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CONSTANT PROGRESS MARKS EFFORTS OF I. A. C. A. IN ELEVEN MONTHS 



ORGANIZATION, FAIRS, 

 FARM MART, SURJECTS 

 AT JOLIET CONFERENCE 



Farm Bureau Men From Five 

 Counties in Two Districts 

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Illinois Agricul- 



^■■- ■Wekb tural Association, 



50 representative farm bureau 



members were present from the 



counties of Will, Lalce, McHenry, 



DuPage and Kane. A trip through 



the new state prison and the dairy 



barn at Stateville preceded the 



business meeting. 



Metzger Tells About I. .*. A. 



What the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association is doing to build the 

 farm bureau forces throughout the 

 state, was the subject of G. E. 

 Metzger, organization director of 

 the Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion. Explaining the method used 

 in organizing the farmers In each 

 county, he stated that the township 

 plan was being stressed now more 

 than ever. Under this plan the 

 community or township is made the 

 basis of building the membership, 

 and local leaders are chosen to line 

 up the farmers behind the farm 

 bureau movement. 



"The community plan," said Mr. 

 Metzger, "is working well in all 

 the counties where it is used. The 

 Farm Bureaus are now well estab- 

 lished and are going institutions." 



Pushes Agricultural Mart 



Mr. Webb, in speaking of the 

 proposed agricultural mart to be 

 erected in Chicago, declared that 

 "agriculture as the greatest indus- 

 try in the world should have the 

 best site and the largest building 

 in the world." He told of the plans 

 now under way to build and finance 

 the undertaking, which when com- 

 pleted is to be the largest fire- 

 proof building in the world, wiXh 

 transport facilities and accommoda- 

 tions for conventions and exposi- 

 tions unequalled anywhere. 



Following Mr. Webb's talk, the 

 audience heard J. C. Hackleman, 

 seed certification specialist at the 

 University of Illinois. Mr. Hackle- 

 man traced the history of the seed 

 certification movement from its 

 start in Sweden and Canada to the 

 present, and stated that at present 

 there are 40 seed improvement as- 

 sociations in the country, including 

 the Illinois Seed Improvement As- 

 sociation, which was organized in 

 1921. 



Talks Seed Certlflcation 



In 1919, he informed his hearers, 

 there was organized in Chicago the 

 International Seed Improvement 

 Association, with the purpose of 

 standardizing all seed certifying as 

 well as the teaching of this subject. 

 The International association, he 

 said, now carries all Canada and 19 

 states ip the Union. 



J. E.'Watt, farm adviser of Kane 

 County Farm Bureau, followed Mr. 

 Hackleman with a talk on "What 

 the Rural Fair Can Do for the 

 Farmers." He stated that the fair 

 is a big infiuence in cementing the 

 farm bureau, and spoke of the edu- 

 cational value possessed by the ag- 

 ricultural exhibits. He pointed out 

 that community exhibits are the 

 promising thing in farm fairs to- 

 day. 



Want I. A. A. to Have Exhibit 



It was moved by the assembly 

 that the I. A. A. be represented at 

 the Central States Fair, to be held 

 at Aurora, August 19 to 28. Mr. 

 Metzger then spoke briefiy on the 

 legislative program of the I. A. A. 



Those present at the meeting are 

 as follows: 



Kane County: John E. Watt, farm 

 adviser: Glenn C. Warne. E. L. Hoyt. 

 Dan G. Davles. W. Lloyd Keepers, 

 assistant farm adviser. 



Lake County: J. J. Doerschuk. farm 

 adviser, and Wiilard Darrell. 



Fame of Ceunpaign to 

 "Spread Your Butter 

 Thicker" Gain' Some! 



News of somethlnK new un- 

 der the sun travels fast and far. 



This is illustrated in a recent 

 request from the Whatcom 

 County Fami Bureau in the 

 state of Washington for a cut 

 of the "Spread Your Butter 

 Thicker" poster being used in 

 Illinois at the Instance of the 

 I. A. A. dairy department. 



Evidently Washington dairy- 

 men are also interested in cut- 

 ting down the butter surplus. 

