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The Illinois Agricultural Associatioin RecOku 



November 7, 192$ 



Davis Tells Grain 

 Marketing Plan at 

 Ottawa Conference 



Farm Leaders Told of New- 

 Grain Marketing Associa- 

 tion by 1. A. A. Director at 

 12th pistrict Meeting 



Producers* Handle 8,9 

 Per Cent of Livestock 

 Sold on Chief Markets 



Approximately 65 per cent of all 

 cash grain that reaches the Chicago 

 market originates from farmer-owned 

 elevators," declared Chester, C Davis, 

 director of! the grain marketing depart- 

 ment of the r. A. A., in his address be- 

 fore 41 farm leaders and advisers from 

 LaSalle, JGrundy, Kendall, DeKalbf; 

 Boone and] Winnebago counties, who at- 

 tended thi I'Jth district State Farm 

 BurenU' conference held in the LaSaile 

 county courthQQse. Ottowa, October 22. 



The meeting was presided over by E. 

 E. Stevenston of Streator, president of 

 the LaSalli Farm Bureau, with Walter 

 W. McLaughlin, farm adviser, acting as 

 secretary. 1 L. F. Tullock of Rockford, 

 I. A. A. executive committeeman of 12th 

 district, introduced Director Davis, who 

 gave the address of the meeting. 



"There are more than 60d farmers' 

 elevators in Illinois and no less than 30 

 are locate^ in LaSalle county alone", 

 stated Mr. Davis, "These local and coun- 

 ty farmers' elevators have contributed 

 tremendously in a local co-operatiVe 

 way for Illinois cornbelt farmers. No 

 one can discount the benefits that these 

 elevators have performed in maintaining 

 a higher local price level. However, in 

 the past, tflieir work has ceased at the 

 local railroad station and they have been 

 uitl^la to assist the Illinois farmer in 

 handling his product from the elevator 

 to the point of consumption. 



. To Have dbmmission Firing on 



Markets 



**The N^ational Farmers' Elevators 

 Grain Company. Co-operative, repres- 

 enting th* national scope of grain 

 marketing, and the Rural Grain Com- 

 pany, which will represent the farmers' 

 elevators on the Chicago market, have 

 been organized for this purpose. The 

 Rural Grain Company, which was in- 

 corporated in May, as a subsidiary of 

 th« National Organization, has secured 

 a seat on the Chicago board of trade. 

 Thfs company will handle on a co-oper- 

 ative commission basis, the grain from 

 the farmers' elevators of Illinois and 

 Iowa delivered to Chicago. 



"TUo K-^*;«-,«i v«^Tv,*»rs' Elevators 

 .^__ I /■ •"" «^' ' *ve, will act in 



ir.r V :V-'i J; M»i ?. wn 1 sales agency 



-Ind - * *r--^ 'hrr -^ iperative com- 

 missioD ornnizations in the terminal 

 markets of St. Louis, Peoria, Indiana- 

 polis and St. Paul as the work advances. 



SimfiUr to Canadian Plan 



"These organizations will not deal di- 

 rectly with the individual farmers, but 

 function 0s agencies of farmer-owned 



Sales agencies of the National Live 

 Stock Producers' Association in the 13 

 principal terminal livestock markets of 

 the United States handled 8.9 per cent 

 of the animals sold on those markets 

 tluring the month of August. 



The percentage of receipts handled by 

 ihe Producers' sales agencies in the var- 

 ious markets were listed as follows: 

 Market « Percentage 



Kvansville, Ind 53.05 



Peoria. Ill 28.88 



Indianapolis, Ind 4 ■ .24.11 



Cleveland, Ohio 19.70 



Buffalo, N. Y 17.77 



Pittsburgh, Pa 15.41 



St. Louis, Mo 13.37 



Fort Worth, Tex 9.75 



Cincinnati, Ohio 8.82 



Chicago, 111 5.57 



Sioux City, Iowa 4.41 



)klahoma City, Okla 2.28 



Kansas City, Mo 1.74 



There was considerable variation in 

 he percentages for the different kinds 

 )f animals. In the case of cattle the Pro- 

 ducers* co-operative sales ai^ency at 

 Kvansville handled 54.5 per cent of 

 ■attle received. The Indianapolis 

 ^ales agency was in second place 

 with 20.26 per cent. Fifty-two per cent 

 of the calves received at the Peoria 

 market were handled by the co-oper- 

 ative, as well as 54 per cent of the hogs 

 md 42 per cent of the sheep. 



