29, 1926 



PING 



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ANAGER 



Prepared 

 ment Now 

 Counties 



lie from 15 

 It the com- 

 'age load of 

 ■th it, for I 

 always at 

 . to some of 

 ralue of co- 

 yrites E. S. 

 > Mt. Morris 

 1 discussing 

 of account 

 perative or- 

 A. account- 



} of opinion 

 izatlons are 

 m and effl- 

 'ms 80 that 

 nancial rec- 

 ion, accord- 

 er, director 

 ment, when 

 Iter. 



t there are 

 eeping sets 

 nent now in 

 ons and co- 

 ssociationa," 

 is also man- 

 A.gricultural 

 ion. "Dur- 

 iths 51 sets ,. 

 ystems have 

 Dck shipping , 

 34 counties. 

 Mnplete 

 boolckeeping 

 lives is gen- 

 item and de- 

 rhen we are 

 lUdit we are 

 le necessary 

 few of the 

 enow the ex- 

 of their as- 



' books pre- 

 is complete 

 a. The sys- 

 le to have 

 ts which are ' ' 

 nagement of 

 usiness. An 

 iplete set of 

 e and money 

 r their asso- 

 quires six or 

 1 association 

 a, while the I 

 uced to four 1 

 new uniform i 



Says 

 Export 

 This Year 



)ssinsky, pro- 

 iral academy 

 s on a trip 

 tes gathering , 

 : farmers and 



;he I. A. A. 



stated that 

 t, will export 

 f wheat this 

 ring approxi- 

 shels to pre- 

 famine. His 



observations 

 e of his leav- 

 ear Russia's 

 sufficient for 



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 <CEPLAN 



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 to complete 



8 Available 

 itual Fire In- 

 :he state will , 

 ilege of being 

 of having the 

 t in securing 

 re and light- 

 er to get the 

 mrance Com- 

 has already 

 ions amount- 

 ler seven ap- 

 to $13,500 

 applications. 



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Volmaa 3 



Issued Every Other Saturday for 63,000 thinking Fanners — September 12, 192S 



Nt>. 18 



f mutual in- 

 ir assistance, 

 place in farm 

 alongside of 

 ina and Iowa, 

 surance corn- 

 years reapec- 



MR. FARMER, ARE YOU 

 PROSPEROUS? HEADS 

 OF RAILROADS SAY YES 



Opening Statement in Hearing 

 at Chicago Before I. C. C. 

 Reveak Plea for Increase 



Mr. Farmer, how much prosper- 

 ity are you enjoying? 



Upon the answer to that ques- 

 tion largely lies the outcome of the 

 western railroads' request for an 

 increase of -at least Ave per cent 

 in freight rites. 



The railroads maintain that 

 you've been restored to prosperity. 

 The Farm Bureaus maintain that 

 you've not been restored to pros- 

 perity. Which is the truth? How 

 do you answer the question? 



Appearances at the first hearing 

 before the Interstate Commerce 

 Commission held Tuesday, Sept. 8, 

 in the Edgewater Beach hotel at 

 Chicago indicate that the battle 

 front in the war between shippers 

 vs. carriers will be arrayed along 

 lines as pictured above. 



Whipsawed .\ffair 



The hearing was opened by Chair- 

 man Clyde B. Aitchlson of the In- 

 terstate Commerce Commission 

 with the statement thJEU facts 

 brought out in the 8es8io|is would 

 apply to th^ Hoch-Smltll resolu- 

 tion as well as to the western rail- 

 ways* request for an increase. It's 

 a whipsawed affair — the Hoch- 

 Smith resolution was passed by the 

 last Congress with the intention of 

 revising the whole rate structure 

 of the country with the view of re- 

 ducing ratee on agricultural prod- 

 ucts, and on the other hand the 

 western railroads are asking for an 

 increase, first of 11 per cent and 

 later rescinding to 5 per cent. 



The position of the railroads was 

 stated in the opening session by 

 R. N. Van Doren, vice-president of 

 the Northwestern Railway Com- 

 pany and chairman of the law com- 

 mittee of the railways represented 

 in what is termed as the Western 

 Freight Rate Advance Case. The 

 opening statement, as given the 

 press at the hearing by the Western 

 Railways' Committee on Public Re- 

 lations (publicity bureau), is as fol- 

 lows: 



Tlie Railways' Statement 



"Further receiverships will be 

 forced upon the western railways 

 unless they have immediate relief 

 from the present low level of their 

 earnings. 



