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ILUNOIS FARMERS 

 ' BOUGHT QUARTER OF 

 ALL UME USED IN '24 



RENEW DECLARATION OF WAR ON BOVINE T. B. IN ILLINOIS 



I. A- A. PhcMphate-Iimettone De- 

 partment Successful in Secur- 

 ing Continuance of Ten Cent* 

 per Ton Discount to Members 



I Illinois farmers last year bought 

 I 500.000 tons of limestone to use on 

 I their soils. That is one-fourth of all 

 ' the limestone used on farms in the 

 I entire United States last year (the 

 ' U. S. Department of Agriculture says 

 the whole country used 2,000,000 

 tons). And the farm bureaus were 

 responsible for the larger portion of 

 Illinois' record, as about 2*0,000 

 tons of this soil sweetener was pur- 

 chased through them in co-operation 

 with the Illinois Agricultural Asso- 

 ciation. 



"From the earliest records In 



1911," says J. R. Bent, director, 

 ''when 32,000 tons was used, the 

 quantity of farm limestone' applied 

 on the soils of the state has ad- 

 vanced, much through Farm Bureau 

 effort, until Illinois farmers last year 

 established a new record for the 

 country by spreading a half million 

 {tons of limestone on their farms. 

 This is a significant step in the direc- 

 tion of establishing a sound policy 

 of soil maintenance and it is some- 

 I thing the state is entitled to take 

 great pride in." 



' The Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 |tion, through the phosphate-lime- 

 'stone department, has been at work 

 j since early 1920 endeavoring to 

 make the available supply as efficient 

 and economical as possible. Last 

 year the department was successful 

 I in negotiating a ten cents per ton dif- 

 ferential, granted by the limestone 

 producers as a discount, in favor of 

 farm bureau members. This advan- 

 tage has now been in force tor six 

 I months and has saved the farm bu- 

 >reau members of Illinois thousands 

 {of dollars. 



I DeiMirtment Kept Bnsy 



I "The limestone producers early in 

 I the winter started a movement to 

 I abandon this practice and return to 

 I the old basis of one price to all and 

 I announced Its decision to the I. A. 

 A.," says Mr. Bent. "The phosphate- 

 limestone department has been kept 

 busy during the last three months 

 in an endeavor to perpetuate the dis- 

 count feature in behalf of its mem- 

 bers and has been rewarded this 

 past week by victory, — the majority 

 of the producers having finally 

 agreed to continue the discount fea- 

 ture direct to each purchasing mem- 

 ber by means of discount certificates 

 issued by the resp«ctive county 

 Farm Bureaus. 



"The large demand in 1924 not 

 only took care of the current produc- 

 tion of screenings from the crushed 

 stone industry but almost entirely 

 cleaned up the surplus which had 

 been accumulating during the previ- 

 ous three or four years. This fact 

 (led the Producers to feel that they 

 |could no longer continue a price 

 I which was less than the pro-rata 



i share of the cost of production and 

 that hereafter they should secure a 

 price for this material which would 

 cover the cost of production with 

 some profit. They claimed that a 

 [minimum price of 80 cents at the 

 quarry net to farm bureau mem- 

 bers would be necessary to accom- 

 plish this. However, at least two 

 of the producers have agreed with 

 the I. A. A. department to hold their 

 pVice for the present to 76 cents a 

 ton f.o.b. the quarry with 10 cents 

 off to farm bureau members, thus 

 effecting a saving of 15 cents below 

 the price that at first had been con- 

 templated by the producers. This 



State b Leader in Move 

 to Stamp Out Cattle 

 Plague Whidi Brings 

 Suffering to Mankind 

 and Losses to Live- 

 stock Industry 



Bovine Tuberculosis 

 must go! 



This is the unqualified 

 statement of all extension 

 forces operating in Illi- 

 nois to stamp out the cat- 

 tle pest. The Illinois Ag- 

 ricul t u r a 1 Association, 

 through its T. B. eradica- 

 tion project, M. H. Peter- 

 sen, in charge, is square- 

 ly behind the efforts made 

 by the state and the fed- 

 eral government in their 

 efforts to rid the coun- 

 try-side of the plague. 



