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FARMERS' ELEVATORS 

 ARE THE RIGHT BASIS 

 FOR CO-OP MARKETING 



I.A.A. Vioe-Pre*idMit TeU* Why 

 IDinoU Should Have Grain 

 Marketiaflr Axociat 



H. E. GarmbrI 



I on 



H. E. Go«mbel of Hooppole, I. A. 

 A. vice-president and chairman of 

 the prain committee, recently ad- 

 dressed WLS lis- 

 teners on the 

 subject. "What 

 do the farmers of 

 Illinois want in 

 ^^^.„^^ grain market- 



"Our commit- 

 tee," said Mr. 

 Goembcl, "has 

 been meeting 

 with other 

 groups of grain 

 men. and in par- 

 ticular, the offi- 

 cers of the Farm- 

 ers" Grain Dealers' Association of 

 Illinois and also representatives of 

 the American Wheat Growers in 

 Montana, North and South Dakota, 

 and the Indiana Wheat Pool, study- 

 ing their successes and failures so 

 that we may formulate a plan that 

 is workable and will meet the needs 

 of grain marketing in Illinois. The 

 Farmers' Grain Dealers' Association 

 of Illinois and its member elevators 

 deserve great credit for their good 

 work in the co-operative marketing 

 of grain. 



"There are a few fundamental 

 principles to which we all agree," 

 said Mr. Goembel. "First, we be- 

 lieve that the farmers' elevator is 

 the unit around which to build any 

 grain marketing program in Illi- 

 nois. Second, that there should be 

 formed a selling agency owned and 

 controlled by member elevators. 

 Third, that the central selling agen- 

 cy be fle.\ible in its set-up, so that 

 it can handle grain for the different 

 state groups, either by pool or on 

 consignment, or as a commission 

 bouse for direct sale." 



"Reduce Taxes With 



Gas Tax," Is Cry 



At District Meets 



District conferences throughout 

 the state are lining up with the Illi- 

 nois Agricultural Association in its 

 efforts to secure favorable action 

 by the legislature on the three-leg- 

 ged law program of the I. A. A. 



This platform, subscribed to by 

 the county Farm Bureaus through- 

 out the state, contains the follow- 

 ing planks: (1) The Tlce bill for 

 re-coding existing laws governing 

 the eradication of bovine tubercu- 

 losis; (2) the Cuthbertson gasoline 

 tax bill to replace the present coun- 

 ty highway tax and make for bet- 

 ter farm-to-market roads in all the 

 counties; and (3) the Lantz reso- 

 lution to amend the state constitu- 

 tion to allow for changes in the 

 revenue laws providing for a more 

 equitable distribu4^ion of the tax 

 burden. 



The grain marketing plan of the 

 I. A. A., relief for the farm sufferers 

 in southern Illinois, and the police 

 bill also came up for discussion in 

 several meetings. The gas tax, how- 

 ever, occupied the center of inter- 

 est. 



Those representing the I. A. A. 

 in four of the district meetings held 

 recently were President S. H- 

 Thompson, Quincy; J. C. Watson, 

 director of taxation and statistics; 

 J. R. Bent, phosphate-limestone di- 

 rector; F. A. Gougler, poultry and 

 egg marketing director; .Geo. A. 

 Pox, executive secretary; L. J. Qua- 

 sey, transportation director; Geo. 

 R. Wicker, co-operative accounting 

 director and Donald Kirkpatrick, 

 legal counsel. i 



President Thompson, spanking at 

 the 15th district meeting at Gales- 

 burg, in commenting on the gas tax 

 bill declared that motorists who are 

 benefited by the good roads should 

 take part in paying for their con- 

 struction aind upkeep. He pointed 

 out the many advantages of the 

 road system to the farmer and to 

 communities as veil and declared 

 that if this measure is not passed 

 now it will be, in some other form, 

 within the next two years. Forty- 

 one states already have the gaso- 

 line tax, the speaker declared, and 

 stated that while many motorists 

 are opposefl to the bill they would 



turn around and support it if they 

 would make a thorough study of the 

 proposition and consider that in the 

 long run they coul4 save money, on 

 the upkeep of their cars and in 

 many other ways, through the use 

 of good roads. 



