November 21, 1925 



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St. Louis District 

 Farm Bureaus Adopt 

 Detroit Milk Plans 



Executive Committees of Clin- 

 ton, Macoupin, Montgom- 

 ery and St. Clair Counties 

 Pass Resolution 



■ Farm Bureaus in the counties of the 

 St. Louis district are now making defi- 

 nite plans for the organization of the 

 n:ilk producers in that territory, ac- 

 cording to A. D. Lynch, L A. A. director 

 of dairy marketing. The scheme under 

 consideration- is known as the ^'Detroit 

 Plan" which regulates the price of milk 

 when the market has a surplus which 

 cannot be bottled and sold 



Recently Director Lynch met with 

 the executive committees of four Farm 

 Bureaus and explained the plan which 

 will probably be adopted for the milk 

 produced in southern Illinois and dis- 

 tributed through the St. Louis com- 

 panies. 



The following resolution was adopted 

 by the executive committees of the St. 

 riair County Farm Bureau and the 

 Macoupin County Farm Bureau on Nov. 

 2, the Montgomery County Farm Bu- 

 reau on Nov. 3, and the Clinton County 

 Farm Bureau on Nov. 5, and will prob- 

 ably be considered by other Farm Bu- 

 reaus. 



Resolution A<loptecl 



"Whereas, a condition exists in this 

 county and has existed for a number of 

 years whereby the dependable 12-month 

 dairy farmer with his capital invested 

 in dairy farming has been in competi- 

 tion with other dairymen who are not 

 12-month dairymen, and who operate a 

 dairy part of the time and usually in 

 the period of the year when milk can 

 be produced most cheaply, thereby creat- 

 ing a surplus which lowers the market 

 value of the milk of all who are produc- 

 ing it. 



"And, whereas, a sound, conservative 

 sales plan for merchandising the milk so 

 that the dairymen who are producing 

 milk more nearly as consumers require 

 it may be premiumized, is needed as the 

 proper means for effectively selling thfe 

 milk in our several communities in a 

 business-like manner. 



"And, whereas, such a sales plan can 

 succeed only when all dairymen and their 

 service organizations unite unselfishly 

 in formulating such a plan and set it 

 in operation under the guidance of cap- 

 able persons democratically serving the 

 interests of the membership. 



Seek Help of Organization 



"Therefore, be it resolved, that this 

 executive committee approve the adop- 

 tion of such a plan in the St. Louis 

 dairy district and give it the unqualified 

 endorsement of this county Farm Bu- 

 reau. 



"Be it further resolved, that we seek 

 and request the co-operation of the State 

 Department of Agriculture, University 

 of Illinois, Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion, the several county Farm Bureaus, 

 the Illinois State Grange, the Farmers' 

 Equity Union and all buyers of milk in 

 our communities to unite with us ac- 

 tively in bringing to a successful con- 

 clusion the formation and adoption of a 

 sound, conservative milk merchandising 

 plan for the benefit of the whole dairy 

 industry in the St. Louis milk district." 



1. A. A. to Entertain 

 Farm Club Boys and 



Girls at Breakfast 



"Last call for breakfast!" 

 Thfs is the call that will assemble 

 nearly 100 Illinois farm boys and girl» 

 to a breakfast entertainment on Dec 



2, which will be given by the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association when they at- 

 tend the Boys' and Girls' Club Congress 

 and the International Live Stock Ex- 

 position at Chicago during the first 

 week in December. 



Club boys and girls of Illinois will not 

 get out of the habit of rising early, as 

 customary on the farm, when they take 

 a short vacation trip and attend their 

 national meeting and the live stock 

 show, for on the second day of Decem- 

 ber they will breakfast at /::10 a. m. 

 in the Crystal room of the Great Ncrth- 

 ern hotel. 



