rust 1, 1925 ] AugtMt 1, 1925 



The lUinoU Agriculturml Awociafioii Record 



I 'age 3 



tP 



•'ana Bureau 

 i;iiod in their 

 This is 200 

 IdiiKi'd to the 

 ec tiivviiships 

 lie and sonif 

 ai*es. 



il campaigns, 

 ■ is reported, 

 i against 398 

 over the toj). 



iMjiiiity, as in 

 iiig this year, 

 iiiiikcs a re- 

 re fund.s for 

 Besides it 

 'xpress, both 

 agricultural 

 organization 

 Ml Buiean as 

 to solve, and 

 le perple.\ing 



he figures in 



ise 



iscd lliis year 

 leen used lie- 

 late-liiiiestone 



lil>roxiinately 

 any state in 

 st year's ree 

 eetener used 

 tons used by 

 ' all the lime- 

 saine period, 

 jiidlv making 

 !)0(l ■ thinkin;: 

 • tliis learler- 



the Ministry 

 eouneillor of 

 I, is a jiolite 

 A. ofliei' re- 

 the farmers' 

 Jnited States. 



Japan. The 

 is eouneillor. 

 f the English 



enterprising 

 plies tlirough 

 aid. It does 

 ■n is appro.xi- 



is mneh more 

 ish language. 



? — i>x-eremate 

 tered. 



nore informa- 



t Rates! 



RAISED 

 ( THE 



i eueB WA[> 



A. IS 



T imccease'. 

 6e vp- 



UJM AT TW 

 HOOS6 

 OUT OUC 

 iT BILL 

 OAP) 



ST. LOUIS PRODUCERS 

 HAVE DEMONSTRATED 

 CONTROL OF MARKET 



Letter From Minouri Pacific 

 Railroad Pays . Tribute to 

 Prominence and Standing of 

 St. Louis Co-op. 



"The control of volume in any 

 line of busineR.s spells ultimate con- 

 trol of that business and in spile of 

 the fact that many interested par- 

 ties would have us think differently, 

 tills age-old axiom applies just as 

 surely to the livt.' stock business as 

 it does to shoestrings or stovepipes." 

 declares the Producers I.#ive Stock 

 Commission Association of E. St. 

 Louis, through O. .\. White, assistant 

 manager. 



"This idea was the nucleus around 

 which the various Producers Coui- 

 mission .Associations were formed 

 and jilaced on the lenninal markets, 

 and the St. Louis house, wliioh 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 ttutil we have 

 reached the staj;e i where almost 

 everyone connected ! with the live 

 stock industry! is "anxious to be 

 friends with such a powerful organ- 

 ization. 



h^iieinies .\re Krieilils Now 



"This is* evidenced in many ways, 

 one of the first of which was in- 

 creased yard facilities and scales 

 These were no't given us at first but 

 as we proved day after day that we 

 could control a large volume of the 

 receipts we soon reached the stage 

 where we could demand them and 

 we now have ample room for hand- 

 ling all our stock. 



"It is showii in another way in 

 the following letter. wTitten in the 

 general office of the Missouri Pacific 

 Railroad O^mpany at St. Louis. Mo., 

 which we quote: 



" "The I*roducers Commission As- 

 sociation obtains improved railroad 

 service. Hecause 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(>pi river 

 will move through the St. Louis 

 terminal and reach the unloading 

 docks at the stock yards without de- 

 lay. 



" 'The Missouri Pacific has a man 

 constantly 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 source of satisfac- 

 tion to Missouri Pacific shippers." 

 Trihule to Oruanizalioii 



"This great railroad, one of the 

 greatest in live st(tck transin)rtation 

 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 

 conneited 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 closer 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. H 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 eveiUs 

 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 in 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 "f June l,')th. when 

 the Producers, through their volume 

 of business, were .Lhle to force the 

 market into line md 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 i"'st lambs at St. 

 Louis were selling almost $1 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 25 per 

 cent of the receipts, and on Tuesday 

 of that week v^-e refused to sell our 

 lambs at the prevailing prices, which 

 was from $14..=iO to $14.75. By hold- 

 ing on. $1.") 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 Ptoduc- 

 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 markrt 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 handled 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 

 throii-h our volume we have been 

 able to hold our market well in line 

 with other points. 



Illustrates Possibilities 

 "This simply shows in a small way 

 what can be done with the control 

 and the .same thing will appiv to 

 cattle or hogs. .\s soon as the pro- 

 ducers in the country get this Idea 

 firmly in their minds and milrket 

 their stock through their ovrti ag- 



PEORIA PRODUCERS 

 HAVE RAISED PRICE 

 AVERAGE IS RE »ORT 



This Producers' Agency H as Re- 

 turned a 30 Per Cent i !ef and 

 Tills Year, and is ( >etting 

 Good Volume 



fariuers who still lii- 



be P«orla niarke enjoy 



hat on the averse f' if 1' 



biuh* r than tbrc ■ ye;^r^ 



ding to the IV-or a Pro 



mmission .\ss*K?ia ion in 



Staleme It issued h\ W h1 He 



t,rout:h. ti[ana;;er. 



