10, 192S 



also rankt • 



the total 

 ■esented by 

 ilture. I _n 

 respect it 

 ed Srd 



all states 

 20, haWng 

 ;al farm 

 ■ty V a 1 u e 

 666,767.235. 

 average 



investment 

 1 over $25,- 

 Walk down 

 ;reet in the 

 je town, 

 many busi- 



I represent 

 arge an in- 

 ent? 



•. Ethelbert 

 ites Depart- 

 rity for the 

 farmers of 

 cient as the 

 ,619,000 of 

 d with and 

 )uld not de- 



lads in adop- 

 les of farm- 

 the use by 

 1924 of one- 

 iltural lime- 

 n the United 



of the ad- 

 nois farmers 

 [eneral adop- 

 sound prin- 

 arkcting. In 

 rs' organiza- 

 nd are oper- 

 ncies which 



all the live 



25 per cent 

 getablee. Of 

 he state, 21.4 

 by co-opera- 



of the tre- 

 rain received 

 tet, approxi- 

 nes from the 

 tions. 



ation of the 

 Lgricultui-e is 

 of their state 



the Illinois 

 on. This is 

 lerce for the 



II phases of 

 ; and legisla- 

 ted by the II- 

 sociation. A 

 reserve lines, 

 slogan is 63yf 



ces Listed 



to Be Held 

 Week* 



meetings of 

 ntatives and 



officials have 

 the next six 

 e and district 



)istrict — Rock 

 nald Kirkpat- 

 lunsel, and J. , 

 A. pjiosphate- 



strict — (place 

 akers, Geo. R. 

 le Illinois Ag^ 

 yes' Associa- 

 A. A. taxation 

 Sougler, direc- 

 and egg mar- 



th District — 

 !rs, Wm. E. 

 rector of live- 

 nald Kirkpat- 

 fficker. 

 District — Gol- 

 C. Watson, 

 1 Donald Kirk- 



;th District — 

 cers, Sam H. 

 )f I. A. A. and 



Ith District — 

 ^s, President 

 Lynch, I. A. A. 

 keting. 



' contains names of 

 people aod of theae 

 M havuig been bora 



J' 





A^atCULTU 



/ 



Volume 3 



Issued Every Other Saturday for 63,000 thinking Farmers — October 24, 192S 



No. 21 



RAILROADS AND FARMERS NEED EACH OTHER: THOMPSON 



/. A. A. President, Speaking Before Illinois 

 Chamber of Commerce, Says Trials of One Are 

 Tribulations of Other; Urges Understanding 



Mutual Reinsurance Campaign Completed 



Name Adflreas 



E. B. Pocorft, N'okomis 

 Anna Ctesb, Pr., Hillsboro 

 H.A.Crcsfl.Hill-'boro 

 .\,T. Strange, hillsboro 

 R.E.Gifford.Hiilsboro 

 Frank Fornoff . Mt. Carmel 

 W.J. Eaeinttton, Kemptoa 

 John W. Bailpy. Cool Valley 

 C.L.Cas5idy,Ei.rlrille 



Conrad Johnpon. Earlville 

 F.W.Hi ILLei^nd 

 J.W.McGary.Earlvflle 



0. M. Danielson. Ld&od 

 W.F.Drewcr.Reno 

 W.S. Loomia, Mukanda 

 R. K. Loomia. M [ikands 

 Martha HiU-hinfi. EarlvUIe 

 J. Z. Smith, Winnebago 



1 . N. Hosford. Hamiltrai 

 WnL StevcMon, Orion 



Insurance Totaling 

 $681^000 Received 

 As Campaign Closes 



Charter To Be Applied for 

 Immediately; Directors to 

 Meet and Place Insurance 

 in Force by Nov. 2 



Jt*8 over the line and plenty to go! 



The campaign for half a million dol- 

 lars in individual insurance applications 

 needed to secure the charter for; 'the 

 Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Company 

 of Illinois has been successful. ^ * \. 



When the dead-line was reached on 

 Saturday night, October 17, |681,0i00 in 

 insurance applications had been re- 

 ceived by the new company. The goal 

 has been more than reached and soon 

 the reinsurance company will be a go- 

 ing concern. 



"When the, mutual insurance compa- 

 nies. Farm Bureaus and farmers of 

 Illinois all work together, things are 

 not done by halves. The campaign was ^.^.^^„,^^ ,„„,,.„„ 

 bound to succeed," declared Vernon4 p. F. O'Brien'. Earlville 

 Vaniman, field representative of the 

 state reinsurance company. 



