of the Illinois Agricultural Associatioii. 

 a tiling that iiiaiiy of ns need to get. His talk is 

 followed at later dates liy Vicc-l'rosideiit Walscui. 

 Treasurer Cowles and Secretary Fo.\. Then will 

 come talks by the various departmental directors, 

 each telling of his ojvn work. Someone has rathi'r 

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

 great farm organization. Tune in and know more 

 about j'our organization. 



And-while yon are tuning, don't forget that there 

 is an Illinois Agricultural Association farm pro- 

 gram liroadeast every week from St. I.oiiis over Sta 

 tion WCK. There is still another which is liaiidli'd 

 ill co-operation with the American Farm Hiircao 

 Federation over KY\V at Chicago. If you have a 

 radio, yon should know more about your oigaii- 

 ization's worth than it ever has been possible 

 lieforc. The schedules of the talks appear in the 

 l{i;( iiKi>. 



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i A Real Program 



The shipping associatioii movement in the' I'liiteil 

 States during the last VI years has made rapid 

 '.'riiwtli, and at the present time tlie live stock mar- 

 keting dciiartmcnt's ligiires show there are :!.!MI() 

 such associations aetively viiigagcd in marketing livr 

 st<ick ill the riiited States. 



The percentage of live stock lieini; shipped to the 

 various terminal markets by the shipping as.soci- 

 ations will vary from \'i to Gf) per cent, which shows 

 the im|)ortanee of the shipping association to the 

 live .stock prodiieer. It lias been fiuind that tlw 

 shipping association returns more net dollai's to 

 the farmer than when lie markets his live slmk 

 through the old channels. 



The Illinois Agrieiiltnral Assnciatiuii. tliroiigli 

 its live stock marketing department, is working to 

 help strengthen the shipping assoeiations of Illinois 

 as it is believed that the stabilization and success of 

 our live stock markets depend upon the strength 

 and eo-o|)criltive mindediiess of our various slilp- 

 ]iing jissociations. 



With this thought in mind we are endorsing the 

 resolutions pa.ssed by the officei-s anil managers at 

 the second annual shipping association conferenec 



of Champaigu county, Dee. 12. The resolutions 

 follow: 



'I'Ih' ii.-iior;il roniinltlrT hi chiirK'*' <"»!' Hi-- scroml nniiii;H 

 . iMi irri'ii«« 'of livi'SlOik sliiiM'iiiK ;isso.-iii i ioiiH in ClKini- 

 l';i iiiii foiiKly riciK-- ( li- ti»t|Mv\ iim r.-.-..niin.-ii.i;i I inns Ittr 

 rlf i nri.si.l. r;it ion ..i I li. r.-iir. s^-iti:il i\ .'S «.l thf I0..H liv- 

 .vt.M k .slii|>|Mtm ;issi.(i:ii ions in I lii luri. ftin 11I "•! w "uk 

 lor 111. .-omiiiK y.'ar: 

 'ritinji.s urK'-'I; 



Th;il nin.-.Ts ami <lir"-< lors or In. al HhippiiiK :isso.i;i i iotis 

 '■:trry on an «-(lu' at ifnia I proKii-am tluriii^^ lli.- foniliiK year 

 I'll thf lollowiiin thiim's: 



1. That each iot-al shippinK association hoM a (li-mon- 



I rat ion duririK tliis wintrr on Kr.-niinj; hous. 

 l. Tliat olHctTs ami (lin-ttorH of local .shippii'^ awso- 

 cialioiis Iiirc local mnnat^crs that are .o-opcratiVf 

 inirultil. That is that llir inatiaK^T have an uinlcr- 

 slamlintr. and fynipalliy with llic lar>,'«T principles 

 necessary in advancing c(»- operative ntarkeiinj^ 'of 

 li\estu.(k. ir a rnanauer is not in synipalhv with 

 thcse thinps it is hard for him to put thetn in pia- - 

 Lice. 11 is alSfi more prol.;iM.- ihat he will kc.p 

 still when he OiiKlU to l.c i.t service in explaining-. 

 :[ That lo.al car|oa«l iiiiMvi-iintl shipP'TH '"■ nrn'-'I to 

 ship thru their local co-operative shipping associ- 

 at iuns. 

