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ACTIVE 

 TING GOOD 



Conveniences 

 ep Pace With 

 I Progresi 



home is made 

 nd attractive as 

 ome, we cannot 

 1 wife contented 

 rm. 



L of W. H. Moo 

 inois. executive 

 le lilinois Agrl- 

 from tlie 14tli 

 t, spealiing re 

 licago. 



t tliat time and 

 liave been ap- 

 iperations long 

 farm home has 

 the rest of the 

 i in the general 

 This, he de- 

 rmers generally 

 home conveni- 

 e as good equip- 

 irations. "The 

 "promptly dis- 

 :adle when the 

 ppeared, and in 

 self rake, the 

 Anally the mod- 

 zing that to ig- 

 fall by the way- 

 ! progress." 

 question, "Does 

 enjoy the mod- 

 it are found in 

 Unfortunately, 

 mtions the gaso- 

 ssure tank, the 

 radio as essen- 

 he farm home, 

 the farm wives 

 ve the farms? 

 3 farm home Is 

 igs to have what 

 most delightful 

 : old home with 

 I very moderate 

 ne can be made 

 •ttractive as the 

 m that is done, 

 delighted to in- 

 to her country 



FARM 



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ful movement 



In agiicnlture 



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s to bring ag- 



rapidly than 



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o-operatives in 

 the most recent 

 Illinois Agricul- 

 ratives Associa' 

 rative account- 

 isory selrvlce or- 

 Wlcker,. general 

 nation and I. A. 

 tor, states that 

 has seven farm 

 en out member- 

 tion. 



are the Cissna 

 >rain and Coal 

 Co-operative 

 nd Wataga Live 

 lociation. This 

 C. A. member 



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A6IIICUL.T 



Volume 3 



Istued Every Other Saturday — March 28, 1925 



Number 6 



ALL FORCES WORKING TO RELIEVE THE FARM TORNADO SUFFERERS 



THREE-LEGGED LAW PLATFORM GALLOPS INTO FAVOR 



UVELY DISCUSSION 

 OVER TICE BILL AT 

 SPRINGFIELD MEET 



Keep Babies 



Healthy fTith 



Clean Milk 



1 



All Three of I.A.A. Legislative 

 Desire* Get Hearty Endorse- 

 ment Fi^owing Explanations 



First-hand acquaintance with the 

 three-legged state legislative plat- 

 form of the Illinois Agricultural 



Association was 



acquired by pres- 

 idents and repre- 

 sentatives of 89 

 of the 92 farm 

 bureaus during 

 the sessions held 

 during the spe- 

 cial meeting on 

 March 17 at 

 Springfield. 

 The three legislative desires of 

 this organization of thinking farm- 

 ers were each discussed bit by bit 

 and segment by segment by those 

 who know the details as well as a 

 handy farmer knows the mechan- 

 ism of his windmill or cream sep- 

 arator. 



What We Want 



The three planks nre: 



1. Amendment to the revenue 

 section of the constitution to permit 

 a more equitable distribution of the 

 tax burden (covered in joint reso- 

 lution No. 5 introduced by Senator 

 Simon Lantz, a hearing on which 

 is scheduled tor the near future. 



2. A two-cent tax on gasoline in 

 place of the county highway tax 

 (covered in Senate Bill 165 intro- 

 duced by Senator Cuthbertson — 

 hearing Wednesday, April 1). 



3. Continuation and expansion of 

 the effort toward eradication of bo- 

 vine tuberculosis (covered in Tice 

 Bill). 



Wishes Ail Were There 

 "We wish every farm bureau 

 member could have been present to 

 get the first-hand information about 

 the I. A. A. legislative program be- 

 cause it is really a platform of tre- 

 mendous importance to Illinois agri- 

 culture," President Thompson stat- 

 ed after the special meeting. 



Frank D. Barton of Cornell, H. 

