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First County Dairy 

 Marketing Body Gets 

 2,4 Cent Fat prernium 



"How Farmers in Ford County 

 Get Higher Cream Prices" was the 

 subject of a recent radio talk by 

 G. T. Swalm, farm adviser of Ford 

 county. ovBr WLS, Chicago, in the 

 radio seriee scheduled by the I.^.A. 

 Mr. Swaim spoke of tbe organ- 

 ization and plan of tbe Fofd County 

 Dairy Marketing Association, which, 

 with its arst unit at Pa^ton, has 

 become Weill established during the 

 hrst IV months of its existence. 



••Late in May, 1924," said Mr. 

 Swaim. "& meeting was icalled of 

 those cream producers who had 

 .signed the membership Agreement 

 to pool their produce co-eperatire- 

 iy. The dairy herds concierned in- 

 cluded over the prescribed mini- 

 mum of 400 cows. An incorporat- 

 ing board was elected and author- 

 ized to start an association. This 

 board received bids from several of 

 the larger centralizer companies 

 and finally closed a deal with a 

 centralizing plant in Chicago. 

 .Sponsored by Farm Bureau 

 "A special feature of the Ford 

 county plan is tbe fact that the 

 voting power is reposed in the farm 

 bureau membership, and the by- 

 laws of thej county associajtion pro- 

 vide that the farm bureau shall 

 help conduct the management of 

 the association. The plain is for 

 a closely knit federation of units 

 and local boards of directors at 

 each place where cream producers 

 decide to organize as a branch of 

 the county ; association. 



••That the organization has al- 

 ready proved its worth to the mem- 

 bers is projved by the fact that a 

 premium ol 2.4 cents over the av- 

 erage pricei for the state has been 

 realized on| every pound Of butter 

 made from the cream pooled by it." 



May 9, 192S. 



GOAL OF $180,000 



NEAR REAUZATION 



(Continued from page 1) 

 ained. In making awards the Red 

 Cross in each case takes into full 

 consideration the beneficiary's re- 

 sources and meets needs beyond 

 which the beneficiary is unable to 

 provide. The project is strictly one 

 of home and business rehabilitation 

 so these people may be re-estab- 

 lished so far as possible as self- 

 supporting citizens." 



Tbe I. A. A. has contributed 

 service in making available as 

 needed dependable field workers to 

 assist Red Cross rural case work- 

 ers in determining business replace- 

 ment needs of the farm: These 

 men, who are practical farmers and 

 know local conditions thoroughly, 

 have assisted in locating work ani- 

 mals for purchases and have as- 

 sisted in other ways, supplement- 

 ing the rural case workers' service 

 and working with the case workers 

 in an advisory capacity. 



Following is the detailed state- 

 ment of contributions to the Illi- 

 nois Farm Relief Fund. 



» 



700.00 



658.77 

 1.478.4B 



875.74 

 1.619.46 

 1.687.90 



719.00 



35.00 



1,577.50 



484.13 



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SENATE CONSIDERS 

 GAS TAX AMENDMENT 



(Continued from page 1 ) 

 this is being written (May 5). 



The Lant% resolution, which em- 

 bodies the tjhird plank of the I. A. A. 

 legislative platform for the farmers 

 of Illinois, Is in good standing, ac- 

 cording to the legislative commit- 

 tee. Action on it is expected to 

 start soon since the end of this 

 legislative session is drawing to a 

 close. Onllr one possible amend- 

 ment to tbe constitution can be 

 made each biennium, consequently 

 the legislators leave all possible 

 amendments until the last and then 

 pick out the one needed most. 



The legislative committee, which 

 consists of Frank D. Barton of Cor- 

 nell (Livingston) as chairtnan, A. 

 C. Everingham of Hutsonville 

 (Crawford) and H. E. Goembel of 

 Hooppole (Henry), has been on the 

 Job at Springfield, as well as Pres- 

 ident Thompson and Secretary Fox, 

 who have assisted materially. Le- 

 gal Counsel Kirkpatrick and Taxa- 

 tioft*Director Watson have also been 

 busy on legislative affairs. 



