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June 6, 1925 



The llHn<M» AgricultiT«l Anociation Record 



Pace 3 



SENATE PASSES BILL APPROPRIATING $3,000,000 FOR T. B. WORK 



HEALTH OF MOVEMENT 

 SEEN IN CONFERENCES 

 OF F ARMER S' CO-OPS 



Fir>t Meeting of Elevators and 

 Live Stock Co-ops in Watseka 

 by I. A. C. A. Organiaation 



The first of a series o! confer- 

 ences of farmers' eleyators and live 

 stock shipping associations in Illi- 

 nois is over. 



Through the efforts of the Iro- 

 quois and Ford County Farm Bu- 

 reaus, co-operating with the farm- 

 ers' elevators and live stock co-op- 

 erators in those and adjoining coun- 

 ties, two conferences were held at 

 Watseka, May 27 and May 28. 



The meetings were sponsored by 

 the Illinois Agricultural Co-opera- 

 tives Association, states Geo. R. 

 Wicker, general manager and I. A. 

 A. accounting director. Eighty- 

 three representatives of 23 farmers' 

 elevators met on the first day, and 

 the second conference was attended 

 by 63 representatives of 18 ship- 

 ping associations. 



Talk Financial Problems 



Speakers on the program of the 

 elevators conference included Mr. 

 Wicker, who spoke on "Financial 

 Problems of Farmers' Elevators;" 

 and Vernon Vanlman, I. A. C. A. 

 fieldman, on "Selling Co-operation 

 to Co-operatives." A discussion of 

 comparative data as recently pre- 

 pared by the I. A. C. A. on the finan- 

 cial condition and operations of 31 

 farmers' elevators was presented by 

 F. E. Ringham, assistant manager 

 of the 1. A. C. A. Comparison was 

 on the basis of audit reports for 

 1924. According to Jlr. Wicker, 

 this feature aroused particular in- 

 terest among all present at the con- 

 ference, and for the first time pre- 

 sented a means of making compari- 

 sons of financial conditions and op- 

 erations of a considerable number 

 of similar enterprises. 



Watseka Has First Conference 



This is the first conference of its 

 kind to be held by the I. A. C. A. 

 Similar conferences are contem- 

 plated in other parts of the state, 

 according to the interest indicated 

 by farmers' elevators and county 

 Farm Bureaus. 



The conference of live stock ship- 

 ping associations on May 28, ac- 

 cording to Mr. Wicker, covered uni- 

 form accounting systems, group or- 

 ganization for auditing purposes, 

 and other coiilmon problems. Mr. 

 Wicker explained the Federal Reve- 

 nue Act and its application to co-ops 

 generally, but more particularly to 

 the requirements for exemption of 

 live stock co-ops. 



The most interesting development 

 of this meeting, states the I.A.C.A. 

 head, was a voluntary action by 

 those present to endorse the uni- 

 form accounting system recently 

 prepared Jointly by the I. A. C. A. 

 and the University of Illinois. The 

 plan of group auditing of associa- 

 tion records was also endorsed, 

 whereby examinations can be made 

 at a minimum of time and expense. 

 Vote Conference a Success 



"Officers and managers of the or- 

 ganizations represented at these two 

 conferences," declares Mr. Wicker, 

 "also farm advisers and other rep- 

 resentatives of farmers in Iroquois, 

 Ford, and nearby counties, are en- 

 thusiastic over the results of the 

 conferences. A close co-operation of 

 the Farm Bureaus and the co-op- 

 erative associations points to the 

 better relationship which is being 

 established by bringing together 

 representatives of the various or- 

 ganizations to discuss their common 

 problems." 



(U.A.MENJOINU.OFI. 

 i FACULTY FOR ONE DAY 



' The College of Agriculture at the 

 University of Illinois has enlisted 

 the services of two I. A. A. men. 



Both Geo. R. Wicker, general 

 [manager of the Illinois Agricultural 

 1 Co-operatives Association, and Ver- 

 JBon Vanlman, I. A. C. A. field or- 

 Iganizer, have accepted an invitation 

 [from the Illinois College of Agricul- 

 jture to participate as instructors in 

 I the short course for farmers' ele- 

 I vator managers to be held at Ur- 

 " ana, June 16 to 20. 



