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The Illinois A^icultural Association RECORD 



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Page3 



Insurance In State 

 Mutual Approaching 

 Million Dollar Mark 



Scott County Fanners Form 

 County Mutual Similar to 

 State Reinsurance Com- 

 pany. 



Surmounts Handicap of Wheel Chair 



ALTHOUGH working under a perma- : though h« has held the position only 

 ■^*- nent physical handicap, Gene Bar- ; since the first of February, Gene is well 

 ter, office secretary of the Gallatin | informed on all current farm bureau 



Stock Solicitation For 

 Farmers' Grain Company 



Started at Pontiac, III. 



Solicitation of subscriptions for 

 $250,000 in capital sto<Sk for the Na- 

 tional Farmers' Elevator Grain Com 



County Farm Bureau, has refused to be ! work in the coUrtty, state and nation, pany. Co-operative, a gtrajn marketing 



' Gene says that organization being 'orgtinU.ed ihrougli 



his pet peeve is [the co-operation of s6m^ J2(>0 farmers 



With the total amount of insurance 

 la force rapidly nearing the million 

 dollar mark, activ- 

 ities of the Farm- 

 I aK ers Mutual Rein- 



tfe,?-- -■ "^^^ surance Company 

 BRf^^R* are now being di- 

 ^ reeled toward the 



d evel opment 

 oi specific reinsur- 

 ance, blanket rein- 

 surance and reces- 

 sional insurance. 



Direct insurance 



in the new state 



I company, which is 



chiefly the result 



of the recent cam- 



■ paign, in which 



Vernon Vaniman farmers in 67 Illi- 

 Field Reprewntative nois counties took 

 part, now totals 

 $817,997. To be added to this figure is 

 $40,850 in specific reinsurance, the to- 

 tal of 27 applications from mutual com- 

 panies in 5 counties. 



Twelve mutual companies, according 

 to Vernon Vaniman, field representative 

 of the reinsurance mutual, have signed 

 contracts for specific reinsurance and 

 eight other companies have made out 

 the application subject to the approval 

 of their respective boards of directors. 



Blanket Reinsurance to Be Feature 



Applications for blanket reinsurance 

 are also being considered by the local 

 companies throughout the state. So 

 far eight companies have si^ified their 

 intentions of applying for this .benefit 

 from the state mutual while * many 

 others are waiting the approval of their 

 boards of directors and merfibers. This 

 form of reinsurance has not shown as 

 rapid progress as the specific form due 

 to the fact that such action must be 

 considered and passed upon by the local 

 memberships and boards of directors 

 which usually hold their annual meet- 

 ings during the first month of the new 

 year. Mr. Vaniman points out that dur- 

 ing the coming spring months blanket 

 reinsurance will probably prove one of 

 the most popular forms. 



Six mutual companies have now re- 

 ceived recessional insurance totaling 

 $286,275 from the state mutual. This 

 type of insurance is used when the 

 state company has more insurance than 

 it wishes to carry and cedes part of 

 it to certain local or county mutuals 

 I who are not carrying their maximum 

 amount and are desirous of increasing 

 their total amount of insurance in 

 force, 



Scott County Farmers Form Mutual 



Following the organization of the 

 state mutual company, the farmers of 

 Scott county formed the Winchester 

 - County Mutual Fire Insurance Com- 

 pany. This new company is modeled 

 in many respects after the state or- 

 ganization and is so organized that it 

 can work with the state organization in 

 direct harmony. The Winchester com- 

 pany started operations on Nov. 16 

 with $160,000 insurance in force. The 

 rates of the Winchester Mutual are 

 based on the same classification of 

 property as the state organization. No 

 dwelling will be insured unless it has 

 proper access to the attic. Registered 

 livestock will be insured by name and 

 number and the new company is en- 

 couraging its meml^rs to secure fire 

 extinguishers, realizing that fire pre- 

 vention is an important feature. 



Scott County Farm Bureau has ac- 

 tively assisted in the formation of the 

 Winchester company and the relation- 

 ship between the two organizations is 

 100 per cent co-operation with mutual 

 advantage to all, according to Mr. 

