Pagr 



(lone in a way which is practicable, 

 tnd ' i-hich the Annerican people will 

 •accept. Up to this time the various 

 plan^ presented to Congress have not 

 been found workable, but equality 

 for a [riculture is an issue that will 

 not d^wn. 



Must Find Better Market 

 "Aj riculture must be placeid .square- 

 ly un ler our protective systpm. Our 

 ■iff musl apply to agricuUural sur- 

 plusei. otherwise its Leneficieni pro 



tectio 1 is likely. I fear, to be 



Dur sdrpluscs.-af manufactured 



from 



produ ;t8. \ tT\ U-\\ I •! !■ 



>,ty 



• |x.iiTi< 



intpni 

 tU'i i-ifc; 

 ('nniiiti|(!itu 

 pri'.-j' 



litiiltn 



"•uri'lu: 



"hall 



tfiinie }jy th<- ;:•'«;> 



X|i«*«lif!H> ll.l 



The Illinois Agricultural Association RECORD 



ii,- 



nU 



,1. WliiU- il..-.-.-..TnMi. 

 V ill th" I'lJIi j: a"!!*! 



II t!ii- ,;ir"»iir:»r\' 



if ran l;»k.- a rtnT.- :ir\ 



■J. Km,-riu:tri.. i!f..r rntr 

 thai i-!i'.> iti lariii 





Hi- . 



I.-v.-l. 



: wliiili 



(on: 



onM«l« r il.i> 'Ann*T is r.^.j^-rnrivr mar- 



removed 



I :.in i:l:..l 



.[.-irl'iir.rv 



r |«iir.l\ 



iii^'UiKt :>■«! 



■I.t "hn.,|.; 



>.-iIitm ..! 

 jixii- ..; 

 i«-UT*r part ii< 

 I :ririilt 

 (tnnlii'-is 

 UiLf witli 



December 19, 1925 



:rf>t* will 



keliiKcJ 1 • T. Ivr^c M iliat i'n sid 

 C'oolid I- T'li-i to you v.'^urda on Ih 



itttjr.t Ji \'-i- S'I'i"li'i :nl«lrt'Ss on lln' prol^ 

 Irms <l •.■.•:i' iJr in-. Ti> n'»frff •""' 

 fiirmiii ii.i :- '\' "" ni'uhrii iim- wr iiiii-'t 

 li:iv.' : 1- •'■! "!ii:iriv.Mii;i: sv^lcjii in th. 

 hail.!.- .1' if ■,..lM..r^ "\ ill.- In-i-' -oir, 

 iiio<liii> 

 organi eed 

 rats 

 facilit 

 at thj 



abi^ C-- .-.- - . 



Tictpture rnust create and use the 



mathrnery that i;ener*l indus- 



found so necessary. Co-oi>- 



After President Cooltdge's ad^Iress before some 3,000 delegates and farmers, of which over 1000 were 

 from Illinois, he was treated to a luncheon on products marketed co-operatively. The President pronounced 

 the food 'as "^reat " Illinois products were represented by "Creamy Products" milk from the Quincy Co-op- 

 erative Milk Producers* Association and "Illini*? apples from the Illinois Fruit Growers' Exchange, Centralia. 



T • \ -- 



iv4-ly th"' 



|trubU*nt iif niarkfi 

 yTi'iit Volume of livi 

 Hiid-wcsl st;i1i-i.f N.lirask;i. 

 Coloniilo. :iii.l lliiH<>i>. hr >:t.i.l 



"l ha\«- not TMiiu- to 1 

 .h.it w 



■|\«'-al 

 k pro* luroil in 



Km. 



but I ihirtk 



ii:ir'vi|i;i: ''v :^< 



.■Ih'iT-' "I 1 lit- lia^i' 1 "111- 1 ii;i\ (■ in 1 1 (iiiiM.- Ml i«t;t>i . I Mni f ■ ojiirv i 



