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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 



(By Congressional Districts) 



1st to llth William Webb, Route One, JoUet 



12th G. F. Tullock. Rockford 



13th C. E. Ban^borough, Polo 



14th W. H. Mood>, Port Byron 



ISth B. H. Taylor. Rapatee 



I6th A.R. Wright. Varna 



17th F. D. Barton. Cornell 



18th R. F. Karr. Iroquois 



19th J. L. Whisnand. Charleston 



20th Charles Boraelt. Havana 



21st Samuel Sorrells, Raymond 



27.nd Frank Oexner, Waterloo 



23rd W. L. Cope. Salem 



24th Charles Marshall. Belknap 



2Stll R. K. Loomis, Makanda 



Published once a month at 404 North We«Iey Ave., Mount 

 Chicago, Illinois. Entered as second-ciass matter Oetober 20, 1925, at 

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OFFICERS ' 



President. EatI C. Smith , Dctnrft 



Vice-President, Charles R Finley Hoopcston 



Treasurer, R . A. Cowlcs Bloominston 



Secretary, Geo. A. Fox , Sycamore 



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rCCLTVRAL ASSOCIA 



'RECORD 



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To advance the purpose for which the Farm Bureau was organ- 

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

 economic, social and educational interests of the farmers oj 

 Illinois and the nation, and to develop agriculture. 



DIRECTORS OF DEPARTMENTS 



Co>operative Accounting Geo. R. Wicker 



Dairy Marketing A. D. Lynch 



Finance R> A. Cowtes 



Fruit and Vegetable Marketiag A. B. Lceper 



Ceneml Office J. H. Kelker 



Information E. G. Tbiem 



Legal Counsel Donald Kirkpatrick 



Live Stock Marketing Wm. E. Hedgcock 



Organization G. E. Metzger 



Farm Supply J.R.Bent 



Poultry and Egg Marketing F. A. Gougler 



Taxation and Statistics J. C. Watson 



Transportation L. J. Quasey 



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i A Lesson In Organization 



AC.VREFUL analysis of the vote on the defeated 

 tax amendment leads us to several inevitable 

 conch sions. .Our first is that the Association func- 

 tionec and functioned well. Its members voted 

 overwhelmingly for the tax amendment. This is 

 shown clearly by the great majority in favor of 

 the measure in the well organized farm bureau 

 counties where the rural population predominates. 

 In unorganized or poorly organized counties farm- 

 ers failed to rally to this cause which meant so 

 much to them. 



Organized Crawford county returned 4,171 votes 

 in favor, and 1,239 against with total votes polled 

 at 7,<01. But across the county line in unorgan- 

 ized .fasper county the result was 1,480 for, 1,370 

 againpt with a total of 5,537 votes cast. Here is 

 a lesson in organization. There are others. 



Out of 13,388 votes cast in Morgan county, the 

 amendment received 5,298 in favor and 3,167 

 againjst. In Jacksonville, the largest city in the 

 the amendment had a slight majority but 

 rural townships, the count was 2,576 for and 

 1,020 against with 1,952 not voting, 

 flowing are the figures in some of my best 

 Bureau sections," writes farm adviser For- 

 isher : 



Total 



Pisgah 181 



Arcadia _ 170 



Sincliir .j 157 



Alexander 412 



"A 1 we need is to sell our people on the value of 

 orgariization," concludes Fisher. 



In DeKalb county the amendment had the needed 

 majoi'ity with 5,709 votes in favor and 1,716 against 

 out 01' a total of 9,982 votes cast for the office receiv- 

 ing most votes. This is a county largely rural 

 with a strong farm bureau, good advisers, and 

 plenty of able leadership. 



Likewise Grundy county voted nearly 3 to 1 in 

 favorl Piatt the same, Pike county mo'-e than 5 to 1 

 with the needed majority, Warren more than 2 to 1 



In two communities where there was strong farm 

 bureau leadership influence 64 per cent voted for, 

 13 against, and 23 per cent non- voters. 



In seven half -organized communities 47 per cent 

 of the 1,876 voters were for the amendment, 27 

 J br cent against, and 26 per cent not voting. 



In seven unorganized communities or precincts 

 ojnly 40 per cent voted for, 28 per cent against, and 

 32 per cent didn't Vote out of the total of 1,321 

 \ oters. In Urbana the vote was 37 per ceiit for and 

 c6 per cent against, 27 per cent not voting. In 

 Ohampaign 42 per cent voted for, 31 against, and 

 7 per cent not voting. 



The obvious lesson is stronger organization if 

 tjhe farmer is to keep pace with and gain justice 

 in a highly organized society. The Illinois Agri- 



iultural Association should have 40,000 more mem- 

 ers. It ought to keep its organization staff in the 

 field until it gets them. 



A. F. B. F. Meets 



THE annual meeting of the American Farm 

 Bureau Federation Dec. 6-7-8, in Chicago, will 

 ')e watched with much interest by men from all 

 'valks of life. Its pronouncements will be read as 

 1he thoughts of real farm folks on the problems of 

 1he day. When all other industries are prosperous 

 ( xcept agriculture something is the matter. Far- 

 mers know better than any others what's wrong. 

 They are in the best position to prescribe a rem- 

 iidy. Whatever thoughts come out of this national 

 assembly, should have careful consideration by all 

 ■vho are in a position to help the industry. 



with 

 3 to 



the required majority, Stark 3 to 1 for. Ogle 

 I, Gallatin the same, Mercer nearly 4 to 1 in 



of a 



favor and so on. 



