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The nilnois Agricultural Association RECORD 





December 5, 1925 



Value Of 1925 Corn 

 Crop Is Lower Than 

 Short Crop Of 1924 



C urrent Corn Prices Fall 

 Short of Paying Cost of 

 Production, Says I. A. A. 

 Grain Director 



The Goal of a 25- Year- Old Ambition 



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Notwithstanding tlii' size of tin- 

 hunipcr i-ftin ciop in Illinois, 

 sh vaIu-> lo tlif farnirrs who 



pi-jxlu I it is .-InIv million dollai.-- 



tliaii til.- valiii' of last year's 



cr*>i>, if tlv price w!iic!\ the 



rs of tlir state are actually r«-'- 



vinvr at c.iuiitry eli'vators in No- 



ve^nliir (•(•iitinues tliroixgli the sca- 



rtlinc to findinjjs pi* Ches- 



('. I>av;s, I. A. A. jrrain market- 



lini-tor. 



TW statement of Oiri'ctor Davis 

 nts out that November 1 esti- 

 s cre<lit Illinois with a corn 

 crjpp of :t!M,!»:> 1,000 husluls for 

 impar.-.! witli 2y:i,f,00,000 

 bi^^hels iji l;t2l. But the 1!)-.>I crop 

 farm value gf S2TS.U20.OOO 

 the Oecrnilter 1 price, ticcortliii'r 

 the I'.^S. IK'partment of AL'-'ricul- 

 ,- while tie- priye which farm- 

 ari- actually receivinj; at couii- 

 ixiints in th.- state this ueek 

 ultl \ i.M a total of onlv $J17,- 

 *n,70(i if it were all sold. " 



farmers w!io are sejlinjr their 

 n nr. receiving from til'ty to six- 

 . cents a liushi^l for it. with- the 

 l>u k of it volpj: at .">."> cents or less. 

 E.'icessivi- in<>i-tui%' in this year's 

 is tie- faitnii wliich is holdinj; 

 country c:i^i^priei' below con- 

 t!-:4ct itraiie iiuutalioris. 



Production CosM 68 Cents 



Current corn pry"*-.- t'all far short 

 '■payin;.; cost- ol fvioduclion. and 

 lil a loss of niilliojis to farmers 

 Illinois if tiny continue, it is 

 |>:j jilted out. .\ctual cost re<-ordj' 

 en a numlv r of farms in ("liam- 

 jn -ind Piatt roumi'S, in one of 

 best corn produciie; districts in 

 1!! iioi.s^ show a corn pre.iuction cost 

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--ason," -tates Direc- 

 Uavis. *'f.irmers wiio sell their 

 '-oiti as tlieh- cash ciop will be in 

 .-h Wol-.^*4^ state- t .a:i those who 

 fee .1 anil nutrket their corn as porI\. 

 who buy corn to feed. Many 

 fat tors enter into a calculation as 



io .what the ti. nd of corn pries 

 I'il be this wiiit.-r. Heavy discounts 

 lia' e ruled on the m-.v corn crop 

 . bn ausL' of excess moisture. We.-ith- 

 er [Bat would permit dryinjr befor. 

 the corn is nuirketed would help the 

 fat n price. Spoilinj; of criblwd 

 cor 1 is i-<'|>orted from all ovei-" the 

 .-ta e as a liiult of the wet weather. 



Heed Way to Handle Surplus 



*Ka!m<'rs of Illinois are not as 

 ir.u h interest^-il in di-vices to make 

 nioi e credit ' available to enable 

 t'.'. I 1 to hold their corn, as they are 

 -';i omo means to handle the sur- 

 ; lu. that follows a normal crop, so 

 •iS to prevent it from breakin.u 

 do-.vi prices <lisa.strously. It is not 

 ! ;e!i of ireilit >o much as wet corn 

 and inadeiiuate storage faciliti'-s 

 t. at prevents farmers irom holdinj; 

 corn this year. The unfavor- 

 : :-Ie| fall, the short carrv'-over, and 

 't l.itivi'ly jrood market for ho-,^ 

 ;d iiest .cradp cattle all .support the 

 faiii (r.s' view that.he ouj-'lit. to liavi 

 a, !^r 'l* r price for corh, but no oni- 

 ccrtaiu of wliat the mark>-<^ 

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Charter of the Far'mers' Mutual Reinsurance Company of Illinois 

 i;ranted by the stale department of tr.Tde and rommercp, Nov. 17. A 

 document that opens a ne'w and larger field of insurance lo Illinois farm- 

 ers and mutual farm insurance companies of this state. An acknowledged 

 need of more than a quarter of a ceiltury accomplished through the co- 

 operation of Farm Bureaus, mutual insurance companies of the state and 

 Illinois Agricultural Association. { 



Popularity of Farm 

 Sports Growing; Big 

 Aid to Home Morale 



Mythical All-F arm Spbri 

 Team of Mid-West Com-- 

 posed Entirely of Illinois 

 Bureau Members 



in 



urance Totaling 

 $750,000 Place't 



orr'iiuKd from, iKiije 1, col. .',.) 



