Volume 3 



{UNITED 



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CUl^TUMAL 



yiSS MARY G. BUR^ASH. LIDRARIAN, 

 COLLEGE OF AGRtCULTURS, 

 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, ivi 



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kiued Every Other Saturday — Febrtiary 14, 1925 



Number 



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TED AGRICULTURE 

 NEEDED FOR BETTER 

 MARKETING— LOWDEN 



OUR LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM 



Stre«se* Organizatioii of Force* 

 in Speech to the Chicago 

 ?tc^ tcert; Strike* Keynote 



Optimism as to the future of the 

 [Chicago Producers Commission As- 

 sociation was expressed at the sec- 

 nnd annual meeting of the organi- 

 zation, held at the 

 Union Stock Yards. 

 Chicago. January 

 2 7. Over 200 

 delegates and visi- 

 tors attended the 

 meeting. 



A. Sykes, Ida 

 Grove, Iowa, pres- 

 ident of the asso- 

 i ^^m r' ■^^^m elation, opened the 

 l^^^l ^ y^^^l morning meeting 

 with an address in 

 which he pointed 

 out the growing 

 Interest in co-op- 

 erative marketing 

 among shippers, as evidenced by the 

 Increased receipts to co-operative 

 live stock selling agencies on all Pro- 

 ducer markets, especially Chicago. 

 He stated that the public was becom- 

 ing convinced that co-operative mar- 

 keting held the key to the solution 

 of the farmers' problems, since Pres- 

 ident Coolidge himself has recog- 

 nized the economic functions of the 

 co-operative type of organization and 

 its especial fitness to render service 

 io' fui'ni<3.-.> i& the swlutica of t > ii'' 

 marketing problem. 



S. W. Doty, general manager, in 

 his annual report told what had been 

 accomplished during the past year. 

 The title of being the largest agency 

 upon the Chicago yards was accord- 

 ed to the Producers on the basis of 

 the association's last year's report. 

 In the election of directors which 

 followed, Pat. O'Donnell. Colo, Iowa; 

 C. E. Ewing, Decatur, Illinois; and 

 W. H. Wischow, Winona, Minne 

 sola, were chosen to direct the poli- 

 cies of the association lor the com- 

 ing year. 

 Dairyman Gives Keynote Speech 

 Ex-Governor Frank O. Lowden 

 BOW president of the Holstein-Fries 

 Ian Association of America and of 

 tbe American Dairy Federation, In 



!the afternoon addressed the assem 

 bly on "Co-operative Marketing of 

 HLlve Stock." The need for farmer 



'l organization was the theme of his 



fctalk. He pleaded for a united agri 

 culture and urged more efBclency in 

 the marketing system 



Lowden compared the fluctuations 

 in the prices of farm products with 

 those of other raw materials like pig 

 iron prices on which are steadier 

 He defined normal and market price 

 and explained the supply which at 

 tects the market price as that part of 

 a crop which farmers as a body otter 



jon the market at any given price. It 

 jis this supply, he told his hearers, 

 which economists mean when speak 

 Ing of the law of supply and demand 

 As to a general over-supply of farm 

 products, he said, "the world never 

 had a surplus since the time of Pha- 

 raoh, and it has' always been near 



* starvation." 



All economists agree that there 



I must be equality of Informtalon if 

 ' both parties to a transaction are to 

 I profit." He reminded his audience 

 I that there is much information con- 

 Iccrning periodic world shortages 

 !| which is wired to big corporation^ 

 but which does not reach the pro- 

 ducer. "There can be no equ^lty 

 of Information," he warned, "until 

 the farmers are organized along all 

 the different lines concerned. Then 

 tkey can afford to hire as good brains 

 as the big corporations. " To do this 

 will be the cheapest investment they 

 ever fnade." 