"Important western railway com- 

 panies are now in the hands of re- 

 ceivers, and other companies will 

 follow unless financial relief is af- 

 forded them. The present low level 

 of western freight rates, which are 

 now only 29 per cent higher than 

 in 1911, has been far outstripped 

 by the rising tide of prices, wages 

 and taxes with which we have been 

 and are still confronted, and the 

 western freight rate level is rela- 

 tively far below that in effect in 

 the other sections of the country. 



Asking Five Per Cent Boost 



"The western railways arc now 

 asking an increase of but five per 

 cent In their (reight rates, although 

 an increase of at least eleven per 

 cent would be necessary to yield 

 the roads the fair return to which 

 they are entitled, both by law and 

 by Justice. We are asking for but 

 a five per cent increase because of 

 the emergency of our necessity. We 

 need additional revenue and we 

 need it now. We have hoped that 

 by asking for only an absolutely 

 essential minimum that we might 

 obtain more promptly and with less 

 opposition this minimum of relief 

 which we must have. 



"The western railways have been 

 operated with the strictest econ- 

 omy and with high efficiency. In 

 the one matter of train loading 

 alone, the western lines have pro- 

 duced economies since 1911, which, 

 had they not been effected, would 

 (Continued on page 4. fo\. 3.) 



THOUSANDS FILL PARK AT I. A. A. PICNIC 



THRONGS ATTEND GREATEST PICNIC IN 



HISTORY OF ILLINOIS FARM BUREAUS; 



ATTENDANCE ESTIMATED AT 25,000 



Horseshoe Tournament, Hog and Chicken Calling Contests, Base- 

 ball Game, Wading Pools, Swimming Tank, Playground I quip- 

 ment. Speeches and Club Demonstration* Were Feature E vents 



TWEXTY-FIVE thousand iic<»j>l«"er..wd.1tl MaiiiitTS Park Ta.v 

 lorville. Illinnis. August 27. for the largest annual picni • ever 

 held in the 10 years' life of the Illinois ApriciUtural Associat on. 



Cars filled with farmers from practically all parts of the state 

 began to file into Taylorville during the parly part of the mo 'tiing. 

 and before the afternoon program coninienced it was estimateil that 

 appro.\iinately 3,060 automobiles were parki-d in (Siristiaii coMnty's 

 60-aere playground. 



Throngs were there. Never had Taylorville set-n such a mob. 

 Never had it b«en privileged to entertain suiih a crowd. Xevi r had 

 an outing of the state as.s<K>iafion brought out such a large rcj rcseii- 

 tatioii of its membership. 



.SiirreMh frvHii Kvery ■%n|lle 



Kow oa row- fhfj- HtMnd. (.\l,ovi') .\ portion of Mannt-r's park. Taylorville. 

 showinB the automobiles parkeil durinjir the I. A. A. picnif. II was estimate,! 

 that api>roximately 3.000 automobiles were used in hringrlnB farm bureau 

 memliers to llie ffreateat pifnie in the history of the I. A. A. 



(Below) MatFhijiir tilr lioic rnliliuc comtmt, I. A. A. plenir, Taylof^-ilte. 

 .\ug. 27. This and other pictures of the annual pirnlf. used in this Issue, 

 were taken by Briee Martin. aKricultural editor of the Deeatur Herald, De- 

 catur: the Information department lieins full of business puttinp out the 

 Picnic Special. 



NEW GRAIN COMPANY 

 GETS SEAT TO SELL 

 ON BOARD OF TRADE 



Rural Grain Company Will 

 Represent Farmer*' Elevator* 

 At Chicago Terminal Market 



Entrance upon the Chicago board 

 of trade was granted to the Rural 

 Grain Company, an organization 

 suported by the National Farm- 

 ers' Elevators Association, repre- 

 senting approximately 4,000 farm- 

 ers' elevators in 14 states, on Sep- 

 tember 1. The Rural Grain Com- 

 pany is the project of the Farmers' 

 Grain Dealers Association of Illi- 

 nois and Iowa, each state having 

 appro.ximately 600 farmers' eleva- 

 tors. 