Assisted In Wolf Trouble 

 The committee was of some as- 

 sistance recently in assisting the 

 farmers of the counties along the 

 Mississippi river to secure an ap- 

 propriation to fight wolves which 

 have been causing great daluage to 

 live stock in that section. 



Action has been promised the 

 legislative committee by leaders In 

 both houses on securing an open 

 season on rabbits. This change 

 will be provided for as an amend- 

 ment to some bill, according to the 

 legislative leaders approached by 

 the 1. A. A. committee: 



Adams 



Bond 



Boone 



Hrown 



Bureau 



Oarroll 



ilass 



<:tham^aign .... 



(Thrlatian 



Oark 



Clay 1 1.311.92 



Clinton 800.00 



Coles 2.0S6.60 



Cook ' 452.00 



Crawford 963.65 



De Kalb | 1.020.00 



De Witt 1.727.89 



Douelaa 280.60 



Du Page ! I 2.487.34 



EMgar ...(.. 167.50 



E3dwards 1,555.00 



Elffingham 655.00 I a wholesome farm life, is the opin 



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AFTER THE CYCLONE 



(This poem was written by Miss Bethyl S. Allardin, 15 years 

 •fid, of McLeansboro, while convalescine in a hospital several 

 i|reeks after the tornado.) 



The eighteenth of March was a very disastrous day. 



For our home and all our possessions were entirely blown away. 



The cyclone struck our place about half past three 



And after it passed, things were a dreadful sight to see. 



Not a building was left standing, most of our stock was killed 



Bven the crib was torn away, and it with corn was filled. 



My mother and sister were missing, and search was at once begun. 



They were found beneath some rubbish, far from the light of the 



sun. 

 They were suffering something terrible, no doctor could be found 

 •iDocs" were all oft doctoring in other parts of the town. 

 Hong, dark days and nights followed, no hope by the doctors 



given. 

 We thought they'd dwell from that day in the bright and sunny 



heaven. 

 The doctors gave all their attention to the wounded, both old 



and young. 

 They worked shoulder to shoulder together and treated them one 



by one. 

 Then came all of the nurses, and rendered their service to all. 

 Tfcey came from all over the country, and came at a moment's call. 

 The Red Cross came to our rescue, in a body great and strong 

 qiving aid to the distressed and suffering, (they'll be remembered 



in our prayers and song). 

 It I live to be one hundred. I'll never forget the day 

 Tjhe cyclone struck our place, and blew our home away 



Future Field Work of 

 Chicago Producers to 

 Be Under Neui System , 



Field work in the future for the 

 Chicago Producers in the Illinois- • 

 Chicago territory will be handled 

 by various men direct from the ' 

 office of the Chicago Producers, ac- 

 cording to a Joint announcement of ' * 

 the Chicago Producers Commission 

 Association and the I. A. A. 

 stock marketing department. 



The former field representative 

 for this territory, I. C. Grimes, 

 no longer representing the Chicago 

 Producers and the Illinois Agricul- , 

 tural Association. Field work will , 

 be carried out on the co-operative a' *> 

 plan as heretofore. 



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FARM LIFE MADE 

 MORE PLEASANT BY 

 COMMUNITY CLUBS 



Orgwiization Is Great Help in 

 Foctering Economic and 

 Social Well ■ Being 



Thfet community clubs are a 

 greati aid to the establishment of 



FVird ; 2,727.00 



Fulton r. 2,000.00 



Gallatin 338.24 



Greene 1.000.00 



Grundy 2.887.29 



Hancock 3.072.85 



Henderson 225.00 



Henry r -: . . 476.60 



Iroquois ; 2.669.07 



Jefferson !. 388.65 



Jersey i 243.23 



JO Daviess : . . 1,541.92 



131.60 

 3.606.14 

 3.215.30 

 3.077.66 

 2.725.10 

 2,418.00 

 4.698.70 

 3.013.27 



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Johnson 

 Kane . . . 

 Kankakee 

 Kendall . 

 Knox .... 