 Vaniman. Miss Ferry Coultas, office 

 secretary of the county Farm Bureau, 

 is acting secretary of the insurance 

 company. Geo. H. Vannier of Bluffs is 

 president of the new local mutual and 

 the board of directors is composed of 

 the president and H. H. Fletcher, Win- 

 chester; E. M. Chrisman, Jacksonville; 

 Fred Korty, Bluffs; Carl Ritter, Naples; 

 B. F. Webster, Winchester; R. P. Allen, 

 Winchester; W. D. McEvers, Winches 

 ter; R. S. Coon, Winchester; F. H. AI 

 len, Winchester: Albert Rolf. Blu 

 JVm. S. Fletcher, Winchester; Jferi 

 Smothers, Naples; Chas. D. O'Ddwiell, 

 Winchester, and Ralph Curji^ Man 

 Chester. 



Jo D«viess CouiKjKt'avors 



Reinsuraifce 



Officers and direcWrs tif the iarmers 

 piutual insuraneey^ompaniea of Jo Davi- 

 ess county met.^ Dec. 23 and enthusi- 

 astically e.ndpfscd all four phases of in 

 surance off^ed by the state re-insur 

 ance cojirfpany._ ' The insurance com- 

 pary€8/included in the endorsement 



y. 



thwarted in his ef 

 forts to do kM: 

 part in the wojrW's^t.^ 

 work and is carv- ' ^.#: 

 ing his niche in 

 the building of a 

 greater Farm Bu- 

 reau. 



It was six years 

 ago that Gene's 

 disability came up- 

 him. At that 

 time his knee 

 joints began to fill 

 with cartilage in 

 such a manner that 

 he was unable to 

 straighten his legs 

 and was forced to 

 go about in a 

 wheel chair. 



Today Gene is 



I efficient farm 

 bureau secretary 

 and is popular 

 with the farm bu- 

 reau members of 

 Gallatin county. 

 His rare wit, -a 



smile, and his ex- ^ 



treme personal interest in farmers and 

 farm bureau work have won the re- 

 spect and colifidence of his employers — 

 the farmers of Gallatin county. Al- 



Ccnc Barter 



making out a fed 

 eral farm loan ap- 

 plication for a slow- 

 thinking, undecid- 

 ed-minded farmer 

 who is without a 

 sense of value of 

 his personal prop- 

 erty. He states that 

 this duty woald 

 "tax the -.patience 

 of an old maid try- 

 ing to flirt with 

 the 'last chance.' " 

 In talking of the 

 present day farm 

 problems, ■ Secre- 

 tary Barter states 

 that, in his opin- 

 ion, the biggest na- 

 tional problem fac- 

 ing the farmers lo- 

 day is the job of 

 marketing the sur- 

 plus products pro- 

 duced. However, in 

 Gallatin county, he 

 points out, farmers 

 r.re most interested in the problem of 

 permanent soil fertility, for questions 

 asked most often are about use of -lime- 

 stone, its price, and use of sweet clover. 



- — " crtased trom tK> tc eo cer 



r ij —i- *- «.„♦;..« «f Slfi^. w> irurcaKO requiring U 

 n, field »^2»:*^"t"*'.^^ "^S toLav about $2,000,000 moi 

 ■ketmg orgMnitation. s now , 0||J. t * ^^^ 



Lmngston county m co-- _^^ ..^_ ■... ^^,. „„„„/;. 



I. A. C. A. Members Increase 



Three More Co-operatives Join Dur- 

 ing Past Month 



Contract Membership of the Illinois 

 Agricultural Co-operatives' Association, 

 the co-operative auditing 

 ^ ^% ^B and business service of 

 ^ ^B p^ the I. A. A., reaches a 

 I ^\- 1 new high mark this 

 I W month~185. Without so- 

 licitation three organiza- 

 tions joined the association during the 

 past month and others have signified 

 their intentions to sign the member- 

 ship contract as soon as the opportun- 

 ity permits. 



