ruary 28, 192S 



FARM 



!,000,000 

 )00 FARMS 

 $8.04, SEE? 



lepeated Until 

 Changed; Only 

 ut of Line Now 



'SlONmi dO AlIS^iAINn 



;oIlar tax saving 

 A. and the coun- 

 nd pocketed bj 

 inois farmers. If 

 out among the 

 he state, would 

 Ping of approxl- 

 farm, ordinary 

 reveals. How- 

 not the actual 

 is per farm — It 

 the state. The 

 cr of fact, con- 

 some counties 



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BJICUL .TU 



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Volume 3 



btued Every Other Saturday — March 14, 192S 



Ninnber 5 



es not only to 

 m Bureau who 

 ossible the for- 

 applies to mem- 

 s as well. "Lots 

 and not paying 

 he gas," is the 

 1. 



erent classes of 



a fairer basis 



at any time in 



according to J. 



of the depart- 



statistics. There 



ies left in which 



lown tos be as- 



gher percentage] 



r kinds of prop- 1 



Repeated ' 



rer two million 

 iroperty tax bill 



be maintained 

 ill probably be 



valuations are 

 Vatson. 



TO 



RIOUS 

 BY SERUM 



Way as Serum 

 er with Farm 

 1 Association 



linois is under 

 will be under- 

 1 this year, ac- 

 [edgcock. direc- 

 rketing for the 

 is averred, will 



tors of the Illi- 

 3erum Assocla- 

 E. Hedgcock, 

 with represen- 

 a companies to 

 1925 supply of 

 Bureaus. The 

 )e able to give 

 gards the price 



ales all showed 

 essed their ap- 

 r the Farm Ba- 

 the serum con- 

 c. "The agree- 

 a companies in 

 °i, and Indiana, 

 meeting were 

 approval of all 

 It. The com- 

 ously to do no 

 lis county until 

 a three-weeks' 

 ipiration to be 

 rd of directors, 

 to give the se- 

 ers an oppor- 

 ' findings to all 

 n serum con- 



L of hogs, as 

 inty farm bu- 

 ;lf satisfactory 

 )ck declares. 

 Serum Associa- 

 ig some of the 

 3cts to make a 



the McLean 

 lanitatlon, T. B. 

 •ovement, club 

 i Improvement, 

 [e up the major 

 County Farm 



I Burean has a 



The commlt- 

 a sweet clover 

 y. to last over 

 r 2,600 pounds 

 en ordered this 

 200 pounds In 



ACCOUNTING SCHOOLS 

 PROVE THEIR WORTH 

 FOR SHIPPING CO-OPS 



Series of Twrive Schools Held in 

 February by State CcAege and 

 L A. A. Bring Out DiscaMioB 



Five hundred thirty-three Illinois 

 farm advisers and managers and di- 

 rectors of live stock shipping asso- 

 iciations were present at the account- 

 l ing schools held for shipping associa- 

 , tions in 12 districts throughout the 

 I state in February. The meetings 

 ' were held under the Joint auspices of 

 1 the College of Agriculture, Univer- 

 I sity of Illinois, E. T. Robbins, live 



I' stock extension specialist, and the I. 

 A. A. department of live stock mar 

 . keting, Wm. E. Hedgcock, director. 

 Sixty-five counties and 186 of the 

 626 live stock shipping associations 

 I in Illinois we^e represented at these 

 ; meetings, whith the I. A. A. depart- 

 ; ment states were very successful in 

 i bringing the matter of improved ac- 

 I counting to the attention of those 

 I attending. Representatives of the 

 I three Producers Commission associa 

 tions operating in Illinois also were 

 present. The highest attendance 

 reached was at Galesburg, where 103 

 came to the meeting. 



Among the matters discussed at 

 the meetings it was pointed out that 

 to make shipping associations sue 

 cessful, the boards of directors ought 

 to meet monthly. Both manager and 

 membership, it was felt, must be 

 co-operative-minded. That the ship- 

 ping aasoclatioB is dependent upon 

 the parent association, and to be sue 

 cessful must realize its dependency 

 upon the parent, was another point 

 brought out. In Illinois, it was stat- 

 ed, the farm bureau is responsible 

 for the establishment of most of the 

 shipping associations. 