Favors State Police Bill 



President Thompson also stated 

 that he favored the state police 

 proposition for the reason that the 

 time has come when the people of 

 Illinois need more police protection 

 for the prevention of crime. Crim- 

 inals do not flourish in states where 

 police operate, the speaker de- 

 clared. He stated that a number of 

 counties turned down the police bill 

 because they did not really realize 

 that more protection is needed. 



The following were present at the 

 Kth Congressional district meeting 

 held at Pekin, March 25: 



Ta>«well eovMtrt Ralph E. Arnett. 

 farm adviser; Wm. Freitaff. O. J. Som- 

 mer. Chester Peake, A. A. Slpfle. John 

 Strlckfaden, J. H. Yentes. Joseph 

 Morris. W. F. Donnelly. S. B. Roth. 

 L. R. Welk. W. P. Wurmnest, E. L. 

 l*ug, Gilbert Tounfe, Irvins Welael. 

 Clarence Damsell. 



Peeria roaatyt Wilfred Shaw, farm 

 adviser; C. R. Fordl w. H. Coultas, 

 Albert Hayes. Alva Scott. T. H. Was- 

 son. Charles Gordon. 



Bareaa coojitn W. W. Wilson, farm 

 adviser: Otto Wisenhuger, J. A. Ran- 

 som, Wilbur Orland, S. S. Hussey, D. 

 G. Rcder. W. R. Soverhlll. D. W. 

 Smith. J. A. Habercorn. 



Mankall-Pataami F. B. Fuller, farm 

 adviser: Harold Wright. A.R.Wright. 



E. H. Riley, Wm. Drake. 



Sfark rovatrt E. E. Brown, farm 

 adviser: J. I. Colgan. R. H. Jackson. 

 O. L. Hatch. 



Those present at the 17th Con- 

 gressional district meeting held at 

 Bloomington, March 26, include: 



MeLeaa eouatrt Harrison Fahrn- 

 kOpf. farm adviser; John Kiaalnget. 

 J. J. Schweizer, J. C. Nafzlger and 

 W. E Tenney. 



IVoodCard coaatn H. A. DeWerfT. 

 farm adviser: F. L. Jones. L. M. 

 Powell. J. I. Powell and J. E. Rocke. 



Losaa coaatyt J. H. Checkley, farm 

 adviser, and D. E. Shepler. 



l*lviaaa(oa ooaatyt G. F. Bennett 

 and F. D. Barton. 



Ford caaatyi G. T. Swaim, farm 

 adviser. 



At the 18th district meeting at 

 Danville, March 27, the following 

 were present: 



Venallloa eoaatrt Otis Kercher. 

 farm adviser; J. A. Teenan. James 

 StallinKs. C. P. Weatfall, A. C. Drall. 



F. L. Terry, D. W. L.enhart. J. L. 

 Brown. C. F. Flnley, James Hart, W. 

 H: Morris. J. W. Johnston. W. B. Mc- 

 ParlaJnd. C. G. Juvinall. and C. B. 

 Crawford. 



Ir*«aola eaaatri L. W. Wise, farm 

 adviser: R. F. Karr, F. W. Schroder. 

 K. W. Sasa. 



Caatberlaad eoaatyt E. A. Whalin, 

 farm adviser. 



Clark eoaatyi W. W. Merrltt. farm 

 adviser: J. Q. Sne4eker. and T. R. 

 Lovett. 



Other district meetings taking 

 place this week occurred at Albion, 

 Edwards county, April 9, Curt An- 

 derson, executive committeeman for 

 the 25th Congressional district; 

 Anna, Union county, April 10, R. 

 K. Loomis, Maknjlfl, executive 

 committeeman for the 25th district; 

 and Jacksonville, Morgan county, 

 April 10, E. C. Smith, Detroit, ex- 

 ecutive committeeman for the 20th 

 district. The date and place for the 

 13th district farm bureau officers 

 to meet have not yet been deter- 

 mined. 



April 23 marks the beginning of 

 the second round of district meet- 

 ings, when farm bureaus of the 21st 

 district, Samuel Sorrells, Raymond, 

 executive committeeman, will meet 

 at Hillsboro, Montgomery county. 



