nber7, 1925 



nWork 

 I. A. A. 

 inference 



sford Speak 

 Leaders At 

 eeting» Oct. 



culosis in Illi- 

 ne of the main 

 n 35 represent- 

 idvisers of Rock 

 lerson, Mercer, 

 ;h counties met 

 nee of the 14th 

 held at Rock 



J to order by W. 

 ecutive commit- 

 ct. A. Larson. 



Island County 

 icted chairman. 

 y, Rock Island 



setretary. 

 the T. B. eradi- 

 pst M the morn- 



frdited Area 



veterinarian has 

 rer the coufity. 

 test on the first 

 r their cattle to 

 ture. Well over 

 e in the coanty 

 reactors have 

 er cent or less, ' 



narian has test- 

 ttle in the coun- 

 r cent reactors, 

 larian has test- 

 ,000 cattle have 

 f 2,000 head to 

 nake the county 



erinarian is go- 

 the county for 

 retest is 75 per 

 eactors. 



rth Limestone 



tons, or one- 

 lestone used in 

 used by Illinois 

 ared J. R. Bent, 

 A. phosphate- 

 who made the 

 ternoon session. 

 making a more 

 3r this remark- 

 education and 

 e of limestone, 

 ^d by Farm Bu- 

 xt, better busi- 

 ; between the 

 ;rs of limestone, 

 r the future of 

 t of the farm- 



le talk brought 

 cent rock phos- 

 f. o. b. Tennes- 

 iitional cost for 

 short tone. 

 Taxation 

 executive secre- 

 speaker on the 

 aking a formal 

 rave those pres- 

 bring up ques- 

 c of the I. A. A. 

 ms confronting 

 ^d the tax ques- 

 id urged that 

 in the new 

 the State Con- 

 ►me before the 

 Election in No- 



I. N. Hosford 

 $500,000 cam- 

 harter for the 

 ranee Company 

 sponsored and 

 A. in coopera- 

 Association of 



f embers 

 'er Acre 

 Members 



■m Bureau is 

 ;nt which gives 

 nembers of the 

 low the better 

 jy the adviser 

 stations raise 

 •e than to the 



the more ad- 

 ion. 



aken promiscu- 

 d corn and the 



from the seed 

 The seed from 

 iifferent farms. 



this year was 



of John Stadel. 



le non-members 



to the acre and 



produced 67.2 



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of limestntie by 

 jr published by the 

 arm papers of the 

 otal circulation of 



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Issued Every Other Saturday for 63,000 thinking Farmers — November 21, 1925 



No. 23 



JARDINE AND LOWDEN TO SPEAK AT ANNUAL MEETING 



Executive Committee Passes on Program of 

 L A. A. Convention, University of Illinois, 

 Jan. 21 and22; Open Discussion is Planned 



Farm BureauMembers 

 Discuss LA. A. Work 

 At District Meeting 



Kirkpatrick, ' Hed gcock and 

 Quasey Speak at 20th Dis- 

 trict Jacksonville Confer- 

 ence 



Fifty-four farm bureau leaders, ad 

 visers and members from the counties 

 Brown, Green, Jer- 

 sey, Pike, Cass, 

 Mason, Scott and 

 Morgan attended 

 the I. A. A. 20th 

 ' ^ district conference 



held at Jacksonville 

 on Nov. 12 and ex- 

 pressed their views 

 and wishes reeard- 

 ing farm problems 

 and activities 

 which will be for- 

 Earl C. Smith warded on to the 

 ' officers and execu- 



tive committee of 

 the state organization by Earl C. Smith, 

 I. A. A. executive committeeman of the 

 (district. 



The meeting was presided over by C 

 S. Black, president of the Scott County 

 Farm Bureau, with R. J. Liable, farm 

 adviser of Green county acting as secre- 

 tary, f 



TelU of Freight Rate Fight 

 L. J. Quasey, director of the I. A. A. 

 transportation department made the 

 opening address in which he discussed 

 the traffic work of the organization and 

 told of the fight that is being waged 

 by the I. A. A., in co-operation with the ; 

 A. F. B. F. and other state organiza- 

 tions, against the five per cent freight 

 rate increase that is being demanded 

 by the western railroads. He re- 

 lated the proceedings of the Inter- 

 state Commerce Commission hearings 

 that were held in Chicago recently and 

 are now being continued in western 

 states. 



Following Director Quasey, Wm. E. 

 Hedgcock, I. A. A. director of livestock 

 marketing, addressed the members. lie 

 told of the work of the shipping asso- 

 ciations in the state and emphasized the 

 need for federation of the local asso- 

 ciations in the counties. Director Hedg- 

 cock urged that the associations become 

 incorporated under the laws of Illinois 

 and adopt a more improved system of 

 accounting. He told of the plans that 

 are now being considered for the or- 

 ganization of a livestock commission as- 

 sociation at Springfield. 



