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L EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 

 (By Coosressional DUtricts.) ' "^ ' ' 



11th WUlism Webb, Route One, Joliet 



12th J .• G. F. TuUock, Rockford 



litn , C, E. Bamborough. Polo 



14th t...... W. H. Moody, Port Byron 



15ch B. H. Taylor, Rapatee 



1^ •. i...A. R. Wriftht. Varna 



17th ► ;.,.F. D. Barton. ComeU 



18Ui ;., ....:. R. F. Karr. Iroquois 



.J. L. Whisnand, Charleston 



..Earl C. Smith, Detroit 



. .Samuel Sorrells, Raymond 



Stanly Castle, Alton 



..W. L. Cope, Salem 



Curt Anderson, Xenia 



R. K. Loomis, Makanda 



OFFICERS 



Prcaldent. S. H. Thocnpson Qulncy 



Vice-President, H. E. Goembel Hooppole 



Treasurer, R. A. Cowles Bloominston 



Secretary, Geo. A. Foa « Sycunore 



I LiIjINOIS 



CULTURAL ASSOCIA 



^RECORD^ 



To advance the purpose for which the Farm Bureau was organ- 

 ijted, namely, to promote, protect and represent the business, 

 economic, social and educational interests of the farmers of 

 Illinois and the nation, and to develop agriculture. 



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DIRECTORS OF DEPARTMENTS 



Co-operatlre Accountinc G». R. Wicker 



Dairy Marketing A. D. Lynch 



Finance « ,-, . .R. A. Cowles 



Fruit and Vecetable MttrkstiMS .......A. B. Leeper 



General OfBcc J. H. KeUcer 



Grain Marketlns .Chctter C. Davis 



Informatton Harry C Butcher 



Legal Counsel .'..Donald Kirkpatrick 



LlTe Stock Marketing Wm. B. Hedgcock 



Organization G. B. MeUger 



nioephate- Limestone J. R. Bent 



Poultry and Egg Marketizig F. A. Gougler 



Taxation and Statistic* J. C Wataon 



Tran^Kirtation L. J. Quaaey 



FubiiAed pv«ry other Saturday at Mount Morris. Illinois, by the Illinois Agrirultural Assoriation. Edited by Department of Information. Harry C. Butcher, Dirertor, 608 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, 

 Illinois. Entfred ^s second-class matter Octolxr 20. iy25 at tlie post offire at Mount Morris. Illinois, under the Act of March 3. 1879, as a bi-weekly. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for 

 in Se«-fi«n llD3. Art. of Auenst 24. 1!>24, authorized OMober 2<J. IH2.). Th" indi^^dual memberfthip fee of the lUinois Agricultural Association is five dollars a year. The fee includes payment of fifty cents for sub- 

 scription to tfce Illinois .Agricultural Assoriation Rzcord: Poet master:- In returning an uncalled for or missent copy, please indicate key number on address as is required by law. 



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Canada 's Farmers and The Tariff 



FARMERS of Canada,' paiticularly of those 

 jrreat surplus-producing provinces of the 

 \West, see clearly that high tariffs which profit 

 ^dustri^l Canada, operate to their disadvan- 

 /tage. This was the issue in the recent Ca- 

 nadian election. It is significant to note that 

 ' the stubborn farmer fight against the Con- 

 servative, or high tariff party in Canada, did 

 lot stem the tide of high-tariff sentiment 

 fostered by Canadian industrialists. The 

 Conservatives gained more seats than any 

 other pjtrty, but fell short of control by sev- 

 X-e/al vot^s. 



This indecisive election which left the Con- 

 servatives with about 116 seats, the Liberals 

 with 102, and the Progressives v;ith 23, will 

 undoubtedly be followed by another election, 

 possibly within the year. If the Conserva- 

 tives shiotild then gain control, and enact 

 high tariff laws, important reactions may be 

 • looked for in the United States. 



The recijjrocity issue will be with us again. 

 Manufacturers of the United States who want 

 no effective tariff between them and the Ca- 

 nadian 

 whicfc 1 



a free 

 goods. 



The industrially-minded Chicago Tribune 

 , is in the field early with its demand for this 

 sort of a customs agreement with Canada. 

