25, 1925 



April 25, 1925 



The Illinois A^ctiltural Association Record 



Page 3 



ILOWDEN WONDERS IF 

 ! RAINS BRING BENEHT 



OR FAILURE IN TALK 



EVEN THE DOG WANTS HIS SHARE 



< Letters Endorse Idea of Having 

 I Radio Bring Farm Leaders 

 ' Direct to Homes and Conunu- 

 V nity Clubs 



I'ows an' 



their 



r. 



Letters from many parts of the 

 Middle West tell the story that a 

 tremendous audience was listenin.L: 

 to the first proKrain ot tlie mythical 

 Midwest Kadio Community Club 

 jiiven over WLS of Chicago Wednes- 

 day evening. April 15. 



All the letters sp*ak hl;:hly ot 

 the event. These will be nutunted 

 in a scrap book and prt'senled tn 

 former Governor Frank O. I.owden 

 who delivert-d th*- main address of 

 the evening, it beiii^ on lli*- condi- 

 tion of agriculture. The purpose 

 of the club is to brin>: bit; speakt-rs 

 into contact with farmers who 

 otherwise could seldom, if ever, 

 hear the leading ai:ricultural think- 

 ers of the day. 



-r- Kollowinj; community sini;ini; led 

 by J. H. Checkley, farm adviser of 

 the LoKan County Farm Bureau. 

 I'resident Sam H. Tlutmpson opened 

 the meeting with a short talk on 

 "ChansiUK Agriculture." 



"There has bef-n enouyh .'^aid 

 about asriculture in the last fivf 

 years to fill voluntes. both as t<i 

 cure and remedy." said Trfsident 

 Thompson. "So when I started to 



■'study what had happened to the 

 farmer. I started right at home. 1 



i' lived in a country community sin 



' miles from a railroad station on a 

 -j;ood average Illinois farm, in what 



1 is usually called tin- corn belt of 

 America, and is well adapted to di- 



^ versified farmini; and is conceded 

 to be among the best farmiui: dis- 



, tricts of the country. 



What are F^ariii romliiioiis? 



"What has taken place here at 



^ home? Following the road east and 

 west six miles across the township 



^representing' 24 IftO-acre farms on 

 both sides of the road, we find but 



g five farm owners farming their own 

 farms. All the rest of those farms 

 are now operated by tenants. Sur- 

 prising as this may seem I followed 



.the road running north and south 

 through the center of the township 

 six miles and ftmnd only three own- 

 ers living on their farms. Another 



■ six miles streak revealed a similar 

 condition with only four owners op- 



. erating their farms. This would 

 make a stretch of 1 8 miles repre- 

 senting 72 IfiO-acre farms with only 

 12 owners operating their own 



• farms. There must be some reason 

 for such a wholesale change taking 

 ^ place iQ a few years. 



"Farmers hare been, and are, 

 discontented, and not without rea- 

 son. Some of these reasons will 



■ disappear only with lapse of time. 

 Others come and are being im- 



' proved, through education, organi- 

 zation and the reconstruction of ag- 

 ' riculture. With all the improve- 

 . ments that have been wrought, the 

 intelligent farmer realizes that hi.^ 

 , net profits have been growing small- 

 er, while his land has been £;rowin': 

 , poorer aiul poorer and he has not 

 been able, speaking ^en*'ralty, to 

 1 maintain his buildint:s and 4'<tuip- 

 ^ment. The individual farmer has 

 I becotne a more efficient and intelli- 

 j gent producer, while he has been 

 1 forced to admit that his margin of 

 profit has been ^rowinj; smaller and 



■ smaller, 



^ Worst Losse.s .\o( .Mentioneil 



"The disastrous effects of the at:- 

 A gicultural depression are immeasur- 

 able. It is impossible to estimate. 

 .- even approximately, the tremendous 

 I losses that have been sustained. 

 • Probably there has been a tendency 

 to stress these losses too much. I 

 don't think so. As a matter of fact. 

 some of the more serious results an- 



♦ seldom mentioned, and we are at 

 I times inclined to refer to these 



* losses as a thlnn of the past. While. 

 I as a matter of fact, many farmers 

 / are hanging on. hopini; against 

 ^ hope, that in some miraculous way j 

 I the tide will turn and bring relief. 



