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^ I li Ij I M 

 CUILTURAL' 



Volume 3 



IsMied E^ery Other Saturday — Febnwry 28, 1925 



Number 4 



ts with KSD. 

 aly been averse 

 than market re- 

 iru the National 

 il. an organlza- 

 :ial and commer- 

 ins, and in which 

 Bureau Federa- 

 p. In fact, the 

 lio Council is a 

 ition department 

 rm Bureau Fed- 

 'ated to make it 



> get agricultural 



> air. 



' grows up, it is 

 e speakers thru 

 as many reliable 

 jrant them-. At 

 1 are under waj' 

 IS, one of them 

 ers representing 

 tural Association 

 KSD program at 

 ling to the pres- 



arrangement. 

 ion will, accord- 

 ns, lead off the 

 jeech of special 

 >ureau members 

 , Feb. 1*. prob- 

 ock. This is a 

 raent and may 

 d. Watch your 

 • later announce- 

 ct Record comes 



NINE TOWNSHIPS AND NINE COMMUNITY CLUBS 

 IN KENDALL COUNTY; THAT'S WHAT MAKES OUR 

 UFE WORTH UVING, THE MEMBERS ARE SAYING 



Inquuhive Reporter Drop* in on Club Members; Finds Happy Farm 

 Homes and Spirit of Co-operation Everywhere — Also Evidences 

 of Leadership. Kendall County Is High in Bureau Membership 



A day In the country is worth ten in the city. So thought we when 

 giving Kendall County the once over not long ago. 



"Come on down to Yorkvllle and see what our com- 

 munity clubs are doing," came the call from Eart 

 Price, farm adviser. To Yorkvllle we went, all keyed 

 up for a day's treat. 



"Our farmers' clubs are live wire organizations," 

 Price said as we motored out to visit some of the club 

 members. "Everyone of them is a credit to its com- 

 munity, as it brings the people together and gives 

 them' a chance to talk over common problems." 



It wasn't long before we came across farmer club 

 members. What we had in store for our city-clois- 

 tered minds was more than a little. Every last club 

 booster we talked to reflected community spirit — the 

 joy of living, willingness to co-operate, ambition to 

 forge ahead, and a rea^iiness to tackle whatever prob- 

 lems are ahead. If this is the result of community 

 club effort, thought we, let's get more of these farmers' societies through- 

 1 out the length and breadth of Illinois. Sociability has few friends like the 

 j farmers^ club. 



But to the day's work. East of 



EulPriM 



ss 



EDERATION 



1 met with suc- 

 ative live stock 

 ilysis of the an- 

 e .\dams County 



1 reveals the in- 

 141,045.86 worth 

 ipped by this as- 



4 at an expense 



2 per cent. The 

 me for the asso- 

 8.54, which m- 

 d out to shippers 

 ganized on the 

 jciation Is count- 

 example of the 



solidation among 

 ■ratives through- 

 cording to R. E. 



FACTS 



lucers ranked in 

 11 sales agencies 

 yards by several 

 124. 



ive Stock Com- 

 of the St. Louis 

 Is last year han- 

 cent of the total 

 at that market. 

 I members live 

 issouri and Iowa, 

 e Stock Produc- 

 indling about 2,- 

 :k per week and 

 It live stock mar- 

 United States. 



iUBS IN 1924 



far-reaching re 

 !ar's junior club 

 ms was the for- 

 .1 club organiza- 

 nformation com- 

 hard, boys' club 

 le College of Ag- 



of Illinois. Fil 

 report states that 

 ty organizations, 

 >y the club mem 

 ich the lesson of 

 velop the young- 

 ice to their com 



JTTER iHiCKER 



the Fot river" lies Oswego, and 



^around Oswego reside 30 or so farm 



.families making up the East Oswego 



I Progressive Farmers' Club. The 



; first man in our tracks was Mr. Burk- 



jhart. We cornered him, telling him 



our mission. It wasn|t long before 



he got thoroughly warmed up to our 



aim. and forthwith he told us what 



the club was up to. 



