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The lllinoi» Agricultur*! AnocUtlon Record 



Febru«ry 14, 192S 



I.A.C.A. HEAD MADE 

 TRUSTEE OF NEW 

 CO-OP INSTITUTE 



American Institute t)t Co-opera' 



tion to Train for Co-op Man- 



' ^ement; O.K.'d by Economists 



Re(^rd rfadera. who have been fol- 

 lowing! up the rapid strides made by 

 the lllinoig Agricultural Co-opera- 

 tives' Association since the time of 

 its estkblishnient last May, will be 

 Klad t* hear that George E. Wicker. 

 seneraJ mapag'er of the farmers' au- 

 diting and advisory service company, 

 has been Elected to trusteeship for 

 I ne ye»r in the American Institute of 

 Co-op^ation, recently incorporated 

 er the ikws of the District of Co- 

 bi£i, at Washington, 

 he Insttitute is a unique educa- 

 al entejrprise and it will train 

 ' Iff menj and women for careers 

 co-joper^tive business undertak- 

 It wkll afford a medium IhriTp 

 ■■! -h I co-operative leaders may ex- 

 ili.viga experiences. It will demon- 

 ' ite I to polleges and universities 

 I tils nl?w phase of business can 

 effectively taught in economic 

 . ■ ■•ses. 

 .he pro.iect has the backing of 

 (■' 1 organizations representing over 

 lO.OOO farmers. Agricultural co- 

 operative iissociatlons already sup- 

 !iortin^ it have an estimated annual 

 turnovier of more than Jl, 000, 000,- 

 000. In addition it has the official 

 sanction olj organizations represent- 

 ing tile st^te departments of agri- 

 culture, stfcte bureaus of markets, 

 teachers of agricultural economics 

 and tUe Uj S. Department of Agri- 

 culture. I 



Ed«4. B. ^eid, representative of the 

 \. F. b- Fi, Washington, D. C. and 

 H. C. Taylor, chief of the federal 

 bureau of ajgricultural economics, are 

 amongi the incorporators of the 

 inovenlent 



Other national farm organizations 

 with which! the Illinois Agricultural 

 .Vssocittioni participated in launch- 

 ing the Institute are; ' ""^i'^ known as 



7'" American Farm Economics As- 



tion: ithe National Association of 



lisaion^ra. Secretaries and Depart- 



^ , of Aj?riculture; The National 



K^. Pi^rons of Husbandry: The 



ican Farm Bureau Federation; 



F^rmeja' Educational and Co-op- 



ve Unl0n of America; The National 



aerative Milk Producers* Federa- 

 The Niational Board of Farm Or- 



'.ations; National Association -of 

 ^ -;etlnK Officials; The Sun-Maid 



in Grdwera of California; The 

 .-in.^rioan Committee on the Interna- 

 tional Institute of Agriculture at 

 Rome; The Federated Fruit and Vege- 

 table Growers; The Staple Cotton Co- 

 operative Association of Mississippi; 

 The National Pecan Growers' Ex- 

 change; Tlje Pennsylvania Farmers' 

 (^-operative Federation; The Farmers' 

 .National Grain Dealers' Association. 



EXECUTIVE MEETS 



FOR YEAR'S WORK 



,^ (Continued from page 1) 

 states. The numerous tourists who 

 cross Illinois pay! nothing for the up 

 keep of Illinois roads. A gasoline 

 tax is easily collected and adminis 

 tered. The cost i)f collection In other 

 states is much lejs than one per cent 

 of the amounts (collected annually. 



It was estimated by Mr. Watson of 

 the department ef taxation and sta 

 tistics. that a tax ot one cent per 

 gallon on gasoline sold in Illinois 

 would produce about 15.000,000 per 

 year, and a tax at two cents per gal- 

 lon would produce about $10.0()0,- 

 000 per year. These sums are for 

 gasoline used sqlely for propelling 

 motor vehicles oti public roads, pro- 

 vision being ma4e for refunds on 

 gasoline used far agricultural pur- 

 poses (tractors and stationary gaso- 

 line engines), and for industrial or 

 domestic purposes. 



Watson »ys It's Fair 

 The fairness at a gasoline tax to 

 replace the propen-ty tax for the main- 

 tenance and repair of the State Aid 

 Roads was discussed by Mr. Watson. 