"A survey carried on by 

 the federal government 

 shows that 33 1-3 per 

 cent of the infantile tu- 

 berculosis in the United 

 States is directly trace- 

 able to the presence of 

 the bovine tubercle bacil- 

 lus in milk," states the I. 

 A. A. department. "This 

 statement is also borne 

 out in the report of a sim- 

 ilar survey conducted by 

 the British Royal Com- 

 mission. 



"The Bureau of Animal 

 Industry. United States 

 Department of Agricul- 

 ture, estimates that the 

 annual losses from bovine 

 tuberculosis to the live- 

 stock industry of the 

 country amounts to no 

 less than $25,000,000 to 

 $40,000,000 and that this 

 loss is largely prevent- 

 able. 



"Illinois now is a lead- 

 er in the country in the 

 anti-T. B. fight, but only 

 a start has been made. 

 With Edgar county ac- 

 credited free from the 

 disease, testing going on 

 in 62 other counties, and 

 educational campaigns in 

 17 others, the work must 

 progress until all rural 

 Illinois, where 135 out of 

 every 100,000 human be- 

 ings are victims of the 

 disease, is entirely free 

 from every vestige of bo- 

 vine tuberculosis." 



'I'UK map on tAe left shows 

 the status -of the bovine 

 tuberculosis eradication cam- 

 paign on March 1, 1925. Six- 

 ty-two counties bad area vet- 

 erinarians working. 63 had 

 appropriations, and education- 

 al campaigns were in progress 

 in 17 others. Illinois had 

 mere counties working on the 

 area plan than any other 

 state. Compare the map at 

 the left with the one below. 

 Note the progress made 

 through all forcas eo-operat- 



/^N the right is shown how the 

 state looked on Dec. 1. 1923. 

 Twenty-four counties started the 

 area test In 1924. The one legend 

 serves (or both maps. 



Prepared by 



Illinois Agricultural Association u 



63,000 Thinking Farmers 



APPROVE ACTION OF 

 THE I. A. A. EXECUTIVE 

 COMMIHEE ON MERGER 



Twenty - first District Meeting 

 Adopts Res<Jutions Urging 

 Continued Vigil and Advising 

 against Purchasing Grain Mar- 

 keting Company Stock 



The first quarterly meeting for 

 1925 of the executive committees of 

 the four farm bureaus in the 2l8t 

 Congressional district, which in- 

 cludes Sangamon, Christian, Mont- 

 gomery, and Macoupin, was held at 

 Carllnvllle, Macoupin county, Febru- 

 ary 26. Four meetings were held 

 last year, starting with one at Car- 

 linvilie a year ago. Sam Sorrells, 

 Raymond, is executive committeeman 

 for the I. A. A. from this district. 



The purpose of this meeting was 

 to discuss farm bureau problems of 

 special interest to the farm bureaus 

 in this district. The program In 

 eluded discussion of legislative mat- 

 ters, membership campaign problems 

 status of grain marketing, status of 

 live stock marketing, especially from 

 the angle of the Producers at East 

 St. Louis, and the problem of mar- 

 keting whole milk in this territory 

 C. R. Martin of the Producers Live 

 Stock Commission Association spoke 

 on the Producers' work. 



i\pprove I. A. A. Action 



Resolutions were adopted appro*' 

 ing the action of the I. A. A. execu- 

 tive committee relative to the Grain 

 Marketing Company and advising ev- 

 ery farmer in the 21st district 

 against the purchase of stock In the 



doubtless will have some bearing up- 

 on the price quoted by other compa- 

 nies, including those that sell on a 

 delivered price basis." 



grain merger. Another resolution 

 was passed urging the I. A. A. execu- 

 tive committee to take whatever 

 steps necessary to remove from the 

 counties of Illinois the intolerable 

 situation which now exists by induc- 

 ing the American Farm Bureau Fed- 

 eration to publicly repudiate all con- 

 nection with the Grain Marketing 

 Company to cease carrying propa- 

 ganda favoring the Grain Marketing 

 Company in Its official publications, 

 or by any other means deemed ad- 

 visable by the executive committee 

 of the Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion. 