The East Oswego club, we found 

 out, started back in 1919, or at least 

 before Adviser Price, the present in 

 cumbent, picked up the county halter 

 strap in 1920. No particular hard- 

 ships were encountered, Mr. Burk- 

 hart said. In getting club activities 

 or membership under way. Every- 

 body seemed ready for some strictly 

 farmer's proposition, and to the 

 meetings they all came — the young- 

 sters, the old folks, the in-betweens 

 in short, the whole family. It wasn't 

 long then before the club got well 

 established in the community, with 

 its monthly meetings and programs. 



Business Before Pleasure 



The club meets once a month and 

 usually has an attendance of around 

 100. Short business meetings pre- 

 cede the programs, and then the tun 

 begins. Sometimes there is a ques 

 tion box, in which common problems 

 are roundly thrashed out, or certain 

 farm practices are explained by some 

 member. Home talent is drawn upon 

 in furnishing much of the entertain 

 ment through readings and musical 

 programs. The community also 

 boasts an orchestra of its own 

 Speakers from outside sources are 

 often secwed, and the farm adviser 

 is a frequent contributor to such 

 programs, f 



A novel way of caring for the mul 

 titudes month after month obtains 

 in the East Oswego club. Most of 

 the homes are spacious and so it Is 

 customary for the meetings to be 

 held right In the farmers' own homes. 

 Every month a committee of three 

 families is appointed to look after 



S'the program for the following meet 

 Ing. A fund of 17.50 is given the 

 committee to provide tor whatever 

 expense-bearing feature is considered 

 I necessary. "This arrangement," said 

 I Mrs. J. D. Ebinger, wife of the club 

 j president, "is very satisfactory, as 

 ' it always brings new groups together. 

 We are glad to say that there are no 

 cliques In our society. Our club 

 takes in practically all the farm fam- 

 ilies In the neighborhood, and they 

 all work together splendidly." 



Take Turns Entertaining 



Whoever plays host to the gather- 

 ing, furnishes the refreshments when 

 the meetings are held in the evening. 

 Since the members rotate in playing 

 host, each farm family does this 

 about once every other year. It is 

 only during the winter months of De- 

 cember, January, and February that 

 the meetings are held during the day, 

 with a generous dinner for a feed. 



iEach family member over 18 years 



He got Enough Out 

 of a Dead Claim to 

 Pay His Dues 4 Years 



From ail sections of the 

 state they come — letters of 

 recojtnltlon of services rendered 

 by the I. A. A. through its 

 transportation dep a r t m e n t. 

 Here is one from a LaSalle 

 County Farm Bureau member: 



"I want to thank you for your 

 elHcient work In this department. 

 I tried throuKh the agent at 

 Tonlca (who admitted that there 

 was an overcharge) to get this 

 refund then later I took It up 

 with the South Dakota end but 

 was informed that I was not en- 

 titled to a refund. I had about 

 Kiven up when I saw in our 

 Farm Bulletin what you had 

 done for Mr. Walcott. I then 

 called Mr. Cross of our Farm 

 Bureau. The right man behind 

 the gun is what counts." 

 "Very truly yours. 

 (Signed) J. J. Hornung, Ottawa." 



.Mr. HomunK received a 

 draft for $04JiS, covering two 

 claims on cattle shipments — 

 enough to pay his farm biu-eau 

 membership for the next four 

 years. Let the I. A. A. know 

 what it can do for you. 



IS IT AN APPLE OR HORNETS' NEST? 





WITH THE PATIENCE OF JOE 



— Hauny In tbe St. Paul Pioneer Press. 



TWENTY-FOUR STATES 

 REJECT AMENDMENT 



Although it is still possible for 

 state legislatures to reconsider rat 

 flcation of the twentieth amendment 

 and to rescind previous action, indi- 

 cations are that the child labor bill 

 goes on record as a defeat. 



Twenty-nine states have taken leg- 

 islative action, ratifying or refusing 

 ratification. Of this numt>er 24, by 

 various forms of action, have refused 

 to ratify. Pour have ratified. In 

 one. New Mexico, action is incom- 

 plete, one House having approved, 

 the other not yet acted. 