'.ce. The extension of thos 



'.o local mutuals, it is estimat- 



vdl .'a\e illjiiois farnn-rs more 



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 <un!s 

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■'I upod consiileration 

 amounts of ittdiviilual 

 coinpaiiiis 



reac' 

 eatei 

 .^ that the mutual 



able to haudh- and. the re-- 



in costs and addHional a.-'- 



its due to exceptional lussi-K 



lividual farmers, by n-i^iiid- 



artdy to the canipaifcn. Ii;tve 



Ijie n-insuranci- company* an 



1 aceomplishm<.nt and it is 



urvto, the local and county mu- 



to take advantuKe of. the or-' 



ijtion and jrain the Ix-nefits for 



respective members. , 



Milk From "Tested 



H^jals'Pdx^ Premium 



Dai^hien 0"? Ih^ Chicairo Dis- 

 trict \yho Iklvi; tested their cattle 

 and who sell milk to llie Bowman 

 Dairy ^mpa'iiy, one of the bi^- 

 ,i;e.st di.snuXutors in Cliicajjo, nie 

 ri.-<-eivinjr \^n-i-niium of twenty- 

 liv.- cents \\u.iiln-d, befrinninfr 

 with De<-(>niTK-r 1. 



T^-NBowman Company, alons' 

 witli\atiy.-r ('liica.^o distributors, 

 have IwAn payini;- Si..").'! a hundn-d 

 for all rtylk, re};arilless -of source. 

 Tile ni»}Aprice to farnv-rs with 

 ti .sted herds is $2.7r>. Dairymen 

 with untestid herds will Im- pai<l 

 only ^'^.:>0. ' 



In Jiddition to this jienalty fm- 

 iiot having te.-ted herds, 'the cein- 

 pHn.\ is pa>inj; onl.v JjiS.lO a luin- 

 r^^^ for surplus hut no milk jro- 

 ngs f>-oni lu-rd untler Sfa'te and 

 leral .Supervision wfll Ije das- 

 -ifii d as surplu.-^, the company of- 

 ficials state. ■•• * 



This pn mium^for T. B. fr.-, 

 -milk is ii s-'oal souiAjt h.v'^he Farm 

 Bureaus and the Illinois Agricul- 

 tural .-Vs-ociation for three years 

 and now that one com|>an.v has 

 seen tit to estab!i.-h a premium for 

 the farmer who produces the 

 highi-r quality rnd .-afe milk, the 

 Illinois ..\gricultu:al .-X-sociation 

 will continue Vind try to get as 

 many a^iMio-'sible distributors in 

 t'.- Chici'o district to pay the 

 premium,'^ ^^ 



'Wants Next J!. A. A. (Jcnvention 



1. A. A. 17th District Conference 

 \ Held at Bloomington, Nov. 27 



! R.-presentatives (rf the Fann Bu- 

 ii-aus in McLean, Ford, Living-ton 

 a n d Woodford 

 counties who at- 

 tended the 17th 

 district confer- 

 ence, hel.l at 

 B 1 o o m i ngton, 



Y^^ i ■ ;i resolution ask- 



' ' "^ ing the Illinois 



A.irvi(-ultural .-^s- 

 sociatit>n to con- 

 sider Dlooining- 

 toii as tht- loL'ical 

 pl.-ice to hold its 

 next annual con- 

 vi ntion, w h i c h 

 wfll probably be in January. i:i27. 

 It was pointed out that I'inoming- 

 tdn has i-xct-lh-nt facilities for such 

 a 'meeting and is ideally located in 

 tlJe center of the stati-. 



'I'he Farm, r' .Mutual IJeinsurancc 



t'pmpany of Illinois was - endors' (1. 



