>v 



yer 21. 1925 



Vicker 

 \bers at 

 nference 



ord County 

 ompliment- 

 s at 16th 

 , Oct. 27 



ting, principles 

 ccessful coiQj?- 



K. R. Wricht 



lewell counties 

 A. R. Wright, 

 nitteeman, who 

 ;nd expressions 

 state organiza- 

 an with F. E. 

 -Putman Farm 



session, F. A. 



I. A. A. poul- 

 epartment, told 

 Illinois poultry 

 n that is now 



in many coun- 

 lion of those 

 rs will be will- 

 of the egrgrs by 



day, "swatting 

 eral, produce a 



provided there 



Under present 

 rmers get little 



extra work. 

 r Prsicefl 

 lOur, the meet- 

 > a round-table 

 as and projects 

 Bureaus repre- 

 the membership 



the unanimous 

 the belief that, 

 ibers should be 

 ion in the bene- 



which makes a 

 serum to farm- 

 nng more than 

 Farm Bureaus 

 'as given to the 

 Bureau for its 

 ind work in in- 

 azewell county 

 the work with 

 :e for members. 

 in«ntecl 

 A. was compli- 

 of Toluca, who 

 great value of 

 time of the 

 imerce commis- 

 rmers' elevator 

 Varna. This 

 property along 

 pting to cease 

 : the elevator 

 nsportation fa- 

 lergencies arise 

 of sticking to- 



ger of the Illi- 

 eratives' Asso- 

 iperative audit- 

 made the after- 

 ined the neces- 

 tion for grain 

 farmers' eleva- 

 w farmers' ele- 

 etting together 

 all. 

 eftent 



leeting, accord- 

 Ki, included: 

 Farm Bureau — 

 aid. H. H. Heat- 

 executive coin- 

 in Modro, H. I. 

 , T Mills. John 

 E. Carlson. Otis 

 E. Fuller, farm 

 iant adviser, F. 

 William Dow- 

 Sipe and Guy 



Bureau — Charles 

 Coultas, assiat- 



lureau — -Herman 

 and W. W. 



—Ed. Welcox 

 iBer. 



urea a — L. E. 



'RTNQ AND EJUU,T 



US of 50 miles of 

 1 bloom or bud thit 

 toa" for 1025. 



ON ConjTTT Fakh 

 3 favoring a Ourn 

 >u.'<)iel fur this fall 

 ceutral lUiiiuis. 



:H ADVISER OP TBS 

 i ooe of the speak* 

 of County Asent* 

 mal Dairy Show, 



E rARH HAVE 



e farm too? 



'■^/p-^-- 



■■*■• r 



I li 1j 1 M 



CUL.TUIIAL 



;i 



IN 



■TIJ 



1. .-!nn ■ •■;v4^-v< 



"Til 'VKvtib. 



Volume 3 



luued Every Other Saturday for 63,000 thinking Farmers — December 5, 1925 



No. 24 



750 ILUNOIS FARMERS TO ATTEND A. F. B. F. MEETING 



Marketing Proves 

 Lively Subject at 

 Murphysboro Meet 



Lynch, L^eper and Gougler 

 Address Fanners at 2Sth 

 District I. A. A. Conference 



R. K. Loomii 



Twenty-eight farm bureau offi 

 cers, advisers and members from 

 the counties of 

 Jackson, Un- 

 ion, Randolph, 

 Franklin and 

 Williamson at- 

 tended the 

 25th district I. 

 A. A. confer- 

 ence held at 

 Murphysboro, 

 Nov. 19, and 

 united in ex- 

 pressing their 

 views and 

 wishes regard 

 ing farm prob- 

 lems and ac- 

 tivities whiA 

 will be fcy- 

 wardcd to the officers and executive 

 committeemen of the state organi- 

 zation by R. K. Loomis of Makan- 

 da, I. A. A. committeeman of the 

 district and chairman of the meet- 

 ing. 