Lake 



La Salle . 

 Lawrence 



Lee , 3.306.13 



LIvingrston I 4,005.56 



Logan : J 1.688.80 



Macon • 1 500.46 



Macoupin j 346.40 



Madison J 2.900.00 



.Marlon 1 359.30 



.Marshall-Putnam .1 638.87 



Mason 1- ^.. 2.556.00 



McDonough J 1.478.43 



McHenry j 960.40 



McLean ^ 'j.. 3.739.74 



Mtnard 1.066.50 



Mercer ,...j 769.69 



Monroe j 45.50 



Montgomery j ,.y. . 2 249 



Morgan ^ .-. . . 1.338.1 



Moultrie , . . 2.038 1 



Ogle 

 Peoria . . . . 



Piatt 



Pike ,.. 



Pulaski ... 

 Randolph . . 

 Richland . . 

 Rock Island 

 Sangamon . 



Scott 



Shelby 



Stark 



St. Clair . . . 



Stephenson 



Tazewell 



Union 



Wabash 



CO-OP AUDITING BODY 

 SHOWS STEADY GROWTH 



• ContiniitMl from page 3.) 



EFFINGHAM DISTRICT: Cham- 

 paign. Vermilion. Piatt. Moultrie. 

 Donglus. Coles. £dgar, Shelby. Cum- 

 berland. Claffk. Fayette. BfOngham, 

 Jasper, Crawford, Bond, Clinton, Ma- 

 rion. Clay. Richland,, I^awrence. 

 Washington, Jefferson. Wayne, Ed- 

 wards. Wabash. 



UNORGANIZED DISTRICT: Ran- 

 dolph, Perryl Franklin. Hamilton. 

 White, Jackson, Williamson, Saline, 

 Gallatin. ITnton, Johnson, Pope. Har- 

 din. Alexander, Pulaski. Massac. 



Membership is strongest among 

 farmers' elfevators. The I. A. C. A. 

 has 75 sucb po-operatives under its 

 auditing wing. There are 44 county 

 Farm Bureaus, 18 live stock ship- 

 ping associations, 3 terminal live 

 stock marketing agencies, 6 dairy 

 companies, 4 Insurance companies, 

 and g miscejllaneous organizations 

 on the membership list. 



3.269.52 



3,407.46 



82.60 



944.60 



489.50 



100.00 



2,791.29 



1.317.50 



5.025.00 



1.097.25 



2.104.16 



3-28.00 



1.000.00 



2.819.28 



2.876.80 



1,406.66 



84.50 



Warren t 2.231.00 



Washington : . 60.00 



Wayne i. 445.88 



Whiteside L........ 3.613:81 



Win [ 3.207.75 



Williamson I 623.50 



Winnebago v [ ;. 2.110.00 



Woodford L 4.356.91- 



WlS Radio Station lLlBteners.26.000.00 



ion Of Dan G. Davies, executive 

 comi^itteeman of the Kane County 

 FarmI Bureau, speaking recently 

 jver ^LS, Chicago. 



"A community club is the result 

 of the combined forces of co-opera- 

 tive Spirit and co-operative effort 

 on thie part of the majority of the 

 peoplfe in a given community," said 

 Mr. Davies. ••Community organiza- 

 tion Cannot be built up on the^ ef- 

 forts and finances of a few. To be 

 successful, the first prerequisite is 

 a cbn^munity spirit, and second, a 

 willingness to work together for 

 the mutual benefit of others in the 

 comniiunity." He defined a com- 

 munity club as '•a group of farm- 

 ers and their families in a given 

 locality whose interests are mutual, 

 organized for the purpose of pro- 

 viding regular social entertainment, 

 educational and economic develop- 

 ment, and working as a unit of the 

 county Farm Bureau. 



••The community club is a great 

 factor! in making farm lite more 

 pleasant," Mr. Davies declared. "It 

 forms a basis for the most whole- 

 some of social intercourse, thus 

 makinig the community in which we 

 live riore desirable and farm life 

 more ipleasant. The combined in- 

 fluence of the community clubs 

 when affiliated with the farm bu- 

 reau Organization, forms the basis 

 which in a very large measure is a 

 solutidn to many of the farm prob- 

 lems. It means farmers united for 

 mutuajl economic benefit as well as 

 social advantages." 