The Rural Grain Company is a 

 subsidiary of the Farmers' Eleva- 

 tor Grain Company, Co-operative, 

 incorporated at Bloomington, Illi- 

 nois, with total authorized capital 

 stock of $250,000. This co-opera- 

 tive will act as a central company, 

 being represented on the Chicago 

 board of trade and other boards by 

 subsidiary organizations similar to 

 the Rural Grain Company. This 

 company is capitalized at $100,000' 

 and has $25,000 already subscribed, 

 with $12,575 paid in. When a ma- 

 jority of the stock is sold, actual 

 functioning on the board of trade 

 will commence. Profits from the 

 Rural Grain Company will go to 

 the co-operatives. 



Unique Organization 



The object of the company, as 

 stated in the incorporation papers, 

 is "to engage upon the co-opera- 

 tive plan in a general wholesale, 

 retail, commission, brokerage- and 

 export business in grain, hay, feed, 

 seed and other agricultural prod- 

 ucts, and to own, lease and operate 

 grain elevators and grain ware- 

 houses of all classes, and all other 

 facilities necessary or incident to 

 the business of marketing grain and 

 other agricultural products, and to 

 own stock in other farmers' cor- 

 porations in any branch of the busi- 

 ness above subscribed." 



(Continued on page 3. col. 1.) 



Milk Distribution 



Project at Peoria 



Reports Progress 



Plans are getting well under way 

 for the organization of the dairy- 

 men of Peoria, Tazewell, and Wood- 

 ford counties to market their prod- 

 uct co-operative in Peoria, accord- 

 ing to the Peoria County Farmer, 

 the official monthly organ of the 

 Peoria County Farm Bureau. 



It is understood that for several 

 years, dairymen of the three coun- 

 ties have not been satisfied with 

 conditions on the Peoria market 

 and this year the county Farm Bu- 

 reau members decided that it was 

 time to work out a practical solu- 

 tion for the milk producers' prob- 

 lem. 



At a meeting of 125 representa- 

 tives from the three counties in 

 June, all voted to organize and a 

 temporary committee of seven di- 

 rectors were selected to investigate 

 the ways and means for improve- 

 ment. 



"This committee of seven men 

 coming from Peoria. Tazewell, and 

 Woodford Counties, has met almost 

 weekly," states the Peoria County 

 Farmer. ".\ trip was made to De- 

 troit, where the plan in operation 

 there was studied carefully. After 

 that a plan was worked out with 

 the assistance of A. D. Lynch of the 

 dairy marketing department of the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association 

 which was presented to a general 

 meeting of the milk producers in 

 July. They voted unanimously to 

 proceed with this plan. 



"To date about 95 meml>erBhips 

 have been signed in Peoria county, 

 and abovt 15 in the other two coun- 

 ties. No regular membership cam- 

 paign has been launched as yet. 

 The solicitation work has been done 

 by local men at odd times. The 

 membership response to the asso- 

 ciation's effort will determine just 

 how serious the milk producers are 

 in refard to the need of an~organi- 

 zation to better local conditions. " 



Jardine Wired Best 

 Wishes and Regrets 

 To I. A. A. Picnickers 



Due to doctor's 4>r<lers foi- 

 louing an operation for the re- 

 moval of his tonsils. Secretary 

 Jardine was foree^l to CMiicel 

 hiN engagement to s|>««ik at tlie 

 annual I. .\. A. stale iiimir, 

 THylor\'ille, .August 27. 



On the day of the picnic the 

 Secretar) wire«I the I. A. A. 

 stating ills refjrcts at being un- 

 able tit attend and extending 

 his he«rty c<>ngratulatic»ns and 

 best HiRlieN. The telegram 

 rea<l: 



"I had long anticiiiated roni- 

 ing to Taylorville today and it 

 iti a great disap|H»intiiient to 

 ine that conditions liere niake 

 it im|>osslble. 



"However, I cannot let this 

 cK-caslon iMuts without extend- 

 ing to the miijiols .-Vgrirultural 

 .\wioriatlon my heart) oongrat- 

 ulatloas and bej<t wishes. In 

 my contacts with your organi- 

 zation I have been deeply im- 

 pressed with the coostrurtive 

 work It is carrying forwaitl. I 

 am sure it will continue to re- 

 flect^ benefit to Illinois farmers." 



