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TTie Illinois Agricultural Association RECORD 



October 24, 1925 



farroinc ih these preat surplus-produc- 

 ing districts prospers. Rail income 

 from farni business during the past five 

 or six ye^rs has come from ^exhaustion 

 of farm capital, rather than from farm 

 net incomie. And as I see on every 

 , hand the tremendous improTementa in 

 the city Iproperties of railroads — the 

 colossal p^sseng^r stations, the electri- 

 fied, systems built for city comfort out 

 of earnings, and compare it with what 

 X know is taking place in my own farm 

 neighborhood, I wonder if the railroads, 

 :tft#r all, recoKnize the situation in 

 urh%h the farmers have been, and I 

 fear, still nre. 



I am about to get over into the sec- 

 uad part |of my discussion, and prob- 

 ably is is ftbout time. There is so much 

 to be said about the post-w«r ajrricul- 

 tUral condition thiit I find it difficult not 

 to use up my allotted time on that. 

 Farmers Clo*e Students of 

 Railroads 

 The fafmers, on the whole, are 

 friendly to the railroads. Each farmer 

 Is a property owner, a manufacturer, 

 a laborer [and a shipper for himself. 

 His contact with railroads is immediate 

 and personal. Therefore, he is a much 

 ''loser ^^tuoent of railroad problems than 

 the average man in town. The conflict 

 which in che past has marked the rela- 

 tions of agriculture and transportation 

 has not round farmers fighting rail- 

 roads in their proper functions, but the 

 abuse of failroads to foster favoritism 

 and prese»\'e inequalities. 



So it ia now. The farmer favors a 

 square dfa\ for the railroads. He 

 * recognizes! his need for ample and ade- 

 quate rail [service. By nature the farm- 

 er is" a coaservative. He is an indepen- 

 dent capitalist with an inbred love of 

 property i and respect for property 

 rights. L^t me call your attention to 

 the fact it hat for several generations 

 the farmers of the middle West have 

 be^ voting right along with the manu- 

 facturers for protective tarifTs, and with 

 insurance! companies and banking in- 

 terests fot" financial legislation. But let 

 me drop d word of warning right here. 

 The farmer is now thoroughly awake to 

 the fact that he must compel with (he 

 world anq see his home markets gov- 

 erned by J)rices established by the labor 

 peasants abroad. His conservative col- 

 leagues have not given him any favors 

 comparable to the favors they have ap- 

 propriated to themselves. 

 Feiirs Railroads Alienating Farmers 

 If the t^ailroads themselves pursue a 

 policy that alienates the support of this 

 great agricultural group whose interests 

 are so close to theirs, where In America, 

 T want to a.'tk. An they expect to replace 



fosirit-a n general, and, I am 



t«Tr-al«(i w biiti, railroad men in parti- 

 .j.1^1, hffvje exercised freely the right to 

 criticise bnd advise agriculture con- 

 cerr.ing readjustments to meet its crisis. 

 There will be no" objection raised then, 

 I am sure, when I say that there are 

 many things in the present transporta- 

 tion situation with which the farmers 

 are not satisfied, and many points on 

 which they want information. They 

 can be depended upon to make up their 

 minds fairly if they are given accurate 

 and trustworthy information. 

 ! Farmers Question Railroads' 



Actions 



The fairmer wants to know why rate 

 increases should be made horizontally 

 and if rail rates are such a jumble that 

 no more scientific mode of increase is 

 possihJe. I He wants to know why 

 promoters are permitted to make mil- 

 lions through consolidation of broken- 

 down railroads, and, if that is possible, 

 why do the railroads need an increases 

 in rates? 



If motor transport companies make 

 so much liioney that the railroads suffer 

 great los<, the farmer wants to know 

 why one( system of transportation 

 should bej permitted to fasten off an- 

 other system, and the general public 

 asked to come to the rescue of the one 

 thus weakened? 



Who fays For New Equipment 



What lb the truth about the enor- 

 mous additions to equipment and rolling 

 stock which the railroads advertise they 

 are m^kihg now? Are they paid for 

 out of current income? 