V. 1 armers are subject to the i.h.it \v<'. a- f;nni lolivau !'o|U>. |i:i.\<' :i ritrlii:[ 



kdes of big buying inter- (, )V,l proiul of llit- f: .-t thai tlhf Ki l.riii- 



^itti/the disposition »nd the iii;'.U oixTaliii:: uinltT tin- N-iiii'iial I.i\f- 



/for securing the products | -j.K-k l'riMlni-»-r< As>oiiMtion.; an- iuoit 



ow.cst possible prices and in [ •■i-;irly ;;ppro:irhinir llu' h;infmnir of thi> 



\x le di-ifegard of production costs. ; \.,Imu.- llinii aii.\- oiluT oriiaiii/iiMoii in tlii- 



oiiiitr\. Th.- f;n-i ih;it <lurii|>i; VS1\ ".■ 



Iian.ll. .1 nior." than '.'J.tMH) 4;irs:of liv.->tock 



\a!u».| :il mim- thill :<Il»I.«H«MKMt fi.i- 



be made to j pi.n.\iTii;!li'l\' f IH.'hm) ni,inlK(r:*. jn^titi.-- 



■ •iir pri'lf. Thus «.■ }i:i\f ;in ori^iniz;iti.>n ..f 



I roiluiri-; troni thf mni^f ooftiitrx' of thf 



\\-f<\ anil -;4iMth\\.sl. tht^torihlKlp fcocU'r anil 



l.ri-ttU'r. uiih markti^ I'm;ii yi c-nlircly 



•Toss ^lic- <-ounlr\ in whhli to( hiy we havr 



i:r titiHt-rs on tlu- puUi- <'f tl^«- tra<lc 



erativ< marketing car 



the spread between producer 



er. eliminate waste and 



beneAd all. Evidence of the success 



f co-< peration. where it i« set up on 



a sens ble. busmesR hajiis and so con- 



ducte<^ , continues to pile up.' 



METZGER ON PROGRAM 



pl.uK.K v.: Mi.l/,».i i: ii"; 

 ^^ orir inization <!.■ 

 \ . rtd'. n-ssi-d tin- 



lut4nsi\L- Method of : 

 birt-rto Metzerr *rHiii»:i 

 'ly- of living a drlnii(' 

 rtltto :ii)tl fourtty >>rni \'>'. 



inrht<le certain H'*"'-!"'- 

 .H -f-^ t benefits i.» tli. ■; 

 .. 1 ar aiul cents ni;»ui. r. 1 



f;iniKT». Ml iltjil ^i^ 

 ... r...iat l»ri\f Hoint-lhil! 



. .my 

 tiip t 



a u'.^o.i ; izr-d prouj- of h'»ili' - n; 



oiiiitv. 



aTttfmpt ■*! to II 

 till- regi h»r pro; 

 Utiroau. 

 jt-cted. 

 First, a 



which wfll 

 iuK out 



Sf'COIKl, 



m tlio i< 



will tak"i 



;ii>d 



Tin: 

 r-.U 



th-ular I 



uflrriI'Mrl 



hoinr 



l>>'parf^ii 



"I hat y 

 llurf:iu 

 iwrf-rni, 



rnav v 



l*!i:i>iat 

 "li-rati 

 -.,t..T .■ 

 I-ro-rr .ni 



r.-l.-i 



and h. ' 



M.-ji. 

 'i tli( 



i;ra]ii in tin- 

 1 III 



lh:-t «i!l 

 nl)«-r>lii( 



S.'ll th.' 



M.'tzir.r. 



; to ^-11. 