The thirteen sales agencies handled 

 3.8 per cent of the cattle received at the 

 13 markets, 10.35 per cent of the calvea, 

 13.39 per cent of the hogs and 6.23 per 

 cent of the sheep. ' 



elevators 

 ground u|^ 

 formed by 



They are built from the 

 the firm foundation 

 _]the county and local organ- 

 isations. Tliey are receiving the support 

 of the el ivators because they were 

 formed by and for the farmers' institu- 

 tions. This plan is similar in many ways 

 to the Canadian method of marketing 

 spring wh^t which has been in success- 

 ful operatiftn for several years." 

 Thole Present at Meeting 



L. A. Ftfisbie, president of the Win- 

 nebago County Farm Bureau stated that 

 an effort id being made in his county to 

 'bring the Ifarmers and city people to- 

 gether on a mutual basis of understand' 

 ing. DinnOTs, luncheons and meetings 

 are being Ihetd and attended by both 

 groups whareby they may learn to know 

 each othe^ and understand their re- 

 spective viewpoints. 



those present at the meeting in- 

 cluded: 



Lasalle county— J. L. Eutis. T. W. Es- 

 mond. R. W -Cross. Walter W. McLaugh- 

 lin, Geo. Grpver. Jute Baker, J. J. Homunr. ' 

 J. A. Anderson and Alex McFedron of 

 Ottawa; C. H. Mudge of Peru: F. W. 

 Klein. G. J. Elliott and E. E. Stevenson of 

 Strentor; li A. Breuer. H. T. Marshall 

 and D. Schadicker of Seneca: L. C. Rinker 

 and O. D. Center of Grand Ridge and J. B. . 

 Rice of MarseilleB. J 



Grundy oounty — H. E. Green. F. E.|l 

 Longmire, farm adviser. Alem Anderson 

 and E. G. Gai'ley of .Worn.-; an.i \* . n. 

 Broderick of Verona. 



DeKalb county — R. A. Nelson, assistant 

 farm adviser, anil A., W. D. Dodge of De- 

 Kalb: H. J White of-Somonauk and H. H. 

 Biillis of Eariville. 



Kendall cjoupty — Frank H. Crumm and 

 L. S. Nelsoi of Newark: Earl Price, farm 

 adviser .tndf E. L. Matlook of Yorkville. . 



Win^ebafdo county — L. A. Fri^bie. C. H. 

 Keltner. fa#m adviser. J. M. Rankin and 

 L. F. Tulloqk of Rockford. executive com- 

 mitteeman «f the 13th district of the Ill- 

 inois Agriciiltural Association. J. A. Gil- 

 christ and ^ W. Carper of Coal Cfty. 



Membership Reports 

 Show Increase From 

 15 to 26 Per Cent 



Many County Farm Bureaus 

 Conducting CampaignsThis 

 Year Tell of Favorable Re- 

 sults'^ 



Substantial increases in membershii^ 

 have been reported by many county 

 Farm Btireaus who are conducting cam- 

 naigns this year, according to G. E. 

 .Metzger, director of the I. A. A. organ- 

 ization department. 



*' McLean county," states Director 

 Metzger, "holds the record so far this 

 year with an increase of 26 per cent in 

 membership. Iroquois and Knox counties 

 lie for second place with reported in- 

 creases of vl5 per cent each, while Wood- 

 ford county has an increase of 14 and; 

 one half per cent over its first three- 

 townships to report. 



"In Marshall-Putnam, 700 member- 

 ship renewals were obtained in seven 

 days. In Henry county six townships 

 :*till remain for canvassing, but the for- 

 mer membership total has been reached. 

 A 15 per cent increase is anticipated 1$ 

 that county." 



Crawford county started its renewal 

 i-ampaign on October 21 and Mason be- 

 ^an next day. Shelby county opened its 

 drive on October 24, Kane the 26thj 

 .\dams the 27th, Sangamon the same 

 day. Lake the 30th, and DeKalb Novem- 

 -her 2. 



County Farm Bureaus that will start 

 membership drives in the near future 

 are: Saline and Menard, November 10; 

 Randolph, November 11 ; Wiliamson, 

 November 12; and, Bureau, December 1. 



