Augmt 29, 1925 



The Illinois Agricultural Association Record 



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SURPLUS OF POULTRY 

 PRODUCTS ON MARKET 

 AND IN STORAGE NOW 



Gougler Advises Farmers To 

 Withhold Ejcpanding In This 

 Line in the Future Months 



- - Tj - 

 Should Illinois fajimis im-n a.-^^- 

 . their poultry and et'fe pniductidii in 



the future? 

 , Tlie success ot expanding lliat 

 phase of farm production would Ix' 

 very doubtful, it not unprontal)!e. 



■ stated F. A. Gougler, I. A. A. direc- 

 tor ot poultry and egs marketing. 



■ over WLS on the ' ret-'ular Friday 

 noon I. A. A. marketing series. 



"Competition is becoming inigiiiy 



keen in this line" advised Director 



Gou.gler, "and only efflcient pioduc- 



" ers from now crti will be abli' to 



make this business pay. I do think 



■ that those producers ot poultry who 

 plan to expand- their bu.siniss. of 

 individuals who now espect to enter 

 the poultry business should move 

 cautiously," 



Cites Several Factors J 



When considering poultry and 

 egg marketing problems and the 



. future ot the industry in the Mid- 

 West, the _ poultry director stated 



. that certai'g known tacts should Ik- 

 studied carefully. Outstanding 



■' among these are available I'e. d suii- 

 ply, all cereal grains and what tliey 



•' will be worth; what has been thi> 



" movement ot poultry products to 

 our large consunring centers during 

 tlie past six months; what are our 

 cold storage holdings ot these prod- 

 ucts now' compared to a year ago: 

 how are our exports of these com- 

 modities holding up compared to 

 last year; what has been the out- 



, come ot this years poultry crop, 

 were the birds hatched early and 



■ have they been pushed to early ma- 

 turity tor fall and winter egg pro- 

 duction; aud. is the consuming pub- 

 lic still hungry for our iMiultry 

 liroducts, or since pork and beet 

 are advancing in price will tliis 

 make the consumer want to change 

 his diet? ! 



Regarding the price ot poultry 

 feeds, it is estimated tliat condi- 

 tions compare very favorably to 

 last year. The costs should not ad- 

 vance to unusual h< jghts. aliliough 

 the usual Kradual increase in price 

 from the present surplus period to 

 the period of low grain suppli(>s may 

 be expected. 



-More I'oiiltry in Storage 



"So far this year," stated Direc- 

 tor Gougler, "approximately 2 mil- 

 lion pounds more of drL'ss'-d {»oul.- 

 try have been shipped to the large 

 consuming centers than the total 

 receipt to August I of last year. To 

 be added to this is the informatiou 

 that we now ha\^ 37 million pounds 

 of dressed poultry in cold storage 

 as compared with J 3 millions at this 

 time last year or an increase of 14 

 million pounds. Thus we find a 

 large carry-over facing us in the 

 .future. 



"On considering the present egg 

 marketing situation, we lind that 

 there is an increase of lUi.tttiU 

 more cases of eggs in cold st<)rage 

 than recorded at this date last year 

 and our esjtort in eggs lias de- 

 creased as much as 45ii,uiio cases. 

 The reduction in our egg export is 

 partially due to the fact tliat Kuro- 

 pean countries, who furnished an 

 <mtlet for our surplus poultry prod- 

 ucts in the jiast. are now reaching 

 the point in production wltere tliey 

 can supiily their own needs. 

 lU'ports show Increased I*i*«Hluclioii 



"Reports from the niid-western 

 states indicate an increase in pro- 

 duction this year resulting from the 

 favorable siu'ing season. Most of 

 our larger producers hatched early 

 and on many farms pullets are now 

 coming into production. 



"I have pointed out thivt egg con- 

 sumiition during the past tt'W years 

 has been gradually incij-asing per 

 capita, but who knows bow long it 

 will continue in this direction. I'er- 

 haps the dreaded jionltry disease 

 scare of lasjt vear is responsible for 

 the extra 14 million pounds ot 

 dressed piuiltry in cohl storage this 

 year over last. At least, no great 

 increase in the consumiition ot poul- 

 try and eggs should be e\|iected in 

 the immediate future. 



Illinois' present constitutional 

 revenue section was adopted in 

 IS70 -five years aiti^r the Civil 

 war. .Snii|iort the caniiiUign for a 

 ■new one. whicli will be voted upon 

 in November, 192tJ. 