(ixphiin 



tnvmcfii ttmi ii» 

 farm bun-au y«*- 

 pretty tti'-routth^ 



To altiin* thn 

 orjai; 

 i.f th.- 

 When a Iticn of \m.tV 

 thitiL'- <-ien'iall. 



k'tinir. 



s.«t ff puU-s is I; ill d<*wi 



. rii in fl l-aei'- way 



pf tti.- piecf of work in Aiicstii.n 

 1 ii<iitil«-r of nwn an; ii li-restr.l 

 *(■■ -iii"n to tint extent -t lat thi> 

 till,-)- r'itr>. put jheni ini » artion 



i.>i! ihf w.irk >•) 

 ; orn liisioit." 



niarkfts :inil 

 ..lM.r->iip aLoul 

 :u:.i.'.- whirl, ih.'V . 



ahl- kit tell 

 .■-'.; niarVi-i--' 

 .n-.!.T^t;ni.l." 



llL- I. A, 



■■Thf 

 hip.- 



BRADFUTE'S MESSAGE 



ire HUiti 

 tiieinlwr 

 Tu II luat tir>i I 

 i,-it^to<.a I.\ 1 

 t-a.-h ; 

 le lia\r ! 



nu«- o1 



y Fariii 



is pro- 



liap|>rn 



l)Ui:sll)|:\T Hni-l- 

 ■■I futr'> ilJe^sagc to 



le farr\- 



I In- (■on^■t|ntiotl was 

 ni:yl(- up <>f a review 

 of 'the \:\riovis aetivi- 

 ti-s (»f tlid federation 

 :iful ri'i'onilnendatifini- 

 f(»r fuuirc'work. He 

 Aixwd th:it| the -former 

 .1-1.1 of .<lInN.4(lhas 

 N-(jii loinplcn-Ji,- wipf'l 

 o^it :inii (iQ-^Mnizalion 

 \\i}\\ \\:i< :i sMrr>Ius of 

 nioreihmi'llMMHi. In 

 .'•|K-nkini; of th*- Iiikhi- { 

 ' itil ixiM-ini^tijr.-^nl llu- [ 

 fiiilct:ition. in- ^ai^l: 



f'Wht 11 \Kr .-lop lo 

 think thnt iih.' r.-snli~ I 

 attained I'\jlhf Amhti- I 

 v-Xn I'lirin iiurrnu I'etl- 

 . rjif ion 'hirins it.^ .-ix yerirs of oi)|Tafioii li:i.- 

 ' "hi llu- iiifiividuai inrinK-r l>ul i-"?-! »'jiih jilI 

 f.'l.l. we U-cin to rnili^e that tht- work li;i- 



Illinois Farm Bureau 

 .Men-iber 'Signed' Father 

 of Coolidge in Bureau 



('. J. Cooper, formerly a nu-niher 

 of the Dt'Kalli t'ouniy Farm Kurerlu 

 and the I. A. A., hut now residinji 

 in Onk Park, III., I'ears the unique 

 ^listinction of havin;: "signed" Col. 

 Conlidffe, father of tht' president, 

 in the Farm Rureau. It' was several 



years airo. 



In the early d.-iy.-, of the Farm 



Bureau in Illinois, Mr. Cooper helped 

 orjjani7P in 40 counties, and later 

 wris ealled to as5iist in expimdinp: the 

 or^'Anization in other state.s. 



Hecause he was practieally throu^'h 

 with active farmintr himself an<I 

 mort* concerned with His store, Mr. 

 Coolidjre, Pr.. at first diti not feel 

 justified in joinintr. hut when tnld 

 of the Farm Bureau's henetit for hi?^ 

 K>aniithildren and 'nephews, who 

 woulii inherit the farm, he "peeled 

 otT a 10 dollar hill, siirhed. and 

 sit'ued." The lartrest eultivated field 

 on the Co(did(re farm is ahout three 

 aen-s. Mr. Cooper said, and the hind 

 is nm^ and stony. 



O. E. Bradfute 



ix'i'ii done at a nunii 

 ■ I III.-- which went to 

 l\*'St from eaeh infinlpt 

 -lifnt as follows; 



111' Ki«lerai 

 rhe 



WOMEN HAVE PROGRAM 



.nd ' 



\\*ini' p im inl"t- el 'he I ::|ni 

 V KTK- iioi \viili*HH 

 inierfitil (f siwiikers (rti sul.jei 

 terest lo tlkiBi., for 

 i'.ia<-i' K. Fry^iiiHiT 

 n'.ini-T of th? I'nilefl 

 It of Ai;ri<uliiin . 'iddr.'sed 

 d dauL'htcrs who aitfiiih-.i th. 

