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The IMinob Agricultural A—ociation Rgcord 



February 28, 192S 



TWO MILLION DOLLAR TAX SAVING AVERAGES $8.04 PER FARM 



INTRODUCE T. B. BILL 

 TO COVER NUMEROUS 

 SINS IN CLEAN-UP WORK 



Repreaentative Tice Sponsors 

 Lefislation to Keep Statutes 

 Abreast with Clean-up Fight 



DIFFERENTIAL IN EGG 

 QUALITY NOW TO BE 

 SHIFTED TO PRODUCER 



A general re-codiflcation of exist 

 in); Itgisldtion pertaining to the 

 eradicstionl of tuberculosis in cattle 

 roveritg a multitude of sins is pro 

 vided tor lA a bill that has been in- 

 troduced ia the House of Represent 

 atives at Springfield by Homer J 

 Tice 0* Grjeenvlew, Menard county 

 This hill wjas suggested by the lUi- 

 nuis Agricultural Association and is 

 in accordance with the legislative 

 program which consist of three maj- 

 or obJtctives, this being one of them 

 The^ newi bill is drawn to bring 

 out-of-date I legislation on tuberculo- 

 sis eradication up-to-date and to keep 

 the legislative channels abreast with 

 tlie present day remarkable develop- 

 ment of the state-wide clean-up work 

 With approximately 2,000 cattle be- 

 ing su^jecttd to the test each day in 

 Illinois, ■it 'is highly desirable that 

 this great public health movement go 

 ahead without hindrance, according 

 to Representative Tice. 



"Th* new bill," says M. H. Peter- 

 sen, inj charge of tuberculosis eradi 

 cation extension for the I. A. A., "is 

 a re-codiflc»tion of existing legisla- 

 tion on this subject with a number of 

 important additions to cover much- 

 demamted needs on the part of farm 

 ers ant live stock raisers from all 

 over tie state. 



Restrict* TnbercnlosU Serum 

 "Among the new features is a 

 provision which places the sale of 

 tuberculin, the serum used in the 

 testing, in the state under the Juris- 

 diction of the State Department of 

 -Agriculture ! and limits its use to 

 censed veteHnarians. Veterinarians 

 will also be required to tag and brand 

 all tubercilous cattle found if 

 the proposed measure becomes ef- 

 fective. There has been considerable 

 laxity on this score." 



Closer supervision o f cattle 

 brought into Illinofs for breeding and 

 dairy purposes Is also proposed. 

 While mora stringent requirements 

 will b« imjjosed on cattle to be 

 shipped from stock yards to be test- 

 ed at their destination, care has been 

 taken to include, nothing which will 

 restrict the feeding industry in the 

 state. A 60-day retest is also re- 

 quired for cattle brought into the 

 state for dairy and breeding pur- 

 poses. 



The demand for a compulsory test- 

 ing law froip many counties has led 

 to the inclusion of a provision re- 

 quiring all the cattle in any county 

 to be ttsted when 75 per cent of the 

 cattle owners in' the county have 

 voluntarily submitted their herds for 

 a test. 



National Standardization of Egg 

 Grades Will Prove a Boon to 

 Fanners, Says I.A.A. Authority 



Grading of eggs on a uniform ba- 

 sis of quality will soon be the order 

 of things on most egg markets thru- 

 out the United States, according to 

 'he I. A. A. poultry and egg market- 

 ing department, F. A. Gougler, di 

 rector. 



\ practical plan has been devised 

 by the federal Bureau of -Agricultural 

 Economics, by which all egg grad 

 ing systems used are to be adjusted 

 and aligned into one uniform sys 

 tern. The new system has been ac- 

 cepted by the egg trade generally 

 and will be used as a standard guide 

 everywhere within a few years. 

 These grades are: (1) U. S. Special: 

 (2) U. S. Extra: (3) U. S. No. 1; (4) 

 0. S. No. 2: (5) U. S. No. 1 dirties: 

 (6) U. S. No 2 dirties; (7) U. S. 

 Caiecks. 



It will be well for the Illinois egg 

 producer to get familiar with these 

 terms and learn their full meaning," 

 says the I. A. A. egg marketing de- 

 partment, "as he will now have the 

 advantage of getting paid on the ba- 

 sis of quality. If U. S. Extras are 

 worth, say, 10 cents per dozen more 

 on the New York market than U. S. 

 No. I's, then the producer should 

 receive the same differential at his 

 local market. 



"Co-operative marketing of eggs 

 win bring this differential down to 

 'he producer from the consumer in 

 the best and quickest possible way, 

 because co-operatively, eggs will be 

 handled on the graded basis and pro 

 ducers will receive pay on a quality 

 basis." 