Organization to Start Soon 



In reviewing the next steps that will 

 be taken in the organization of the com- 

 pany M. Vaniman stated: 



"The first step of the new company is 

 to secure a charter from the state so 

 it can start operations. This will be 

 done within the next few days. The 



'board of cT rectors of thu reinsurance 

 company will meet Wednesday, Octo- 

 ber 21 and will determine the date the 

 insurance will go into force. This will 

 probably be on November 2. Everyone 

 who has made application for insurance 

 will be given ten days notice prior 

 to the time the insurance will go into 

 effect. 



"Now that individuals have cooper- 

 ated to get the charter for the company 

 the next step will be consideration by 

 officers and directors of the mutual com- 

 panies of the service to be rendered 

 by the reinsurance company that will 

 benefit their local Company. 



Three Serrices Offeree! 



"One of the principal services of the 

 new state company will be the ad- 

 vantage of blanket insuranec. This 

 will insure the local mutual company 

 as a whole. If some have excessive 

 losses for any one year the reinsurance 

 company will come to their rescue. This 

 will protect the local company against 

 excessive losses and will make the as- 

 sessments more uniform. Experience 

 tables show that this can be carried 

 for 8 per cent of the average annual 

 loss of the local company, 



•'Another service of the reinsurance 

 company will be specific reinsurance. 

 This will enable the local company to 

 cede to the state company that portion 

 of the risk which they do not wish to 

 carry themselves. For instance, if the 

 local company writes $10,000 on a single 

 risk and only wants to carry $4,000 of 

 that amount, the company can cede to 

 the state mutual the remaining $6,000. 

 "A third service is recession insur- 

 ance. There will be a limit as to the 

 amount of insurance the state company 

 shall carry on a single risk. The state 

 •company must therefore have local com- 

 panies that they can cede $1000 to 

 ■■S2000 of insurance. This will be prac- 

 /tically the same as the local company 

 taking insurance in their own territory 

 and will increase their local insurance 

 in force." 



Credit Due Farmers 



Mr, Vaniman states that the credit 

 for securing $681,000 in applications for 

 insurance is due to the farmers of Illi- 

 nois, who have a vision of the necessity 

 ' of the farmers cooperating together to 

 solve their problems. 



Officers and directors of mutual in- 

 surance companies, farm bureau execu- 

 tive committeemen, farm advisers, 

 farmers, farm papers, state association 

 of mutual insurance companies, the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association and all 

 agricultural forces have cooperated to- 

 eether to establish the reinsurance 

 * company. 



"Now that the reinsurance company, 

 after securing 't^ charter, will he in a 



position to take care of the needs of 

 the local companies, the next step is 

 for the tocal company to give the state 

 company an opportunity to render serv- 

 ice inasmuch as the state mutual is the 

 servant of the local companies," states 

 Mr. Vaniman. "Many farmers have 

 stated that the advantage that appeals 

 to them is that it will put the farmer 

 in a position whereby he can secure all 

 of his insurance against fire, lightning, 

 wind storms and hail on a mutual basis 

 thus saving him thousands of dollars on 

 his insurance." 



Charter Members Listed 



The following is a list of the farmers 

 in Illinois who have become charter 

 members of the reinsurance company 

 by sending in applications for insurance 

 during the campaign that has closed: 



Xame Addresi 



C. E. Berglinf , Orion 

 A, L. Wnterlund. Orion 

 J. W. Aspiund, Onekd» 

 C. A. Aspiund, Orion 

 D.C.Keleher. Orion 

 Truete«fl. St . Paul Lutberao 



Church, Orion 

 (%C. A. Apitun^) 

 W. J. Atteberry^ Hillsboro 

 Geo. N. Allen, Donncllson 

 H.F.Marshy II. Serena 

 Chas.E.Loi-k, Dow 

 Henry C. Gordon, Peoria 

 E. S. Glasgow, Hanna City 

 Henrj- L. Larnen. Cambridge 

 John A. Olson. I*bnd 

 D.F. Carney, EarlviUe 

 Norman G.FImb, Moro 

 W.W.WalkerEarlvUle 

 W.C. Pratt, Earhille 

 Ed. Carter, E-rlviUe 



Kame Addrea 



Frank Haber, Hillsboro 

 A. F. Loudu. Hillsboro 

 Frank S. Ware, ButW 

 Geo. W.Mitta. Butler 

 Chri. E. Stonbo-R. BisbfH) 



HUI 

 M. I. Soderquist, Biebop 



EUl 

 WW. Hodge, Paris 

 V. infield H. Scott. Chrisman 

 School Dist. No. ^ . Paris 

 I^H. R. Di<k.n*rn) 

