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The Illinois Agricultural A»»ociation Record 



December 20, 1924 



I.A.A. POULTRY HEADS 

 LAY DOWN PRINCIPLES 

 OF CO-OP MARKETING 



Outline Plans Upon Which 



They Believe Combined 



Selling Will Work 



llif I. i. A. |..n:llly and .^;- 

 marki'tiiiL' ili'palltin ill li:i.-. 

 I'iiliil li>].!;i>" assistalH'i' on 

 plans fnr inarkt'Iiiiu [nniliry 

 noiillry Itroihicls. 



!-*olh>\Milii; a si\-mnnrhs' in 



'Sliuali^Mi of ro-oi'frali\ •■ mar 



■llioils in'ai'iiriit in nlloi 



A. <:i>lli;l. 1. I. A. A 



i'pr»-srnlali\t'. lias roii 



two 

 an<l 



liarr. tt. 

 Tin- t 

 <-oiuiiiilt^ 



First, 

 tliMiiaiul 

 lint'. I. 



Uftini: 111 



-lal.'s. I 



iMiullry 



ii-rri il \iilli tlo- atlvisoiy com 



nijtifo or llip poiillry (i«'parlliO'i»t 



in oiitliliili;; Ihf . l>ost pos.siblr 



iiii-ans of promoting and inipritV 



riois. TJio nitiHlxrs of ilio poul 

 try (•omiiiitli'i- ari' C. K. Itaiii- 

 lioroutilil I'lilo. cliairniau; Lyl' 

 l-'unk. Bloomiiii-'ton. and Kriinl\ 

 farm advisiT. Litclili'-ld- 

 \to plans ilo.sii^nid by llo' 

 I ro-opfration with 

 iho trartsjioitalion. orKanixation. 

 acronniinr4 and h ual dopartnnnts 

 of the I. A. A., arc ixiilaiii'-d as 

 follows: 



wIhto tin ri> is only local 

 for assistanco alon- this 

 A. A. olliiials will :^ladly 

 took intjo till' no. (Is to ronsidiM- 

 tlo advisiliiliiy of nnd.rtakint; 

 tin- pmjoct. 



I'ondilions favoralilo to nioot- 

 ins a ui-al situation roquiri' that 

 a lar^i'l niimhtT of fariii»M-s arc 

 '■ai:cr filr assislaiirr in markotin.i^ 

 tlu'ir piiuMry proitiii'ls. and that 

 llnso vJrodiicls call lie handled 

 tlir«>ni:lij another co-operative al- 

 ready ojieialinj; successfully, such 

 as a <lreaiiiiry or milk plant. 

 clie.se laciory or a general farm 

 store. Ily makini; liiis kipil of a 

 .-(in>l)in;Mioii il will be possible 

 lo hamll.- poultry and e;;-,:s with 

 I he lea>jl ov.rlit ad expenses. 

 ' ISiisiiirisK I'aii lt<> Ksiiin.ile<l 



Kor (■Nanii'le. iind.'r our Illi- 

 nois coilUiltons. if a co-operativ« 

 of 'his |\pe is organized w^lh one 

 iiunur.-d iiienibers. tne amount 

 if thesie products that will be 

 liandlcii' yearly can be fairly well 

 <.ytiiiiat<*il. 



On Ln avora.ue. our farms 

 maintaili approximately 12."> lions 

 and s. II four dozen c-.;;;s per hen. 

 Thus jfin doz.'n ei;^s will lie sold 

 per fanii or about 1 1; cases an- 

 ""•'.lly. j -V huiidr.d farmers then 

 will sell arouhd l.BOU cases, 

 which is four car loads per year. 

 i)n the averaye our farmers sell 

 ibout ail chickens per farm every 

 year. The one hnmlred farmers 

 may tie exiwcled to niark.-t 

 ihrousi their a.ssociatiun approN- 

 imateljl 5. 000 bead of chickens 



per 



-er >'*ial 

 lore jtlKI 



which, is about 500 

 car load. 