The next meeting will be held at 

 Hillsboro, Montgomery county, April 

 23. 



Following: Is a list of those in at- 

 tendance: From Macoupin — J. P. Ens- 

 low-. H. W. Rice. J. F. Leefers. W. C 

 Robinson. John Roblson and Dr. J. P. 

 Denby. From Christian — W. W. 

 Grimes; C. G. Curtln. Dwlght Hart. H. 

 H. Gordon. W. T. Wallace. T. A. Oster- 

 meier. T. R. Potts. C. E. Hay. From 

 Montgomery — Sam. Sorrels. H. A. Cress, 

 R. E. Glfford. Chas. Whitlock. and AI- 

 den Snyder. Prom Sangamon — J. P. 

 Stout. J. F. Greenwood. Geo. C. Wash- 

 burn. Albert Trutter. H. H. Mauer. S. J. 

 Snell. E. A. Blgler. C- N- Reynolds. I. A. 

 Madden, and R. KJtfowlan. 



PUT OFHCIAL 0. K. 



ON L A. A. SLOGAN 



The phrase, "63,000 thinking 

 farmers," has been In use for about 

 a year — unofficially. From now on, 

 however. It will be used with might 

 and main, as the executive commit 

 tee of the I. A. A. in Its March meet 

 Ing adopted the term as the official 

 slogan of the organization. 



The slogan has already gained 

 wide popularity throughout Illinois 

 and even outside the state. I. A. A. 

 officials believe this to be the first 

 case of a general farm organization 

 to adopt a slogan by which It might 

 be known. 



Official Scribe's Squib 

 Puts Henry County into 

 A Grotesque Limelight 



Henry county last year "Ini- 

 |)ort«d 23S acres of limestone," 

 according to a stxtrment ap- 

 |ie&ring in the Kebmary 2H 

 KKCORD. Quite an order, we 

 take it, tk» the surface eifcht 

 inches of soil per acre weigh 

 only 2,000,000 imunds. to say 

 nothing of stone. 



'Die I. A. A. house organ 

 does not tell Jnst how tlie stuff 

 was smuggled Into ttie county. 

 If by the acre, we are wonder- 

 ing if much of the mineral, 

 while iierhaps not broken, did 

 not get BEXT (J. R.). How- 

 ever, now that the deed's been 

 done, we shall e\|»€ct legumes 

 in Henry county to grow a mile 

 higti, and we are confident that 

 sour soils will no longer have 

 any terrors for the farms of 

 tMs county. 



HEALTHY GROWTH IN 

 I STATE ACCREDITED 

 I HATCHERIES, 1924 



iState Division of StandardizatioD 

 and Miukets Tells of Purpose 

 and Gives List of Farms 



CAN HOLD WIFE OF 



CONTRACT SIGNER 



Can the wife of a contract signer 

 be held? Persons interested in co 

 operative marketing are furnished a 

 precedent In the case of the Califor- 

 nia Prune and Apricot Growers" As- 

 sociation vs. William H.AIlenden and 

 Myhle Allenden. William H. Allen- 

 den signed a contract with tbe asso- 

 ciation whilfe his wife owned the 

 property. It appeared, however, that 

 she had permitted Mr. Allenden. her 



Illinois' Accredited Hatcherj- sys- 

 tem is on the up-grade. .So says H. 

 ;W. Day, supervlslnB inspector of the 

 'Division of Standardization and Mar- 

 kets. Illinois Department of Agricul- 

 ture, co-operating with the poultry 

 and egg marketing department of 

 the Illinois Agdculturai Association. 



"In the fall of 1923." says Day. 

