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 N WIN 



CONTEST 



f eight gamef 

 i Harry Tor- 

 y, the state 

 at I. A. A. 

 ,e, Aug. 27. 

 rted with 24 

 le best skill 

 r of counties, 

 tiout the day 

 le afternoon, 

 was publicly 

 boys. These 

 mpionship in 

 was a mem- 

 ihip team of 

 year the cup 

 ght and Sam- 

 cLean county 



> tournament 

 :icipatlon ran 

 er McLean or 

 »in the cham- 

 In the early 

 lappened that 

 ;wo teams to- 

 ardest fought 

 the first game 



8 ringers and 



9 ringers and 

 ight had 10 

 and Smith 14 

 s. Following 

 Uzed that the 

 1 better form 

 .924. 



g the tourna- 

 s were thrown 



pitchers win- 

 ! and the Tor- 



by a score of 

 rt boys played 



the day and 

 ^ean team lost 



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1 ILLINOIS POULTRY 

 V CROP TOTALS OVER 

 $63,000,000 YEARLY 



lUinoia Now Ranks Sec<Mul in 

 Poultry and Egg Production 

 State* Director F. A. Gougler 



IlMied Every Other Saturday for 63,000 thinking Farmen — September 26, 1925 



No. 19 



F. A. tioaal«r 



Illinois bens laid $59 worth of 

 eggs each minute during 1924. 

 That is the rec- 

 ord of our bid- 

 dies according to 

 F. A. Gougler. I. 

 A. A. director of 

 the poultry and 

 egg marketing 

 department, who 

 has made a sum- 

 mary of poultry 

 and egg produc- 

 tion in this state 

 as well as a 

 study of the 

 losses now in- 

 V o 1 V e d in our 

 present ineffi- 

 cient system of marketing. 



"The annual income derived 

 from poultry and eggs in Illinois 

 last year was no less than $63,000,- 

 000 and this state now ranks sec- 

 ond in total production in this 

 country," statts Director Gougler. 

 "This important farm enterprise, 

 commonly thought of as a souTce 

 of pin money, has now become one 

 of the largest industries in the 

 United States and tor the «ntire 48 

 states is considered as a billion- 

 dollar crop annually. 



"In this country the total pro- 

 duction of poultry and eggs now 

 e.xceeds by $300,000,000 the value 

 of the total wheat crop; is three 

 times the value of the entire to- 

 bacco crop; nine-tenths as great as 

 the value of our swine production; 

 and greater than the total value of 

 all cattle raised. 



Lay 24 CarkMUIs In Day 

 "Hens in Illinois last year laid 

 an average of three and a quarter 

 dozen eggs each second, 196.7 doz- 

 en per minute and 11,802 dozen, 

 one carload every hour. In 

 terms of income, the 24 carloads 

 of eggs produced each day or 8,498 

 cars annually, amounted to a daily 

 income for Illinois poultrymen of 

 $84,975.60 or an annual total val- 

 ue of more than 30 million dollars. 

 "The losses in this industry also 

 amount to a large total. From sur- 

 veys made by the agricultural de- 

 partment at Washington and au- 



esti- 

 mated that the total loss in the 

 L'nited States due to spoilage, 

 breakage and inefficient handling 

 from the time the egg is produced 

 .ton the farm until it reaches the 

 both morning consumer is $45,000,000 annually, 

 njoyed by all np„^ ,lje state of Illinois our pro- 

 ber inside or portion of this loss can be no less 

 m due to the U^^n four million dollars while our 

 through the bgrggr poultry and egg producing 

 picnic com- foountles contribute toward this loss 



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. HISTORY 



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'soo-oey' guys 



g it Isn't. 



, be it known, 



le and for all. 



weeks of bit- 



1 after all was 



nty's 'piggies' 



Blves laughing 



r' crowd. 



to be worn on 



1 be given by 



Robison, of 



nty, Poland- 



lis perfect ac- 



execution of 



Calling 



voices, the 

 est offered an 

 tition and en- 

 farm women 

 nd the silver 

 be broken at 

 Mrs. I. N. 

 nty. To win 

 ley did not re- 

 a. She just 



ick,' all the 

 head with her 

 ng imaginary 



of the make- 

 understood _ 



"'*f. ^ f®P"**' fhorities' in' this state', Jt 



is 



ocalist for she 



■tests at local 



year, one of 



ith a prize of 



hailed by 

 est ever beard 



Ut the rate of $25,000 to $30,000 

 ■ach j'ear. 