Tht*- second form (>( ort;;iniza- 

 lion is i one of I.mimi memb.-rs or 

 more and may co\er an entire 

 county or nior.-. It cnnteiiii'Iatis 

 moving thes*. proitucis in cur 

 load loits from a central receiving 

 point lo t*'rniinat inark.ts. Kii;- 

 iirins; on the saiio- basis of farm 

 sales as above such an or;;aniza- 

 tion will handle aroiiml forty car 

 loads of ei;i;s* and fift. en to twen- 

 ry carij of live poultry annually. 



liiVfilves Capital ami Siudy 



In drder to set up such an or- 

 ■■:ini7!)tion coiist(!ii-:>bl.' ciiiiilat 

 will b^ involved and conditions 

 must jbe very favorable befon 

 I he I. A. A. poultry markelini^ 

 departpient will O. K. such ail 

 undortjakinK. aci-ordinj; to Mr, 

 i;oui;ler. who said: 



■■%V8 have had niiuests lo ; 

 into counties to advise on sucii a 

 liroject and after looking the sit 

 iiationi over have lieen asked i 

 it wast, advisabl.' to undertake tin 

 I.rojecl. I,*'t no' eni|ihasize llial 

 It will take more than a nn ri, 

 visit Ijo a county before we call 

 ileternliine when the time is fav 

 .irablei for such an undi-riakini; 

 In oi^er that Illinois ftirmer 

 may understand what iiiforma' 

 lion We need to know before w« 

 can aidvise intellii:.ntly Uie foli 

 lowin? information must lirsi bi 

 detenjiined for the local com 

 iiiunity:" 



1. Can 1.000 members he 

 i-iired I within an area of an aver 

 are sized county 



2. What will be. the volumr 

 and quality of product handled 

 f.ir these 1,000 farmers? 



::. U'liat are .the present mac 

 ketini facilitit's'.' 



4. Are the farmers demanditir 



I 



Make Reservations 



For Annual Meeting 



Reservations for hotel rooms and 

 banquet tickets (or the annua) meet- 

 ing of the I. A. A. at the University 

 of Illinois, Urb.-inn, Jan. IS and Ifi, 

 should be made directly through the 

 committee on reservations. Champaign 

 County Farm Bureau, C. C, Burn«, 

 f.irm adviser. Champaign. 



-♦- 



r<i op poultry and t'^u inarkftinj;? 



'i. If 1,(100 nieiubcrs are sc- 

 "iirj'd wliat will bo llif oo-oprra- 

 tivii spirit amonK tlu'in? 



*>. W'liat uro tln' transporla 

 tiitn farilitios within Hip couijty 

 aiitl t»i ti-rininal markets *.* 



T. What loral factors in:iy pre- 

 vail tliat will intlucncr tlir mar- 

 Iti liim of thi'sc commoditifs. ^^ilch 

 a.-~ an itnu.^iial local tliniand. 

 found m-ar roal miiifs. near lar.ur 

 ciiics. Inavy dt^fnand from liaK*!! 

 t-'ri<'S. etc? ■ 



S. \Vhat co-operation may hr 



*Consitl**rable responsibilit.* is 

 invidvrd When such a project a--^ 

 we have outlinod is undertaken," 

 states .Mr. Goui:Ur. "No Wort 

 or lime should be spared in ac 

 quiring all the facts needed l(t 

 nnnwtr the question 'Are we 

 ready to organize?' Our poultry 

 and et;g niarketin,^ department 

 stands ready to assist in making 

 the initial ' study with any local 

 or county groups which are lopk- 

 ini^ toward marketing their poul 

 try products along these lines." 

 lt;iiiilM>roii^li llroadnisls I'laii 



The above poultry inarketini: 

 df'pjirtment study was the basi^^ 

 4>f Mr. Ilamborougli's" radio tiilk 

 over KYW, Dec. 1 (J. He qui- 

 lined the marketing plans as .re 

 produced abov<'. 



