January, 1927 



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TAX COMMISSION UPHOLDS FARM BUREAU STAND, FOR EQUALIZATION 



What The Counties 

 Are Doing 



A major pro- 

 MARSHALL-PUT- ject for 1927 

 NAM TO BOOST in Marshall- 



DAIRYING Put n a m 



County will 

 be stimulating the dairy business by 

 the use of high record sires and the 

 purchase of good cows. "The farm- 

 ers who are best off are the ones 

 who have a few cows to milk, and 

 little cream to sell," says Lloyd 

 Jones of the First National Bank, 

 Henry. Farm adviser Fuller states 

 that the net profit from the M-P Co- 

 operative Oil Co. are twice what it 

 costs to run the farm bureau. 



A corn borer 

 PEORIA COUNTY meeting was 

 HOLDS CORN held in Pe- 



BORER MEETING oria on Dec. 

 9 when Wes- 

 ley P. Flint, state entomologist, pre- 

 sented the latest information about 

 the westward march of the danger- 

 ous insect. 



We are side- 

 McLEAN COUNTY tracking ev- 

 TO ORGANIZE crything else 



SERVICE CO. to organize 



the McLean 

 County Service Company, the name 

 of our proposed cooperative oil com- 

 pany, states Harrison Fahrnkopf, 

 farm adviser. During the past month 

 the farm bureau was busy with the 

 poultry show, the utility corn show, 

 the annual meeting at which Con- 

 gressman L. J. Dickenson spoke, and 

 two farmers' institutes. 



The Ford 

 FORD COUNTY TO County Serv- 

 ORCANIZE ice C o m - 



MARKETING pany now be- 



ing organ- 

 ized will aid farm bureau members 

 both in marketing and in buying 

 commodities more advantageously. 

 Poultry and eggs will be handled at 

 Paxton; livestock will be shipped co- 

 operatively; and later the collective 

 purchase of gas and oil will be added 

 to the other activities. 



The Piatt 

 PIATT COUNTY County Farm 



COOPERATES IN Bureau and 

 HANDLING SEEDS the local far- 

 mers' eleva- 

 tors have entered an agreement by 

 which the latter wiH^ handle all farm 

 seeds for members af^a^ small saving 

 over the price paldjjj non-members. 

 The farm bureau has agreed to as- 

 sist the elevators in locating good 

 seed, pooling orders, and increasing 

 the i>usiness. 



1,000 Expected at 



Annual Meeting 



(Continued from col. 5, page 1.) 

 make up the roster of prominent 

 people engaged for the three-day 

 session. 



A new feature will be the Home 

 and Community Conference on 

 Thursday ' afternoon for women, 

 and delegates interested in this 

 work. This is the first time women 

 have been invited and provision 

 made for their participation in the 

 annual convention. 



MASON COUNTY 

 TO SHIP IN 

 COWPEAS 



The books 

 98% OF KENDALL of the Ken- 

 COUNTY MEMBERS dall County 

 PAID UP Farpi Bureau 



which has a 

 membership of two-thirds of all 

 farmers in the county, show that 98 

 per cent of the dues are collected 

 for 1926. 



Plans are 

 being made 

 for shipping 

 in c o w p e a 

 seed and al- 

 falfa hay, according to Farm Ad- 

 viser Isaacs. Weather conditions 

 last year created a shortage of both 

 cowpea seed and alfalfa hay. 



Our hatch- 

 MOULTRIE COUNTY ery has been 

 REPORTS SUCCESS a means of 

 WITH HATCHERY selling better 

 h o u s i n g , 

 feeding, and care of poultry, to our 

 members, states Farm Adviser Tur- 

 ner. Thirty flock owners were in- 

 terested in preparing for accrediting 

 work. The PuUorin test will be 

 used for detecting white diarrhea. 

 The tested flock owners receive three 

 cents more per dozen for eggs than 

 state accredited flock owners. 



A reward 



OGLE COUNTY 

 ORGANIZES 

 PROTECTIVE 

 ASSOCIATION 



WAYNE\COUNTY 

 ACCREDITS 

 POULTRy FLOCKS 



of $100 is 

 off^ered b y 

 the newly or- 

 g a n i z e d 

 Farm Bureau 

 Protective Association for the con- 

 viction of thieves. Members will co- 

 operate with the sheriff and the dep- 

 uties of the county in securing con- 

 victions wherever there is sufficient 

 evidence presented. 



\ Under the 



supervis i o n 

 of the Farm 

 Adviser, C. 

 T. Hufford, 

 thirty pure bred flocks, containing 

 approximately 6000 birds will be 

 state accredited this month. 



The San- 

 SANGAMON gamon Far- 



COUNTY OIL m e r s Oil 



COMPANY IN Company, re- 



OPERATION cently organ- 



^^-— ized, will es- 



tablish^' bulk plants at New 

 Berlin, Auburn, Buffalo and 

 Williamsville. Truck headquarters 

 will be stationed at Pleasant Plains, 

 Pawnee and Illiopolis. The Spring- 

 field filling station is located at 

 Ninth and Jefferson streets. 



A substan- 

 PULASKI COUNTY tial increase 

 SIGNS MANY in member- 



NEW MEMBERS ship with 25 



per cent new 

 members is reported by Farm Ad- 

 viser J. H. Hughes. Two bull blocks 

 are being organized in connection 

 with the dairy calf club. Pulaski 

 County was represented at the In- 

 ternational Livestock Show for the 



TO SING 



James Goddard of the Foreman 

 National Bank, Chicago, will ting 

 and lead the singing at the Annual 

 I. A. A. Banquet, Peoria, Jan. 27. 



Kane, Peoria, Clay, 

 And Franklin Co. 's 

 Involved In Order 



Revaluation Hearing Held 

 Dec. 21. No. Evidence Pre- 

 sented By Boards To Show 

 Why Reassessment Should 

 Not Be Made. 



