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The Illinob AgritaJtuwJ A«»ocuition Record 



July 18, 



EVERY FRIDAY NOON 

 AN I.A.A. MARKETING 

 DIRECTOR ON WLS 



Each Talk to Deal With Market- 

 ing Problems Met by the S Di- 

 rectors ;Gougler Started Series 



Dirwtoi^ No 



"That is, • Mr. 



Illinois (arm bureaa members 

 who have radios and who are with- 

 in the radius reached effectively by 

 WLS will be interested in an ar- 

 rangement whereby one or the five 

 marketing girectors of thei I. A. A. 

 will give a 10-minute talk on the 

 commodity in which he is inter- 

 ested everjf Friday about 12:30, 

 standard tine. 



First on this schedule was Frank 

 A. Gougler.i director of poultry and 

 egg marketing on July 10. Mr. 

 Gougler spdke first of the purpus*^ 

 of the talks, saying that folks wh j 

 are acquainlted with the market (i-. 

 work of thd I. A. A. have told him 

 that the Ive marketing depart- 

 ments flu a place not occupied by 

 any other Agency. 



Not Statisticians 



Gougler said, "we 

 are not agricultural statisticians, 

 although w* deal in some statistics, 

 dry as they are, neither are we 

 called salesiien nor buyers of farm- 

 ers' products. We are in service 

 to help farmers sell their own prod- 

 uct to the best possible advantage. 

 It is of thid phase that we will be 

 speaking. " ^ 



Mr. Gougler stated that poultry 

 production is increasing more rap- 

 idly than population, in fact 200 

 . per cent since 1880. During this 

 period, hogs, cattle and sheep have 

 increased t^t slightly the nation 

 over. The Reason for the Increased 

 poultry population is because con- 

 sumers ar0 eating more poultry 

 and poultry: products in proportion 

 to beef, pork and mutton. This is 

 caused, he says, because a dollar 

 will purchase more food when in- 

 vested in pqultry and eggs than for 

 the meats. | Farmers themselves 

 are heavy consumers of poultry 

 products, a recent survey showing 

 28.8 dozen *ggs eaten each year by 

 each farm person. 



Herd's tlie Schedule 

 The following speakers are 

 scheduled t(> appear on this series 

 in the near future: July 17, A. B. 

 i-eeper, director of fruit and vege- 

 table marketing; July 24, Wm. E. 

 Hedgcock, director of live stock 

 marketing: July 31, Chester C. Da- 

 vis, director of grain marketing; 

 and August! 7, A. D. Lynch, direc- 

 tor of dairy I marketing. The spcak- 

 (.■rs will tUen continue with the 

 series in tha same rotation through- 

 out the remainder of 1925. 



MIDWEST GROUP URGES 

 OPPOSING RATE RAISE 



(Continued from pa^e 1.) 

 eluding farm products and because 

 of the economic condition confront- 

 ing agriculture in this territory we 

 believe it unjust and unnecessary 

 for agriculture to assume this added 

 burden to its industry. 



"Therefore, be it resolved that 

 the presidents and secretaries of 

 the Midwest Group, In session this 

 11th day of July, 1925, most ur- 

 gently request that the American 

 Farm Bureau Federation put forth 

 every effort to combaf^ the action of 

 the railroads in their effort to in- 

 crease freight rates in the western 

 district on agricultural products 

 and that the individual states of the 

 American Farm Bureau Federation 

 be urgently requested to bring to 

 the attention of their members the 

 effect of the proposed increase in 

 agricultural products will have on 

 the industry of farming in the 

 states affected. 



Urtte Wide Publicity 



"In view of the fact that the 

 western railroads are primarily 

 granger lines and depend upon ag- 

 riculture for a large portion of their 

 earnings, any increase in freight 

 rates will affect agriculture more 

 than any other industry. 



"We urgently request that this 

 matter be given the widest possible 

 publicity, that the attention of all 

 farm commodity organizations and 

 individual membership of the Farm 

 Bureau be thoroughly advised of 

 this threatened attack upon the 

 earning capacity of the farmer and 

 that through their organizations 

 and individuality they bring to the 

 attention of their respective state 

 Farm Bureaus the necessity of defi- 

 nite and persistent action to resist 

 this attack." 