Prairie Parmer 

 Miscellaneous 



. 2.247.62 

 616.76 



Total J16 



The Hancock County Farm Bureau 

 Supply: Company at its first annual 

 meeting showed a net gain of %!.- 

 617.43 ifor the first eight months of 

 operation. The association books 

 were audited by the Illinois Agricul- 

 tural (fo-operativ^s Association. 



|i PLAY BALL! 



Schedules are being; determined as the farm bureau baseball sea- 

 son draws near. The following dates have been arranged among 

 the counties of Warren, Henderson, Kn(^x, and McDonough: 



'Warren 



Henderson 



Knox 



McDonough 



Warren 



MOBmoath 



JniT 11 

 MoBBtonth 



Henderson 



Mar 30 

 BInsvlllr 



July 18 

 -BiSBaville 



Jnly 11 

 Macomb 



Knox 



ABK. 20 

 GaleHburg 



June 13 

 Gal««bniT 



jBBe 2T 

 GBleabBiv 



McDonough 



jBBe 13 



MOBBiOUth 



Jnae 20 

 BIcsravliie 



May 30 

 MacOBib 



TICE, GAS TAX BILLS, 

 REVENUE AMENDMENT, 

 AIRED AT HILLSBORO 



Farm Bureau Members From 

 Four Counties in the 21st 

 District Hold Conference 



Farmers and all property owners 

 can never hope to pay lower taxes 

 like in the good old days of 1914 

 unless the pres- 

 ent state consti- 

 tution is amend- 

 ed to permit tax- 

 ation of intang- 

 ible property, ac- 

 cording to A. C. 

 Everingham o f 

 the legislative 

 committee of the 

 Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association. 

 TJi e occasion 



for this declara- 

 Sam. Sorrell. (joq ^^g j^g ^^^ 



ond meeting this year of represen- 

 tatives of the Sangamon. Mont- 

 gomery, Macoupin, and Christian 

 County Farm Bureaus, comprising 

 the 21st district, at Hillsboro, 

 Thursday, April 23rd. 



.Mr. Everingham spoke of the 

 progress of the legislative program 

 of the Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion. 



'•The Tice bill, which provided 

 among other things for compulsory 

 testing when 75 per cent of the 

 herds in any county have tested for 

 T. B., ha^ passed in the House with 

 only two dissenting votes," said Mr. 

 Everingham. "There is no doubt 

 that the bill will go through the 

 Senate with practically a unani- 

 mous vote. The Illinois AgricuJ- 

 tural Association is also sponsoring 

 and very actively pushing the Barr 

 bill, which provides a $3,000,000 

 biennial appropriation to pay in- 

 demnities. This has been recom- 

 mended to pass by the committee 

 on appropriations in the Senate. 

 Talk Revenue .Intendment 

 A second feature of the farmers' 

 legislative program is the proposed 

 amendment to the constitution, 

 which would untie the hands of the 

 legislature and permit it to tax all 

 wealth in accordance with present 

 day economics. 



"Our present constitution was 

 adopted in 1870, Just five years af- 

 ter the Civil War," he said. "It is 

 natural that we should outgrow it. 

 All the state organizations, except- 

 ing the manufacturers, are backing 

 this amendment, which must be 

 submitted to tbe people for ratifi- 

 cation if it comes through the leg- 

 islature." 



Another measure in which the 

 county farm bureaus and their state 

 association is interested is in the 

 reduction of taxes by means of dis- 

 placing the county highway tax. 



The Illinois Agricultunal Associa- 

 tion is pushing the bill of Senator 

 Cuthbertson of Bunker Hill, which 

 provides for a two cent tax a gallon 

 on gasoline. The estimated 12 mil- 

 lion dollars returns from the whole 

 state would be used in place of 

 county highway taxes, which all 

 property owners, both town and 

 city, are now paying. 