If we glance back over railroad his- 

 tory, we Viil recall that the Interstate 

 Commerc* Commission was created to 

 give the public the facts on just such 

 questions as the one here raised. Has 

 the iMetstate Commerce Commission 

 become merely a court before which 

 public intfcrest has to fight special inter- 

 ests? Certainly that is not the function 

 for which it was established. The Inter- 

 state .Coipmerce Commission should re- 

 present t|he public in every rate case, 

 and by Impartial investigation should 

 give the ipublic all the facts in matters 

 of railroad policy. 



If the Interstate Commerce Commis- 

 sion will I not help in this way, then it 

 becomes necessary for agriculture to 

 conduct its own investigation, and to 

 co-operate with trade bodies such as the 

 Illinois Chamber of Commerce in look- 

 ing aftei the public interest. 



Farmers Want the Truth 



These questions are not asked In any 

 unkindly or critical spirit. It would be 

 possible to raise many others involved 

 in the modern transportation problem 

 on which the farmers want the truth. 

 I assure you they can be depended on 

 to^udge and art fairly upon it. 



In conclufion t am [tpmptpd ^ p«int 



Farmers * Poultry 

 Meeting Holds Up 

 Passenger Trains 



B. Sc 0» Officials Co-operate 

 With ^Southern Illinois 

 Fanners in Selling Eggs on 

 New York Market 



Seldom does a farmer's meeting be- 

 come so important as to hold up a pas- 

 senger train, but such was the case in 

 Flora on October 8 when approximately 

 25 farm advisers, farm bureau officials 

 and officials of the Baltimore and Ohio 

 railroad met to discuss and study the 

 packing of eggs and how they should be 

 loaded into refrigerator cars. Two trains 

 were purposely delayed over half an 

 hour because of the meeting. 



It was the third of a series of meet- 

 ings held in Flora on fundamentals of 

 co-operative poultry and egg marketing 

 by Frank A. Gougler, I. A. A. director. 

 Flora is a point that has been selected 

 after thorough study as being ad- 

 vantageous for a farmers' poultry and 

 egg marketing organization. 



Not only is it in the heart of a rich 

 poultry section, but is the junction 

 point for the B. & O. north and south 

 and east and west lines. An egg car is 

 started at E. St. I^uis toward Flora 

 which stops at various stations along 

 the way picking up eggs of dealers and 

 farmers en route to New York and 

 other eastern points. 



Flora is Reloading Point 



Similarly, cars are routed toward 

 Flora from Vincennes, Ind., Shawnee- 

 town and Beardstown, all scheduled to 

 arrive there the same day. Here the 

 partially filled cars are reloaded, filling 

 as many refrigerator cars as are re- 

 quired, and dispatched immediately to 

 the East. 



Anyone with two cases of eggs or 

 more can ship this way, and many far- 

 mers are taking advantage of it, accord- 

 ing to Mr. Gougler. He cites one in- 

 stance in which J. C. McEIyea, a prom- 

 inent farmer living near Flora, shipped 

 three cases to a commission firm in New 

 York, October 5, and by this means 

 saved approximately 50 per cent in 

 transportation charges under express 

 rates. Furthermore, Mr. McElyea reaped 

 a price of 47 cents a dozen, laid down 

 at New York. After deducting freight, 

 cartage and packing expense, his net 

 return was 43 cents. Farmers were re- 

 ceiving from 25 to 35 cents from dealers 

 in this territory for the same period. 

 Railroad Officials Interested 



Officials of the B. & 0. were interested 

 in the farm bureau meeting because 

 they are desirous of parrying more 

 poultry and eggs out of [ southern Illi- 

 nois. They predict an increase in poul- 

 try husbandry in this section of the 

 state. 