"Kor years we have been pro- 

 ducing and murkptinj; our prod- 

 ui'ts in a disorderly, haphazard. 

 uh businesslike manner without 

 much regard for efficient produc- 

 liDii and tlistribution of a quality 

 inodiiet." was one of his opoiiing 

 reniarks and another was "We 

 are learning from big business 

 the value of working together in 

 commodity groups, co-ordinating 

 with other groups, and all in 

 lui'n atliliuting into a larger and 

 more etlicient group in the pro- 

 dt.ciiun and distrii^ution of our 

 agricultural commodities. This 

 is co-operation, a term that has 

 never bfH-n fully understood nor 

 appreciated h\ .\inerican farm- 



DID THE JUG DO IT? 



I. A. A. Farm Program 



l-'roi>i sialion \V<K, si. Ltniis 



Sti\. llaer k ^ I'uller 

 Time: Wednesday r\ iiiinus. 



7:40-8:00 



(This pro;;rani is arranged par 

 ticularly for the benelit of south- 

 rrn Illinois farm bureau mem 

 l)ers wh(» have had dilUcully in 

 hearini; tin Chicago stations. 

 Letters and suggestions would be 

 appreciated. Address the I. .\. A. 

 defiartnient of information.) 



l»«i-. L'ti — ■■< ;rov\ iiiK" t'lovi-r On 

 .^..Hth.rii liliiiois Soils." I.y -Kif<l 

 o.xii.r. Wat.-rPm. ni.. .M'»nr<M> .-oiii,- 

 ' V I'urm ;nl vi.»i<r. 



K;ir(M t;.lk I.v t; W TiIIiikim 1;.II.- 



\ iHr. III.. St. I'laJr cnntity farm a«t- 

 visir. 



J:iii. L' ■Thf LiiiiesifM..' I 'rotluifr's 

 SsiP- t»f tht' Kannir'j! F'irt ilizt-r Trnlt- 

 Ifiii." I'V K. .1. Kraii.sc. St. Nnuis. vict- 

 prt'siili-itt nt' 4 'oltinilija <.^u.i rry * '<iiii - 



t'illiV. 



I.A.A. Men Lined Up On 

 WLS Radio Short Course 



['resident Sam Thompson on 

 I>ec. 1 ;t started the series of farm 

 Idireaii radio talks to be broad- 

 cast from station WLrf. with his 

 "Itird's Kye View of the 1. .\. \." 

 Ilut there are 1.") more of tiiese 

 farm bureau talks to come before 

 the last one on Jan. i;i. Here 

 is the schedule: 



I>.-.-. r:t. 8;M p. ni. — C. ii. Watson. 

 vii«- president. "Tin- Karni lIurt'HU as 

 :t \'il:il *'oK in tlit- Natiun's il*'fh;tii- 

 i.sni." 



lur. I'rt. Sltt p m. — U. .V. CowUs. 

 tri'asiircr, "Tlio Karrn liur«-au's Majiir 



lTnj,.,t." 



I •*■.-. 3i>. S:10 0. ni.— Ceo. .\. Fox. 



• \fi-ntivc secretary. "AVhat thi- Karin 

 Hiireuu Mt-mln-r "ifts For lli.^' Muii- 



• .V " ' 



.Ian. 2. 12:10 p. ni. — J. li. Briit. tli- 

 rr.-tor phospliatf-lim •■.stone, ■'Ilrlp- 

 iim .\KrieuMurf to IVrmancncy." 



.Ian. -J. 8:m p. in,- .1. C. Wat.snu. 

 la\:ition ;ind atalisli.-H. ■SaviiiK '.Mun- 

 iv I'or 1 iditois F;irnu-r«." 



Jan. .'.. U' ;:m p. Ml —A. H. f.yn.-h. 



Montfionivry county's rhttm/tion corn huskcrx. Left to rifsht: Lve Hall, 

 Ith; Karl \ifhnus, Ard; Uvnry Micluius, father of HarU 1st; Earl Denney, 

 'yth: I'vnrl Mansfield, 2nd. The iMehauses and Earl Denney belong to the 

 Mttnifntnt-vry C.intniy Farm liuremt. f'ttrni Adviser Snyder says their huskinp 

 lutntests aroused morv vnihusinstu than a first class horse race or ball fjatno. 



