Pace 4 



Tbe niinob Agricultural Astodatioa Record 



Avyt^ 1, 1925 I 



HERE'S REPORT ON 

 HOW TORNADO FUND 

 IS BEING APPUED 



Dlinou Farm Relief Committee 

 Has Turned $50,000 of 

 $181,081.97 Over to Red 

 CroM, Specifying Use. 



By R. A. Cowles, Chaimian. 



The accompanying figures are in- 

 tended to s«rve as a report on th« 

 progress ot rehabilitation in the 

 storm areat and particularly in 

 southern Illinois, in charge of the 

 American Red Cross. The figures 

 used, other than those appearing 

 under the Condensed Statement cov- 

 ering the Illinois Farm Relief Fund, 

 were received from the American 

 Red Cross. 



requirements for beneficiaries In this 

 amount. 



AsT««meBt oa How to Be Sp««t 

 It was also on this' date that the 

 Memorandum Agreement was entered 

 into between the Illinois Farm Relief 

 Committee by its chairman and the 

 American Red Cross by Its director 

 of disaster relief, covering the trans- 

 mittal of funds from the Illinois 

 Farm Relief Committee to the Ameri- 

 can Red Cross, and restricting and 

 limiting the use of all funds so trans- 

 mitted, according to the purposes and 

 objects for which contributed by 

 their donors. The sum shown on the 

 statement, as having been transmit- 

 ted and other sums to be transmit- 

 ted as needed, are to be expended by 

 the American Red Cross as additional 

 funds and in addition to actual ex- 

 penditures, cominltments and appro- 

 priations to the dale of the Memo- 

 randum Agreement (June 18. 1925). 



48 Per Crot o( Cases Closed 



The Consolidated Report for all 

 areas at July 17. 1925 shows, by 

 computation, 48 per cent of the total 

 registered cases in Illinois as closed. 

 — four months after the date of the 

 storm. 



.'MUsoari-Illinola-lndlana Relief Approprialloaa TotalInK (l.OOO.OOO.OO 



Wklrh Plcnre Was R««ehed od Jnae 18th, 1»ZS 



.«l«aoarl IlllBola IndUna ''^•■' .„ 



181.050.00 I $7.13,600.00 1185.350.00 11.000,000.00 



Vrei 



State of M 



.State of II 

 Bush Area 

 CarmI A 

 DeSoto A 

 Gorham A 

 Murphysbcjro 

 McLeansbc 

 West Fra 



MUsonri-IIIIaols-Indlau Toraado Relief 



Report Ending June 20, 1925 ' 



Amount Amount Total 



Appropriated Disbursed Appropriated 

 I . . i 61.090.99 



Total 

 Disbursed 

 I ia.101.71 



r *a 



23.519.19 

 27,817.57 

 95,507.77 

 30,758.27 



•ea 



Area 399.631.33 



Area 62.794.45 



kfort Area.... 203.518.36 



t 12.00e.00 

 15.269.22 

 45.544.28 

 16.916.08 



183.639.65 

 31.100.74 



154,585.41 



II 



State of Ini 



To_^ 

 liusineaa Rehabilitation 



ijlana 182,460;78 



$ 



076,888,71 

 10.109.52 



8561.131.23 

 2.902.66 



Grand Total. 



.. .»1. 086,998.23 >564.033.89 



SlasOilrl-llllaals-lBdiasa Torsade Relief 



Financial Report Ending June 20, 1925 



Relief Funds in hands American Red Cross 



Additional amount fpr Relief (Estimated), 



.t2,«29,784.27 

 .00 



82.629,784.27 



Amount appropriated for Relief i ....'.. .tl,0a6,998.23 



Unappropriated Balance i . . 1.542.786.04 



»2,629,784.2: 



.\sieriraa Red Cross MIssoarl-UllBols-f sdiasa Toraado Relief 



Missouri 

 Illinois: 



Bush . 



Carml 



DeSoto 



Gorham 



McL.ean8bdro 



Consolidate! Report of All Areas for Week Rndlii^ Friday, 

 Total Registration 

 * Family Units 

 435 



lllg 

 Total 

 Closed 



357 



IS* 

 23! 



