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The Illinois Agricultural Asaodation Record 



August 1, 1925 



HERE'S REPORT ON 

 HOW TORNADO FUND 

 IS BEING APPLIED 



Illinois Farm Relief Committee 

 Has Turned $50,000 of 

 $181,081.97 Over to Red 

 Cross, Specifying Use. 



..U> IC. A. (lowles. ('Ii;«irikiaii. 



Til*?, accoiiipanyinj; figures are in- 

 [f-nded to scrvf as a report on the 

 [•roerestJ of rHhabilitation in the 

 storm area and particularly in ■ 

 soutlH'rn Illinois, in charge of the 

 Vni'-rican Ijjed Cross. The fiuures 

 than those appearing 

 nnd>r thi> Condensed Statement cov- 

 rinu tlie Illinois Farm Relief Fund.; 

 rec»-ivpd from the American 



V* IVr Onl «r <'«Mni ClOMeil 



The r..iisulHi;it«-.I K.-pi)rt Inr nil 

 iirea-x al .July IT. IH:;-'' shows, liy 

 eomputatioii. 48 per <fiit of Hie total 

 registered eases in Ulinuis as eloseil. 

 — four motiliis att*-r tin- Hate o! the 

 ell Crftss. .slorni 



Mlie>u«rl-1llint>i«-lniHiinii Helief \|tpru|>riilll<iii>< Totuliiilt SI.INMMMNI.INI 



Uhleh KlKurr W n» Itrarhrd on .lune IMh, ll«.- 

 ■ l»M4iurl llllniii!* liHlinnti Tu^nl 



i«i.(i,'.e.'i" .j:':i, >■■"".'■" i\H:,:.::, *i. 



-^tatt- .ol' .Missouri 

 -^l;l1f I'i lllii ois, 



itiisli .\r. 



t'urnii Ar.' 



I'.orlialll .\ ■ 

 .MiirplivsiM 1 

 .M. 1,1^1 

 \V.SI Krailifo 



S'Ia(»- itf Ini 



r.i 



i:.ii. r K 



A<MtlH>iw 



r»h.si>li<l;it 



.\liHS'»iiri . . 

 llHnoix: 



hush ( . . . 



I i.Soto 



Alun»hv!*lK. I 

 \V. I-Yaiiklitrt 



Tni.i) f.'ii 



liiiliana . . 



llliiu 



Slat*' of Mi 

 Statt- of IlliT 

 f i'.ush Ar*-; 

 f'.'irmi An 

 l>«Soto Ar 

 <;*^»rhani A 

 Murphysli* 

 M*-l..anshf 

 W.St Krai 



Slati- *.f Ind 



Tut 

 Kii.tinvSR Hi- 

 Juitior Ur«l 

 '^orhani A 



1. Uttliff fii 

 L' AiMilion 



lt«rf«-i|itMi 



Total 



T.>Ial 



lkii»burMeiiirii 



KfiKin 

 S.-<-(l . 

 K.'Pfl 

 fhuki* 

 Farm • 

 Ani«ri.- 



SIM 



t:**fwiiii 



l'ii\v«-r 



4'MnrleM i 



th.- tin«I»T 



Jul r«-f.-mn' 

 11 [Kin at'tiiat 

 ihi r.-port9. 

 'i.it*-, ami n 

 *li.i|>(»i«al. s' 

 lini>- anil fi 

 lit*- proKtani- 

 It wtll h 

 I hnt on .Ml 

 rnont-hfi aftt>r 

 (Marcli IS. I: 

 s. t lip on th 

 ]'.'i\ Cross 

 fnutls to to 

 .iinniint t>f ( 

 'U-ui-inK the 



requir*-iii'iits lor bfiH-lHiarn-s in this 

 amount. 



Afcrfrnirnt or Hon lo llr ^pent 



It was also on this liat*- Aliat tlu- 

 Memorandum Aprcvmcnt wai| t'littTtMl 

 into between the lllinoin Farr*i Keliuf 

 Committee hy its chairman and the 

 American Keil Cross by Its director 

 of disaster relief, covering the trans- 

 mittal of funds from the Illinois 

 Farm Helief Committee to the Ameri- 

 can Hed <_*ross. and restrietinK and 

 limilinK 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 bi- transmit- 

 ted as needed, are to be expended by 

 the Amt*rican Ked Cross ai\,addilioiial 

 funds and in addition to actual ex- 

 penditures, commitments and appro- 

 priations lo the dale of the Memo- 

 randum A^rt-t- nienl i.Iurif 18. ltljr> t. 