 "It is difficult to place the exact 

 eviewed, as he •esponsibility for this loss. How- 

 problems of 'ver, these same investigators state 

 aspects of the hat at least half of the loss is due 

 economic and o the condition under which eggs 

 ire handled on our farms. The 

 if Record lext largest contributor toward 



he day came his spoilage Is the country store 

 to start home. >r the first receiver of the eggs. 

 It through the I'his is because these stores are not 

 were handed >roperly equipped to handle so per- 

 picnic edition shable a food product as eggs. 

 Itural Associa- I_ .^_ j^^ SuRKCst.s Keme<ly 



•"f, '''t'''"""''' "Who pays this loss? The deal- 

 all about the .^ (joggn', q^ he couldn't stay in 

 Speeches were mslness. He is compelled to buy 

 to be thought- .^^^ ^^ ^ lo^ enough basis to per- 

 home. »,0UO t,,;^ ^j^, j^ pay this loss out of 

 broflts. In other words, the pro- 

 picnic was 11- {lucer of good eggs is penalized in 

 ly people lin- prder that the producer of bad eggs 

 11 nearly dark. :iay receive a price to which he is 

 am had been lot justly entitled. This is the sit- 

 . big day and batlon which the I. A. A. seeks to 

 sent regretted iemedy by a marketing program. 



I "This enormous waste is due 

 •' (Continued on page 4, col. B.) 



TROPHIES GIVEN AT ANNUAL PICNIC 



FIRST HEARING OF WESTERN FREIGHT RATE 

 CASE FOR FIVE PER CENT INCREASE BEFORE 

 t I LC.C. ADJOURNED; NEXT HEARING OCT. 26 



Railroad Attorneys, Hired Economiats and Representatives of 

 Security Holders Testify at Hearing Held in Chicago; Farm 

 Organizations to Defend the Fanners at Second Session 



■■ Undoubtedly from the .staiul|xiiiit of the farmers of Ataerii*. 

 this haK been the most im|>ortaiit lieariiitr eVer held." dcelared h, .1. 

 Quasey, I. A. A. director of transportation, following the adjourn- 

 ment of the first hearing of the Western Freight Advance Uase be- 

 fon- the Interstate Commerce (.'ommission, Chicago. 



"At this hearing the representatives of the railroads attemhted to 

 show that they have been unable to make.Jh<' percentage retiims on 

 investments allowed public utilities and thm the fanners of tht West 

 are prosperous and full.v able to stand an increase of at loast five 

 per cent in freight rates. At the second hearing, which will 1^ held 

 next month, the Agricultural representatives will attempt to ccnvince 

 the Interstate Commerce CoinmLssioii that the proposed freicht in- 

 crease of one cent per bushel on all grains iK of itself an unf tir in- 

 crease as compared to the five per cent incrt-ase asked for noi-agri- 

 cultural products, ' ' stated Director Quasey. 



"According to the carriers" statements thfy show pn>|>erty nvest 

 ment for the western railroads to be $9,179,1)81.978 as of l)e< ember 

 ol, 1924, and on this property investment they have earned m av- 

 erase rate of return of 3.^2 per 



LEFT — Loving cup given by the /. A, A. to the Tazewell Cot^Uy Farm 

 Bureau for winning state championship baseball game at annual picnic, Taylor' 

 ville, August 27. RIGHT — Loving cup won by Harry and Walter Torben, De- 

 Witt county, stale championship horseshoe pitchers. 



INSURANCE FOR NEW 

 COMPANY TOTALS 

 OVER $300,000.00 



Vaniman Asks Local Mutual 

 Companies and Farm Bureaus 

 T o Assist i n Si^dtations 



"A total of $317,000 of the 

 $500,000 in insurance needed to se- 

 cure the charter for the Farmers' 

 Mutual Reinsurance Company of 

 Illinois has been received at the 

 state office," stated Vernon Vani- 

 man, field representative of the 

 new company, in a plea to local 

 mutual companies and county Farm 

 Bureaus to lend their support in 

 getting the state mutual under way. 