»M 

 i»» 

 M7 



Murphysbdro t 2,S67 



W. Frankfort 1.2TS 



Total for Illlnola 4.8SS 



Indiana 1,233 



S53 



Totkll A, », 



M' 



IS 



Mr 



July 17. ll»25 

 Still 



Open 



78 



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Mla**BH-IlltaolB-IadiaaA T*raa«« R#lt*f 



R**port Ending July 18th. 1925 



Amount Amount Total 



Appropriated Disbursed Appropriated 



State of Missouri....... I 71.089.19 



State of Illlrtola: \ 



Bush Areai 1 $ 26.478.99 



Carml Areft fil.018.01 



DeSoto Area 141,287.20 



Gorham Area 47,676.44 



Murphysboro Area 653,770.39 



McL^ansbolro Area 83.712.84 



West Fraikfort Area 2*2.991.1^ 



I 19,040.74 

 22.826.25 

 73.764.43 

 25.737.06 



267.361.04 

 47.679.47 



242.304.03 



Total 

 Disbursed 

 I 30,435.27 



f/ 



1,306.934.97 1. 698.713.02 

 State of IndUna 245,725.65 , 148.925.25 



Totftl $1,623,749.81 ! ^878.073.54 



Business Rehabilitation 25.374.58 6,501.22 



Junior Red Cross: 



Gorham Afea 1.618.71 



Grand Total »1. 649.124.39 1886.193.47 



MlM«vr|.llltm«la-Indl«Ka Toraado Relief 



Financial Report Ending July 18th, 1925 



1. Relief fuhds in hands American Red Cross v . .|2,71l. 245.07 



2. Additional amount for relief (estimated) .00 



12,711.245.07 



Appropriated for 'Relief '. , . . 11,649,124.39 



Unappropriated Balance ;.062,120.68 



$2.711.245.07 



Statevtent of R«r«4p4s aad Dlabaraenirata 

 llllBoUi Farm Relief Fuad 



At July 27. 1925 

 Reeelptai 



Total received through Farm Bureaus $152,327.17 



Total received fr6m other sources ^ 28.754.80 



Dlabaraei 



Fencing 

 Seed .. 

 Feed . . 

 Chicks 



'aieatat 



$181.081.97 



material [. | ' i.US.M 



!:!';;!;!!;;;;";;!;!;;:;":;;;;; 'uSip 



... l.tOl.K 



Farm eqfuipment 722.#7 



American National Red Cross (transmitted under 

 specific Memorandum Agreenieni limiting Its 



„ ; ua«) 50.000.00 



Refund to adjust remittance received, made in error 14.88 



PlJWer f4rm equipment for use and re-sale 2.430.00 



62.130.98 

 Balance |n Fund ;..'..-... .^ .$118,950.99 



Cewie* OomMeats «a Flc«re« 



Some conception of the magnitude 

 of the undertaking by the American 

 Red Cross, may be obtained by care- 

 ful reference* to these reports. Based 

 upon, actual appropriations to date of 

 the reports, funds available as of that 

 date, and member of cases waiting 

 disposal, some idea may be had of 

 tim» and funds required to complete 

 the program. 



It will be of interest to note 

 that on June 18th. exactly three 

 months after the date of the disaster 

 (March 18. 1*25) that there had been 

 set up on th* books of the American 

 Red Cross actual appropriation of 

 funds to tornado sufferers In the 

 an*ount of one million dollars, evi- 

 dencing the authorized purchase of 



• $181,081.97 



The disbursements made from the 

 Illinois Farm Relief Fund other than 

 the item to the American Red Cross 

 and the item covering the purchase 

 of power farm equipment for use in 

 re-sale, represent direct purchases of 

 certain requirements for beneficiaries 

 in the earlier efTortB of the Commit- 

 tee to place the farmer beneficiaries 

 and the farms on a producing basis 

 for the present crop season. The 

 American Red Cross are required un- 

 der the terms of the Memorandum 

 Agreement to segregate and properly 

 and fully account for all funds re- 

 ceived from the Illinois Farm Relief 

 Committee. The War Department fi- 

 nally audits all books of account and 

 records of the American Red Cross in 

 this and all other disasters. The 



purchases of power farm equipment 

 were necessary to assure seasonable 

 plowing In part of the area. The 

 proceeds will be returned to the 

 fund as this equipment is resold. 



The Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion, as its contribution, is taking 

 care of all administration expenses of 

 the fund, necessary field expenses, 

 and other expenses, so that the fund 

 in tota is available for the relief pro- 

 gram. 



Red CrosH la Cluiive 



So that those who are unacquainted 

 with the Illinois afea may have the 

 proper information at hand in con- 

 sidering the reports: The disaster 

 work In the entire Missouri-Illlnos- 

 Indiana area is administered by the 

 American Red Cross from a central 

 ofBce 'located at Murphysboro. func- 

 tioning through local area offices in 

 charge of actual case work. Each 

 local area office, as the term implies 

 has charge of the work in a certain 

 limited immediate territory. 



The Illinois area in this manner Is 

 subdivided into the following local 

 areas: Gorham. Murphysboro. DeSoto. 

 all in Jackson county; Bush In the 

 extreme corner of Williamson county; 

 West Frankfort In Franklin county; 

 McLeansboro in Hamilton county; 

 and Carmi In White county. The di- 

 saster involved exclusively rural 

 areas In Hamilton and White coun- 

 ties. In the other counties In Illinois, 

 town losses were involved in addition 

 to the rural losses suffered. 

 Flmire* Reflect Heavy Urbaa Damnir^ 



The town of Gorham was practl- 

 caMy demolished and the storm dam- 

 age at DeSoto involved all but the 

 southeastern portion of the town. 

 The storm damage at Bush covered 

 the extreme north portion of the 

 town and adjoining territory. The 

 terrific and extensive destruction 

 done by the storm and losses of prop- 

 erty at Murphysboro an<l West Frank- 

 fort is no doubt well known to all 

 and is further reflected in the finan- 

 cial reports. In Franklin county. In 

 addition to the extensive losses in 

 West Frankfort, the village of Piirisii 

 was completely destroyed. 



Both the vKre-ohairman. Mr. Curt 

 Anderson of Xenia. and the chairman 

 of the Illinois Farm Relief Commit- 

 tee have given the work, as required 

 from time to time, their personal at- 

 tention, and are continuing to do so. 



REPORT SAYS AUGUST 

 WILL BE GOOD MONTH 

 TO BUY DAIRY COWS 



Your County Farm Bureau Has 

 Information From I. A. A. 

 Telling Best Places To Buy. 



Where can I get some gqod milk 

 cows? 



This is the question that enters 

 the dairyman's mind about as soon 

 as he has disposed of his T. B. re- 

 actors or culled out his unprofitable 

 milkers. 



"Some farmers may have the im- 

 pression that milk cows are apt to 

 be scarce and rather high priced 

 this fall," states a report sent to all 

 farm advisers in the state by the 

 dairy and live stock marketing de- 

 partments, which are jointly han- 

 dling the t. b. eradication project of 

 the I. A. A. In sections where sur- 

 plus cows can be purchased cheese 

 making Is the chief outlet for milk. 

 Cheese has been a good price this 

 year. Naturally every dairyman will 

 keep his cows as long as possible, 

 especially with, cheese milk ranging 

 from $1.90 to $2.10 per cwt. In such 

 sections everybody has been hang- 

 ing onto their cows. 



Good Selections In .lufnist 



"The question ot feed and hous- 

 ing for the coming winter will soon 

 put surplus cows in Minnesota, Wis- 

 consin and Ohio on the market. Re- 

 cent Inspection tours by the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association found that 

 there will be available a good selec- 

 tion to choose from the latter part 

 of August and early September. This 

 will be a good time to pick up 

 springers to milk this fall and next 

 winter. The prices will run quite 

 consistently with the age and qual- 

 ity of the cows. *!very Illinois buyer 

 should be sure that he is buying 

 cows that are free from tuberculosis 

 and abortion. It is possible in many 

 instances to obtain cows with cow 

 test association records. 



"It is a good idea for several 

 farmers wishing to make up a car- 

 load of cattle to make the buying 

 tour together. The I. A. A., through 

 the county Farm Bureaus, can tell 

 members where good milk cows can 

 be purchased. By seeing personally 

 where your cows come from and 

 having taken a part in the dicker- 

 ing, farmers will be more satisfied. 

 And this direct contact helps shorten 

 the road from seller to buyer." 