"All renewal work in the Farm Bu- 

 reaus of Illinois," states Metzger, "is be- 

 ing done by the farmers themselves in 

 what is termed the 'neighbor- to- 

 neighbor' style, 'Farmers are re-signing 

 for three-year memberships all qver the 

 state with a keener appreciation of the 

 possibilities, accomplishments and lim- 

 itations of the Farm Bureau." 



Revenue Amendment 

 Would Save Co- ops 

 $400'$500 Yearly 



I. A. A. Director Says Farm- 

 ers' Elevators Have Been 

 Denied Rightful Income 

 Exemptions 



Not one of the farmers' co-operative 

 elevators in Illinois has been able to ob- 

 tain exemption from payment of income 

 tax or filing of annual returns, despite 

 of the intentions of Congress at the 

 time the revenue act was passed, accord- 

 's ng to George R. Wicker, director of 

 the co-operative auditing department of 

 the I. A. A. and manager of the Illinois 

 Agricultural Co-operatives' Association. 



"Illinois farmers' elevators have been 

 denied the exemptions intended to be 

 granted by Congress and the present 

 provisions of our national internal 

 revenue act are detrimental to the pro- 

 motion of more efficiency in the produc- 

 tion and marketing of our nation's 

 crops," declares Wicker, who has just 

 returned from appearing before the con- 

 gressional ways and means committee. 

 Secretary of Agriculture Jardine and 

 President Coolidge, relative to drafting 

 hnd promoting an amendment to the 

 revenue act which will give definite ex- 

 emption to farmers' co-operative organ- 

 izations and associations. 



While in Washington, Mr. Wicker 

 cited four test cases, regarding co-oper- 

 ative exemptions, brought before the 

 treasury department which met with de- 

 nials because of minor technicalities. As 

 representative of the leaders of agri- 

 cultural co-operation in this country, he 

 a<!ked that specific legislation granting 

 relief for co-operatives be included in 

 the new revenue amendment. •■ 



"The provisions of the existing law, 

 as well as previous revenue acts, are 

 restrictive to members only and there- 

 fore do not accomodate the general 

 practice of co-operative associations of 

 dealing with both members and non- 

 members," states Mr. Wicker, "The pro- 

 posed amendment broadens the basis for 

 exemption and in addition provides for 

 the distribution of net incomes common 

 to such associations which are conducted 

 Upon the actual cost of service and as- 

 sessment plan." 



Director Wicker, who is also chair- 

 man of the committee representing 

 agricultural co-operatives in sponsoring 

 the revenue amendment, states that if 

 the new amendment is included in the 

 Tiew revenue act, it will save the indi- 

 vidual farmers' elevator companies of 

 Illinois an average of from $400 to $500 

 annually. 



/. A, A. Director Gives 

 Demonstrations Before 

 Shipping Associatiorxs 



Wm. E. Hedgcock, director of the I. 

 A. A. livestock marketing department, 

 has been asked by many Farm Bureaus 

 and livestock shipping associations in 

 this state to address their members on 

 the proper grading of their animals for 

 the market. 



"In attempting to create a better un- 

 derstanding of the. marketing problem, 

 we have arranged with the managers 

 of the shipping associations and farm 

 advisers for a county livestock grading 

 Jemonst ration to which the managers 

 and officers of the shipping associations 

 are invited to attend," states Director 

 Hedgcock. 



"At these demonstrations a repre- 

 sentative from the nearest Producers' 

 market assists in pointing out the vari- 

 ous grades of livestock which have been 

 assembled by the shipping association 

 for shipment that day. A special ef- 

 fort is made to impress upon the ship- 

 ping association officers the require- 

 ments of the market, with the thought 

 :hat they can point out these market 

 requirements and explain them to the 

 livestock farmers in their respective 

 communities. This should create more 

 efficiency in preparing livestock and do 

 away -with a great deal of misunder- 

 standidg of the market needs and the 

 quality of livestock which the owner 

 «<hould .consign for shipment." 



TB Eradication Work 

 Discussed at I. A. A. 

 District Conference 



Fox, Bent and Hosford Speak 

 Before Farm Leaders At 

 Rock Uland Meeting, Oct. 

 20 



Railroads ' Picture 

 of Prosperity Denied 



(Continued from page 1, Col. 6) 

 chasing power of farm products. Both 

 ;ets of figures follow: 



Purchasing Power 

 of Farm Products 

 Year U. S. D. A. Dr. Friday 



126 

 128 

 126 

 128 

 125 

 131 

 129 

 121 

 134 

 140 

 140 

 120 

 106 

 111 

 115 

 120 

 125 



Reinsurance Company 

 Applies for Charter 



(Continued from page 1, Col. 1) 

 into force until at least twenty-five 



ompanies have signed the contract. 

