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The Illinois Agricultural Association Record 



August 29, 1925 



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Publllhed «,T«r3r other Saturday by the lUlnola AKrlcultural A«- 

 •eclatlon, SOi aouth Dearborn Street. ChlcaKo, IlUnola. Edited 

 by .Department] of Information. Harry C. Butcher, Director. 



Entered n eecind class matter Oct. 10. 1921, at tlie post office 

 »t ^hlcaco. IllikQia. under the act of March J. H7}r Acceptance 

 for mailing at anecial r^ea of postase provided for In Section 

 1103. Act of Oojtcftcr 3 . 1317. authorized Oct. 31,;1921. 



The IndiTldualtnemherihIp fee of the Illlnoia A«rlcultural A»- 

 •oclatlon la flTh doUan a year. The fee Inoludea payment of 

 nfty cents for leubscriptlon to the Illinoli Acrlcultural Aaao- 

 oiatlon TCEcoiD. , 



' Poatmaster: Ih returning an uncalled-tor or mlaaent copy, 

 pleaae indicate key number on address aa la required by law. 



OtTICKKS 

 PretiWcnt, S. H. Thompson, Qulncy. 

 Vice-I*r«ii(lenl, H. E. Uoenibel, Hooppole. 

 TreB,>.urer, II. A. Cowles, Bloomiiigton 

 .Swrelary, Geo. A. Fox, Sjcamore. 



1st to 11th.;. 



12th , 



13th 



14th 



15th , 



l«lh ...... 



17th.... ?J..., 



18th L... 



19th 



20th 



2T»t 



22n<l 



23ril , 



24th....'. 



ZSth 



E.V*;CCTn'E COSIMI'PrEE 

 Ujr Congresiiional Districts 



■ •'• William Wabb, Rout* One, Joliet 



G. F. Tullock, Rockford 



C, E. Bamborough, Polo 



Wf H. Moody, Port Byron 



B. H. Taylor, Rapatee 



i^..A, R. Wright, Varna 



■ i: fViF. D. Barton, Cornell 



R. F. Karr, Iroquois 



J. U Whisnand, Charleston 



■ ■•■, Earl C. Smith, Detroit 



San\uel Sorrel Is, Raymond 



Stanly Castle, Alton 



W. L. Cope, Salem 



Curt Anderson, Xenia 



R. K. Loomis, Makanda 



Directors of DeiMU-tments, 1. A. A. OSce 



Co-operative Accounting Geo. R. Wicker 



Dairy Marketing A. D. Lynch 



''"^"ce R_ A. Cowles 



Fruit and Vegetable Marketing j A. B. Leeper 



General Office J [ j. h. Kelker 



Grain Marketing....' ;.... Chester C. Davis 



Information. . 



-I- 



, J Harry C. Butcher 



Legal Counsel... Donald Kirkpatrick 



Live Stock Marketing. . .., Wm. E. Hedgcock 



Organization ^ q. E. Metzger 



Phosphate-Limestone 1 j. r Bent 



Poultry and Egg Marketing F. A. Gougler 



Taxation and Statistics j. c Watson 



Transportation L. J. Quasey 



THE REcoao-9 PL.\TEORM 

 Advanct ih« purpose for which the Farm Bureau uas organized, 

 namely, to promote, protect and represent the business, economic, 

 social and educational interests of the jarmers o) Illinois and the 

 nation, aitd la develop agriculture. 



Wd 



Tile East Needs A Middle West 



WIIEl.K \'.ia- lariM .nlvi.-N.i- .nul lii-. riiiiiil_\ \wn in 

 rill" Ki -vt (liii-iii^' tti.ir Viiiiiliiih iki (itiii'r i-oiiditinii 

 wiii iimrr 1)1 Istiiiiiliii^lliiiii till' riii-t tliiit :it i.s a iiiiirlily 

 •."mM tiling' I'm- ilif Kavt lliat tlicii' is it; -MiiUlle West. 

 Till- Kast i> iluii»i*ly iiDpuiatcd. ■i'lii.> piipulntiim is nip- 

 iilly Mil nasiiiy. lUal tioruis arc M-alvc ami llRivlnrL' tiic 

 IViimI Nup|il\ In. Ill Imal .-.oim-i-* is viry limili'd. ^lust iif 

 Ilu- tariiis .■t.iisi.--i iii' riMi^'li. liroUt'ii land fovoivi,! «illi 

 Nliiins. i)air\iiiL' is ami must cDiiJiinii' Id be the i-liief 

 .siiurcc III' piiiilui-i lull 111! llicsr n,H;_'l| larftis. Si-ai-i-<-ly iiy 

 ilipciuliiiLc 1-1111 111- jiVii-.-ti 1)11 tliisi- faMiis for trraiii. Iiut- 

 I'l- ami liu-at ami th<- varimis uiIhi- Ipnulik-ts I'ur I'l-iilin^ 

 till- Kasl|irii I'liiliij Slati-s li-uin li)i-i|J ])|-oiliicti<iii. Tlit-si; 

 pniiliu-i4 nil st i-miie larin-ly Iriim tliji^ },'i'<'''>t -Miildli- Wt-st. 