The follow hi i; is an »-\i r;nt 

 from a letter to Oeo. A. Fox. I. 

 ,\, A. I'XtM'iitive secretary, writ- 

 ten hy Mary ^J. Aleshire. .\rt Kx- 

 { elision Committee, Illinois I 'roil - 

 mis Kxpo.sition; 



Your display at the Illinois Prod- 

 ucts Exposition was one of fourteen 

 exhibits selected by the art depart- 

 ment as altogether suitable for such 

 an Exposition. 



The exhibits in this list were se- 

 lected from the following standpoints: 

 artistry, educatioi^ and accuracy of 

 the thing ^o be represented. 



Few of the exhibits gave a really 

 artistic appearance, still fewer were 

 ot real educational merit and very 

 few did tell their own story. Most of 

 them, unfortunately,' were a conglom- 

 erate mass of things accumulated in 

 the community represented, but in no 

 way telling the story to the casual 

 onlooker. 



ilirertor ^airv ma rU<tinK. "The I'arin 

 Hiir. aiist .Miil^v \\ av." 



.Ian. «. S:lo p. m.— L. J. Quasey. ill- 

 r-'lor (-ran sport at ion. "Wlial tin- 

 l-'arni OuHeau Has l^one and Is I>oinK 

 lo Solve the Farmers' Transporta- 

 lioii Frohlenis." 



.Ian. 7. ll':3<t p. m. — A. H. I.eeper. 

 ilirector fruit an*l vejretable market - 

 ink'. The- More- nollars-<.ii-t h.--Tre.- 

 and Less-Cost-at-the-Crveks Ai-tiv 

 iiv of tlie Farm I'.nreau." 



Jan. 8. lL':3ii p. ni.--M. 11. I'etersen. 

 in charge T. It. e rail i cat ion. ■< 'lean 

 Hearts and Herds." 



Jan. il. l:':;pt p. m.— Oonald Kirk 

 patriek. I. A. A. PkuI conns. d. "Hand- 

 ling' the Farmer's l,cp:nl rrohlcnis," 



Jan. V. 8:H» p. m. — Ceorpre U. Wiek 

 er, direetor of eo-opirative aeeimnt- 

 inp:. "The Twentieili Tenturv *'o- 

 o|)erative." 



Jan. U'. 12:S0 i> in - \Vm. E. Iledj,-- 

 ■ ■oek. live stock marketinpr, "Shorl- 

 eniiiK the Uoof-to-Frj-iiiK-l^an Train 

 Via the Farm IJiireau." 



Jan. 1.1. li':;!n p. m.— II. C. Ttuteher. 

 direetor of informafion, '"The Farni- 

 er and His Local Newsjiaper" 



Jan. 13. 8:10 p. m.— <;. K. Meizt^'er. 



dirpetor organization. ■■F:irin r.n ■ 

 reanitis." 



Vivv. 'IX fnmi KVW, Hi2M p. ni. — 



AVhat l-"arrn i:nre;uis An- I>oiim | 

 III., t.y n. .'. MiiLdnr. I. .\. .\. ml.., 

 mat ton d.pjirt itLinl. 



Jan. f» — "Who'.s Poinj; t he Chores'.' 

 I.v \V. M. Moody. 1. A. A. eve.i.iiv 

 ■ omnnt te. man. I'nrt Ilvron 



Editors In WCK Monopoly 



FiiiiU paper rditor,s had :i 

 iiHinopoIy nn tho weekly 1. .\. A 

 r.Trni lailio pr<>!--iam fnini \Vf"K. 

 Di'C 10. when O. F:ilwin ropUess. 

 editor iif the Dairynian's Jmunal 

 talked nn ".Vdverlisiiis,' nn the 

 rarni" and Paul I'nttcr. assistaiil 

 editor of ilip OratiKP Jndd llli 

 nois l'"ariner. told "What tlie 

 Illinnis Cianse i.s Doins at H>ll. - 

 » ilie This Week. ■ 



Rock Island Gets lowan 



Warren K. .Mien, is the new 

 farm adviser in Hnek Island 

 county, succeodin.c O. E. Ack^T- 

 son. who recently resisned to 

 intjr the life insurance business. 