 H. A. Tweedy. Parii 

 MaxelMares. Paris 

 Harlan A. See. Paris 

 H.W.Wriirlt. Paris 

 George Roll. Paris 

 Chester Bol- nd, Paris 

 Olive R. Bel' nd. Paris 

 W.H.Colwell. Kpnsas 

 W. M. Ijtlle. Chrisnian 

 Jennie B. Little. Chrisman 

 A. C. Brown, Stillman 



Valley 

 John 0. Honnok), Kansas 

 S. G. VanSicklc. Pans 

 J. W. RolunsMi. KaosM 

 J. Q. Snedeker A Son. Mar- 

 shall 

 Wm. Buhrmann, Warden 

 FrFnk Troeckler, Granite 



City 

 Ch:i8. E. Peasley. StrooK- 



hurat 

 D.A.King, Media 

 D.R.Gibb. Media 

 Newton Kern, Stronghurat 

 Fred Ross. Media 

 E. G. Lewis. Media 

 Gust A. SwansoD, Strong- 



hurst 

 Th« . Dixon . Stronghurrt 

 Lnrena Peart Dixon.Slrotig- 



hurat 

 ('■J, '.ho«. Dixon) 

 James W. Dixon, Carman 

 (Continued on 



Name Address 



A. rt. Brooks. Stron^hurst 

 W. fc. Sanderson, BicgsviUe 

 C. n. Currv, Stronghurst 

 W. S. McElhiBoey. Stroog- 



htrst 

 Matt Hoose. Benton 

 Mary Ladd. Edwartkville 

 J. J.nomung, Ottawa 

 S. W. ReynoIdB. Utiea 

 G.M.BevnoHs.rtica 

 Wm.K.^ute. Ottawa 

 J.S.Webb.Ewing 

 Mary E. Murrhy.EarWIle 

 Eeker R o%-8e Da vej- . Berry 

 Ch;iS.Hoii.Buckley 

 J. W. Armstrong. Argenta 

 J.FredScboll.Pok> 

 Albia E. Petetwn, New 



C. D. Streetw. New Wind- 

 Mr 

 (%B. 0. Hickok) 

 A. J.Str«eter, New Wipdsor 

 R. a. Streeter, N*ew Wind- 



A. V. PetereoL, New Wind- 



W. C. Garrett EsUte. Viola 

 {% M.S.G.»rrett. l.x) 

 StanloD E. Bosrdmao, 



Huel Crest 

 F. H. Bmman, Oo«b 

 W. B. Eliioit. WdliuMfield 

 Edward Siegcl.Otk Hill 

 WillGieim. Streator 

 Stanley Castle, Alton, 

 Geo. R. Smith, Ransom 

 Frai^ Butwell. Streator 

 A. J. Gahm, Streator 

 W. D. Iserman. Stre?tar 

 A. B. Leeper. Centnlu 

 F. C. Wells k Sen, Harvmrp 

 Herman Irrif, ErnH 

 Howard Jokiwh. Vi-^nia 

 Howard & Robt. Jokisck. 



VVginim 



pofft 4, CoL i) 



Eggs From 300,000 Hens Are Marketed 

 Co-operatively by 1800 Ohio Farmers 



F. A. Gougler 



Early in the year 1924, some of the 

 progressive farm bureau workers of 

 Ohio decided to 

 make poultry and 

 egg marketing one 

 of the state's major 

 projects. 



This idea was 

 backed by the Ohio 

 Farm Bureau, the 

 extension service 

 of the Ohio State 

 University and the 

 local farm bureaus 

 of four northwest 

 counties, namely, 

 Williams, Fulton, 

 Defiance and 

 Henry. County Agents M. L. Howell of 

 Henry, Roy Cave of Fulton, Earl Field- 

 ner of Williams and Jesse Wandsetter 

 of Defiance got squarely behind this 

 project. F. M. Glascow of the Ohio 

 Farm Bureau Federation was the lead- 

 ing factor in planning the membership 

 campaign. Farm bureau members of 

 the four counties who have had an ac- 

 tive part in this project are E. M. 

 Fackler, S. G. Daughton and C. E. 

 Greek of Williams county, Harry M. 

 Pontioies, of Henry County; W. H. 

 Pfaflf of Fulton County and E. J. Stock 

 of Defiance County. 



Use Marketing Contract 



The first members were secured in 

 Williams County on April 16, 1924. 

