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ISKOF ' / 

 nSTHE 1). 

 NSURANCE ( 



>acces«ful Ex- {' 

 ler States ilk }> 

 linoU Plan 



ring farm mu-KV.it 

 llinois are get- 

 lonferences ar*''H ^ 

 similar compa- U , v.J™_ •> 

 are being in- |Kt^ Vo*""* 3 



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UIS3 VJIRY G. BUR'SAGH. LIHRARIAN. 

 COLL'^.GE 0? AGRTCTILTURh', 



UNIVfRSITY OF ILLII.'OIS, 



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bsued Every Other Saturday for 63,000 thinking Fanners — May 9, 1925 



No. 9 



id, Hoopeston, 

 iwly organized j 

 nsurance Gom- 

 been studying! 

 na, and he and'] 

 A. office man- 

 le Iowa situa-'l 



Le re-insurance'l 

 ed as perform- 

 service to the* 

 monwealtbs in 

 ding the riskS' 



farm mutuals 

 1 tornado. It 

 tisfactory plan r'j 

 reby farm mu-i f 

 nies in Illinois l] 

 i in a common 

 le re-insurance 

 Ide. 



sident McFar- 

 Ar. Kelker and' 



A. insurance 

 formulating a' 

 e presented to 

 littee for ap-' 

 iman, field or- 

 is Agricultural 

 Ltion, will pre- 

 irance plan to' 

 Is. There are 

 nsurance com- 



nn 



Ice Bill 



'A by House 



r the Tice bill, 

 ise, are as fol- 



1 



wners of 75 per 

 ' breeding: and 

 lunty operating 

 -ea plan, Bhall 

 entB with the 

 Agriculture, the 

 oil the county 

 area plan an«1 

 orney and the 

 or board of 

 of Buch county 



jberculln in the 

 ? hands of the , 

 Agriculture, 

 sed for feeding 

 nded. 



ether tested by 



or under the 



ist be branded 



ate Department 



is required on 

 r cattle coming 

 ;ed area coun- '' 

 ed on all dairy 

 ■ning into coun- ■ 

 ners of 75 per 

 ? signed agree- 



Department of 

 ay retestiis re- 

 oming into any 

 3 also required 

 1 breeding cat- 

 Illinois county 



i dairy cattle to ,]j 



sale at public 

 ate of Illinois. 

 Ifted herd or a ' 

 ea, shall be tu- 

 qualified veter- , 

 lays immediate- 

 ? of sale, 

 by the Senate ■ 

 pernor, boHi of 

 viU go into ef- 



rence between ' 

 the House and 

 by the^I. A. A. ' 

 of time until 

 le cattle to be ' 

 retest. 



of $3,000,000 

 es during the 

 is deemed nec- 

 e t. b. eradica- 



FACTS 



ers Commission 

 d in 1922, han- 

 re stock carry- 

 in 1924. Total 

 127,225,247. and 

 idends were de- 



Stock Commis- 

 N'ational Stock 

 lished in 1922, 

 ■arrying 1,036.- 

 es amounted to 

 nage dividends * 



lission Assocla- 

 established in '1 

 animals in 12.- 

 9 amounted to / 

 ^dividends to 



^4 



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"ORGANIZATION PAYS" 

 IS LESSON TAUGHT IN 

 TORNADO RELIEF WORK 



Emergency Adviser Appointed 

 to Help Hamilton County 

 Red Cr^u with Fann Relief 



Within two weeks after the na- 

 tion's most destructive tornado 

 swept acress Southern Illinois, re- 

 lief workers in Hamilton county, 

 the only one in the afflicted area 

 not having a farm adviser or a 

 county farm bureau, found that 

 they were severely handicapped in 

 their rehabilitation work by not 

 having an organization through 

 which to direct their efforts. Farm 

 bureaus in the other afflicted coun- 

 ties — Franklin, Jackson and White 

 — had benefited from their organi- 

 zation machinery and within a few 

 days after the storm had passed 

 they had plans well under way for 

 cleaning away the debris and help- 

 ing farmers get back to normal as 

 quickly as possible. In White 

 county, for instance, the clean-up 

 campaign was stag'^d within nine 

 days after the storm. 