One resolution passed by the h-ad- 



s sugue.-ted tliat the l.".\. ..\. in- 



tigate th.'- platis an<l pro-jrams of 



otlii-r st.-ite f.-nni bureau federations 



w th the vi.-w of bettering the sorv- 



reiidei.d in IlHnoi.s, 



Tile preposition of the Kenneth- 



M^irry ('om))any to |.-a.-e tin- ('. and 



.varll- .-md op. rate as a livestock 



li-r buyer in [Hooniiimton. buying 



th -oii'.;o iommis.-ion comp-uiies. w-as 



hrpueh! up foi- considera'ile discus- 



.*nie farmers w-ej-e not so 



lo the a<!yrsability of the 



Fi-ank D. Barton 



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/Thorn has boon mor<' orponisJ'd 

 fai-ni sport in Illinois <luring li)2.5 

 than in any other .veur in tho hi.s- 

 tory' of the' state. _ - - 



Only two of the fivo sports which 

 were i-xtensively jiiirticipated in by 

 th>- >'arni fiureaus are common to 

 both rural and city people- — baseban 

 -jind horsi-shnes pitching.- The 'other 

 three are distinctly farm s|>oi-ts. 

 Thestvai-e hog calliii);^, chicken call- 

 ing (for women) afld corji husking. 



The de\ el(rpj>n.-jit ef .spo'rts a.inong 

 farni'.r.s, theiv sons, and eyiin Hieir 

 wives and dav.ii'lit'-rs is regafded by 

 I*re,-id'-n't Sam H. Tliomp.s'on as a. 

 spleiolid conditioB, He . says ..that 

 firm sports contribute miu-h to, the 

 iiappj'hi-ss 'and contentment of farm 

 life, .^n.vtliiii'g along tlnr- lines of- 

 eonip.-tition ^ cri-att-s -moi-e 'Miti-jx^t 

 aroun.l f.-tn'n lifO,; he- SHy.^,/^nd, 

 furtherin'ore, _f:irni sports ii-AVf a 

 ■bearing oh thi- problem o^keeping 

 ho.y.-* and girls on tlie f.-irms. 

 Torberts on Tifani 



Farm spoil i-ntliusiasts, like their 

 city cousins wlio are now busy se- 

 ■lecting-, rc-seh-cting and. debating 

 Over who .-hall be'on the .\ll-.\mer- 

 ican foof.hall team, can also point 

 to st.-ir p.rformers in the various 

 farm sports ti'-hl. 



Walt.-r and Harry Torbert of De- 

 Witt county, Illinois, earned a place 

 on the niythical .\I1-Farm sport tc;.im 

 by tlirowiu'g the most ringers and 

 counters in the annual stati- farm 

 hur.-au horseshoe tournament held 

 in (-onn.-i-lion with tin- state picnic 

 of the Illinois .-\gricultural Associ- 

 ation .August, 27 at Taylorville. 

 Walter and Harry are Ifl and 20 rit- 

 sji'-ctively. and are sons of Ed..Tot- 

 bert, a menih'-r of the state cham- 

 pion t'-am of l:t2(i, 21, and 22. The 

 boys d.f.-at d R. ub.-n G..T?right an.l 

 .s;;imu -I G. Smitli of MelJ'.an cougty,- 

 champion team -of 1024. ' .About 2.'» 

 county horseshoe pitching contests 

 were li.-ld by county Farm Biin-aus 

 pri'limiiK-.ry to tUe state competition. 



V. K. Rohisofi of Moil on, Taze- 

 well county, p.-:haps (|ualilies -l^st 

 for the i|riart.-r-back or signal-call- 

 • .-\I1-F'arm spoi-ts 

 that **whoo-o-o«^>-, 

 whoo-o-oey" is'^the most elfi-ctive 

 wa.y to call h(t'.:s when he w?is <le- 

 i-lal-' d by the two-legged judges to 

 h.-; the champion swine yodeler in a 

 conte.st wliich was also hehj-at the 

 state farm, bureau picnic: This was 

 the first stat'--wide competition ever 

 h.Id and was tin. ba.-is for a long 

 pi-' liminary- dis(-ussion' by c\iy fea- 

 ture wri'ters and editorial *-xpound- 

 i-rs on the merits of "poo-o-o^v" 

 or "wilo-o-oey," the formel- lieing 

 Ihi- form faijcied by a metropolitsn 

 i-ewspap^'r a.s' comparable to strains 

 of fu> ra, but one whii-Ii shttwed the 

 writer was not a hog calh-r. 



Mrs. Wooley'-Selected Captain 



-,Mrs. 1. .\. Wooley of lirka, ..Marion 

 (-ounty, v.on the .state cidcken call- 

 in.g <-ontest, anti since siie is the only 

 woman rating thi- All-Farm sp'oft's 

 team, she should be captaki. 



