[urt 1, 1925 



ip 



J'arm Bureau - 

 gned in their 

 This is 200 

 donged to the 

 ■ee townships 

 ne and some 

 aces. 



al campaigns, 

 r is reported. 

 3 against 398 

 over the top. 



county, as in 

 ing this year, 

 , makes a re- 

 re furids for 

 . Besides it 

 express, both 

 I agricultural 

 organization 

 ■m Bureau as 

 to solve, and 

 he perplexing 



the figures in 



ised this year 

 )een u.s'ed be- 

 late-limestone 



ppVoximately 

 any state in 

 ist "year's rec- 

 reetener used 

 tons used by 

 f all the lime- 

 same period, 

 pidly making 

 000 thinking 

 p this leader- 



the Ministry 

 councillor of 

 1, is a polite 

 . A. office re- 



the farmers' 

 Jnited States. 



Japan. The 

 is councillor, 

 if the English 



enterprising 

 plies through 

 >aid. It does 

 en is approxi- 



is much more 

 tish language. 



f — ex-cremate 

 tered. 



nore informa- 



1 



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I, 1925 



ST. LOUIS PRODUCERS 

 HAVE DEMONSTRATED 

 CONTROL OF MARKET 



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Letter From Miaasari Pacific 

 Railroad Pay* , Tribute to 

 Prominence and Staodirig of 

 St Loidt Co-op. 



"The control of volume in any 

 line of business spells ultimate con- 

 trol of that business and in spite of 

 the fact that many interested par- 

 ties would have us think differently, 

 this age-old axiom applies just as 

 surely to the live stock business as 

 It does to shoestrings or stovepipes," 

 declares the Producers Live Stock 

 Commission Association of E. St. 

 Louis, through O. A. White, assistant 

 manager. 



"This idea was the nucleus around 

 which the various Producers Com- 

 mission Associations were formed 

 and placed on the terminal markets, 

 and the St. Louis house, which was 

 the first to open, is now half way 

 through its fourth year of success- 

 ful operation. Our volume has 

 steadily increased and with it our 

 power has grown until we have 

 reached the stage where almost 

 everyone connected with the live 

 stock industry is anxious to be 

 friends with such a powerful organ- 

 ization. 



Enemies Are Friends Now 



"This isl evidenced in many ways, 

 one of the first of which was in- 

 creased yard facilities and scales. 

 These were not given us at first but 

 as we proved day after day that we 

 colli* -control a l^f^e volume of the 

 receipts we soon reached the stage 

 wtiere we could ■'demand them and 

 we now have aay^Ie room for hand- 

 ling all our stock. 



"It is shown in another way in 

 the following letter, written in the 

 general office of the Missouri Pacific 

 Railroad Company at St. Louis, Mo., 

 which we quote: f 



" 'The Producers Commission As- 

 sociation obtains improved railroad 

 service. Because of the prominence 

 and standing of the producers' own 

 co-operative agency it was possible 

 for the president, C. B. Denman, in 

 conference with President L. W. 

 Baldwin of the Missouri Pacific rail- 

 road, to work out a plan Whereby 

 live stock consigned to the Producers 

 from west of the Mississi^i river 

 will move through the flt. Louis 

 terminal and reach the unloading 

 docks at the stock yards without de- 

 vlay. 



" 'The Missouri Pacific has a man 

 constaqjtly on the Job whose duty 

 is to personally follow this stock 

 through the terminal and across the 

 river. The plan is now in success- 

 ful operation and the service is im- 

 proved and is a soured of satisfac- 

 tion to Missouri Pacific shippers.' 

 Tribute to Orguilzation 



"This great railroad, one of the 

 greatest in live stock transportation 

 in the country, did not make these 

 concessions to Mr. C. B. Denman the 

 man, great leader and thinker that 

 he is, but to C. B. Denman, presi- 

 dent of the National Live Stock Pro- 

 ducers Association, the greatest 

 live stock sellng agency in the world 

 today. 



" 'This delay in transportation has 

 been the cause of much litigation in 

 the past and almost every agency 

 connected with the live stock busi- 

 ness has tried at various times to 

 correct it, but without success until 

 the Producers took it upon them- 

 selves to remedy the evil.' 