 -Mien's ability to serve the 

 iiieinber.s of the liock Island 

 Onunty Farm TSureau has been 

 aciiuired by experience in school 

 leachint; and five .year's experi- 

 ence as county agent in Keokuk 

 county. Iowa. 



.>lnry Kn|i|i, .\iibiirn, captured 

 the blue ribbon in the .San.Kanion 

 county calf show with her 1,075 

 pound steer, which broilKht 40 

 cents per pound or a sross re- 

 turn of |4;iO in the public auc- 

 tion at the National Stock Yards. 

 I'orty-one other .SaUKamon county 

 bo.vs and girls sold their calves 

 in the same sale at an average 

 of $140. SS per head. 



.\t the annual nieeline, held 

 in Chicago two weeks ago, the 

 National County .Agents' As.so- 

 ciation refu.sed to endorse the 

 Orain .Marketing Company. 



Co-op Marketing 



Replaces Ox Cart 



"The o\ cart was a good 

 nu'tlind of transiinrlation in its 

 time," said .\. H. I.ei'per. I. .\. .\. 

 fruit attd vegetable marketing 

 director .ind manager of the 

 Illinnis Fruit Growers' Kx- 

 iliange. in a recent radio talk 

 over WLS. "Hut in this day 

 of airplanes it is considered out 

 nf date. The iiony exiiress in its 

 day was considered a wnnderfiil 

 means of eninmunication. but 

 folks, compare it if you will, with 

 tile methods fif communicatinn 

 used today. When seated in yimr 

 homes, listening to words con- 

 vi'.M'd through the air. you realize 

 tile progress made. Those fann- 

 ers who say they are individu- 

 alists and employ the same 

 iiielhnds of marketing used in 

 the o\ cart and pony express 

 da\s do not fit in very well with 

 modern co-operativi' marketing." 



St. Louis Makes Record 



December ,'j was the last day 

 of the 49th week ot business for 

 the St. l.ouis rroducers during 

 the present year, and a mcinor- 

 ahle one because of the fact it 

 marked the closing of the largest 

 week's business ever handled by 

 the Association, ri7r> cars. 



The 37.") cars representeil IS 

 per cent of the total receipts at 

 the Yards and a larger carint of 

 business than the four largest 

 old line firms on the market that 

 week. Illinois led all other staten 

 with lt',4 cars lo her credit, while 

 .Mi.ssouri had 147 and Iowa 43 

 cars, with the truck-in depart- 

 ment and other states totaling 

 21 cars. 



.\daiiis county. III., led all other 

 counties with 20 cars and .Monro*' 

 e<iunty. Mo., a close second with 

 IS car;:, i'angar.i'v.i coi::;ty. III.. 

 was third with 16 cars. Fulton 

 and Macoupin counties tying for 

 fourth place with 15 cars each. 



J. .M. Laws, manager of the 

 l.ewistown Shipping -Association, 

 with 10 car loads, led all other 

 organizations in number of cars 

 consigned for the week. 



ciiicnK<> Hanss l^p iSecord 



The i7;i cars handled during 

 the week of December 1st to iltli 

 by the Chicago Producers consti- 

 tuted a new record for receiiits 

 handled by one commission ap- 

 eney at the Chicago yaids. .This 

 record superceded the record of 

 5f)2 cars, also made by the rro- 

 ducers." This record of .'i73 cars 

 is just 100 cars more than were 

 handled by the next highest com- 

 mission firm. 



Safety Contest Coiniieliti'on 



First place in the shipping as- 

 sociations' safety contest, spon- 

 sored by both the Nati()nal Live 

 Stock Producers and the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association, is now 

 held by the North Henderson 

 Shipping Association, This as- 

 sociation, in the 18 loads which 

 have been shipped to the Chicago 

 Producers, has experienced the 

 loss of one crippled hog. Tbe 



PROBLEMS ARE NOT 

 POLITICAL: BRADFUTE 



I I'ont iiiiiod fruiii p.'igc .t 1 



departmental problems. K II 

 t'liiininghani. member nf the 1"-»1- 

 eral Iteaerve Hoard, Washingtnr.. 