 A. D. Lj-nch, dairy marketing 

 director, says that the more 

 butter they eat out there, the 

 better the prices all over. Ten 

 thousand imsters of this kind 

 have been distributed in Illi- 

 nois. The Illinois Butter Im- 

 provenient A$.sociation and I..4. 

 A. dairy dei>artnient are co-op- 

 erating in the distribution. 



TORNADO REUEF WORK 

 TEACHES ORGANIZATION 



(Continued from page 1) 

 county were solicited for their help 

 by means of postal cards. Pastors 

 announced the plan from the pul- 

 pits at Sunday services. Mr. Spit- 

 ler, as emergency adviser asked 

 the farm advisers in Jefferson, 

 Wayne, Gallatin and Saline counties 

 to send delegations of farmers for 

 the day. A thousand hand bills 

 were printed and distributed in the 

 autos and buggies of several hun- 

 dred people who came to McLeans- 

 boro because of examination day for 

 pupils of the rural schools. The 

 mayor of McLeansboro issued a 

 proclamation asking all business 

 places to close from eight to four 

 o'clock. Superintendents of the 

 high schools in McLeansboro, Dahl- 

 gren and Broughton released their 

 high school boys for the day. 



All these things were accom- 

 plished in preparation for the big 

 day. The result was that nearly 

 2,000 people assisted in the work. 

 The tillable fields over the entire 

 farm area in Hamilton county were 

 cleaned of debris as were a large 

 number of building sites. About 

 6,000 acres were covered. It was 

 a wonderful demonstration of co- 

 operation. 



Turned to Other Problems 



Following the clean-up the atten- 

 tion of the local committee and the 

 emergency farm adviser was turned 

 to determining the emergency busi- 

 ness needs of those men in resuming 

 their farming. Horses, machinery, 

 feed, seeds, poultry and dairy cows 

 were items of their first considera- 

 tion, with consideration of building 

 requirements to come later. 



Full ■ co-operation was accorded 

 the Red Cross supplementing their 

 work. Authority was vested in 

 Mrs. James L. Mitchell in charge of 

 the Red Cross case work for Ham- 

 ilton county to issue requisitions 

 to supply immediate minimum re- 

 habilitation needs. 



Following this conference the 

 first needs of farmers were deter- 

 mined and then the Red Cross rural 

 case worker commenced to issue 

 requisitions for horses, machinery, 

 feed and other necessities which 

 were required in order to make 

 each one a producer again as rapid- 

 ly as possible. 



Hamilton Now W^eU Fixed 



The local committee and the 

 emergency farm adviser in effect 

 constitute a temporary farm bu- 

 reau for Hamilton county. As a 

 result of this organization, Hamil- 

 ton county's rural sufferers are be- 

 ing cared for with dispatch and in 

 a manner which places the whole 

 county's farm relief status in a 

 most satisfactory situation. 



Moral: Farm organization pays. 



Wiil County: J. Franklin Hedgcock, 

 farm adviser; Rowland F. Clark, as- 

 sistant farm adviser: "Wm. Anderson, 

 l^^mil Deist, Henry Knater. James 

 Clow, Wm. T. Eldridge, J. C. Hart- 

 man. C. R. Barr, R. R. Webb, Herman 

 Teske, John P. Wille, Geo. Hinze, P. 

 B. Reichert. Ernest Relchert. C. J. 

 Luther, Wm. Webb, Elmer, E. Barton, 

 and Henry A. Felton. 



DuPaee County: E. A. Carncross, 

 farm adviser; Geo. B. Goss, Prank 

 Praley, E. T. Ashbrook, C. C. Wim- 

 pross. C. C. McChesney. W. B. Leh- 

 man, August Shillinger. Harold C. 

 Vial. Arnold A. Kohley, F. C. Landorf, 

 Leo Paulfngr, Robert J. Plane. B. D. 

 TImko, Wm. Ross, and P. W. Lam- 

 bert. 