Kane County Features 

 Community Clubs For 

 Home Entertainment 



Coininiinitf Clnbs ar^ Kane 

 county's strength. There are 

 14 of them — in a county of 16 

 townslilps — and they are 

 strong In farm bureau mem- 

 bership, too. They are from 2 

 to 22 years old. The largest 

 club has 110 members. 



W. C. .McQueen, Elgin, presi- 

 dent of Kane County Farm 

 Biuvan, Is proud of the coun- 

 ty's record. Here's the list: 

 Big Rock Community Club, 

 Town Line Farmers' Club, 

 Twentieth Century Farmers' 

 Club, Sugar Grove Farmers' 

 Club, West Aurora Farmer.s* 

 Club, Church Road Oommunity 

 Club, Bald Mound Conununity 

 Club, Geneva-Batavia Commu- 

 nity Club, La Fox Conmiunity 

 Club, Wasco Community Club, 

 Lily Lake Community Club, 

 Little Woods Community Club, 

 Udina Farmers' Co-operative 

 Community Club and Rutland 

 Community Club. 



I. A. C. A. HEAD SPEAKS 

 IN THOMPSON'S PLACE 



Called to Springfield on urgent 

 legislative matters, our I. A. A. 

 president, Sam H. Thompson, Quin- 

 cy, was unable 

 t o deliver h i s 

 message to Illi- 

 nois farmers on 

 "Changing Agri- 

 c u 1 1 u r e," a s 

 s c h e d u led for 

 April 1 over 

 WLS, Chicago. 

 In his place, Geo. 

 R. Wicker. I.A.A. 

 director of co-op- 

 erative account- 

 ing, spoke on the 



subject, "Co-op- wi,k,, 



erative market- "**• "' W**" 

 ing of agricultural products." 



Mr. Wicker explained the rise of 

 co-operative marketing as "the re- 

 sult of the intent of the American 

 farmer to participate in the market- 

 ing and distribution of his products 

 as far as practicable. A changing 

 agriculture means that the Ameri- 

 can farmer must take his place in 

 the biikiness world as a business 

 man. He must meet the competi- 

 tive conditions which exist, and he 

 must solve the problems of market- 

 ing and distribution to the point 

 where waste is eliminated and ev- 

 ery it«m of unwarranted cost is re- 

 moved. 



Sees Safe Growth 



In Phosphate Use 



For Coming Year 



That ground rock phosphate will 

 continue to be a money maker this 

 year as in other years, js the as- 

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



phate - limestone director. Mr. 

 Bent spent the week of March 30 

 in Tennessee, negotiating agree- 

 ments with the Tennessee Rock 

 Phosphate Association. He signed 

 up all ground rock companies hoW 

 operating for the I. A. A. supervis- 

 ional service, in all essential de- 

 tails the same as in 1924. 



The companies. Informs the phos- 

 phate-limestone department, will do 

 their own soliciting and advertising 

 direct. Consumers may place their 

 orders with the companies direct, or 

 through the county Farm Bureaus, 

 or they may be turned in to the 

 I. A. A. for assignment to various 

 companies. Whenever the request 

 comes with the placing of an order, 

 the I. A. A. department stands 

 ready to supervise the taking of a 

 sample as the car is loaded and sub- 

 mitting it to analysis by the I. A. A. 

 chemist. 



In every such case a report will 

 be made to the customer in order 

 that he will be satisfied as to the 

 quality of material he is receiving 

 and as to the correctness of his bill. 

 The department also will follow up 

 complaints arising between custom- 

 et and coinpany, as the companies 

 have called upon the I. A. A. to act 

 as official arbiter. 



"The volume of business so far 

 in 1925," Says Mr. Bent, "is very 

 gratifying. Indications are strong 

 that 1925 will be the best year since 

 1920. We urge all purchasers to 

 get their orders in early to insure 

 delivery when desired; and we urge 

 as far as possible that orders be 

 placed in spring and early summer 

 instead of later. 