I Mr. Wicker will meet with ele- 

 vator managers present on June 19 

 and will discourse on the subject, 

 ^ "Financial Problems of Grain Ele- 

 ' vators." On June 16, Mr. Vaniman 

 [ will choose for his subject, "Lead- 

 , ing Problems of Farmers' Elevat- 

 I ors." 



WHEAT FOOL CHANCES 

 LOOM ALONG WABASH 



{Continued from pa«e I.) 

 organization work is started this 

 year, it must begin within two or 

 three weeks, the harvesting being 

 expected in four or five weeks. 

 Only .Modest Membership Wanted 



Only a modest membership is ex- 

 pected or even wanted this year, ac- 

 cording to the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association, which made its position 

 on the pooling system of marketing 

 clear in stating that it is a service 

 organization ready to serve its mem- 

 bers upon request from them. 



Accortfing to H. E. Goembel, 

 spokesman for thfe I. A. A., the pool- 

 ing system is deemed the best for 

 the conditions which exist in these 

 counties because there are very few 

 farmers' elevators. Any marketing 

 plan must be, therefore, based upon 

 individual producers in this area, 

 but in northern Illinois, where 

 there are about 600 farmers' ele- 

 vators, the I. A. A. favors working 

 with the farmers' Grain Dealers' 

 Association of Illinois to build a 

 terminal marketing agency based 

 upon the farmers' elevators. 



Since the Indiana Wheat pool has 

 had one year's experience, the I. 

 A. A. favors going along with it, 

 especially since the unorganized 

 soft wheat of Illinois competed last 

 year with the pool and the quality 

 of wheat is practically the same. If 

 a modest venture this year proves 

 successful, which is expected, the 

 Indiana pool plans to change its 

 name and organization to include 

 Illinois, with the membership in 

 Illinois being increased to cover all 

 of southern Illinois. 



(iot $1.25 and More to Come 



Representatives of the Indiana 

 Wheat Growers' Association said 

 that they expect to handle 50 per 

 cent of the soft wheat grown in 

 Indiana this year. Reports on the 

 pool's operation were everything 

 that could be expected following the 

 first year of operation, Mr. Goembel 

 stated. Approximately 7,000 Indi- 

 anians Joined the pool last year and 

 this number has increased to around 

 16,000 at the present time. Mem- 

 bers of the pool have already re- 

 ceived )1.25 per bushel as partial 

 payment for their wheat, and a sub- 

 stantial sum remains yet to be dis- 

 tributed according to James H. 

 Gwaltney of Poseyvllle, Indiana, 

 president of the pool. Non-mem- 

 bers in Indiana received an average 

 of $1.14 to $1.16 per bushel at the 

 same time, he said. 



Since the meetings, resolutions 

 have been passed in White, Wabash 

 and Gallatin counties asking that 

 the I. A. A. give service in organiz- 

 ing this territory with the Indiana 

 Wheat Growers' Association. Or- 

 ganization work is expected to go 

 forward very soon. 



Frost Which Covered 

 Middle West on May 24 

 Nipped Illinois Fruit 



There won't be so many folks this 

 year appeasing their appetites with 

 Juicy Illinois fruits and vegetables. 



Severe damage to the fruit and 

 vegetable crop of Illinois is reported 

 by the Illinois Fruit Growers' Ex- 

 cliange, as a result of the recent 

 killing frost following the excessive 

 heat which stifled the Middle West 

 recently. 



According to J. O. Lawrence, 

 sales manager of the exchange, 

 which functions as a department of 

 the Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion, the crop of strawberries is 

 practically ruined. In Quincy ter- 

 ritory strawberries are completely 

 nipped, Mr. Lawrence states. 



"The full extent of damage done 

 by the freeze is not yet known," he 

 declares. Raspberries, potatoes, to- 

 matoes, and cabbage are badly in- 

 jured in the Quincy district. 

 Ap|>les More Promisine 



The outlook for apples is mqre 

 pron^ising, according to the ex- 

 change. "Indications are that the 

 apple crop in the Quincy section 

 was only slightly injured," states 

 Mr. Lawrence. 



The Illinois Fruit Growers' Ex- 

 change, with headquarters in Cen- 

 tralia, is continuing its survey 

 throughout Egypt to determine the 

 extent of damage done to the entire 

 fruit and vegetable crop. 



Live Stock Producers 

 Given Suggestions on 

 Marketing Their Stock 



Watch your shipping facili- 

 ties when the hot weather 

 comes! 