NEW AGRICULTURE TO 

 BE CHARACTERIZED BY 

 DIGNITY, SELF-RESPECT 



Stephenson County Speaks ; 

 and Limestone Crushing Co- 

 op Has Blaxed the Trail 



"Agriculture is waking up to a 

 new,', day." This is the statement 

 recently made by L. M. Swanzey, 

 president of the Stephenson County 

 Farm Bureau, talking over WLS, 

 Chicago, in the radio series spons- 

 ored by the I. A. A. 



Mr. Swanzey in his talk pointed 

 to the accomplishments of the farm 

 bureau in his county as great helps 

 in the development of the county's 

 agriculture. "But the real merit 

 of organized agriculture," he said, 

 "does not lie in the projects suc- 

 cessfully carried by the farm bu- 

 reau, important as these are. 



"The new agriculture is to be 

 characterized by dignity and self- 

 respect. Again and again, we have 

 been told that the farmer must help 

 himself. "Relief must come from 

 within, not from legislation.' 



Fann Bureau the Only tironp 



"The farm bureau is the only 

 national organization uniting the 

 farmers of America into a position 

 where they can speak for them- 

 selves, can defend their rights, and 

 claim recognition. 



"Our social structure has become 

 exceedingly complex. Our age is 

 one of specialization and organiza- 

 tion. Labor, industry, and capital 

 are organized." 



Competition Out of Date 



The once popular belief that 

 competition is. the life of trade is 

 losing its eminence, according to 

 Mr. Swanzey. "The farm bureau 

 movement has t>een the means for 

 the farmer to find himself in this 

 age. He no longer believes that he 

 can succeed alone. He knows that 

 he must work out his own destiny 

 with his brother farmers. He 

 knows that he and his neighbors 

 have more problems in common 

 than they have differences. He is 

 thinking in terms of group action 

 and leaders are being developed. 

 He has therefore found himself and 

 this is the highest step forward in 

 working out a program for a satis- 

 factory agriculture. This is the big 

 thin^ in the farm bureau." 



Couifty Wakee to Limestone Sources 



The farm bureau limestone 

 project in Stephenson county was 

 the subject of a radio talk by E. 

 C. Goeke, secretary of the county 

 Farm Bureau. He spoke of the 

 Stephenson County Co-operative 

 Limestone .\ssociation, organized in 

 1922. 



A portable crusher, a tractor, 

 and two dump trucks made up the 

 equipment of this co-operative, ac- 

 cording to Mr. Goeke. During the 

 three-year period, 32 quarries have 

 been worked by the crusher, and 

 over 11,000 tons of limestone have 

 been ground and delivered to 305 

 farmers. 

 Eleven Other Crushers Started 



As a result of the efforts of the 

 farmer co-op, several private crush- 

 ers have been put into operation in 

 Stephenson county, which is under- 

 lain by much limestone fit for agri- 

 cultural purposes. Now there ^re 

 12 crushers in the county. 



"The original purpose," declares 

 Mr. Goe'ke, "was to sell the lime- 

 stone idfa to the farmers by sell- 

 ing the stone in order that they 

 might see the value of the material 

 on their own farms." He reports 

 that one of the important things 

 that have come out of the crashing 

 project is the increase in the nupi- 

 ber of acres of alfalfa. 



"An alfalfa campaign worked 

 with the project helped to sell the 

 stone. Many farmers have tried to 

 grow this crop' on sour soil and 

 failed. Conservatively speaking, 

 the acreage of alfalfa in the county 

 during the three-year period in- 

 creased from 750 acres to over 

 8,000 acres." 



McHenry County: A. J. Gafke. farm 

 adviser: D. Ross, Leonard Thomas, B. 

 L. Thomas, Geo. A. Hunt. Ole A. Stal- 

 heim. Prank M. Barber, and L. K. 

 Lippold. 



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Quasey Explains $2 

 Charge ok Stock Cars 

 Ordered But Not Used 



The I. A. 1.4. transportation 

 de|>artment. L. J. Quasey, di- 

 rector, poina out that there 

 has been considerable misun- 

 derstanding as regards the de- 

 murrage charge on stock cars 

 placed at loading chutes bat 

 not used. 