 E. Goembel of Hooppole and A. C. 

 Everingham of Hutsonville, mem- 

 bers of the legislative committee, 

 have the three planks of the plat- 

 form well under their care. 



Bovine tuberculosis, that dreaded 

 disease which lurks in apparently 

 healthy cows and creeps into bones 

 of infants, causing human tuber- 

 culosis of the bone, was the first 

 one of the three planks taken up 

 by the farm bureau ofiScers. Their 

 attitude on this great health ques- 

 tion was reflected powerfully in the 

 following resolution: 



The Resolution 



"We, the presidents and repre- 

 sentatives of the Farm Bureau of 

 Illinois, assembled at Springfield, 

 March 17, 1925, recognizing in the 

 tuberculosis eradication program of 

 the state and nation the economic 

 welfare of the live '^tock farmer 

 and the protection of the life of 

 the public and believing that more 

 stringent laws are necessary to 

 greater efficiency and economy In 

 eradication work, hereby endorse, 

 recommend and respectfully urge 

 members of the legislature and the 

 Governor to write into the laws of 

 the state Tice Bill No. 176; and we 

 further recommend and urge that 

 adequate appropriation be provided 

 to effectively carry on the eradica- 

 tion work in Illinois." 

 Resolution Carried Much Weight 

 Although this resolution was a 

 repetition of the unanimous in- 



(Continued on page 3. col. 1.) 



WHAT IF THIS WERE YOUR HOME? 



GRUBSTAKING OUR 

 ILLINOIS NEIGHBORS 

 IS JOB FOR US ALL 



State-Wide Conunittee Repre- 

 senting All Organizations Is 

 Formed to Collect Funds; 

 Need b Great 



The top picture is tvhat the tornado left of the residence of E. W. Johnson of Crossville, If bite coimfy, III. 

 Both Mr. and Mrs. Johnson were in the house. The picture below is the farm home of Roy Stokes, south east of 

 Crossville. Mrs. Stokes was picked up at spot tnarked X. She stands under the other X in the picture. Both farmers 

 were Farm Bureau members. The pictures were furnished by Ed Creighton, Farm Advisor of White County Farm 

 Bureau. 



tatchstring to I. A. A. 

 Office Always Out 



To Chicago Visitors 



The next meeting of the execu- 

 tive committee Is Friday, April 3. 

 Farm bureau members and ex-ex- 

 ecutive committeemen are cordially 

 invited by the present committee 

 to attend when they are in Chicago 

 on meeting days. 



The usual meeting date is the 

 first Friday of each month and un- 

 less something unusual occurs it is 

 always held at that time. The 

 latchstring on the I. A. A. office 

 door is always out. Whenever farm 

 bureau members come to Chicago 

 they should not miss visiting the 

 office. 



Wis Dues Tardy, \ 



He Pays Interest; ' 



Vote Hinp -Refund 

 Farm bureau loyalty was 

 demonstrated recently when a 

 Clark County Farm Bureau 

 member. Who had been in ar- 

 rears with his organization, 

 paid his back membersiilp tees 

 and also remitted interest 

 amounting to $1.05 to the 

 treasurer for keeping the farm 

 burean folks waiting. 



The Clark County Farm Bu- 

 reau executive committee in Its 

 last meeting voted to refund 

 the ni&n his interest- 



A.F.B.F. Committee On 

 Boys and Girls Clubs 

 Aims High for 1925 



"One million club members in 

 1925" is the slogan of the National 

 Committee on Boys'- and Girls' Club 

 Work of the American Farm Bu'- 

 reau Federation, G. L. Noble, direc- 

 tor. Every effort is being put forth 

 to enroll farm girls and boys in 

 junior club work throughout the 

 country. Indications are that much 

 will be accomplished this year, Mr. 

 Noble believes. 



There are about 6.000 farm boys 

 and girls between the ages of 10 

 and 18 in dubwork in Illinois. E. 