In view of the existing condi- 

 tions, H. W. Mumford, dean of the 

 College of Agriculture, University 

 of Illinois and director of its ex- 

 tension service, named J. C. Spitler, 

 assistant state leader of farm ad- 

 visers, emergency farm adviser for 

 the county. 



Striking Results 



Working with the Hamilton 

 county unit of the Illinois Farm Re- 

 lief Committee, Mr. Spitler put def- 

 inite plans for farm rehabilitation 

 work into operation and within two 

 weeks the work in the county had 

 progressed to the point where it 

 was on a par with that in the other 

 three counties having farm advis- 

 ers. What was accomplished was 

 nothing short of a striking demon- 

 stration of what can be accom- 

 plished by even a temporary farm 

 adviser. 



Throughout the work Mr. Spit- 

 ler worked in close co-operation 

 with the local unit of the American 

 Red Cross. Before Mr. Spitler and 

 the representatives of the Illinois 

 Farm Relief Committee started 

 their work the Red Cross had early 

 met the problem of food, clothing, 

 shelter, medical assistance and hos- 

 pitalization. However, when it 

 came to taking the next steps in the 

 relief of farmers and their families, 

 it was evident that Hamilton coun- 

 ty was handicapped by not having 

 an organization of farmers, for 

 farmers, such as existed in White, 

 Jackson and Franklin counties. 



Temporary Farm Organization 



The temporary farm organization 

 committee in Hamilton county was 

 composed of C. N. Burnett, A. B. 

 Anderson and Frank Porter. Mr. 

 Spitler served as emergency farm 

 adviser for two weeks and at the 

 end of that time was relieved by 

 C. E. Gates, club work specialist of 

 the agricultural college. 



The local committee decided that 

 a clean-up of the debris, such as 

 had been and was being accom- 

 plished in the other counties, was 

 the most necessary thing to do at 

 that time, and Monday, April 6, was 

 set when all forces would drop all 

 else to help clear away the twisted 

 wreckace 



With the assistance of the emer- 

 gency farm adviser, the local com- 

 mittee started a five-day campaign 

 to get the assistance of as many 

 able-bodied men as possible who 

 could devote Monday, April 6, to 

 the huge clean-up of debris. 

 Organized Farm Clean-up 



An article telling of the big day 

 was placed in each county news- 

 paper. Personal letters were sent 

 to 26 men living in the villages lo- 

 cated over the county asking them 

 to organize groups of men. Eight 

 hundred leading farmers of the 

 (Continued on page 3. col. 2.) 



TRYING TO LOOK SMALL 



AMENDMENT TO CUTHBERTSON GAS TAX BILL IS 

 PUT TO SENATE THIS WEEK; ALLOCATION OF 

 FUNDS IS CHANGED TO FAVOR LARGER CITIES 



Big Grain Merger Again 

 Asks Cohtinuance to Ward 

 Off Inquiry By State 



Continuing its tactics of evasion 

 to ward oft an inquiry by the state, 

 the ^26,000,000 grain merger ap- 

 plied for another two weeks' delay 

 on its hearing before the Illinois 

 Commerce Commission which was 

 scheduled for April 29. 



Counsel for the Grain Marketing 

 Company asked, for a two weeks' 

 continuance because the lawyer who 

 was said to be most familiar with 

 the case was detained in another 

 court. 



Chairman Smitb of the Illinois 

 Commerce commission granted the 

 continuance, which is the third one, 

 and stated that "we'll have to get 

 down to the facts — we can't post- 

 pone this thing too long." 



The I. A. A. had asked the Com- 

 merce Commission to conduct a 

 public inquiry into the grain mer- 

 ger to protect the interests of Illi- 

 nois farmers. 



Application for permission to sell 

 Jl, 000, 000 worth of stock in the 

 Grain Marketing Company was 

 made to the Indiana Public Securi- 

 ties Commission at Indianapolis 

 recently. 



Upon protest of the Indiana 

 Farm Bureau Federation, the appli- 

 cation was not granted and a hear- 

 ing was set for May 19. Applica- 

 tion to sell stock in Michigan has 

 met a similar reaction from the 

 Michigan Farm Bureau Federation. 