 ■J'liercj is ill! iM-t-i'tliii^'ly lualtliy jik'niumi for luod ill 

 llii-si- lii^ hi; iiiilai-liiriiii!: iiiiln-s of tlio Kast. Tlit- priet-ti 

 Jiaiil l)y tln-f.1- eoiisuiiicrs an- \rry hi^'h wIkii iiiiiipiin-il 

 111 till- iirii-i|< ni-i-ivctl liy .MiiMli.- West lariiiuis. Tliese 

 i-i)iisiiiiiii|-s 1 r,- lint iilijii-tiiiL' til lliij [iriees tlu-y pay for 

 liiDil. IliL'll wa'.'i's in Ilu- faeloliijs, or at tlie varioiiH 

 ti-aiirs ijniiijlli- tin-Ill to pay tlirst- Jijiirli jiriei-s. Fiirther 

 iImii tli(s till' p'lpiilatii.ii of tlie Eaf^t is rajiiilly im-n-jiH- 



iiig. Xew houses are beiug hiiill by tin- himUrcds ami 

 thmisiiiiils. Hence there will he a greater ami inereas- 

 iiiL'' lii-iiiiiiiil ill the fiitun- for Mitlille West farm iiroiluets. 

 What siioiihl these eomlitioiis iiieaii to the Middli- 

 West fariiii-rs ' If they mean anything at all they shoiiUl 

 stiMuilate onr farmers to the following protjediire : First, 

 orgaiiizi- til niarki-l farm i>ro(lui-ts in ordrr lo gi-t tin- 

 lai-gcsl possilih- shan- of the i-oiisiiiiiers' dollar. Sii-iiinl. 

 iiiaintaiii and im-rease prodiu-tion to i-are lor the I'litiin' 

 ihiiiumi.- •!. I!. Sliinii. lai-iii advisi-r. in Kiilton Cnnnly 

 l-'ariii ►Jun-aii Xews. 



,<«, - o- - 



The Freight Rate Situation 



TIIK 11 per eeiit inen-ase in freight rates jietitioni-d 

 fur the western railroads has hreii redui-ed to aboii! 

 ■') prr i-i-iit. aeeurding to jin-ss reports. 



|.. .1. (^nasey, dii'eetor of transportation for the Illinois 

 Affririiltiiral As.soi-iatiou, .states that very little ean he 

 done by the farm orgiini/ations until the tirst hearing in 



• liieago. the ilate of whieli has ln-eii ehanged to Sep- 

 teiiibi-r ]'> instead' of the fith. 



At presi-nt there is no speeitie brief of the rail|-oa<ls 

 11)11111 uhieh a rebuttal ean be based, and none will be 

 avuihilih- niitil the hearing. .Mr. tinasey states. Chang- 

 ing the pli-a from 11 pi-r i-ent to ."> pi-i nt has further 



iiiiiddled the situation. 



'riie llliiiuis Agrieiiltiiial Assui-iatioii lias gone on ree- 

 ord as being iiiieipiivm-ably ojiposed to any inen-ase in 

 freight ratrs at this time, iiiaintainiiig that the farmer 

 is unable .tu .stand higlu-r rates than he is now pa\iiiL'. 

 Tije full stn-ngtli of the assoi-lation will be thrown into 

 till- fijriif 111 an endi-avur to defeat tin- iiieri-asi-. 

 — o — 



The Position of Agriculture 



'~r~*llK tiiiii- has i-oiiie in tin- Jlidwist wlini adi-i|uale 



I nniniii-ralivc return tu tin- fariin-r iiiiist i-uiiii- 



Iruiii the oiK-i-atioii of his farm. Depcndiiiee on in- 



^ i-ri-ascd valm- of laud huKlings will bi-. 



it '\ from iiuu uti. an iiiii'i-rtain if not iii- 



■fc I iIi'imI a iii'L'ligiblr ['ill-tor in farm 



(K* .«* «4 pnilits. 