 • ■nveivtii ill. in telling t»f ilu- pril;ret> 

 Ilrt- Hon r Iturt-au and f:irni roi i^i 

 work lor lin'fi. Mi>3 Frycint!*! tl^n-w 



'his >-hal i'iii:e: "II s«-.ii 



1- to inv- 



It vvoipen nieniU-rs nf tlii- Farn 



have :i iw.-foi'j fun.- . - 

 ;Vs an individiuil. a iiii;(en. -irui' 



li late farm owjw-r or ojn-riioT yoi 



U- itii<'rv<t*-<l in inalters 

 tax rejilKti.'iu r;vfe fix i 

 niarki^^ific yml (li-- many ^ 

 rtoiHif niatter-i fofifiined 

 of liie .\nierii-:i|i Farm 



ir II. Hut as a w<aua 



who il.r- urrhout the ietinirii-> li 

 resj'i.nsilj I To earr>' ou fr6tn iiemriiion t 

 •ho^ v;ilue> whiili f{*-\\ 

 ;s wtdl a^ mind and In 



■ir es|)eei:il funetion tr>str('s-. 



tntist feel , y .. , ... - - 

 vvHhout '■ ■>- Lti-n iheiieo«Sof givuiL-jcreatly 

 iftfre:i.**4i .^-'iT.-ion in th< 

 •rumuiiiu y. >'-,uiv. >tate and 

 Farm fit rrui.- '■> s-wh f4eti>T 

 recreatioi . mu-i r. ndinjr, relisiou; 

 tion. trr»ii ineff-r 1- .t* i^.!»./<k1. better 

 eoninuni y e.ut* i:-, • : i- :i and or! 

 .-ider.'itioi ? for the <.< ii; , a wea! 



■4.fk. 



tbl 



■ I >p(>n> t nirnt of MarhrMiK 

 I 'twi.iirrr uml l>e|turini'>nt i.f 



, 1 -.tii-f>->-t>ti'>D rt«i>artni(»iC 

 ' .-■i-t.fii*' no.ik I'V ti'tr <l«|HiM 

 I "(.jirlt'i*"!! til Infurni.tltdlt. . 



Mw.HLiru—u).-— u>-h Ks W^.ir. 

 ■niiiiHv tftnrk: |i(iy~' uri<] ••■ 

 •»iit.c ni. t)-e RflHturi. ot KU- 

 I e..nT.I..( lMre.(..r«,. 

 \>rniial M<N-tiiwr . . 

 f p:ir- I -rtl in ii.iy(ii*nn.f «l.l ■iflt- 

 ■rrn-Mla> rr 

 leti>ion , 





ih' 



In refi-ftitii; t' 

 ' ■ i-»*i work to Aiti 



lur<- mentioned pir'ieul 

 1 ivitie- of ih-- Illii;'ii> 

 ; M*>ii, ( idliiu: iiitentiiiii 



that !^.■»IM^<W>.lKM^ left to he ;ipi»lied ua 



priiieipal ea<li year. 



■'It amounts to SL>f,.2;j for ejrh farm in 

 Atiieri.:.. It is eiiiiiv:deiit to one-half the 

 value of all .r..ps rai-ed in the State of 

 Indiana in one year, li api)roxiniatos the 

 lofal \ alue of ail annual .lops in siiefi states 

 a^ .Mi.hijran and South Dakota. Thelmild- 

 inii material thust^onsuni.'d materially di.s- 

 • 'punis the eonil)ii!r'(ietiorts of the (ioverii- 

 Mient and othef Inxlies to eonserve the 

 i'Tists and olhrr -natural resourees of the 

 nation. If. a« U-lieved. oae-halfof this loss 

 ' ornes fnun t In; .d^st nier ion of' huildiuKS. 

 our forests are dui>lete<l lo the tunc of 

 ~ ,'.(H».i'n-s :.|mu;JIy. 