Humboldt Toivnship 

 Holds Record for 

 Membership Drift' 



lllllnlKildt (owiisliip, r<de*i 

 roiinly. holds tlie record so iar 

 lliis >ear I'oi- iiutvasing its 

 iiit*iohci-«Iiip, arcot'diiig tit <;, |.;. 

 >Iet/ger, ilii-eetol- ol' llie I. \. \, 

 (»rg;ttii/ation depai'tiiienl. 



"Hniiiholdl lounship was tlie 

 tii-sl lo foniplele its menilMM-- 

 >liip ill-ive ill Coles rt>lllll.\." 

 elates IHi-ector .Metzuei-. "and il 

 now has '.Ut |H'i- cent iiior<* iiieiii- 

 bei's than il liad during the 

 past >ears. and has the largest 

 iiK-cease rejiorted (his year. 



"'riiere are 47 nuillliil's who 

 Inn e |>lanlie(l lo condiicl farm 

 bllieiiu nielillMTsliip ill'i\<*s this 

 .\ear. Six ol* tlii' I'al-iii Bureaus 

 ha\e completed liieir sign-up. 

 two ai-e more lliaii halt iloiie, 

 aiifl «>jglit others are well 

 slarled. Those that have prtt- 

 <-ei*ded far eiioiigh to show the 

 li'i'nd of the drives indicate tliiil 

 tlieie will he from !,*> to 24> 

 pel- ceiil more l''ariii Hiireaii 

 llieinbers during llie next year. 



"I ha\e xisiied AH l-'ariii lEii- 

 reaiis this >eai'aiid have lalkiMl 

 -wilh Iheit- coiiiiiiittees who are 

 l:i.\inu (he plans l'4ii' the resign- 

 up ot iiiemlH>i-s. I*ractically all 

 leel oplimisiic and state that 

 (he.\ expect (o Ih' re|Mirtillg a' 

 larger iiieiAberslii|i in the tri- 

 une." '' 



Members of the Champaign County 4-H 



Club Listed to Dance at I. A. A. Picnic 



V. 



CHICAGO PRODUCER^' 

 PATRONS MAY GET FtW 

 CENTS REFUND ON FEED 



Subscribing to Conimon Stock 

 Yards Practice in Hanalin;; 

 Feed Le4 to Mistake in Charg- 

 ing for Feed Used. 



"Ihcanse they Subscribed 

 Coiiiiiiftn sti fk yai*d practice 

 live to tlie handling »l the! 



account, tlie Chicago I'rod icers 



Here are the girls wtie w • i e ,,ii 



tile schedule to gi\e the Sjloelliak'-r. 



KinderiioiUa, Chebogar. and KJap- 

 padaiis folk dances at, the .ansual 

 state piinie. Taylorville, lasPwIek. 

 They ar<' members ofjlie CJ4ani- 

 paign Connt.v 4-H Club. '; 



Their ability is not 

 dancing only, for we 

 that they suiiervise 



confined lo 

 umh t'sCand 



a-iienlinral 



Kiirs. prfi^ranis. sm-ial gatli< rini^s, 

 manage fijod stands an<] find time 

 to go' caiupingl iM-.sides ilieir usual 

 club a«-tiv((ies. 



Tliese iirls ap' from Kaiitoul. 

 Sadorus ai^d l.udlCH*. Mrs lilanche 

 S. Moore, iChamiiaign contitx home' 

 ndvjsi r. assisted by .Miss .Ma> Craw, 

 county cltib |ead<r; Mrs Charles 

 liovd and I.Mrs. Walter W.vcnlf were 

 in iharge'of th>- girls. " 



deficit ill I 



LEEPER REPORTS 

 POTATO FAILURE 

 FOR THIS YEAR 



I. A. A. to Assist Farmers In 

 I Buying Potatoes to Combat 

 I the Present Shortage 



I Tlie Illinois potato cro|i is the 

 I liglitest in years anc] it is estimated 

 . that farmers in thislstnte will need 

 to loirchase at least' l.OUO carloads 

 I tofsupply their reiiuii'ements until 

 j the ne\t croii season, according to 

 .\. It. Leejier. director of the fruit 

 and vegetable marketing depart- 

 nn 111 and manager of the Illinois 

 I Fruit C.r<twers Exchange. 

 ! . "This crop is reported the light- 

 est in a number of years over the 

 entire country," stated Director 

 l.eelier. in his talk over WLS.' "and 

 no doubt the growers in the north- 

 ern sections which produce late 

 j potatoes for winter use will this 

 y*'itv re<'eive a fair price for their 

 , crop. 



i "We" have received numerous re- 



(luests from Farm "liureaus. farm 



j elevators and other farm organiza- 



j tions lo assist litem in locating and 



purchasing sujiplies of potatoes for 



farnieis in their respective coun- 



! ties." 



