EXECUTIVE COMMTTTEB 

 (By Concrenioiial DiMr^cCa.) 



. wmimi Webb, Rout* Ob*. JoUm 



G. F. TuUock, Rodrford 



C.E. aunborouah. Polo 



. . . W. H. Moody, Put Brran 



-A* K. WrlKllt, VaiT 



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13th 



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ISlti B. H. Tutlo^Rapatee 



16th A.R. Wri«ht,vr 



17th F. D. Bvton, CotneU 



ISth ,..R. F. Kan-Tlroquai* 



t9th i ...J. U'Whianuid, OiarkMon 



20th EarlC Smith. Detroit 



21« Samuel SorrelU, Raymond 



22i>d 1 Stanly Castle, Alton 



UtU , W. L. Cope, Salem 



Z4th ( > Curt Anderson, Xenia 



2Stl> .• R. K. Loomia, Makanda 



PraaldenC, S. H. Thomp 

 Vice-Prealdent, H. E. c5 

 Treaaurer, R. A. Cowlea 

 Secretary, Geo. A. Fox . 



OFFICERS 



DIRECTORS OF DEPARTMENTS 



Quiitcy 



Hooppole 



.Blootnlncton 

 Sycamore 



I li Lil N OIS 



CCLTUBAL. ASSO CIA 



RECORD^ 



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Tosdrancm lh€ purpose for which the Farm Bureau war orgmti- 

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

 eeiutomic, social and educational interests of the farmers of 

 iUittois and the tiation, and to develop agricttltura. 



Co-operatln Aocounthn G». R. y**^ 



Dairy Marketlnl •„ P'i?!!?^ 



Finance „ ?"* 



Fruit and Vc«etablc Markctlil^ :..A. B. Leeper 



General Office ^^■"^*^^^ 



Grain Marlcatini "'"'? S' "V** 



Infbndation Harry C. BuKiier 



L^salCounael Donald Kiriipatricls 



Lira Stock Marketinc Wm. E. Hed«oock 



Orfanixation G. E. Merger 



Phoaphate-Limcstone J- R* Bent 



Poultry and Eu Marketing F. A. Gouder 



Tazatkin and Statiatica J- C Watadn 



Tranaportatkn L. J. Quaaqr 



Publiahrf^rjry other Saturday at 404 Norti W«,ley Ave., Mount Morri.. niinoi., by the lUinoi. AurifuHural Amociation. Edited by De[»rlni"t of Information. H»ny C Butcher J^lf^-^ Jo^ 

 Dcartym Street. Chica«;, lUinoi.. Entered a. seoond-oUai matter Oitober 20. 1925 at the post office at Mount Mo™. Illinoi.. under the Act of March 3. 1879^ a bijweeUy Acceptance for maihn. at wo™J 

 rate of poetace providejfor m Section 412. Art of February 28. 1925. authorirod October 27. 1925. The indiWdual membenihip fee of the IlBnoia A«ncultur«l Aaaooation 1. *" aoUana y"^' T°« '«• includei 

 payment of Sftv cents for subecriplion to the Illinois Agncultural Aswjcistion Ricobd: Postmaater: In returning an uncalled for or miasent copy, please indicate kiy number On aodreas as is reqmrea Dy law. 



Fine! Now Support It 



i i WW7E call attention to the fact that a tariff 

 W on agricultural products is not effec- 

 tive when there is an exportable surplus, and 

 call upon the business interests of the country 

 and Congress to assist in remedying this situ- 

 ation, to the end that American Markets at 

 American Prices be preserved for American 

 farmers." 



The above is a part of the resolutions 

 adopted by the board of governors of the 

 Aiherican Farm Congress, the most conser- 

 vative agricultural group in these States. 

 Secretary Jardine is a past president of the 

 organization and addressed the convention 

 at Kansas City at which this important reso- 

 lution was adopted. 



The coming session of Congress will no 

 doubt give the element which fostered this 

 resolution a splendid opportunity to back up 

 what they ^y. V • 



respective Farm Bureaus. In the meantime, 

 if other j'arties attempt to sell phosphate in 

 Illinois and make claims or statements which 

 might cause you to think they are operating 

 under the I. A. A. plan, or in co-operation 

 with the I. A. A. you should inquire about 

 them through your Farm Bureau, or direct 

 to the phosphate-limestone department. This 

 department requests that you report promptly 

 such facts to it. 



Quality Product + Organization = 

 j . i I Higher Prii.e 



pEcIuSL u..:, :-'- '^nirg milk from 

 J3 tul^erculin-tested cows that is of extra 

 good quality, and also because they formed 

 an orgainization and appointed a sales com- 

 mittee to bargain for them, the members of 

 the DeKalb Milk Producers Association 

 raised their price from $2.25 to $2.75 a hun- 

 dred. 



Quality Product + Organization = Higher 

 Price. 



A Timely Warning 



IN ordbr to guarantee fair and square treat- 

 ment to Uie farmers in Illinois in pur- 

 chases Of ground rock phosphate^ your as- 

 sociation has been maintaining, for six years, 

 a supervisional service with a branch office 

 and chemical laboratory facilities in . the 

 l)hosphate field in Tennessee. : » 



Rigid regulations and specifications have 

 bsen established by the association, and any 

 phosphate company which is able, pliysically 

 and financially, to meet the requirements of 

 the I. A. A. and shows its willingness to 

 abide by the I. A. A.'s regulations and super- 

 vision by signing the agreement which the 

 I. A. A. has prepared, is placed upon what 

 is known as the I. A. A. Accredited List. 