lul \\:i-»r.Bl.m 



of 



Mr. Hr.id- 



inport 



farme 



riy lhet:fxaiiori ae- 



Vj^rieuitunil Ass.,<iu- 



lh<^anii|ual saving 



f ov^r rrJ.tltHMMKl. In thi.-' n- 



■hesai.l ' 



ot 



ndoM< 

 in the 

 Hureau 

 "he onv 

 s U-en 



in Ihi-^stat 

 ■/ard hestatwF 



"We al-*"' <ho:ifil l>e rhakini: .•*otni; spe-l; 

 -liidies aloni; thi^lines ^ federal taxation. 

 .lid slif)n!d. thli^.Jote.l have a .spe«-iali>I 

 uorkitiif ori these'jaohlt-ins. Sojiie of the 

 i< iK-t \ahi.d>le .«tT\ ifrfs findered tiv a ntinr 

 l»-r of our -tafe Far;n liMreaijs Biave li<>en 

 thrPtiirh this nieaii-^. ojl wliieh Illinois is a 

 nolahlt- exaliiplo. Hjitj is nol i»os>ihle To 

 have a ^(H'i'i.iii.sr. we-,.should hy EiM means 

 lia\'e -,a .-(wi-i d "eoniinil|Tee with sufri'-i'-nr 

 lunii- availa'-le T<» heeid ^U' h wl.rlv." 



ly. you 



FARM FIRE LOSSES^ 



pr'tt'rtiinx of 

 4arion.il 

 health 

 eduea- 

 sehcol- 

 (T e<»n 



LIVE 



STOCK MARKETING 



G. H II 

 liwititi'-n 



UVtSto- k 



^y 



i>i:nma\. piy-i-r. II 



\e.~lo.k rrod.i.t+> 

 h|>oke Ixfon* the delen it 

 marketine. In speaking 



D1I{!:<'1I.V in lii^^with the ree.nt a.- 

 ei>nipli:>hment *^'the Illinttid farmer^. 

 1 arm iJureaus/and tuntual fire and i^ht- 

 ninp iii>unme? eoinpfniy.'S in the orgriitiz i- 

 tioii of tlji- Farmers" M,ntual HeiiLsuran-e 

 I 'onipaiiy,-a.-| well as ftjrnier work in ti.i- 

 tiei-l by i,tTiei^ state larii bureaus, Walhn e 

 Ilo;.'er>. thairman of the tire prevention 

 i-i.nimitt«e of the Farnj lire .-\spo<iation, 

 < fiiiatfo, addrcsse<l 'the ebnvejition ()n 

 I arm^J ire Lessen" aBd( the prevention of 

 •urh lo-ses. In this he stated: ! 

 I "The lo^i f<y fire to fiirin propi-rty. real 

 and iH.-r>onal, in .Vmerii-U ha> attiiine*! the 

 ^t.HUidiiKf lipire of $i:irt.lM»U,000 Imnually 



I I lie i a-iouu'iint: iii:ure oi -rioiF.oou^ooi' iiunu;iii,\ - i '" i-ietincu ii.-i 



\>- I The Iftll wliieh the fire demon ex^ets froin.lat present inc 



e> on Anierit-an famiers will pjty their Minnual in-X J£o*>in Jone 



>f the ' terest l»ill on all iH-rrowfd eapital With n^or^' *Nashville, Ten 



.,..(H».i'n-s :.finu;illy. 



.-■■Unt. Avhile lire losses are .-.hoivini: a jx-r 



■:i pita deerease for the nation a tuPadeerease 



in n-rtaiti eities. they are -^tiJI inert-asini; on 



,^, , , .'In- farm. I imires fom piled 4v the Farm 



Oftheott (li.snntn.e) As^oeiation. uliffh inehides 

 Ion durinir prarii.ally all business tran^aeled by le^'al 

 i^toney wa> ■reser\«' eiinipanies on f;irin pru|MTty in 

 tweUe of the noddle Wi-te^n suites known 

 as the Heart States, indleate an inerease of 

 '-!'.* per eerit in fin' K»ss*'s for the tive-ye.'ir 

 period ending; iVeemU-r ^il. llti'j." 