1 To Help Supply rotat<»es 



The Illinois .\gricultural .Associa- 

 tion, in the past, has never encour- 

 I aged farmers' organization in the 

 j buying phase ot co-operation.' K\- 

 i iierience has shown that co-opera- 

 ti\e bn\iiig is a considerable hazard 

 j and the saving in this line is usually 

 small as comjiared to the risk in- 

 lvol\ed. However, the association 

 I realizi's that an emergency now ex- 

 I ists in the potato supply tor llli- 

 ' nois farmers and arrangements 

 I liave been started to assist farm or- 

 :;anizations and rural dealers, 

 xvheri' they so desire, in locating 

 I and imrchasing carlots of potatoes 

 I tliis fall. The extremely low price 

 j at which potatoes have sold the 

 I last two or tlirei' years has dis- 

 couraged growers and the acreage 

 lias been naturally cut down in 

 practically all the mid-western pro- 

 ducing sections. 



"We hate made a very thorough 

 survey of the late apple cro|i in 

 Illinois and I'Stimate that this crop 

 will be one-third larger tlian in 

 l'.i24." stated .Manager I.eeper. 



"We found veiy little fungus dis- 

 ease in the well-kept orchards and 

 insect injury is less than usual. In 

 sonie sections, on account of the 

 extreniely dry weather, the growers 

 were unable to <ibtain xvater at the 

 proper time and these jtarticular 

 orcliards show considerable injury 

 from tlie second brood ot the cod- 

 dling motli. In general, Illinois 

 will lu-oduce this year one of the 

 best iiuality crops of late apples in 

 years. 



IJen Bavis Viu-iety Leads 

 "lu; some sections, on account of 

 the extremely dry weather, the 

 growers were unable to obtain 

 water at the proper lime and these 

 particular orchards show consider- 

 able injury from the second brood 



of the coddling moth. In general. 

 Illinois will produce this year on^- ol 

 llie best (inality crops of late apples 

 in years. ; 



"lien Davis leads the vari«ties 

 showing the greatest increa.se. fol- 

 lowed by Winesaps, Jonathans and 

 Ixinnairds. The late ap|ile crop 

 over the entire country will show 

 a sliglit increase when coni|iaied 

 with last year. The most of this 

 increase is in the northwest sec- 

 tions. Illinois and New 'i'ork being 

 the only barrelled a|iple states that 

 will lo-oduce an increase crop jiver 

 U124. 



"During the las. week in July 

 and the first week in .\ugust, the 

 summer aiiple mat liet sulfered one 

 of the worst shin lis evir eM»<>ri 

 enced. This was due to tie' l»ri;e 

 supply of northern grown aiiphs 

 forced on the market xvithout re- 

 L-ar'a to iirice. It was fortuiuue 

 tliat most of the Illinois cro]. Iwas 

 marketed before this glut. 



"Illiiii" lllalld Sells <;<kk1 

 "P. aclies this year sold at a fair 

 price, hut this was somewliat of a 

 disappointment both to the grow- 

 ers and tlie exchange. The lllijiois 

 crop followed clos<'ly on the .\rkan- 

 sas shipmi'nts and reacheii the mar- 

 ket at a time when the shippers 

 and buyers, who anticipated an ad- 

 vance in the market, were holding 

 on track and in storage a large Kup- 

 ply of soujhern peaches. The ex- 

 treme carry-over kept all marliets 

 in a draggy condition during Hie 

 entire shipiiing season. 



"Illini " brand peaches were v.ry 



I favorably received on the markets 



I and in almost every case resulliid in 



repeat orders. 



1 "The southern Illinois tomato 



crop attracted more atti-nlion in Hie 



inarkits than I'Ver before. -Many 



I growers jshippeda number of Wirs 



I of gr>en wraii|"'d tomatoes wliich 



I made a vi-ry favorable imriression. 



This was the first green wraps ever 



shipiied out of Illinois .\ good 



start was made and our product 



has been established on a niit«ber 



of markets, 



"The pi ar crop at lUesent is] un- 

 der way and is finding ready de- 

 j maud in tie- northern markets. 