The program was taken up chief- 

 ly with discussions on co-opprative 

 marketing with special talks given 

 on the marketing of poultry and 



eggs, cream and milk, and fruit and 



vegetables. 



F. A. Gougler, director of the 

 poultry and egg marketing depart- 

 ment of the I. A. A., explained the 

 Illinois poultry and egg marketing 

 plan and emphasized the importance 

 of carefully planned educational 

 v.ork as a ground-breaker before ac 

 tual marketing is begun. 



Loomis Rerfewt I. A. A. Work 



The second I. A. A. speaker to 

 address the conference was A. D. 

 Lynch, head of the dairy marketing 

 department, who told of the co-op- 

 erative cream and milk marketing 

 organizations that are being or- 

 ganized or are in operation in the 

 state. Director Lynch also pointed 

 out the progress that has been made 

 on the tuberculosis eradication pro- 

 ject in Illinois. 



A. B. Leeper, I. A. A. director of 

 fruit and vegetable marketing and 

 manager of the Illinois Fruit Grow 

 ers Exchange, Centralia, spoke on 

 problems of interest to the fruit 

 men of the 25th district. He was 

 followed on the program by Com 

 mitteeman Loomis who told of the 

 important current activities of the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association and 

 opened the meeting to a round 

 table discussion. 



Those who attended the ineeting 

 were: Jackson County Farm Bu 

 reau — Herbert Young, G e o r g"* 

 Smith, C. C. Logan, Charles Miller, 

 L. D. Reickenberg, Henry Reicken- 

 berg, Henry Dickmeyer, Jesse Klein, 

 Nick Maes, Charles Maes, H. P. 

 Sauer, Frank Easterly, E. Melner, 

 Fred Dietz, L. A. Dietz, Philip 

 Dietz, Adviser C. J. Thomas, C. O, 

 .\Ilard, H. G. Easterly and H. Bur- 

 key. Union — R. K. Loomis; Ran- 

 dolph county — John Uffelman and 

 E. C. Secor, farm adviser; Frank- 

 lin county — H. H. Webb, presi- 

 dent, and E. E. Glick, farm advis- 

 er. Williamson county — Josh Col- 

 lins, J. M. Krumrey, president, and 

 W. K. Galeener, farm adviser. 



SECRETAHr JaRDINE, IN A RECENT SPEECH 



piitin.«t«l that »2,r)00.000,000 ot farm products 

 would be marketed co-operatively in tne U. S. 

 ID 1925. 



In Ohio the Farm BCREAn recently orqan- 

 iied the Ohio Farm Bureau Corporation which is 

 incorporated for the purpose of offering financial 

 and managerial aerviccB to co-ope. Sharea and 

 bonds in it will be offered to the general public. 



To Take Care of All Insurance Needs of Farmer 



^i2fi> Alenei^- 



Curt Anderson 



24th District Farmers 

 Discuss Limestone R. R. 

 Rates at I. A. A. Meeting 



Resolutions urging T. B. Testing 

 of Illinois herds, the continuance of 

 a strong dif- 

 ferential i n 

 the purchase 

 price of lime- 

 stone, favor- 

 ing farm bu- 

 r e a u mem- 

 bers, and the 

 holding of the 

 I. A. A. dis- 

 trict confer- 

 ences next 

 year, summar- 

 izes much of 

 the discussion 

 of the 22 farm 

 leaders, offi- 

 cers, advisers and members from 

 Clay, Pope, White, Gallatin, and 

 Johnson counties, who attended the 

 24th district conference, held at 

 Golconda, Nov. 19. 



The meeting was called to order 

 by Curt Anderson, I. A. A. execu- 

 tive committee of the district, who 

 absorbed the opinions of the leaders 

 present with the view of forward- 

 ing the information on the state 

 executive committee for the purpose 

 of directing the activities of the 

 state organization. 