\ Some adopt this point of view be- j 

 I cause of a dogged unwillingness to 

 t admit defeat. 



r "It is proper to deal with the 

 I agricultural depression as an acute 

 problem, and to do all that can be 

 done to bring relief. It is more im- 

 portant, however, that we under- 

 » stand the causes for agricultural 

 depression and that we determine 

 .the factors affecting the future of 

 the farming business. There is a 

 'growing evidence that farmers are 

 ii"onliiiu*'U oil page 4. ool. :i.> 



Within 17 tluys nftvr thv •itonn, thf first rvlivj ^mnrd in thf niml-sufitt tireu uits mad*' in U hilt- *inint\. lUtn^ns. 

 Thf rh*vk u(Vi frttm thv lUin*>is Vnrnt Hvliej i'.ontmitt»'t'. rtt-itprrutin^ ttiith thr i, .4. 1. and /tratidinfi pfrmunvnt r»-Ufj 

 to farm suffvrers. The photo shous Miss MwrtLttrvt Mctirieiy, Hed i niss w^rket; J. M. i^rebs, Carmi hanker; tlvnry 

 titiivs. farmvr storm liitim of H hite county; II. M. Itaker. nationtd disastier relief director of the Hed i'.ross; tind 

 I:. M . C.rvifihton. H hite vounty farm adviser. 



I\ew Grain I)in*ctor 



Has Two Lines of H ork 



Under U ay for Present 



Activities in the newly created 

 Krain markeiinu department, with 

 Chester C. Davis who has been the 

 Commissioner of .V^riculturt- of 

 -Montana now in charge, have taken 

 shape in the form of ront"«rfnces 

 by him and the iirain marketing 

 committee with couimiitees n-pn-- 

 senting National arid State .Associa- 

 tions of Farmers' Flevators. and the 

 Indiana Wheat Pool. 



The general aim of the depart 

 menl is toward helpinu establish a 

 grain marketin;; system tiiat is truly 

 co-operative in every respect and 

 one that will rest on tlie farnn'rs' 

 elevators as a foundutitpn. With 

 this objective, two i»rim'ipal lines 

 of work are under wa\ in this de- 

 partment. 



The first resolves into anHnv.-sti- 

 gation to determine whether a true 

 co-operative, with special emphasis 

 on the patt;onaL'e divid«*nd feature, 

 can get onto tht* Chicatzo Hoard of 

 Trade if the memberships are held 

 by farmers' elevators oruanized as 

 tlH'y are at the i»resent time. While 

 most farmers" elivators aiv co-op- 

 erative in spirit, some are not so in 

 their organization, many being 

 stock companies support<'d by farm- 

 ers. The point of oblainint: en- 

 trance onto the Hoard ot Trade un- 

 der the CnpiMT-Tincher act r^ sts 

 with the int'ipnMaiion as to wlu-th- 

 er these faiiners' elevators are co- 

 operativi' as defined -in the Capper- 

 Volstead act, which permits eo op- 

 erative maikeiinL:. * 



To Survey Soft Wlieal A rer^~ 

 The second Pine of work iSzzti) 

 make a survey of tin- soft w^^Tf 

 situation in Kaslein lilinoip iiiW^* 

 row of counties adjacent to the 

 Wabash rivt-r. The purpose is to 

 determine whetiier it would he ml- 

 vantagious to the grow»'rs r)f soft 

 wheat in these counties t<» develop 

 a mark'tinu plan aloim the line of 

 that of Indiana. 



LAW MAKERSVOTE YES 

 ON FARMERS' DEMANDS 



(Contimit'il from pag>^ 1.) 

 Fanners Xeed Keveiiue .-\nietidiiieiil 



The hearing for Wednesday was 

 scheduled to b)^ bi'fon- the Senate 

 sitting as a committee of the whole. 

 to whom the bill was passed by the 

 committee on revenue wittiout a 

 hearing but with the recommenda- 

 tion that it "do pass. " 



The third legislative desire of the 

 I. A. A. lies in th.- fortunes of the 

 proposed revenue amendment. This 

 amendment should have the wliole- 

 hearted support of every farmer be- 

 cause it is by this means that he 

 can get permanent relief from his 

 present unjust taxes. I'nder the 

 present revenue section of the Illi- 

 nois constitution, taxation along the 

 lines of present-day alfairs is Ini- 



A<> Heason fttr Attirtn \ \ 

 if Check for Reaelor 

 indemnity \i>t Hert'ivetl 



'I'here is no cjiiim* for- worry 

 if >oii lia\e waiteil oxertou^ for 

 ,\oiit- iiiiliMiiiiJi,\ (-Iiet-k> on w* 

 artoi catlle. 