This annual breakfast for the boys 

 and girls of Illinois has become an 

 established tradition In the state farm 

 bureau activities. Last year approxi- 

 mately 150 boys, girls and tiflRcers and 

 directors of the I. A. A. attended the 

 annual breakfast. Two years ago, the 

 farm club members of Illinois who 

 earned trips to the stock show as re- 

 wards for superior club work, were 

 fiven a banqurt and dance. 

 The progr^"! ^^ ***^ breakfast will 

 probably include exhibits by special 

 demonstration teams, speeches by the 

 boys and girls, talks by President 

 Thompson and Geo. A. Fox, executive 

 secretary of .the I. A. A., and a general 

 ineroduction of the guests to the state 

 farm bureau directors and their work. 



In California, cooperativb associations 

 are being formed to erect and operate large 

 storage tanks for oil uaed in hcatinc orchards 

 during frost periods. _^ 



The Illinois Agricultural Association ReCQRD 



And here's Col. L. B. Warnsing, chief manager of the state com 

 liasldng contest, and his two assistants, William Refahans and Wade^ 

 Weller. 



FARM FILLERS 



FARM BUREAU POSTER 



Citizens of this countht are eatino abodt 

 18 pounds more meat a yf*"" than thpy were 

 •xinsuming five years ago. During 1923 the total 

 amount of meat consumed was 18,481,000,000 

 pounds. Pork lead in popularity with beef. 

 veal, mutton and lamb and goat following in 

 order named. The consumption of pork totaled 

 over ten billion pounds while goaf meat was 

 consumed at the rate of three million pounds 

 annually. 



Complaint has been hadb toat tob co- 

 operative enK association in Ore^n has been so 

 manipulatiiiK the eeg mnrkrt that the cold 

 8for8(?e intcrf«its and sporulators have been 

 getting the short end of the profits. In the spring 

 the charge is that the price for eggs is held up so 

 high that the ioe house men cannot afford to 

 buy them for storage stock and in Octotjer the 

 price in Portland is so low that there is little profit 

 in bringing tlirm out, while the oo-operative 

 sell carloads of eegs in New York at an advance 

 over the Portland price. 



MiCHiOAN State Fabm Bubeau has a fabhic 

 department which »'llb suits, overcoats, woolen 

 bed blanktts, auto robes and underwear to its 

 members. The merchandise is said to be manu- 

 factured of 100 per cent wool and of the highest 

 quality. 



A RECENT INCOMPLETB BUR VET OF JUNIOR 4-H 



rlubs in Iowa showed 18,052 club members 

 scattered throughout the 99 counties of the 

 state. Of this number 10,326 are enrolled in 

 girls' clubs and the remaining 7,720 in boys 

 clubs. 



In THE SIXTH zoo POOL, OCTOBER 1 TO 15. OF 

 the Ohio Poultry Producers' Co-operative Asso- 

 riation the memoera received 47.5 cents a dozen 

 for their eggs. This price was 7.5 cents above tlir 

 price paid by local poultry and egg buyers during 

 the same period when the non-nu'mbers reo'ivpii 

 40 cenia a dotrn. By the first Wi-ek in November 

 it W'lS expected that thu Ohio co-operative would 

 reach the $'200,000 mark in total sales for the first 

 four months of operation, according to M. L. 

 Howdl, manager of the association. 



The Alberta (Canada) wheat pool mem- 

 bership ia increasing more rapidly than ever 

 a V. b. D. A. report statt«. ^ A million additional 

 acres are expected to be signed by January 1. 

 Coarse grains may also be pooled if enough con- 

 tracts are received. Some elevators are being 

 built by the pool. 



Jerset countt has recently ewploted a 

 county veterinarian. Eh-. H. H. Seely, who will 

 have charge of tuberculosis eradication work 

 beins started in that county with the support of 

 the Jersey County Farm Bureau. 



Ford Countt Daibt MARKETtNo Asbocia- 

 tion, located at Paxton. started with 115 members 

 and now has 201. During its first year of opern- 

 tion it did over S30.000 of business and paid 

 patronage refunds of $lt391.05 to its members. 