 Be pointed out the fact that at pres- 

 ent property carries the entire bur- 

 den of county aiid local government 

 and most of the burden of state gov- 

 ernment. Property is now maintain 

 ing the State Aid Roads and other 

 highways not included in the State 

 hard road systein. Automobile and 

 truck owners receive all the benefits 

 of government that other property 

 owners receive. Through license 

 fees they are building and maintain- 

 ing hard pavements on less than 10 

 per cent of the primary or most im- 

 portant roads of the state. They are 

 demanding good roads on the sec- 

 ondary and othfr highways of the 

 state, though tlkey now contribute 

 very little toward the cost ot main- 

 taining such roatis. If the automobile 

 and truck owners, through a gaso 

 Line tax, assum^ the cost of main 

 taining the secondary system of high 



Has Means 



Figures were 

 Watson to show 



move nearly all 

 erty tax of more 

 State Aid Roads, 



State Aid Roads, 



DENMAN IS PRESIDENT 

 NATIONAL PRODUCERS 



The National Live Stock Produc- 

 ers Association, in annual meeting at 

 Chicaao recently, elected C. B. Den- 

 man pfesident. Denman is president 

 of thei St. Louis Producers Commls- 

 .sion Company and was the first pres- 

 ident of tWe first Producer Commis- 

 ^{ion Company organized. 



A Si^kesJ Ida Grove, Iowa, presi- 

 dent of the Chicago producers, was 

 chosen vice-president of the National 

 Produters. Harry G. Beale. Colum- 

 bus. Ohio, was made secretary-treas- 

 urer. New directors elected to the 

 board are |Scot Meiks, representing 

 the Cincinitati Producers, and H. H. 

 Cable, for the Sioux City Producers. 



Resolutit^ns were adopted express- 

 ing appreciation of national and state 

 Farm Bureku support; endorsing the 

 administration of the Packer Stock 

 Yard regulations; opposing country 

 buying by packers: urging elimina- 

 tion ol hogj dockage: and urging the 

 ixtenslon ot the marketing service of 

 the federal Department of Agricul- 

 ture. 



Delegates at the convetation went 

 on record as recognizing radio as an 

 iinporCant fneans to reach live stock 

 producers 



ORDEK MY \AMK 



I, A. A. members who wish 

 copies of some ot the speeches 

 made at the tenth annual meet- 

 ing at I Urbana may receive 

 them byj writing to the I. A. A. 

 office. One pamphlet contains 

 the speeches of R. A. Hoey. 

 S. H. Qreeley. and the grain 

 marketiitg discussion. The 

 o t b e r I pamphlet has C. J. 

 Brand's talk. 



property will sti I maintain between 

 to per cent and 75 per cent of all 

 the roads in eyery county in the 

 state 



of Distribution 

 presented by Mr, 

 that a tax ot two 

 cents per gallon bn gasoline could be 

 distributed in su ch a way as to re 

 5f the present prop- 

 than $4,000,000 for 

 and yet give nearly 

 every county as much money as can 

 now be raised by a property tax. A 

 better system ot distribution would 

 give every county in the state more 

 funds than it could now raise by the 

 property tax an4 leave a sum of at 

 least three million dollars tor meet- 

 ing the special needs of the State 

 Aid Roads wherever such need is 

 greatest, particularly in the counties 

 having the larger cities ot the state. 



Would Itelieve Farm I^o|)erty • 



"The tax on Illinois property for 

 State Aid Roid purposes now 

 amounts to mor; than four million 

 dollars a year," said Mr. Watson. 

 ';The lowest tax rates for this pur- 

 pose or no leviei at all are usually 

 found in the counties which have a 

 large amount of :ity property. Max- 

 imum tax rates or rates approach- 

 ing the maximuit are found in most 

 ot the countie^ having relatively 

 small amounts )t city and village 

 property. For ttiese two reasons it 

 is probable that the plan proposed 

 by the Illinois ./Agricultural Associa- 

 tion would relie^'e farm property ot 

 about one-halt ot the total tax sav- 

 ing, or at least two million dollars 

 a year. The Slate Aid Road tax 

 would be paid hy those who use the 

 roads most and who are most in- 

 sistent in their demands for good 

 roads. In considerable measure it 

 would be paid liy citizens of other 

 States who use Illinois roads. It 

 would be paid also by farm owners 

 ot motor vehicles, but they would 

 usually gain bcth in the reduced 

 property tax and in having better 

 roads. The greater portion ot the 

 road system, as it present would be 

 maintained by a property tax. The 

 larger amount yt money available 

 under this plan £hould give the state 

 better roads, an 1 by increasing the 

 mileage per gallon and decreasing 

 the wear and tear on motor vehicles. 