Point Out Many Things 

 Fifty directors of shipping associa- 

 tions talked at these meetings con- 

 cerning the need of continued reli- 

 ance upon the Farm Bureau for lead- 

 ership. Many of them pointed out 

 the need for having a shipping as- 

 sociation's policies directed by its of- 

 ficers and that the manager needs 

 their active co-operation in planning 

 the work so as to serve the members 

 to the best advantage. Both direc 

 tors and managers indicated that it 

 is necessary for managers, in render- 

 ing service, to be on deck when live 

 stock is received, and personally 

 weigh and mark all shipments. The 

 elBcient manager, it was brought out 

 should carry a notebook and keep a 

 list of the live stock to be marketed 

 from his community. 



Managers of shipping associations, 

 it was further declared, should not 

 overload their shipments, as this 

 leads to crippling and killing of 

 stock; and underloading, similarly, 

 increases the costs of marketing. 



Another fact brought out was that 

 many shipping associations confine 

 their membership to farm bureau 

 members and that a service charge 

 of five to ten cents per hundred- 

 weight '8 charged to non-members 

 in most counties. 



Expect Healthy Growth 



The shipping association business, 

 it was foretold, should experience a 

 healthy growth in 1925. Direct 

 shipping of stock to the packers was 

 denounced as detrimental to the co- 

 operative marketing movement. The 

 work of the Producers, it was stated, 

 is gaining. 



Both old and new system account- 

 ing supplies may be secured from the 

 I. A. A. office, Hedgcock declares. 

 Sheets, binders, and forms are avail- 

 able there. 



PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES AND SMILE 



SPECIAL MEETING OF FARM BUREAU PRESIDENTS, 

 SECRETARIES AND ADVISERS SET FOR MARCH 17 

 AT SPRINGHELD FOR BIG HEARING ON T. B. BILL 



SAM IS HONOR.%RY MEMBER 



After explaining the advantages of 

 creating a farmers' export corpora- 

 tion at a Farmers' Day held by the 

 Qulncy Kiwanis club, Sam H. Thomp- 

 son, I. A. A. president, was made 

 honorary member of Kiwanis by a 

 unanimous vote of the members 

 present. 



Beecher City Wins 



Live Stock Safety 



Loading Contest 



First place in the safety loading 

 contest for co-operative live stock 

 shipping associations in Illinois, spon 

 sored by the transportation depart 

 ment of the Illinois Agricultural As- 

 sociation, L. J. Quasey, director, goes 

 to the Beecher City Shipping As- 

 sociation, Effingham county. The 

 contest was carried on in co-opera- 

 tion with the Chicago Producers 

 Commission Association, the Produc 

 ei^s Live Stock Commission Associa 

 tion of East St. Louis, and the Pro 

 ducers Commission Association of In 

 dianapolis, Indiana, and was open to 

 all Illinois shipping associations ship- 

 ping at least 20 cars of livestock to 

 any of the three Producer agencies 

 between the dates of July 1 to De 

 cember 31, 1924. 



The Beecher City association won 

 the silver trophy offered by the Illi- 

 nois Agricultural Association with s 

 record of only 11.45 loss, or .004 per 

 cent of 129,031.84, the value of the 

 22 carloads of stock shipped to the 

 Indianapolis Producers agency. Sec- 

 ond place goes to the Rockport Ship- 

 ping Association, with a record of 

 .009 per cent loss, or ^4.00 out of 

 $40,594.82 in 27 carloads shipped to 

 the Bast St. Louis market, and third 

 place to the North Henderson Ship- 

 ping Association, with a record of 

 .01 per cent loss, or 13.40, out of 

 $33,728.67 in 22 carloads shipped 

 to the Chicago Producers. Other 

 shipping associations coming under 

 the .04 per cent loss mark are: Craw- 

 ford-Jasper, Oblong, Illinois, .015 per 

 cent loss; Tabor, .025 per cent loss; 

 Lawrence County, Lawrenceville 

 033 per, cent loss; and the Martins 

 ville Co-operative Shipping Associa- 

 tion, .039 per cent loss. 



Seventy-one Co^ps Entered 



Shipments of live stock in the en- 

 tire contest from 71 Illinois ship- 

 ping asociations qualifying, totaled 

 13.661,379.60 in value, with .13 per 

 cent loss, according to the I. A. A. 