 I. That sliipiJiii^j association ollieials attempt lo cor- 

 rect the pracii»-e of Keveral nun in the coninuin it v. 

 inakiiiK up carloads of their ou n stock for shipni«nt 

 This is not cn-operalioii. hut the lack of eo-oper- 

 ation and results in several ditTerc-nt forms of evil. 

 :-. l>ra\v attention to ilie i:,ct tltat shipi.int? associ- 

 ations should make tin ir reports on capital stot k 

 lax and establish exemplion accordtntc to the re- 

 Hiiirenieiits of the Federal Ucvciuie Act for ineorp- 

 oraletl and uiiincorporat<d assoeiations l.y July :; I 

 of t-aih year. Income tax reports for co-oper;itive 

 associations estaldishini:^ exemption must he tiled hv 

 tlif liith of the :ird month followin;! the .-lose nf ih',' 

 hiiMinc'Ss year. After exemption is t-slahlislied il 

 not iieetfs^arii: l»^ti|c an income i;i\ return hul all 

 iations must make .apitai stock tax 



shipping as> 



report. 



Till- comiFiittc*' 



more rejjHlar 1 



of local associations and *rr.., ,. . ... t,*,,, ,,. i,, 



local prohlems inr the hetternieiit of co-oiipralioi 



It is reeomniehde.I that boards of iP - 



conimends thai th.-re shoiihl l>.- 



tintrs of the lioards of directors 



ter activity in the 



I) A. n. Peters, R-enoral «'hairman: 

 M. V. llayl.uMi. sooreiary: H. W. 

 Moll, cliairmaii round talde and 

 W H. Udell, r.-e, oiion. 



"\ ti|«'e i>r ihc >Ii*tiilMTH** Culiinin: I bave Htudl^d th** 

 1 h-»v pointH of renifil.^ iiiK fnrnt or nf;rrli*iiltnral f»ii4lf Iiiiim 

 iinil ililHrultieN Iruiii <■* ory niiKle. itnil I hellcve ■ the»«* 

 « frT cniKlltlitiiM o»n l>f H*tlvf-fl ir only >« iMlum or Intrl- 

 IIk**!!*'!* art* coniliiiieil »iih fneruy nnil thrift, haekrd l>> 

 l-Vileriil l.onii llankM, niul i»ru|i<'r ailt i-iviiiriit »r Miiiter- 

 « iNiuii of Kami BiircuiiH. and of IcadiiiK HKrirulturnl 

 liaiiiTK. Hut here nre the main and foremost probleniM. 

 I think. »hieh if uMed at the rii^ht time anil nith the 

 Itroper ail% aiitaee or applianee. will do more to henellt 

 ■ he faniierN of lllinoiM th:in all other NiiKKewtionH vom- 

 I(in4-d. Here in my Niiefrt'Mteil prof^ram: 



I. The 8tHNMNMMHH» road hond iNsne whonld he eare- 

 fnlly and eeononileally |»launed and exeeiileil. and all 

 eonnty roadn. linklnK with Klale roadit. Nhould he properly 

 Kraded and tIniMhed off with a thiek layer of eruKhed roek. 

 i\hieh would eventually lift the Htate of lllinolH eoni- 

 l>letely out i>f the niiHl. while at the Name time it tTOuld 

 reduce truek trauNporlation expeiiMen to farnierM lit'"-- 



or iii-ar theMe hard riNidK. nnd woillil 1 

 open niarketn eaMlly aet-eMNllile for t. 



'2. \ eo-oprratlve niarketlnp: h>Mlei . .„^- 



and MelliuK^ In In direet eontaet witl. ..le eonwunier and 

 produeer, to elimiaate handlerN* and niiddlemen'M profitN. 



:[. Inimediaie reflin-lloii on nil farm niaehlnery prieeK. 

 Htiy to at lenNt iMie-half. and ei»-opernlinir farmin*? eom- 

 niunltieM dealinic direet tiilh any faetorie<t iiwinufaeturlnK 

 rarminK Iniplementu, to eurh the protitN of aicentM and 

 hardware dealerM. 