Home-Bureau Folks 

 Appoint Committees 



To Carry Out Program 



That the Illinois Home Bureau 

 Federation, the state association of 

 Illinois farm women, organized at 

 Urbana in January, 1925, is going 

 to do a lot of work, is indicated by 

 the action of its executive commit- 

 tee in appointing eight committees 

 to carry out the aims tor which the 

 organization was effected. 



"Our big task is to raise the 

 standard of living on the farms of 

 the state and to bring about a more 

 wholesome home life throughout 

 the rural sections of Illinois," states 

 Mrs. Spencer Ewing, Bloomington, 

 president of the federation. The 

 following committees have been ap- 

 pointed: 



SPEAKERS' BUREAU: Mrs. H. M. 

 Dunlap. Chairman. (Champaign) Sa- 

 voy; Mrs. H. J. Meis. (Livingston) 

 Pontiac; Mrs. O. C. Baiar, (William- 

 son) Johnson City; Mrs. T. E. Newby, 

 (Coles) Charleston, c/o Court House; 

 Mrs. Milo Powers, (Mercer) Aledo, R. 

 R. 1. 



PROGRAM AND POLICY: Mrs. 

 Will Parks. Chairman. (Rock Island) 

 Reynolds; Mrs. M. E. Craig, (Macon) 

 N. Dennis St.. Decatur; Mrs. Pred 

 Baler. (McHenry) Woodstock: Mrs. 

 W. c. Chesney, (Marshall-Putnam) 

 McNabb; Miss Marilda Zearing. (Bu- 

 reau) Princeton, R. R. 



INTERRELATIONS: Mrs. Thomas 

 Kirkpatrick. Chairman. (Adams) Ad- 

 ams County Home Bureau. Clayton; 

 Mrs. C. M. Wright. (Kankakee) Man- 

 teno; Mrs. John Calsen. (Rock 

 Island) Port Byron; Mrs. C. H. James, 

 (Saline) c/o Saline County Home Bu- 

 reau. Harrisburg: Mrs. Irvin Cameron, 

 (Mercer) Aledo. 



YOUTH AND ITS PROBLEMS: Mrs. 

 Herbert Wolters. (Vermilion) Dan- 

 ville, Chairman; Mrs. Henry Echter- 



fir5t(2|e«n (Whe.ar)p;eJA8 



= ^Clovor V J 



Deeds of mercy folUnced in the wake of the disaster. The area shown on the map, a mile wide and seven miles 

 long, was cleared of debris by over 1,400 farmers from Edwards and Wabash counties. The numbers refer to the 

 farms of those who suffered in this section. Their names follow: I — John Butch. 2 — Lewis Moser, 3 — Mr. Clark. 

 4 — C. C. Hughes. S — John Bennett. 6 — Shelly Stanley. 7- John Lankford. 8— Virge Davenport. 9— Luke Hohn. 

 lO—E. r. Johnson. ll—Luke Hohn. 12—CUf Priuhard. 13~Lawrence KirkendaU. It— Bert KirkendaU. IS— Bert 

 Kirkendall. 16— Wm. Davenport. 17— Mrs. Carr. 18— John Brown. 19— Mr. Bramlet. 20— Phillip Fieber. 21— Mr. 

 Bramlet. 22— Jim Gamer. 23— Roy Stokes. 24— Richard Graves. 25— Pink Young. 26— Wm. Copeland. 27— Joe 

 Ridenour. 28— Hugh Stokes, 29—Enos Jordan. 30— Jim Stokes. 32— Clarence Stokes. 3}— Henry MoreUmd. 34— 

 Jasper Brown. 36— Howe Britton. 37 — Chas. Hancock. 



DIRECTOR OF GRAIN 

 MARKETING SECURED 

 BY I.A.A. EXECUTIVES 



nach. (McHenry) Marengo; Mrs. Ralph 

 French. (Marshall-Putnam) c/o Mar- 

 shall-Putnam Home Bureau, Henry; 

 Mrs. Harry Reed. (Livingston) Pon- 

 tiac. R. R.; Mrs. D. W. Robeson, 

 (Tazewell) Pekln. 



POLITICAL EDUCATION: Mrs. 