Report on Wheat Pool 



During the morning session, the 

 meeting was turned over to a round- 

 table discussion which broiight out 

 the fact that the Louisville and 

 Nashville railroad is not making an 

 allowance for demurrage on rainy 

 days on cars while other roads re- 

 ported on have made allowances in 

 the past. The freight rate on lime- 

 stone chat from Southern Missouri 

 to Illinois points was discussed and 

 a feeling shown that the I. A. A. 

 should attempt to gain a more fav- 

 orable rate from this source of sup- 

 ply. 



Farm Advisers Creighton of 

 White county and Simpson of Gal- 



latin county both reported favor- 

 ably on the soft wheet pool of the 

 Indiana Wheat Growers Association 

 but stated that the pool has not 

 progressed far enough to throw 

 much light on the probable future 

 of the organization. 



Resolution Urges T. B. Testing 



Before the close of the meeting 

 a committee reported on the fol- 

 lowing resolutions, which were 

 adopted : 



"Resolved, in view of the vast 

 amount of educational work on lime- 

 ( Continued on page 3, col. 5.) 



Famous Poland China 



Is Model For Medal 



Awarded Hog Caller 



Because he was adjudged the 

 most effective and persuasive hog 

 caller of Illinois at the I. A. A. an- 

 nual state picnic, which was held 

 under auspices of the Christian 

 County Farm Bureau at Taylorville 

 August 27, V. E. Robison of Mor- 

 ton, Tazewell county, is awarded 

 the medal reproduced here. 



The medal was made from a pho- 

 tograph of Armistice Boy, famous 

 grand champion Poland China boar. 

 It is a watch charm and is one inch 

 long. Champion Robison is a Pol- 

 and China breeder. People who 

 have seen the charm marvel at its 

 fine detail. It is lO-karat gold. 



f 



Insttrance Totaling 

 $750,000 Placed in 

 Force by New Mutual 



Famters' Mutual Reinsurance 

 Company of Illinois Re- 

 ceived Charter Nov. 17 



Many National Authorities to Address 



Seventh Annual Meeting of A. F. B. F. 

 at Sherman Hotel, Chicago, Dec. 7-J3 



President and Mrs. Coolidge to be Luncheoh Guests of Farm 

 Bureau Officials; Illinois County Presidents to Attend 

 Breakfast Conference ; Seats For All Illinoisians. 



HEADLINERS including the President of the United States, 

 Senator Capper of Kansas, representaUyes of the Inited 

 States Department of Ajtricullmre, leailers in the 

 fieltls of electricity, organization, advertisine, 

 marketing and women's work are 8ch«iule<l t<i 

 speak, on the program of the annual meeting of 

 the American Farm Bureau Federation whirli 

 opens at the Sherman Hobd, C Aicago, on Monday, 

 December 7 and continues for three days. 



Besides the general scBSionR, sjiocial sectional 

 meetings are scheduled which arc to inchulc l>riof 

 discussions covering the varijbus ty|)es of work 

 Arthur Capper (.f^frig^ on by the state Farm .Bureaus and lines 

 of iendeavor allied to farm organization activitie^. Although varied 

 the program is full and complete with practictJlyievery minute of the 

 three da>'8 taken up with convention work. It will l>r> a School of 



farm orgialxizapon infnr.jiation. 



Presidcst Coolidgr \ ill oi»<.n the 

 speaking progrim of I lie C'invention 

 at 11 a. m., Monday, the i r«t dny. 

 rollowinj5 il.lol >.t: »..y Ittt.t luW^i 

 with the natiopal offiwrs and presi- 

 dents of the s^tr Farm Itiirrscs st 

 which time only foods thni have bren 

 markctt'd throiiRh o<»-o|r-i-:iIivc unnui- 

 izations «"ill tp served The rir»t 

 Laily of the Laqd. who will arcompany 

 the President, twill he enl*Ttaim*«i at • 

 a spefial lunehfon given by the fariti 

 bun'au womenl who allend the na- 

 tional convention I'he CtK»lidgt*s 

 will rftum toTWaahington Monday 

 afternoon. ' 



I. A. A. I^iractor to Talk 



During the prst afternoon Jame* 

 O'Shaughnessy.lseeretarv of the Amor- 

 iean Associattion oJ .Xdvertisiiig 

 .\gencieg, fiev lorl Citv. will addresx 

 the nie<>ting on "The Application of 

 .\ilv<-rti.singtothc Farming Industry.' 

