S, 1925 



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 20gniz- 

 lanner. 

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N. 



at I think 

 •e the Illi- 

 erainst any 

 ■ county. 



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 nk we are 

 ditlons are 

 for sale in 



y say that 

 ey receive, 

 e our own 

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 ?e county. 



}d increase 

 ty, I would 



to prevent ' 

 ^rs of this 

 ice shipped ' 

 it for wnat 



their Live 

 during the 

 rs of tank- 



of various 

 11 per cent 



farmers of 



1 the ta.rm- 

 6 anythin^r 

 rease going 



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t\ regard to 

 increase in 

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 sider it un- 

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 iculture. It 

 a raise has 

 t organized 

 I will be 

 Donald, Mt. 



.ddressed to 

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 tes. 



ne with the 

 expect any 

 is on a de- 

 it would be 

 farmer now 

 , heavy pen- 

 :es. 

 ation to do 



products as 

 has already 

 ^sident, Ver- 



enue to give 

 this time is 

 :ion," stated 

 ilion County 



Jly received, 

 egate to aid 



ng for some 

 this. 



ion with the 

 should meet 

 by reducing 

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 nstanee, the 

 isting to the 

 lave a train 

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 ternoon, but 

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 n about 2:30 

 Chicago and 

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ranch of the 

 er train had 

 > P. M. This 

 so that this 

 ly enough so 

 I of his class 

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 Lild stay and 



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 Lruck service 

 the railroads 

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 ; with you.^ 



Angutt IS, 192S 



The IBinoM AgrkiJtaiwJ AweciBtioB Record 



Pi re 3 



• 20TH DISTRICT HEARS 

 OF I. A. A. ACTIVITIES 

 FROM FOUR DIRECTORS 



Meeting at Jacluonvflle of Farm 

 Bureau Leaders Reflects 

 Strength of Movement in 

 These Counties. 



Ponder. 



First-hand information concern- 

 ing what the I. A. A. is doing In 

 i t s departments 

 o f organization, 

 phosphate - lime- 

 stone, taxation 

 and statistics, 

 and information, 

 was obtained by 

 e 5 representa- 

 tives of the Farm 

 Bureaus of Cass, 

 Menard, Scott, 

 Jersey, Pike, 

 Greene, Brown 

 and Mo r gan 

 counties when 

 Earl c. Smith the second 20th 

 district confer- 

 ence of the year was held at Jack- 

 sonville, July 30. Mason county's 

 .delegation was stopped by rain. 



Earl C. Smith of Detroit, Pike 

 county, executive committeeman 

 for the district, oflSciated and ab- 

 sorbed the farm bureau leaders' 

 desires in order to reflect them later 

 to the rest of the I. A. A. executive 

 committee. C. S. Black of Jackson- 

 ville, president of the Morgan 

 County Farm Bureau, was elected 

 chairman for the day, and Guy H. 

 Husted, farm adviser of the Cass 

 County Farm Bureau, served as sec- 

 retary. 



Membership Increasing Says 

 Metzger 

 "Farmers are joining and re- 

 joining the Farm Bureau this year 

 in our renewal campaigns with a 

 better and clearer idea than ever 

 before as to what it is all about," 

 stated George E. Metzger, director 

 of organization. "The counties 

 which are conducting renewal cam- 

 paigns this year, and which have 

 progressed to a point where we can 

 tell the extent of membership, re- 

 port increases. These range from 

 10 to 25 per cent of the old mem- 

 bership, and average about 15 per 

 cent." 



"The wealth of nation lies in the 

 fertility of her soil," said J. R. 

 Bent, director of the phosphate- 

 limestone department. "Illinois 

 farmers are keenly aware of this 

 fact, and have demonstrated their 

 readiness to 'take' to scientific prac- 

 tices to such an extent that last 

 year Illinois used more agricultural 

 limestone than any other state in 

 the Union, in fact, one-fourth of all 

 that was used in the United States. 

 This year we will beat the previous 

 record." 



Watson Urges Amendment's Adop- 

 tion 

 John C. Watson, director of tax- 

 ation and statistics, declared that 

 Morgan county land and city prop- 

 erty is assessed on a higher per- 

 centage of valuation than any other 

 county in the 20th district, and 

 therefore bears a rather unjust por- 

 tion of state taxes. A great variety 

 of taxation conditions exist over the 

 state, he said, most of which are 

 the outgrowth of human nature, or 

 the inherent desire of most people 

 to escape taxation. With such a 

 muddle in tax systems over the 

 I state, many people, especially own- 

 ) ers of real property, both city and 

 i country, are paying an unjust por- 

 tion, while intangibles are going 

 practically free, and in many cases 

 entirely so. 