"Maintaining a strong farm bu- 

 reau membership and collection of 

 farm bureau dues" was the topic 

 o£ an interesting address by Geo. 

 A. Fox, secretary of the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association. C. E. 

 Hearst, president of the Iowa Fed- 

 eration, told briefly at the value of 

 the farm bureau day at the state 

 fair." 



Clay County Offers 



18-Piece Farm Bureau 

 Band for State Picnic 



W. E. Hart, farm adviser of the 

 Clay County Farm Bureau has of- 

 fered the services of a farm bureau 

 band of 18 pieces for the state pic- 

 nic at Taylorville, August 2 7. 



"One of our communities has de- 

 veloped a splendid farmers' band 

 of 18 pieces," he says. "They are 

 100 per cent from farm bureau 

 families. The leader is a former 

 secretary of the Farm Bureau." 



27 of 500 Thousand in Individual 

 Policies Raised; Need Volunteers 



Will lUindis have a state-wide re- 

 insurance company? Indiana farm- 

 ers have been running one for eight 

 years, and Iowa farmers for 15. 



The answer to the question rests 

 solely upon the success of the new 

 company in securing volunteer in- 

 dividual policies to the extent of at 

 least $500,0|00. The only law un- 

 der wtiich alfire and lightning com- 

 pany can operate over the entire 

 state requires that $500,000 in in- 

 dividual policies must be held by 

 the company before it can receive 

 its charter. To overcome this sit- 

 uation, the officers of the newly or- 

 ganized Fartners' Mutual Reinsur- 

 ance Company are appealing direct 

 to farmers who will volunteer to 

 take out individual policies. 

 Tliese Have Volnnteered 



So far. definite subscriptions, ap- 

 plications or inquiries amounting to 

 $27,000 of the $500,000 have been 

 received. These are as follows: 

 James Gibbons, $2,000; Oscar Ar- 

 nold, $4,000j; C. R. Finley, $1,000, 

 Hoopeston, Vermilion county; J. C. 

 Jones, Ridge Farm, Vermilion, 

 $4,000; Geo. A. Fox, Sycamore, De- 

 Kalb, $1,000; V. Vaniman, Urbana, 

 Champaign, $2,000; J. Z. Smith, 

 Itockford, Winnebago, $2,000; W. 

 A. Lackey, Pulaski, Pulaski, $1,- 



000; E. E. Slusser, Martinsville, 

 Clark, $1,000 to $3,000; Walter J. 

 Essington, Kempton, Ford, $4,000; 

 Wm. L. Waters, Godfrey, Madison, 

 $1,000 and Norman G. Flagg, Moro, 

 Madison, $2,000. 



Mr. Flagg. in his letter says: 

 "Until the July 4th issue of the 

 I. A. A. Record came to me, I bad 

 heard little of the progress of the 

 newly formed state mutual rein- 

 surance company, and I enclose 

 signed slip, as suggested, toward 

 boosting the matter . . . Send me 

 information, rules, application, 

 form of policy, etc., which may 

 have been adopted to govern our 

 state mutual, so that I may spread 

 the word around this county as to 

 what this company offers to do for 

 the larger risks. . . I think the 

 Farm Bureau here will be glad to 

 help in every way possible to make 

 the new company a success without 

 infringing at all upon business of 

 the local companies as conducted 

 at present. Command me for any 

 service you may require here- 

 abouts." 



If you are Interested. Vernon 

 Vaniman. field representative, asks 

 that you will fill out the attached 

 coupon, mail it in. and complete in- 

 formation will be sent you. 



I am interested in the Farmers' Mutual Reinsurance Com- 

 pany of Illinois and in order to help it get its charter, I could 



use about $ of fire and lightning insurance 



on my property. Send complete information. 



Name ' - — 



Address ._ 



..County 



EXPLAINS HIS VOTE 



FIFTY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY 



STATE OF ILLINOIS 



HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 



JOHN TROTTER 



'; 20TH SENATORIAL. DISTRICT ^ '^^''. :^ ■ ' -' 



COAL CITY. ILLINOIS ' 



July 9, 19iiS. 