FARM BUREAUS HGHT 

 FREIGHT RATE BOOST 



(Continued from paffe 1. col. 5.) 

 ity of farmers to stand an Increased 

 freight rate at this time will be 

 thoroughly understood at the bear- 

 ing." 



Direction of the case for the 

 American Farm Bureau will be in 

 the hands of Frank Bvans, secre- 



tary and general marketing counsel, 

 and O. W. Sandberg, director of 

 transportation of the American 

 Farm Bureau — together with the 

 aid and assistance of state farm bu- 

 reau officers and such experts as may 

 be called In, 



The railroads have not yet speci- 

 fied the exact percentage of Increase 

 they will ask. They have simply 

 filed petition asking that rates be 

 so adjusted that the railroads will 

 receive a 5% per cent return on 

 their valuation. However, the July 

 11 issue of the Railway Age, of 

 which Samuel O. Dunn, spokesman 

 of the railroads, is editor, in an edi- 

 torial states that the railroads tell 

 short ot this 5\ per cent by $181,- 

 000,000 in 1924. To make up this 

 deficit It is estimated would require 

 an 11 per cent Increase over present 

 rates. 



Commenting on the action of the 

 American Farm Burfeau, President 

 Bradfute said: 



"Three years ago this organization 

 in working to relieve this serious 

 economic situation confronting agri- 

 culture discovered that high freight 

 rates were one of the factors which 

 were keeping agriculture at the bot- 

 tom of the pile. At that time we 

 went before the public and to the 

 Interstate Commerce Commission 

 and asked that agriculture be re- 

 lieved. 



".A BaHir IniluHtry" 



"We showed to the satisfaction of 

 the Commission that freight rates 

 did have an important part in the 

 economic condition of agriculture. 

 We established the fact that farm- 

 ing was a basic Industry and that 

 unless agriculture was restored to 

 a prosperous condition, industries 

 and railroads alike would suffer. 



"Some reHef was obtained. Then 

 the rallro^s came to us. They told 

 us that nieir properties had been 

 returned to them by the Government 

 in a most impaired condition. That 

 In order that good service be estab- 

 lished it was necessary that these 

 properties be put into good shape. 

 This, they said, could not be done 

 if rates were further reduced. 



"We agreed ' to this and forbore 

 asking for further reductions. The 

 farmer was willing to bear his share 

 of the load of reconstruction. The 

 railroads did put their property In 

 good shape and now on the strength 

 of this improved property and the 

 outlay which was necessary to make 

 these Improvemeqts they dare to ask 

 for increased rates. The Farm Bu- 

 reau will fight that proposal until 

 the proposal Is killed." 



Annual Meet at Flora 

 Ends Successful Year 

 For Red Top Growers 



Another successful year of mar- 

 keting red top seed co-operatively 

 for appro.Yimately 800 farmers In 

 southern Illinois through the Egyp- 

 tian Seed Growers Exchange at 

 Flora was closed and another one 

 begun when the annual meeting 

 was held in the warehouse at Flora, 

 July 14. 



Gross receipts from sales during 

 the year amounted to $181,415.79, 

 with total cost ot operations at 

 $24,399.17, leaving the net re- 

 ceipts to the growers tor 1,471.726 

 pounds of seed handled at $157,- 

 016.62, according to the financial 

 statement. Advances to growers 

 upon delivery of seed amounted to 

 $118,913.26. The remainder, 

 amounting to $38,103.36, was dis- 

 tributed to the grower members 

 shortly after March 1. 



The average price obtained by 

 the members by co-operating, was 

 above the average level ot prices 

 received by farmers who sold direct- 

 ly to private buyers, according to 

 figures ot the United States De- 

 partment of Agriculture. The co- 

 operative handled suflScient volume 

 to be a strong force in maintaining 

 a higher general price level than 

 would exist it there were no farm- 

 ers' organization in the business. 

 Raised Price Level 



"Since about 95 per cent of the 

 world's crop of red top is grown in 

 this eight-county area which is 

 served by the Egyptian Seed Grow- 

 ers Exchange," says Curt Ander- 

 son, general manager, "and the 

 Exchange handles approximately 60 

 per cent ot all the red top grown 

 in the area, it Is In a good position 

 to exert an unusual influence in 

 raising the price all farmers re- 

 ceive." 