He strongly advocated the adop- 

 tion of the amendment to the rev- 

 enue section of the state constitu- 

 4 tion when It comes up for popular 

 J vote in November. 1926. Adoption 

 I of the amendment, he stated, does 

 j not enact additional taxes, but will 

 I give the General Assembly permls- 

 I sion and power to remedy the rev- 

 I enue situation of the state. 



I I. A. A. Activities Increasing 



I Harry C. Butcher, director of In- 

 formation, told of increased activity 

 j of the I. A. A. In the news of the 

 nation,' which, he stated, is largely 

 ] because of the Increasing prestige 

 of the state association and its in- 

 I creaslngly greater activity. 

 I "This was a fine meeting," Com- 

 I mitteeman Smith said at the close. 

 I "There is a splendid spirit in this 

 ( district, which reflects the con- 

 Istructive work being done." 

 I Those who were present are as 

 •follows: 



Land Valuations Reduced $8,905,88 7 



in 6 Counties Within the Last Year 



V ^ J 



SIX farm bureau counties, with 

 the Illinois Agricultural Asso- 

 ciation co-operating, have 

 brought about a reduction in as- 

 sessed land valuations totalling ^8, 

 905,887 within the last year, ac- 

 cording to J. C. Watson, taxation 

 specialist. This reduction will save 

 the landowners of the six counties 

 approximately $57,888.26 each year 

 in state taxes alone. 



The assessed valuation of the 

 farm laiids' in many of the counties 

 in Illinois is based upon the in- 

 flated values of the world war days, 

 and it is the plan of the I. A. A. to 

 assist the farmers throughout the 

 state to bring about a reduction of 

 the assessments to amounts cor- 

 responding to the present value of 

 the lands. The six counties, where 

 such reductions were accomplished 

 in 1924, included Vermilion with a 

 reduction of J2, 241, 812; Logan, 

 $2,620,790; Whiteside, $1,749,873; 

 Kane, $919,175; Montgomery, 

 $890,717; and Cass, $483,520. 



Ford First This Year 



The first county to get a reduc- 

 tion in 1925 was Ford. The 

 board of revenue made a reduction 

 in the assessed valuations amount- 

 ing to nearly $1,350,000 on farm 

 lands. This, It is estimated will 

 make a saving to landowners of 

 approximately $8,200 annually on 

 state taxes. Ford county lands 

 averaged $90 per acre in the 1924 

 valuation, and this reduction will 

 reduce the value to $81 per acre. 



Notable reductions have been 

 made in other counties, principally 

 Shelby county with a reduction of 

 $862,731 and Jo Daviess where the 

 reduction amounted to $299,385. 

 In the case of Whiteside county full 

 credit of the saving goes to the 

 county Farm Bureau which accom 

 plished the reduction without any 

 outside assistance. 



At the present time the McLean 

 County Farm Bureau is requesting 

 a reduction from the board of re- 



Morgan county: C. S. Black. H. P. 

 Joy. M, Greenleat. E. R. Hembrough. 

 Austin B. Patterson, F. R. Watson 

 and G. B. Kendall, farm adviser. 



Pike county: Earl C. Smith, execif- 

 tive committeeman: J. H. Billin§:8, 

 W. F. Beckenholdt. J. A. Miller and 

 Frank N. Barrett, farm adviser. 



Cass county: Guy H. Husted, R. J. 

 Meyer and Geo. R. Cline. 



Scott county: Fred Booster, Bert 

 Smothers, J. P. Bunch, Clyde J 

 North, W. M. Carlton, John C. Moore, 

 A. F. Morris. M. L. Murray. A. W. 

 Weeder. B. F. Webster, William Ha- 

 senkamp and Alfred Tate, farm ad- 

 viser. 



Jersey county: H. J. Stelnkuehler, 

 Ira Cotingrham, John F. Powel, F. W. 

 Schultz. C. E. Stanley, Thos. Cum- 

 mings, M. B. Voorhees, John S. Cum- 

 mlngs. F. L. Dodge, Chas. Campbell. 

 Richard Walton and R. L. Eyman, 

 farm adviser. 



Brown county: Chas. H. Snyder. F. 

 H. Six, Allen M. Ater, W. P. Miller, 

 farm adviser. 



Menard county: C. A. Hughes, farm 

 adviser. 



MARKETING POUCY 

 OUTLINED BY DAVIS 



(Continued from page 1, col. I.) 

