June 6, 192S 

 AS 



^ DAIRY 

 IN FUTURE 



B. Eradica- 

 >r It, Declare* 

 ng Director 



wcome a source 



>p to the farm- 

 erts the dairy 

 nt of the Illl- 

 soclation, A. D. 



the I. A. A. di- 

 rmen who wish 

 ttle with clean, 

 go to other 

 leir herds. Yet 

 e far off when 

 our own state 



rate of T. B. 

 Illinois. Indi- 

 In the next five 

 be the cleanest 

 This will mean 

 n Illinois coun- 

 premium over 

 For this rea- 

 inola dairymen 

 their herds as 

 ears to come." 

 ek in May, the 

 ed Clark, Mar- 

 unties in Wis- 

 toward finding 

 ood dairy cat- 

 stock Illinois 

 county agents 

 on secretaries, 

 rces of grade 



lot a buyer of 

 Mr. Lynch, 



Is willing to 

 ry cows, T. B.- 

 Iry strains, as 



sources in In- 

 isconsin, and 



N!! 



io talks scbed- 

 :ago, on the I. 

 ! follows: 

 12:30 (atandard 

 iristlan County 

 on "Sayinc It 

 ■■T In ChrUtian 

 une 9 at I2:tl) 

 r, farm adviser 

 rm Bureau, on 

 i Farm Bureau 

 mmunlty Spirit 

 > 23 at 8:40 — ^H. 

 y Farm Bureau 

 ccomplishments 

 :e County Farm 

 ! 12, 8:40— J. H. 

 Hancock Coun- 

 LChievementa of 

 bureau supply 



SO — G. E. Metl- 

 of the I. A. A., 

 in Smith Joins 



ver KTW, Chl- 



'aylor, I. A. A. 



lan from ISth 



PluB Brawn 



nbers in Taze- 

 !nt of them be- 

 8' Automobile 

 1. Each year, 

 res, they save, 

 28 annual |15 

 bership fees, 

 g, and it is so 

 possible to flg- 

 ible way with 

 Many farm 

 tents are as 

 t they are of 

 •e that the di- 

 3rs is difficult 



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iMued Every Other Saturday for 63,000 thinking Farmer* — June 20, 1925 



No. 12 



U. OF I. AND U. S. D. A. 

 START GRAIN SURVEY 

 THRU FARM ELEVATORS 



First Part To Be FinUhed This 

 Season But Study Will Con- 

 tinue Over a Long Period 



Dean 

 H. W. Mnmlard 



A study of grain marketing will 

 be carried on this summer through 



fthe farmers' ele- 

 vators of Illinois 

 by the Illinois 

 Experiment Sta- 

 tion and the 

 United States De- 

 partment of Ag- 

 riculture, it was 

 announced f o'l- 

 lowlng a meeting 

 at the University 

 of Illinois, June 

 12. 



This meeting 

 was called by the Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association, after preliminary 

 conferences with representatives of 

 the Illinois Experiment Station, U. 

 S. Department of Agriculture, 

 Farmers' Grain Dealers Association 

 of Illinois, and other groups and 

 institutions. Its purpose was to 

 define the objectives and consider 

 the methods of approach for a 

 study of grain marketing in Illinois 

 through the farmers' elevators. 



Many Notables There 



The meeting was attended by 

 Cbrls L. Christensen of the Division 

 of Agricultural Co-operation, Bu- 

 rpau of Agricultural Economics, 

 Department of Agriculture, Wash- 

 ington, D. C; Dean H. W. Mum- 

 ford, Dr. Charles L. Stewart, Prof. 

 L. J. Norton, Prof. John Pieper, 

 and Prof. R. W. Stark, of the Uni- 

 versity of Illinois and Illinois Ex- 

 periment Station; Lawrence Far- 

 low of Bloomington, Ralph Allen 

 and Homer Price of Delavan, rep- 

 resenting the Farmers' Grain Deal- 

 ers Association of Illinois; George 

 R. Wicker and Chester C. Davis, 

 representing the Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association: A. J. Suratt of 

 Springfield, agricultural statisti- 

 cian; and Dr. Alva H. Benton of 

 the North Dakota Agricultural Col- 

 lege, who was invited to assist at 

 the conference because of his ex- 

 perience in conducting similar 

 studies in North Dakota. 