 This form of insurance operates for the 

 'ocal companies in the same manner 

 that the local mutual protects the in- 

 dividual farmers. 



Counties that contributed individual 

 in.<urance applications during the cam- 

 paign and the total amounts of their 



nphcations are as follows: v 



"Radio will do more to keep the bot on 

 the farm that| a thoussad lecturft*." states F, K. 

 Fuller, adviafr for the Marshall-Putnam Farm 

 Bureau, "and the gain from clo!<e observation of 

 the market wtll more than pay the running costs 

 of a good Mt.[* 



Wool has bees sold coopERATn-KLT in the 

 United StatesTf-^T 40 years. The Putnam County 

 (Ohio) Wool Growers' ARao*"iation sold its first 

 crop in 18S5J Todav 30.0<»0 sheep meo in the 

 T'liited State^ are selHng 12.500.000 pounds of 

 wool throuRH 22 state-wide eooperatives. As 

 muth as 80 per cent of all .\mericaalwool ia 

 andled in tbisj manner. 



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A (Isms 



Itond « 



Itoone 



Brown .,. - 

 Carroll .. 



t'BM 



(.'hampalsn 

 t'hrifltlan 



t'Urk 



flay -. 



Cftlea 



Cook 



l>eKalb ._.- 



DeWItt 



DuPue -■ 



E<Iwr 



Kdwards ... 



Fayeite ... 



Fnrd 15,»50 



Franklin 11,000 



Pulton ..- 2,l."(0 



nreene 3,850 



• Hancock 21.000 



TlendfrsoB _ 30,850 



Henry ..- 48.950 



Iroquois 5.000 



Jacknon „ _ 8 SOO 



Jersey 8. MO 



in Daileas „ 1.000 



Kanp .1.000 



Knox ir.250 



Lake 2.000 



" " " „ 40.000 



..% 5.000 

 , 1.000 

 . 12.1150 

 11.500 

 . 2.500 

 20.000 



5.500 



. 24.840 



. 20.T50 



. J.500 



. 21.000 



1»400 



3.250 



2.500 



Lee ., 



McHenry 

 McLean 

 Macon . .. 

 Hacflupln 

 MadiMD ' 

 Marlon .... 

 ManhaU 

 Mason 



. ll.nno 



i.snn 

 ... 25.240 

 ... 35.4B0 

 .„ 3.850 

 ... 7.150 

 ._ 8.500 

 - 12.000 



. _.__ - 20.000 



Montsomery „ 22.800 



Ogle 5.600 



PMrta __ 10.800 



put* : 7.300 



PuUskt ... 20.68T 



Putmm 4,100 



Rock Utami 3.OO0 



Sancamon ]3,.'0fl 



Sctjuyler 4.000 



Shelby „ 2,000 



8t. Clair 1.000 



Stark 1.500 



StcDhenson .. 15.000 



Taxewell 

 I'nion .. .. . 

 VermlUon 



Wabash 



Wtyne _. 



White 



Will 



Wllllanaon 

 Winnebago 



!.noo 

 . i.ooo 

 . 17.200 

 . l.-i.SJS 

 . l.WtO 

 . 11,«00 



. i.ono 

 . 2.. WO 



Curt Anderson 



One-Fourth of Red 

 Top Seed of World 

 Sold Through Co-op 



|. More red top seed is produced in cen- 

 tral southern Illinois than any other ter- 

 ritory of the 

 world. 



"From 85 to 

 90 per cent of 

 all red top 

 seed grown in 

 the world is 

 produced in 8 

 Illinois coun- 

 ties," stated 

 Curt Ander- 

 son of Xenia, 

 manager of 

 the Red Top 

 Seed Growers 

 Assoc i a t i n 

 and the Egyp- 

 t i a n Seed 

 Growers Ex- 

 change. "This percentage amounts to 

 approximately 7,000,000 pounds of clean 

 seed annually and is grown in Wayne, 

 Clay, Marion. Jefferson, Hamilton, 

 Fayetie, Effingham and Richland coun- 

 ties. ' 



"Approximately 25 per cent of the 

 red top seed produced in the counties is 

 marketed co-operatively by the 800 

 members of the Red Top Growers Asso- 

 ciation located at Flora, Illinois." 