HiMMOuri-llllnoiN-liidiaRn ToniiHlo Itt^ller 



U.-porr Kndiiit; June 2". 1 



Amount 

 Appropriati^d Disburs 



Total 



Appropriat«d 



.Total 

 1 >islmrse»l 



. . .$ :;a..'.i;».itt 



. . :::•;*. 6:n a;! 

 . jn:{.:,iK.:iii 



i.fiii 



» \-2 



l."..:i6'.t.L*L' 



»:...'.44.:'H 

 :ii.n»».T4 



I.-.4..-.8:..4I 



M:{.:t)ti.!M 



ti'ililalion 



• Iraji.l To 



.*1.<'T«.H8S.71 *:.i!l.i:U,LM 



al. 



■f 



. .$i.t»RS.nn8.L»:i jr)Si.Ma:r>t!' 



J 



VUMoari-llliMoiM-ln^lnna Tornaili* K^'li^'f 



FinaiK ial K, port Kudin^ Jun.- jn, l!tL'.". 



nds in hands Ani.ri* aif It.d Cross 



r ain*tunt for'il.lief i K)it imalid ) 



pproprlal.-d fi>r i:.Ii«-r. 

 Ciia|)pr<>prtat td I'.ahinrt 



."*i".ii86.H:'Hr:r:i 



$L',fi*.':».7xi.i:: 



'UN M«mI I'riMH MlMMuuri-lllintilM-lmlinnn 'rwriuttio llfll«- 



1 K. port -<l All Areas f«»r Wt-k KndiiiK Friday, .inly I 



ro 



Toial UeKistration 

 Family I'niis' 



:;32 



;.3«7 



4.8K.") 



Tola 

 <Mos. 



18» 



:>.:i.'.H 



88M 



Hi i 11 



107 



#f 



;»7 



4^ 



^•iMMWuri-llllaolM-lHdlanu T»riui«lu Krlivr 



I. It KiKliiiu, July ist II 



Are 

 ro Art- 



kiori 



liabihtalion 

 rosa: 



MiMMUurl-llllnulN- India nil I'orntiilo Itrllrf 



Financial Uej>ort Kndinn July 1.1th. l'.*'2'> 



ids in hands Atnt-rican Kfd Cross 



I amount lor r«-lief < estimated i 



\ppropriat. d lor U. li<-f . , . 

 I'nappriipriat.-d Italaftc 



$i*.7n.ai.v<'; 



.$l,64!*.t|?1.:i:t 



. l.MliL'.lll'ii.BN 



7ii.a4.'.. 



i' kndfliMeil Htnlcmrtil of lleeei|MM iiiid IIUlMirMCiiifiitH 

 llllnwiM Fnrm llelicf Fund 



Al Julv 1'7, lyiT, ■, 



■ived through Farm Iturr-auat 



•ived from other sources. .; 



.|ir.2.|S:'7.i 



iimn-nt . -i 



National If.d i'ross < iranimiitted und«r 

 He Mtmoranduni Aereement . limiting its 



. .1 i.6.';t.4ii 



. . ;i.8«:(.:*.^ 



«.-.:..!.■. 



I.Hl'J H.'. 



:: 47 



» adjust. remittant't' recfived. madr in 

 rni vriuipmeni for use and re-sale. 



■rror 1 4. XX 



- . . . 2.4:{it.)Ht 



.i;iii.rts 



^'""■' $li8.!«:.o.;t^ 



UMimrNlH on KiKurrit 



pi ion of the mairnitude 

 akihR by tin- American 

 aylif obtained by care- 

 to ihesH reports. Hast-d 

 ppropri;itions to date of 

 unds available as of that 

 n\ber of rases waitinc 

 n^e idea may be had of 

 is 'rtquired lo complete 



of iirlerest to note 

 I- ISth. exactly three 

 the date of the disaster 

 L''»i thai there had been 

 books of the .\merican 

 dual appropriation of 

 nado sufferers in the 

 .ie million dollars, evi- 

 authrorize<l purchase of 



_$18l.f»8rjt7 



The disbursements maile from the 

 Illinois Farm U<Mief Fund other than 

 the item to the Ameri<an Ked Cross 

 ai>d the item covering the purohase 

 of power farm etiuipnient for use in 

 re-sale, represent direct purchases <>{ 

 certain re(|ulrements for beiu -tl»-iuries 

 in the earlier efforts of the c<)mmil- 

 le«- to place the farmer benett. iaries 

 ami tlie farms on a produciuK basis 

 for the prest'Ut crop season. Th<' 