Thi' baseb-:ll division of the AIl- 

 Fajin sporf team is awaiwh-d to the 

 TaZ'-well. Count.\- Farm Bureau ag- 

 gregation, it having won the state 

 titl.' after an interesting -.^ason 

 which terniinati'd in the champior- 

 -hip game at tin- state picnic. Ilase- 

 h:dl among the Farm Bureaus is 

 con.luct'-.l through the Illinois Farm 

 nur.-au lias. -ball league. 



Klmi r Williams of Toulon, Stark 

 county, wins a promiii.-nt place on 

 tile All-Farm sports , team, and is 

 also entitled to a place on a national 

 s' lection, liaving won both tin- Illin- 

 ois ;ind the Jlid-West corn husking 

 contests. On Novi mill r 2 in - thi- 

 Montgoniery county contest stageil. 

 by I'rairie Farm -r, .state farm paper, 

 he out-shuck' d 19 other cont'-stants, 

 many of whom were winners of 

 county contents stag.Hl bv Farm 

 Hureaus. On .Novemh. r I li h.- lied 

 Orangi-d the best shuckeis of hiwa. 

 N'ebr.-iska, Minnesota and Indiana 

 wl).n he j)i.-k.-.! .-(o.O bushels in 80 

 m-nut.-s in t'le Mid-West contest at 

 I!ur-jes-, .M.-rcer county, a sfH'od 

 eiiuivi! lit !o 2';LI busilels in 10 

 houis. 



This stands as an official worhfs 



tor l.ie (|nart.-r-i>: 

 ing position of.^h 

 tt-am. IU''pr(i5j|d 



k.-!in4' ^ 



niMTlMpT, Ffil- 



i'<r<'l;ihl(> < Irdwrrs. 



ntl, •■'I'lic FMrin 



y in C"<)-op('r:itivo 



]■:. <i. .\((Ursr. 



I (livi.sioii. liisti- 



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Large Number to 



Attend Meeting 



^ (ConntiHcd from pot/v 1, col. 5.) 

 will (li-('i;-.s the pr(i[:r:nn nf llic nnniial 

 in.Tiimj: <.f thi;, I. A. A. t.. !.>.■ hrid at 

 thi' I iiivrrsit V t»f Illinois, C'liuinpaJKn- 

 I rlxiiiM, .I:in. 'Jl iiiiil-'JLV Tho new 

 pfnn of siwci.'il si-ctioTiri! iniM'tincs will 



1m' (v\)»l;iiui;ij '" ' hr fotllily rM'Cilt ivi'S. , 



lIi^?TT+HTTf IS on tin- .srcfdiii duj''s 

 proi:r:ini irH-litd.'s: , .' 



■ I^rmonstrritioii hy C'liiKi Hoy;* II:ir-, 

 oM Htihiirir amt (It-f).' Hohnirln. 

 Huri'Mu cvtiinty, sialtt tlia.n^>ionship 

 team 4)f JllnKtis, --. 



Cappec to Speak at 'Banquet '. 

 'I'ut iity-iriiniili- l;il!s on "< 'o-opor-'^ 

 ritivp ('(jtjrin M:irki'iintr ' I'V ^'. **- 

 MnsiT. ^'I'^iiap-t-r, Aini'iii-aii Cotloii 

 l'Afliaiit;i'; *I,ivi-sioi-k Mar- 

 l>y y. H. I)fnnian, pii-sidrnt, 

 NAlioij:iI "ijYst.ii'k IVoiIiKM'i's' Akso- 



inff" l(v A. IJl^TTuIi 

 rr:itr(l FrMiit \V«1 V 

 Int-', Niu- York 

 Utirvnu's 4)ppt4»-tuni|l 

 \JaikiUtiirV A*\ U\. 

 i-hirf isT airrii«i'*'ir 

 1 lilf of l'!foimrnir«i 



J>uriTig till' :^inn:tl IhinipicI 

 J»l■l(^ oil Tin .-^flny I'VilliTiK, t li 

 fipnl ail.li'i s.-(< will Im j;iv.n h 

 Srnato?" Alt Inir ' CappiT of J\:insa 

 :mm1 Mrs. Ivan 1). <;..n' of^ llah 

 authority on fniiii honii* and 

 nitinity work, 'I'lii- lljml day will li 

 laki-n lip wiih niMir^s of nsoliiliun 

 roniniit icfs. (-U-ciioii oif ollici'is, adop- 

 tion of n-solniions, ! nt-w :ind nn- 

 tinishcd Inisinr-^s and M'JjouMiincnt . 