Farm opci-atiuiis must In- c-umlin-lrd 

 more nearly like an industry and the 

 priitils must i-iime from the opi-rating 

 luriiuver. The establishiiient and 

 mainti-iiani-e uf i'arm o])rratioiis on a 

 pruspen-iis biisiiirss basis is the most 



• important, ceonoinic and suiial ipiestion faring the Aiin-r- 

 ieau people. 



■file fariiiiis of Aiin-rii-a havr in tin- past helieveil in 

 ilevi-luping home industries and have suhseribed to a 

 giiveriimriit pulii-y of protei-ting. eneouragiiig, and de- 

 velupiiiL' onr indiisti-ii-s against outside eompc-tition. 

 Willi tin- development of industry and transportaliun. 

 tlji- laburiliL' ehiss was faeed with outside eompetition 

 fmm peopir with loVer standards of living. Labor 

 pi-cssid and si-eiired governiin-nt |iroti-i-liun against 

 ruinous eumpi-tition rausi-d by immigration. Tin- fariin-r 

 did not ubji-i-t tu i)i-otei-tiiig labor. 



Agrieiillun- will ilei-lim- ur develop. It i-annol stand 

 still. Shall tin- guvernment inli-irst itsi-lf iii develup- 

 iilg a'.'rienltun- .' Shall the govi-rniiieiit aid in establish- 

 ing farming on a biisini-ss basis.' Can the nation alfonl 

 h) do li-ss for the farming busiiies.s than it has done to 

 maintain industry and labor.' We think not. Only by 

 ill-velopiiig all of our resourees, agrirultiiral and indus- 

 trial, ean we maintain an i-euiioinie balain-i- whieh will 

 inaki- till- nation pi-uspi-i-uiis .-iinl <ar.- t'ur all tiiin-.— 



Times Have Changed Since 1870 



THE jiresent revenue seetion to the eonstitution of 

 Illinois was adopti-d in 1870. The Civil War had 

 been over for live years. .John 1^. Palmer was governor, 

 (ieiieral Uraiit was president. i 



Till- world has inov.-d rapidl.^ furwanl. Creat i-liaiig«'s 

 havi- lakiii plai-i-. l,.iok at this list of not.-d Ann-rii-au 

 iiiM-ntioiis siiii-i- 1S70 : 



Invention Inventor Date 



I illului.l llli:ifll niTli 



W. It iiiiii'liliii. lIlMoilu-arl l»;i 



lll.irii .sliiii.'il l.rr r.illvMiyji (lob- 



iii.i..!i) i.i:j 



.Vnli-matic i-iir ,-uiipk-r (JoiiSi-y) 



l»T:'. 



T.i|i.-»riur isiiulfs) Wn 



itii;iilriil>l<-K Ti-li-cruiili (KilKiin) 



is;» 



Uiit.r tin (l.iivwl is;:- 



M..«iliU lll.-u-liiiu-. ililTiTfBliat 



ti-iir (EUktmi-yt-r, It.) 1876 



l.li-lilii.lif I Bill) is.li 



T.Hltiiim niiifliim- iKili.s.iiii I^77 



liir.ili l.-s.-vtll laiiii' (Kilisiiiil . .. ls7.-< 



.\rr l.iiiiip (Uriish) l»7:i 



l.asnliiM- iiinlnr. aiilK iSi-Ulcn) . Is7'.i 

 .\iilMUia(ii- kih.t (.villi: liaru-stiii;; 



iiia.hili.- l.M'iil.liy) l""'! 



rli'i.m,. t.itmini; ISi-liiilz) 1.HSI 



TriII.-\ i-ar IVali IU-|K.i-le & 



S|.rai!m-) lS!ll-»7 



Till- I'lir i-iistlnii. lin.itiiii; (lliT- 



;:,.|UlialiT) If"*7' 



Tasli r,.j:isIiT ll'ntti-rsiuil . I. ... !)*)*:■ 

 Kl.rtnr r 11 r ti a I- f ri-diirtioii 



11 ..iil.-si issr. 



Si.lil -I'liasi- iiiitiirtiiiii 111 lit or 



rr.^ini 1»S7 



'C^ 



I'Jxi-eillivi 



rn-lai-y. llliiiuis .\L'i'li-iilt iiri 



Inventor 



.liilii.sill;,- li 



Dale 



Invention 



■Siliul'-I.M" - --- 



(UmslMiii l'"*- 



Ui.iary i-.iiivirhT lllradlty) . . .ISS. 