 For farmers In territories in 

 which neither farmers' elevators 

 nor commodity associations can be 

 applied, the I. A. A. grain policy 

 recommends the organization of lo- 

 cal grain shipping associations. In 

 this plan 50 or more members can 

 organize themselves and arrange to 

 load their grain into cars on the 

 track and later If advisable to pur- 

 chase or erect an elevator of their 

 own. Such a plan requires neither 

 a large capital investment nor a 

 detailed organization and will prove 

 advantageous in counties where 

 grain is not the principal marketed 

 crop. 



The grain marketing policy, as 

 developed by the I. A. A., is inclu- 

 sive and may be applied to practi- 

 cally all territories and conditions 

 in the state. It Is toward a state- 

 wide service in marketing grain 

 that the Illinois Agricultural Asso- 

 ciation is working. 



The I. A. A. is preparing an ag- 

 ricultural exhibit to be displayed at 

 the Central States Exposition at 

 Aurora, on August 21-29; the Illi- 

 nois State Fair, Springfield, Septem- 

 ber 19-26; and the Illinois Prod- 

 ucts Exposition at the American 

 Exposition Palace, Chicago, on 

 October 8-17. The exhibit will be 

 a credit to Illinois agriculture and 

 the State Farm Bureau. Come 

 around to the booth when you at- 

 tend the fairs. 



views which will amount to a sav- 

 ing of 10 per cent to the landown- 

 ers. Other counties including Ogle, 

 Peoria, Clay and Kane are expect- 

 ing to ask for a reduction this year. 

 The reduction made in Kane county 

 last year was not as large as It 

 should have been according to the 

 present land values. Last year the 

 Peoria Farm Bureau asked for a 

 reduction in the assessed valuation 

 of farm lands but was unsuccestful 

 due to the opposition of the county 

 treasurer and certain members of 

 the board of review, according to 

 the Peoria County Farmer, oSlcial 

 organ of the county Farm Bureau. 

 This year, It is understood that the 

 board admits the fairness of the re- 

 guest and It is l>elieved that a re- 

 duction will be accomplished. 



Other States Active 

 Other states, particularly Iowa, 

 Michigan, Ohio, Missouri and Indi- 

 ana, are also making efforts to 

 bring about a reduction on taxation 

 assessments. Last year, according 

 to the Missouri Farm Bureau News, 

 the Farm Bureau Federation In that 

 state succeeded in getting a reduc- 

 tion in 13 counties and this year 

 data is being prepared on 57 other 

 counties with the hope of bringing 

 about a similar reduction. 



The state executive council of 

 Iowa, according to news reports, re- 

 cently fixed a valuation on fkrm 

 property of $69.45 per acre as com- 

 pared to $76.66 two years ago. The 

 decrease on farm lands in that state 

 in 1926 and 1927 will run from 5 

 to 15 Per cent as compared to the 

 1923 assessment, with an average 

 decrease for the state varying from 

 9 to 10 per cent, according to a 

 special correspondent to the Chica- 

 go Journal. The tax reduction work 

 in neighboring states was gotten 

 under way by Mr. Watson's assist- 

 ance. He has worked in Ohio, 

 Michigan, and Iowa, and Missouri 

 used the I. A. A. system. 



WABASH REDUCES ITS 

 PROPOSED LIMESTONE 

 FREIGHT RATE BOOST 



Planned Big Increase to Correct 

 Error, But I. A. A. GeU Com- 

 promise Which Will Save 

 Farmers Many Dollars. 



Farmers along the Wabash rail- 

 road who buy limestone will bene- 

 fit from a recent negotiation of the 

 I. A. A. phosphate-limestone de- 

 partment and Vice-President Max- 

 well of the railroad. 



Earlier in the summer the Wa- 

 bash officials signified their inten- 

 tion of advancing its rate on agri- 

 cultural limestone in order to cor- 

 rect an error made by its employees 

 at the time the former low rate was 

 published. The formjer rate ab- 

 sorbed a 30-cent-per-t(in switching 

 charge which is necessary to trans- 

 port the stone from the quarries 

 to the company's own line. 



Propo«e<l Increase Reduced 



"In correcting the error," states 

 J. R. Bent, director of the depart- 

 ment, "the railroad proposed an in- 

 crease which would have placed a 

 severe penalty on limestone pur- 

 chases from quarries served by this 

 line. Naturally it would have de- 

 creased the use of limestonfe to a 

 considerable degree. 