An iu'^tanre has c<»nie to tho 

 atfeiili<(ii of tli«> I. \. \. %\here 

 a inenilier having a reactor, re- 

 ceivetl a < lufk for f4Nl<>ral in* 

 ih'innily l>iil hoii<> for stale in- 

 deiniijty. The I. A. A. Ii\e^ s(m*k 

 inaiketifig tle|»artinent tiMik i||» 

 (he matter with l>r. K. A. I.aird.' 

 >tat4' \<-i4*riaarian. In\e>liga- 

 (ioii tlisclostMl that a chti-k liafi 

 ht^'ii inaiU'd several nioiiih*t 

 |u*4'\ioiis. and a|i|iarently uan 

 lost in llie mails. * 



On the re4-ei|it <»f af1i(la\it 

 from the owner of the re:i('ti>r 

 slork. Dr. Kainl issued a diipli* 

 (-ate (heck which was pr<Mii|illy 

 fi >rw ii ri led | o the farmer. 



The I. \. A. iinnonnees \\\9k.i,. 

 j( is read> to follow up an> llk^ 

 ras4's and that 4»Hners wlwt d<» 

 no) g«'t their ind4-innily (Ihh kf 

 uiihin reasonable lini4' shonhl 

 bring the nnitler |o th4> atten- 

 ti4Mi of the 4lairy marketing or 

 live st<Kk iiiark4'(ing ilepart- 

 nieiits. 



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possibi*'. Hy st^ouring an amend- 

 iiicnt sucli as is being fostorfd by 

 the I. A. A., in company witli biher 

 stall' groups, it will be possible to 

 !;et more intanRibles taxed, an Im- 

 portant one being incomes. 



Farmrr Can't Afford Ur 



til' H ithout Farm Hurvati. 



Dvtinrfs Mr. Johns 



C'luiins against raiiiiKnis h\ llli 

 nois fanners continue in e'»me tn 

 tlie attj-nlion of tlie I. A. .\ trans 

 portati'on department. One of them 

 sucresBfully adjusted by the I A .\.. 

 ', invojyed a shorlag*' of six lamlis and 

 a decline in tie- market due to de- 

 ! lay in transit of a shipment lo the 

 Chicai.i! Producers. The followiim 

 ! letter was received after the neco , 

 ' tiation.s were coni|>let*'d: 

 ; Centlemen: - 



This will arknowledgt- re- 

 ceipt of your letter of April :i. 

 fil.' number ;i)3.i. with draft 

 attach4-d in ttur fa\<ir from tin- 

 railroad for $200. 



We wish to thank you lor 

 your efforts in our b<-half in 

 regard to this claim and to as j 

 sure you that we are very ap- 

 preciative of what you have 

 dtme for us. Such results as 

 this, confirm our belief that 

 the Farm IJureaus and the Illi- 

 nois .\gricultural Association 

 are organizations t'hat no one 

 in the agricultural game can 

 .alTord not to be affiliated with 

 Ewing and Johns. 

 Ily Cbrwin H. Johns. 

 Korsythe, Macon C'l. 

 The I. .\. .-\. transportation de- 

 partment also toi)k a hand in the 

 case of Flagg station -on the ('. ^ 

 N. W. Ky. in Ogle coftnt.v Inder 

 the Illinoi.s law a railrdad must -Lmu^ 

 an order from the -ftlinois Com* 

 merce Cti^iitiitssion either to d. >.•<#- a 

 station oiS-to take off a train.* ^ 



if the railroad does so without^ 

 securing the permission of the Com-j, 

 mission, it is a plain violation of 

 the law. 



This happened in the Klagg sta- ; 

 lion case. In .\ugusi last year, the . 

 station was clos**d and th»- agent' 

 removed. •- | 



I). K. Warren. Ogl- county farm 

 adviser, brought it t<' the all'-ntiou 

 of the I. A. A., and the transporta- ; 

 tion department promptl.v went at > 

 ter both the Illinois I'iimnierce 

 Commission and the North Westi-rn 

 line. 