Farm Bureau Members 

 Get $15 Discount on 

 Phosphate Next Year 



lieu'inniii'r .Ian. I. 102*?. Farm bureau 

 members in Illinois will have an op^ 

 porlunity to save $15 on every ;ip ton- 

 car of phosphate that' they onleri due 

 to ;i reeent airreemenj with three phi>< 

 ph.it e i-omixinies aceomplished throniih 

 the efforts of .1. R. Bent, director of thf 

 I. A, A. phosphate-limestone department, 

 ami his advisory eummittee. 



This phosphate dist-ount amuuniinj: to 

 5o cents a ton is , piven as a spei-ia! 

 reeopnition to farm hiireau memhers !->■ 

 nu-ans of a farm bureau memhership 

 credit certificate .similar in principle to 

 the one used in orderitiL' lin'iesfone dur- 

 the past two years. The phosphate 

 disidunt will be applied as a eri-dit at 

 th^ time of payinir for the material. 

 y One minimum carload ordered hy a 

 •^■irm fiufeau member allows him a sav- 

 in;: .r>f ?ir. or an amount equal to his 

 nieiiihership dues in the county and 

 state or^ranization for an entire year 

 nr will justify a non-memher in join- 

 ing dui- to this one item alone. 



"It is hoped and expected." states Mr. 

 Bent, "that thii will be a hip talkinir 

 point for the Farm Bureaus in securinp 

 anti k epinir nieiuher-, and that it will 

 not only justify hut encouratre (he 

 rcemhers and advisers in their promo- 

 tional work for the use of pho>phate 

 and thereby result in an increased de- 

 mand. In fact, that is the main argu- 

 ment upon which the producers were 

 tinally convinced in granting the dis- 

 chiint. We hope to prove that it wa?- 

 a sound aipument." 



The Illinois Agricultural, Association's 

 (•credited list of phosphtate companies 

 lude: 

 ones Phosphate Conipanv. 

 Tenn. 



Limestone Rate on 

 Wabash R. R. Saves 

 $9,000 in 4 Months 



Illinois , farmers livinR vn 21 counties 

 served hy the Wabash railroad are ffain- 

 inp a savinir of over $2,000 a month in 

 limestone transportation costs due to an 

 agreement secured hy the Illinois Ai^ri- 

 cultural Association through J- R- Bent, 

 director of the pho-^phate-liinestone ^do- 

 j partment. 



I This pavio;: to farm, bureau mcinliera 

 I was hroupht about on -Autr. 17 of this 

 .year when officials of tho'Wahash linct 

 I airreed to idisorh a portion of the cost 

 of switching at orie:in,on shipments of 

 limestone intendetl for delivct-y at 

 Wabash points in Illinois. Jhis meant 

 an .average saving: of appro\iniately $10, 

 a car un the transportation costs. Since 

 the apreenient was arranped, dose to* 

 ftllO ear* have been handled hy the rail- 

 read wilh the result of a savinp of 

 nearly $'.1,000 to Illinois farmer.-^-in less 

 than four months. 



Uiiector Bent states that this special 

 latv ajrr-eement was first accepted by the 

 Wabash conipanv as an experimental 

 p-oposition for the balance of 192r>. The 

 resnh.^, however, have been so satis- 

 factory that the railroad oflicials have 

 con-iented to e.\tend the rate for VJ'IQ 

 :in<I it may become permanent. 



Counties affected by this special lime- 

 stone rate are: Adams, Brown. Cham- 

 paipn. Christian. Cook. Ford, Elfinpham, 

 drundy, Hancock, Livinpslon. Macon, 

 Mel.can, MofUu'omery, Morpan, Moult- 

 rie, Piatt, Samjamon, Scott, Shelby, 



Vermilion ai^d jV'ill. 