Farmers Muci ICcep Control 

 ."Not only is it necessary that the 

 county, state and nation Farm Bureaus 

 wotk to secure national legislation for 

 farmers," stated Donald Kirkpatrick, I. 

 A. A. legal counsel who spoke before the 

 conference in the afternoon session, 

 "but after these front line trenches have 

 been taken, we must keep them from 

 the enemy. Those who constantly fought 

 such legislation have no right to move 

 in. and control it." 



All of the talks were followed with 

 questipns fw)m the floor. 



I. A. A. Directors On the Air 



Seated at table, left to right: R. A. Cowles, treasurer; H. E. Goembel, vice- 

 president; S. H. Thompson, president; Geo. A. Fox, secretary. Standing are ihe 

 district executive committeemen, left to right, G. F. Tullock, Rockford, 12th 

 district; C. E. Bamborough, Polo, 13th district; W. H. Moody, Port Byron, 14th 

 district; B. H. Taylor, Rapatee, 15th district; Wm. Webb^ Joliet, 1st to llth 

 district; A. R. Wright, Varna, 16th district; F. D. Barton, Cornell, 17th district; 

 R. F. Karr, Iroquois, 18th district; J. L. Whisnand, Charleston, lirth district; 

 Earl C. Smith, Detroit, 20th district; Samuel Sorrels, Raymond, 21st district; 

 Stanley Castle, Alton, 22nd district; W. L. Cope, Salem, 23rd district; Curt 

 Anderson, Xenm,- 24th district; and R. K. Loomis, Makanda, 25tli district. 



Marketing Talk Broadcast Over 



WLS Every Friday Noon For 



Illinois Farmers 



Are you on the "air" every Friday 

 noon? 



Four more radio talks are scheduled 

 for I. A. A. directors to be given over 

 WLS every Friday noon between now and 

 Christmas. These will conclude the first 

 series of marketing addresses which 

 have been conducted for the benefit of 

 Illinois farmers during the past six 

 months. 



Those who will take part in the Fridtay 

 noon programs are: 



November 27, F. A. Gouglcr, director 

 of the I. A. A. poultry and egg market- 

 ing department ; December 4, A, B. 

 Leeper, manager of the Illinois Fruit 

 Growers Exchange and director of the 

 fruit and vegetable marketing of the I. 

 A. A.; December 11, Wm. E. Hedgcock, 

 director of the livestock marketing de- 



Bartment; and, December 18, Chester C. 

 "avis will be on the program again. 



/. A. A, Speaker Accepts 

 Call as Pastor of Long 

 Beach Lutheran Church 



Rev. Elmer Olson, formerly on the 

 speakers bureau of the organization de- 

 partment of the I. A. A., has accepted 

 a call to the First Lutheran Church oJ' 

 Long Beach, Cal. Rev. Olson waj» 

 mayor of Wataga, (111.) and pastor of 

 the Lutheran church of that city before 

 accepting the California call. He wa» 

 a farmer before being ordained two 

 years ago and during the past year he 

 has spent considerable time as a solici- 

 tor of the I. A. A. He has represented 

 the association as speaker at many an- 

 nual meetings and picnics of county 

 Farm Bureaus and is well known in 

 many sections of the state. 



7 Things to Remember 

 Before You Invest in 

 Florida Real Estate 



Ohio farmers have been -advised 

 against unwise speculation in Florida 

 lands by the Ohio Farm Bureau In- 

 vestment Service company which is at 

 present conducting an energetic cam- 

 paign in the interest of conservative 

 investments. In the October issue of 

 the Federation news the service com- 

 pany published "A Cure for Florida 

 Real Estate Fever." The warning 

 reads : 



"Whenever you are tempted remem- 

 ber: 



"1. That it is estimated that 2,000 

 real estate men from Ohio are going 

 to Florida to buy real estate to sell 

 northern prospects. 



"2. That lots are sold to be resold at 

 higher prices — not for improvements. 



"3. That it is estimated, that one- 

 eighth of the entire state is staked off 

 in lots. 



"4. That if homes were, erected upon 

 these lots, they would accommodate 

 36,000,000 people — one-third of the 

 population of the United States. 



**5. That one company bought 17,000 

 acres at $10 per acre, divided it into 

 135,000 lots which it expects to sell next 

 winter at $14.75 each— cost $170,000, 

 selling price, $1,991,250. 



"6. Business proi>erties in Florida 

 cities are offered at more per front foot 

 than lots in northern cities with more 

 than ten times the population. 



"7. That real estate companies admit 

 50 per cent of the selling costs are 

 spent for commissions, to furnish free 

 auto rides, free lunches, free banquets, 

 free vaudeville acts and free band con- 

 certs to all comers." 