 American Ked Cross are reijuirod un- 

 der the terms of the Memorandum 

 Agreement to sepretrato and properly 

 and fully account for all funds re- 

 ceived from the Illinois Farm Utlief 

 Committee. The War I>epartmet|l fi- 

 nally audits all books of account and 

 records nf the American Hod Cross in 

 this and all other disasters. The 



purcliases of power farm equipment 

 were necessary to assure seasonable 

 plowing in part of the aria. Tin- 

 jiroceeds will be returned to tlie 

 lund as this *'(|Uipm<^nt is r'sold. 



The Illinois ARriciiltura I Associa- 

 tion, as its contribution, is lakiiiK 

 car*' of all administration expenses of 

 the fund, necessary fit- hi expenses, 

 and other <*xpens<s. so that the fuml 

 in ton* is availabb' for the r«lief pr(t- 

 Kram. 



Hed ('ri»SN In Chtine** 



So thai those who ar<- unaiMUaint "-d 

 with the Illinois area may have the 

 proper information at hand In eon- 

 sideriuK the reports: The disaster 

 work in the entire Missourl-Illinos- 

 iTxliana area is administered by the 

 American Ue<l Cross from a central 

 office located at Murphysboro. func- 

 tioniuB through local area ortic**s in 

 charRe of actual i-ase work. Kar-h 

 local area otfice, as the term implies 

 has r ha rill- of thf work in a ci-rtain 

 limittd immediatt- t»rritf'ry. 



Tln' Illinois area in this manner is 

 subdivided into thf followinK local 

 areas; Corham. Murphysborf*. DeStito, 

 all in Jackson eoiinty: Kusli in the 

 extreme corner "f Williamson county; 

 West Frankfort iti Franklin county; 

 McKeansboro in Hamilton founty . 

 ana Carmi in Whitf county. The di- 

 sast«T involved exilusi\ tly rural 

 areas in Ilamilton und Whit<- cmiM- 

 ties. In the oth<-r eounlii's in Illinois. 

 tovi'n losses Were involv-d in additimi 

 to the rural losses snff<-rifl, 

 Flicur«>N I<4*fl4>et llfHvy I rlinii llninniei* 



The town of Corhitrn uas pracii- 

 cally dcmoiisheil and tli<' siurm dain- 

 ai^e at I><-Soto involved all but the 

 southeastern portion of thi- town. 

 Thf storm damaue at Kush e.ivere.l 

 the t-xtrt'me no 1-1 1 1 prirtion ol i h< 

 town, and adjoininii i.rriIor>. Th- 

 t.riiln- and .-M'-nsix.- d<sl rnci ion ■ 

 done liy IIh' Storm and loss*-s of prop- 

 erty al Murphv.vboro antl \\'< st Frank- , 

 fort is no doubt wri) known to all 

 and i.-* furlh.r r.Ile.i.d in lb- linan- 

 cial reports. in Franklin cMuniy, in ; 

 adtlition to tin- .-vteiisiVf losses in ' 

 W.-st Franklori. lb.' vitlair.- of |':.risb 

 Was .((Uipb t. l.\ destroyed. ] 



I loth t lo- vii.-ebairinan. Mr. Curt 

 And. rsoti of N,-nia. and I hf chairman i 

 of tb. Illinois Farm I:.1t. f Cominil- , 

 tc. havf iriVfii tln' work, as fHuirtrl , 

 I rom lime l<» tinn-. tloir persoinil at- , 

 teiMion. aiifl are .oiittnuiim 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. 



j Whero call I k*'! stmie j^iMul milk 



I This is the question that enters 



; the (lairyman's niiiul about as soon 



as he has (iisposetl of his T. II. re- 



aclois or culled out his uiipt'otitable 



uiilkers. 



■■S<nne fanners may have the ini- 

 : pression that milk eo\^s are apt to i 

 j be scarce and rather hii;h priced j 

 I this fall." states a report sent to all i 

 I farm advisers in the state by the ! 