FOR 63,000 THINKING FARMERS 



Cross-Word puzzles. Who doesn't fall for them? Here is the first one 

 appearing in the Recobd. How many of our readers can solve it? Can 

 you? 



The correct answers will appear in the next issue of the Recobu. Watch 

 for them. 



The white spaces In the puzzle represent words, running horizontal and 

 vertical, the synonyms and descriptions of which are to be found in the 

 list below. Each sxnonym is numbered and corresponds to the number in 

 the puzzle. The black spaces may be regarded as periods. 



When completed the letters will spell out recognized words, running 

 from left to right and from top to bottom. Most of the words in the 

 accompanying puzzle refer to farming. 



DIVIDE THE $2,000,000 

 BY THE 237,000 FARMS 

 AND IT'S $8.04, SEE? 



Saving Will Be Repeated Until 

 Valuations Are Changed ; Only 

 Few Counties Out of Line Now 



ILLINOIS VILLAGES 

 AND TOWNS SLATED 

 FOR BUTTER DRIVE 



STEPHENSON COUNTY 

 WINS ROAD DECISION 



Ridott, atephenson county, will 

 continub as a railway station. The 

 Illinois Commerce Commission says 

 so. A heading was held in which 

 the Chicago: and Northwestern Rail- 

 road Cbmpainy petitioned to be al- 

 lowed to discontinue the station. J. 

 H. Swahzey, ^presenting farmers in 

 tiie vicinity of Ridott, and the local 

 live stock shipping' association as its 

 president, had his evidence very com- 

 prehenalivelyt prepared. With the 

 help of the I. A. A. transportation 

 department, I this went a long way 

 toward getting favorable considera- 

 tion from the Commission in hand- 

 ing down iljs decision. 



I. A. A. Dairy Department Plans 

 Campaign to Increase Use of 

 Butter and Reduce Surplus 



"Spread your butter a little thick- 

 er." 



That's the motto chosen by the 

 1. A. A. dairy marketing department, 

 \. D. Lynch, director, in a campaign 

 to be started throughout Illinois to 

 increase the consumption of butter 

 an the farms and in the centers of 

 papulation. 



And here is the poster! 



Spread you 

 ►uttcrtKickc 



'HEALTH 

 GROWTH 

 STRENGTH 



DOW.V 



1. The r. .\. A. memlierahip consists of 



63.0U0 - ? - farmers. 



2. National legislative body. 



3. Oh Gee! 



4. Father. 



5. What the Farm Bureau does for 



the agricultural Industry. 



6. The farmer's mail service. 



7. Abbreviation for earliest American 



war. 



8. A good sized litter of pigs. 

 &. What the College ot Agriculture 



floes for farmers. 



1. Remain. 



2. An area of tilled soil. 



6. The person you most appreciate. 

 1. You. 



4. Something of which we never get 



enough. 



5. .\n organization of 63,000 tkutking 



farmers. 



7. -Adverb, preposition and conjunc- 



tion. 



8. Adverb, prefix and preposition. 



;t. Third person, singular, present In- 

 ilicative of verb "be." 



ACROSS 



2. What every farm bureau member 

 should do. 

 10. Abbreviation for common place of 

 learning. 



12. A heavy mist. 



13. "Al's" full name. 



14. Pronoun denoting a thing. 



15. Indefinite article. 



17. What Edward's boy friends call 



him. 



18. Abbreviation of Institution of ad- 



vanced learning situated at Ev- 

 anston. 111. 



19. Abbreviation of great continent in 



northern hemisphere. 



20. Abbreviation for football player's 

 position. 



Abbreviation for state where bur- 

 ley tobacco producers are co-op- 

 erating to market their products. 

 23. A title of address for a man. 



Obsolete form of word "notice." 

 30. Noun meaning opposite of net. 



The two million dollar tax saving 

 secured by the I. A. A. and the coun- 

 ty Farm Bureaus and pocketed bj 

 the great group of Illinois farmers, if 

 it were apportioned out among the 

 2 37,000 farms of the state, would 

 mean an average saving ot approxi- 

 mately Jg.04 per farm, ordinary 

 arithmetical division reveals. How- 

 ever, this figure is not the actual 

 amount of reductions per farm — it 

 is the average tor all the state. The 

 saving is, as a matter of fact, con- 

 siderably larger in some counties 

 than in others. 



This saving applies not only to 

 members of the Farm Bureau who 

 financed and made possible the for- 

 tuitous saving, but it applies to mem- 

 bers and non-members as well. "Lots 

 of farmers are riding and not paying 

 for their share of the gas," is the 

 truth of the situation. 



Valuations of different classes ot 

 property are now on a fairer basis 

 than they have been at any time in 

 the past five years, according to J. 