 Should reduce thi! net cost of the sys- 

 tem to those who pay the gasoline 

 tax." 



llf. Contlnuaition and expansion 

 of the effort toward eradication of 

 kovlne tuberculosis. 



Legislation pursuits on tubercu- 



losis eradication will be along the 

 line of furthering the good work now 

 BO splendidly under way in its eradi 

 cation. The legislative committee's 

 report on this showed that a general 

 re-coding of the several acts enacted 

 at various times to further t. b. erad 

 ication, some of which are not clear 

 and specific, will be sought. A bill 

 will be supported which provides for 

 compulsory testing, as well as em- 

 bodying the old acts, when a sub- 

 stantial majority of herd-owners in 

 a county have had their herds tested, 

 probably 75 per cent. Other details 

 will be sought in order to protect 

 those who have done their patriotic 

 duty and suffered their losses. 



After Rabbits, Too 



A bill has been introduced in the 

 Honse of Representatives by Repre- 

 sentative Tice, chairman Barton re- 

 ported, that provides for a 12 -month 

 open season on rabbits. The I. A. A. 

 is also behind this move. 



"It ought to be a 13-montb a year 

 open season," Executive Taylor re- 

 marked. ""They surely are becom- 

 ing a pest down-state." 



That even closer co-operation be- 

 tween University extension workers 

 and I. A. A. directors and officials is 

 in the offing is shown by a friendly 

 visit ot H. W. Mumtord, dean of the 

 College ot Agriculture. The dean 

 suggested that the I. A. A. program 

 of work oould be explained first-hand 

 to all the farm advisers to good ad- 

 vantage if a representative ot the 

 association were present at the meet- 

 ings ot extension workers and farm 

 advisers. This suggestion was agreed 

 to. 



Invited to University 



Further, the I. A. A. directors are 

 invited to be guests ot the University, 

 probably next tall, at which time the 

 experimental and extension work 

 will be gone over. This is in line 

 with maintaining close connections 

 between the two tremendous forces 

 in Illinois agriculture. 



'After all." the Dean said, "the 

 College ot Agriculture and the Illi- 

 nois Agricultural Association are 

 working tor one and the same per- 

 son — the farmer." 



This attitude was heartily agreed 

 to by the executives. That close co- 

 operation helps eliminate duplica- 

 tions ot work, was pointed out in a 

 discussion which followed. 



"We believe," said Secretary Fox. 

 "that the I. A! A. should do nothing 

 that the College 

 ot Agriculture can 

 and will do. but 

 of course we real- 

 ize that the Col- 

 lege ot Agricul- 

 ture is supported 

 by money from all 

 ttie tax-payers and 

 of course that money could not be 

 used to further the farmers' inter- 

 est in such things as actual market- 

 ing of farm products, negotiations 

 for the purchasing of fertilizers or 

 reduction of taxes. These are econ- 

 omic problems that the I. A. A. must 

 work on and which are undertaken 

 and prosecuted purely In the in- 

 terests of farmers who support the 

 organizations." 



A two-day session was set tor 

 March 5 and 6. All the directors 

 will be called upon to present their 

 1925 programs ot work to the ex- 

 ecutive committee. This will take 

 the whole ot the first day and the 

 second will be devoted to regular 

 business. 



CO«P"^'-''o^ 



LOWDEN PLEADS FOR. 

 UNITED AGRICULTURE 



(Continued from page 1> 

 $750,000,000. He pointed out that 

 agricultural production in the United 

 States still is out .of balance and de- 

 clared the present system of market 

 ing farm products, where not done 

 through co-operatives, as desperately 

 unsound. '"The time should come.' 

 he said, "when all farmers should 

 get together in great conventions to 

 preserve the balance among agricul 

 tural crops and to determine how 

 much ot each crop should be grown.' 