 ICi'i-iiriliiii: ailitiiiKniai-liiiii- (Bur- 



- riiuylisi 1'*^'* 



•rr.ili.i|iar,lit iilwlosral'li IHm 



(Kasilmani . . - J"'; 



Cali'liiiii .arlildi-- iWillsi.ul IS.'Oi 



Kli-i'lric wi'liltnK (TlmniSMli) . . . ISH'.l 

 F.lirtriilvlli- alkali l.nidiirliiin 



' ll-a.stnt-r) I*"'" 



rarininiiiilum (.\i-l!i-»Mii) l^'U 



HarM-vi/.i-d armor plati- iHar- 



v.-yl IK'-'l 



.\luriiati' riirniil iiiutiir (Ti-sla) 



18112 



.Mi4ti-in iiii-tiin- nuu-liilli- (Kdi- 



« IK"- 



Drv-iiir priKi-ss for blast fiir- 



iiaw (Cajli-y) I"'" 



nisk iiliuiitliK, iiiiiili-rii typi- 



lllarily) IS™ 



llilili-siniil iTaili.r A: Wliiul . l:'"l 



.Xir.jiilalii- (Wilbur WrlillU) l!"ll 



IIiilrii.aiTi'plani- nat-nn H. Ciir- 



liss) nni 



Mai-hliii--i:iin (luaai- X. Ix-wisI . I'.Ui 



li.is rll;.'ii:i' ibimpiiiuI IKrii-kf- 



m.-MT, e.l I'.'-l 



.\nd hen- ai-e tli ti-d fon-ign inventions: 



Invention Inventor Nationality * Date 



Sipli.iii n-i-.-nlir, TliwiiijiSiili iKii-jIi-^li) 1^71 



I. .IS iiiuiiif, on,) cyilt . il!l" Hiirinali) 1)177 _ 



(■,iiiriliis.'ai rn-iiiiii-r. li.I.aral isivt-ilislii ISKO 



.M.iiii;aii,.si. sli-.-l, -llaillu-lil iKliBlislil 18SI 



sm.iki-K».s i.-'Wili-r. ViiUi. (Fri.|ii-li) 181WJ 



M.iiilK- liiinuT. Wilsbaib (.\u<lrlaul : .1S»0 



lii-liniilurt i-i)ki iivi-n, lluffiiiaii (.\iislrtaiii 181):* 



Wiri'li-ss ti'k-i;.. Inw rri'i|in^|ii-y. i'ni-i-t- llliinllsli) 18!i5 



W!n-lf.ss it-li-i;., Iileli tri-i|iienr> . .Mari-oni iltallaiil IHlili 



Kii-i-tii.- st.fl. iiiiMiiit irniii-lu n 



1I1..S.I 1.11 m..l..r. llU-si-l «;.IIiialil i:""l 



liviilli I ill. W. T. I'll;,-.- (SiMilislil V.<«\; 



Itiit wi- still have tin- same revenue se<-tion; 



When the present revenue seetion was adopted in 

 IsTO. it was fair, in iieeordam-e with the times. In those 

 ila.\s a man paiil very near his fair portion of ta.xes if 

 he were assessed oil the basis of the value of his real, 

 huni'st-to-goollness Uiligible property (\\\c kind yon ean 

 kii-k. hamnirr. stii-k a shovel in, plow, get stuck in. ete. >. 



lint baek in IsTtl tliei-e was less iiitangibh-s. Intan- 

 irililes an- deliin-d as ■■ividiin-i-s of indebtedness, " ami 

 ail- the kind you ean't kiek. haininer, ete. Sinee 187(1 

 tlnre has been a uieteiirie growth in eredit, inueh of 

 whieh is nun-ta.xable. Thru tln-i-e are bunds, stueks. notes, 

 drbeiiliires. bank deposits, ete. The greatly extended 

 use of sin-li implements of tiiianee has eliangi-d mueh of 

 the wealth of the land from tangibles to intangibles. 



Hut througli all this eliange. the state's levemie sec- 

 tion has remained the same. Is it any wonder that farm- 

 ers want the ameiidment to tin- n-venne seetion? To 

 gi-t the aiin-ndment jiassed by the voters in the vleetiim 

 of Xovi-mbi-r. lltL'ti, is one of tin- big pmjei-ts of the Illi- 

 nois Agrieiiltui-al Assui-iatimi. Tin- ai-tivi- support of 

 i-vei-y member of the Farm Uun-au is needeil. Support 

 it when \ on and your in-ighburs "talk things over."' 