"I am very glad to be able to 

 report that Vice-President Maxwell 

 has agreed to minimize their pro- 

 posed increase, even though it 

 leaves the net rate on the Wabash 

 extremely low for the mileage con- 

 cerned in view of the fact that 

 there is a switching charge to be 

 handled. He promised to get out 

 a new tariff at once which will ab- 

 sorb a portion of the 30-cent switch- 

 ing charge levied by the connecting 

 line at the shipping or 'origin' end 

 as follows: 



"1. On movements where the main 

 line haul amounts to $1 per ton or 

 more freight, the Wabash will ab- 

 sorb 25c of the switching. 



"2. On movements amounting to 

 90c or more, but less than »1, 15c. 



"3. On movements amounting to 

 80c or more, but less than 9l)c, 10c 



"This very favorable action is 

 good for the balance of 1925 as a 

 trial matter. I hope that the re- 

 sults this year will convince Mr. 

 Maxwell that such encouraging 

 rates should be maintained perma- 

 nently." 



State Picnic's Still 

 2 JTeeks Aivay, But 

 There's Bid for '26 



WITH this year's annual 

 I. A. A. state picnic sUU 

 two weeks in the future, 

 the executive committee re- 

 reived the first Invitation tor 

 the 1926 plrnic at its meeting 

 of August 7. 



It was from the McDonough 

 Coimty Farm Bureau. The ex- 

 ecutives ordereil tlie invitation 

 placed on file.- 



Watch for Chicken 



Epidemic Is Warning 

 Of Poultry Department 



The chicken disease which 

 caused the embargo to t>e placed on 

 live poultry and the enormous loss 

 to Illinois farmers last year has be- 

 gun again to show up in the New 

 York market, according to informa- 

 tion received by F. A. Gougler, 

 head of the poultry and egg depart- 

 ment of the I. A. A. 



To forestall the spread of the 

 disease and the ultimate embargo. 

 Director Gougler has issued a warn- 

 ing to Illinois farmers through 

 their 92 county Farm Bureaus to, 

 "Be extra carefnl not to send sick 

 fowl to market." 



"We should not forget the serious 

 epidemic of poultry diseases that 

 developed throughout the country 

 last year and which may appear 

 again this year," reads the warn- 

 ing. "Since symptoms of many 

 diseases are very much alike, every 

 effort should be made to prevent 

 sick birds from reaching the mar- 

 ket which may cause another em- 

 bargo. 



"During the months of August 

 and September poultry culling will 

 be done by farm advisers and other 

 poultrymen and It will be well for 

 them to call farmers' attention to 

 the Importance of marketing only 

 healthy stocks." 



Government and state authorities 

 are working quietly but thoroughly 

 to stamp out the disease wherever 

 It appears. By careful Inspection 

 of the farm flocks and particularly 

 fowls to be shipped^ to the large 

 markets, it Is hoped that the disease 

 may be eliminated and thus prer 

 vent a recurrence of the poultry 

 epidemic and financial loss to both 

 shipper and receiver during the 

 coming winter months. 



Over Half of Dairy 

 Cows in State Under 



Supervision for T. B. 



The tuberculosis eradication proj- 

 ect is more than half completed and 

 soon there will be enough safe tu- 

 berculin tested milk for all families 

 who consume milk from Illinois 

 herds, according to statistics com- 

 piled by A. D. Lynch, head of the 

 dairy department of the Illinois Ag- 

 ricultural Association. 



"Already 53.1 per cent of the 

 cows In Illinois have been placed 

 under supervision and 2,000 head 

 of cattle are being tested . daily," 

 states Director Lynch. "Farmers 

 throughout the state are rapidly 

 showing more interest in getting 

 their herds tested and Illinois dairy- 

 men are determined to have healthy 

 cows, safe milk for their kiddies 

 and clean tuberculin tested milk for 

 their city cousins. 



"On July 1, a year ago," accord- 

 ing to the records of the dairy de- 

 partment, "30.6 per cent of the milk 

 cows of the state had been tested. 

 In 1923 only 7.8 per cent were un- 

 der supervision and three years ago 

 the number of tuberculin tested cat- 

 tle was but 3.5 per cent. The Illi- 

 nois program has been a steady, 

 sensible progressive plan to rid the 

 state of bovine tuberculosis in a 

 co-operative and complete manner 

 and figures showing the increase in 

 number of tested cattle from 3.5 

 to over 50 per cent in only three 

 years is Indicative of the success of 

 the project. 