Bu : the inescapable and deplorable truth is that 

 because of the ignorance, poor citizenship, or lack 

 of interest displayed by such a large percentage 

 of th ; mass of voters who failed to express them- 

 selves on a measure so vital to all, this proposition 

 went down to defeat when the thinking voters were 

 for i; decisively. Here is democratic government 

 at its worst. It doesn't seem fair to allow the non- 

 thinking people to decide so important a question. 



Faraiers displayed much more intelligence in the 

 last I election than town and city people if we use 

 the ■'■ote on the amendment as a yardstick. In 

 Cook county a larger percentage failed to vote on 

 the tax amendment than in most downstate com- 

 munities. County Adviser Burns of Champaign 

 eounly in an interesting survey made in his county 

 shows that in 20 well-organized farm bureau com- 

 muni ;ies 65 per cent voted for, 19 per cent against, 

 and : 6 per cent didn't vote on the amendment, out 



Funds Needed 



THERE will be no Christmas spirit in the homes 

 of hundreds of flood sufferers, our neighbors in 

 1 he Illinois valley, unless those who are able pro- 

 ride for them. 'The Red Cross is making a valiant 

 iffort to care for the needy, but funds are inade- 

 quate. More money will be necessary to give 

 « hese people even the necessities of life. Our 

 iuty and obligation to the hundreds of poor, ten- 

 int farmers who lost everything is plain. Send 

 your contribution to your local Red Cross chapter, 

 'arm bureau or to R. A. Cowles, Treasurer, Illinois 

 Agricultural Association, 608 So. Dearborn St., 

 Chicago, and it will be relayed to the proper 

 i luthorities. 



The Cornborer Scare 



4 T the recent cornborer meeting held in the of- 



l\ flees of the Illinois Agricultural Association 



several speakers referred to the scare created 



by half-baked information about the ravages of this 



insect. 



One young man from Southern Indiana broke off 

 a deal for a farm because he feared the borer would 

 stop corn growing. Panicky insurance companies 

 and bankers, it was reported, are withholding loans 

 on farm lands because they fear the cornborer. 



While we would not minimize the possible dan- 

 gers from this pest, yet we are convinced after trav- 

 eling over the infested areas of Ohio, Michigan, and 

 Canada that the insect can be stopped. Damage 

 can be largely avoided. And if the borer comes we 

 can learn to live with it. 



Burning, sli(redding, or plowing under of all 

 stalks, corn stubble, and trash will destroy 95 to 98 

 per cent of the insects. Farmers of Kent and Essex 

 townships, Ontario, would have suffered little, ex- 

 perts admit, if they had shown more interest and ac- 

 tivity in destroying the pest. Legislation and a 

 police force were found necessary there to compel 

 cleanup work. 



There's another side to this new situation. The 

 borer might do for us what we can't seem to do for 

 ourselves, that is, to reduce our crop so corn will 

 be worth at least cost of production. The cotton 

 boll weevil rested last summer and let the South 

 grow 18,000,000 bales of 12 cent cotton to its 

 own great loss and sorrow. A 16,000,000 bale crop 

 would have been worth $300,000,000 more. Now 

 the weevil is being hailed as a public benefactor. 

 The corn belt will continue to grow heavy corn 

 crops in spite of the borer. If 



total of 3,764 Voters. 



J The International 



AS WE go to press the great international Live- 



.t\. stock Exposition with all its glamour and at- 

 raction for the stockman is in full swing. There's 



i omething in the sight f;.._ ^eel of choice purebred 

 ivestock that breeds optimism and confidence in 

 he future of farming. There's inspiration in look- 



:ng at a beautiful fiock of sheep or a showy, well- 

 rroomed herd of cattle. With all our efforts and 



• '.nergy directed toward the economic side of agri- 

 lulture, let us not lose our appreciation for the 

 )eauty, romance, or what-you-may-call-it of the 

 'arm. It's such appreciation, not desire for gain, 



: hat has developed our choicest livestock. And 

 ove for the finest things in farm life is the reason 



! 10 many of us stay by it. 



More Coordination Here 



THE downstate business interests voted against 

 the tax amendment except in such towns and 

 cities where business men had been enlightened 

 about the real tax situation. There is ample proof 

 of this assertion in the vote records of the urban 

 precincts. 



The referendum submitted by the Illinois Cham- 

 ber of Commerce to its members according to the 

 figures released showed that 75 per cent of the 

 members who voted were against the amendment. 



Merchants and business men as a class, prob- 

 ably think little and know less about tax matters 

 than almost any other group. In many cases their 

 knowledge of farm problems is bounded by what 

 they learned 20 or 30 years ago as a boy on the 

 farm. 



The fault doesn't lie in lack of interest in, or 

 sympathy for, a prosperous agriculture. It is due 

 mostly to ignorance and lack of information. 

 There needs to be more coordination between the 

 farmer and the people of our towns and cities. 

 The man on Main Street needs to be enlightened 

 with facts. Here is a challenge for the county 

 farm bureaus. The influence of the farmer work- 

 ing alone is on the wane because the drift of popu- 

 lation is constantly to the towns and cities. It is 

 important to the farmer that the local merchants, 

 business and professional men keep in tune with 

 agriculture. 



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