 ' dairy and live stock inarketinR de- 

 j partinents. which are jointly haii- ' 

 I dlinp the t. b. eradication project of 

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

 j piu.s cows ean be purchased cheese 

 , making is the chief outlet for milk. 

 rheese has been a good price this i 

 year. Naturally every dairyman will \ 

 keep his cows as long as possible, 

 especially with cheese milk ranging 

 from ?1.9o t<t $2.10 per cwt. In such 

 sections everybody has been hang- 

 ing onto their cows. 



<i(mmI Sele<-1i(>ns in .Xii^iist 

 "The question of feed and hous- 

 ing; for the coming winter will soon 

 I put surplus cow.s 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. Every Illinois buyer 

 should he sure that he is buying 

 cows that are free from tuberculosis 

 and abortion. It is possible in many 

 inBtances 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 

 lour together. The I. .A. A., through 

 the county Farm liureaus, 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 salistied. 

 And this direct contact helps shorten 

 the road from seller to buyer." 



FARM BUREAUS FIGHT 

 FREIGHT RATE BOOST 



(t'ontinued from pa&e 1. ro]. 5.) 

 ity of farmers to stand an increased 

 freight rate at this time will be 

 thoroughly understood at the hear- 

 ing." 



Direition of the ease for the 

 .American Farm Bureau will be in 

 the hands of Frank Evans, 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 

 liled 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 fell 

 short of this '1% per cent by $181.- 

 000.000 in 1924. To make up this 

 deficit it is estimated would require 

 an 11 per cent increase over Resent 

 rates. 



Commenting on the action of the 

 -Vmerican Farm Bureau. President 

 Bradfute said: 



"Three years ago this organization 

 in working to relieve this serious 

 economic situation confronting agri- 

 cultnre discovered tliat liiflii freight 

 rates were one of the factors which 

 were keeping agriculture at the bot- 

 tom of the pile. .\t that time We 

 went before the. public and to the 

 Interstate Commerce Commission 

 and askeil that agriculture he re- 

 lieved. 



".\ Uasic lli«ill.str>** 



"We showed lo 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 iiulustry anil that 

 unless agriculture was restored to 

 a prosperous i-cmdition. industries 

 anil railroads alike would suffer. 



"Some relief was ohtiiined. Then 

 the railroads came to ns. They told 

 us iliat iheir properties had been 

 returned to them hy the (ipvermnent 

 In a most impaired condition. That 

 ill order that good service' be estab- 

 lished it was necessary tllat these 

 priipertie.-^ lie put into gol^d shape. 

 This, they said, cimlil uM be done 

 if rates were further ri'ihn ed. 



"We agreed In this aiid forbore 

 askin.L; for further reductions. The 

 farmer was willing to hear his share 

 of the load of reconstruction. The 

 railroads did imt their property in 

 good shaiie and now on the strength 

 of this improved property and the 

 outlay wliii'h was necessary to make 

 these imiirovemenis they dare to ask 

 for inireased rates. The Farm Bu- 

 reau will tight that proposal until 

 the proposal is killed." 



Annual Meet at Flora 

 t'.mls SiuTcssfiil > ear 

 For Red Top Growers 



.\notlier sticcessfiil ,\ear of mar- 

 kitin;; red topi seed co-operatively 

 for approNiniatel.N xoo farmers in 

 southern Illinois through the K^yii- 

 tian Seeil dowers Exchange at 

 Flora was closed and another one 

 be^un when the annual meeting 

 was lield in the warehouse at Flora. 

 July 14. 



tJross receipts from sales during 

 the year amounted to $1 S1.41 u.7;>. 

 with total cost of operations at 

 $24.:>!i:(.l 7, leavinj; the net re- 

 ceipts to the .urowtrs. for 1. 471,72*1 

 poui\ds of seed handled at $157,- 

 0I(;.H2. according to the financial 

 statement. .Advances to growers 

 upon d<'liver\ of seed amoutited to 

 II lS.!ii;i.2t;. The remainder, 

 amountiim to $:'iS,lM:{.:[ti, Was dis- 

 tributed to the grower members 

 shortly after March 1. 



The avera;;e price obtained by 

 the members by co-operatinii. was 

 above the a\erage level of prices 

 received b.\" farmers who sold direct- 

 ly to private buyers, accordinu to 

 H.uures of the fjiited States De- 

 partment of .Vcriculture. The co- 

 oiierative handled sufiicient volume 

 to be a stronu foi^e in maintaining: 

 a hii;her general price level than 

 would exist if there were no farm- 

 ers' organization in the business. 