 C. Watson, director of the depart- 

 ment of taxation and statistics. There 

 are only a tew counties left In which 

 farm property is known i<y be as- 

 sessed on a much higher percentage 

 of its value than other kinds ot prop- 

 erty. •■ i 

 Saving Will Be Repeated 



'The saving of over two million 

 dollars in the farm property tax bill 

 in 1923 is likely to be maintained 

 this year, and this will probably be 

 true every year until valuations are 

 changed." says Mr. Watson. 



SEVEN FARM BUREAUS 

 GET EXEMPTION FROM 

 FILING TAX RETURNS 



1. A. C. A. and County Farm Bu 

 reau Offices Instrumental in 

 Negotiating Tax Exemption 



SUhSUbr 

 J >'BUTTPH 



IDI'CER F.tCTS 



$122,507.17 is the total saving 

 during 1924 to shippers to the Pro 

 ducers Live Btock Commission Asso 

 ciation at Nitional Stock Yards, Illi 

 nols. 



The Chicago Producers Commis- 

 sion Association points out the fol- 

 lowing as essential features of suc- 

 cessful co-opterative shipping associa- 

 tions: First, a co-operatively-minded 

 board of directors, who actually di- 

 rect; who meet at regular intervals 

 and assist tie manager in working 

 out any problems which arise. Sec- 

 ond, a capable manager, in sympathy 

 with co-operative marketing — a real 

 booster. Th^rd, a membership who 

 are 100 per cent behind their Or- 

 ganization ai|d who believe In co-op- 

 eration. 



This poster will soon be seen hang 

 ing on the walls of stores, farm bu 

 reau offices, and farmers' meeting 

 places all over the counties ot Illi- 

 nois. The dairy marketing depart 

 ment spent considerable time to get 

 a real poster, and it now feels that It 

 has one that will do the Job up 

 brown. 



"A survey made several months 

 ago through the co-operation ot 33 

 connty Farm Bureaus," says Lynch, 

 brought home more clearly than 

 anything else the observation that 

 not enough butter was used in the 

 majority of Illinois counties studied. 

 The survey also disclosed the tact 



Seven county farm bureaus to date 

 have been granted exemption from 

 filing income tax returns, following 

 the I. A. C. A. application for such 

 exemption. 



Hancock county leads the state by 

 being the first to receive such ex 

 emption. The other farm bureaus 

 that have been favorably notified are 

 Clay, Coles, Ford, Henderson, Iro 

 quois, and Pulaski counties. 



George R. Wicker, I. A. A. co 

 operative accounting director and 

 general manager of the Illinois Ag- 

 ricultural Co-operative Association 

 points out that this action estab- 

 lishes a precedent for all similar or 

 ganizations, as the farm bureaus ex- 

 empted are saved the annoyance of 

 making returns on income tax each 

 year. He calls attention of those 

 farm bureaus who have not yet filed 

 application for exemption, and urges 

 them to take the necessary steps to 

 do so at once. 



This may be done by sending the 

 necessary information to the head 

 quarters at 608 So. Dearborn Street, 

 Chicago, from where application will 

 be made to the Internal Revenue 

 Commission. 



There have been filed with the 

 Collector of Internal Revenue appli- 

 cations for exemption of the follow 

 Ing additional farm bureaus: Grun 

 dy, Kane, LaSalle, Livingston, Madi 

 son. Monroe, Scott. Stark, and Ver 

 miiion counties. Other applications 

 are now being forwarded to more 

 county farm bureaus for the signa- 

 tures of their officers. 



that farmers, including dairymen, 

 tvere almost as heavy users of oleo 

 as town and city dwellers." 



The poster will have a kid brother 

 to play sidekick in the campaign 

 Plans have been drawn for a little 

 placard which can conveniently be 

 hung^n the farm kitchen. It reads: 

 No butter substitute used in this 

 home. Our family believes In good 

 butter tor health, growth, strength." 

 It will be distributed to farm fam- 

 ilies through the county Farm Bu- 

 reau offices. 



Negotiations Are Under 

 Way to Buy Fertilizer 

 1 For Bureau Counties 



HOG CHOLERA TO 

 RECEIVE SERIOUS 

 SETBACK BY SERUM 



The phosphate-limestone depart- 

 ment of the I. A. A. has been on the 

 go the last few weeks — hot-footing 

 it downstate most of the time. Di- 

 rector J. R. Bent has spent consid 

 arable time in southern Illinois, call 

 ng on the Charles Stone company at 

 Vlarlon, also the Lehigh Stone com 

 pany at Kankakee, advancing ne 

 ?oUatiODft tor the 1925 limestone 

 igreement. On February 24 he at 

 tended a meeting of all the limestone 

 producers at St. Louis. Business 

 ■ailed him to Peoria following the 

 ?t. Louis meeting. 