FARM BUREAU OFHCE 

 BURNED AT DANVILLE 



Fire, originating in a photogra- 

 pher's shop in the downtown sec- 

 tion of Danville Sunday, April 26, 

 virtually destroyed a three-story 

 brick building housing the Vermil- 

 ion County Farm Bureau, the Red 

 Cross, and the Chamber of Com- 

 merce headquarters and damaged 

 several stores on the ground fioor. 

 The loss is estimated at 1100,000. 



GOAL OF $180,000 

 FOR FARM RELIEF 

 NEAR REALIZATION 



Cowles and Anderson of Relief 

 Committee Spend Much Time 

 on Work in the Storm Area 



Illinois farmers have come to ;the 

 assistance of their unfortunate 

 neighbor-farmers in the tornado- 

 swept district of Southern Illinois 

 so effectively that a total of $167,- 

 665.30 is now in the hands of the 

 Illinois Farm Relief Committee, ac- 

 cording to R. A. Cowles, chairman 

 of the committee and I. A. A. treas- 

 urer. 



Thirty-three Counties Over Top 



Thirty-three counties have ex- 

 ceeded the $2,000 quota suggested 

 by the committee and additional 

 contributions are being received 

 daily. In all, 86 counties have sent 

 in part or all of their quotas. 



Chairman Cowles and \-ice-chalr- 

 man Curt Anderson of the commit- 

 tee have each week spent some time 

 in the storm area calling on repre- 

 sentatives of local disaster relief 

 committees and Red Cross repre- 

 sentatives, and have reviewed with 

 rural case workers certain cases 

 and peculiar problems involved. 



"Business rehaljilitation needs in 

 the country are being determined 

 as rapidly as possible and immedi- 

 ate needs supplied as determined," 

 says Mr. Cowles. "The mechanics 

 involved in the work are, determin- 

 ing needs, making immediate min- 

 imum awards, selection of vendor, 

 material, equipment and supplies, 

 by beneficiary, disbursing the award 

 and direct settlement with vendor 

 by the Red Cross. 



Award According to Needs 



"Awards in all cases are madf 

 strictly in accordance with needs. 

 There is no attempt or obligation 

 on the part of the Red Cross to re- 

 imburse anybody for iofaes sus- 

 (Oontinued 



Twenty per cent of Revenue Will Go to Highway Commiuion, 

 20 per cent to Countie* on 1 924 License Fee Basis, and 60 per 

 cent to Counties on Basb of State Aid Road Mileage. 



SPRINGFIELD, ILL., May « — (Special) — An amendment to the Cuth- 

 bertson gas tax bill which is pending in the legislature with the 

 Senate revenue committee's recommendation that 

 it pass, will be introduced by the sponsors of the bill 

 this week, according to the legislative committee of 

 the Illinois Agricultural Association and Senator An- 

 drew S. Cuthbertson (Macoupin) who have been in 

 conference here. 



In an interview Senator Cuthbertson said that the 

 bill as it now stands provides for division of the gas 

 tax revenue to all counties in proportion to the per- 

 missible state aid road mileage in each county. The 

 amendment will change this allocation of funds so 

 that 20 per cent of the total contemplated receipts 

 will go to the State Highway commission, 20 per cent 

 to the connties on the basis of the 1924 license fees 

 and 60 per cent on the basis of the State Aid road 

 mileage in each county. 



Allocation Changed 



"We are changing the bill in this way," said Sena- 

 tor Cuthbertaon, "in order to make a more fair return 

 to the count! »s which have the big cities. This will 

 permit each lounty to apply its own money where and how it sees fit 

 with 20 per i ent to be expended by the SUte Highway commission wiiti 

 a state-wide Jnd county-to-county travel viewpoint. 



Broira C«iii^(r 1 



first three tnoithf 

 tons of limeatOB 



iAii 



I'Vuak ■>. Banna 

 • kalnaaa 

 l.«arbilatlve 

 Cnatailttee 



State Comr, verce Commission 

 Hands Down Decision as to 

 Telephoi e Rate Increase 



The sleet storm which ravaged 

 central Illinc is late last year has 

 not yet thaw »d out. as far as tel- 

 ephone and light service in the 

 areas afflictei is concerned 



According to Donald Kirkpat- 

 rick, legal ci unsel for the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association, many of 