 "the poultry interests of the state re- 

 jquested a plan whereby hatcheries 

 and flocks miebt be inspected by an 

 authorized slate agency and be 

 placed on an accredited list. By now 

 the baby chick industry in Illinois is 

 growing to be one of great impor- 

 tance and competition is keen among 

 all those who sell day-old chicks. 

 All poultry Interests are eager to do 

 something which will l)etter their 

 industry." 



The Illinois Accredited Hatchery 

 plan was formulated in the fall of 

 ■1923 Jointly by the poultry and egg 

 marketing department of the I. A. A., 

 the poultry division of the College of 

 Agriculture at Urbana. the Illinois 

 Baby Chick Association, and the 

 state Division of Standardization and 

 .Markets co-operating. After several 

 hearings the plan was adopted. 



Few Accrrditetl in ll»2» 



Due to the late start in the 1923 

 season, only a few hatcheries could 

 be inspected. Ten hatcheries were 

 placed on the state accredited list 

 for the season of 1923-1924. In ad- 

 dition, about 150 flocks were inspect- 

 ed and placed on the reserve list. 

 Tbe hatcheries and reserve flocks to- 

 gether totaled 4»,55S birds. 



The work was started earlier in 

 the fall of 1924 and at present. 34 

 hatcheries have been placed on the 

 accredited list for the season of 1924- 

 1925. These hatcheries with all 

 their flocks and some reBer%"e flocks 

 total approximately 125.000 birds. 



"The .Accredited Hatchery plan," 

 declares Day, "is becoming quite pop- 

 ular and the public is t>eginning to 

 realize the value of chicks from these 

 inspected hatcheries. The object of 

 this plan is three-fold: first, to help 

 raise the standard of Illinois poultry; 

 second, to assist in the marketing of ^ 

 baby chicks; and third, to help the" 

 baby chick buyer secure a better 

 product for his money." 



4'.onld Accredit Many 



The State Division of Standardiza- 

 tion and Markets and the poultry and 

 egg marketing department of the 

 I. A. A. are promoting the extension 

 of the plan, together with other 

 poultry ipterests. "Some hatcher- 

 ies." asserts Day, "no doubt are al- 

 ready selling chicks which meet the 

 requirements of Grade A and the 

 Department feels that there are a 

 great many hatcheries in the state 

 that might easily t>e placed on the 

 accredited list. The accredited 

 hatcheries guarantee that the chicks 

 which they offer for sale come from 

 eggs produced by hens which were 

 inspected and leg-banded by one of 

 our authorized Inspectors." 



"The inspection is not compul- 

 -sory," the State Department advises. 

 "No hatcheryman nor flock owner 

 need feel that he must have the in- 

 spection. It Is offered to those who 

 wish to have the approval of quality 

 placed on their chicks which they of- 

 fer for sale. Those who want tbe 

 inspection are requested to write to 

 the Division of Standardization and 

 .Markets at Springfield and ask for 

 an application blank. This blank 

 should be filled out and returned to 

 the office and an inspector will be 

 sent as soon as possible." 



UUchstring Is Out 



Any hatchery operating within the 

 State of Illinois shall be published 

 on the State accredited list, provided, 

 upon inspection by an authorized In- 

 spector of the State Division, it is 

 found to meet and maintain through- 

 out the hatching season the certain 

 specified requirements and regula- 

 tions. The hatchery also must be 

 open to re-inspection at any time. 



The State Division of SUndardiza- 

 tion and Markets announces the fol- 

 lowing list of tiilnois Accredited 

 Hatcheries: 



Edgar Brenner. 



husband, to deliver prior crops to the Brenner Hatchery 



... J .u • 1. u J .J Freeburg. III. 



association and that she had accepted cedardale Poultry Farm — Olenn Ran. 

 the proceeds therefrom. In view of Maroa, 111. .. . ^ 



.,., - . . .J , iCheatnut Hatcherr — B. N. Myrlck. 



this fact, she was regarded as a prin- chestnut. III. ' 

 cipal and judgment was renderedlcorn Belt Hatchery — D. K. Roth. Olb- 

 against both of them. . ""<conOn"kd on page 4. col. 4) 