 "Thirty-seven counties have sent in 

 applications and seven counties 

 have reached their quota of $20,- 

 000 In insurance applications," he 

 said. 



"Illinois farmers are losing $3,- 

 000,000 annually on farm insurance 

 due to the fact that local farmers' 

 Insurance companies cannot take 

 care of all farm needs in the ab- 

 sence of a state reinsurance com- 

 pany," stated Mr. Vaniman, "and 

 you can help the reinsurance com- 

 pany secure its charter and save 

 this loss by sending in an applica- 

 tion for insurance immediately. 



"The reinsurance company does 

 not oppose but is a supplement 

 to local mutual companies. It will 

 put the local companies of the state 

 in a position to handle all the fire 

 and lightning insurance needs of 

 the farmers on a mutual basis with 

 greater protection to themselves." 

 Best Plans at .\iiy State 



In referring to the complete or- 

 ganization and operation plans of 

 the new reinsurance mutual com- 

 pany, a prominent mutual insur- 

 ance man, who bas been in the 

 front ranks on all progressive 

 movements, made the following 

 statement in a letter to William B. 

 McFarland, secretary of the state 

 company. 



"A pretty careful examination of 

 the plans of the new company con- 

 vinces me, and I am of the opinion 

 that they are good, in fact better 

 than any other state plans that I 

 have seen. One practically good 

 feature Is that they in no way inter- 

 fere with the present practice of 

 excbange of reinsurance under the 

 present law of our state." 



Do \ot Carry Enough Insurance 



Recent surveys of farm insurance 

 in this state show that most farm- 

 ers have neglected to increase their 

 Insurance to cope with the increase 

 in value of their property. Many 

 farmers do not have their property 

 insured for more than 50 per cent 

 of its value. An illustration of the 

 danger of this practice is the case 

 of C. W. Broughton of Waterman, 

 DeKalb county. On September 4, 

 two modern dairy barns owned by 

 Mr. Broughton were burned down. 

 His loss was estimated at $34,000 

 while the insurance he carried was 

 $8,000. 



To begin operation the reinsur- 

 ance company must have applica- 

 tions for $500,000 insurance from 

 individuals. This is required by 

 the Illinois Law. Mr. Vaniman is 

 making personal solicitations 

 through local farmers' mutual in- 

 surance companies for these sub- 

 scriptions. "The work is progress- 

 ing rapidly. To hasten the time 

 when the company may begin op- 

 erating, farmers throughout the 

 state are asked to consider their in- 

 surance needs and if they can use 

 more protection to get in touch 

 with the new reinsurance company 

 through their local farmers' mutual 

 representative. 



Seien Counties Complete Quota 



Counties that have sent in appli- 

 cations in the new company are: 

 Adams, Bond, Cass, Christian, 

 Clark, Cook, DeKalb, Edgar, Ford, 

 Franklin, Hancock, Hendergoni 

 Henry, Iroquois, Jackson, Jersey, 

 Knox, LaSalle, Macon, Madison, 

 .Marshall-Putnam, Mason, McHenry, 

 McLean, Mercer, Montgomery, Ogle, 

 Peoria, Pulaski, Rock Island, Sang- 

 amon, Schuyler, Vermilion, Wa- 

 bash, White, and Winnebago. 



Counties that have sent in their 

 quota of $20,000 in applications 

 are: Cass, Henderson, Henry, La- 

 Salle, Montgomery, Pulaski, with 

 $39,000 in applications. 



Contmrt mrmbfrskl* Im Ihr Illi- 

 nois Agricultural Co-operatives' As- 

 soclatl«B, the co-operative auditing 

 and bciSiness advisory service, has 

 now r«a^hed the hi^h mark of 174. 



mXhe latest organixatlon to 

 send in a contract was the 

 Woodford County Agricul- 

 tural Association, a co-oper- 

 ative seed company located at Eure- 

 ka, Woodford county, according to 

 George R. Wicker, director of the 

 association. 



Peoria County Farm 



Bureau Officer Says 



Don't Neglect Your Home 



In the September issue of The 

 Country Gentleman there is an ar- 

 ticle concerning one of our Farm 

 Bureaus and I. A. A. leaders. It 

 reads. as follows: 



You will find bigger, gaudier 

 farms in Peoria county, Illinois, 

 than the home, at Edwards, of 

 Charles R. Ford, president of the 

 county Farm Bureau. But none 

 breathes a more satisfying air of 

 home. The bouse is roomy and 

 cozy, the other buildings neat, the 

 fields clean and well fenced. 