"Last but not the least, the effect 

 of volume is shown in a way that 

 perhaps lies tfloser to the producer's' 

 heart than any other. We mean In 

 the market price paid for his live 

 stock when it reaches the terminal 

 market. It was at first thought that 

 we would have to control at least 

 fifty per cent to be able to talk 

 prices with the packers, but events 

 have proven that it does not take 

 quite as large a percentage, and that 

 given approximately thirty per cent 

 of the receipts, we are able to domi- 

 nate the market iti so far as possible 

 under the law of supply and demand. 

 Forced Market Higher 



"This was shown in a small way 

 on the sheep market in St. Louis 

 during the week of June 15th, when 

 the Producers, through ^heir volume 

 of business, were able to force the 

 market Into line and cause an ad- 

 vance in prices of from 75 cents to 

 $1 per cwt. on the price of lambs. 



"Our market had been out of line 

 for some time and best lambs at St. 

 Louis were selling almost %l per 

 cwt. lower than Chicago, but begin- 

 ning with the week mentioned the 



Producers volume increased so that 

 on the days our run was the heavi- 

 est, we controlled from 20 to 26 per 

 cent of the receipts, and on Tuesday 

 of that week we refused to sell our 

 lambs at the prevailing prices, which 

 was from $14.50 to $14.75. By hold- 

 ing on, $15 was obtained for prac- 

 tically all the lambs in the Pro- 

 ducers' alley. On Wednesday of 

 that week we again had a big per- 

 centage and again refused to take 

 steady prices. Others sold from 

 $14.75 to $15 with very few going 

 at the latter price, while the Produc- 

 ers holdings went from $15 to $15.25, 

 the latter price being paid for four 

 cars, which was 25 cents per cwt. 

 higher than any other sales that day. 

 The market closed up on Wednesday 

 nearer in line than it had been any 

 time this summer, and this condition 

 was obtained simply and solely be- 

 cause we held and bandied the vol- 

 ume of the receipts and were in a 

 position to have something to say 

 about the prices of our stock. Since 

 the week mentioned conditions have 

 been very much the same and 

 through our volume we have been 

 able to hold our market well in line 

 with other points. 



lUnstrates Possibilities 

 "This simply shows in a small way 

 what can be done with the control 

 and the same thing will apply to 

 cattle or hogs. As soon as the pro- 

 ' ducers in the country get this idea 

 firmly in their minds and market 

 their stock through their own ag- 



The MiiioU AgriciAural AModation Record 



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OFHCERS OF CHICAGO PRODUCERS 



Left to liskti FraMk Coyne, Iowa; W. B. Elliott. Illlaolat R. F. O-DoiibHI. 

 lowai A. Srkn. lowai g. W. Dotr, aiaBawr; C. A. EwIkk, IlllBOlai H. H. 

 .J>arkr, IlllnoU, Kad W. H. Wbchow, MlaaoMta. 



ency at the terminal markets, they 

 will be able to take no small part in 

 fixing the price of their live stock." 



r 



Illinois Farmers' Loyalty Helps 

 Chicago Producers Make Success 



^ 



CLOSELY interwoven in the 

 tale of the successes of the 

 Chicago Producers is the prom- 

 inent and loyal part played by the 

 Illinois shippers and Illinois ship- 

 ping associations. 



For the past three years over 51 

 per cent of the total shipments re- 

 ceived by the Producers have been 

 consigned to them from the state 

 of Illinois. Furthermore, 30 per cent 

 of the total co-operative shipments 

 to the Chicago market from the ship- 

 ping associations in Illinois have 

 gone to the Producers, which is an 

 outstanding fact in itself when it is 

 considered there are over 126 mar- 

 keting agencies upon this market. 

 The Chicago Producers, as was 

 brought out In the last issue of the 

 Record, have Just completed their 

 third successful year, handling 6.9 

 per cent of the total receipts on the 

 Chicago market — some 1,152,587 

 head of live stock. The total valne 

 of this stock was $31,41g,65(.2g. Dur- 

 ing the third fiscal year a total of 

 16.336 cars of stock and the equiva- 

 lent of 150 rail cars of truck stock 

 were sold by this association. While 

 this total was not as great as that 

 o\ the preceding year, yet it must be 

 remembered there has been a sub- 

 stantial decrease in yard receipts, 

 hogs alone decreasing 14 per cent. 