— o — 

 Another Expression on Frkight Rates 



11. nr .Sir: -i-.ur I. U' r -■! Hi-- 17th is ul liaii-l. In i|.jiarii to 

 friiliht i-iUis. I \yill Bay tiiiil any rai.if in rati'S wimlil work 

 a liai.isiiiii on WillKinisun ruiility lariiu-rs. 11 wuulil alsii i^o 

 jii.si as liaril with any nllitr .s,. ifi.n nl' Itn- slato. Off haiiii I 

 all! iipniisiil ti) a rai.-'e in trin;;ht |rat..s, yi t it may be wi.si- to 

 i;!-aiil t)ii-ni as ioiiK :ai \v<- niilhl liml maintain haril roails and 

 liavi- llii-in iiiii-ii. Ir.-e y:ratis. to! lln; piil.lii- uilliout any k.'ls 

 ta\ or anythitii; of t'tjit tiatnn-. Wi- ar-- luiiiiinK a grt-al risk . 

 ot iinttiny raiiroails out nt l.iisiiinss. It is my opinion that 

 l.riar.s ami -sprouts will soon !■•■ i;rowinK ovir soini- of onr 

 raiiroails tlial an now in opiration. On tin- ollii-r liaml. u 

 Intl.. Itsson in .-ronoiny. sinh as uc fartni rs liail sini-i- tin- \v:ir 

 ilipii riatioti. iiiiKht ' ut out sum,- of lln-ir yyastoful prai-tiei-s. — 

 .\ .\1 .Sjiitziiass. .Marion. U'iliiamson lotiiily. 



I' 



Gougler 

 Withhi 

 Line i 



JOHN THINKER AND EPIDERMIS FLINT. 



iJohn'a a Loyal Farm Bureau Membe-r. Epidermia la *'Agin'* It!) 



Mirandi Speaks Her Mind! 



TMeGs^ B\Ki *>,B-'>JT A 

 OOZtnj CACo uOlN SOOTH- 

 JESTi SAlio JOWW TMIWKEP 



" PAmI'.UY — AUO TM 

 ll^Est eiTXiM' DOME 



" ' TIME 



— ^ IJ" 



TWEV CE 

 OOlMOTO 

 THE 

 COMMUWlTV 

 MEETIWO 

 CX3U_)M AT 



SCHPOUHOUSE/ 



TO Beo 



HUH . COMMUKJITV 

 MEETlW — T ^OPPo;,e 

 THATi AfJOTHeff OF 

 "TW05E PARM euiZEAU ^- 

 OOINJ'S OOHECE THE.C'SA / 

 UOT OF TALklKj' TMET ' 

 MEVEB AMOUMTS TO ^DT^Al^l- 

 ^AY, MlffAlsJOl, T. i-OOMOeC 

 IaJIAATS UOCOMti UJlTH TH' 

 COSM-IIOTH' 0AQiC FOCTV— , 

 OONj't 5 E em to 8E CX)IM' AWV ^ 



l^JEUU, IF VOO'O POLCOUO THE 



FA/?M 

 ©OCEAUb ADUlCE Line OOHKJ TUHOKER 



ooEi uoe'o ee SETTee ofp— xtelu 

 vou EPic>eCM>s, vou'ue got ToeeT 



OiJER VCUR POAfaUEQ COUOWEADEOWESi- 



thece's mo secose im voo eeiMco ^o pesky 



V 



AWD OCMECv— HERE TI UOOCk |,\»^E A 

 VI,AUe ALU DAY AhJO MEWEC CAkl tjOOUT 

 UJITH TME OTHEG FOLKS AT Wl&HX 



•simplv eeCAo^e voo'Oe so 



COWTOARV — 



toOOO A'tAUI, — JOHM THlWKEl^i 

 COCm'5 OOVw' FIKJE OIO ThVe' 0TME(2.^ 

 i>\OB OF THE PEMOE 



V 



uoowcs uikE 



A STOCM 

 MAT E : 



/"LTS MO OOOMDEK OUR 

 .WeifeMBOfis CAUL VOUA 



)caAeev 01,0 skiw fliajt— 



H \ O'-', T HEAC \y\BM ALL PifaHT- 

 \\ XF VOU'O POT >»0 AS MUCH TIME 

 I THlNJKlNJG AS YOU OO 0AUJl(U6 



AluD CCAlSBlMfe AMD CR.ITICISIM6 

 / YOu'p MAUE AS foooD eoRMJ AN 

 j AUFALF^A am' OATS AM CLOUER 

 AM COiJJS AS OUR MEieHSotas 

 HAUE— TMECe's mo use 



BEiMfe -io SroetJoRisj — vou 



OOmt KMOoo EUERVT-WiMG.' 



COME SOSS 



feET l^J , 



THECE 



j n-vi-mie s 

 ' 1870 -livi 

 I war. Slip 



I- Flew oiii- 

 in No\i'inli 