Mr. Gougler thinks that a corps of a 

 farmers' shipping organization may be 

 developed at Flora and other points by 

 first organizing the heaviest farm-ship- 

 pers. With a strong desire already 

 manifest by the leading farmers in this 

 locality^ Mme definite action may be ex- 

 pected. Tlowever, the primary purpose 

 of this meeting, and other meetings be- 

 ing held by Mr. Gougler over the state, 

 was to acquaint farm advisers and 

 leading farmers with first-hand infor- 

 mation on some of the problems which 

 must be met by any co-operative poultry 

 and egg marketing organization. 



out that the attitude of agricnltiire to- 

 ward the railroads, in recognizing the 

 need for their proper maintenance and 

 support, is fairer than that of the aver- 

 age business view of agriculture. Am 

 I wrong in saying that the typical at- 

 titude of the cities toward the farms 

 may be summed up about as follows? 

 "Your income is shrinking, therefore, 

 reduce the valuation of your farms, low- 

 er your living standards, increase your 

 hours of labor and those of your family, 

 until your income suffices; you are over- 

 expanded, so reduction is inevitably 

 decreed by economic law, and even 

 thougn reduction must be attended by 

 foreclosure and bankruptcy, nothing can 

 be done about it." 



Prosperous Agriculture — Prosper- 

 ous Railroads 



A prosperous agriculture will do more 

 to rebuild railroads, then increased 

 freight rates; a human understanding 

 of our common problems must precede 

 a solution of the difficulties of either 

 the railroad or the farmer, or of both. 

 These are the two thoughts I want to 

 leave with you this morning, above all 

 else. 



Business intercourse is moving along 

 on higher levels than before the war. 

 A prevalent view among leaders of 

 business and industry is that these 

 higher levels are here to stay. It is not 

 my purpose to discuss that with you to- 

 day further than to say that they can- 

 not permanently be maintained for 

 some groups if others are to be ex- 

 cluded. They can only be maintained 

 by the co-operation of all groups, and 

 the putting into practice of the golden 

 precept which has come down through 

 the ages as the guide for men's rela- 

 tions, one with another: 

 "Whatsoever ye would that men shall 

 do unto you. do yp «»v»n «<> onto them.'* 



OFFICE VISITORS 



Chris Chrlstenson, in charge of the 

 division of agricultural co-operation. 

 United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture, Washington, O. C; Elmer £. Ly- 

 on, Georgetown; W. V. Jones, George- 

 town; J. J. Lintner, in charge of tuber- 

 culosis eradication, Illinois Department 

 of Agriculture, Chicago; J. J. Sullivan, 

 Consumer's Company, Chicago; T. F. 

 Quilty, president, Superior Stone Com- 

 pany, Chicago; Herman Steen, secret 

 tary, Indiana Wheat Growers* Associa- 

 tion, Indianapolis, Ind.; M. L. Wilson, 

 bureau of farm management, United 

 States Department of Agriculture, 

 Washington, D. C; C. W. Holman, sec- 

 retary of the National Co-operative 

 Milk Producers' A^ociation, Washing- 

 ton, D, C; S. A. Miller, legal counsel. 

 Dairymen's League Co-operative Aaso- 

 ciation» Inc., New York; Frank Evans, 

 general marketing council, American 

 Farm Bureau Federation, Chicago; J. 

 P. Larson, Farmers' National Grain 

 Dealers Association, Ft. Dodge, Iowa ; 

 A. W. MacKay, division of agricultural 

 co-operation, U. S. Department of Agri- 

 culture, Washington, D. C; J. P. Toch- 

 er, general western freight agent. 

 Southern Railway System; Stanley M. 

 Powell, assistant Secretary and legisla- 

 tive representative of the Michigan 

 State Farm Bureau, Lansing, Michigan; 

 Mr. Collins of West Frankfurt, 111.; J. 

 W. Goemans of the Grain Dealers Na- 

 tional Association; Rev. Elmer Olson, 

 Wataga, Illinois; Dr. C. E. Nourse, 

 Washington, D. C; E. L. Corbin, or- 

 ganizer for the Missouri Farm Bureau 

 Federation; N. W. Strother, office man- 

 ager and director of information de- 

 partment of the Missouri Farm Bureau 

 Federation; John M. Crebs, chairman 

 advisory committee tof the American 

 Red Cross White County; O. R. Waddle, 

 assistant general livestock agent, Atchi- 

 son, Topeka & Sante Fe Railway Com- 

 pany; Mr. Cowling, Plainfi^ld, Illinois; 

 John N. Davis, assistant commissioner 

 of agriculture, Hamilton, Mont.; F. E. 