 From that date the membership cam- 

 paign continued until the goal of mem- 

 bership was secured. Before market- 

 ing was actually to begin the member- 

 ship signed up must be owners of 300,- 

 000 hens and must have signed agree- 

 ments that they would market all their 

 poultry and eggs through their associa- 

 tion, except "such poultry and eggs as 

 the producer may use for home con- 

 sumption, hatching oz; sell for hatching 

 or breeding." 



This goal was reached after more 

 than a year's effort and the association 

 finally began to function in July of this 

 year. The operating committee select- 

 ed was composed of E. M. Fackler, H. 

 F. Schnoble, C. E. Greek and F. M. 

 Glascow. This committee in turn em- 

 ployed a manager, Mr. M. L. Howell, 

 who for six years served as county 

 agent in Henry County. 



Ohio's association started to function 

 with the enviable record of a clean 

 slate. To quote from the Ohio Farm 



By F. A. Gougler 



Bureau Federation News on this point 

 we read: "The Association starts with 

 a clean record page, a thing which older 

 associations may envy. The entries which 

 will be made on this pa{re will be made 

 with indelible ink. Th^- will be hard 

 to remove, it therefore, behooves the of- 

 ficers and members to see that the 

 record is kept clean." 



Foar Pools Completed 

 Since July I, at which time the as- 

 sociation began its operations, four 

 pools have been completed with a total 

 of approximately one-third of a million 

 dozen of egg^ handled. The first pool, 

 July 10-21, contained 93,214 dozen. 

 he second pool, August 1-15, sold 86,- 

 477 dozen; the third pool 83,470 dozen; 

 and the fourth, dating September 1-15, 

 handled 89,730 dozen eggs. The follow- 

 ing tabulation summarises the number 

 of dozen eggs handled In the four pools 

 up to September 15 and the number of 

 dozen in each grade: 

 GRADES OF EGGS 

 Hennery Whites 

 Hennery Browns 

 Standards 

 Trades 

 Checks 

 Rejects i 



Total 



NO. 



DOZEN 

 85472 

 86366 

 180,6M 



£5,105 



- 3,615 



1,435 



'*And Prosperity of One Promotes Welfare of Other/' Says 

 President Thompson, '*But Common Welfare Can Only 

 Be Promoted When Each Industry Has True Picture 

 of Actual Conditions Within the Other. If Facts Are 

 Ignored, Welfare of Both Is Hindered." 



Charges That Railroads Sanction Farm Prosperity Propaganda and 



says, "I Want to Suggest That a State of Newspaper 



Prosperity Will Not Pay Tour Freight Bills,'' 



What is the relatiOnsUi}) of the raUroiuU tmd the farmer? 



To get the farmer's rietcnornt on this question, the lUinms Cham- 

 ber of Commerce im^tcd President Thompson to discuss it before 

 tJiat organization's aTtnual meeting^ t»hieh was held in Chicago this 

 month. 



The fuU text of President Thompson's wpeeeh on this timely sub- 

 ject is herewith presented for your consideration. — The Editor. 



By S. H. THOMPSON 



PrcsiiftMit, lUiaikis Affricultural Association « 



AS I FACE you men here today to discuss the relationship 

 of these two great elements vital to our national life— 

 " the railroads and the farmers — I can 

 recall no similar occasion in the past when I 

 was so greatly tempted to send out a cry for 

 help. Not help in finding things to tell you 

 — my difficulty will be to compress within 

 the time assigned me the storj' that must be 

 told — t but help to make these few words 

 of mine contribute to a clearer view of our 

 common ground of interest, without which 

 mere words will be futile to avert misunder- 

 standing and great loss. 



It is merely stating the obvious to recite 

 the many interests in common between agri- 



culture and 



332382 



It is interesting to note the per cent 

 (Continued on page i, CoL S) 



Sam Sorrells Subject 



Of '^Farmers Who*s Who" 

 In Montgomery County 



"Who's Who Among Montgomery 

 County Farmers," a' new department 

 running in the Hillsboro Journal, has 

 for its first subject Samuel Sorrells of 

 Raymond, executive codimitteemsn of 

 the I. A. A. for the 21st district. 



"Sam Sorrells of Raymond town- 

 ship," the article says, ''is one of the 

 most active farmers in the county, and 

 his interest in farm bureau work has 

 made him known in farming circles 

 over this part of the state. 