"Although red top seed is not one Of 

 the major farm crops of this country, 

 the annual gross receipts from this crop 

 last year in the eight counties amounted 

 to between $600,000 and $700,000," 

 stated Mr. Anderson. "Of this amount 

 nearly $182,000 worth of the seed was 

 sold co-operatively." 



The average price received by the 

 producers this year was 18H cents a 



Bound, according to the United States 

 •epartment of Agriculture. Through 

 pooling and stabilizing the delivery on 

 the market, it is estimated that the 

 members of the Red Top Growers Asso- 

 ciation will receive approximately 25 

 cents a pound for the 1925 crop. 



The Kiw.«.vi8 club or Ottawa is orrERiNo 

 the farmen of that viqinity a copy, free nf 

 fliarRe, of w book by Chris L. Christensen, 

 "Cooperation in Denmark/' Mr. Christensen 

 U an agricultural economiBt on the staff of the 

 y. 8. D. A. The agricultural committee of the 

 Kiwanis club report* that it is taking this ntep 

 »5 a means of aiding in the progress of cooperative 

 farm organisation. 



Two HCNPRED TWENTY rARUBJtS IN 3R COUN- 



lies of Ohio have made an effort to produce 100 

 « ..j« bushels of corn to the acre. Reports are now 

 30>50 Jbfling assembled to see how nearly they eome to 

 I the mark. 



Correct Figures Reverse Testimony 



A moment's consideration of the two 

 sets of figures above shows one of the 

 ways Dr. Friday's expert testimony was 

 punctured. It will be noted that he es- 

 timated the purchasing power of farm 

 products for 1925 as 125, which is ex- 

 actly the same as his 1913 figure, while 

 his 1924 figure is only five pointt be- 

 low his 1913 level. The correct figures, 

 as furnished by the United States De- 

 partment of Agriculture upon request 

 of the Farm Bureau, tell a wholly dif- 

 ferent story — namely, that the purchas- 

 ing power of farm products is not as 

 irreat today as it was from 1909 to 

 1914 — pre-war year. 



Following Dr. Friday, H. W. Moor- 

 house took the stand for cross exam- 

 ination. This brought out, first, that 

 the figuies and exhibits prepared and 

 introduced by him were carefully pre- 

 pared by an expert statistician; second, 

 that many factors entering into those 

 exhibits were merely guesses; third, 

 that the exhibit, as introduced upon di- 

 rect testimony, concerned itself up to 

 nnd including the crop year ending 

 June, 1924. 



Move to Deny Increase 



At the close of the hearing in Chi- 

 cago, Fred S. Jackson, representing the 

 Farm Bureau, presented a motion to dis- 

 miss the rate increase petition of the 

 western railroads on the ground that the 

 carriers jailed to show that the present 

 rates on agricultural products are non- 

 compensatory and unlawful under the 

 Transportation Act. Also, that the In- 

 terstate Commerce Commission, under 

 the Hoch-Smith resolution, is legally re- 

 quired to make a full investigation in 

 the rate structure of the country and 

 make such changes in the rate struc- 

 ture as will promote the freedom of 

 movement by the common carriers of 

 the farm products affected by the de- 

 nression, including livestock, at the 

 lowest poggible lanfut rafeg compatible 

 with the maintenance of adequate trans- 

 portation service. 



Hearings Continue In West 



The western hearings will go on, 

 nevertheless. They w*^ll open at Den- 

 ver, Nov. 9. From then on there will 

 be a constant flow of testimony against 

 the proposed increase excepting for 

 some brief additional testimony which 

 Chief Counsel Van Doren for the rail- 

 Voads said might be presented at the 

 western hearings. 



Considerable first-hand information 

 concerning the prosperity of farmers in 

 Illinois as determined from facts 

 gleaned from county records and from 

 county bankers, has been and is being 

 secured by the I. A. A. This will be 

 introduced at the hearing in Kansas 

 City, which begins Jan. 4. 



In the meantime, L. J. Quasey, di- 

 rector of the I. A. A. transportation 

 department, is carefully following the 

 hearings so as to be in touch with any 

 situation which might affect Illinois 

 farmers. 



Eradication of tuberculosis in Illi- 

 nois dairy herds was one of the main 

 topics of discussion when 35 represent- 

 itive farm leaders and advisers of Rock 

 Island, Warren, Henderson, Mercer. 

 Hancock and McDonough counties met 

 ut the I. A. A. conference of the 14th 

 ongressional district held at Rock 

 Island, on October 20. 