 "The contest," says Quasey, "aroused 

 great interest on the part of shipping 

 managers in handling and loading 

 stock. The matter of good care and 

 sound Judgment in handling and 

 loading live stock at the local stock 

 yards cannot be emphasized too 

 strongly and the safety loading con- 



Radio, Favorite Indoor 

 Sport, Carries Romance 

 All its Own — Anderson 



"Radio is proving its worth down 

 in Clay county," Curt Anderson, I. A. 

 A. executive committeeman from the 

 24th district, told us when in the 

 office the other day. "Take It in 

 just three townships around-, my 

 home, Xenia. A year ago there were 

 Just two receiving sets on Ihrms 

 there. Now there are around 50 

 farm sets." 



Anderson toM us the romance of 

 his own set, which he acquired last 

 September. "On the day after I in 

 stalled the thing, I hauled a truck 

 load of 14 hogs to St. Louis. Before 

 I left I told my wife to tune in on 

 the stock yards for hog quotations 

 but never thought of my own pigs. 

 When I got back home I said, 'Bet 

 you dont know what the hogs 

 brought.' 'Guess I do,' says my 

 wife, 'fourteen lights topped the 

 market at 10.65.' "Them's mine,' 

 5ays I, 'how did you find out?' 'Well,' 

 3he comes back, 'what did you put 

 that radio in here for?' 



"Once in a while neighbors call 

 me up and ask about quotations. I 

 tell 'em to wait, the loudspeaker is 

 right handy, and then edge the thing 

 up to the telephone." 



Esecutive Cononittee Has Busy Two-Day Seaaon; Reports of All 

 Departments Approved ; Much LegislatiTc Work Under Way — 

 Gas Tax Bill to Displace SUte Aid Road Tax to be introduced 



A GOOD Oe(iANiZATI<W6ACI^ 

 Of Yoo 15 Trie. ecBRies- 

 t WiSM / WAS A ~ ^ 



Hornet. ->~ 



liiSTEN in: 



The following speakers represent- 

 ing the Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion are scheduled to talk over WLS. 



Wednesday, March 25, 8:40 — F. A. 

 Gougier. director of poultry and egg 

 marketing, on "Poultry Conditions as 

 I Found Them in Wayne County." 



Wednesday, April 1, 8:40 — Presi- 

 dent S. H. Thompson on "Changing 

 Agriculture." 



Friday, April 3, 8:40 — Vice-Presi- 

 dent H. E. Goembel on "What do 

 Farmers Really Want in Grain Mar- 

 keting?" Mr. Goembel is chairman 

 of the grain marketing committ^ of 

 the I. A. A. 



A special meeting of representatives of each of the 92 Farm Bureaus 

 in Illinois has been called by the executive committee of the Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Association to take place 

 March 17 at Springfield. The meeting 

 is called for the purpose of discussing 

 the I. A. A. legislative program, par- 

 ticularly as regards the tuberculosis 

 eradication bill which has l>een in- 

 troduced by Representative Tice of 

 Menard county. A hearing on this 

 bill has t>een set tor the same day. 

 The executive committeemen will at- 

 tend the meeting at Springfield. 



A busy two-day session marked the 

 regular monthly meeting of the execu- 

 tive committee, March 5 and €. On 

 Thursday, March 5, the executives 

 heard from each of the 13 department 

 directors who told of the work that 

 has been done and that is now under 

 way or contemplated in these several 

 departments. In addition, on Thursday evening a "get-acquainted" din- 

 ner was held for the purpose of making the new committeemen more 



familiar with officers, brother com- 

 mitteemen and directors. On Friday 

 the executives approved all the work 

 being done by all the departments. 

 Following are the high spots of the 

 two-day session: 



Higher Prices Paid 

 By Co^ps Increased; 

 Thank You, Mr. Critic! 



"Our attention has been 

 called to the (act by the presi- 

 dent of the Sngar Creek Cream- 

 ery Company that one of tlie 

 creameries Usted In our price 

 snr\'ey in the REXX>RD of Feb- 

 ruary 28 is not a co-operative," 

 says A.' D. Lj-nch, director of 

 the I. A. .\. dairy marketing de- 

 [tartment. 



"It is true that the lU-Mo 

 Dairy Company of E. St. Louis, 

 the company in question, al- 

 though the stock is owned by 

 farmers, is not organized under 

 Illinois co-oi»erative laws. 