 Harris, in charge of co-operative au- 

 diting, department of agriculture, St. 

 Paul, Minn. 



Farmers Co-operate 

 in Marketing Eggs 



(Continued from page t) 

 ot the dilTerent grades in a pool, and the 

 range of price received by members. The 

 last pool for example graded and netted 

 members as follows : 



GRADE PER CENT PRICE REC'D 



Hennery 32% 42c 



Standards 56% 34c 



Trades 9% 27c 



Checks 1.8% 20c 

 Rejects .4% 



Get Fi^ CenU Additional Profit 



The average price received by the 

 members during this pool (Sept. 1-15) 

 was 35.7 cents and the average current 

 receipt and price paid to non-member^ 

 for this period in these four counties 

 was 30 cents per dozen. Thus it is seen 

 that the members received a premium 

 of five cents per dozen through their 

 association. This does not take into 

 consideration the amounts retained by 

 the association for a reserve. For one 

 single pool the members of the associa- 

 tion enjoyed the privilege of having no 

 less than ?3,450 more money to their 

 credit than they '•^might otherwise have 

 had. 



This extra gain, however, is not the 

 only thing to hold up as the goal of 

 the association. Being able to sell eggs 

 on grade is of far greater importance. 

 The above table clearly points out that 

 better eggs bring the most money for 

 there was a margin of 15 cents a dozen 

 between the top grade and the lowest 

 grade outside ox checks. This difference 

 is a strong stimulus for producers to 

 improve quality. 



Hav« Forty-four Receiring Stations 



Set-up of the Ohio organization and 

 its method of assembling and handling 

 eggs is very similar to those found in 

 Minnesota, which have already been ex- 

 plained in these columns. This one or- 

 ganization of 1800 members covers four 

 small counties. in the northwest corner 

 of the state, an area about 40 by 50 

 miles square. These 1800 members take 

 their eggs to some 44 receiving stations 

 which have about 40 members around 

 each station. Generally these stations 

 are country grocery stores. Over a good 

 system of hard roads, the poultry and 

 eggs are brought to Wauseon, Ohio, 

 from these 44 stations. The association 

 uses four trucks for this purpose. In 

 this manner the produce moves every 

 other day from any one of the receiving 

 stations to the concentration point 

 where the produce is graded and packed 

 for shipment. 



At present poultry is handled alive 

 in carlot shipments. Taking all condi- 

 tions into consideration, there seems to 

 be no outstanding reason why this 

 method of marketing these commodities 

 should not be just as practical for 

 Illinois as for Ohio. This is particular- 

 ly true for such areas of Illinois that 

 correspond in every way to thp north- 

 wpRt «prtiATi of Ohio 



Insurance Totaling 

 $681,000 Received 



(Continued from page 1, Col, 3) 



Name Addrrai 



Lee R. CdwHrds. Virginia 

 H. H. Carls, Beardstown 

 Felix Krohe, Beardatown 

 F. E. Virgin. Virfinia 

 McNeiU Bros.. Chandler- 



▼iUe 

 Beary J. Eorsmeyw. Areni- 



viife, 

 Wm, B. Harria, Beardstows 

 H. V. Wilson. Vir^nia 

 1 hoB. F. Schaad, \ irginla 

 (■uy H. Huatcd, VirKinia 



F. C. Wallbaum, Afibland 

 Wm. Batoriia, Aahland 

 O. W. Gentber. Aahlaod 

 J.W.Lynn.Oakford 

 Mn H. Taylor. Vindnis 

 Ceo. A. Ch&rlM, KooxTiUe 

 J. R. Youna. GiIpod 

 Aldeo SnyJcr, Hillsboro 

 Chr 8. Baxter, Hillsboro 



It . R. Shepperd. Mt. Auburn 

 John SkallDerg, Orion 

 Mary K. Graves, Villa 



Bidn 

 R. B. Endicott, Villa Ridge 

 T . E. Lingenfelter, UUin 

 E. O. Scboembe, Villa 



Ridge 

 Vilb Ridce Orange. No. 