Touches Every Farmers' Elevator 



"A complete reconnaissance sur- 

 vey, covering every farmers' ele- 

 vator in Illinois, will be made early 

 this summer and probably finished 

 this season by the Illinois Experi- 

 ment Station with the co-operation 

 of the U. S. Department of Agri- 

 culture." according to Chester C. 

 Davis, I. A. A. grain marketing 

 director. 



"This is one of the two phases 

 of the grain marketing study which 

 is to be undertaken. It will as- 

 semble general information regard- 

 ing the form and method of opera- 

 tion of the farmers' elevators of 

 Illinois; the movement of grain to 

 market from every locality in the 

 state covering a period of years to 

 bring out thorough understanding 

 of the routes used in moving to 

 point of final sale of grain from 

 each county of the state; and such 

 other information concerning the 

 elevators as can be secured by the 

 survey method. 



"Co-operation of the Illinois Ag- 

 ricultural Co-operatives Associa- 

 tion; the auditing department of 

 the Farmers' Grain Dealers Asso- 

 ciation of Illinlos; and that of the 

 American Co-operative Publishing 

 Company, will be secured In mak- 

 ing this survey, as thp question- 

 naire can' be handled by the 

 auditors working in connection with 

 every auditing service. Personal 

 calls on the remaining farmers' ele- 

 vators will be made by representa- 

 tives of the Illinois Experiment Sta- 

 tion thl^ summer to get the com- 

 plete data." 



NO THOUGHT FOR THE SHIP 



ftunAal^g 



Cooperative Marketing 

 Invades Realm of Poultry 

 And Eggs In Ford County 



Plans are under way to enroll 

 1,000 farmers In Ford and adjoin- 

 ing counties in a new venture 

 known as the Illinois Poultry Pro- 

 ducers' Association, No. 1, to be in- 

 corporated under the co-operative 

 marketing act of Illinois. 



Ford county is the first county 

 in the state to adopt the I. A. A. 

 plan for marketing Illinois eggs, ac- 

 cording to F. A. Gougler, I. A. A. 

 poultry and egg marketing director. 

 This is the beginning of a state- 

 wide plan whereby many counties 

 can be federated into a central sales 

 agency. 



The contract calls for delivery of 

 all poultry and eggs by the mem- 

 ber to the association, exceptions 

 being made for hatching eggs, 

 breeding stock, and direct consumer 

 sales. The association agrees to 

 handle the produce, grade it, and 

 pool by grades at a central grad- 

 ing and shipping plant to be estab- 

 lished in Gibson City. The mem- 

 bers further agree to a penalty of 

 five cents per pound of poultry or 

 10 cents per dozen of eggs as liqui- 

 dated damages for any breach of 

 agreement. 



PLAN THAT HAS BEEN 

 WANTED 20 YEARS AND 

 TALKED 10 NOW READY 



INDIANA BARS SALE OF 

 GRAIN MERGER STOCK 



The Indiana Securities commis- 

 sion has denied the request of the 

 Grain Marketing Corporation of Il- 

 linois for permission to sell |1,- 

 000.000 worth of stock at (25 a 

 share in Indiana. 



Financlal affairs of the company 

 were held, in an opinion by Freder- 

 ick E. Schortemier, secretary of 

 state, acting as administrator of 

 the securitfes law, to be unsound. 

 TlilKjftecision was basAd on evidence 

 ail{tjimtted.;at a publla hearing on 

 tafe^j^ompi^y's application before 

 tu jtommMioh several weeks ago. 



The sale' of stock was opposed by 

 the IndifAa Farm Bureau Federa- 

 tion. ' ■ 



Detail* of State-Wide Re-Insur- 

 a n c e Company to Serve 

 Farmer*' Mutual* Completed 



"This is something we have 



been talking about for 20 years," 



^^^^ experienced farm 



/4^l||^k mutual insurance 



t T^ men said when 



1L»,..^M. the I. A. A. of- 



i^^H^^HB to be as- 



^^H^^^V to them 



^^^^^■^ in forming a 



J^P^I^^^ state - wide body 



^^^^III^^^B to help 



^^B' Y^^^^H companies handle 



^^^mjm^^^^^ their own affairs. 