: The picnic j^'as conceded t j be a 

 success fnuni ever> anple. Th* 

 weather \^is clear and pleat int In 

 true picMc style. Woniei and 

 yount: pe«ile were conspicu lus in 

 attendance^ For the luos part 

 people came in families.-^ The re was 

 the picnic dinner with smtil iroups 

 of people Scattered over thf large 

 t>eautiful park. It was a social 

 occasion well enjoyed. .Man fam- 

 ilies brou^t their lunch, bu there 

 was no Iac4( of ^ppliet^, or d( lay or 

 overcrowding at the stani s for 

 those who had to buy tbei| noon 

 repast . 



The pri^gram was arranged to 

 satisfy the' wishes of all that might 

 attend. En the morning f ir the 

 horse- 

 game, 

 forms 



THOMPSON SCORES 

 FORD'S FARM PLAN 

 AT FLORA MEETING 



More Limestone Now Used in 

 Southern Illinois According to 

 Reports at LA.A. Conference 



"Henry Ford's idea of saving 

 American agriculture by complete- 

 ly industrializing farms will hold 

 water no longer than his cars' ra- 

 diators," declared President Sam 

 H. Thompson in his speech at the 

 conference meeting of the 24th I. 

 A. A. district. Flora. August 25. 



Thirty-five farm bureau repre- 

 sentatives were present at the meet- 

 ing from Clay, Wayne. Edwards. 

 Hamilton, White. Saline, Gallatin. 

 Johnson. Pope. Hardin and Massac 

 counties. F. M. Yohe, president of 

 the Wayne County Farm Bureau, 

 was elected chairman for the day. 

 with W. E. Hart, farm adviser of 

 Clay county acting as secretary. 

 Curt Anderson, district executive 

 committeeman, -represented the I. 

 A. A. in summarising the expres- 

 sions of the farm bureau leaders in 

 order to present their wishes to the 

 other members of the I. A. A. execu- 

 tive committee at its regular meet- 

 ing. 



"I was boiling with rage after I 

 read Henry Ford's cure-all for ag- 

 riculture," stated President Thomp- 

 son, who was the first speaker on 

 the program. "His theory of larger 

 units in farming with completely 

 industrialized systems, strikes at 



the heart of the very foundation of j swine. And don't for the oli 



tContinued on paB:e 4. col. I.) 



men and buys, there was the 

 shoe contest and tlie baseball 

 For those who desired other 

 of entertainment there was tt p band 

 concert bj- the Christian county 

 band and |he speaking prog am at 

 the auditorium which was crowded 

 to its full4>st capacity 



Scattered over the ground i were 

 swings, rings, cross-bars, slid "S. the 

 swimming pool, the wadinf pond 

 and other playground equ pment 

 doing full duty for the y tunger 

 but future farmers of Illino^ 



L«nce itepresentation 



-Approxiiiiately every Far4i Bu 

 reau in the state was repr< sented 

 at this farm festival. .Many 

 ties had special representati e* on 

 some part' of the prsgram. Twen- 

 ty-four counties were listed in the 

 horseshoe contest. menil>erf from 

 18 countiels were registered lor the 

 hog calling concert, seven ei unties 

 were repi+sented for the c licken 

 calling. Tazewell and Hen lerson 

 counties ^-ere there with their 

 tttseball trains and rooters. [Cham- 

 paign county girls gave folk < ances. 

 Shelby coiinty girls gave songs, 

 drills and Veils, the Christiat coun- 

 ty boys' ai^ girls' club gave dem- 

 onstration.! Farm .\dviser Ct f>ckle> 

 and his delegation from Ix>gan 

 county put on an inspirinn com- 

 munity sinf; and solos by litt » .Miss 

 -Myrna Brooks, age 3 years. San- 

 gamon coUnty brought its fl e and 

 drum corpi and other countie i were 

 there with carloads of meml ers in 

 attendancft 



Hog ("billing Big Kmiu e 



The hog calling contest went 

 over as one of the biggest fi atures 

 of the day. 



"It was perhaps the firs time 

 such a stunt had been pul ed on 

 so large a scale." said the i Iprini;- 

 fleld .Stat* Journal. "For more 

 than a mpnth it had been adver- 

 tised extensively, even i inning 

 'page one play' and consi erable 

 editorial cOminent in city an^ coun- 

 try newsplapers." 



Heviewihg further the re .ort of 

 the contest in the State . ournat 

 read: 



"Whoo-pey! That, desi read- 

 ers, is thei only proper, ethii al and 

 acceptable way to suramoi vour 

 folks' 



ffontisued on page 4. eol. 



8.) 