;;eneral averat 

 mark*'t with 

 what it was thr 

 slat s .Mr. Henibrou::! 



the (iiB-rease IS all 

 by li\' st^x'k [tr<Mlucers to t i. 

 that on many da>.< the peo 

 duf'ers ha^idle us inurb as 



Mock snl<l un thftf 

 ivint the ors-a 

 control o\»'i" ;irir»- |e\ 



ntib^ 



I'eHUKl of 

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$1 



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<: I 



r 



Illinois Farmers' Loyalty Helps ( 

 Chicago Producers Make Success 



ency at the terminal markets, theyl for which they w«re establ:sb-d an 

 will be able to take no small part in still in the distanfe and will be un 

 fixing the price of their live stock" til the .live stock producers ^upptirt 



_^ ( this agejicy with ill their stock, fur 



volume lis the bi; essential neces 

 sary tot Ihe suc{'es.sful altainmeiit 

 of their aims. 



l^ari;<'S, has b« 



d u* partiri]"alors 



This is lr)r tli 



which « tide<i 



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CLOSELY interwoven in the ! rendered by the I. A. A department, 

 tale of the successes of the | will be ilong the lines of collecting 

 Chicago Producers is the prom- i freight lo.ss and damage claims, 

 inent and loyal part played by the ^ overcharge claims, collecting and 

 Illinois shippers and Illinois ship- | verifying freight rates, and as»istjng 



the bettering of car suppljv and 



CLAIM COLLECTIONS 

 DOUBLED THIS YEAR 



Bs Itiliows: I'eorn 



"iazewell. $2.052M : 



.!"i5.14: Stark. $1. < 



Illinois 



ping associations. 



Tor 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 ass(K'iations in Illinois have 

 lione to the Producers, which is an 

 outstanding fact in itself when it is 

 considered there are over 125 mar- 

 keting agencies upon this market. 

 The Chicago Producers, as was 

 brought out in the last issue of the 

 Rkcokp. have just completed their 

 third successful year, handling 6.9 

 per cent of the total receipts on the 

 Chicago market — spme 1,152,587 

 head of live stock. "The total value 

 of this stock was $31,418,656.28. 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 

 of the preceding year, yet it must be 

 remembered there has been a sub- 

 stantial decrease in yard receipts, 

 ho^s alone decreasing 14 per cent. 



Comparisons Slunv (iaiiis 



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 Itefiind Over Quarter 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 

 refund is not as great as that of 



Klfh llti^trlrl 



llureau . . . 

 .M;irsl4ill-I'u 



train service. 



Fee«linu Operations FinaiK-eil 



In conjunction with the Producer 

 agencies on the St Louis ant) Kan- 

 sas City markets, the Chicai--a I'lo- 

 ducers have assisted in the forma- 

 tion of an organization known tis the 

 Producers Live .Stock Credit Cor- 

 poration which is prepared to make 

 loans on feeding operations fdr 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 outliog salesman 

 has made it possible for our shippers 

 to set the full market value from 

 this class of stock. The (jui hogs 



I are now collected and as far as 



I possible, .sold in large units by this 

 special .salesman. The prices which 



! he receives shows clearly llje ad- 



i 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 I.ea<ls In Su|t|Hirl 



.^ 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 shibpers. 

 and 469 from shipping associations. 



Knox county was in second place 

 with a total of 432 cars, los of mhich 

 were from straight load sli,ipi)|ers. 



DeKalb county has the hoifor of 

 leading in the straight load • ship- 

 pers. 220 being received from jjoints 

 in this ctmnty. 1 



U4ickfor(l Leads siiippiii;; .AwWia- 

 tiou Class j 



The Farmers' Shipping .\asocia- j 

 tion at Rockford lead in the shjpping j 

 While this | "ssociation class. 1S2 carloads [being i 

 received from this associatjon( The i 

 record for this association f(^r co- I 

 operative marketing has been Jin en- 

 viable one. For the past two and 

 one-half years every head of I stock 



i'<'orla 

 .«tark [ . 



T:iz.w.. 



Tin IIMtrir) 



K..r,l I. 



I.IMIIliKToll 



l...s;!.lJ . . 

 .M. Lcilli 

 \V.>.,dfor.| 



IKIh nlijirie* 



i^larki ... 

 <'umb*rlaii(I 

 K"l ija c 



Ir-.., 



Kank4ke 

 \'- rliii iio 



■ Olh nutrlrt 



Chamtiaigii 



Ii.Witt . . 

 t)oUKllis . 

 M.ieoti ... 

 .MeiiKfi.- . , 

 I'iatl 

 Stiell,j 



20th raxirlrt 



I'.rewM , . 