1616, Villa Ridge 



0. L. McBride. Villa Ridge 

 Wm. E. Rife, Villa Ridge 

 James Gould, Villa Ridge 

 E. J. Koonrp, Villa Ridge 

 A. J.Scboenbom.Olmst^ 

 M. D. Brelaford,' America 

 L. E. Endicott, Villa Ridge 

 J. A. HogeDdobler, ViUa 



Ridge 

 W. J. Heinhorst. Fowat 



City 

 Mrs. Jeoaie Richardnon 



Orion 

 Chaa. R. Finlpy, Hoopeeton 

 W. J. Thom^Bon, Rusbvillc 

 H, Roberta, Waterman 

 W. A.Conidon, WaiTimm 

 Wm. L. Nelson, Peoria 

 Ceo.J.Wolf^Henry 

 F.E. Smith, McNabb 

 H. R. MnrriB, Magnolia 

 (■!-irE.Haj%TayWille 

 John H. Waraer, 'Fonat 



City 

 H. W. Whin. Hume 

 Daniel Thom-is, Brocton 

 Emily H. & Geo. W. Fair. 



Chrisman 

 August Wieae, Brocton 

 Madison Co. Mutual Auto 



Inninnee Co., Edwarda- 



viUe 

 Jersey County Farm 



Bureau. Jersey^ille 

 White County Live Stock 



8hipiMng Ass'n., Carmi 

 White County Farm 



Bureau, Carmi 

 E. W. Creigbton. Carmi 

 E. L. Knebel Highland 

 Chaa. A. Rogier. Highland 

 John O. Ho>-t. Hijrhland 

 John Bernhardt, Troy 

 M.-ggie Virgin, St. Jacob 

 JuhnS.Leef.Highl-nd 

 Fred Wildhaher, Highland 

 A. R. Foreman. Rttsfield 

 JohnS. Felmley. Griggs\'ille 

 C E. Dunham, Griggaville 

 J. A. Miller. Milton 

 G. Walter Boothby, Ftta- 



ficld 

 J. M. Strong, Hoopeaton 

 Wm.B.McFarlaiKl. Hoopes- 



ton 

 QBrar Arnold, HoopeatoD 

 . C. Jonea, Rtdge Farm 



A. E. Reining. Stanfwd 

 iiichani Watta. Milton 

 H. H. Hoffman. Glenvicw 



G, R. Pesrce. Jerseyville 

 Wat.soa Randolph, Jeraey- 



viUe 

 John Offenhiser, Pearl City 

 L. R. Marchant. GaloiburK 

 John W. Antrim. Lacon 

 Chra. Okerbtoom. Lynn 



Center 

 Geo, W, Ferguson, Orion 

 Roy O. Zimmerman, Ver- 



eaillefl 

 Fred RoWnson, Hmewell 

 H. S. Chapman. Timewell 

 Wm. Lanmg, ^It. Sterling 

 E. E. McCoy, Mt. St-ling 

 Geo. Peterson. New Wind- 



»or 

 James Gibbons. Hoopestoo 

 C. W. Scholl. Polo 

 V.eary Graehting. Polo 

 Mrs. Geo. A. Fox, Syca- 

 more 

 P. W. PfingBton. Itasca 

 Ernst Oram, New Lenox 

 Ma'lison County Farm 



Bureau, Edwardsrille 

 r.W.VonOhlen.Lebnd 

 Alwlne Von Ohlen, Leiand 

 Geo. H. Stratton Leland 

 Isaac Arnold, Lebnd 

 Guy Herrick, Waterman 

 Alex B. Atkins. Ferris 

 H. N. Moore. Carthage 

 Harry Hanson. Hamilton 



1. N. Hofiford. Hamilton 

 W.E. Miller, VandalU 

 J. L. Naughton, Ottawa 

 Geo.C. Mattes Vandalia 