Due lo the fact thai the statitin ' 

 hud been <'lose(l without the permis- 

 sion of the (^(iiiimission. the station 

 was re-op«-ned U\ the railroatl. and 

 a station agent re-instat*-d on .\pril 

 2u. without waiting for an order i 

 from Ilie Commission. i 



A »u( vt K:4.0»».IMMI in farm laml 

 aftflessmcnts is the re< ord of the M:s- I 

 souri Farm Ilureau Keil«--ration. This , 

 sister orf{:inization tu the I A A 

 a^ked til..- Missouri Board of Gtjuali- 

 zatioii for tlie rt-tluetion and was able ' 

 to savf Missouri farniera $3*»2.ooo in , 

 taxes fouftl'.* :;.-., jQhn c. Watson. 1 

 A. A tiiT flire.-ior, «ave them assist- l 



elulis. limestone - leRumi-s - pliosphale. 

 Seed < t)rn impruv«'meiit. and «ommu- 

 nity meetinEs make up the Ford 

 County Farm Bureau program 



SEES NEW DAY IN 

 FORD COUNTY PLAN 

 FOR SELLING CREAM 



Integration of Effort Will Pro- 

 vide Volunte of Buuneu, 

 Leaders Believe ; Henry 

 County to Follow 



The ernani !tia|-k<'linL: s>stem ijt 

 niinoi.-^ i^ takint: |i turn f4ii Ih*' t>*-l 

 III 



hidiseriiDiii: le f eiljii,^' and hu>iiu 

 of small and fi->ij;n< ni tjiiatitiii's of 



• ream has h'tt Worked it' tli. iid 

 vantage of tin Illinois larni«-r. th- 

 (-la[;^ttH- I \ A dair> iiuirk'tiir 

 depivHiio III. A II l.vnet). dit- < lor. 

 iunn ohsfr\ at lolls .-M.-iMiin;: ov. i 

 a period of y4*;irrt^ 



"Our past scht'ine id iiiarkeinK- 

 dairy pHwIuets has l»*-. n ;td*«'rst to 

 ihe rariii<J> ouNinu a feu 4-ii»fi. 

 uri:ely hi-i-aus> i»| lh«- lar;:*- spn-ad 



• \isiin;; Imiu.. n |.i<Klue« i and eon 

 -unit-r." sa>^ i h< \|. |..irinifni ■Thi.' 

 spread has h.-in (in. to rh*- •■\f»'> 

 -ive nuiiilM r ot iiiiiddh-iio-n iii th*- 

 .iss4'nihlin;: iiaiii**!: " 



l&ell«-r OiC\s (iHiiint: 



The almost ttniv.rhal prarttc- 

 throiiuhoui th." State te-n-tof4>r>' 

 ex04'pi \vhii>- .loi-nl <tirurnstan4"»*s 

 hav4' Marrani" .1 il-*- •'.-laldislmM-iit 

 4(1 eo-*»p'"'at\ . la rut 'T 4'r»*ani'-ri« •^ 



has \n-i-i\ tf»r ili< f:trno-r.- lo haul 

 ttieir ritaiii to loeal a-.-;' inti'lui- 

 potnts 4jr (•!< am stations w h»'i'- n 

 Wits t>4>nuht li> |>rivaJ>' indiviiluab 

 or liy r4'preMfiiia(J\*s oi 4-fntra1i7.«-r 

 er»aitieri«*s ; or I'<»r th* larm-rs To 

 ship ih4'ir rn-am din-el tu Cfntral 

 TztT plants, not own<-d h> the pro 

 durers. K4Tfntl>_ how«'ver. ili*- 

 sails 4>f co-opfra<i\«- i-n-ani as.s. m 

 hlin^ and mark* litnu liav*- app*'ar*d 

 on the hririZDh ifl a better auru-ut 

 tural system. sajKs the I. -A. A. de- 

 part tnent. 