"The railroads make a 

 charge of $Z when a mr is 

 ordered placed and not used. 



Mr. Quasey says, '"nils charge 



starts from the 



ment. 



actual plafe- 



"Cars are required on shoK 

 notice and, * unless there is 

 some penalty' for this practice, 

 it would create a car shortage. 

 Many shippeiv would order cars 

 In sufficient quantities to en- 

 able them to have a supply on 

 hand at all times, ther^y pre- 

 venting some other shlpiwr 

 from getting his share. 



"This rule has been In effect 

 for several years but has not 

 been enforced." 



STEADY GROWTH IS 

 PROGRESS OF FARMERS' 

 CO-OP AUDITING BODY 



'Under a Year and Over 150" 

 b Record of the I. A. C. A. 

 As the Figures Climb 



ILLINOIS FARMERS 

 ARE BUYING MORE 

 MINERAL FOR CROPS 



Limestone Purchases Continue 

 to Increase, While Demand 

 for Phosphate Also Improves 



Demand for minerals to improve 

 Illinois soil continues to grow. 



According to the I. A. A. phos- 

 phate-limestone department, J. R. 

 Bent, director, the outlook for pur- 

 chases of limestone and phosphate 

 by the farmers of Illinois is very 

 favorable. "The demand for lime- 

 stoae alone," he says, '"'for 1925 

 to date has been larger than in 

 1924 for the same period, and in- 

 dications are that this increase in 

 demand over last year will con- 

 tinue through the year, especially 

 in late summer and early fall. 



"The I. A. A. phosphate - lime- 

 stone department wishes to point 

 out, however, that limestone is not 

 l>eing produced in as large quan- 

 tities as last year, as many right- 

 of-way problems have been hold- 

 ing up the letting of contracts for 

 construction of concrete roads 

 throughout the state. 



Predicts Less Crushed Stone 



Only 50 to 70 per cent of the 

 concrete mileage of last year is 

 likely to be built this year. This 

 means less production of crushed 

 stone, and less by-product screen- 

 ings for agricultural purposes. 

 Furthermore, the accumulation of 

 three to four years' ground lime- 

 stone in storage was largely used 

 up in 1924, when Illinois farmers 

 bought 500,000 tons of limestone, 

 or one-fourth of all the agricultural 

 limestone purchased in the United 

 States last year. 



"In that part of the state where 

 production is heavier and demand 

 lighter, there may be no shortage, 

 but in some other sections of Illi- 

 nois where the reverse is true, there 

 may be a shortage." 



.Advises Ordering Early 



The phosphate demand, says Mr. 

 Bent, is keeping up very well for 

 this time of year. "It would l>e 

 well," he advises, "for those de- 

 siring shipments of the mineral in 

 August, September, and October to 

 order their shipments now and, if 

 possible, to accept these shipments 

 earlier than fall." 



The phosphate-limestone direc- 

 tor has been spending some time 

 in Ohio, investigating the methods 

 used liv the purchasing service de- 

 partment of the Ohio Farm Bureau 

 Federation. During the week of 

 April 27 he was in Hancock and 

 Warren counties in Western Illinois, 

 reviewing the situation as to the 

 possibility of developing local farm- 

 owned limestone producing pro- 

 jecU. t 



During the six monlihs period end- 

 ing March Jl, 19J5 the Polo Cooper- 

 ative Marketing AsA>clation, Ogle 

 county, did a buaines^ in marketing 

 cream and eggs amounting to $13.- 

 «78.83 paid for cream and »2.114 49 

 paid for eggs or a total of tlS.99S.32. 

 After paying ail expenses of opera- 

 tion the association has a balance of 

 profit of |94t.OO whldh will be re- 

 tained for working capital. 



That the growth of the I. AC. A 

 has been more than satisfactory in 

 the 11 months of its existence, is 

 m p A the statement of Geo. R. 

 I *\M Wicker, general manager 

 *•'•' and co-operative account- 

 ing director for the Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Association. 