The meeting was called to order by W. 

 H. Moody, I. A. A. executive commit- 

 eemnn of that district. A. Larson. 

 nresident of the Rock Island County 

 Farm Bureau, was elected chairman, 

 with Sidney S. Carney, Rock Island 

 farm advisor, acting as secretary. 



General discussion of the T. B. eradi- 

 ation work occupied most df the morn- 

 ing session. 



Mercer Soon Accredited Area 



Rock Island county veterinarian has 

 completed first time over the couyity. 

 Many facmers failed to test on the first 

 trip but are anxious for their cattle to 

 be tested in the near future. Well over 

 50 per cent of the cattle in the county 

 have been tested and reactors have 

 averaged about three per cent or less, '■ 

 except in a few herds. 



Warren county veterinarian has test- 

 ed 80 per ce'nt of the cattle in the coun- 

 ty with two to three per cent reactors. 



Mercer county veterinarian has test- 

 ed 22.000 head once, 20,000 cattle have 

 been retested with only 2,000 head to 

 test the second time to make the county 

 an "Accredited Area." 



Henderson county veterinarian is go- 

 ing over the herds of the county for 

 the second time. The retest is 76 per 

 L'ent complete with no reactors. 



llHnoit Uses One-Fourth Limestone 



"More than 500,000 tons, or one- 

 fourth of the total limestone used in 

 he United States, was used by Illinois 

 farmers last year," declared J. R. Bent, 

 Jirector of the I. A. A. phosphate- 

 limestone department, who made the 

 opening talk of the afternoon session. 

 'This year Illinois is making a more 

 rapid race. Reasons for this remark- 

 able lead are due to education and 

 knowledge of the value of limestone, 

 use of limestone stressed by Farm Bu- 

 reaus as a major project, better busi- 

 ness relations existing between the 

 farmers and the producers of limestone, 

 ind a proper regard for the future of 

 agcriculture on the ipart of the farm- 

 er^," stated Mr. Bent. 



Questions following the talk brought 

 out the fact that 13 per cent rock phos- 

 phate is selling at $7.00 f. o. b. Tennes- 

 see quarries and the additional cost for 

 freight is about $4.50 a short tone. 

 Fox Speaks on Taxation 



Geo. A. Fox, I. A. A. executive secre- 

 tary, was the second speaker on the 

 program. Instead of making a formal 

 address. Secretary Fox gave those pres- 

 ent an opportunity to bring up ques- 

 tions regarding the work of the I. A. A. 

 •ind some of the problems confronting 

 the farmers. He discussed the tax ques- 

 tion in this state and urged that 

 farmers become posted on the new 

 revenue amendment to the State Con- 

 -stitution which will come before the 

 voters in the general election in No- 

 vember, 1926. 



Before adjournment, I. N. Hosford 

 of Hamilton told of the $500,000 cam- 

 naign to secure the charter for the 

 Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Company 

 r>f Illinois which was sponsored and 

 ?ompleted by the I. A. A. in coopera- 

 tion with the Illinois Association of 

 Farm Mutual Companies. 



Farm Bureau Members 

 Raise More Per Acre 

 * Than Non-Members 



Marshall-Putman Farm Bureau is 

 carrying on an experiment which gives 

 tangible evidence that members of the 

 Farm Bureau who follow the better 

 methods as atvocated by the adviser 

 and the stattpfxperiment stations raise 

 more corn on each acre than to the 

 farmers who disregard the more ad- 

 vanced ideas of production. 



Eighteen ears were taken promiscu- 

 ously from members' seed corn and the 

 same amount was taken from the seed 

 corn of non*members. The seed from 

 each was planted on different farms. 

 The first test to report this year was 

 that grown on the farm of John Stadel. 

 The results were that the non-members 

 corn made 55.7 bushels to the acre and 

 the members seed corn produced 67,2 

 bushels an acre. 



"Pit it on — dox't pct it orr" he\ds ax 

 :iiiviTti»cment urging the use of limestone by 

 Ainrriraii fartners that ia l>eing published by the 

 New York Central Lines in farm papers of the 

 central states that hare a total circulation of 

 approximately 1,700,000. 



"The Illinois AcRicuLTraAL .\srociation 

 niayjwell be used as a model for other state 

 Farm Bureaus." stated Paul A. Eke, agricultural 

 economist of West Virginia University in a reoeni 

 etter. . . 



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