 I .Mei'cliants xiiid ■•'aniiers Co-op«*atc 

 j "Business men of s<iuthern llli^ 

 nois are showing considerable in- 

 1 terest in the future fruit and 'I'tige- 

 , table industry in that section. The 

 business men's organizations have 

 in view assisting the tanner* in 

 their vicinity to get larger returns 

 I from their lands, and also to };ive 

 i the farmers and niercliants an op- 

 I portunity to get together and mu- 

 ' tually work out their problems. 

 I Both farmers and business men 

 ! realize clearly that agriculture and 

 business, in general, are interde- 

 pendent and that neither can sijt- 

 ter linancial loss without affecting 

 the others." 



:t 



What Wai Happen 



November, 1926? 



The Gas Tax is Inevitabk ; 



Make it a Lieu Tax. 



ANNUAL PREMIUM TO 

 ACCREDITED COUNTY 

 ESTIMATED $25,000 



Adviser of Jasper County, Iowa, 

 Writes of the 10 Cent Rev- 

 enue On All SMrine 



■ .\ I'leiiiium of *:;.■), ODU a year 

 on hugs is a luiilit that might well 

 lie co\eted b> ally county whether 

 it is located in Illinois, Iowa or 

 any oih«*r <'ornb«-lt statt'." 



That is tlie amount that Jasper 

 o*»unt\. Iowa, expects to gain dur- 

 ing its first year as an accredited 

 area, according Ho County Agent 

 lia;. II, i.utlin of Newton. 



In Illinois there is one accredited 

 county and .seyeral that are on the 

 threshold,' ot becoming eligible tor 

 Hie lo c«iu premium i>er hundred 

 on hots delivered to the Chicago 

 and .-^i. Ijouis markets. Thus, the 

 extra profits acquired from the sale 

 "I hogs by the ciiunty in our sister 

 slate eoni^'.s as a welcome inspira- 

 tioii to Jljim^is fanners. Tin- premi- 

 um liecoiaes ayailahle on all hogs 

 siiipiM il to the Chicago market from 

 an\ muntjy designated as "uiodified 

 accredited ana." liy that is meant 

 that all tlie bre.^ing cattle in the 

 county hiive bi en tuberculin tested 

 acciutling lo federal and state reg- 

 ulaiiiins and that the hogs have 

 not Im en fed unpasteurized milk 

 trom a non-accredited county. 

 I'aniiers (>eliini; l*i-eiiiiuni 



Jas|ier icounty, Iowa, became an 

 accredited area on .March '.■:! of this 

 year and fince that dale its fanners 

 have shipped .something over 4WU 

 carloads of hogs to market. Of this 

 number it is esiimaied that 2<;i 

 cars Wert} shippiKl to the Chicago 

 learket in acciwdance with tin' 

 iireiniiim reuuire'nients and have re- 

 turned to the larniers of that coun- 

 ty at least |4,8>;4 in additional 

 profits. 



"Durinar tie- (>.-ist four years," 

 writes lUy I). Lallin. county agent. 

 "this couniy has annually shiiiped 

 2.200 carloads of hogs to market. 

 Tbe.-e "hoifs were air raised in this 

 county, -if the entire croi> was to 

 receive |he jireiniuni it would 

 amount to about tilT.OiiO a yiar in 

 additional revenue to Jasper coun- 

 ty. H»w<xer. becau.se all are not 

 shipiieil according to the require- 

 nients. I believe that the annual 

 revenue Will amouui to at hast 

 $2.'i,ii"o. 1 feel that a large i>er 

 cent of oiir fall and winter ship- 

 ments wi)l receive tie premium. "' 



.\ccording to the experience of 

 Jasper county, it is believ.-d that 

 the additional r«'venue received 

 fiom the iiremiuia the first year 

 will go a long way in paying the 

 cost of becoming a "miMiified ac- 

 credited area." In Jasjier county 

 it requii'ed approximately $15.00tT 

 ot the state and federal funds and 

 a like amount ot the county funds, 

 or $:iu.One. If the estimate of J25.- 

 Wiid additional revenue tor the first 

 year iiroves correct. Jasper county 

 will come within $5,(iOO ot paying 

 for the rofit by April 1 of next year, 

 accordiagj to County Agent Laflin. 



lo a 

 rela 



feed 



founil thems dves isvolved Ui 

 plaint hroui: lit by ihe I'ackers 

 Stockyards .idministration," i 

 siatenieiit of the National 

 Stork Frodt cers .Xssociation. 