Gathering the Corn 

 'T*HE great plumes, the ears 

 well enveloped in their husks, 

 the Umff, and pointed leaves, in 

 summer, Uke green or purple 

 ribandSf vnth a uellow stem line 

 in the middle, all now turned 

 dingy; the sturdy stalks, and the 

 rustling in the breeze — the breeze 

 itself well tempering the sunny 

 noon — the varied reminiscences 

 recall'd — the ploughing and plant- 

 ing in spring — the whole fam- 

 ily in the field, even the little 

 girls and boys dropping seed in 

 the hill— the gorgeous sig h t 

 through July and August — the 

 walk and observation early in the 

 day — the cheery/ call of the robin, 

 and the low whirr of insects in 

 the grass — the- Western husking 

 party, when ripe — the November 

 moonlight gathering, and the 

 calls, songs, laugh ter of the 

 young fellows. — Walt Whitman, 



FORO COUNTY 



FARMiUREAU 



AND HOW IT HAS PAID 



WHAT IT HAS DONE 



"iyM^s^ 



WHAT THE farm BUREAU IS DOING 



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This poster^ which is one of the 

 achievements of the publicity com- 

 mittee of the Ford County Fmrm 

 Bureau, is displayed in all public 

 places in the county for the purpose 

 of pointing out to both members 

 and non-members, the activities, ac- 

 complishments and program of the 

 organization. 



Adviser idea 200 Years Old 



Letters In NeH Jersey Archives 



Show Farmers Wanted County 



AgenU in 1723 



How old is the county agent idea? 



Carl R. Woodward, editor of the New 

 Jersey extension service, found upon 

 examing colonial documents in the New 

 Jersey archives that more than 200 

 years ago a suggestion was made that 

 a farm demonstrator be employed. 



As early as 1723 a farm demonstrator 

 was proposed for the colonial planters 

 of flax and hemp. In November, 1719, 

 Lewis Morris, president of the East 

 Jersey Council, suggested the establish- 

 ment of demonstration farms in a iet- 

 ter written to the lords of trade in 

 which he said: 



"Hemp may be easily raised in great 

 quantities in this country; but we do 

 not well understand the managery of it. 



"I humbly submit to your Lordship's 

 consideration whether, if a few families 

 that understood it were plac't by His 

 Majttstie, on some propper lands in the 

 Province of New Yorke (of which there 

 are great quantities), and oblig'd to at- 

 tend solely the raising of hemp, it would 

 not be the be^t direction; and of use." 



Mr. Woodward states that four years 

 later a memorial was presented to the 

 lords of trade which concluded that a 

 farm demonstrator was the best means 

 of promoting the interests of agri- 

 culture. It read: 



"That they . . . humbly propose some 

 person well Skilled in Raising and 

 Manufacturing the several Species of 



Naval Stores (flax, hemp, tar) 



may be Forthwith appointed with suf- 

 ficient power to instruct the Inhabitants 

 and conduct this Affair, which is of the 

 greatest consequence to his Maj'ts. 

 Dominions both here and in the Planta- 

 tions." 



Whether or not the lords of trade 

 ever acted on this proposal, Mr. Wood- 

 ward has so far been unable to discover. 



ThkCrICAOO PRODUr^Ks'B17IIINEMIBSTEAI>n.T 



.growing, judging from the Octobrr rccript*.. 



County Farm Bureau 

 Presidents to Hold 

 J Breakfast Meeting 



When it comes to having business 

 breakfast conferences. President Cool- 

 idge has nothing on the county farm 

 bureau presidents of Illinois who will 

 attend the conference of the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association and the annual 

 meeting of the American Farm Bureau 

 Federation in Chicago, DecemlKT 7, 8, 

 Bn4 9. 