^^^H^l^^^^^l plan 



^^^^^^^^^^H the lines the 



B^^l^^l^^l one now 



to be projected 

 ver... V..I... "y both the Illi- 

 nois Association 

 of Mutual Insurance Companies and 

 the Illinois Agricultural Association 

 has been discussed for 10 years in 

 meetings of the mutual insurance 

 companies' state association, insur- 

 ance officials declare. 



As a service organization, the 

 I. A. A. accepts the invitation for 

 service in this field, and conse- 

 quently is embarking upon a proj- 

 ect of special t- service to farmers 

 which has never been touched. 



\ Temporar)' Officers Selected 



Temporary officers who will 

 serve until the first annual meet- 

 ing, are as follows: , C. A. Asp- 

 lund, Orion. Henry county, presi- 

 dent (also president of the Illinois 

 Association of Mutual Insurance 

 Companies); Geo. A. Fox, Syca- 

 more, DeKalb county. 1st vice- 

 president (also I. A. A. secretary); 

 E. J. Carmody, Towanda, McLean 

 eounty. 2nd vice-president; Wm. B. 

 MeParland, Hoopeston, Vermilion 

 county, secretary; and R. A. Cowles. 

 Bloomington, McLean county, (I. A. 

 A. treasurer) treasurer. Geo. F. 

 Tullock. Rockford. Winnebago 

 (Continued on pare 3, col. 4.) 



ALMOST UNANIMOUS PASSAGE BY BOTH HOfUSES 

 OF LANTZ RESOLUTION PERMITTING AMENDMENT 

 TO REVENUE SECTION OF STATE CONSTITUTION 



Hou*e Makes Minor Change to Clarify Wording Whicb Mu*t be 

 Concurred in by Senate, Then, After Getting Governor's Sig- 

 nature, it Will he up for People'* Vote at Nest General Election ; 

 I. A. A. Baddav It 



STANDING head and shoulders above all other legist ition con- 

 , sidered duiang the present session of the General Ai ^mbly is 

 the proposed amendment to the revenue section of the st ite consti- 

 tution, which passed the Senate 44-1 and the House 135 2. and as 

 soon as a minor House amendment is approved by the S r-nate and 

 the Governor's signature is affixed, it will be submitted t> the peo- 

 ple for their approval at the next general election. 



It is vitally important to all people in Illinois, but especially 

 so to the farmers because it permits the levying of taxes In accord- 

 ance with present-day economics rather than upon the bas s existing 

 at the time the present revenue section was adopted, whicli was five 

 years after the Civil War. 



These are the thoughts of the legislative committee — t^rank I). 

 Barton (Livingston), H. E. Goembel (Henry), and A. C Evering- 

 ham (Crawford) — given in a report to the executive cot imittee at 

 its meeting of June 12. 



Killed Narrow Tire Bill 



At the May meeting of the executives, the legislative iMimmitter 

 was instructed to oppose the bill then in the House, and rhich had 

 passed the Senate, which would prohibit farmers from ( riving on 

 the roads of the state with wagons having tires nam wer than 

 three inches. 



"You gave us our inst -uctions on 

 that narrow tire bill lasi time.' 



Select January 21-22 

 For Next Annual Meet; 

 Choose Place In July 



January 21 .and 2S2 are the 

 dates of the next annual meet- 

 Ini; of the IIUdoIs Agriculturml 

 .AssocljUlon, according to a de- 

 cision of the executive commit- 

 tee in Its meeting of June 12. 

 Selection of the place was set 

 for special consideration fur tJie 

 next meeting, which will be 

 July S. .\U Invitations vtlU be 

 considered at tliat time. 



Farm Bureau Ba»eball 

 Gaining In Popularity; 

 Several Games Played 



Farm bureau baseball is growing 

 in popularity, judging from reports 

 that come in after various games 

 have been played. The season is 

 now well under way, and the teams 

 are fighting to have a chance at the 

 cup denoting "State Farm Bureau 



ported Chairman Barton, "and 

 tboae instructions were printed in 

 the REi-oao. That endep it! The 

 Mil went no further. 



The bill of Senator Dl>ck requir- 

 ing that poultry dealers ceep a reg 

 ister of all purchases of poultry 

 h^ been actively favore I and. hav 

 ing passed the Senate, s awaiting 

 Its turn in the House, vhere it is 

 feared the Anal jam n ay keep il 

 from coming to vote. 