4. lleduetitMi of freight and tranMpi»rtntitin ratew h> 

 (he rallroadK on all l:irK«- eonNiKnnienlN or full ear lonil 

 lotH deMtlned to diMlant markets, and hetter Kerviee rend- 

 ered by the railroads to the farmerN. t\ hen larice produ*-- 

 llnn WiirraniN more eiir** and <iuiek iraoKportation duriim 

 liUKy HeaNitHM. 



r>. Kneourauinrr l'arm<-rM to liu:r and mow only pure 

 NeedN, and aKn liii> and raise |>ure-l>red or refclttered 

 Mtoek. nnd a4lviNiii|e farnierM to riil theiiiNt'lteN Imniedlalel* 

 of nil Impure Needs and NcruMty sttiek. 



It. Proper hoiiMiiiu' anil NhelleriiiK ut all Ht«»ek and **i 

 all farming Iniplemetrtx. 



7. InterestN of aKrieultur«> Nhould he taueht in rural 

 or diMtriet pulilie sehools. and the flieNt of eduealionai 

 fneilltleN made a%ailaltle in well-esfal>liNh«'«l farminf: eom- 

 miinitleM, 



5. .AdvertiioinK. uoed hy Ih*- farnierM n 

 and ilail.t market r<'|>ortN hy seilinu: tlire 

 from the farm. 



U. Keepiiiff in toiH-h with, or in% esiiKaliiiic farming and 

 mnrketinK 4-ouditiitnM in tither stntes. nr in fitreiKrn lanili. 

 therehy poMMibly holvinu in helpinu to remedy e\iHlinu 

 home-market ditHt-iiltieH like NurplnseN. and keeping? In 

 eontaet with diMtant or foreign markets In eaMeM of er«|* 

 Hhortiiec or in eaiteN of HliortaKi' **t farm produetion. 



10. (General or iliverMified. Helen tiii>* and eeononiie 

 farming niethtiilM nnd syNtemM. nnd rotating the yieldiUK 

 farm aereaee. 'I'lie adviee of the Karni llureau an to the 

 hei*t niethitdN of irentin;? and huildinfi? up poor moIIm to in- 

 ereaNe the value «f unproduetive aKrieiilliiral ref^ionM. 



II. Kneoiiraicinf;: farmern to buy the most necessary 

 up-to-date fanning; implementN and i*o-uperntine (if 

 neeeNNary thru expense) in huyinf? hieh priced farm Im- 

 plementN iiifrei|iien1ly used, during all seasons of the 

 year. 



I-*. hZnvournislmK prosperlnK farmerN m iitilixe farminK' 

 Implement!! Hike traetorM or iru«-ksi to the hesi and most 

 necCNMary advantntfe lo cut operating expenseN to a min- 

 imum. AIno iidvininK land tiwiiers to nNHlMt their teiiantN 

 in a most erealite and lieneflcjal nny and manner which 

 will tend to increaNc the land ^alue. and to incrcaNc crop 

 production wlthoat additional expense in iin;ieN for hired 

 help, or othcrw ise. 



i;t. Tax Nhould be rcdiieci) for all len:iii( farmers, nnd 

 for nil land owniiiKr farmerN, ae«-ordin^: to the dislanee or 

 acceNNihflity to niiirkelN. and accordiaur l« (he nature and 

 |iriMluctivil> of aisrleultural regions. 



14. t'omplele buduct M>Nlcni l.j nil fnriniTs, showing 

 tav and income tnhiilatioiiM. plus nKricnltiiral operalionN 

 on Naid farniN'— wliieh noiilil place fjirniers on an ct|unl 

 footing lik«> banking debits or crcdilN, or oMier IndUMlrinl 

 linen. 



ir». Formation of aKricilltural associatioiis to liiiild and 

 to maintain fiirnH-r-c»n(r«»llcii urain el«-valors. mills. 

 wnrehoiiHeN, Nhlpiiini? sta I ions. dairicN. el*-., same beiiifT 

 controlled hy shares or stocks, and t\ith the aid of Fed- 

 eral Farm l.oanH, Ko«crned by proper aiUisemeat and 

 NupervlMlon of able. intelliu;ent and talented farm leaders, 

 and the fu4l and liearty sii|iporl and co-o|»eration <»f clcar- 

 vfsloned memberM selected from well CNtablishcd farming 

 eommunitieN. 



\dolpli ll^roir. l>upo. St. t lair lounty 



a salcN medium, 

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