February, 1927 



The Illinois Agricultural Association RECORD 



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Pages 



What The Counties 

 Are Doing 



Five hun- 



MORGAN COUNTY d r e d and 



ANNUAL MEETING thirty men 



BIG EVENT and women 



turned out 



for the annual meeting of the Mor- 



'■ gan County Farm Bureau. Guy 



Bender, champion hog caller at the 



State Fair, called the men to dinner. 



Earl Smith, President of the Illinois 



' Agricultural Association, spoke on 



' the workings of the National and 



.1, State Farm Bureau Organizations. 



<• A schedule 



♦. LIVINGSTON of winter 



; J: COUNTY TO HOLD meetings 



' WINTER MEETINGS lasting half 



^ way through 



February began on Dee. 27, in 



I" Livingston county. The farm bureau 



, recently bought ten cars of potatoes 



for members. An estimated saving 



of 75 cents a bag was made. The 



potato deal showed a profit of 



116.20. Seed corn will be tested for 



members as in former years. 



"Meat for 

 GREENE COUNTY our Second 

 HOLDS CATTLE Annual Cat- 



FEEDERS' BANQUETtle Feeders' 

 banquet was 

 furnished by the champion calf of 

 the Greene County calf club," writes 

 R. J. Laible, farm adviser. Adviser 

 J. H. Checkley of Logan County led 

 the singing, and Professor R. R. 

 Snapp, University of Illinois, deliv- 

 ered the speech of the evening on 

 cattle feeding. 



The an- 

 WABASH COUNTY nual meeting 

 ANNOUNCES on Dec. 16 



MEETINGS which was 



addressed by 

 Earl C. Smith, president of the Illi- 

 nois Agricultural Association, and J. 

 C. Spitler, University of Illinois, the 

 Wabash County Poultry Show, held 

 on Dec. 20-23; and two schools, one 

 for farm accounts, and the other for 

 dairy feeding, were recent events 

 announced by the Wabash County 

 Farm Bureau. 



Warren 

 WARREN AND and Hender- 



HENDERSON TO son Counties 

 ORGANIZE OIL CO. are looking 

 forward to 

 ward forming a new oil company 

 for their members. Preferred stock 

 will be $25 per share to bear seven 

 per cent interest. Common stock 

 of no par value will be issued to 

 farm bureau members only. Mem- 

 bers only will participate in ac- 

 crued profits. 



R a y - 

 BROWN COUNTY m o n d 

 BOYS WINS AT PRO- M o b 1 ey 

 DUCERS' CALF SHOW of M t . 



S t erling, 

 won first honors in the Angus class 

 at the recent Producers' Calf Club 

 Show at St. Louis. Judges debated 

 for an hour to decide whether the 

 calf should be champion or reserve 

 champion. The calf weighed 1135 

 pounds and sold for 30~ cents a 

 pound. 



One 

 PULASKI REPORTS hundred 

 SUCCESSFUL HORTI- farmers 

 CULTURAL SCHOOL and. 100 



stu'dents 

 attended the horticultural extension 

 schools at Villa Ridge and Grand 

 Chain. The east side of Pulaski 

 County, which borders the Ohio 

 River, promises to develop in fruit- 

 growing. 



Nine 

 HENRY COUNTY livestoc k 



SHIPPING ASS'NS. s h ipping 



INCREASE BUSINESS ass ocia- 



t i n s 

 handled 1474 cars of stock worth 

 more than $3,000,000 last year. 

 This is an increase over 1925. 

 Sixty-five farm bureau members 

 completed farm account books this 

 year compared with 45 in 1925. 

 Ninety members started keeping ac- 

 counts for 1927. Frank Barton, A. 

 C. Everingham and D. S. Swanson 



spoke at the combined annual meet- 

 ing of the nine livestock shipping 

 associations. 



Mrs. John 

 SANGAMON HOLDS S h u 1 1 of 

 FOURTH ANNUAL Cha t h a m 

 HOG-DAY won the 



hog calling 

 contest in which 57 contestants 

 completed at the recent Hog-Day 

 banquet. Prizes were awarded to 

 the owners of the nine successful 

 ton litters of the county. Dr. H. 