The three latest to join the auditing 

 co-operative are: Farmers Co-operative 

 Supply Company, Taylorville, Christian 

 county; Bath Co-operative Grain Com- 

 any, Bath, Mason county; and the 

 Hillsdale Livestock Shipping Associa- 

 tion, Hillsdale, Rock Island county. 



Farmers in 48 Counties 

 Used 19,625,000 C. C. o£ 

 Cholera Serum in 1925 



If all the hogs that were vaccinated 

 with hog cholera serum distributed by 

 the Illinois Farm Bureau Serum Asso- 

 ciation during the past year were 

 formed in a single line, the column 

 would extend such a distance that the 

 first hog might be rooting at the gates 

 of the Chicago stockyards while the 

 last of the line would be standing hock- 

 deep in mud on the banks of the Ohio 

 river at Cairo, Illinois. 



This somewhat 'lengthy' illustration 

 was broueht out in a recent announce- 

 ment which stated that 19,625,000 cubic 

 centimeters of hog cholera serum were 

 purchased and administered by farm- 

 ers in 4S Illinois counties during the 

 past year. This amount of serum, i 

 which if based on the number of cubic i 



elevators in Illinois and Iowa, is now 

 getting well under way, according t« 

 C. C. Davis, director o|f the I. A. A. 

 grain marketing departynent, who has 

 been assisting in an ad\isory capacity 

 willv the formation of the new organi 

 zation. 



M. L. Hunt, 

 the grain m«rl 



working in Linngston ; county 

 operation with Geo. L. Potter, prei^i 

 dent of the Livingston County Farm 

 Bureau and member oi! ^e board of 

 directors of the Farmers? Grain Dealers 

 Association of Illinois attd the National 

 Farmers' Elevator Grain Company. 



On Tuesday, Dec. 22. a [meeting, at- 

 tended by members of the boards of 

 directors of the 25 farmeirs* elevators 

 in the county, was held ifi the court- 

 house at Pontiac. At tH>s meeting the 

 organization and operatinjr principles 

 were discussed and thoj plai^ consid- 

 ered. Several of the elevator com- 

 panies represented became members of 

 the national co-operative and sub- 

 scribed for stock. Beft>r« thie meet- 

 ing 12 of the county's formers' ele- 

 vators had become affillabed with the 

 association. Other fanners' levators 

 of the county are expected to art favor- 

 ably upon the projects proposed by the 

 new grain company. 



During the next few Weeks Mr. Hunt 

 will attend a number of meetings com- 

 prising representatives of many farm- 

 ers' elevators in central Illinois, where 

 heyili explain the work ©f the grain 

 co-o^t)€ratii'J^ 



State Tax Increase 

 Partly Overcome By 

 Reduced Valuations 



. C, Watson Tells How Low- 

 er Valuations Save Farmers 

 $1,912,500 as Compared to 

 1920 Rate 



In !q>ite of the fact that the Illinois 

 state liix rate for 192B has been Ib- 

 cr«ased from 65 tc 85 cents on tlM 

 TcaKO requiring land owners 

 more in state 

 paid last 

 year, they will pay approximatfly $1,- 

 912,.'(K) Uss than would have been re- 

 quired, if the high tax valuations of 

 1920 had not been reduced' through the 

 efforts of the county, .Farm Bureaus and 

 the Ttlinoi* A^-ncuitural AMOciation. 



"The valuations un farm lands since 

 1920 have bein redu<-ed about $225.- 

 000,00(1.'* slate^ J. C. Watson, director 

 of the I. A. A. taxation and Btatlitica 

 departsicnt. who h.tF conducted tax in- 

 vest iritf^inii* and .'Tided in securing re- 

 dut-tiom in many Illinois countiea. 

 "This reduction h:is made a savings in 

 state tsxeit on farm lands this year, a« 

 compuBed with what would have been 

 true under tha forme** high valuations, 

 of abo«t {3^12,500. 