 Right now the tariff on farm, products is oper- 

 ating to the advantage of farmers of the 

 United States, due to the partial crop failure 

 in important wheat states, and to the forced 

 reduction that has taken place in livestock. 



The outlook on the tariff of the farmers 

 of the United States and of Canada is exactly 

 the same, even though there is an economic 

 clash for the United States market. On both 

 sides of the boundary there is a growing con- 

 viction that we want to be done with special 

 privilege; that if the tariff must be ineffec- 

 tive for agriculture, then let us stop the tariff 

 subsidy for those whose goods we buy. 



Where there is a surplus over what the 

 domestic market absorbs, then world prices 

 rale, and a tariff, though it be high enough 

 to constitute an embargo, is a teasing bit of 

 political fiction, and the farmers know it. 



Renewal of the demand for Canadian re- 

 ciprocity can only be countered by a demand 

 from the farms that the rest of the tariff wall 

 be leveled. 



sonable estimate on the number which will 

 yet join in the remaining 14 counties is 6,000, 

 which means a total of 21,000 members. 

 This is about 2,500 more than the same coun- 

 ties had three years ago." 



An increase of 2,500 means an average 

 boost of 13.5 per cent for these Bureaus. 

 Again we say that such confidence in the Farni 

 Bureau must be deserved. 



narket, Avill demand a trade under 

 ,. 'V'ntr can market can be made free 

 ii:iri ' Ti products, in exchange for 

 jaiiixaicLiX market for our industrial 



Governors Favor Equality 



iiJF the American protective tariff is to be 

 A retained, legislation must be enacted 

 which' will give Agriculture equality with in- 

 dustry and labor in the American protective 

 system," is a part of a resolution passed by 

 the governors of North and South Dakota, 

 Minnesota, Nebraska, Missouri and Iowa 

 when they held a midwest governors' con- 

 ference at Sioux Falls, S. D., on October 29. 

 It will be remembered that the last Gen- 

 eral Assembly of Illinois memorialized Con- 

 gress to take some action on this same prob- 

 lem. Many other states have done likewise. 

 All of which indicates that there is strong 

 feeling in the Middle 'West for some pro- 

 vision being made to permanently relieve 

 American Agriculture from world competi- 

 tion^an accomplishment gained by both in- 

 dustry and labor, and largely because of 

 farmer support. 



We Repeat: Such Confidence Must be 

 Deserved 



IN addition to the news story report in this 

 issue on the progress of^organization work 

 in the many counties^ which are renewing 

 memberships this year, G. E. Metzger, or- 

 ganization director, reports that 33 Farm Bu- 

 reaus have finished the second school of in- 

 straction stage. Twenty-seven Farm Bureaus 

 have madi reports — of these, five have com- 

 pleted, eight are in the "clean-up" stage, and 

 14 othei-s have broken the ice. 



"The total reported this year is slightly 

 over 15,000," states Mr. Metzger. "A rea- 



Overcoming Knavish Leadership 



For a period of nearly twenty-five years certain politicians, 

 lawyers, and cattle dealers in Northern Illinois have fought 

 the tuberculin test. They have done all within their power 

 to encourage the development of tuberculosis, to make the 

 counties of Northern Illinois the dumping ground of react- 

 ing animals, and to increase tuberculosis among the herds 

 and flocks of those counties. It is pathetic to read what 

 these men say and to listen to their advice to farmers. They 

 have seen tuberculosis spread in these counties until some 

 herds contained 50 to 75 per cent of diseased animals. They 

 opposed legislation which would keep reacting animals from 

 entering' Illinois. They tried to defeat the Tice Bill which 

 makes provision for assisting cattle owners of Illinois to rid 

 their herds of tuberculosis. 



It must be pretty hard on these men to find that the farm- 

 ers of Illinois are gradually discovering it is to their advan- 

 tage to eradicate tuberculosis and tha^he state is no longer 

 to be made the dumping ground for reacting animals; it 

 must be pretty hard to find that few states are doing more 

 tuberculin testing than Illinois, it must be pretty hard to 

 realize that it is gradually growing in the miQds of all farm- 

 ers that they are bearing the expense of tuberculosis. 