The phosphate agreement is near 

 ng its final form and it is expected 

 'hat there will be a meeting between 

 he department ^nd the various phos 

 ihate producers either in Chicago or 

 tt Nashville, Tennessee, at the first 

 pportunity in the future. 



LISTEN IN! 



The Illinois Agricultural Asaocla- 

 'ion has arranged tor the following 

 speakers on KYW's evening pro- 

 <rams for March: 



Tuesday, March 3 — Curt Anderson, 

 Xenta, III., manager ot the Red 

 Top Growers, Inc., and executive 

 committeeman ot the Illinois Ag- 

 ricultural Association, on "Co-op- 

 erative Selling of Red Top." 

 Thursday, March 5 — W. H. Moody, 

 Port Byron. 111., executive commit- 

 teeman ot the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association, on "Interesting the 

 Women on the Farm." 

 Friday, March 31 — Wayne Hummer. 

 President of the liiinolB Bankers' 

 Association, ^hicago, on "When 

 Farmers and Bankers Get To- 

 gether." 



I. A. C. A. KEEPS GROWING 



The last co-operative to Join the 

 Illinois Agricultural Co-operatives 

 Association, according to Geo. R. 

 1 OO ^'<^'^^'°' I- ^- -^' accounting 

 I jX director, is the Farmers' and 

 **'*' Grange Fire Insurance Com- 

 pany of Alta, Peoria county. This 

 brings the total membership in the 

 I. A. C. A. up to 138 farmer co-ops 

 within nine months of the establish- 

 ment of the association. 



A reeral fiirin and community meet- 

 ing in Ogle county had an attendance 

 of 200 people. 



Eradication Under Way as Serum 

 Companies Confer with Farm 

 Bureau Serum AssodatioB 



Hog cholera in Illinois is under 

 continuous fire and will be under- 

 mined from all sides this year, ac- 

 cording to Wm. E. Hedgcock. direc- 

 tor of live stock marketing tor the 

 I. A. A. Serum, it is averred, will 

 do It. 



The board of directors ot the Illi- 

 nois Farm Bureau Serum Associa- 

 tion, Including Wm. E. Hedgcock, 

 I. A. A., met recently with represen- 

 tatives of eight serum companies to 

 receive bids for the 1925 supply of 

 serum for the Farm Bureaus. The 

 I. A. A. expects to be able to give 

 the information as regards the price 

 within a few days. 



"The serum companies all showed 

 a fine spirit and expressed their ap- 

 preciation for the way the Farm Bu- 

 reaus were handling the serum con- 

 tracts," says Hedgcock. "The agree- 

 ment which the serum companies in 

 Illinois. Iowa, Missouri, and Indiana, 

 represented at the meeting were 

 asked to sign, met the approval ot all 

 representatives present. The com- 

 panies agreed unanimously to do no 

 soliciting in any Illinois county until 

 after the expiration ot a three-weeks' 

 period, the date of expiration to be 

 announced by the board of directors. 

 This Is done in order to give the se- 

 rum association officers an oppor- 

 tunity to present their findings to all 

 counties interested in serum con- 

 tracts." 



Farmer vaccination of hogs, as 

 promoted by the county farm bu- 

 reaus, has proved Itself satisfactory 

 and successful, Hedgcock declares. 



The Farm Bureau Serum Associa- 

 tion has been inspecting some ot the 

 serum plants and expects to make a 

 report soon. 



Volume 



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Series of 

 Febru 

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Five h 

 farm adv 

 rectors o 

 ciations V 

 ing schoo 

 tlons in 

 state in 

 were held 

 the Colle 

 sity ot i; 

 stock ext 

 A. A. del 

 keting, V 



Sixty-fi 

 526 live 

 in llllnoii 

 meetings, 

 ment sta 

 bringing 

 counting 

 attending 

 three Pro 

 tlons ope 

 present, 

 reached ^ 

 came to 



Among 

 the meet 

 to make 

 cessful 

 to meet n 

 members] 

 co-operat 

 ping aasr 

 the pares 

 cessful 

 upon the 

 brought c 

 ed, the I 

 for the ei 

 shipping 



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Farstt manageaieMt, the McLean 

 eounty system of hog sanitation, T. B. 

 eradication, soli improvement, club 

 work, farm visits, seed Improvement, 

 and purebred seeds make up the major 

 projects for Woodford County Farm 

 Bureau In 1925. 



Pnlasfcl Conntr Farm Bnreaa has a 



soil fertility committee. The commit- 

 tee plans to carry out a sweet clover 

 campaign In the county, to last over 

 several years. Already 2,600 pounds 

 of aweet clover have been ordered this 

 year as compared with 200 pounds In 

 ItU. 



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 ership. 

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 overload 

 leads to 

 stock; ai 

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