Lowden showed how the good pas 

 ture season last summer cost the 

 dairy farmers of the nation over a 

 half billion dollars in excess produc- 

 tion, and how. at the same time, the 

 drought in the corn belt made for 

 a smaller but more valuable corn 

 crop than in 1923. He deplored the 

 lack of system in agricultural mar 

 keting and urged the Producers tc 

 talk over their problems with theii 

 local business men. He also com- 

 mended the Producers for the good 

 beginning they made in the market- 

 ing of live stock. 



"If history teaches anything," de- 

 clared the farm leader, "it teaches 

 that permanent prosperity cannot 

 come without farm prosperity. We 

 cannot have a balanced agriculture 

 nor get agriculture back to a state 

 of balance with other industries, 

 without organization. This is a busi 

 ness man's problem as much as the 

 farmer's. No nation has long sur- 

 vived the decay of Its agriculture." 



At a banquet of the Producers ai 

 which C. A. Stewart, secretary of the 

 National Live Stock Producers Asso- 

 ciation, presided as toastmaster. 

 Charles E. Bwing, Decatur, Illinois 

 declared that "never before has thert 

 been such a group ot leaders and 

 students in the live stock world af 

 now." For that reason, he said, the 

 industry need not be discouraged 

 over the outlook for the future. 



T. J. Ritger. delegate from Dallas 

 Center. Iowa, commended the Pro- 

 ducers organization for its efficiency 

 stating that "the alertness ot the 

 boys working in the yards gives the 

 members confidence in the organiza- 

 tion." 



L. R. Marchant, Knox county farm 

 adviser, in his speech stated that 

 the Chicago Producers Commission 

 Association has demonstrated two 

 things. First, many commission 

 firms are maintained at the Chica- 

 ga yards at high expense. The tann- 

 ers have proved that they can do the 

 marketing better than these private 

 companies. Secondly, the marketing 

 methods formerly used have been 

 improved through the efforts ot the 

 Producers. More responsibility if 

 being borne in the country now, and 

 less by the selling agencies. The 

 practice ot grading stock at the lo- 

 cal stockyards is good policy as it 

 eliminates much terminal grief. 



"Volume and brains will put the 

 marketing program at the top. I 

 have confidence in the organization 

 that it will do the work, and in the 

 shippers that they will provide the 

 volume ot business." 



/. A. A. Membership 

 by Belief, Farming 

 by Choice, He Says 



We asked the executive com- 

 mitteemen, when recently 

 elected, to give us a brief sum- 

 mary of their life. Here's how 

 C. E. Bamborough, Polo, 13th 

 district, comes back at us: 

 "Have been in a quandary as 

 to which part of my life you 

 wished summarized. Am some- 

 what reluctant to express my 

 choice ot an epitaph so early 

 in the game. Perhaps the less 

 said the better. As a preface 

 I submit the following brief 

 summary: 



"A pharmacist by profession 

 and education, being a gradu- 

 ate of Northwestern University. 

 A FARMER by choice. A 

 member of the Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Association by belief 

 and an executive committee- 

 man for some unknown rea- 

 son." 



TWELVE LIVE STOCK 

 SCHOOLS IN FEBRUARY 



Live stock shipping association 

 schools is the order of the day for 

 the I. A. A. department of live stock 

 arketing. Director Wm. E. Hedg- 

 cock has arranged for no less than 

 12 schools to be held through Feb- 

 ruary in various parts ot the state. 

 During this week just coming to a 

 close, institutes were held in Carlin- 

 ville. Carbondale, Fairfield and Ef- 

 fingham. Next week's schedule in- 

 cludes the following schools: Ur- 

 bana, Feb. 17: Decatur. Feb, 18; 

 Jacksonville, Feb. 19; and Blooming- 

 ton, Feb. 20. The following week's 

 schedule will Include Ottawa. Feb. 

 24; Galesburg, Feb. 25; Dixon, Feb. 

 26; and Rocktord, Feb. 27. 



"The I. A. A. has furnished speak- 

 ers for a large number of annual 

 shipping association meetings," says 

 Hedgcock. "We will be glad to as- 

 sist any association when called 

 upon." 



ItEEMEX WILL BUZZ 



A two-day beekeepers' short course 

 has been arranged for Carbondale. 

 Jackson county. February 23-24. It 

 is believed that the fruit and truck 

 industry will share with beemen in 

 the benefits to be derived from the 

 results of the short course. Promi 

 nent beemen will address the gath- 

 ering. 