This is the call going out to 

 Illinois live stock producers 

 from the Illinois .Agricultural 

 Association. 



The Chicago Producers' Com- 

 mission Association and the I. 

 A. A. transportation de|iartnient 

 are urging that the folloHing 

 shipping rules be observe<l; 



First — See that the- hogs are 

 brought in ample time to cool 

 before loading. 



Seo(m(l — .See that the car Ik 

 bedded with clean sand, which 

 is moistened. 



Third — Give only a light 

 grain feeding before loading. 



Fourth — lioad not more than 

 an hour before train time. 



Fifth — l'.se ice bags Nus|iend- 

 e<I from the car roof, whenever 

 I>osslble, six bags to the car and 

 drench the car at everj- itossible 

 point. 



Sixth — Do not load more 

 than 17,000 lbs. In a standard 

 36 ft. car. Compliance with 

 these rules will mean ligliter 

 shrinks and losses. 



GENERAL ASSEMBLY USTENS TO FARMERS' 

 CLAIMS AS L A. A. LAW PLATFORM COMES 

 i INTO THE FOREGROUND IN LEGISUTIVE MIU 



Resolution on Revenue Amendment Pane* Senate, a* Does Barr 

 Bill Appropriating $3,000,000 for T. B. Clean-up in Next Two 

 Years. House Passes Bill Asking Federal Export Bounties on 

 Farm Products. Gas Tax Bill Temporariljr Quiescent 



I. C. C. STIPUUTION 

 STOPS MERGER SALES 



(Continued from page 1.) 



to get Secretaries Jardine and 

 Hoover to appoint a national ad- 

 visory committee for the merger. 

 Failing in this, an attempt to form 

 a committee to resurrect the mer- 

 ger and get the confidence of the 

 farmers has been attempted by offi- 

 cials of the company, but co-oper- 

 ative leaders have generally de- 

 clined to serve. 



The stipulation filed with the Il- 

 linois Commerce Commission in 

 which it is agreed that no stock 

 shall be sold in Illinois is consid- 

 ered an indicator of what will be 

 done by other states which are 

 now considering the company's 

 stock. In some states, notably In- 

 diana, judgment has been withheld 

 on the stock pending the outcome 

 in Illinois. This decision is con- 

 teidered the death knell to virtually 

 all stock selling operations of the 

 grain merger. 



It is generally understood that 

 the vendor companies did not wish 

 to come into a public hearing since 

 facts in possession of the Grain 

 Marketing Company which have not 

 been obtainable heretofore could 

 be pried loose in such a hearing. 



WILL ILLINOIS join other states in tlie forward march 

 toward gasoline tax enactment ? Will the state constitution 

 he amended to allow for revision of the revenue section T Will our 

 T. T$. laws be recodified! Will enough funds be appropriated to 

 carrj' on the T. B. eradication work throughout the statet Will the 

 General Assembly jarrj' the sentiment of Illinois grain growers to 

 the ^tion's lawmakers as to tariffs on staple farm productst 



Tkese were the questions uppermost in the minds of I. A. A. 

 officijals and others representing farm bureau members. "63,000 

 thinking Farmers," throughout the state at Springfield the past 

 two Iveeks. 



! See Relief on Property 



Prospects for relief from the present exeessive tax on property 

 are looming larger on the horizon of state legislation. On May 21, 

 the Senate pa.s.sed the Lantz resolution for submitting to the voters 

 of thie state, a revision of the revenue section of the state constitution. 



Tl^e original resolution, as introduced by Senator Simon J. Lantz. 

 of Cpngerville, was jirst amended to require a two-thirds vote in 

 both houses of the assembly for the passage of taxation measures, 

 accouding to F. D. Barton, chairman of the I. A. A. legislative 

 committee. 



Rock Island County 



May Have Federation 



Of Live Stock Locals 



Rodk Island may be the next Illi- 

 nois county to form a county-wide i 

 live stock shipping federation, ac- i 

 cordinjg to Wm. E. Hedgcock, I. A. | 

 A. director of live stock marketing, 

 who attended a meeting of repre- | 

 sentatives of the six loyal shipping 

 associations in that county recently. 



A meeting was also held in Drury 

 township during which the need of 

 assisting individual associations was 

 discussed with 225 farmers present. 