J.CWatMk 



This is the new Pere Marquette Hotel, Peoria, where the Eleventh 

 Annual Meeting of the Illinois Agricultural Association will be held. The 

 Marquette is said to be the finest hotel in downstate Illinois. It is being 

 rushed to completion to care for the I. A. A. convention. 



first time in history when Matthew 

 R^ietiert, county club champion 

 made the long trip unescorted. 

 "Matthew came home tired but brim 



full of experience, "1 writes Hughes. 

 "He said Urat Chicajgo has too many 

 cobble stones, banbuets and good 



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Tentative Program 



Illinois Agricultural Association 



Annual Meeting 



Jan. 26-27-28, 1927. 



Pere Marquette HoteL,yeoria. 



WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26. 



8:30 a. m. — Hlinois Farm Bureau Baseball League, Annual Meeting. 

 10 :30 a. m. — Illinois Farm Bureau Serum Association, Annual 



Meeting. 

 1:30 p.m. — Illinois Agricultural Cooperatives Association, Annual 



Meeting. 

 6:30 p. m. — Annual Dinner, Farm Boreau Presidents and Farm 



Advisers. 



THURSDAY, JANUARY 27. 



I. A. A. ANNUAL MEETING. 



9 ;30 a. m.to 12 :00 Opening Session. , 



President's message. 1,1 



Secretary's report. 

 Treasurer's report. 



1 ;30 p. m. to 4 :30 — Sectional Conferences. 



I. ORGANIZATION AND INFORMATION, 



borough, presiding; Lucius E. Wilson, pres. General Or- 

 ganization Co., present. 



II. PUBLIC RELATIONS. Frank D. Barton, presiding; A. C. 



Everingham, legislative representative, and John C. Wat- 

 son, director of taxation, present. | j 

 IIL FINANCIAL BUSINESS SERVICE, G^. I F. Tullock, 

 presiding; George E. Frazer, of Frazer artd I'orbet, public 

 accountants, Chicago, present. 



IV. MARKETING, Samuel Sorrells, presiding; Chris L. Chris- 

 j tenson, director of division of cooperative marketing, I,'. 

 1 ■ S. D. A., present. 



V. HOME AND COMMUNITY (for women) Mrs. Spencer 



Ewing, president of Illinois Home Bureau Federation, 

 presiding; Mrs. Charles W. Sewell, field director. Home 

 and Community Committee, present. 



Mr. Eugene T. Lies, special-repr. Playgrokinfl and Recrea- 

 tion Association of America, present. 

 4:30to5:30 p. m. — Congressional District Meetings. 

 6:30 p.m. — Annual Banquet and Election. 

 Sam H. Thompson — speaker. 

 James Goddard — soloist. 

 Humorist to 1 e announced. 



FRIDAY, JANUARY 28. 



9:30 to 11:00 a. m. — Business Ses^cn of Delegates. 

 41:00tol2:00a.m.— Address— Dr. Carl C. Ta.\ior, Dean Graduate 



School, North Carolina Agricultural College. 

 12:30 p. m. — Luncheon, .Address, Senator Chas. L. McNary, chair- 

 man agricultural C(»mmittee, U. S. " 

 2:00 p.m. — Adoption of Resolutions. 



COUNTY boards of review from 

 the counties of Kane, Franklin, 

 Clay, and Peoria 

 appeared, two 

 with their states 

 attorneys, before 

 the Illinois Tax 

 Commission o n 

 Tuesday, Dec. 21, 

 and presented 

 pleas a.'iking the 

 Commission t o 

 countermand i t s 

 order calling for 

 a revaluation of 

 farm propertie.s 

 in these counties. 



Up until time 

 of going to press 

 no action had been taken to coun- 

 termand the order. Chairman Wm. 

 H. Malone told the board of review 

 representatives in the open hearing 

 that their statements were good 

 reason why revaluations should t>e 

 ordered. 



Figures Presented. 



The decision of the Tax Commis- 

 sion ordering a reassessment came 

 following presentation of facts and 

 figures by John C. Watson and Earl 

 C. Smith of the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association showing that inequali- 

 ties between farm and city valua- 

 tion existed in the four counties 

 mentioned. 



The information revealed by Wat- 

 son shows that landowners in thest' 

 counties are paying around $200, 

 000 more than their just share oi 

 taxes. In Clay county farm land' 

 are being assessed on the basis of 

 58 to 60 per cent of full valuation 

 whereas in the towns and cities the 

 full valuation are only 32 to 34 per 

 cent of actual selling values. 



The controversy which led to the 

 final order by the Tax Commission 

 has been underway for four years. 

 The boards of review have been ap- 

 pealed to repeatedly, by local farm 

 bureau committees and the I. A. A. 

 "Their indifference and evijent de- 

 sire to defeat justice led ;ne Associ- 

 ation to aj.pea! to the state Com- 

 mission which "has jurisdiction over 

 such matters, with the result noted. 



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Charles Nagel, of St. Louis, Sec- 

 retary of Commerce and Labor in 

 President Tafl's cabinet, is chairman 

 of the joint commission representing 

 the National Industrial Conference 

 Board and the United States Cham- 

 ber of Commerce recently appointed 

 to work out a national plan and pol- 

 icy for agriculture. Mr. Nagel is 

 honorary vice-president of the U. S. 

 Chamber of Com|ii*rc«. 



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