The states refusing ratification 

 are: Connecticut, Delaware, Pennsyl- 

 vania, Massachusetts, Georgia, Idaho, 

 Indiana, Kansas, South Carolina, 

 Louisiana, Montana, Oregon, Nevada, 

 North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, 

 Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, 

 Texas, Utah; Vermont, Washington, 

 and Wyoming. The states of Ari- 

 zona, Arkansas, California, and Wis 

 cousin have ratified. The Senate of 

 Arkansas the first state to ratify, 

 adopted January 27, by vote of 30 

 to 3, a resolution of reconsideration 

 and rejectioiu 



The General Assembly of Illinois is 

 one of the 14 state legislatures now 

 in session that have not yet acted 

 legislatively. 



TO BUY MANVM; OO^PEBA- 

 TIVBLT 



G. E. Metzger, director of organi- 

 zation, reports the -organization of a 

 farmers' co-operatKve buying associa- 

 tion at Anna, Union county, which 

 will purchase manure for fertilizer 

 purposes. The Union County Farm 

 Bureau is backing the project. 



Farm Bureau District 



Meetings Coming Soon; 

 To Cover Much Ground 



Farm Bureau district meetings will 

 soon be under way. The first one 

 has already been held in the 11th 

 district, taking place at Wheaton, 

 DuPage County, February 26. Wm 

 Webb, Joliet, is executive committee 

 man for this district, which includes 

 the counties of McHenry, DuPage, 

 Kane, ind Will. The speakers in- 

 cluded A. D. Lynch and F. A. Goug 

 ler, of the I. A. A. 



Other Farm Bureau district meet 

 ing dates that have been definitely 

 settled according to the I. A. A. or- 

 ganization department, G. E. Metz- 

 eer, director, are: March 12, Charles- 

 ton, J. L. Whisnand, Charleston, ex- 

 ecutive committeman for the 19th 

 district. The speakers are Geo. R. 

 Wicker, general manager of the 

 I. A. C. A., F. A. Gougler, I. A. A. 

 poultry and egg marketing director, 

 and R. A. Cowles, I. A. A. treasurer. 



March 12: Salem, W. L. Cope, Sa- 

 lem, executive committeeman for the 

 23d district. Geo. A. Fox, I. Aj A. 

 general secretary; A. D. Lynch, I, A, 

 A. dairy marketing director; and L, 

 J. Quasey, I. A. A. transportation 

 director, are the speakers. 



April 10: Jacksonville. B. C 

 Smith, Detroit, executive committee- 

 man for the 20th district. President 

 Sam Thompson, A. D. Lynch, and 

 J. R. Bent, I. A. A. director of phos- 

 phate-limestone, are the speakers. 



Other dates that have been set, 

 but without definite location, are 

 March 13 tor the 22 nd district. Stan- 

 ley Castle, Alton, executive commit- 

 teeman; and Maroh 27 for the 18th 

 district, R. F. Karr, Iroquois, execu- 

 tive committeeman. 



The request of the Illinois .\gri 

 cultural Association of the Illinois 

 Commerce Commission asking that a 

 public inquiry into the Grain Market- 

 ing Company, the t26,000,000 grain 

 merger, has been received with favor 

 by the Commission and a hearing was 

 set for Feb. 25 in Chicago. 



The Illinois Agricultural Associa 

 tion officials presented evidence to 

 show why the grain merger should 

 t>e investigated and urged that the 

 Commission make such investiga 

 tion for the protection of Illinois 

 farmers who are being solicited to 

 buy stock. The Illinois Commerce 

 Commission has authority to decide 

 whether itny stock comes under 

 "Blue Sky" or not. The hearing 

 came too late to be reported in this 

 issue. 



GRAIN COMMrrTE:E; MEETING 



The I. A. A. Grain committee has 

 been meeting in the general offices 

 during the past week — behind closed 

 doors, however. H. E. Goembel. 