 B. RaflFensperger of the U. S. Dept. 

 of Agriculture discussed swine pro- 

 duction problems as related to sani- 

 tation. 



The brood- 

 MACOUPIN e r house 



BROODER HOUSE building 

 DEMONSTRATION d e monstra- 

 tion held at 

 Herbert Malsbury's in North Otter 

 Township, was well attended ac- 

 cording to farm adviser Earl Rusk. 

 Prof. Hanson of the University of 

 Illinois directed the brooder house 

 construction with the assistance of 

 the assistant adviser, L. G. Neel. 

 A picnic dinner arranged by the 

 ladies helped bring out a crowd. 



The mem- 

 DUPAGE COUNTY b e r s h i p 

 SIGN-UP CAMPAIGN sign-up in 

 STILL IN PROGRESS D u Page 



County 

 totals 408 to date according to farm 

 adviser Corncross. Naperville Town- 

 ship is in the lead with 108 mem- 

 bers. The campaign is still pro- 

 gressing with M. E. Lyons as a 

 solicitor. liisle township has 72, 

 Milton 68, 'and Bloomingdale 61. 

 Five townships are yet to be 

 solicited. 



At the 

 MADISON REPORTS farm ac- 

 INTEREST IN count 



FARM ACCOUNTS school held 



on Decem- 

 ber 20, six new men started keeping 

 account books, several others ap- 

 plied for books since that time, and 

 five co-operators came in to close 

 their accounts. Business methods 

 among our members are improving 

 each year. We operate according 

 to budget and each month the Ex- 

 ecutive Committee gets a statement 

 of money spent under each ap- 

 propriation. The monthly bank 

 balance also is reported. 



Due to the 

 MONROE'S MAJOR good work 

 PROJECT of Alfred 



SOIL TESTING Tate, now 



a d V i s er in 

 Scott County, many farmers here 

 have completely limed, and all but 

 a few have used some limestone, 

 according to farm adviser Hughes. 

 Soil testing is conducted to guide 

 farmers in the more intelligent use 

 of limestone. 



An an- 

 90 PER CENT OF a lysis 



MEMBERS GET SERV- made by 

 ICE IN McDONOUGH the Mc- 

 Donough 

 County Farm Bureau showed that 

 90 per cent of the members re- 

 ceived some form of direct service. 

 Eight per cent called at the office. 

 Thirty-two per Sent were given 

 service at their farms. Forty-three 

 and five-tenths per cent attended 

 demonstrations. 



A record crowd 

 EDWARDS came out for the 

 FIRST TO last annual meeting 



OWN HOME in Edwards County. 

 The report made by 

 ex-farm adviser H. C. Gilherson 

 showed that Edwards had made the 

 greatest increase in membership 

 and was the first farm bureau in 

 Southern Illinois to own its own 

 home. Albert Libkie was elected 

 president. Harold U. Myers is the 

 new adviser. 



Farm Ad- 

 MONROE COUNTY viser Hughes 

 ACTIVE IN COM- conducted 

 MUNITY MEETINGS meetings in 

 ten organ- 

 ized communities recently. A plan 

 is being outlined tq give every mem- 

 ber a place in one air more activities, 

 which include organization, legisla- 

 tion, soils, crops, livestock, club 

 work, and marketing. 



Logan County Champions 



250 Women Assert 

 Their Interest In 

 Many Farm Problems 



First Home and CommaBity Confer- 

 ' { ence «l I. A. A. Meetinc Exceed* 



All Expectations in Attendance 

 and Interest. 



J. H. Checkley, farm adviser left, is examining the prise sample of com 

 with which Edwin Rentschler right, won the Junior Championship at the 

 recent State Utility Corn Show at Urbana. In addition te haring the Jr. 

 Corn King, Logan county boys and girls carried off two-thirds of the 

 prixes in the Junior Corn Show. 