 One of the best means of strength- 

 ening locals is by federating them 

 into a county unit, Mr. Hedgcock 

 said. 



County federations of local ship- 

 ping a^ociations have been formed 

 this spHng, or are considering form- 

 ing, in the following counties: 

 IFord, Ogle, DeWitt, McDonough and 

 Rock Island. 



"A county federation is the means 

 of bringing officers of locals to- 

 gether for discussion of mutual 

 problems," Mr. Hedgcock states, 

 "and helps in establishing a uni- 

 form accounting and auditing sys- 

 tem. It also brings the shipping 

 associaitions and the Farm Bureau 

 closer together, which is mutually 

 beneficial." 



Farm accounts; ho^ sanitation; pis 

 clubs; limestone, leg:umes, and phos- 

 phate; seed corn improvement; and 

 community meetinss make up the 

 Ford County Farm Bureau prosram 

 for l'J26. 



1AST year all wool 

 sold through the 

 ■^LA.A.WoolPool 

 netted Illinois Farm- 

 ers an average of 8 to 

 20 cents a pound 

 above local prices — 

 Co-operation 



Pays. 



June 8 to 27 are 

 Wool Pool Weeks, 



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See or Phone Your Farm Bureau 

 For Shipping Instructions. '•^~- 



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Can't ClmmHy Real Bstate 



In addition, the resolution was 

 further amended to the effect that 

 all real estate shall be in one class 

 t^xcept that mineral land and lands 

 devoted to reforestation may be in 

 different classes. "This means," 

 says J. C. Watson, 1. A. A. director 

 of taxation and statistics, "that ur- 

 ban and rural property shall both 

 be in the same class for purposes of 

 taxation." 



The purpose of the proposed 

 amendment, according to Mr. Wat- 

 son, is to grant the Legislature a 

 general power with respect to reve- 

 nue, and to permit the employment 

 by the general assembly of various 

 methods of taxation, or combina- 

 tions of tax methods. "This broad 

 power may t>e subject to abase," 

 he says, "but broad powers are nec- 

 essary if tax conditions are to t>e 

 improved." 



It is believed in I. A. A. circles 

 that the Lants resolution will pass 

 the House with little trouble. It 

 will then come up for popular vote 

 for adoption or rejection on a ref- 

 erendum in the next election of 

 members of the General Assembly. 

 Farmers will then have the chance 

 to voice their approval to a change 

 in the constitution whereby laws 

 can be passed to relieve proi>erty 

 generally of its excessive burden of 

 taxation. 



Senate Passes Barr BUI 



The outlook for an eventual state- 

 wide clean-up of T. B. in IlltDols' 

 cattle industry was given an en- 

 couraging forward push when the 

 Senate, by a vote of 38 yeas, on 

 May 21 passed the Barr bill, pro- 

 viding for an appropriation of f 3,- 

 000,000 to Indemnify cattle owners 

 sustaining losses in tuberculosis 

 eradication from their herds. 



According to Mr. Everingbam, an 

 amendment to the Barr bill by its 

 author, to cut the appropriations by 

 $1,000,000. was defeated by the 

 Senate the day previous to the 

 passage of the Barr bill, by a vote 

 of 28 to IT. The Barr bill now 

 provides for $3,000,000 for the next 

 biennium to pay farmers for losses 

 sustained in tuberculosis eradica- 

 tion. The Illinois Agricultural As- 

 sociation strongly advocated the 

 $3,000,000 appropriation. 



Tice Kill Prafi|iert« C^ood 



Mr. Everingbam states that pros- 

 pects also look bright for early pas- 

 sage of the Tice bill which privides 

 for a general recodification of Illi- 

 nois' T. B. regulations. The Tice 

 bill has already been passed by the 

 House, and the Barr bill now awaits 

 the approval of the House for final 

 passage. 



At the present the only fly in the 

 I. A. A. '8 legislative ointment seems 

 to be the Senate's temporary inac- 

 tivity as to the gasoline tax bill. 

 The measure is booked for final con- 

 sideration during this week when 

 the Rbcokd goes to press and at the 

 time of writing this, I. A. A. stal- 

 warts are not in a position to know 

 which way the legislative wind is 

 blowing. 



House .%alui Ex|iort Bowxtes 



Shades of the McNary-Haugen 

 ■% bill, so prominent in the attempts to 

 (ContlDU*d on pace 4, col. 2.) 