 O. L. Brown, Vandalia 

 Wm.G. Nollau, Belleville 

 J. L. A Flora Whiaoaod, 



Charleston 

 J. J. Doerscbuk, Liberty- 



ville 

 J. W. Coal^ HoHer 

 f "ca J. Mecherle^ Normal 

 E. J. Carmody, Towanda 

 It. A. Cowles, Chicago 

 Abner Wood, Redmon 



B. M. Huffman, Paris 

 N'elvin Thomas, Charkston 

 Washington Mpmorir-| 

 ISflbyterian Church, Elglii 

 WillC. McQueen, Elgin 

 Chns. Ffm^FTfevort 

 Niemeyer Threaluu Rins, 



HumboUt 

 J. P. Farrar , Mattoon 

 Fd. Niemevo-, Humboldt 

 Walter Kiemsyer, Uaxa- 



boldt 



Name Addrev 



Henry Macke, HumboU 

 Mason County Farm 



Bureau, Havana 

 Andrew Smith, Argyle 

 0. H. Coiiklin, Roecoe 

 Wm, Ziegler, Murptrvaboro 

 Joseph Jaoquot. De Solo 

 H. E. Fraley. Naperville 



C. O. McCbomey, West 

 Chirago 



T. F. Keating. WapeDa 

 H. H. Bennett Maroa 

 Wm. Tuggle. Clinton 

 John Ryan. Heyworth 

 W. P. Burns, Heyworth 

 O. M. A Ilyn. Clinton 

 Do Witt County Farm 



Bureau, Clinton 

 E. F. Garmire. Clinton 

 Taaewell County Farm 



Bureau, Pekin 

 G. T McCuilough. Gumee 

 Arthur Leng, Gra>-8 Lake 

 Chas. J. RoUnson, Shelby- 



Tille 

 Wm. H. Bnihskov PVeepiirt 

 L. M. SwaoKy, Fntport 

 Guy A. Mitchell Freeport 

 W. Frank Reid. Roekford 

 J. A. McCultoch, Rockford 

 Stark Coun ty Farm Bureau, 



Wyoming 

 H. P. HoBtetter, Mt. Carroll 

 John A. Puntney. Grayville 

 O. E. Beat, Lancaster 

 S. S. Seiler. Mt. Cannel 

 Levitt Smith, West Salem 

 W. H. Lyon, Buffala Hart 

 E. H. Lyman, Farmingdale 

 E. M. Breckenridge, Rode- 



ford 

 John P. Lingenfelter, Cao- 



ton 

 Enrl C. Smith, Detroit 

 Geo. C. A W. A. ViAm, 



Rockfcwd 

 Matthew L. Ralston. Ro(^- 



ford 

 S. E. Hmsington. Stiltmu 



Valley 

 Robt. N. Colville. Argyte 

 Chas. A. Kleckner, Rook- 

 ford 

 James Greenlee. Argyle 

 David Picken. Argrle 

 Hugb Smith. Argyle 

 L.H.Kah'e. Granite City 

 J. E. W. Miller, Edwaida- 



viUe 

 JdiD J. Ewjild. Mt. Cannel 

 U. C. WUliaOHoa. White 



H-ll 

 W. Edward H-»rt. Louisville 

 M. S. Gpder, Pleasant 



Plains 

 M. M. CampbeU. Pleasant 



PLias 

 Andy Haas. Manbadi 

 D.J^B'ochw, Pearl City 

 G. R. WillianM, Salon 

 Fred J. Blackburn Salem 

 Le^b F. Maxcy, Farming* 



Eira Wooley, luka 

 Sangamon County Farm 



fiur^u, Springtiekl 

 Geo. T. Swaim. Gibson Citv 

 Ford Co. Dairy Mktg. 