 <".i!ho^ti 



t'lis.-* 



Hreen ... 

 .Ters«*y .... 

 Masoini .... 

 MfiiarH . . . 

 Mnrgalii 

 I'ik- 

 S.c.tt 



l>l fllalriet 



''hristi.'iii . . . 

 Macoupin 

 Mniit«om«-ry 

 SanRainoti 



ESnd DUtrlct 



lien.l 



Moiiro^ . , . . 



."51. ridir . 



arti DIMrIrt 



Clinton I . 



KlfinBham 

 .IifftT.sfin . 

 I-awrence 

 Marion . . . 

 T'.irhlap'l . 

 \V:,l,.-,s1, .. 



? ! <7.40 

 It^i.TS 



ntission 

 be return*! 

 CO -ope rati 

 fl.scal 



r'25. 



Mi»Nt liii»,ill€'*>*. l-'roiii 



The s.jMn "ibarter ni 

 I counties ^f the Peoria I'll 

 ■ have IwH nitbe heaviest ctmij 

 ' of sbipnotnis. an analysis? 

 ! I. .\. C. .>. audit shows ' 

 j funds beiu;; returned in the.-^ 

 I ties are ps Itillows: 1 



75X.07: 



Ion. $1 



Kno\. $l,H72.Hi: Mason, $ 



and W.MMlkord $';21.i.l. Tbi 

 I $12.14;""^. bavins $:'..45i; 

 I turned in refunds to slil|ip( 



Sid." these s. ven counties. 



erable li>^a business comos 



M. i- St. I.. This is a b<-«>5 



ins mark* t. 

 ' Tlie fivi- leading shippip 



eiations tare; Toulon .( 



$24r,.5t; li'.ilson (Kno\i.4 



Hermon (Kno\ i. $l!":i.34; 



Hill iHelryi, tl5!i.;i:;: a 

 I quon. iKuoxl. $144.58. Tl 

 ' five in rink are- Mason 

 I Shippitis iLssociation.-Warr- 

 I ty Shippii s association. VA 

 1 (Henrvi. lalVH < Henry i aii< 



(D»'Witt I, 

 I "I "riwiterls Itriulil" 



j "The 1 rosiient for the 

 ; Producer.-) looks good for 

 j turt'. althnusli we look for I 

 ! Ceij'ts du -ini: the balance' 

 j suiniie r. md as soon as t 

 i run starts »e Imik for n lar 

 j cent than in tlie past." .Mf 



brolluh el] ri'-lud'-S- 



III i«**> 



•mil' r" 



ducers 



butors 



of the 



be r— 



coiin- 



$3.- 



Ful- 



f,1.37; 



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L'L'liO 





$40,000 IN PRIZES 



AT BIG DAIRY SllOW 



lid 



0\.r f 

 Cash priz 

 tional I>a 

 iK-ld ai I 

 17 inrlnsi 

 IK on<'n'd 

 (tlussilioal 

 various I 

 rial priz* 

 «>irt-r»*d loi 

 olub rah 



Varinii 



lor ratll'' at I 

 Show whioh 

 ianaiKilis. Octob*- 

 Th" sum of ! 

 \u- fix. ralth 

 1 cms and $:i.2r»<* 

 t'd a^siM-iations 



A sp'i-ial $'•'• 

 rizi'S oii hiiynV an 



Illiuoit; coiitMi' s a 



OFFICE VISITOIS 



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 , , . . ,. „ i 



the coming months due to decreased | ""*'.'*"" '■"">*'«■"''' "> 'he Protjucers 



production, and accordingly the '"*""'''/" , 



- I Second place went to V 



County Shipping .Association 

 shipped a total of 168 cars, while the 

 Farmers' Elevator at Kewanee came 



Warren 

 1 Which 



ound ixdicy would be to build up 

 and maintain a substantial reserve. 

 Claim llepartinent .\(ldeil 

 With a view of still further im- 

 proving the service, a claim depart- 

 ment has been added to the organ- 

 ization. This department, which i out in the next few weeks 

 functions as a part of the transpor- j The Illinois .Agricultural .A^socia 



tion has always been firmly behind 



:4fh nhfrtrt 



i^lay " 



Kdwarws 

 "lallatin 

 .Tehnsqu . 

 MnsRa.«^ . , . 



I'opp 



Saline 



Wayn^ . . . 



\Vli1te' . • . 



.1.- J -,,- ,^, Tl- Instil nlntriol 



in third with 101 cars. FlgufK-s on i KranTtliq 



the largest straisht load shippers ■ 

 are not available as yet. but Will be j 



tation department of 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 



.tai'kson 

 Piil.-iski 

 IlandoJiih . 

 T'nion ' . . . . 

 Williafiipon 



this Producer movement. The 

 growth has been constant and many j 1 



j of their aims have already been at- Mis.illnJieomi 

 tained. However, the bigger things I jriotal 



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