"The increase in saving comes chiefly 

 in st:ite t^KeH. although net reductions 

 in valuations of farm lands for county 

 and local purposes in the state as a 

 whole now amovnt to more than- I120,- 

 OOO.OOO. Ix)wer county valuations also 

 resulted in lower taxes but due to the 

 differences In tax le\'ies for various' 

 county and local purpoees, it is impos- 

 5ibte to compute the amount of such 

 savings unt'l after taxes are extended. 



Illinois Farmers Again 

 Break Record in Use of 

 Agricultural Limestone 



More than three-fourths of a million 

 tons of agricultural limestone were ap- 

 plied on over 250,000 acres of Illinois 

 land by farmers of this state in 1925, 

 according to an estimated report of J. 

 R. Bent, director of the I. A. A. phos- 

 phate-limestone department. 



This 750,000 tonnage of limestone, 

 which if loaded on a single train of 

 freight cars would extend 123 miles, 

 breaks all records for use in any one 

 state in the United States during the 

 past year. It exceeds by 50 per cent 

 or 250,000 tons the Illinois record of 

 1924 which was. also greater than any 

 other state in the country. Illinois 

 farmers, according to government sta- 

 tistics, in 1924 used more than one- 

 fourth of all agricultural limestone 

 spread on farm lands in the United 

 "States. 



*'The amount of agricultural lime- 

 stoflip/used by Illinois farmers in 1925," 

 states Director J. R. Bent, "increased 

 to, such a large quantity that, many of 

 ttie limestone plants and quarries used 

 their entire reserve supply and were 

 from 20 to 30 daya behind on orders. 



"In fact the flood of limestone or- 

 ders resulted in such a delay at a few 

 of the production plants that several 

 farmers were forced to cancel their or- 

 ders as the late deliveries w*ould have 

 arrived during the busy fall season. 

 This increasing demand for agricultural 

 limestone has caused several farmers 

 and Farm Bureau^.^ various parts of 

 the state to co^wrfder the possibility of 

 producing th«fr^..oSvn community needs 

 from son»''BP<Ssibl^*local limestone de- 

 posits."/^/^ 



Due to the increased use of this 

 pMlWt in Illinois, the Illinois Agricul- 

 tural it<soci>tion secured a $10 reduc- 

 tlon^TO fp^j^^t*costs to 21 counties lo- 

 cated ^!^''tjj^ Wabash railroad lines. 

 This 'redurtirfh has saved the farmers 

 of these counties approximately $9,000 

 in the pas^four months. 



were: Jo Daviess Mutual Fire Insur- 

 ance cainpany; Menominee, Vinegar 

 Hill altd Dunleith Insurance company; 

 Thompson and Guilford Mutual Fire 

 and Lightning Insurance company; 

 Woodbine Mutual Fire Insurance com- 

 pany and the Stockton and Wards 

 r,r»n'G Mutual Fire and Lightning In- 

 surance company. 



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nite time has been set ft>r tV compl. 

 tion of the stock campaitn. Mr. Davis 

 points out that this wotk will depend 

 entirely upon the local . furmers' ele- 

 vators. ' 



Program of Annual 

 Meeting is Announced 



(Continued from pagt 1, cot. Ij 

 the meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 20. If 

 the president is a regulSr del^ate to 

 centimeters of serum injected into the ! ""c 1. A. A. meeting ^j-^. «']"='"«'■ 

 average 120-150 pound hog, would vac- >"« ^''P^.f ^P, >!. '^f^!^ .if. r A J 

 cinatc 3o6,R18 head of animals. It was I 21 jnd 22 will be paid *■ Ihe L A. A 

 distributed by the Illinois Farm Bureau 

 Serum Association composed of 48 

 county Farm Bureaus. These Farm 

 Bureaus in turn delivered the serum to 

 their members who vaccinate their own 

 swine. •= 



During the past year, according" to 

 Director Hedgcock who is a member of 

 the board of directors of the serum 

 association, the officers of the organi- 

 zation inspected nine serum copipanie;* ' ing. 

 and contracted with seven to furnish 

 serum to the association's members at 

 prices ranging from 50 to 65 cents a 

 hundred cubic centimeters. Farm bu- 

 reau members whose county organiza- 

 tions are not members of the serunj 

 association were charged five cents a 

 hundred more for the serum. The total 

 of 19,625,000 c. c. does not include the 

 amount of serum contracted by county 

 Farm Bureaus not members of the as- 

 sociation. 