 Ass'n. In"., (% James 

 Gourley)Paxton 

 R.F. Homer. Pax tan 

 E.E. Bishop, Rper City 

 Green A Vaughan, Amboy 

 Geo. C.Ew;.ld.Mt. Cannel 

 Trustees, School District 

 No. 69, J. A. Harmon. 

 Clerk. Wert Union 

 J<din M. Jordan, t^nfidd 

 Alex Jordan. Enfield 

 Henry W. Homann, Alta- 



mont 

 Clarence Shoger, Naperville 

 E. A. Carncroes. Wbeaton 

 E. E. Glick, BentoD 

 H. H. Webb. Christopher 

 Matt House. Benton 

 J. A. Freeman, Beaton 

 Mrs. F. C. SeUer, Mt. 



Carmel 

 Wm. L. Waters, Godfrey 

 Grover C. Leipold. Mt. 



Carmel 

 Emma T. Grundon. Mt. 



Carmel 

 John Meta. Mt. Carmel 

 O. W. Beckett, Stronghurst 

 Wm. Hartquist. Strong- 

 hurst 

 Fort Brothers. (% H. B. 



Fort), StroQgfaunt 

 Frank Lant Stronghurst 

 Cbae. F. HeHler. Strong- 

 burst 

 Frank Lant. StrODgburst 



D. A.Gibb.BigsrriUe 

 W.T. Weir.GKstone 

 L. T. ThomaaHamiltOD 

 W. C.K*ing,Elv'fton 

 J. Walter Daw. Hamilton 

 Susan P. Potter, Hamilton 

 Louis Miller, Carlinville 

 Lenora A W, C. Robinson. 



Bunker Hill 

 Otto HauBchikl, Gillespie 

 J. M. Rodener, GiBcsme 

 O.L. Dorsey.GilU^iie 

 J. P. Denby, CartiaviUe 

 H. W. Rice. Gillenie 

 Thf«. Ellim->n, GiSsple 

 A. W. Lawless, Gilesple 

 L. P. GrcM. GiUeaple 

 J. D. Bilflborrow. trbuift 

 Henry Reinhart. PMotum 

 Q. N. Spears, Tallala 

 C. C. Steir Petersburgh 

 John W. Bebrena, Pet^»- 



burg 

 J. Colby Beekman Peters- 

 burg 

 John neinders. Athens 

 V. Vaninun, Urbona 

 W. E. Woods. CarBnville 

 Edwards County Shipping 

 Assn. % Lyman Bunting. 

 Albion 

 G. W. GroTM. Carfinrille 

 J. W. Armstrong, CarHn- 



Tilie 

 S. 8. Bnibaker. Vrdflo 

 Bea L. Mayne, Albion 

 W.L. Miller, Cansi 

 Frank J. Chlnberg. Orion 



W. L. Coptt 



Faru Adviber ErRN8 or Obampaios county 



rf>pre8ented the niinoia advisers at the Natiotial 

 Conference of Cou nty Age nts at Indiaoapolia. 



The I. A. C. A., co-operatttb AtmrrtNo 

 service, has' opened a branch offi<t' at Champaign 

 fifteen farmers' businoes organixaliona wilioe 

 served from this point, thiw oittting own-hMid. 

 ^xp^nftMi tr> a minimum. 



Marketing Problems 

 Main Topic at 2 3rd 

 District Conferences 



Cowles, State Treasurer, Tells 

 Necessity of Concerted Ac- 

 tion On National Farm 

 Legislation 



Discussion of the marketlne and pro- 

 duction projects carried on in tlie va- 

 rious counties 

 formed the ma- 

 jor portion of 

 the program of 

 the 23rd Dis- 

 trict conference 

 of the Illinois 

 Agricultural As- 

 sociation, held 

 at Effingham, 

 October ]4. 



Eighteen farm 

 leaders and 

 farm advisers 

 from Wabash, 

 Richland, Jef- 

 ferson, Marion, 

 Crawford and 

 Effingham coun- 

 ties iwere pres- 

 ent. Following the election of W. L. 