Editor, 



niinois Agrlcnltural Association RBICORD, 



608 Sonth De«irbom St., 



Chicago, m. 



Dear Sir: 



I see by your issue of July 4th, that you have not quoted me 

 as voting on the TIce bill No. 176. The reason I did not vote on 

 it, was that I was out of the liegislature for five weeks on account 

 of severe illness, I worked for the bill for all I was worth, 

 while there, but was not present at the roll call. 

 Yours respectfully, 



(Signed) John Trotter. 



MANY LETTERS FROM 

 FARM FOLKS OFFERING 

 OUTINGS TO KIDDIES 



There's Pleasure in Taking Chil- 

 dren, But Tliere's Also Sad- 

 ness in the Parting, Says One 

 From Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan 



"Outing Secretary — 



I read an article from the I. A. 

 A. in the Freeport Journal-Stand- 

 ard soliciting for offering two weeks' 

 outing for the under-privileged 

 children of Chicago. I wUl gladly 

 take two or three and I would like 

 to have them age from five to' eight 

 years. I thinlj there is pleasure in 

 taking these children. But there 

 is also sadness with it. as I had two 

 for two weeks last year and when 

 it came time for them to go back 

 neither one wanted to go and I tell 

 you it made me sad to see them go. 

 "Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Sullivan. 



Freeport. 111." 

 This is one of the many letters that 

 have been received by the Outing 

 Secretary from generous Illinois 

 farm folks who are anxious to share 

 their country privileges tor a little 

 while with one or more poor 

 youngsters from the slums of Chi- 

 cago. 



The record-breaking heat of the 

 past few weeks has been felt most 

 keenly in the over-crowded tene 

 ment districts. Imagine, then, the 

 delight and relief that each letter 

 offering a vacation in the country 

 has brought to some heat-ridden 

 child whose only playground is the 

 scorching pavement and whose only 

 retreat from the glare of the sun is 

 a sweltering tenement room. 

 .Many Have Written In 



The following people have "had 

 a heart" and offered to take one or 

 more children for a two weeks' va 

 cation: 



John E. Frazier, Ursa (2): Miss 

 Louise Jackson, Bradford. (2); H. D. 

 Tucker, Marshall, (1); Mrs. Joe Pea- 

 sant, Sandtord. Ind., (2); Charle«^*w. 

 Carey, Vermont, (t); Mrs. D. H. Wil- 

 son, Cuba, (1); Mrs. Earl McShane. 

 Kinsman. (1); Mrs. B. Heap. Media. 

 (1): Mrs. Jno. Howes, Warsaw, (2); 

 R. W. Grivy, Lostant, (2): G. H. Ja- 

 cobs, St. FranclsvUle. (31; Mrs. O. E 

 Witt, Hetlick. (1): Miss Golda Byram, 

 Calhoun, (Will make up party); Mrs. 

 Rathburn. E. Moline, (I): Mrs. Arthur 

 Lincoln. Dakota, (1); Mrs. B. F. Sulli- 

 van, Freeport. (3); Mrs. Hans Hilt. 

 Arthur, (2); Mrs. Nora H. Clair, Clif- 

 ton, (1); Mr. Joe Schwarzwaltler, For- 

 est. (2); Mrs. Jesse Perdue. Browninn. 

 (2); Mrs. P. W. Moore. Bushnell. (2); 

 Mrs. Julia Walton. Carthage. (2). 



Anyone living within a :jOu-inil' 

 radius of Chicago who is interestei' 

 in securing a "fresh air" child thi; 

 summer, may do so by writing tc 

 the Outing Secretary, care of th, 

 I. A. A., who works with the United 

 Charities of Chicago in furnishing 

 the children. 



HOME BUREAU GETTING 

 UNDER WAY IN FULTON 



An "Officers' Training School " 

 for the newly elected officers fea- 

 tured the meeting of the advisory 

 board of the newly organized Ful- 

 ton County Home Bureau July 2 

 at Canton. Every unit of the coun- 

 ty bureau was represented at the 

 meeting. 