Said Mr. Ford: "I could never 

 see anything to living in a bare 

 home and slaving to salt away dol- 

 lars. That's self-robbery — beating 

 yourself out of happiness, and a 

 mean trick for a man to play on 

 himself and his family. 



"There's some sort of relation- 

 ship between beautifying a farm 

 and successfully operating one — 

 so much so that you can come close 

 to picking out the really good 

 farmers by the tidiness of their 

 farms, when driving along the road. 



"The farm matter which will l>e 

 a live issue this winter is the Mc- 

 Nary-Haugen idea as revived in the 

 Dickinson bill. Today, because of 

 the accidents, of weather there is 

 no great surplus of wheat or pork 

 but in the normal course of events, 

 we shall soon again have 100 mil- 

 lioii surplus bushels of wheat and 

 one and a half billion pounds of 

 pork products to send to a Europe 

 which is unable to pay us anything 

 which we will take. 



Wallace assailed the "commer- 

 cial" viewpoint taken by Secretary 

 Hoover and his followers. He said 

 that the seat of the trouble that 

 caused the dismissal of Dr. H. C. 

 Taylor as bead bf the Bureau of 

 Agricultural Economics was a clash 

 of viewpoints toward farming. Dr. 

 Taylor, he said, bas the agricultural 

 viewpoint while the interests which 

 unseated bim wish to industrialize 

 America which can only be done, 

 under present conditions, at the ex- 

 pense of agriculture unless protec- 

 tive measures as enjoyed by indus- 

 try and labor are extended to the 

 farmer. 



cent," be declared. "TheM have 

 shown that the cost of labor, equip- 

 ment and materials has been great- 

 ly increased and that they also 

 suffered a very heavy increfMe In 

 taxes. The railroads' witBesses 

 contend that the 5 per ceft ad- 

 vance would not be sufficient |to en- 

 able them to earn the 5 \ p« r cent 

 authorized under the Trtiniporta- 

 tion Act. Their reason for taking 

 for 5 per cent was that the;- con- 

 sidered it as an emergency mea- 

 sure and further that ther an- 

 ticipated sotne increase in revenue 



from other sources, such as 



n the 



carrying oi mail and ext>reai and 

 other rate adjustments now pend- 

 ing. 



Says PurchaKin^ Power (irNUer 



"Not all commodities are pro- 

 posed to b4' advanced. It appears 

 that considerable lumber and coal 

 traffic will escape any aavance 

 whatever apcording to the preseoit 

 plans and there may be furtiier ex- 

 emptions. ,AI1 this will meat) that 

 the greater burden will fall I upon 

 agricultural products. Theael mat- 

 ters will be gone into completely 

 when the hearing is resumejl for 

 the purpose of cross examinat^n of 

 the railroads' witnesses. 



"To show that the farmed ha 

 recovered from the flnancia de- 

 pression, they have used th< De- 

 partment of Agriculture repoits as 



a basis, purporting to show 



the farmers' purchasing pow< r to 

 day is greatler than before the war. 

 They mentioned nothing about tke 

 increased csst of labor, equipment 

 and materials . used on the 

 nor that the farmers' taxes 

 likewise increased heavily. 



"The showing about the farlners 

 recovery from the financial depres- 

 sion is purely a paper showing and 

 in subsequetit hearings the refcords 

 will be reiilete with evidenqe of 

 farmers by farmers showing 

 true financial condition 



that 



arm, 

 were 



heir 



Nevond Hearlim October 



The hearing in Ex Parte 

 which is the petition for advan 

 rates of the western railroadsj 

 docket IT,odO, wbicb is the inteati- 

 gation of tht' freight rate structure 

 in accordande with the Hoch-amltli 

 Resolution. Was adjourned at aooa, 

 September 16. at the Edgewater 

 Beach hotel, Chicago. The bearinf: 

 HEB been conducted for more jthan 

 a week. The railroads made peir 

 principal testimonies and represen- 

 tatives of the railroad secprity 

 holders appeared in support oi the 

 petition. With few except|onB, 



(Contlnu*d on p^^ X. col. h.\ 

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