Gas Tax is Fair 



••The gasoline tax is the fairest 

 tax iir the country," Mr. Evering- 

 ham stated further. "It must be , . 

 fair, as well as popular, or else /' I 

 there would not be only 5 states in *' 

 our 48, which do not have a gas,, 

 tax. Illinois is now an isolated gas- 

 tax-free island in a whole sea of , 

 gas taxing states. It is the only * 

 state west of New York that does 

 not have it. Whenever Illinois mo- ' 

 torists go out of the state, they help 

 pay for their roads and when mo- ' 

 torists from outside come in, 

 they ride on our good cement trunk * 

 lines and wear them out without 

 bearing their Just share of the " 

 cost." 



He further stated that a gas tax 

 was inevitable in Illinois and that . 

 unless care is taken early in the 

 game to see that the gas tax, if en- J 

 acted becomes a tax in lieu of some ( 

 present tax, quite likely it will be t 

 enacted as a strictly additional bur- 



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A plan for farmers marketing 

 their poultry and eggs themselves • 

 with a resulting increase in their 

 own profits was presented by Frank 

 A. Gougler, director of the poultry 

 and egg marketing department. 

 This plan is growing slowly but 

 surely over the state, he pointed 

 out. 



Want Fam>er-0»ned Dairy 



R. H. Isaacs of Gillespie, acting 

 President of the Illinois-Missouri 

 Co-operative, Inc., spoke briefly of a 

 plan of Milk Producers in the St. 

 Louis territory and including the 

 counties in this district, by which 

 the creamery building belonging to 

 tbe bankrupt Illinois-Missouri Milk (' I 

 Producers' Association can be * 

 bought by the fanners out of bank 

 ruptcy. Need for a farm owned 

 plant in the St. Louis market was J 

 expressed as being great because of * 

 its influence in maintaining milk J 

 prices on that market. The belief * 

 was also expressed that the original i 

 farmer venture, which was thrown | 

 into bankruptcy, was done so be- 

 cause of motives of Federal Judge 

 English, who is now under impeach- 

 ment trial. 



G. E. Metzger, organization' di- 

 rector of the Illinois Agricultural ' 

 Association, presented the plan for 

 the campaigns for renewal of mem- 

 berships which will take place in 

 Macoupin and Montgomery counties 

 this year. A general increase in 

 membership is expected he said. 

 Iroquois county, tbe first out of 40 

 counties to complete its renewal 

 campaign this year, has a 15 per- 

 cent increase over its old member- 

 ship. 



LISTBN I.\! 



Farm advisers' radio talks sched- 

 uled for the remainder of May are 

 as follows: 



Monday. May 11 at 12:30 — C. C. Tur- 

 ner, farm adviser of the Moultrie 

 County Farm Bureau, on "Moultrie 

 County Farm Bureau has the Bud- 

 gets." 



Tuesday. May 12 at 12:30 and 8:40 

 — Enos AVaters, farm adviser of the 

 Edgar County Farm Bureau, on the 

 accomplishments and services of the 

 Edgar County Farm Bureau. 



Monday. May 18. at 12:30— H. A. 

 deWerff, farm adviser of Woodford 

 County Farm Bureau, on "The Ac- 

 complishments and Services of Wood- 

 ford County Farm Bureau." 



Monday, May 25 at 12:30 — H. O. Al- 

 lison, farm adviser of ' ' ' 

 County Farm Bureau. 



Livingston 



Ten townships in Adams county are 

 planning corn yield contests for the 

 coming season. The contest will 

 serve as a check on the yielding ca- 

 pacity of strains of corn used by the 

 farmers of the county. 



Marshall-Putnam County Farm Bu- 

 reau has more than 100 farm boys 

 lined up in pig. calf, and corn clubs. 



••The best community talk we have 

 heard. Give us another. So reads a 

 communication to the I. A. A. con- 

 cerning Dan G. Davies' radio message 

 on •'Community Happiness In Kane 

 County," from E. E. Hughes, Elburn 

 Kane county. 



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