Mrs. Spencer Ewing, president of 

 the Illinois Home Bureau Federa- 

 tion, addressed the meeting, empha- 

 sizing the advantages of the Home 

 Bureau to the individual woman 

 and to the county. The members 

 decided on the course of study for 

 the year. 



Mrs. Jeptha Randolph, county 

 president, presided. Bernice Kirk- 

 wood, a home economics graduate 

 of Iowa State College, has been se- 

 cured as home adviser for Fulton 

 county. 



THIS WILL HELP YOU 

 PICTURE LAAOFHCE 



(Co'ntlnued from page 3.) 

 members that this is their associa- 

 tion and that the officers are always 

 glad to have members drop in for 

 a visit when they come to Chicago. 



The president's office where S. H. 

 Thompson headquarters while in 

 the city, was vacant. Mr. Thompson 

 being In Quincy. Daily letters keep 

 him in contact. 



F. A. Gougler. alias "Frank." 

 director of poultry and egg market- 

 ing, was planning a group of dis- 

 trict conferences with farm advisers 

 on marketing poultry and eggs, the 

 purpose of which will be to mutual- 

 ly map out a program so all farm 

 advisers in each district will be 

 working toward a common goal. 

 Mr. Gougler is a part time man 

 with the I. A. A., staying half time 

 at the University where he is tak- 

 ing his doctor's degree in poultry 

 husbandry. 



"Bert" lieeper on Deck 



A. B. Leeper, director of fruit 

 and vegetable marketing, was also 

 at a desk in this compartment. He 

 came up from Centralia, where he 

 is manager of the Illinois Fruit 

 Growers Exchange, for the regular 

 monthly directors' conference. He 

 was getting some claims in shape 

 to show Donald Klrkpatrlck, legal 

 counsel, and the transportation de- 

 partment. There was no secretary 

 in this office since the secretarial 

 duties of this and the grain mar- 

 keting departments are combined. 



A. D. Lynch sat at his desk in 

 the dairy marketing department 

 somewhat disguised behind smoked 

 glasses. He was dictating to Mrs. 

 Evaline Wiles, who has been with 

 the I. A. A. since June. 1923. 



"What's the need for the smoked 

 glasses?" I asked. "Did a fire- 

 cracker hit you on the Fourth?" 



"No, this is the result of riding 

 five consecutive nights on sleepers, 

 which gave me a summer cold. It 

 has settled in my eyes." He was 

 dictating a radio speech which was 

 to be given at noon over WLS. 

 Davis Pecks a TypewTiter 



Approaching the grain marketing 

 department's area. I found Chester 

 C. Davis diligently pecking at a 

 typewriter. You'd be surprised at 

 how w^ell he runs one, for lie got his 

 training as a newspaper man and 

 as editor of the .Montana Farmer. 

 He hasn't forgotten the art. For 

 things which he wishes to express 

 carefully lie use.s the typewriter. 

 His typing at that moment con- 

 cerned some facts he was assem- 

 bling on the actual number of 

 bushels of soft wheat that are sold 

 from each of several southern Illi- 

 nois counties. Miss Germaine 

 Smith, secretary to the grain and 

 poultry and egg marketing depart- 

 ments, and also for Vernon Vani- 

 man, field representative of the new 

 leinsurance association, was tend- 

 ing to correspondence for Mr. Davis. 

 Miss Smith has been with the I. A. 

 A. since November, 1924. 



— "Ko<le the 600" — 



Clippings to the front of her, 

 clippings to the right of her, clip- 

 pings to the left of her, and straight 

 Into the throes of flling them, sat 

 Mrs. Mary Zirkle, secretary in the 

 information department. Mrs. Zir- 

 kle was managing editor of "Point 

 of View," a travel magazine pub- 

 lished in Kansas City before com- 

 ing to the I. A. A. in February, 

 1924. The clippings were those re- 

 turned by a clipping bureau from 

 papers all over Illinois and sur- 

 rounding states. Every time the 

 world says something about the 

 I. A. A., this bureau sends in the 

 clipping, which is duly recorded and 

 filed. 