The former governor scored the 



action of newspapers in playing up 



the fact that farm products in the 



I'nited States last year had Increased 



(Continued on paBe ♦, column 4) 



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 BYSTEM — 



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 AO EQUATE 

 UE&ISLATKX 

 AMOAr<lPLE 

 PUNOS TO 

 ERADICATE 

 TUBERCU105IS 



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Committees l\amed and 

 Approved for This Year 



County Home Bureaus 



Federate and Elect 



Officers, Directors 



Our "63,000 thinking farmers' 

 making up the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association now have a sister or- 

 ganization — the Illinois Home Bu- 

 reau Federation. 



During the annual Home Econom 

 ics Extension Conference held at thf 

 University in conection with Farm 

 ers' Week, January 14 to 15, twenty 

 county home bureaus of the statf 

 formed a federation. A constitution 

 was adopted, and the following of- 

 ficers and directors 'were elected: 



Mrs. Spencer Ewlng, President 

 Bloomington. 



Mrs. Will Parks, first vice-presi- 

 dent, Reynolds. 



Mrs. H. M. Dunlap, second Hce- 

 president. Savoy. 



Mrs. M. G. Lambert, secretary 

 Ferris. 



Mrs. T. O. Elliott, treasurer, Har- 

 risburg. 



Mrs. J. H. Bliss, director northern 

 listrlct, Aurora. . 



Mrs. F. H. Soldwedel, director cen- 

 tral district, Pekin. 



Mrs. H. J. Fauber, director- south- 

 ern district, Marion. 



Mrs. Albert Mueller, director west- 

 ern district, Taylor Ridge. 



The federation will have no official 

 headquarters for the present, but 

 committees will soon be announced. 

 "The federation," writes Mrs. Ewlng 

 'feels that the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association is a sort of big brother 

 and is looking to them for much wisf 

 counsel and good advice especially 

 along the lines of commerce and wc 

 shall need the benefit of your wis- 

 dom and experience." 



ILLINOIS WINS AGAIN 



Slxty-three litters in 27 counties 

 of Illinois were successful in making 

 the required weight of a ton in 180 

 days. This gives Illinois the lead 

 over all other states for the second 

 consedutive yfear in the ton litttr 

 work. , . - 



Illinois Fruit Growers 

 Hire FuU-Time Sales 



Manager To Fill Need 



Kendall county. Earl Price, farm 

 adviser, is just three townships 

 square but there are five community 

 clubs in it. 



That the co-operative selling of 

 fruit and vegetables is growing in 

 Illinois is shown by the necessity of 

 iecuring a full-time sales manager 

 ''or the Illinois Fruit Growers, Inc. 



A special committee representing 

 'he Illinois Fruit Growers, Inc., con- 

 usting of I. D. Snedeker, Jerscyville, 

 '^. O. Day, Olney, and Manager Lee- 

 )er, Centralia, as well as W. L. Cope 

 ind R. K. Loomls of the Fruit Grow- 

 >rs executive committee who were 

 n Chicago for the first meeting of 

 I. A. A. executives, met at the I. A. A. 

 >ffice and hired J. O. Lawrence, for- 

 iierly field manager of the Feder- 

 itcd Fruit and Vegetable Growers, 

 Inc., the national selling agency. 

 \Ir. Lawrence has been in the fruit 

 selling game some time, and was 

 ecommended as having first hand 

 tnowledge of consumer require- 

 -lents. He has at various times been 

 tationed at Hastings, Florida; Aber- 

 leen. North Carolina and Huntlng- 

 on. West Virginia. In 1923 he was 

 issistant sales manager at Centralia 

 under E. C. Albion. 



The Illinois Fruit Growers, Inc. 

 las found a year-around need for a 

 iales manager, A. B. Leeper, mana- 

 ger, declares. 



To Popularize Illinois Fruits 



The new sales manager will d^ 

 lote much of his time to populariz 

 ag Illinois fruits and vegetables 

 thru promotion work. It is the de- 

 sire of the special committee that 

 tbe new sales manager get acquaint- 

 ed as soon as possible with every 

 grower in every producing section 

 so he will know first hand jrhat he 

 Is selling and where it will Best suit 

 market conditions. He will also vis- 

 it the buyers to. find their likes and 

 dislikes. 