Mr. I.ynrh poiifts tu the establish 

 rn*'nt of ro-4ipfrati\»- 4Mt-ain rluhs in 

 various sections of th«- stal*. as orw 

 way 4iut of till' difTirulty. uimI as a 

 stt'tt in tht- dirV't-iion t)f a inor»- 

 4-<]uilahIe distril>iiti4in of inrf>nie d*- 

 riv«'d from the sale 4»f hutt*-r fat in 

 Illinois. He rit«* the I^trd County 

 Dairy Market int: As.so4'iali4in as a 

 suere.'isful 4-\ampl<- 4if what eati !>•■ 

 acrom|dish4-d alolit: tlif tines of 4*0- 

 op4'rativ4' fffort ifi the mark* liiu of 

 dairy pr<Mlur«'. 



The I-'ord roulity a>.so4-iali4Mi so 

 far has hut 4)ii«* nnii at ra\t(Vii 

 In tin- 1" inonlhR sinre (h»- assoHa 

 lion was oruani/4^4l atid U-caii op*-r 

 alion. it has paid appri>\iniat>*l> 2 4 

 rents a p4»und nior<- lor hutl<'r fal 

 than Hm* aVMrai:e |irio«- paid by 4>th*'r 

 cream stations In IMuic^is in the 

 same p*-ri4>d In its ifirst nine 

 nir>nlhs of opi-ratlion. this co-4»pt-ra 

 tivf has sold erfam aniouniini.' lo 

 $lT.r»K;*,<)l ana $I.ti72.r.!* worth 

 of e^us b»'sid4s An av4-raKe <if ::4 

 (■••nts was paid to th*- niemU'rs and 

 {•atrons per pound fat. h4-si4|cs a 

 patr4inaL:e di\i4bni| of 2 ''c a t>4»und. 

 K(|uiptn<-nt aiuj'untm^ tu $:;»tf. T.:; 

 has IxM-n paid olii <tf rlie earnin;:s 

 of thf as.sociaii4i|i. 9nd $aO.:!7 has 

 been laid asid* for depri-ciatmn on 

 equipment. 



"The K«rd f'oann I)air> Mark*-t 

 ini; .\ssociution st> lar has in4T«*asf4l 

 the nturns for ftd to tin- memb*-i> 

 stv. n p4-r cent o\>-r wh;it th»y could 

 havf r4*C4*iV4-il It3f S4'llint: il by th*- 

 old nietbc»d," sa^s (W-o. T. Swaiin. 

 fann adviser "Our plan is tti ad4l 

 (»ihi'r unils and t|ier»-b> incr'-as*- tli- 

 volume 4if bus ill) ss Kv»r> ti^w 

 unit joiniuL' Thi- ):iss4»ciatii»n will b> 

 repr»s4'nt.d 4»n Hh.- b4>ard in th«- 

 count> organization " 



l.4N*k*> to l'i»nl <'4iiirii> 



Th. 1 \ A (Inirv mark-tin;. «1- 



partiieiii looks an th<- I'otrd cou(ii> 



id4*a as worthy iof r»-p''ition •is.- 



■ when-. In H«nrf r4iunt>. it sint. > 



' farnuTs anHHid , <ieni-s«'4». diss;tti>* 



fled with cream j pric«'s r4'<*.'iv«-d lU 



j r»-4-<>nt y»*ars. an*] ennl«-inplatini: i!i«- 



1 nr;:anization df 4 cream club on tti*- 



IVnd county tflan. Alread> '." 



I cnaiii pnHlu<N-rs.1hav.- siunilteil tlieii 



int<-ntlon to staii Ihe plan in H<'iir> 



eount\ ] 



^ur\e>s l||i*\eMl IMtii(,4 



A re4-«-iit survi»\ i-4>ndurt*Ml b> tin 

 I. .\. A.. disdosDim a din«-r»*ntial bf 

 5 t4i 6 cents p*-r,'pound tat in ta\or . 

 of c4»-4>perativ4- rj.-am>-ri4's lia> .ditn. 

 much t4> stinuilnie d'sirt- <mi th*- 

 par* of -fstmern to do their owti 

 dairx marketing:. sa>s Mr. I.yncti 

 .\ni>ther survey niade by Oh* J, A. A . 

 in C4>nneotion w4ih 12 4>tlier' state^ ' 

 shoW4>d tlial Illinois stands in siMh 

 pla4'4* on butter tat prices r*-o»-n»'d 

 by the producer* Ohio. «htcti ha> 

 S8.cn'ai» clubs, was first. tb»- sur 

 ve> reveale^. 



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