SEVERAL ILLINOIS 

 COUNTIES ARE CLOS 

 TO BEING ACCREDI 



Jasper County, Iowa, Has Ri 

 its Hog Earnings About i 

 000 by Becoming Accrei 



Hog raisers In several II 

 counties who ship to the Ch 

 market are upon the thresbo 

 receiving the coveted 10 cent 

 hundred premium for their poi 

 according to Dr. J. J. Llntne 

 spector in charge of tuberci 

 eradication for Illinois. 



The premium t>ecomes ava: 

 whenever a county becomes ( 

 nated as a "modified accre 

 area." which means a county 

 tically free from tuberculosis 

 designated as such by the fe 

 and state governments. 



The first hogs from such an 

 to be sold on the Chicago m 

 caiee from Edgar county. Ill 

 ov* a year ago. The 10 

 premium amounted to $17 on 

 carload. It was owned by F 

 Trogden of Vermilion. This i 

 only county accredited In 111 

 so far, but others are close. 

 Iowa Ahead of Us 



Lately Iowa counties have 

 come accredited. The latest to 

 the premium in Iowa was Ht 

 county. Four loads of hogs ea 

 the premium, which amounts 

 approximately $60. All other 

 marketed at Chicago from thie 

 other accredited counties wll 

 ceive the bonus, the packers t 



According to Dr. Llntner's 

 ures, Jasper county, Iowa, hai 

 ceived $14,000 in 10-cent prcr 

 money up to three months ago 

 has not had a report since 

 but it is estimated in the I. J 

 office that farmers in this one 

 county have received approxir 

 ly $25,000 since the county 

 been accredited. Six Iowa cou 

 are accredited. 



No one was at the assist 

 desk, since Gerald Jenny, 

 former assistant, returned a m 

 ago to the University of WIscc 

 to finish his master's degree 

 new assistant is coming the 

 of August. James B. White, a 

 verslty of Illinois graduate am 

 two years in charge of info 

 tlonal work for the Kentucky F 

 ers Union. 



In the Stock Room 



Walking through the well 

 nished executive committee 

 into the stock and mailing r 

 my visitor saw Frank Schrelber 

 Casmir Bohanek. mailing room 

 ists, assembling mimeographed 

 terial to go out to the county I 

 Bureaus. Both Frank and "Wh. 

 are basketball and baseball pla 

 It is understood they play a ¥ 

 of a game in their church lei 



The merry click, click, of 

 dressing machinery caught our 

 as we entered the room contai 

 the office machinery and Ri 

 files. Miss Nora Mueller has ch 

 of this branch and has been a 1 

 I. A. A. employee since earl 

 192 3. She is assisted by Li 

 Campbell, who has been dra 

 I. A. A. pay checks since Septen 

 1924. Two outside girls were 

 assisting in the mailing of 

 Record. 



Paper Late This Time 



"Usually," said Miss Mue 

 "We have the Record out by Si 

 day noon, but the 4th of July c\ 

 this time so we are a little late 



Ann Polster, multigrapb open 

 was absent since she, too, was 

 ing her vacation. She's a mer 

 of the 1920 class, too. 



Back into the general office 

 found another mail had comt 

 which Helen Kummerow was 1 

 sorting into regular post office c 

 partments. She was taking 

 place of Doris King, the reg 

 mail and flling clerk who was 

 on her vacation. She has been ' 

 the I. A. A. since 1923. No 

 was in the section devoted to 

 surance, for Vernon Vaniman. 

 field representative, was in 

 country on business, pertaining 

 the new reinsurance company. 



Then I showed my visitor thro 

 the vestibule into the corri< 

 pushed the "down" button for 

 elevator so he could ride down 

 12 stories to the street level. . 

 bade him' goodby and come agi 



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CoHtmct memberaUps of orsami 

 tlomm In the I. A. C A., the co-ope 

 tive audUing: and business advls 

 service, now stands at a new h 



1*rr\ mark — 170. Thirteen orffanl 

 '*' tions have contracts in ht 

 which are expected to be signed so 

 aceordlns: to Geo. R. Wicker, direct 