"We are making a special, effort 

 to sell in nearby markets," Manager 

 Leeper said. "With a salesmanager 

 on full time, the Illinois Prult Grow 

 ers should be able to do even b^ter 

 than before." 



Better schools, better h^mes, and 



better children is the aim of- Pulaski 

 county Farm Bureau. 



FOUR NEW COMMITTEEMEN PLUNGE INTO 1. A. A. 

 PROBLEMS AS EXECUTIVES START INTENSIVE 

 LEGISUTIVE PROGRAM WITH 3 BIG PROJECTS 



Support Ga* Tax a* Means of Reducing Burden on General Prop- 

 erty; Constitutional Amendment Needed to Permit Equitable 

 Distribution of Government Costs; T. B. Eradication Laws 

 Wanted Re-coded with Compulsory Testing When 75 Per Cent 

 Have Tested 



THE four new executive coniniitteemen elected by the delegates at the 

 annual meeting at Champaign last month plunged into the concen- 

 trated and state-wide business affairs of the dS.flO" 

 membership of Illinois Agricultural Association when 

 the first regular executive meeting was held Friday. 

 Feb. 6. 



After getting better acquainted with he old mem- 

 bers, the committee got down to work for a busy buei- 

 ness session during which the legislative brograniof thi- 

 association received the most consideration. Pre'sident 

 Thompson presented his selection for the standing 

 committees for this year, the personnel of which ap- 

 pears in the adjacent column, and his judgment was 

 unanimously sustained by motion of the committee. 

 The standing committees were left largely as they had . 

 tieen in 1924, thus insuring a continuity of service from 

 the men who have given lll>erally of their time and 

 thought to working out I. A. A. problems. 



In all cases the farm advisers were replaced by other 

 farm advisers. In pursuing this policy. President 

 Thompson said he lielieved that more farm advisers would l>ecome inti- 

 mately acquainted with the state a-xsociations' problems. Another point 



I brought out by President Thompson 



Iwas that he and Secretary Fox, In 



Personnel of Standing iiaklng up the committees, had en 



' '^ Ueavored to sprinkle the represents 



[ton into all sections of the state. 

 However, he stated, careful consid- 

 ;ratlon must always be made for 

 cnown experience and ability along 

 'ei fain iiiir-n. 



liSgislHtive liines Drawn 



No changes were made in the leg 

 islative committee. .\s a result, tht 

 I. A. A. legislative program as de- 

 cided upon by the 1924 executive 

 committee and endorsed by speciflr 

 resolutions at the annual meeting, 

 was presented in tentative-detail 

 form by chairman Barton for the 

 (egislative committee. 



The Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion legislative program, as outlined 

 a previous issue «f the Rkcubu. 

 embodies three major projects: 



I. .4 11 Htiiendiiienf to the revenue 

 article of tlie present conHtitution to 

 [leniiil he < General AKNeinbly to c*i- 

 tablislt an e4|uitable system of taxa- 

 tion. 



It was declared by President 

 Thompson, and by John C. )^'atson. 

 director of the department of Taxa^ 

 tion and statistics, that an equitable 

 taxation system is impossible under 

 the limitations imposed by the pres- 

 ent revenue article of the State Con- 

 stitution. The burden of taxation, 

 Mr. Watson stated, is crushing on 

 real estate, whether urban or rural. 

 Neither wealth in its intangible form 

 nor income are carrying their share 

 of the burden. The only solution 

 lies in amending the revenue articlp 

 and until it is amended, the burden 

 will fall more and more heavily on 

 real estate. 