"When our work started in June. 

 1924." states Mr. Wicker, "we felt 

 that if we had 50 members in the 

 organization by the end of the >;ear. 

 we would consider our efforts suc- 

 cessful. However, we were more 

 than gratified to see the memt>er- 

 ship figures reach the 114 mark by 

 the end of December, 1924. To- 

 day the roll call stands at 159 

 member co-ops in the I. A. C. A.. 

 and we are confident Ttiat the fu 

 ture will see the organization con- 

 tinue in its healthy state. 



Must Kstabtsh Credit Puitry 



"One of the outstanding weak- 

 nesses of co-operative associations. " 

 declares Mr. Wicker," and more 

 particularly farmers' elevators and 

 those engaged in handling mer- 

 chandise, is their failure to estab- 

 lish a credit policy with respect to 

 the extension of credit to their cus- 

 tomers and also their failure to 

 consistently follow up collections. 

 Because of this condition, we have 

 found it advisable in many of the 

 examinations which we have made 

 to analyze the accounts receivable 

 and classify them by age. 



"Letters of verification have 

 been sent to each customer in the 

 several classifications with two 

 .purposes in view; first, to verify -the 

 accuracy of the account as shown 

 on the books of the company; sec- 

 ond, to induce the collection of 

 past due accounts. These letters 

 are sent out over our signature and 

 are followed up by such corres- 

 pondence as may t>e necessary tcj 

 effect settlement, if possible. 

 Manager Ke|K Inforvied 



"The manager is kept currently 

 informed and where differences ex- 

 ist, or the account is disputed, an 

 effort is made to get the customer 

 and the mknager together in a set- 

 tlement which will be mutually 

 agreeable. Tbis sen-ice has been 

 found very effective in reducing 

 the volume of accounts receivable 

 and in clearing up some of ihe old 

 accounts. In one particular in- 

 stance, with accounts receivable at 

 {22,082.00, collections in the thirty 

 days following our letter of verifi- 

 cation sent out to customers 

 amounted to over $14,000.00. 



"An analysis of accounts receiv- 

 able, as indicated above, results in 

 making it possible to establish a 

 proper reserve to protect the com- 

 pany against probable losses in the 

 collection of accounts receivable." 



Through the efforts of Vernon 

 Vaniman, field organizer, new mem- 

 ber organizations were added to the 

 I. A. C. A. month after month. The 

 following shows the numerical 

 growth by months: 



June. 1924 18 members 



July 4> members 



.\ugU8t' 55 members 



September 70 members 



CK'tober' 82 members 



.VovenjWer .too members 



I'l-cember !ll4 members 



januar]l|^1925 182 members 



February 148 members 



March 149 roeaibers 



.\prll 1S9 members 



Dii-ide State into Five Districlii 

 With the purpose of establishing 

 definite districts around branch 

 offices, Mr. Wicker has divided the 

 state into five districts, comprising 

 the following counties: 



CHICAGO DISTRICT: Jo Daviess. 

 Stephenson. Winnebago. Boone. Mr- 

 Henry, Lake, Carroll, Ogle. DeKalb. 

 Kane. DuPage. Cook. l.ASalle. Ken- 

 dall. Will, Grundy. Kankakee. Put 

 nam. Marshall. Livingston. Ford. Iro- 

 quois. 



SPRINGFIELD DISTRICT: McLean. 

 Schuyler. Brown. Cass. Mason, Me- 

 nard. Logan. DeWilt. Pike. Morgan. 

 Scott. Sangamon. Christian. Macoi.. 

 Calhoun. Greene. Jersey. Macoupin. 

 Montgomery. Madison, St. Clair. Mon- 

 roe. 



GALKSBURO DISTRICT White- 

 side. Lee. Rock Island. Henry. Bu- 

 reau. Mercer. Henderson. Warren. 

 Knox, Stark. Hancock. McLwnough. 

 Fulton, Peoria, Tasewell. Woodford. 

 Adams. 



(Continued on page 4. col. 1.) 