 Seat Requests Heavy 



DiMnailil-s f<>r scat rrsi-rva I iritis to 

 hear. IVi-sidrnt CnolidKc have Imm-h 

 foniinn in thirk and fast, from Illinois 

 atrn lnin;iu ini'inhcrs. < Ulicinls of 

 III''. American Farm Hurcaii Federa- 

 tion ill first allotl.-d MM) seals to 

 I llinois, Imt ihisriiimhcr was increased 

 ti» 7'>0 upon llie Urtiellt reipicst of 

 Secrelnry jFox, ^hn on Dec I had 

 nearly N(M( "rtMiuests from (*f>un1 y 

 harm Hurcmi;^ tlirnuphoirt thr- stntc. 

 'ilurc are only .2lifM) seals in 1 he whole 

 hall will re l*rcsideTit CooIidKc speaks 

 and Illinois has more se:its n'servi>il 

 llian any otiur sl:ite. However, it 

 seem** prolt:il)l(' that all lUinojs rc- 

 (juestsisili Im- cared for. The 1, A. v 

 ticket hoolh will be open al. lh*' 

 Shrrinnn Jlotcl on Sunday anc[ ^loii- 

 chiy iiiorninn. Al<'tnhers arc advisrd 

 to pet their iPPerved tickets as soon' 

 as till y arrive in the ciiy. i\a Wi'M^ 

 MoinI:iy ntoritini; t^ic hootliwill he 

 ehtsi-d "and all svals not c:dle.| for 

 jvill he iiivcii t«I tjifisc nut holding 



re.-erM:li*ns. 



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recoifl-Xjme acTimliy established by 

 physical, field perfoiniancf in tlie 

 presenne' of so'me • 7,000 witn'es.ses,t 

 jJlKWrs nianyjiigber unofficial re-'. 

 cor(lS~ha^e— tern o.stabM.'fhod ' around 

 the stoves of cotintry jifores in the 

 presirnce of hot air competitors. 



TW, personnel of tlie 102.-) Ail- 

 Fai-rivsports team follow* : 

 ' Champion V'K call'i-r-V.-E. Robi- 

 son, Morton, Jaz.-well .County Farm 

 Bureau. . '- i. 



Champion clji«kcii ujller^JklTjS.U. 

 N. Woolev, luka, .Marion County 

 Farm Bureau. 



Chaminon baseball »tram— ,-Ta7.e- 

 well County Faim Hureau. 



Champion Jiusker — (Illinois' anl^^ 

 Mid- West) Elnii-r Williams, ToUloii, 

 Stark Coiwity Farm Bureau. 



Champron hors'-shoe team — Wal- 

 ter and Harry Torbert, DeWitt 

 Count.x- Farm Bureau. 



Prizes Were given by the Illinois 

 .Agricultural .Association to the 

 champions of hog and chicken call- 

 fng, liorseshoe and baseball. These 

 were, for the hog calling champ, a 

 gold miniature hog for watch chain 

 peri'lant; for the chicken calling vic- 

 tor, a silvi-r cream jiitcher: and a 

 silvi.-r loving cup each fo-r the horse- 

 shoe and b.aseball teams. Prairie 

 Farmer gave $100 to the winner of 

 the state husking conte.st, .«.-i0 for 

 second, $2.") for third, $15 for 

 fourth and $10 for fiftli. Tliis farm 

 paper, in company wiih Wallaces' 

 Farmer, Nebraska Farmer and The 

 Farmer "(.St. Paul) grtve SIOO and 

 a gold m.dal to the Mid-West cham- 

 pion,, ancj Prairie Farmer gave $.")0 

 for "(he winner of second ]>lace who 

 was Walter W. Olson of Rio, a 

 member of the Knox County Farm 

 Bureau. 



-V nirnr^st ok hiom ni T" l.'. i-i ji.< i .\r i\ 



l)'f> |.l...lu.-ll'.ll ,'f Ji'.ii.H IHI'I < .1.1' 111 l...%Mt tl'i- 



\';ir;is '"mpnT'-.l willi ^1124 !i - I"-' ii f' iLiru-.! 

 b.v Kn.it'- J -t '-. .."-rftXarv ,.f (be i'l-'K-raliiili uf 

 t.O' Sl"C-k SI'il'INT-. 



M' t.l;\N CnCNTY t'^tlM BeHr\T: IL\S8KCCNKI> 



ll'iirv \. W.'ll.,.,-. ,sl c.r ..f « :,ltii.-.-s- laril'i-r 

 .:- j.rii.'iiial -jHiits'-r ( r tin- aiiliiinl im-rtinK tu 

 l-li'M al lM".ii.iiii;t"i., !>.-.- :il. 



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