"The success of farmers administer- 

 inV serum and virus has exceeded ex- 

 peHations in Illii^is, as the majority 

 of farmers have Tffeen under the im- 

 pression that this vaccination cannot 

 be done successfully by other than a 

 graduate veterinarian," states Director 

 Hedgcock. "The farmer is conscious of 

 the necessity of extreme care in vac- 

 cination in order that his year's work 

 may not be lost. 



-"Voluntary stock subscriptions *»i»^'« L.^., « - , -. ,*-* 



been coming in from eUvators in Illi- ] n2H Per Cent IncrMsc ^nce 1920 



nois and Iowa in considerable number i "The" state tax rate for 19*J4 was 65 

 during the past month," ptate* Director , cents W $100. For 19211 it h 85 cents. 

 Davis. A large field otleanization has The inereu^e in the last year alone, if 

 notf been organized as ytt and no den- applied to the high valuations of 1920, 



The outline of the puogram of the 

 four days is as follows: 



Tuesday, January 19 



9:30 a. m. to 2:00 f. m.— Annual 

 meeting of the Illinois Farm Bureau 

 Serum Association. Illinois Vnion Build- 

 ing. 



2:00 p.m. to 5.00 p. m.-^Annual meet- 

 ing of the Illinois AgricuftMral Co-oper- 

 atives Association, Illinoif^Cnion build- 



W«dnes^y, Janoary 20 



would have cost the land owners about 

 $450,000 more in state taxes than they 

 will have to pay this year. 



"It cannot he claimed that the cut In 

 valuations of land^ .caused much of tills 

 increase in state tax rates. The total 

 reduction in state valuations from 1920 

 to 1924 -^-Bs a little more than fiH 

 per cent of the total valuations of nil 

 classes of property in the state. The 

 increase in state tax rates for this year 

 alone is more than 30 per cent, whils 

 the iiicr€S!»« as cunipared tu 1820 U 

 112% ^r cent." 



Illinois Farmers Sold 

 82,909 Pounds of Wool 

 Thru Co-ops Last Year 



Wool suScient to clothe 10,0((0 mrr 

 in all-wool suits was marketed co-qper- 

 atively h\ farmers in 25 Illinois coun- 

 ties in ltf25. 



This estimate was reached following 

 an announcement of Wm. E. Hedgcock, 

 director of the I. A. A. livestock mar- 

 keting department, to the effect that 



9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p. m.*— Annual con- ; H2,909 pounds of wool were pooled by 

 A. staff land farm ad- 352 Illinois farmers during 1925. 



fcrencc of I. A, 

 visers. Illinois L'nion buU|ling. 

 6r00 p.m. — Annual I. , A. A 



Dairymen To Give Prize 



Illinois State Dairymen's Association 



Offers Calves to Boys and Girls 



Securing Most Members 



Six registered heifer calves will be 

 given as prizes to the six Illinois boys 

 or girls who are able to secure the most 

 memberships in the Illinois State Dairy- 

 men's Association, which is holding its 

 annual meeting at Galesburg, Jan. 26- 

 28. 



The contest is open to boys and girls 

 under 21 years of age who apply 

 for application blanks to the secretary, 

 George Caven, Illinois State Dairymen's 

 Association, 136 West Lake Street, Chi- 

 cago, Illinois. 



A 15 per cent commission on all 

 memberships is paid to every boy and 

 girl with the exception of the prize 

 winners. The six winners will each re- 

 ceive a pure bred heifer of the breed 

 :hpy like best as a prize. 



(Beardsley hotel) for coUnty farm bu 

 reau presidents. 



Thursday, January 21 



I. A. A. Annual ^eeting 



9:00 a. m. — Invocation.— Dr.. , R. E. 