 1). C. addressed the entire con 

 vent ion. 



Reviewing the economic cnn- 

 dilions of the past year, he said. 

 "The year as a whole will iirnb 

 ably show a good improvement 

 in the conditions of tbe farmer. 

 Final statistics will show that it 

 lias been a year of decreased 

 iiroduction with an increase; in 

 prices that will leave but small 

 advantage in net returns over 

 that ot 1!>2:!." 



("riilit Is Satisfactory 



He stated that the credit situa- 

 tion in the country at the present 

 liiiii' is .suti,-.£av-uty but warn w 

 against a period of possible spi c- 

 ulation arid over-extension not 

 justified hy the present status 

 nf .Agriculture. 



"liudgets and Taxation" was 

 the subject discussed by H. 1, 

 Young. Speaker of the House of 

 lleiiresentatives, from Hoston. 

 .Mass., at the banquet Tuesday 

 e\ening. He drew attention to 

 the wisdom of outlining on the 

 budget plan the expenditures for 

 a year, calculating the probable 

 income and estimating the amount 

 of probable expenditures. 



Hear .Mrs. Sewell 



Mrs. Chas. W. Sewell, well 

 known chairman of the IndiaTia 

 Home and Community committee, 

 was also on the banquet pro 

 gram. She reminded the dele 

 gales that the Farm Bureau is a 

 valuable organization, doing mani 

 things to belli the farmers, bin 

 also pointed out that as long a^ 

 tlie women are not drafted int" 

 service to the fullest extent, llien 

 just so long will the Farm liu 

 reau fail to make the must nf 

 its resources. 



Howard M. Core, Secretary of 

 .Agriculture, scheduled to speak 

 on "Agricultural Progress. " was 

 prevented by illni" r, t'roiii tuiinv 

 tlie engagement but sent a letter 

 of greeting. 



The entire third day of the 

 convention was taken up with the 

 election of officers and considera- 

 tion of resolutions, prepared in 

 the several group conferences. 



Lee County Shipping .\ssociation 

 of .\mboy is in second [ilace with 

 two crippled sheep aid one crip 

 pled hog. 



The final award will not be 

 made until after the first of tip 

 year when the record of assoeiA- 

 tions in Illinois, which are ship- 

 ping lo the various Producers 

 agencies are compiled. The win- 

 ner ot the Illinois contest will 

 then enter into competition with 

 the champions of the other states 



in order to d(»cide who is to gain 

 liossession of the 18 inch silver 

 trophy awarded by the National 

 Live Stock Producers Associa- 

 tion. 



\ous From lniliana|Milis 



Transportation claims, filed by 

 ;lie transportation and claim de- 

 partment nf the Indianapolis Prn- 

 (liicers, amounted on Dec. 1 to 

 $15,04S.70 nf which $6.809.8!i 

 :,ar. bcci; collected and ^'!'">.'< 

 has been cancelled. These claims 

 not only reimburse for actual 

 losses but also stimulate the rail- 

 road service, according to G. K. 

 .\yer, director of the transporta- 

 linn and claim department. 



The Indianapolis market re 

 iiuires careful watching from a 

 transportation standpoiut because 

 nf being served by branch lines 

 through junctinn points with 

 through trunk lines. It is in- 

 evitable that delays will occur at 

 these connecting line stations if 

 a transportation program is not 

 arranged to promptly move con- 

 signments through junction sta- 

 tions. 



Ewing. On Producer Board 



Charles E. Ewing. Decatur. 

 111., was recently elected by the 

 Chicago Live Stock Producers 

 Commission Association, as a 

 member of the governing board 

 of seven directors. His appoint- 

 ment fills the vacancy caused by 

 the resignalioiv of W. S Hill, 

 South Dakota, who accepted a 

 federal appointment, and gives 

 Illinois stockmen three represent- 

 atives on the board. 