"I congratulate the r. A. A. on the 

 solidarity it has attained in the hand- 

 ling of crops." — Chas J. Brand, U. 3 

 D. A. 



PRESIDENT THOMPSON 

 DATED TO START OFF 

 FARM TALKS OVER KSD 



L A. A. Farm Programs which 



Formerly Were Broadcast Over 



iWCK Now Changed to KSD 



■Radio fans, es p e c i all y — those -in- 

 Southern Illinois, who have been fol- 

 lowing the I. A. A. farm programs 

 over WCK at St. Louis, have prob- 

 ably been wondering what became 

 of it. It was not possible to get an 

 adequate announcement in the last 

 Recobd because of it being a special 

 edition and crammed to the edges. 

 The developments since the last an- 

 nouncement have brought about a 

 ?hange from WCK to KSD, the St. 

 Louis Post-Dispatch station, which 

 is much stronger and of considerable 

 more value for broadcasting farm 

 programs because it has more "clr- 

 :;ulation." Considerable more farm 

 bureau members can be reached over 

 KSD. 



The arrangements with KSD, 

 which have previously been averse 

 to farm talks other than market re- 

 ports, were made thru the National 

 Farm Radio Council, an organiza- 

 tion ot non-commercial and commer- 

 :;lal farm organizations, and in which 

 the American Farm Bureau Federa- 

 tion has membership. In tact, the 

 National Farm Radio Council is a 

 ;hild ot the information department 

 of the American Farm Bureau Fed- 

 eration and was created to make it 

 easier for farmers to get agricultural 

 information over the air. 



When the "child" grows up. it is 

 planned to schedule speakers thru 

 the central body for as many reliable 

 radio stations as want them. At 

 present negotiations are under way 

 with several stations, one ot them 

 being KSD. Speakers representing 

 'he Illinois Agricultural Association 

 will appear on the KSD program at 

 various times according to the pres- 

 ent rather tentative arrangement. 



President Thompson will, accord- 

 ing to present plans, lead off the 

 program with a speech of special 

 interest to farm bureau members 

 Wednesday evening. Feb. li, prob- 

 ably around 8 o'clock. This is a 

 tentative announcement and may 

 have to be changed. Watch your 

 local newspapers for later announce- 

 ments until the next Re<obd comes 

 out. 



Volumi 



MEETS SUCCESS 



IN FEDERATION 



Adams couny has met with suc- 

 cess In its co-operative live stock 

 shipping plan. Analysis of the an- 

 nual statement of the Adams County 

 Shippers .\ssociation reveals the in- 

 teresting tact that $841,045.86 worth 

 of live stock was shipped by this as- 

 sociation during 1924 at an expense 

 of slightly less than 2 per cent. The 

 gross operating income for the asso- 

 ciation was $16,098.54, which In- 

 cludes $5,056.37 paid out to shippers 

 for insurance. Organized on the 

 county plan, the association is count- 

 ed an outstanding example ot the 

 tendency toward consolidation among 

 the successful co-operatives through- 

 out the country, according to R. E. 

 Miller, farm adviser. 



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I'RODUCEH FACTS 



The Chicago Producers ranked in 

 first place among all sales agencies 

 at the Chicago stock yards by several 

 thousand cars for 1924. 



The Producers Live Stock Com- 

 mission Association of the St. Louis 

 National Stock Yards last year han- 

 dled around 18 per cent of the total 

 stock yard receipts at that market. 

 Most ot its 40,000 members live 

 nearby in Illinois, Missouri and Iowa 



The National Live Stock Produc- 

 ers Association is handling about 2, 

 000 cars of live stock per week and 

 represents the largest live stock mar- 

 keting agency in the United States 



FORMED 389 CLUBS IN 1024 



One of the most far-reaching re- 

 sults of the past year's junior clubj 

 work on Illinois farms was the for 

 mation of 38 9 local club organiza 

 tions. This is the information com- 

 ing from E. I. Pilchard, boys' club 

 work specialist of the College ot Ag- 

 riculture. University ot Illinois. Pil- 

 chard in his annual report states that 

 these 389 community organizations, 

 which are officered by the club mem- 

 bers themselves, teach the lesson of 

 co-operation and develop the young- 

 sters for larger service tn their com 

 munlties. 



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