 I. Pilchard is state leader of this 

 branch of agricultural extension 

 carried on by the College of Agri- 

 culture. 



Grubstaking their brother Illi- 

 nois farmers who are destitute l)e- 

 cause of the tornado has been and 

 still is the mighty task before the 

 more fortunate farmers of Illinois. 



A campaign for raising money 

 for permanent farm relief was 

 launched soon after news of the ca- 

 lamity came. All county Farm Bu- 

 reaus not in the tornado area were 

 sent the following telegram by Sec- 

 retary Geo. A. Fox after a meeting 

 was held in the I. A. A. office and 

 a course of procedure determined 



"Farm damage in tornado area 

 well over two million dollars stop 

 Farm organizations and farm pa- 

 pers co-operating to raise and ad- 

 minister fund to grubsuke stricken 

 farmers to raise crop stop Hope to 

 raise average two thousand dollars 

 from farmers in each county stop 

 Take charge and go to it stop Wire 

 answer." 



Response to this telegram was 

 almost spontaneous. County Farm 

 liureaus plunged into harness, or- 

 ganized for the money-raising cam- 

 paign, and relief for the unfortu- 

 nate Illinois farmers got under full 

 steam. All organizations represent- 

 ing or serving Illinois farmers 

 joined hands in the grubstaking 

 campaign. 



Money for Permane^jt -KeMef 



A central committee r<preRenting 

 all these interesU was formed Mon- 

 day, March 23, to raise money for 

 permanent relief. It was realized 

 that the immediate needs of the 

 tornado sufferers were well cared 

 for by Red Cross and local agen- 

 cies but who is to help these folks 

 ;et started into business again? 

 ^Who is to help them get a milk 

 cow to furnish milk and butter 

 while planting this crop, the grow- 

 ing season of which is right upo'n 

 Southern liiinoisr Who is to help 

 them secure Beed and machinery? 

 Who is to furnish a plow? Who is 

 10 furnish a work horse, chickens, 

 pigs? It must t>e from farmers for 

 farmers. Permanent relief is the 

 goal of this central committee, 

 which is named "The Grubstake 

 Committee For Farmers of Illi- 

 nois". All interested farm organ- 

 izations are represented on the 

 Grubstake Cotnmittee. 



CowlcH Is Chalmuui 



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

 was made chairman and treasurer 

 of it. His flrst act was to make 

 proper connections with the Red 

 Cross in Chicago to make certain 

 that farmers' needs would be cared 

 for. He dispatched Vernon Vani- 

 man, field organizer of the 1. A. 

 C. A., to St. Louis to make connec- 

 tions with the Red Cross of that 

 city, which is in direct charge of 

 the tornado district. 



Other members of the commit- 

 tee are as follows: 



C. V. Gre»ory. Editor. Prairie 

 Farmer: Arthur C- Page. Editor. Or- 

 Kzige Judd Illinois Farmer: Dean H 

 \V. Mumford. University of IlUrole. 

 EUgRT L,. Bill. Sears-Koebuck Aarrlcul- 

 tural Foundation and Wlfi: E. A 

 Ecltert. Master. Illinois State GranKe. 

 H. E. Young. Secretary. State Farmers 

 Institute: C. A. Asplund. Orion. Pre«i- 

 dent nilnols State -Farmers Mtitual 

 Fire Insuranc* Ass'n: Lawrence Par- 

 low. Secretary, Farmers Grain Deal- 

 ers Assoclatloa of Illinois: J. D. Phil- 

 lips, rural banker. Green Valley, Illi- 

 nois: J. H. Uoyd, Carthace. President 

 Illinois Farm Advisers Association; 

 Chas. E. Snyder. Chicago Dally Drov- 

 ers Journal: Curt Anderson. Xenia. 

 1. A. A. executive committeeman for 

 the 24th district and also chairman 

 of a survey and diBtributlon commit- 

 tee working In all counties In the tor- 

 (Contlnued on page 4. col. 1.) 