 Hooppole, I. A. A. vice-president and 

 chairman of the committee, states 

 that when the committee is ready, 

 it will report 



W. m. JarSin 



NEW SECRETARY SENDS 

 GREETING TO ILUNOIS 

 FARMERS THRU RECORD 



Jardine Fought McNary-Haugan 



Bill; Repeat L A. A. Stand 



j of "Equality for Agriculture" 



Upon learning that W. M. Jardine. 

 president of the Kansas State Agri- 

 cultural College, had been picked as 

 the new Secretary 

 of Agriculture, the | 

 information d e- 

 partment o f the I 

 I. A. A. wired him 

 for a statement or 

 message to t h e | 

 farm bureau mem- 

 b e rs of Illinois. | 

 His greeting fol- 

 lows: 



"I am happy to { 

 extend my greet- 

 ings to the farm- | 

 ers of Illinois, one 

 of the great agri- 

 cultural states of 

 tbe Union. I shall enter upon my 

 duties as Secretary of Agriculture 

 with a profound interest in the wel- 

 fare of American fanalng and of 

 the American farmer -and with, I 

 trust, a practical understanding of 

 his problems, desires, and hopes. I 

 shall bend every effort In the direc- 

 tion of constructive achievement for 

 agriculture. Farming In this country 

 may be made, I am confident, a 

 sound, attractive, permanently prof- 

 itable business such as will retain on 

 the farms men of managerial ability 

 and broad rural interests. It will b«- 

 my aim, with the help of forward- 

 looking farmers throughout the 

 country, to do everything possible 

 toward this end. I bespeak your co- 

 operation in this work for farming 

 and for America." 

 . . (Signed) W. H. Jardine. 



Commerce Commission u appears timely, especially since 



Sets Feb. 25 to Hear ^■■- Jardine win l>e mailed a marked 



14 4 /-■■■# '^"Py °^ tbi' issue of tbe Recobo, 



l.A.A. on l^raui AIerger|that one of the resolutions of the 

 delegates of the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association, which repeated the stand 

 for "Equality for Agriculture," be re- 

 peated here. It follows: 



"We believe the paramount issue 

 before the American people today to 

 be the securing of a true equality for 

 agriculture with industry and labor. 

 We, therefore, direct tbe executive 

 rammittee of the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association to do everj-thing in their 

 power to secure legislation that will 

 both in spirit and practice give such 

 equality." 



Mr. Jardine was a vigorous oppo- 

 nent to the McNan-Haugen blll." 



Export Corporation 

 Bill Gets Favorable 

 Advance in Congress 



A telegram from Washington 

 Just as the Record goes to press 

 states that the Farmer's Export 

 Corporation bill (the new Mc- 

 Nary-Hangen ) has been favor- 

 ably rejwrted to the House by 

 the Committee on Agriculture. 

 The Senate Committee on .Agri- 

 culture and Forestry- has also 

 reported the bill out favorably. 

 A special rule to hnrr)- the bill 

 w-as also requested by the 

 House conunlttee. Success or 

 failure depends niK>n the Kules 

 Couuultte«. This Is a critical 

 lime! Write your Cong r ess 

 iiutn and Senator! ! 



Report in Which l.A.A. 



Had Part Arousing Keen 

 Interest at Springfield 



Keen interest is being manifested 

 by members of tbe General Assembly 

 in tbe report of the Illinois EMuea- 

 tional Commission which is expected 

 soon, together with a bill providing 

 for the appointment of a state board 

 of education, to have general super- 

 vision over school affairs in Illinois. 



The Illinois Educational Commis- 

 sion was assisted materially in ob- 

 taining data for this report by the 

 educational sun-ey conducted by the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association last 

 summer. This study of the fanner's 

 school problem is regarded by W. ■*■. 

 Lewton of Cicero. 111., chairman of 

 the Commission, as being one of the 

 most authoritative studies ever made 

 into the school problem in this State. 



Di > a al «« C*«atr Pav^ 



series of meetings In Februarr to 

 study seed corn, with tbe help of th* 



farm adviser. 



ghelky Caaaty Parm Bareaa has had 



eight farm account schools to date. 

 Four or five more coming. 



Kaax C«aaty Pana Bareaa leads the 

 state in farm bureau paid-up member- 

 ship — 1.J04 farmers belong to it. 



IIaa<a*aBe*T Caaaty Shiyplaa 

 clatlaa in 1924 handled about too car- 

 Heary Caaaty ImrorteS 215 acres of! loads of live stock and the Bast St. 



limestone last year. The farm bureau L«ula Producers bandied practically all 

 handled 171 of these carloada of It 