Illinois '20 Master 

 Farmers ^All Members 

 of the Farm Bureau 



'. "To these farmers, because they are 

 pood farmers, pood nei'phbors .and pood 

 citizens, Prairie Farmer i;*=<iwardinp the 

 depree of Master Farmer, and present- 

 inp each with a pold mejal." 



Such is the envialde honor bestowed 

 upon 20 Illinois farmers, all farm 

 bureau member.^, -because "they stayed 

 on the farm and made a pood joh uf 

 fatmiiiL'' and farm livinp." 



AH farmer.s in Illinois, whether they 

 beionp to the Farm Bureau or not, were 

 elipible in the contest which culminated 

 in the scdection of the 20- Master 

 Farmers, hut it is notable that each of 

 the 20. cominp from HI counties which 

 lanpe from "Little Kpypt" in the south 

 to the Chicago Milk territory in the 

 north, are memhers of their resptctive 

 eo;int\ [•■.irm Hineaus, 



Judpes in the contest were: Sam H. 

 Thompson, president of the Illinois Ap- 

 ruultural -Assoeiation ami the American 

 Farm Bureau Federation. Dr. ' W. L. 

 Burlison, I'niversity of Illinois; C. V. 

 Crepory, etlitor, Prairie Farmer and S. 

 K (iuard t»f the WbS radio station. 



The lHjr. Mavter Farmers of Illinois 

 are: Koy At wood. (Irand* Itidpe, I,y- 

 Salle count.v; K. K. Boyer, Ashiiiore. 

 <'oles count\-; (llenn ("raft, Burlinpion, 

 Kane countv: ,A. O. Fckert. Belleville, 

 St. Chiir county; L. R. Kidman.. Mas- 

 eru t ah. St. (Tair county: J#ihn IJ. Ky- 

 man. I'ontiac, bivinp-^ton county; Clyde 

 Hall, .\urora. Kane County: W. P. Huw- 

 land, (iardner. (Irundy county; Law- 

 rence Kieslinp. M^son City, Mason 

 county; W. (). Kunkle. Carihaire. Han- 

 cock county ; K. H. Leiirh, Sparland. 

 Marshall count,\ ; John *". -Meis, Pair- 

 bury, Xivinpston cmint\ ; J. K. Mum- 

 mert, Astoria, Fulton county; S. Nie- 

 n.eyer, Humhnldt, Cojes county; A. .1. 

 Pallissard, St. .•Vrine, Kankakee county; 

 Oris Pepple. St. Franci-^ville. Laurence 

 county; John Kathbun. Lombard, I>u 

 Pape county; W. K Reiple, Tolono. 

 rhampaipn county; I-. C. Rinker, flrand 

 Ilidpe. LaSalle eonnty and ("arh- C. 

 Walker. Clinton, lieWJtt county. 



The pold medals were awarded at a 

 banquet piven in honor uf the Master 

 Farmers in Chicapo. Dc. 2, at which 

 former Governor Frank O. Low den 

 -•poke. 



Kuhm Phosphat? and Chemical* Com- 

 pany, XashviHe, Tenn. 



Thomson Phosphate Cmtijianv. \'i' 

 So. LaSalle St.. Chicago. 



"Our Sam" Takes 

 A. F. B. F. Presidency 



<'fin'nfHil ffittii jMi'ii I. ,■>/. -'t. 



iif diioctms for two yoars uiv: ('. 



E. Heaist, inesdlont of tht" Iowa 



Farm Buicau Fcrlerution; M. I.. 



Noon. iiicsiJcnt of 



Ilip Mi(.'liif;aii Farm 



Bureau Federation 



an.l I.. K. Palmer, 



|il'esi<!ent of tile 



OIlio Farm Hui,cau 



Federation. Those 



elected for (me 



year: \V. H. Settle, 



liresideiit "of the 



Indiana Faim Bu- 

 reau Fodoratiipn 



and F. L. Kelso, A. R. Wrisht 



president of the A''""""! Delegate 



South Hako.ta 



Upon request of Frank Ridgway, 

 agricultural editor of the Chicago 

 Tribune, President Thompson gave a 

 statement frcmi Quincy Friday, Dec. 