.\ll Must ('<<>-operate 



Mr. Watson pointed out that suc- 

 cess in any atj,enipt to amend the 

 constitution requires the co-opera- 

 tion of the most important organisa 

 tions of the state.. The constant ain 

 of the association has been to give 

 and secure fuch co-operation, and 

 thus far this purpose has been well 

 achieved. It is necessary for ever> 

 organization for the. present to for- 

 get its jown desires In re%'enue legis- 

 lation and for all important organi- 

 zations to u.nite in an attempt to 

 give the General .\88embly the neces- 

 sary powers to enact such revenue 

 acts from time to time as conditions 

 may require. 



II. .* tax on Kasolitie to reidare 

 the present tax f>n profierl.^ ftu- the 

 State .\i<1 KoMls. 



In support of such a tax in Illi- 

 nbis is its enactment up to date in 

 at>out 40 states of tt^e I'nion. Illi- 

 nois automobile users pay such a 

 tax vbeo they are in many other 

 (Continued OB pasr« 4. column 2) 



The personnel of standiaj,- con; 

 mlttees for 1925 was presented tr 

 the executive committee at its Feb 

 6 meeting and approved.' In each 

 case, the first named in each com- 

 nittee is chairman. The appoint- 

 nents follow: 



OrKiuiization: Earl C. Smith, De- 

 troit; J. C. Sailor, Cissna Park; L. E. 

 Rirdsall, Sterling; C. C. Painter 

 Stronghurst: F. A. Fisher, farm ad- 

 viser, Mt. Carmel. 



Information: R. F. Karr, Iroquois; 

 J. M. Beckett. Blue Mound; F. E 

 F'uller, farm adviser, Henry. 



Phos|)hate-Linie8tone: Stanley Cas- 

 tle, Alton; H. T. Marshall, Serena; 

 B. W. Tillman, farm adviser. Belle 

 ville. 



.^rconntinK: Curt Anderson. Xen 

 la; Henry McGough, Maple Park; H 

 Fahrnkopf. farm adviser, Blooniina- 

 ton. 



Taxation and K<luc«tion: J. L 

 Whisnand, Charleston; B. H. Tay- 

 lor, Papatee, R. 35; D. J. Hotter- 

 man. Sadorus. 



Trans|>orlation : R. K. Looniis. Ma- 

 kanda; W.iA. -McNeill, Chandlerville; 

 W. W. Wilson, farm adviser, Prince- 

 ton. 



Insurance: G. F. Tullock, Rock- 

 ford; 1. N. Hosford. Hamilton; Otis 

 Kercher, farm adviser, Danville. 



Live Slock: Samuel Sorrels, Ray 

 mond; J. W. Whisnand. farm ad 

 viser, Cambridge; Ray .\rnold. Gales 

 burg. 



Fruit and \eKet«ble: W. L. Cope. 

 Salem; L. L. Heller, farm adviser 

 .\rlingtofi Hts.; Oscar Plerson, Time- 

 well.. 



Goertbel. Hooppole: 

 Varna; C. E. Hay, 

 Taylorvllle; M. L. 



Grain: H. E 



A. R. Wright, 

 farm adviser. 

 Hunt, Macomb. 



Poultry: C. E. Bamborough, Polo; 

 R.- C. Doneghue, farm adviser. Ma 

 comb; Curt Anderson. Xenia. 



T. B. Committee: A. R. Wright. 

 Varna; Samuel Sorrells. Raymond; 

 William Webb, Joliet, R. 1; Geo 

 Hunt. Woodstock; J. E. Watt, farm 

 adviser, Geneva. ^ 



Dairy: William Webb, Joliet, R 

 1; Jacob Olbrlch, Harvard; A. E 

 Snyder, farm adviser, Hlllsboro. 



Legislative: F. D. Barton, Cornell; 

 H. E. Goembel, Hooppole; A. C 

 Everlngham, Hutsonvllle. 



Finance: Wm. H. Moody, P.ort By 

 ron; F. D. Barton, Cornell; Earl C. 

 Smith, Detroit. 



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