.Memorial to Con i rei w 



The Senate has pat led Repre- 

 sentative Adcock's reB< lution me 

 moriailzing Congress to pass iegis 

 lation embodying a aci -ntlflc plan 

 or program by which reasonable 

 export traunties may be provided to 

 be paid upon all export i of wheat 

 com. hogii and cattle ai d their by. 

 product. Although tl is is not 

 specifically the export »>rporation 

 idea it is along the sat le line and 

 is considered as extreme ly valuabli- 

 support for the equalil v for agri- 

 culture program of th ■ I. \. A 



Champions" which will be given the The memorial now toes 



o Congress 



nine emerging victorious from the 

 final conflict at the I. A. A. picnic 

 at Taylorviile. Thursday, August 27. 

 Morgan county's team won over 

 Sangamon 

 cer su 



hands of Henderson on the same ; i.jators ' havine "promlsid "pre"vioJs 

 day. Henderson had also won over to the opening of th* i pssion thai 



as a. reflection of the the light of the 

 Illinois General -\sseml ly. 



Coming to (he Cuth >ertjion gas 

 tax bill. Chairman Ba ton suted 



mon 7 to 4 on June 6. Mer- j that the biggest handicap experi 

 ffered a 9 to 4 defeat at the | enced by the committee was in le^. 



Warren on May 30. 6 to 4. 



Other scalps successfully tucked 

 under victors' belu are as follows: 

 May 2 3. Woodford beat Tazewell. 

 4-3; May 30, Woodford over Peoria. 

 15-11; May 14. Tazewell over Pe- 

 oria. 20-15. 



Following are the list of games 

 yet to be played in districts that 

 have reported schedules to the I. A. 

 A. office: 



Dimtrirt \o. 7t SanKSnion vs. Mor- 

 gan at JacltBonviMe. August 8: San*- 

 amon vs. Casi at Virginia. Auaust 16. 



DIatrlet \m. St Warr«n vs. Mercer, 

 July 18 at Aledo; Warren vs. McDon- 

 ou*h. August I at Macomb: Warren 

 vs. Knox. August 20 at Galeabur*. 



Henderson vs. Warren. June 27 at 

 Monmouth: Henderson vs. McDon- 

 ou*h. July 25 at Macomb. 



Knox vs. Warren. July 11 at Mon- 

 mouth; Knox vs. Mercer. Aug'ust 9 at 

 Aledo. 



McDbnouKh vs. Henderson. June 20 

 at BifrKsvlUe: McDonouffh vs. Knox. 

 June 27 at Galesbura. 



Mercer vs. Warren, June 20 at Mon- 

 mouth: Mercer vs. Knox. June 25 at 

 Galeaburs: Mercer vs. McDonouah 



they would not vote foi a gasoline 

 tax. While man.x se latont felt 

 friendly for the I. A. r. gas U\. 

 which provided for rep srement of 

 the county highway tax they could 

 not break their promisi s 



"The gas tax is ii a stronK 

 place." said Mr. Barton. "We have 

 not lost (ground in our decision to 

 abandon the bill for t tin session 

 The Illinois .\Kricultuitl .Associa- 

 tion campaign has gone a long way 

 toward establishing the 'gas-tax-as- 

 a-lieu-tax' idea. A grea' deal of ed 

 ucational work has bee i done, but 

 we have much more ^ do. W< 

 must not let down. 



We've JnM Heciui ti l-iahi; 



"Two big points havf been made 

 in this gas tax fight, ' he said. 

 "One is that the gas ti \ funds, at 

 least the major portion < r the funds, 

 shall be used on secon lary roads. 

 The second is that w lenever a-e 

 July 11 at Macomb: Mercer vs. Hen- n«*'* » g" tax. and I b -lleve it in- 



derson. August 1 at BiggsviUe. 



Schedules for semi-finals will be 

 arranged between Geo. R. Cline. 

 Virginia, president of the Illinois 

 Farm Bureau Baseball Association, 

 and G. E. Metxger, I. A. A. organ- 

 isation director, in a conference to 

 be held June 29 at Virginia. 



evitabie as do many of the legisla- 

 tors, the tax shall replao some pres- 

 ent tax." 



"It is freely predict d that the 

 gas ux will be broui ht up and 

 passed at the next se islon." Mr 

 Barton said. 



(Continued on pace k, col. I.t 