 11, as follow.s: 



"I wa.s extremely plea.-^ed to .see- 

 the editorial in the Chicago Trihune 

 this nioi-ning entitled, "The Far- 

 mers' .lust Complaint." The biggest 

 opposition that agriculture has been 

 confronting has been due to lack of 



ympathy from other interests who 

 ■should leml us a hand. Our problem 

 is a common one to all people. 



"I particularly like the statement 

 that if Congress di.-iaiip'-oves of the . 

 farmcr.-''Tiwn remedies it niu t come 

 forward with soniethjtig constructive 

 tp take thi'ir place. The jooblem of 

 the suriilus, which is our principal 

 nne, i< ri problem that can be solved 

 by the brains of America if we will 

 adopt the right attitude toward it. 



Not Unfriendly to Coolidge 



"I am liot unfriendly to Pre.-ident 

 Coolidge, in fact, I ng'vcc with much 

 of what he said before the .Anirrican 

 Faim Bureau convention, especially 

 a= regards co-operative marketing. 

 He ref-rred to but failed to recog- 

 niz" adequately our paramount prob- 

 lem — that of disposing of the normal 

 surplus, which, because it is sold in 

 world markets at world prices in 

 competition with tlie very -chrape.Jt 

 standnrds of living, sets the price on 

 the entir .Xmerican demand. In tak- 

 ing up the suijilus problem, he t;on- 

 sciously or uncrinscinusly assumed 

 the Fesjionsibility of dealing with it. 

 "As regai-ds the present agricul- 

 tural .situation, I think that such 

 improvements as have taken place in 

 he relative prices of wheat and of 

 hogs have been due to abnormal con- 

 ditions of producti.on, rather than to 

 any correction ef the fundamental 

 underlying ma'ladiu^tnrient. In 1924 

 we profited from a world-wide sh(n-t- 

 age ofi -wheat due to misfortunes 

 abroad. This year we have been 

 olaced on a domestic basis with our 

 wheat becau.-ie of the partial failure 

 of the winter wheat crop of this 

 ■ountry..^ Hogs are high because wc 

 have comparatively few hogs to sell, 

 iwiiig l« the short c,;rn crop iff last 

 vear, and the uni)rofitable prices for 

 I'ogs that have ruled sinrc 1021. 

 while ciirn this year, of which wi- 

 '.•ive a L'ood croii, is spiling today at . 

 !■■-< th:'n it rot to grow it. 



Quotes Jardine on Farm Situation 



"In the 1!I2.'> riiiort, released Dec. 

 7. .S"ci-elary of .Agriculture says; 

 "Much remains to be done to put 

 agrioulture on a profitable ba.-is. 

 The pi:rchasing power of farm jirod- 

 'icts ill October was still IS jier cent 

 below !t< pre war level.'" 



"Agricultural conditions of the 

 past fiveyear> liave resulted in a de- 

 cline of the caiiital value. of agricul- 

 tural investment of 20 'billions of 

 dollars. Kven aft('r writing this oPT 

 as lo.i-t; agriculture is not in a posi- 

 tion of parity. With normal crop- 

 at home and abroad, I c.-Ln .see no 

 rea-on why the price relationship in 

 the future may not slump further to 

 the disadvantage of the pri>ducts of 

 those crops that normally arc pro- 

 duced in excess of the amount which 

 the domestic market can atjsorb at a 

 fair value. 



"The problems ofthe new admin- 

 i.itratioh of the American Farm Bu- 

 reau Federation will be iletermined 

 by the resolutions of the convention 

 and carried out -by the concurrent 

 action of the board of diiictors and 

 pyself. 



The Illinois delegates were Sam 

 H. Thompsjim, Earl C. Smith. Frank 

 D. Barton and J. L. Whisnand. A. 

 R. Wright was alternate. These del- 

 egates were iilaced on several im- 

 portant committees. 



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