 ■'This cntrplaiht was based 



: audit of llie Clwcaso Prodtlcers 



I' 'il account, made by a go ■•■rn 



nont auditor at the rmm'!* o 



manager of that organization 



"This au lit disclosed Ihi 



■ at there hid be«-n a defii^t 

 :e<i accoiin' which iieen niatft' 

 in tin folio ving manner: It 

 practice on i li.e Chicago yard 



com 

 and 



iSys a 



illion 



tlv 



fact 



the 

 ■ UP 

 IS a 

 ihen 



he feed accouut o curs 

 to make ui' k*aid deficit by cha ginv 

 the owner oT live Flock for to -d ti 

 which his slock has access i bicl. 

 has l»in let by a previous load 

 In this ininner not shipp^ 

 charged tor feed -which his 

 has not reteixed and il »aa 

 practice to vbich the Chicago 

 ducers suhsfribed in making u 

 deBcit discolered in their fee I 

 count 



>la.\ Iti-fukul to S<Hiie Slii|i|i^ 

 The hot rd ot directors 



frankly adn itted that the laci s sei 

 forth in the compUiiit were, ii sub 

 stance, true and liave iiidicut -d to 

 the Department that tley ar.i p-i 

 fectly willirg to abide by an' de 

 cision which the Deiiartment may 



make 

 iio-nt 



III thii matter. Th<- IX part 



has iidicate4 that it nii 



) make' reslituti'ti 

 such restitution to 

 a refuBd to sliippe : 

 practically all case 



ne<'essary I 



.'■ooie cas-is; 



the form of 



UiMed. In 



will not aihount «o mon 



few Cents 

 is now inv 

 asc rtain to 

 should Im 



ICesull 



"There 



that most o 



ords 

 will 



Jia 

 prohab 



method of 

 lions there 

 lieve that 



gestions hai 

 the I'ackers 

 istration at 

 Company b; 



Is 

 it<H-k 

 this 

 Pro 



i the 



hav. 



b' 



in 

 take 



s af 

 tlii- 



tli in 



|ier patron. The jflice 

 'tigatint: the ri'coi is t 

 whom such restitjitioii 

 i^ad 

 <ir I'liOenliaritinK: 



also every evi iciice 

 this deficit was t I 

 suit ot undercharges to patro is on 

 their feed afcounts. When th rec 

 been tully scaun d 

 be found that sone 

 shipiiers ari indebted to the Chi 

 cago i'rodu^ers Ix'cause of thi i un 

 What action th< I>< 

 partiiieni will take relaUv.- to these 

 undercharges has not In-^^n indi- 

 cated as ye 



"I to 



accounts at 



Ihe way in which 

 now handled 



a II 



Chicago yailds. the IJepartnien| tul 



ly appreciai 



ing a defin 



ot the year 



feed rt'Cord! 



hundred do 



subject to ( 



ho» 

 nd 



that 



the difliculty in i 

 te balance at th< 

 ti) such an ext«*ii1 ' 

 out of balance s< iera| 

 lais eillier way ai > not 

 riticism by the I> part 



nient. With some change ii 



lb. 



landlthg feed tri nsac 

 t I be 



every reason 

 feed accounts ca i 



made to balance accurately. 



already been ma le t 

 imd Stockyards .V min 



d to the Stock 



the iMiard of dirl ctor 



of the Chicago Producers 



will probably result 



changes. 



SultM'ribetl io StiKk Vard-. IVjrlic 



"The Chif ago I'niducers can 

 ably be justly criticized for 

 scribing to a stock yard pra ?tic 

 since one o( tie aims and put lo 

 of this orgu Dization is to eliiifinal 

 practices wliich an- not to th< 

 interists ot the live stock producei 

 The Chicago board is offerii i. 

 excuse whe 1 they call to voir al 

 teBtion the fact that duriui 

 early p**rio 1 of operation 



Ihe 



11 rob 



sub 



best 



tie 

 till 

 r«>ducer adencies. it was neciksai 

 lo subscribe to some pra Iici-s 

 which migh be ouestioned in ud' 



later ellect the eliminatii n i 

 beneficial ciiange in such prai li«i 

 Some Chang s liav» already be ii el 

 ficted. The agency has pro lablj 

 b*i<n in opi ration lonu enoui h b,i 

 this time aid is so well estab ished 

 that furihtr changes might ha\'i 

 been madi' had a more aggr ssix 

 policy been followed 



.Mi.stake: can be made profltal 

 to the orgai izalion and the CI icag- 

 I'fMducers' board of director will 

 exhaust ev» ry effort to see t|iat 

 mistake wlich has beiu mai 

 the handlin ; ot tli<- feed accodnt ol 

 that organ zation will even ualb 

 react to the benefit of ilie"liveJ<tock 

 lirodneera." 



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b' 



Yard 



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