According to an announcement sent 

 to Presidents of the 92 county Farm 

 Bureaue by Geo. A. Fox, executive sec- 

 retary of the I. A. A., all county farm 

 bureau presidents of the state have 

 be^n called to meet at a special break- 

 fast conference in the Crystal ro^ of 

 the Great Northern hotel, at 7:00 |a. m., 

 Tuesday, December 8. . { 



This early morning conference has 

 beem called to make plans for other 

 meetings of the county presidents Vhich 

 will convene during the annual canven- 

 tioB of the national farm crp-anitation 

 and to give the presidents an opportun- 

 ity to attend the national meeting and 

 take part in its activities. 



It is understood that the presidents 

 expect to journey to Chicago on Mon- 

 day, December 7, to hear President 

 Coolidge, who will address the farm 

 delegates at 11:00 o'clock that morning. 



The conference of the county presi- 

 dents of Illinois will take up lepisla- 

 tiv«, administrative and marketing 

 problems strictly related to the farm 

 work in this state. The discaRsion at 

 this meeting will supplement the con- 

 vention work of the national organita- 

 tiot. ■ 



''Five Yards" McCarty 

 Drinks Quart of Milk 

 Three Times Each Day 



When Austin ("Five Yards") Mc- 

 Carty, Chicago's famous gridiron play- 

 er end human battering ram. sits down 

 to his three square meals he flnds at 

 the right of his plate a quart bottle of 

 milk to which is attributed considerable 

 of his ability to gain five yards or the 

 football field every time he carries the 

 ball, according to information c*ming 

 to the Illinois Agricaltural Association. 



*yed" Grange. Illinois' football ace. 

 may have had a hard time keeping Ws 

 hands off of the white bottle*; of the 

 lactile substance when he delivered ice 

 to the Wheaton refr^rators last sum- 

 mer but to McCarty three quarts of 

 milk is a daily present to him from his 

 fraternity. ^ 



In the trophy room of Austin** fra- 

 ternity stands a silent monument to 

 the .American cow and her contribution 

 to Chicago's football victories, it is 

 learned. The trophy, reposing beside 

 the loving cups won for athletic achieve- 

 ments, is the first milk bottle emptied 

 by "Five Yards" McCarty when be en- 

 tered the fraternity life of his school. 



McCarty's success and perfect health, 

 through his milk diet, has been so con- 

 vincing that his room-mates have taken 

 to drinking the farm beverage. The 

 steward of Austin's fraternity states 

 that up until 1922, when McCarty be- 

 canie a member of the college organiza- 

 tion, milk was used only for cooking 

 purposes. However, this fall the stew- 

 ard; finds that he roust order 20 bottles 

 of imilk for each meal. Of th«9e, 19 

 are pint bottles and one a qunrt size 

 to he placed before McCarty's chair at 

 thej table. Upon this diet, the steward 

 beliieves, the members of the chapter 

 will soon oBtgrow their present cloth- 

 ing- measurements. 



KtNETT-BEVtM SHIPPERS OF THE M \RlnN 

 fv>unty III. Shipping Asm>«Tation vUitM thr 

 l-.ai-t Snint Lnuis Pr.Mluocrs rcfvntly «-atching thr 

 si<K-kgothrou^thev&rds. F. J. Blackburn, farm 

 advi^r and G. C. Cliftoo, shifting associatiuD 

 m&JOfecer. pronaoted the trip. 



SEVENTEEN Pes cent OP THE TOTAL RBCTIPTB 



nf li»rst«ck on the St. Ixiiiis niHrket wctv hstKlltHJ 

 (iurisg a ivrent wwk by iKc PriMluivm. Tliin m-as 

 oufuiiderable more than mny ottier aceuoy handU-d. 



Pagg3 



L A. A. Cmferefices Listed 



Four District feelings to be H*ld 

 B«(or« fClosc of Y^r 



Congressionnl' district conference 

 meetings of fa^ bureau representa- 

 tives and members and 1. A. A. ofliciuis 

 have been schequled for the next four 

 weeks with pl^ce. date, district and 

 spo;ikcrs annoutced as follows: 



November 2ai-22nd district, Green"- 

 villc. Speaker, A'crnon Vaniman, field 

 reprfy.entative df the Farmers' Mutual 

 Reinsurance Company of Illinois. 