Selection of directors resulted in 

 the election of the following new 

 directors: O. B. Scrivner of Jeffer- 

 son county, Marshall C. Smith of 

 Wayne county, and J. M. Luse ot 

 Clay county. In addition, W. L, 

 Cope ot Salem, who succeeded J. E. 



MRS. JAMES PiaURES 

 FUN CITY KIDS ENJOY 

 IN HELPING DO CHORES 



Her Letter Like Many Requests 

 Coming in For Poor Slum 

 Cluldr«i, But Many More 

 Needed. Will You Help? 



"I imagine feeding the chickens 

 and cow would be fun for little city 

 children." writes Mrs. Wm. Pierce 

 James of Galesburg, in her request 

 for two youngsters from the Chicago 

 slums for a two week's outing in 

 the country. Mr. and Mrs. James 

 have four children ot their own, so 

 they know how delighted and "Im- 

 ■portant" the little ones feel when 

 they are allowed to "help with the 

 chores" — ■ especially for the first 

 time. Mrs. James is right in think- 

 ing that the city children, who 

 know much of motor trucks and 

 street cars and very little ot cows 

 and pigs, would hare fun scatter- 

 ing grain to the greedy hens and 

 poking fodder into "bossy's" man- 

 ger. That would be a vacation and 

 an education all In one. 



Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Jacobs of St. 

 Francisville, are giving a joyous va- 

 cation to four children who have 

 five other brothers and sisters In 

 the Chicago tenement district. The 

 father of this family has been out 

 ot work for many weeks, so, In ad- 

 dition to the fresh air and sun- 

 shine and the delight ot fields and 

 pastures which these poor young- 

 sters are enjoying, they are no 

 doubt actually getting the first 

 "square meals" they have had for 

 a long time. It is hard for country 

 people to realize the number of un- 

 der-nourished children there are In 

 the city, even in times ot prosper- 

 ity. 



Other Kind Hearted People 



Others who have asked that chil- 

 dren be sent them are: 



Mrs. J. P. Leach, Pontlac, 1; Mrs. 

 Alfred Rohu, Tuscola, 1; Mrs. Haus 

 Helt. Arthur, 2; Mrs. Gus Engel- 

 hardt, Compton, 2; Mrs. Jacob 

 Schilling, Hanna, 1. 



Many places have been provided 

 for outings for the slum kiddles, 

 through the generosity of farm bu- 

 reau folks, but hundreds ot the 

 little folks are still waiting, hoping 

 that this summer they will have a 

 chance *to spend two wonderful 

 weeks in the country. Won't you 

 folks who read this, and who live 

 within 200 miles ot Chicago, help 

 them to realize their dreams by 

 taking one or more for a two-weeks 

 outing? All you need to do is to 

 drop a line to our Outing Secretary, 

 stating the number you want and 

 the time it would be most conveni- 

 ent for them to come. The chil- 

 dren will be delivered to the station 

 nearest you. The United Charities 

 ot Chicago will see that they are 

 clean and will assume all responsi- 

 bility. 



Remember — Outing Secretary, I. 

 A. A., 608 S. Dearborn St. 



Warns Against Fraud 

 in Streuigers "Life 



Membership" Scheme 



A lute membership in a "Better 

 Farming Association" at the attrac- 

 tive price ot $8 was the otter re- 

 cently ot a stranger to several farm- 

 ers in Woodford county, according 

 to a report of H. A. deWerlt, farm 

 adviser, to W. H. Smith, state lead- 

 er ot farm advisers, at the Univer- 

 sity ot Illinois, 



"We know nothing of a so-called 

 Better Farming Association, No 

 one authorized to use name of Illi- 

 nois Agricultural College In any 

 such connection. Secure definite 

 information if possible and assist in 

 stopping this fraud," wrote W. H, 

 Smith, state leader to all farm ad- 

 visers. 



And neither are any such persons 

 authorized to use the name ot the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association, 



Lingenfelter ot Lawrencevllle, was 

 elected to the board representing 

 the Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion. 



"We feel that the meeting as a 

 whole was a real success for the 

 reason that a great many members 

 entered into the various discussions, 

 which resulted In a better under- 

 standing between members and 

 Tnanagement," said Curt Anderson, 

 secretary-treasurer and general 

 manager. "Although the red top 

 crop is only about 50 per c^nt ot 

 normal this year, we expect to car- 

 ry on in good shape." 



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