Southern Illinois 

 Cotton Co-op Saves 

 $2240 for Members 



Members of Cotton Associa- 

 tion Receive 5 to 6 Cents 

 More a Pound than Non- 

 Members 



Members of the Illinois Cotton Grow- 

 ers' Cooperative Association, Incorporat- 

 ed, received from 5 ttf' 6 cents a pound 

 more for their cotton than non-members 

 in southern Illinois last year, according 

 to E. A. Bierbaum, farm adviser of the 

 Pulaski .County Farm Bureau. This is 

 the second year for the Illinois cotton 

 pool, it having been started last year 

 with assistance of the I. A. A. 



"This amounted to an additional 

 profit to the average members of ap- 

 proximately $120/' stated Farm Adviser 

 Bierbaum. *'0f course, the amount of 

 saving to the members depends upon the 

 number of bales marketed through the 

 pool, but it has been estimated that a 

 saving of approximately $20 on a bale 

 was made by the association. This 

 equals a total saving of about $2240 an- 

 nually," 



The Illinois cotton Growers' Cooper- 

 ative Association was incorporated with 

 26 members in September, 1924, and 

 handled the crop for last year. The 

 association is a project of the members 

 of the Pulaski "County Farm Bureau 

 but a considerable amount of cotton has 

 been handled for farm bureau members 

 in Union, Johnson, Alexander and other 

 southern counties. 



Sold With Arkansas Growers 



In 1924, the association handled 112 

 bales or approximately 60,000 pounds of 

 cotton. The amount to be handled by 

 the cooperative association this year is 

 expected to be a similar figure. 



The cotton is marketed in coopera- 

 tion with- the ArkansastCotton Growers' 

 Association and the members thereby 

 receive benefits derived by the larger as- 

 sociation. During delivery times the cot- 

 ton is brought to the association's re- 

 ceiving warehouse where it is sampled 

 and classed according to color, staple 

 and grade. If the member desires, an 

 advance of genei^lly $70 a bale is made. 

 The amount of this advance depends 

 upon the market price of the grades 

 delivered, but usually averages this 

 amount. 



Prices 26 to 33 CenU a Pound 



As soon as all of the cotton of the 

 members has been received, the bales are 

 shipped to a reliable warehouse in Mem- 



Annual Budfi^et, Financial Report, Grain Marketing, Consti- 

 tutional Amendments and State Police ^ill Discussed at 

 November Executive Meeting 



vans 



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WILLIAM M. JARDLNE, seereUry «« agriculture, and 

 Former-Governor Frank O. Lowden rave promised to 

 address the delegates and members jattending the an- 

 nual meeting of the Illinois Agricultural Association which 

 will be held again this year at the. Uniy^rsity of Illinois, 

 Champaig^n-Urbana, Jan 21 and 22. <■« 



The Secretarj''s address will be giv^ during a luncheon 

 between 12 and 2 o'clock on Thursday, Jan. 21 and Former- 

 Governor Lowden's speech will be at q luncheon on Friday, 

 according to the program submitted by Sec: "etarj^ Fox to the 

 executive committee 'at its regular men hly meeting on 

 Nov. 6. 



This year's program is planned expressjy for the purpose 

 of giving each delegate an opportunity to: express himself. 

 To permit sufficient time for free disoussion, sectional 



conferences arc (planned during which 



Can You Find the 

 Eggs in Eggplant 

 j Or Cat in Catnip? 



Many's the mind that has puzzled 

 ov^r the origin of the names of 

 many of our common products or 

 why certain trademarks and trade 

 names have been adopted. 



In this regard, a current issue of 

 The Sunkist Courier, official organ of 

 tht California Fruit Growers Ex- 

 chlinge, told of a lawyer who made 

 apblication to register a trademark 

 "limestone Brand,*' a carthartic 

 medicine, and was refused because 

 the medicine did not contain lime- 

 stone and might give a deceptive im- 

 pression. The lawyer then prepared a 

 br^f which stated, in part, as fol- 

 loiTs: 



'Ivory is a good trademark for 

 soip not made of^ivory. Gold Dust 

 wabhing powder is not made of gold. 

 There is no bull in Bull Durham. 

 Pearline contains no pearls, and 

 White Rock is water. There is no 

 crsara in Cream of Tartar, in cold 

 cr«am or in chocolate, no milk in 

 mai^nesia, in milkweed or in the 

 coooanut. These are all as remote 

 irdm the cow as the cowslip. 



"There is no grape in grapefruit, 

 or bread in breadfruit. A pineapple 

 is heither pine nor apple; a prickly 

 pear is not a pear; and alligator pear 

 is ^neither a pear nor an alligator, 

 and a sugar plum is not a plum. 