These men who have opposed tuberculin iestirfe helped 

 to enact a law which purports to preveM_ciJ;ie« from enact- ■ 

 ing ordinances requiring their milk supply 'W~come from 

 tuberculin tested and cleanU|erds, We presume some dairy 

 farmers think this law is effective and will prevent cities 

 from enacting ordinances designating conditions under which 

 their milk supplji must be p)rod|B;ed. It is our opinion, how- 

 ever, the people of any city mve the inherent right to de- 

 termine the source of its milk supply and to demand that 

 it come from clean herds. * 



The leaders among the dairy farmers of Illinois see the 

 handwriting on the wall, for tliey know it is only a matter 

 of time before the city of Chicago will enact an ordinance 

 demanding its milk supply to come from herds free from 

 tuberculosis. They recognize that cities have this right and 

 they are having their herds tested so they will be in position 

 to meet the requirements of any ordinance which Chicago 

 or any other city may enact. 



This anti-tuberculosis eradication gang of Northern Illinois 

 has led many farmers into serious difficulties. Dairy farm- 

 ers who followed this knavish leadership have paid and will 

 pay a dear price for their folly. Light is breaking' through 

 into the minds of these producers and again we find that 

 right practices ind principles prevail. Illinois is in step with 

 other .states ii^ eradicating Dovine tuberculosis. — [Hoard's 

 Dairyman. 



JOHN THINKER AND EPIDERMIS FLINT. 



Ep Gets His $25.00 



THE STORY 



\FTER a loni? i>eriod'.of antatronistie re^is- 

 tnnce. Epidermis Flint joined the Farm 

 Bureau, but not until the member-^hip com- 

 mittEe. of which his neighbor, John Thinker, was 

 chairman, nad declined to even solicit him. 

 Urjredlon by his prot^res.sive wife. Mirandi, who 

 sees the diPference between the farm of John 

 Thinker an(i that of her husband. Ei) finally swal- 

 lowed his pride, walked into the Farm Biireaii 

 office, and .4itcned the member»hip aereement. 



For yeark Mrs. Flint wanted a new cjiicken 

 hou.^se — one bullt-,in accordance with the Collejre 

 of Agricultpre principles. The first service she 

 wanted renaered by the Farm Bureau was to 

 fumish p^ris for the new chicken house. Ep wa.- 

 "till »*u'i^-i'-iitical of the Farm Huieni. j n<l 

 kicked beciiui^e he co>iIdn't jr«t the plans im- 

 mediately. Mirandi said that wince they had 

 waited yeais before decidintr to even build, they 

 could at leiL3t wait a f^w days until the best 

 plans could be obtained from the University 

 through thel Farm Bureau. The plans cnme and 

 the chickent hou.«e was built, much to the .satis- 

 faction of llirandi. 



Ttirti Ep Bi([ "-'ilir* on litm-iltMw. h.iiiiit: s<'<'n Ilie cs^'t 

 rt:M(U« oixaintii b>' Jnhn Think.r. Hi- ordtTi-il a parUmit 

 'hmuKh the ^Ann IturMii. aiul iip^nit*' arrival fotind he 

 had bten "wfrr harmed J'J."> nii Th>' tritlj:ht. .Auain he was 

 iH-«rTcd. both it thf railnwil and at llhe Riirrau. hut iwnt 

 TO th»- office where iht. Farm AdvlM-r •iaid. '"Yr^. Thi-n-'-* 

 srtroettime wrong — 1ft me ha^ve yoar biQ and I'll spod it In 

 tn the 1. A- 4-~^'t'*1 0™* "•" what'^ wmnp and If jou'vtf 

 aarthinir cantmn Uit^'ll k<4 it." 



But Kp wa4i'i nuite inirt ahnul rhe'l. \. A. itottlns \v* 

 mouy bark uir him. so he decltlrd in write to \\» railnad 

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HUMP*" IP they'd 5FND 

 THE MONEY I WOULDN'T 

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WELL, WEUL Sf E WHAT THC WRM BUREAU'S 

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Here's roi/R 

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 complaint 



PKj-eON -MOLCO And 



\A(ITH fc^OOoTWCR. ILLINOIS 

 FAIlMeRS BEHIND YOU TVlE 

 FARM BURCAli <3-e-rS IT- 

 BACK iN JItr TlMC !! 



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