Oomparisons Show Gains 

 When compared with the total 

 yard receipts and receipts during the 

 past year, each of the departments 

 has shown a healthy increase, the 

 cattle department having increased 

 4 per cent, the calf department 14 

 per cent, sheep department 25 per 

 cent, and during the past year, 9.3 

 per cent of the total hog receipts at 

 the yards were handled by the Pro- 

 ducers, against 8.9 per cent during 

 the preceding year. The cause of 

 such growth may be readily under- 

 stood when a survey is made of. the 

 accomplishments and improvements 

 to the Producers' service which have 

 taken place during the past year. 

 Total Refund Over Qnarter Million 

 The accumulation of $82,540.36, a 

 25 per cent refund of paid-in com- 

 missions, has brought the total re- 

 fund up to $255,086.20. While this 

 refund is not as great as that of 

 last year, yet the board of directors 

 thought it wise to decrease the per 

 cent, knowing that the receipts of 

 live stock would be lighter during 

 the coming months due to decreased 

 production, and accordingly the 

 sound policy would be to build up 

 and maintain a substantial reserve. 

 Claim Department Added 

 With a view of still further im- 

 proving the service, a claim depart- 

 ment has been added to the organ- 

 ization. This department, which 

 functions as a part of the transpor- 

 tation department o( the Illinois Ag- 

 ricultural Association, is without 

 cost to the shippers of the Produc- 

 ers. The services of this depart- 

 ment, which has heretofore been 



rendered by the I. A. A. department, 

 will be along the lines of collecting 

 freight loss and damage claims, 

 overcharge claims, collecting and 

 verifying freight rates, and assisting 

 in the bettering of car supply and 

 train service. 



Feeding Operations Financed 



In conjunction with the Ihroducer 

 agencies on the St. Louis and Kan- 

 sas City markets, the Chicago Pro- 

 ducers have assisted in the forma- 

 tion of an organization known as the 

 Producers Live Stock Credit Cor- 

 poratioar which is prepared to make 

 loans on feeding operations for cat- 

 tle, sheep, and hogs, at the nominal 

 rate of 6 per cent. This is a serv- 

 ice given at cost, the actual credit 

 being obtained from the Federal In- 

 termediate Bank of St. Louis. 

 Selling Service Improved 



In the hog department, the addi- 

 tion of a special outhog salesman 

 has made it possible for our shippers 

 to get the full market value from 

 this class of stock. The out hogs 

 are now collected and as ,^ar as 

 possible, sold In large units by tkis 

 special salesman. The prices which 

 he receives shows clearly tie ad- 

 vantages of this method. 



In the calf department the mark- 

 ing of each calf on the basis of its 

 true market value has eliminated an 

 old complaint and has resulted In 

 the increase of 14 per cent in this 

 department. 



Henry County Le«ds in Support 



A total of 531 carloads of stock 

 received from Henry county ship- 

 pers places this county well in the 

 lead for the second successive year. 

 Of this number, 62 carloads were 

 received from straight car shippers, 

 and 469 frsm shipping associations. 



Knox county was fn second place 

 with a total of 432 cars. lOS of which 

 were from straight load shippers. 



DeKalb county has the honor of 

 leading in the straight load ship- 

 pers, 220 being received from points 

 in this county. 



Bockford lieads Shipping Aaaocia- 

 tion Class 



The Farmers' Shipping Associa- 

 tion at Rockford lead in the shipping 

 association class, 182 carloads being 

 received from this association. _The 

 record for this association for co- 

 operative marketing has been an en- 

 viable one. For the past two and 

 one-half years every head of stock 

 has been consigned to the Producers 

 to Chicago. 



Second place went to Warren 

 County Shipping Association which 

 shipped a total of 168 cars, while the 

 Farmers' Elevator at Kewanee came 

 in third with 101 cars. Figures on 

 the largest straight load shippers 

 are not available as yet, but will be 

 out in the next few weeks. 



The Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion has always been firmly behind 

 this Producer movement. The 

 growth has been constant and many' 

 of their aims have already been at- 

 tained. However, the bigger things 



for which they were established are 

 still In the distance and will be un- 

 til the live stock producers support 

 this agency with all their stock, tor 

 volume is the big essential neces- 

 sary for the successful attainment 

 of their aims. 



CLAIM COLLECTIONS 

 DOUBLED THIS YEAR 



(Continued from paere 1. <?ol. 1.) 

 16tk IHstrlct ^X 



Bureau I -V % 47.40 



Marshall-Putliani .. 20 419.73 



Peoria — — 



Stark — — 



TaieweU 



1 t 2< 

 ITtk DUtHct I 



Ford 13 



LtvinKston ........ 11 



I..ogan J. . . . 5 



McLean . . . .1. . J. . . , 17 



Woodford . .1. . J. . . . 2 



48 



.il4.13 



4«S.!)2 

 764 8li 

 i:o.6« 

 3S7.3S 

 20.79 



I 



IStk Obtriet 



Clark 



Cumberland 



Edgar i 



Iroquoia . . . 

 Kankakee . 

 Vermilion . 



l»tk DIatrivt 



. Champaign 



Coles 



DeWitt 



Douglas . . , 



Macon 



Moultrie . . . 



Piatt 



Shel^T 



21 

 4 



5 



4.=1!;.«4 



>«.15 



190.(18 



aotk Diatrlct 



Brown . . . . 

 Calhoun . . . 



Cass 



Green 



Jersey 



Mason . .^. . . 

 Menard . . . . 

 Morgan 



Pike 



Scott i 



t 119.71 



558.02 



217. SO 



106.05 



.T4,r.8 



198.63 



$1,284.61 



139.30 

 22.80 



Zlaf Dbkrlpt 



Christian 3 



Macoupin 1 



Montgomery 2 



Sangamon 1 



2Sa« DiatHct 



Bond 



Madison . . . 

 Monroe . . . . 

 St. Clair ... 



S3. 98 



5.00 



36.53 



50.00 



XtHl Dtatrlet 



Clinton . . . . 

 Crawford . . 

 Effingham . 

 Jefferson . . 

 Ijiwrence 

 Marion . 1 . . 

 Richland . . 

 Wabash . . . 



} 145.51 



600.00 



24th Dtatrtet 



Clay^ 



Edwards . . 



Gallatin ... 



' Johnson . . . 



Massac . , . . 



Pope 



Saline 



Wayne 



WhiuT 



ZSth Dlatrl«< 



Franklin 

 Jackson . . 

 Pulaski ... 

 Randolph . 



Union 



Willll 



15.90 

 6571 



Miscellaneous 2 



810.253.36 

 511.78 



PEORIA PRODUCI 

 HAVE RAISED PI 

 AVERAGE IS 



This Producers' Agency F 

 turned a 30 Per Cent 

 This Year, and is 

 Good Vohime 



Re- 

 1 tefund 

 < letting 



verai t 



thr<e 



Peer a 



Associa tioD 



the 

 Peoila 



th 8 



le> els. 



tl0.7«t.l4 



<f 



the 



Illinois farmers who s< 1 

 stock on the Peoria marke : 

 a market that on the av 

 to 20 cents higher than th 

 ago. according to the 

 ducers Commission 

 a statement issued by W 

 brough. manager. 



"This is a general av 

 paring the market with 

 now and what it was thre ; 

 ago," states Mr. Hembrougl 

 reason for the increase Is 

 by live stock producers to 

 that on many days the 

 ducers handle as much as 

 cent of all stock sold on 

 ket, thus giving the orgai 

 some control over price 



A total refund of $15 

 representing 30 per cent 

 mission charges, has been 

 be returned to participators 

 co-operative. This is for 

 fiscal year, which ended 

 1925. 

 Most Business From 7 



The seven "charter 

 counties Of the Peoria 

 have been the heaviest 

 of shipments, an analysis 

 I. A. C. A. audit shows, 

 funds being returned in th 

 ties are as follows: Peor^ 

 758..07: Tazewell, $2,052.8 

 ton, $1,965.14; Stark. $1 

 Knox, $1,472.10; Mason,^ ' 

 and Woodford, $621.61 

 $12,149.07, leaving $3.45 

 turned in refunds to shi 

 side these seven counties 

 erable Iowa business comes 

 M. & St. L. This is a hea*T 

 ing market. 