"Taking out the average 

 price paid by Ill-Mo from the 

 computation, the difference paid 

 by Illinois co-operative cream- 

 eries as compared to prices 

 |Mid by pro|>rletary cream sta- 

 tions would be ju.st slightly 

 more than the 5 cents and 6 

 cenu differential stated in the 

 article under reriew." 



CASS SHIPPERS SAVED 

 %% FREIGHT PER CAR 



An average saving of from $8 to 

 $8.50 in freight costs on each car- 

 load of mixed live stock to the E. 

 St. Louis market has been made by 

 the Cass County Shipping Associa- 

 tion, according to W. A. McNeill of 

 Chandlen-ille. 



"This saving is a direct result of 

 the favorable changes in the rule on 

 mixed shipments of live stock secured 

 by the Illinois Agricultural Associa 

 tion transportation department in the 

 fall of 1923," states Mr. McNeill. 

 "The actual difference in freight 

 rate, as it applies to our association, 

 is 16.51 cents per hundred. It was 

 68 cents, but after the change had 

 been secured by the I. A. A., the 

 rate became 51.49 cents per hundred 

 on mixed shipments. It meant a sav- 

 ing of $784 in 13 months to our as- 

 sociation: 



"There are 526 live stock shipping 

 associations in Illinois and the mixed 

 car victory means a tremendous sun; 

 — and it stays in the farmer's pock- 

 et," Mr. McNeill asserts. 



test is an effective means of bringing 

 it to the attention- of live stock ship- 

 ping association managers. 



"The contest is another step for- 

 ward in the marketing of Illinois 

 live stock," the I. A. A. department 

 concludes. 



FRUIT GROWERS MEET 



On March 14 the Illinois Fruit 

 Growers, Inc., held its first annual 

 membership meeting at Centralia. 

 A. B. Lecper, I. A. A. fruit and vege- 

 table marketing director, is manager 

 of this association. An executive 

 committee meeting preceded the 

 membership meeting. 



What They DM 



1. Heard of the work of each of 

 the departments and approved it. 



2. Decided to call all farm bureau 

 presidents, secretaries and farm ad- 

 visers into a special meeting to be 

 lield at Springfield. March IT, (or 

 the purpose of considering first-hand- 

 ed the legislative program of the as- 

 sociation. Those interested in tu- 

 berculosis eradication work will at- 

 tend a hearing on the Tice bill which 

 re-codifles and strengthens the bo— • 

 vine tuberculosis laws of the state. 

 The hill as drawn will place Illinois 



a real business basis and gives 

 Illinois fanners a tuberculosis erad- 

 ication law which is superior to any 

 law that has been enacted in the 

 rnited States. 



"This bill is receiving opposition 

 from certain indiWduals and groups 

 nterested in defeating the tubercn- 

 nsis eradication program in the 

 >tate," the notice of the special meet- 

 ng reads. 



3. The legislative committee re- 

 tiorted progress on the three major 

 legislative desires for which the I. 

 A. .\. is standing. The bill on tuber- 

 culosis eradication has t>een intro- 

 duced by Representative Tice and the 

 second hearing will be on March 17. 



.Amendment Is Brewinic 



The revenue amendment is still 

 brewing and an amendment will bf 

 ready tor the legislators to work on 

 in the near future. 



As to the gasoline tax in place o( 

 the State Aid road tax. the legisla- 

 tive committee reported that this 

 bill is quite likely to be introduced 

 the week of March 9-14. The gen- 

 eral order of gas tax bills which 

 have been floundering around at 

 Springfield could not be indorsed by 

 the I. A. A. The only way the I. A 

 A. can stand for a gas tax is provid- 

 ing it displaces some present form of 

 taxation i^nd the State Aid road tax 

 seems to 1>e the one that should be 

 displaced. 



Wolves! Wolves!! 



Other legislative action by the ex 

 ecutive committee consisted of re 

 ferring a communication read by 

 Committeeman Earl Smith from Pike 

 county asking for the support of the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association to 

 exterminate wolves. The river coun 

 ties of Illinois, particularly Calhoun 

 Pike. Adams and Hancock, the com- 

 munication stated, have absorbed 

 large numbers of wolves from across 

 the Mississippi river during the win 

 ter. Vigorous war on these maraud- 

 ers of livestock on the western sld< 

 of the Mississippi has driven the 

 (Continued on pace 4, col. L) 