15 Farm Bureau Members Honored 



As Master Farmers in 1926 Contest 



Following arc Short SketcheM of Men Awarded Cold Medalm by frairie 

 Farmer — Continued from Latt Month 



Carl Sargeant of Schuyler County 

 is 39 years of age, married, and has 

 three children, one girl and two 

 boys. He farms 200 acres, has used 

 limestone, keeps his buildings and 

 improvements in excellent condition, 

 has a modem home, and derives his 

 chief income from hogs which are 

 raised by the sanitation system. He 

 is a member of the Farm Bureau, 

 local Farmers' Elevator and has 

 served on the board of directors. 



Albert Hayes, Chillicothe, is a 

 member of the Executive Commit- 

 tee of the Peoria County Farm 

 Bureau. Mr. Hayes lives in Medina 

 Township, has three children and 

 operates a livestock farm. 



He is active in the local Parent- 

 Teachers' Association, also in for- 

 warding the Farm Bureau work in 

 his neighborhood and township. 



Rebhan is ActiTe. 



Wm. C. Rebhan is vice-president 

 of the Montgomery County Farm 

 Bureau, president of the Raymond 

 Farmers' Elevator, and treasurer of 

 the Farmers' Oil Company (a 

 county oil company owned by farm 

 bureau members.) Mr. Rebhan is 

 also Township Director of the Mont- 

 gomery County Mutual Fire Insur- 

 ance Co., and is County Super\'isor 

 from Raymond Township besides 

 holding many other offices. 



Charles B. Meis of Saunemin, 

 Livingston County, Illinois, has 

 lived on this present farm more 

 than twenty years. Mies attributes 

 no small part of his success to the 

 loyal cooperation of his wife. He is 

 interested in all activities for the 

 benefit of his community, is a direc- 

 tor on the Township High School 

 board, a director in the local farm- 

 ers' elevator, in the telephone com- 

 pany, and has been an active mem- 

 ber and supporter of the Farm 

 Bureau since it was organized in 

 1912. 



Meis is at present a director in 

 the Livingston County Farm Bu- 



A Northwestern Man. 



W. G. McCormick of Douglas 

 County, was very active in the or- 

 ganization of Douglas County Farm 

 Bureau in 1920. He was vice- 

 president during its first three years 

 and has always been a farm bureau 

 leader in his township. He was Sec- 

 retary of the Farmers' Elevator for 



a number of years, and now is very 

 active in church and Sunday-school 

 work in the rural church of his com- 

 munity. Mr. McCormick is about 

 40 years of age and has a wife and 

 two children. He secured his educa- 

 tion at Northwestern University. 



Martin Linn, of Fulton County, is 

 50 years old, and has a family of 

 four girls and two boys. The oldest 

 son is in partnership with him on 

 The Duck Island Farm. Mr. Linn is 

 an active church worker, a member 

 of the School Board, and a Farm 

 Bureau member since its organiza- 

 tion in Fulton County. 



Harris An OtBcer. 



George T. Harris is vice-presi- 

 dent of the Rock Island County 

 Farm Bureau and has aided the or- 

 ganization ever since it was started. 

 He is the Farm Bureau Director in 

 his township and is always ready to 

 assist in putting across any project 

 which the Farm Bureau has on its 

 program. 



In addition he is president of the 

 Taylor Ridge Livestock Shipping 

 Association, president of a farmers' 

 electric light company, and a direc- 

 tor in the Hamlet Mutual Fire In- 

 surance Company. Mr. Harris is an 

 active member of Edgington Presby- 

 terian Church and belongs to the 

 Masonic lodge. Harris is a college 

 graduate and has given both of his 

 girls an opportunity to do college 

 work. His wife is prominent in 

 Home Bureau work. 



Watson An Organizer. 



When Clarence Watson of Mc- 

 Donough County was shucking com 

 on a certain November day in 1917 

 two men walked up on him and 

 started shucking along with him. 