 Melvln Thomas, (Coles) Chairman, 

 c/o Coles County Home Bureau, 

 Charleston; Mrs. Freeman Johnson, 

 (Kane) Elgin, R. R.; Mrs. Edward 

 Erickson, (Vermilion) Hoopeston; 

 Mrs. C. O. DuBois, (Saline) Eldorado; 

 Mrs. Wesley Schaper. (Stephenson) 

 c/o Stephenson County Home Bureau, 

 Freeport. 



PLAY AND EDUCATION: Mrs. 

 Homer Johnson, ' (McLean) Covel. 

 Chairman; Mrs. Herman Douglas. 

 (Vermilion) Catlitf: Mrs. B. E. Shep- 

 herd, (Kane) Sugar Grove; Mrs. A. M. 

 Shaw, (Hancock) Adrian; Mrs. Henry 

 Gildermaster. (Bureau) Princeton, 

 R. R. 



HOME BUREAU WELFARE: Mrs. 

 Fred Homann, (Coles) Mattoon, R. R. 

 4. Chairman; Mrs. Hamill Graham, 

 (Hancock) Denver: Mrs. Chas. Latnt>, 

 (Stephenson) Ridott; Mrs. Lewis Klr- 

 by. (Macon) Ortana; Mrs. Eugsne 

 Funk, (McLean) McLean. 



PUBLICITY: Miss Edith Robbins. 

 (Adams) Payson. Chairman; Mrs. Oak- 

 ley Esmond, (LaSalle) Ottawa; Mrs. 

 Elsa Gregg, (Champaign) Rantoul; 

 Miss Cleo Lamb, (Stephenson) Ridott; 

 Mrs. Ballard. (Kankakee) Chebanse. 



(Continued from page 1.) 

 supported. In less than a year's 

 time, this organization now has 150 

 members and has rendered 132 

 audits. 



Headquarters of the new com- 

 pany will be with the I. A. A. J. 

 H. Kelker, office manager, will give 

 part of his time to the new com- 

 pany as will Vernon Vaniman, field 

 organizer of the I. A. C. A. 



It is estimated that working cap- 

 ital to carry on the company's ac- 

 tivities for the first year will re- 

 quire $5,000, which will he fur- 

 nished by the I. A. A. in order to 

 protect and further farm mutual 

 Insurance in Illinois. 



When the minimum membership 

 is secured and operations begun, 

 a reserve fund of $10,000 will be 

 required, which the I. A. A. will 

 provide also. 



"If the Cuthbertson bill is passed 

 by the present General Assembly, 

 Illinois will have lower property 

 taxes and better roads." — President 

 Thompson. 



The Farm Bureau is a service or- 

 ganisation. — use It. It's like a pump. 

 You can go thirsty leaning on the 

 handle or you can draw water by 

 working it. 



The directors of Montgomery Coun- 

 ty Farm Bureau have deckieil to 

 furnish any boy or girl in the county 

 with enough disease-free seed corn 

 to pl,ant one acre. 



Former Director of Montana De- 

 partment of .^Lgricultore Waa 

 to Woik in the U. S. D. A. 



Grain marketing activities of the 

 I. A. A. have advanced to the place 

 where a full-time director is need- 

 ed, according to 

 H. E. Goembel 

 of Hooppole, 

 chairman of the 

 grain committee, 

 which r e c m- 

 mended the hir- 

 ing of Chester 

 C. Davis, retiring 

 commissioner o f 

 the Montana 

 State Department 

 of Agriculture. 



At its las t i 

 meeting, the ex- 



ecutlvecommlttee cbemer c. »avu 

 approved hiring Mr. Davis and he 

 is now "getting into harness." 



As bead of the Montana State 

 Department of Agriculture, Mr. Da- 

 vis became an outstanding figure, 

 his work attracting attention far 

 beyond that state. When the Mc- 

 Nary-Haugen bill was before Con- 

 gress more han a year ago, Mr. 

 Davis went to Washington to urge 

 adequate legislation for farmers. 

 Here he became recognized as an 

 authority and was offered a position 

 by the late Secretary Wallace as 

 bead o^ the division of grain stand- 

 ards and grain futures. 



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