The five leading shipping 

 ciations are: Toulon 

 $246.54; Gilson (Knox), $ 

 Hermon <Knox), $193.34; 

 Hill (Henry). $159.93; 

 quon, (Knox), 4144.58. 

 five in rank are: Mason 

 Shipping association, Wtareii 

 tv Shipping association. C 

 (Henry), Galva (Henry) an 

 (DeWitt). 



"Prospects Bright" 



"The prospect for the 

 Producers looks good for 

 ture, although we look for 1 

 ceipts during the balance 

 summer, and as soon as 

 run starts we look for a 

 cent than In the past," Mi 

 brough concludes 



vera( e com- 



f hicago 



years 



The 



attributed 



07.17, 



com- 



vfcted to 



in the 



third 



31, 



aeti 



$)2 

 ThiB 



ipp< rs 



and 

 Tie 



^aii 



1 live 

 enjoy 

 is is 

 years 

 Pro- 

 in 

 Hem- 



fact 

 Pro- 



60 per 

 mar- 



ization 



N ay 



Ccnntiea 



m ember" 



Pr Mlucers 



contflbutors 



of the 



The re- 



coun- 



, »3,- 



Ful- 



161.37; 



7.92; 



totals 



10 re- 



out- 



^onsid- 



via the 



truck- 



asso- 

 (IStark ) . 

 t25.57; 

 Bishop 

 Ma- 

 next 

 County 

 Coun- 

 bridge 

 Tabor 



Peoria 

 :he fu- 

 ght re- 

 of the 

 fall 



I he 



lar ;er 



per 

 Hem- 



$40,000 IN PRIZES ^ 

 AT BIG DAIRY $10W 



Over $40,000 will be off 

 cash prizes for cattle at 

 tional Dairy Show which 

 held at Indianapolis, Octobef" 

 17 inclusive. The sum of 

 is offered in the five cattU 

 classifications and 13,250 

 various breed associations 

 cial prizee. A special $3 

 offered for prizes on boys' ai^A 

 club calves. 



Various Illinois counties afe plan 

 ning to be represented. 



»red in 



Na- 



rill be 



10 to 



34.675 



breed 



by the 



spe- 



000 is 



girls- 



OFFICE VISITORS 



ti 



Would you be iuteres 

 knowing some of the callers 

 I. A. A. oftce? Here are lh« 

 of some who called during 

 couple of weeks. 



Chester G. Starr. General 

 Prairie State Farmers' I 

 Ass'n. Blooming'ton: R. W. 

 City Freight Aerent, New Y 

 tral Railroad Company. 

 Arthur J. Mertzke. Executive 

 tary. Institute for Research 

 Economics and Pdbllc Utillti 

 Ston: J. TT. Brinton. Or9a.n1 

 rector. Minnesota Wheat Ore 

 sociation. Minneapolis: J. W. 

 hill. Secretary. National 

 Grain Dealers Association 

 Miss Palnver. Secretary to 

 dill McCormick; Oeo. N. Peek 

 dent, American Council of 

 ture. Moliife: L. A. Finsen, _, 

 tendent. Concordia Creamer; , 

 cordla; Mi*. Waternian of th 

 more National Bank. Sycania 

 R. H. Tanner. Kankakee. Ill 

 Robertson, engineer connect 

 development of potash d . 

 Idaho; Issa Tanimura., D. C. L.. 

 Food Commissioner, Prefet 

 City of Tokyo, Japan; Taut 

 ma. Graduate Student at the 

 aity of Wisconsin ; Hachiya 

 Secretary of the Mlnistcy-of 

 For. and Councillor of the 

 Central Co-operatfve Union; 

 Rees. Manager. Farmers' G 

 Coal Co., Shirley. III., and M 

 Congressman Dickenson of 

 Charles R. Finley. formerlyp; 

 Vermilion , County Farm Bui 



ed in 

 at the 

 names 

 e past 



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& upor 



M anager. 



npurance 



Bayles. 



Cen- 



cago; 



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Evan- 



Dn Di- 



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Short- 



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L>maha ; 



Me- 



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