 Cope of Salem, executive committee 

 man of the 23rd district of the I. A. 

 A., as chairman and Bliss E. Loy 

 secretary of the EiBngham County 

 Farm Bureau, as secretary of the meet- 

 ing, the farm advisers were asked to 

 give a short review of the work in their 

 respective counties. 



MemberAlp Drive PromUing 



This was followed by open discussions 

 with a view of assisting in solving the 

 common problems. These talks covered 

 such subjects as tuberculosis eradica- 

 tion, the purchase of limestone, discus- 

 sion of poultry, egg and cream market- 

 ing, membership drives, boys and girls 

 club work, experimental plots, and live- 

 stock marketing. Farm Adviser Wasch- 

 fv '^L*"* "■"' *'■* membership drive of 

 the Effingham County Farm Bureau is 

 progressing rapidly and indications are 

 tBat the campaign will go over 100 per 

 cent. *^ 



K. A. Cowles, I. A. A. state treasurer, 

 gave the address of the meeting. Be- 



t'.,r, "ruT"il^ ?'^"y "f "•« questions 

 put forth by the leaders present regard- 

 ing state policies and problems, Mr 

 Cowles emphasized the need of co-oper- 

 ation and concerted action regarding 

 the national legislative problems of the 

 American farmer and particularly those 

 of the Middlewest 



"Agriculture must have a voice in 

 directing the progress and political 

 trend of this country," stated Mr. 

 Cowles, and this can be accomplished 

 most effectively through co-operation in 

 the state and county Farm Bureaus." 

 If we do not unite in making known 

 our needs and desires our mid-western 

 farmers can expect the same disaster 

 that the farmers of England met fol- 

 lowing the abolition of the English corn 

 laws in 1847. At that time the English 

 government decided that England wa'. 

 predominately an industrial country and 

 practically destroyed her rural people 

 by the industralizing laws that were 

 passed in an elTort to get cheap food 

 lor her laboring class. 



Membership Drive Promising 



"We must realize that the people of 

 our eastern states are principally in- 

 terested in getting their food at the 

 lowest cost and we cannot expect them 

 to defend our farmers in the efforts to ' 

 get greater agricultural returns. It is 

 for us to work together through the 

 farm bureaus, the Illinios Agricultural 

 Association, and the American Farm. 

 Bureau Federation in stating and di- 

 recting our legislative and industrial 

 needs before our governmental bodies. 

 I am pleased to state that, in gen- 

 eral, the farm organizations and lead- 

 ers of the Middle West are co-operat- 

 ing for the good of agriculture. 



Toriuao Relief Work Told 



Mr. Cowles, who is also trustee <tt 

 the $182,000 farm bureau fund for re- 

 lief work in the tornado stricken dis- 

 trict of Illinois, told of the efforts and 

 money that are being expended to as- 

 sist the farmers of that district to re- 

 construct their buildings find purchase 

 animals so that the devastated area 

 may be restored to its former pro- 

 ductiveness. The committee in charge 

 of the fund is working with the Ameri- 

 can Red Cross in the rehabilitation. 



Among those present were: W. W. 

 Bunn, farm adviser, and D. H. King, 

 president of the Richland County Farni 

 Bureau; J. R. Spencer, farm adviser ofV 

 the Wabash County Farm Bureau; L. \ 

 G. Stillwell of Mt. Carmel; L. R. Cald- ' 

 well, farm adviser of Jefferson County 

 Farm Bureau; F. J. Blackburn, famt-^' 

 adviser of Marian County Farm Bu- 

 reau; J. L. Parks and G. R. Williams 

 of Marion County; N. F. Elder of 

 Saline County; W. L. Cope of Sa- 

 lem; David McClary of Lawrence 

 County; George Knierim of Shumway; 

 Charles Evans of Mason; Otto Braasch 

 of Altamont, and F. W. Miller, presi- 

 dent, F. W. Wascher, Farm Adviser, 

 and Bliss E. Lop, secretary of the Ff 

 fingham bounty Furm BMr.»Bii. 



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