 HieronymouR, community ' a4viser. 



9:30 a. m. — .\ddress ^f welcome. — 

 Dean 4H. W. Mumford. i 



10:00 a. m. — President's address. — 

 Sam H. Thompson. ; 



10:.tO a. m. — Secretary's report, — <;co. 

 A. Fox. ! 



11:00 a. m. — Treasurers report. — R. 

 A. Cowles. , 



If-SO a. m. — Announcenients. 



12:00 m. to 2:00 p. ^i.-^Luiich^on. 



Of this amount approximately 81,000 

 dinner pounds were ^old by 'M'^ producers 



I thmugh the National Wool Exchange 



of Boston, Mii^s.. a wool conimtssion 



' company organized by northwestern 



i wool growers to market their fleeces 



' co-operatively. In one Illinois county 



7 growers desire to sb\l through the 



Ohio Wool Growers' Association and 



11^08 pounds were shipped to that 



state. 



Durinig the past 7 your* the live- 

 stock marketing department of the Il- 

 linois Agricultural Association -has aid- 

 ed Illinois farm bureau members, who 

 ' were interested in pooling their wool. 

 j to market it through the most profit- 

 able channt'lf. This ye#r the amoun' 



of prices offered by tht 

 buyers, and the reduction 

 of sheep bemg raised. 



peculative 

 numl>er 



Address by Wm. M.iJardlnfl, secretary : of wool poojed was ;pomewhat less than 

 of agriculture. Place — Stock Pavilion, former icarp. This was due. Director 



2:00 p. m. to 5:00 p. m.-|— Twelve sec- i Hedgcock points out. to the extreme 

 tional conferences covering the co-oper- activities of the commission companies 

 ative marketing of livestodfe, gra^n, dai- I who are opposed to co-operative mar. 

 ry products, poultry and eis, fruits and keting of wool, the general high level 

 vegetables, as well as such subjects, as "' "* ^ 



auditing and accounting, fifiance. organ- 

 iization, information, taxatnn* transpor- 

 tation and phosphate-limestone. 



5:00 p. m. — District meetings— Sepa- 

 rate meeting for the representatives of 

 each I. A. A. district. Includes nomina- 

 tion of executive committeenjen for the 

 12th, 14th, 16th, 18th. 20tfti. 22nd, and 

 24th districts. General business confer- 

 ence for the representatives of other 

 districts. I 



7:00 p. m. — Banquet, Mi(sic. — Univer- 

 sity Gymnasuim Annex. 



8:00 p. m. — Responses, [Dean H. W. 

 Mumford, college of agrifulture. Uni- 

 versity of Illinois; S. J. Sttanard, direc- 

 tor, state department of .agriculture; S. 

 H. Thompson president, I. A- A. and A. 

 F. B. F; L. C. Brown, prefti<4ent farm- 

 ers' Institute: E. A. Eckert, master, 

 Illinois State Grang*; Iprs. Sjencer 

 Ewing. pre.>ident, Illinois Hone Gjureau 

 Fedrr;ilion. J ■ i ' 



ir:Ofl p. m.— Address, "T^e Fui4re of 



FuUr 



Radio Industr>- and Its 1 ae by Farm- 

 ers," by Hon. Stephen Davis, U. S. l>e- 

 partment of ;Commerce. ' 



Friday, Janisary 22 



fi:0O to 9:30 a. m. — Two sectional con- 

 ferences co\tring insurance and legis- 

 lation. 



9:30 a. m. to 12:00 ra.— General as- 

 sembly meeting. Reports from sectional 

 conferences. 



12:00 to 2:00 p. m. — Luncheon: Ad 

 di-ess by 'Frank O. Lowden, former gov- 

 ernor of Illinois. Place — Stock I'avTlion. 



2:00 p. m.— Business meeting. Reporth 

 of committed on amendments to con- 

 j^titution, report of committee on resolu- 

 tions, election of executive committee, 

 election of president and vice-president. 



Adjournment. 



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