"Sorrells gives his time to community 

 and state interests without neglecting 

 his own farm. He has one of the best 

 equipped and successful farms in that 

 neighborhood; and the Raymond neigh- 

 borhood, as farmers know, is one of the 

 outstanding farming communities in 

 this part of thp state.** i 



Nearly Two-Thirds 

 of Illinois Dairy 

 Cattle T-B Tested 



Illinois Dairy Cows Soon To 

 Be Free of Bovine Tubercu- 

 losis; 61.8 Per Cent Are 

 Now Tested. 



■ Nearly two-thirds of the dairy cows 

 in Illinois have been tested for bovine 



a tuberculosis and 

 placed under feder- 

 al and state super- 

 vision according to 

 a report based on 

 government figures. 

 •'To be exact, 61.8 

 per cent, or 730,- 

 602 milk cows were 

 in the favored class 

 on October 1st," 

 states A. D. Lynch, 

 director of the I. 

 A. A. dairy market- 

 ing department. 

 "With only about 



S. H. Thompoon 



transportation. 

 They are inter- 

 dependent mutually essential. The trials 

 of the one add to the tribulations of the 

 other. The prosperity of one promotes^ ■ 

 the welfare of the other. But this com- ^ 

 mon welfare cSn only be promoted when 

 e&A industry has a true picture of tho 

 actual conditions within the othor. 



No Soft Pedal 



I am going to talk plainly here this 

 morning, gentlemen. You asked nw 

 hetfe today because you wanted to lean 

 a fbrmer's view of the relations between 

 transportation and agriculture, and I 

 am going to give it to you. I find that 

 my talk Just naturally divides itself, 

 into two Darts, the first dealing with- 

 tho view of farming and the farm prob-. 

 lent which the railroads appear to have^ 

 adopted, ana the second dealing with 



A. D. Lynch 



what the farmers think of the railroads, 

 and what they want to know about tlie 

 trakiBportation business. 



I^et me »tat« a& a fundamental pro- 

 position that nothing else but a 

 prosperous, stable and developing agri- 

 culture will serve as a basis of per- 

 majient prosperity for the western rail- 



"With onlv about ' "*^^* "^ ^^ United States. A sUte of 



600,000 more cattle I "j^^^"^^ P"'»P«"J>" *=»""?L'^^''*.J! 



still to be tested, i^f.^"- ,^l *« witnessing today th« 



^.i..r.»^- -« i^u. resSlts of what i 



dairymen are look- 



appears to be a concert- 



ing forward to the not far disUnt day klt^?^„»* P';?P«5»"^^^^ ^h. 



when they can tell the world that milk ^JSL' " f f »!, '»>« f«™«" " .» 



— - -' - ... whole, and of the corn belt in parti- 



cular, are riding on the peak of a condi- 

 tion of general torosperity. May I sug- 

 gest thst the rsilroads appear to have 

 given their sanction to that propaganda. 



Fafmor ICnowta Actual Conditions 



"Bo the man •ut in the country who 

 see* the balant^ sheets on his farm's 

 onet-ations. and who know? bettrr than 

 the city press vfiiat is wrong with agri- 

 culture, this is not encouraging as a 

 b;isls for farmet" and railroad coopera- 

 tion. It may b^ possible to sell, to the 

 resl of the country the notion that the 

 farSiers have toolved their difficulties 

 and are on a sotnd foundation now. but 

 if tliis is not triie, it will make matters 

 woMe. not better. 



Vou do not need to bt an economist 

 to linderetand khat agriculture as a 

 wh#le has not H<^ived, and is not re- 

 ceiving today, ^ fair share of the na- 

 tional income. A casual obser\'er can 

 s«« evidences of it on every hand. Go 

 rConiimKoa on page s. Cot. s) 



in Illinois is produced from cows free 

 frotn tuberculosis. 



•'In September, 60322 head of csttle 

 were tested. Indications point to still 

 greater activity during this month and 

 November. More dairymen than ever are 

 signing applications to have their herds 

 tested. The spirit is to get the job done 

 as quickly as possible, have the reactors 

 removed for slaughter and receive the 

 indlemnity paid by the state and federal 

 government. 



•'Consumer sentiment on many niinols 

 markets is growing in favor of milk 

 frotn tested herds that are under federal 

 and state supervision. Progressive dairy- 

 men are 'cleaning house" to supply this 

 demand, insure themselves of an every 

 day market and receive the benefits that 

 theiy always obtain when a superior 

 grade of milk is furnished." 



A COBN CLUB EKROLLMCNT SfX TUKS LAaOSB 



in ID25 than in 10J4 is ivportpd by l^ 1. Pikhsrd, 

 ■taSB l(«der of bo>'«* ana cirb' «ub work ol tfas 

 lity of lllitmia. 



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