At present there are three such companies 

 and no more. These are : Robin Jones Phos- 

 phate Company, Nashville, Tenn.; Ruhm 

 Phosphate & Chemical Company, Mt. Pleas- 

 pnt, Tenn.; Thomson Phosphate Company, 

 Home IJfe Bldg., Chicago, 111. 



If, in the future, other companies are able 

 to qualify and satisfy the I. A. A. require- 

 ments and will sign the agreement with the 

 I. A. A., they will be added to the list and 

 farm. bureau members will be advised of the 

 fact through the RECORD and through your 



Where The I. A. A. Stands 



YOUR organization — and stress the y-o-u-r 

 — has replied to a request from the Amer- 

 ican Farm Bureau Federation in which" the 

 Illinois Ajgricultural Association was ^ked 

 to list, in order of importance, the subjects 

 of far legislation which the association 

 considers should be brought before the next 

 session of Congress. ^, 



jThe reply listed the following: 



1. Legislation that will place Agriculture 

 on equality with Industry and Labor. 



2. Legislation that will establish proper 

 income tax exemptions for co-operative mar- 

 keting organizations which were meant by 

 Congress to be effective but which the treas- 

 ury department has interpreted differently. 



3. Legislation making it possible for fer- 

 tilizers tos^be manufacturftd>at Muscle Shoals 

 with tl^ least possifite-Wpense to farmers. 



These are. national objectives. Don't for- 

 get the maj^r /state legislative program, 

 which is: 



1. Adoption of the amendment to the 

 revenue section of the state .constitution 

 which wins or loses at the polls in Novem- 

 ber, 1926. 



2. Adoption of a gasoline tax in lieu of 

 some present tax. 



3. Adoption of a state police. 



Why Did You Join? 



WHAT was your reason for joining the 

 Farm Bureau? 

 George E. Metzger, organization director, 

 finds that the five reasons given most often 

 by farmers who joined or re-joined this year 

 are: 



1. I believe that the farmers of the 

 United States must become strongly organ- 

 ized. I am putting my belief into action by 

 becoming a member of the Farm Bureau. 



2. I believe that farmers have a legisla- 

 tive problem in gaining "Equality for Agri- 

 culture" which can only be solved through 

 organization. 



3. I believe that co-operative marketing 

 is the way to a reasonable degree of price 

 stabilization and I recognize the value of the 

 Farm Bureau in organizing such co-opera- 

 tives, as well as rendering field service and 

 legislative services to such organizations af- 

 ter they have been set up. 



4. I believe that the problem of ever- 



increasing overhead expense of farm sup- 

 plies, labor and taxes can best be studied 

 and solved by farmers through organization. 



5. I believe in the study of greater ef- 

 ficiency in production of farm products 

 which comes through co-operation and mem- 

 bership in the Farm Bureau. 



Do these reasons cover your thoughts 

 toward the Farm Bureau when you joined 

 or re-joined? Write us your views. 



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Not Credit, But Price 



THE finding of the official team that was 

 sent to Iowa to see whether special credit 

 to enable farmers to hold their com would 

 help the agricultural situation any, is receiv- 

 ing passing notice in the press. The inves- 

 tigators, one from the U. S. department of 

 agriculture, the other from the federal farm 

 loan board, undoubtedly reported much more 

 to the Secretary of Agriculture than the pub- 

 lished report reveals. There was nothing in 

 the report that any farmer in the com belt 

 could not and no doubt many did tell them. 



More credit cannot relieve a situation that 

 is due to inadequate price. No business can 

 pay off a debt that was incurred when all 

 costs were inflated, with a product whose 

 price has fallen out of proportion to costs 

 which still stay up. 



The concluding paragraph of the summary 

 of the investigating committee's report as re- 

 leased from Washington is more to the point 

 than all of the eight or ten paragraphs that 

 precede it. It reads: , 



While our mission was to survey credit and farm stor- 

 age conditions in Iowa, we feel it should be added that 

 deep interest was expressed in the problem of stabilizing 

 the prices of farm products and in bringing about a bet- 

 ter relationship between the price of the things farmers 

 buy and the things they sell. The agricultural situation 

 has improved since 1921, but it is apparent that many 

 Iowa farmers still labor under the handicaps of large 

 debts, high operating expenses, high taxes, high interest 

 rates on short time loans, and al50 widely fluctuating 

 and often unsatisfactory prices for their products. 



In the past two years, the farmers have 

 brought forth proposals for an export cor- 

 poration or similar device to stabilize prices 

 by caring for the siirplus that follows any 

 normal crop of certain farm products. The 

 government has taken no pains to hide its 

 opposition to such projects. 



The problem of the surplus is recognized 

 at Washington. The Secretary of Agricul- 

 ture has repeatedly said so. The late agri- 

 cultural commission, on adjournment last 

 mnter, announced that the first problem it 

 would take up, on reconvening, would be that 

 of the surplus. Now it is announced that the 

 commission is not to meet again. The farm- 

 ers are not disappointed over lack of effec- 

 tive action from the commission. They did 

 not expect it. But they are waiting, more or 

 less patiently, for the administration to bring 

 forth its suggestions as to how the famier 

 may be included in the American protective 

 system. 



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