''Apple butter is not butter. All 

 the butter is taken out of buttermilk, 

 and there is none in butternuts, nor 

 in .buttercups, and the flies in the 

 dairy are not butterflies." 



phis, Tennessee, where the cotton is 

 stored and sold as a unit of the Ar- 

 kansas association. Members of the As- 

 sociation are protected at all times by a 

 substantial amount of insurance upon 

 their product whether in transit on the 

 railroad or stored in the warehouse-. 

 Warehouse receipts are issued to the 

 members and reasonable amounts may 

 be berrowed on the cotton from a bank 

 if the owner desires. 



prices to the members- last year 

 ranged from 26 to 33 cents a pound de- 

 pending upon the grade of the product 

 while a majority of the Association's 

 sales average 28 to 29 cents. Total sales 

 for the association in 1924 were said to 

 approximate $17,000. 



Officers of the Illinois Cotton Growers 

 Cooppratives Association are: 



L. E. Lingenfelter, of Ullin, president; 

 T. A. Dul>ois of Cobden, vice-president; 

 and. E. O. Schoembs of Villa Ridge, 

 secretary-treasurer. The main office of 

 the atssociation is located at Mound City. 



In (Clinton cocTNTY, Iowa, 110 bcrai. school* 

 hsvc decidrd to tPitrfa farm arnnintuic as a 

 part of regular eighth fmwlc arithmetic. 



open consid«rat:<to of a large variety of 

 subjects wiil prnr:iil. In addition, each 

 Congressional difirict will held a eon- 

 ference. Cvpn-^umbered districts will 

 nominate execuvve committeemen to 

 hold ouice for a ttwo-yeur period, and a 

 president and wce-preaident lor 1VZ6 

 will be elected. The becrvtar} and 

 treasurer are enmloyed on a month-by- 

 month Imsit by tne executive comraittae 

 and arc not elected. 



All Farm Forces Represented 



For the evening' piugrani of the firat 

 day, the customdhy annual banquet wiU 

 provide a common meeting , ground. 

 Speakers of thf ivenmg are expected to 

 be Dean H. W. ^umford; Director S.J. . 

 Stanard, iUinoi:> Mepurtment of agricul- 

 ture; Mrs. Spencer Ewing, presideni, 

 Illinois Home Bilie;iu l-'ederation; and 

 I'resideni S. U. Tbompsun. The Farm- 

 ers' Institute an4 the Grange are also 

 to be represented on this piog^ram. lu*- 

 principal addressjuf the evening will U. 

 on the subject, "the Future of the Ru 

 dio Industry and its Ise by Parmera," 

 but the speaker fe yet to be :»electe<l. 



Besides appro>fng this program for 

 the annual meeting, the executive coni 

 "hiittee also set tic date of Wi-dneaday, 

 Jan. 20, the day prec-eding the annuai 

 meeting, for an j all-day oonfcr*'nce of 

 the farm advisers, the exei-utive com- 

 mittee and 1. A. JL oUicers and directui:- 

 of departmehts. J At this time the fuu 

 program of activities of the Illinois 

 Agricultural As4>^iation will be gon«- 

 over and di.«cu»s4d, the object being to 

 permit every farm adviser in the stau- 

 to become thoroaghly acquainted witb 

 the extensive act)vitie» ol the 1. A. A. 



Free-For4\ll -Diac nasion 



The evening preceding the annual 

 meeting, an op^i loiiitTt-iice of all 

 county Farm Bireuu pri'sidents and 

 farm advisers w4 be held with offitcrs 

 of the Illinois Ai^ricuitural Association 

 presiding. So f rogrum will be ai 

 ranged, this being a time for open free 

 discussion of IhoJe in utlehdancc. Last 

 year »uch a meeting was held for the 

 Iirst time and resulted in a general air- 

 ing of opinions fand inter-cfaange o.' 

 ideas of infinite I value. During laat 

 year's mtftintr iti was voted to have a 

 similar .one again] this year. 



The exectitive c >mmittee voted to pay 

 one-half of the i Kvessary expennes Ji 

 farm advisers wh > attend the Wedne^- 

 day conference, \he other half to K; 

 borne by the cotlnty organizations. 



A budget committee, consisting ©: the 

 officers and tinante committee, »;,s or 

 dere<I by the exec utivas. To the^e met. 

 is ch.irged the re: poni^ibility of budget- 

 I ing the tinam-cs |>f tht- avsociatioti fo; 

 j iy26 and reporting back to the exem- 

 i tive committee w i-ch witJ prisv liniiilj 

 upon it. Memltrr^ of the finance com- 

 mittee are: William H. Moody, Port 

 Byron, Rock. Isl:t id county, chairman; 

 F. D. Bartoit, Coi nell. Livingston coan- 

 ty and Earl C. Smith, Dev^ot. Pike 

 county. 



(Continued o4 page i; Col. 4) 



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