 One was his neighbor and one was 

 M. J. Wright from McHenry 

 County. These two men had been 

 talking about organizing a Farm 

 Bureau in McDonoUoh County and 

 asked Clarence if he would like to 

 help. The idea appealed to him and 

 he went to the house and unhitched 

 and went with Mr. Wright to see 

 some of the men in the county whom 

 he thought might be interested in 

 the building of a real farmers' or- 

 ganization in McDonough County. 



Watson probably signed more 

 farm bureau members in the last 

 campaign than any man in the 

 county and has always been loyal in 

 the program of the organisation. 



The two hundred and fifty farm 

 women who exchanged ideas in the 

 Home and Community Conference 

 held in the Pcrc Marquette hotel 

 Thursday afternoon, Jan. 27, initi- 

 ated a movement which promises to 

 be an important feature at coming 

 conventions of the I. A. A. 



The growing economic independ- 

 ence of farm women along with 

 problems pertaining to rural health, 

 the one-room school, development of 

 through beautification of the farm. 

 4H clubs, and the enrichment of life 

 and organized play were discussed 

 informally. 



Mrs. Spencer Ewing, PresWent of 

 the Illinois Home Bureau Federa- 

 tion presided. 



Mrs. Charles Sewell Speaks. 



Mrs. Charles Sewell, in charge of 

 home and community work for the 

 American Farm Bureau Federation 

 spoke of the change in status of all 

 women and farm women in particu- 

 lar during the past few years. 



A woman from Macon County 

 told of the Thrift Exchange organ- 

 ized by the Home Bureau in De- 

 catur three years ago. The women 

 have a booth in the Farm Bureau 

 office where they bring their prod- 

 ucts on Saturday morning. Ten 

 per cent of the money taken in goes 

 to the county organization and 90 

 to the women. One woman is edu- 

 cating a Mexican boy on what she 

 makes in this way. 



Sold $1100 Worth of Food. 



One woman soM $1100 worth of 

 cheese, whole wheat bread, plum 

 puddings, coffee cakes, potato salad, 

 baked beans, scrapple, and chickens 

 on the Bloomington farmers' mar- 

 ket. The Lasalle County Thrift 

 Exchange operates every day under 

 a paid manager. It was started 

 four years ago. The receipts are 

 never less than $200 a week and 

 usually amount to $300 or more. 



Mrs. Ewing recommended that 

 the conference give its hearty sap- 

 port to the bill authorizing super- 

 visors to appropriate money for 

 establishing county health depart- 

 ments. This bill is to come up in 

 the Legislature in the near future. 

 Mr. Richards, who is on the State 

 Board of Health, gave statistics 

 showing that contagious disea.se is 

 much more prevalent ajid that in- 

 fant mortality is three points higher 

 in rural than in urban districts. 

 One-Room Scho<»l Discnsacd. 

 Mr. Hoffman, a rural school 

 supervisor, spoke of the one room 

 school as the nursery of the educa- 

 tional system. 



C. E. Gates, State leader in boys 

 club work, said there were 800 local 

 clubs in the state with a total mem- 

 bership of 11,900 boys and girls. 



Dr. Hieronymous, of the Univer- 

 sity of Illinois, stressed the need for 

 l)eautif>-ing the farm home through 

 plantings, paint, and convenient ar- 

 rangement of buildings. One woman 

 declared that she had painted ever>*- 

 thing on the place but the livestock 

 and that the improvement -was 

 marked. Eugene Lies of the Recre- 

 ation and Playground Association 

 told the value of carefully planned 

 play in raising a happy family. 

 Married Women Employed. 

 Sam Thompson, president of the 

 American Farm Bureau Federation, 

 stressed the necessity of better liv- 

 ing conditions. He deplored the 

 fact that 44 per cent of all women 

 now employed are married. He be- 

 lieves that many other problems will 

 be automatically solved when a bet- 

 ter home life can be brought about. 

 The women present were agreed 

 in their wish that anqther confer* 

 ence be held neirt year in connec- 

 tion with the annual meeting of the 

 Illinois Agricnltural Association. 