"The farm bureaus and the Illi- 

 nois Agricultural Association have 

 backed this program and will con- 

 tinue to assist their members and 

 their communities in the eradica- 

 tion of tuberculosis. The Job is 

 now a little over half done and it 

 is expected that the remaining por- 

 tion will be easier. The macbineo' 

 Is working smoothly. Over 136,- 

 000 head of cattle are on the cur- 

 rent list waiting to t>e tested, and 

 the passage of the Tice bill made 

 possible an appropriation of $2,- 

 000,000 for indemnities for the 

 next two rears." 



MARKETING POUCIE$ 

 'biTEN AIRING AT 22M 

 DISTRICT CONFERQ« 



Omuj and Grain Plans for I A. 

 . Told t o Farm Bureaqi 

 Waterloo Meeting 



Definite brograms for the o-op- 

 erative marketing of both grai n and 

 dairy products 

 were discussed at 

 the conference of 

 the 22nd district 

 of the Illinois ,\g- 

 rieultural Asso- 

 ciation held at 

 Waterloo on 

 August 5. 



Approxir^ately 

 50 representative 

 farm bureau 

 members were 

 present from 

 Madison. Bond. 

 St. Clair and Htaaly Cmm^lr 

 Monroe counties, 

 according bo Stanly Castle, 

 tlve committeeman of that district 

 The meeting was presided over by 

 Albert Kolmer. president o the 

 Monroe County Farm Burej u, as 

 chairman with Frank Oexnpr of 

 Waterloo officiatiog as 



secret iry 

 Featare 



Tells or Ratio Price 



During tile morning session 

 Di Lynch, director of the 

 marketing department, reviewed 

 Illinois dairy marketing plai i 

 explained how it may be appi ed 

 the milk tistribution probl^ 

 the 22nd district. The Illinoi l 

 gram, which is similar to the 

 keting methods used succet sful 

 both In Detroit and Philadelphia 

 is taow being prepared for the 

 btlreau members in Peoria, 

 well and Woodford counties, 

 der this plan the price ratio 

 ranged according to both a 

 add surplus production, whici 

 mtmnlces uniform productioii. 



The members of the 2 2 nil 

 trict have an additional prosp^tive 

 outlet for tiheir surplus milk 

 oould be arranged through th^ 

 plus plant in the territory, 11 

 an avenue should be needei I 

 cording to Director Lynch. N i 

 nite steps Were taken In regi rd 

 the dairy Siarketing at this 

 ing, but it Is believed that tbejques. 

 tion will b6 considered more 

 pletely at a future district mating 



for 



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I. A. A. Grain Policy 



Chester C. Davls^. grain mjirket 

 Ing director, addressed the 

 noon session. In his talk, Dl^-ector 

 Davis told of the Illinois 

 marketing Igrain and of the 

 Grain Marketing Company 

 been incorporated recently < 

 die the sale of tho^rain prolluced 

 by the members la the Chicaejo 

 trict). Th4 grain program, 

 viewed by Davis, Includes thr^ 

 jectives. Ttie I. A. A. aims 

 sist the already existing 600 

 ers' elevators in the formatloi i 

 central sales agency for the 

 pose of disposing of the gral 

 all markets; to develop a 

 for the farmers of the state 

 do not hate the advantages 

 co-operative elevator; and to 

 erate in tiK growth and imirove- 

 ment of the local farmers' ele' ators 

 and other eo-operatlve grain 

 dling associations for greate ' 

 ciency and harmony. 



The work of the I. A. A. 

 co-operation with the county 

 Bureaus of the district 

 Ing the state-wide programs 

 marketing Of dairy and grain 

 ucta was reviewed by Committee- 

 man CastleJ 



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MANY SLUM CHILDREN 

 ENJOYING FARM UFE 



Many children of the city klums 

 are enjoyine these last few reeks 

 of summer in the homes of Farm 

 Bureau members near Ch cago 

 These lucky youngsters will cer- 

 tainly long remember with jrati- 

 tude and affection the generoi ity of 

 the farm fatuilies into whose (nidst 

 they have been welcomed. 



The following persons hai|e re- 

 cently written to the outing 

 tary requesting children: 



Mrs. A. W. Johnson, Jerseivlll 

 2; Mrs. William H. Cobra, 

 wood. 2; Mrs. B. F. Pudicil, 

 er City, 2; Mrs. Henry 

 La Moille, 1: Mrs. Emery 

 heiser, Kent, 1; Mrs. Nels 

 Walnut, 1 ; Mrs. E. Pierce, De 

 2; Ifrs. H. I^. McVey. Kirkwoid, 



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