 He will hf folli>»ud on the program 

 by I.iieiiiti \\"il.'^>n, nn-sident. rjenen*! 

 Organization <V»., Chicago, who will 

 , speak on "The Farm Hiireau — -Mother 

 Organiiatiun of Agricultunc. " 



Following Pfi-sident Wilson's talk, 

 the conventmn will be opened for 

 a sectional naTting on organiza- 

 tion, membership and field M-rvioe 

 with S. H. Thompson, I. A. A. presi- 

 dent, presiding. During this meet- 

 ing George |^. Metzger, director 

 of the I., A. [A. organisation de- 

 partmeht, will speak on "The Inton- 

 six'e Sales Campaign." 



"Makiag the' 

 Load Lighter by 

 Electricity " is Ae 

 subject Bcbe<lu^-d 

 for the princitial 

 address of t he ete- 

 ning session of t^e 

 first day. Ttie 

 speaker will pe 

 Owen D. ^'ouiig, 

 chairman of tfie 

 board of directors I 

 of the Cenefal [ 

 Electric Co^n- I 



^!,T'Mr*YoXg <— V„„^ 

 collaborated ' with \ it^-President 

 Dawes on thel formulation of the 

 Dawes plan of preparation. 



At 7O0 a. i., Tuesday, Dec R, 

 all presidents ijif the county Farm 

 Htireaus of Illinois will meet at a 

 special breakfat^t eonl<-renc<f called 

 by Geo. A. Foi, executive *«ocretary 

 of the I. A. A. JAt this early morning 

 conference the p2 county pruxidcnU 



(Continaed kn page 4, col. 5.) 



XiAt noon, Monday, Nov. 21, ap- 

 proximately threerfourths of a mil- 

 litJn dollars of risks in farm mu- 

 tual insurance wasrplaced in force 

 through the Farmets' Mutual Re- 

 indirance Company of Illinois. 



This notice was issued on re- 

 ceipt of the company's charter 

 from the Illinois trade and com- 

 merce department, Springfield, on 

 Now. 17, following a state-wide 

 campaign for $500,000 in individ- 

 ual insurance applications in which 

 38$ Illinois farmers in 67 counties 

 took part. This campaign, which 

 over-subscribed the goal by $240,- 



000, was accomplished in less than 

 four montlis through the co-opera- 

 tion of comnty Farm Bureaus, the 



1. A. A., secretaries of local and 

 county mutual insurance companies 

 and individual farmers throu^out 

 the state. 



A 25- Year-Old Aspiration Realized 



With the starting of operations 

 by the Famers' Mtitual Reinsurance 

 Coitipany of Illinois, an aspiration 

 of mutual insurance leaders in Illi- 

 nois for more than 25 years has 

 beeh completed. For over a quar- 

 ter _of a century mutual companies 

 of the state have realized the need 

 of a state-wide reinsurance com- 

 pany to allow further development 

 of the field and place the mutuals 

 in S position to take care of all the 

 insurance Deeds of Illinois farmers. 

 However, it was not until this year 

 that definite plans were adopted by 

 the State Association of Mutual In- 

 surance Companies of Illinois and 

 through thf assistance of the I. A. 

 A. Organization efforts were started. 



The new reinsurance comp^iny 

 will in no way conflict with the ac- 

 tivities of t^e local mutuals but will 

 supplement their benefits by ex- 

 t«naing blanket reinsurance, speci- 

 fic reinsurance and recessional in- 

 (Continsed on page 4, col. L) 



t,..^|-M 



■^■^. 