~ 11th d.slrict. Wood- 

 President Thompson 

 I. A. A. director of 



November 2 

 stock. Speakei 

 and A. D, Lyn^ 

 dairj- marketio] 



Decern l»er 2 

 ton. Speakers, 



7th district, Blooming- 

 C. Watson. I. A. A. 

 taxation specialist ; President Thomp- 

 son, and L. J. yuasey. director of the 

 I A. A. transportation department. 



December 14-4l8th district. Watsok.i. 

 Speakers, Geo. J^. Fox, executive tnH-re- 

 tary of the I. Aj A., and Wm. E. Hedg- 

 cock, I. A. A. {director of live stock 

 marketing 



Renewing Members of 

 Alabama Farm Bureau 

 Must l^ool Farm Crop 



A new p<m?^ toward co-operative 

 marketing has been formulated by the 

 board of directois of the Alabama Farm 

 Bureau Federalion. Hereafter farm 

 bureau members must market their 

 crops throagh commodity cu^operative*. 



After the exmration of the present 

 farm bureau niAiberships on December 

 31, no application for renewal or for 

 new membership! will be accepted unless 

 at the same tim^ the farmer signs up a 

 commodity contract for such crops as 

 he is known td grow, handle or sell. 

 This ruling api^ies only to the crops 

 for which the ^ute and county Farm 

 Bureaus have fqstercd commodity mat* 

 keting associations. 



The resolutior^ setting forth the n«« 

 policy was adopttnl unanimousl>' and of- 

 ficial notice has $cen sent to every ^em- 

 ber. Better mar^t-tiiwr i^ the chief pur- 

 pose of the Farfii Btirenu, according to 

 its directors, antl farmers who are not 

 willing to' help j improve marketing do 

 not belong in th^ organization. 



Knox Bureau Buys $10 

 Gas Covnon Books And 

 Meml I fi Get 'Em For f 9 



A saWng Oa ciose to ♦••■' cents a gal- 

 lon on gasoline ,i^ i sir uvalable to 

 members of the Knox County Farm 

 Bureau, which thus Used the buying 

 power of the organisation to purchaSjp 

 SIO coupon boo^s at a discount, and 

 sells them to members at $9. 



"It is getting Fto be a difBcult matter 

 to keep gasolin4 on the farm without 

 a lock or key,* a statement in the 

 Knox County Farm Bureau Bulletin 

 reads. "In fac^, a goodly number of 

 farmers han*e discontinued buying gaoD- 

 line in large tquantities from tank 

 wagons becaus* of the shrinlcag* 

 through eTapor^tion and loss due to 

 passing motorist<i who find their gas 

 tanks emty at ^ large hour. 



"Thus the F#m Bureau has opened 

 a new way for ineml>ers to buy gas at 

 a discount. Praicticaliy every corpora- 

 tion using large, quantities of gasoline 

 is able to purchase it at a discount. 

 The Farm Bureau has been able to d« 

 likewise, the OT\\y difference being that 

 the Farm Burea* takes a large number 

 of coupon book* instead of gasolitio. 

 These are redeemable at filling stations 

 throughout the eounty." 



The coupons <re good for kerosene,, 

 oil, grease or arAr products sold at th- 

 ing stations. By taking advantage of 

 the co-jpon book . savings, members can 

 ' "clip cash coQpo^a from their meraber- 

 ' ship," concludes (the statetnent. 



Here Aey are before th«y sUried. Eltn«r WillUms. Tictor. is 



v"!lf* sTJ?* * *"?^ ^** there'd been some Red Granges and 'Ti« 



"^ McCytys here *f they had chosen the gridiron in place of tb« 



cornfield to display their athletic talenU ! 



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