 ICaisetl IVIce Level 



".Since about Uii per cent of tlie 

 world's crop of red top is grown in 

 this eight-county area which is 

 served by the Kgyptian Seed Grow- 

 ers Kxchang*',*' says Curt Ander- 

 son, general manager, "and the 

 Exchange handles approximately. 50 

 per cent of 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. n. Scrivner of Jeffer- 

 son county, .Marshall C. Smith of 

 Wayne county, and J. M. Luse of 

 Clay county. In addition, \V. I,. 

 Cope of .Salem, who succeeded J. E. 



MRS. JAMES PICTURES 

 FUN CITY KIDS ENJOY 

 IN HELPING DO CHORES 



Her Letter Like Many Requests 

 Coming in For Poor Slum 

 Children, But Many More 

 Needed. WUl You Help? 



"I imagine feeding the chickens 

 and cow would be fun for little city 

 cliildren, " writes Mrs. Win. 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 of their own. so 

 they know how delighted and "im- 

 portant" tile little ones feel when 

 tliey are allowed to 'help with the 

 chores" — especially for the first 

 tinu'. .Mrs. James is right in tiiink 

 ins tliat the city children, who 

 know much of motor trucks and 

 street cars and very little of cows 

 and pigs, would ihave fun scatter- 

 ing grain to the; greedy hens and 

 poking fodder injo "bossy's" man- 

 ger. That would be a vacation and 

 an education all jin one. 



Mr. and Mrs. (!. H. Jacobs of St. 

 Francisville, are giving a joyous va- 

 cation to four children who have 

 , Jive other brothers and sisters in 

 the Chicago tenement district. The 

 father of this family has been out 

 of work for many weeks, so, in ad- 

 dition to the fresh uir and sun- 

 shine and the delight of fields and 

 pastures which these poor young- 

 sters are enjoying, they are no 

 -doubt actually getting the first 

 "s(|uare meals " they have had for 

 a long time. It is bard for country 

 people to realize the number of un- 

 der-nourished children there are in 

 the cin. even ill times of prosper- 

 ii.\ - 



(Mlier Kind Hearleil I'eoplc 



Oth' rs who liave asked tiiat chil- 

 dren tie sent them are: 



.Mrs. J. I', l.each, I'ontiac, 1; .Mrs. 

 .\lfred Kohu. Tuscola, I; .Mrs. Haus 

 Heit, Arthur. 2; .Mrs. C.us Kngel- 

 hardl. Conr.iton. 2; .Mrs. Jacob 

 Schilling. H.inna, 1. 



.Man,\' [daces have been provided 

 lor outings for thi' slum kiddies, 

 throuuli the Kenerosity of iarni bu- 

 reau folks, but hundreds of 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 2011 miles of Chicago, help 

 Iheiii lo realize their dreams by 

 taking one or luor*' for a two-weeks 

 outing'.' .VII .vou need to do is to 

 drop a line to our Outing Secretary, 

 staling the number you want and 

 tile time it would be most conveni- 

 ent for them to come. The chil- 

 dren will he delivered to the Station 

 nearest you. Tlie I'nited Charities 

 of Chicago will see that they are 

 clean and will assume all responsi- 

 bility. 



Ketuember — Outing .Secretary, I. 

 .\. .\.. t;us S. Dearborn St. 



H Virus Against Fraud 

 in Stranger's "Life 



Membership" Scheme 



A life meiiibersliip in a "Better 

 rarming Association" at the attrac- 

 tive price of $S was' the offer re- 

 cently of a stranger to several farm- 

 ers in Woodford county, according 

 to a report of H. A. deWerff, farm 

 adviser, to \V. H. Smith, state lead- 

 er of farm advisers, at the Univer- 

 sity of 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 sttch persons 

 authorized to use the name of the 

 Illinois ,\gricultural -Vssociatlon. 



I.ingenfelter of Lawrenceville, 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 man)' members 

 entered into the various discussions, 

 which resulted in a better uttder- 

 standing between members and 

 manageiuent, " said Curt .\nderson. 

 secretary-treasurer and general 

 manager. "Although the red top 

 crop is only about 50 per cent of 

 normal this year, we expect to car- 

 ry on in good shape. ' 



The 