 whose memb rs live in the section 

 struck by.th< storm last December, 

 the Bell teli phone companies ap 

 plied to th ? Illinois Commerce 

 Commission for permission to in 

 crease their service rates to their 

 farmer patrc ns as a result of the 

 storm, so as to provide for rccon 

 stniction fu ids. Other indepen 

 dent telepho le companies also ap 

 plied for the same permission 



"The Com aission on January 15 

 1925," says Mr. Kirkpatrick, 

 sued an on er. the substance of 

 which is to he effect that any tel 

 epbone com] any receiving injuries 

 to its proper y in the sleet storm of 

 December 18, 1924. must file appli 

 cation to t le Illinois Commerce 

 Commission for relief, stating 

 full its pro>erty losses and the 

 amounts of moneys required for 

 restoration. On the basis of this 

 information, specifications for 

 lief are to b^ made by the Commis- 

 sion." 



The Illinoik Agricultural .\ssocla 

 tion has the 'ase under advisement 



20 Per Cei it Increase 

 In Meml ership for First 

 Eight yicLean Townships 



Eight towi ships in McLean coun- 

 ty have beea practically completed 

 in the rene ral campaign of the 

 McLean Coui ty Farm Bureau with 

 an average i icrease of 20 per cent 

 in membersh p. This county is the 

 second one o the 40 which fall due 

 for renewals of three-year member- 

 ships this yeir. The first was Iro- 

 quois, which finished 1,501 mem- 

 bers represetting a 15 per cent in- 

 crease over i s former membership. 



Local lead ^rs in McLean county 

 report that \ he old members have 

 been signing up again very readily 

 and that not -members are signing 

 easier becaui e they are beginning 

 to see the li| ht of the need of or- 

 ganization f( r farmers if agricul- 

 ture is ever o get anywhere. 



«reaa in the 

 ' boucht 700 



"The 20 and 60 per cent amounts 

 returned to each county will, in a 

 large share of the 104 counties, be 

 sufficient to replace the present 2S 

 cent levy for county highways. Bv 

 replacing this tax, the gasoline tax 

 becomes a lieu tax and not an ad 

 dltional tax. Most of the senators 

 are desirous of reducing taxes so 

 we anticipate that the bill as 

 amended will pass the Senate." 



t'iles I>euria County as Rxain|ile 



Senator Cuthljertson presented 

 figures compiled by the Illinois Ag- 

 ricultural-Association which showed 

 several possible divisions of the ex- 

 pected 110.000.000 annual gas tax 

 revenue for the state. Pointing to 

 Peoria county as typical of the 

 counties in the state with a large 

 city population, he showed that this 

 county would contribute $235,340 

 in a year if a two cent gas tax were 

 levied. 



This figure, he stated, was ar- 

 rived at on the basis of the motor 

 licenses issued in Peoria countv .in 

 1924. The 20 per cent of this to- 

 tal which would go to the State 

 Highway commission, under the 

 amendment which he is submitting 

 this week, would be $47,070. The 

 20 and 60 per cent amounts which 

 are based on permissible mileaKn 

 of state aid roads in the county and 

 the 1924 license fees, respectiveli 

 would aggregate $165,560. Th'i- 

 would mean an average of $6ii. 

 per mile of State Aid roads in IVi. 

 ria county available for their us. 

 as they see it. 



Reiilares PreNent Tax 



Property owners in this countv 

 are now paying approximately 

 $100,000 a year for the upkeep of 

 the same roads, his figures indi- 

 cated. Under the terms of the 

 Cuthbertson bill, the $100,000 

 would be displaced and the burden 

 on all property thereby lessened. 

 At the same time Peoria county 

 would have $165,560 to invest on 

 its roads. This condition applies 

 even more favorably in most of the 

 other counties, lie stated. 



Tice RUI 



The Tice bill, which provides for 

 a general re-codification of t. b. 

 laws and compulsory testing when 

 75 per cent of the herds of a coun- 

 ty have signed up for testing, has 

 passed the house with only two dis- 

 senting votes, as was announced in 

 the Reooko last time. From that 

 stage it was referred to the Senate 

 Committee on Agriculture, which 

 passed it out to the Senate with the 

 recommendation that it pass. It is 

 on second reading in the Senate as 

 C^ontlnued on pare 4, rol. l.J 



