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The Illinois Ajrricultural Association Record 



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March, 1927 



Veto Leaves Farater In Hole 



Confressman Cha». Brand 



M'T'IiE President's veto leaves the 

 A firmer in the hole — the hole of 

 uneqnal legislative treatment," de- 

 clared Congressman Chas. Brand of 

 Ohio following President CoUidge's 

 veto J)f the McNary-Haugen bill. 



"Industries have their tariff; rail- 

 roada have their transportation act; 

 bank^ have their federal reserve 

 act; labor has its immigration law 

 and the eight hour day law and 

 those laws work to lift those groups 

 above world conditions, but the 

 farmer, for the most part, is com- 

 peting with the world and trying to 

 buy from those groups whose prices 

 have artificially been raised by legis- 

 lation. We have worked hard for 



four 

 bring 



years writing a measure to 

 about equality and we have 

 answered every argument that has 

 been offered by the President in a 

 way so satisfactory that a majority 

 of the members of Congress have 

 been convinced and converted to 

 approjval of the bill 



' Weakness and Strength 



Th* McNary-Haugen Bill will 

 raise the prices of farm products, 

 and that is its weakness and its 

 strength. 



If We could present a bill which 

 would secure equality for agricul- 

 ture, |and at the same time guaran- 

 tee njo advance in food prices all 

 the objections would be waived and 

 ever™ody, including the President, 

 would be favorable to the bill. 



I tnink farm prices can be raised 

 to tht extent of the tariff without 

 advancing the price of food but I 

 cannot prove that until the bill is 

 in operation but if food prices were 

 raised, it would be absolutely fair 

 because the prices of other things 

 have already been artificially raised 

 by legislation. The battle of the 

 fanner to save himself from this 

 uneqi^al situation will be intensified 

 by thte veto and all those who be- 

 lieve Jin equality of treatment will 

 join ihe fanners, and all those di- 

 rects or indirectly affected by farm 

 conditions. 



Although only six basic commodi- 

 ties ai'e considered in the beginning 

 yet a)l agricultural products would 

 have been affected by the operation 

 of th« bill because the products of 

 agriculture are largely interchange- 

 able and substitutes for each other. 

 The six basic 'commodities, men- 

 tioned in the bill, are the ones suf- 

 fering most from surplus conditions 

 and are the ones most needing the 

 operation of the measure. Others 

 may ije added by Congress upon the 

 request of the Agricultural Board. 



The veto is a sectional decision 

 becauBe the vote shows that only the 

 northjoastem section of the country 

 is to lany great extent opposed. 



Marshall-Putnam 

 First, Hancock Second 

 In Publicity Contest 



The Marshall-Putnam County 

 Farm Bureau won first and Hancock 

 second in the publicity contest for 

 the Sam Thompson . trophy which 

 closed Feb. 15. Eight counties were 

 entered liteluding the two men- 

 tioned aboye, Henry, Vermillion, 

 Peoria, Pulaski, Montgomery, and 

 Madison. 



The purpose of the contest was to 

 determine which county farm bureau 

 in Illinois is offering the most 

 varied and • effective publicity and 

 news service. The volume and qual- 

 ity of clippings from newspapers, 

 the official farm bureau paper, pub- 

 licity stunts, number of speeches and 

 radio talks made, state-wide pub- 

 licity secured through farm papers, 

 as well as other factors were taken 

 into consideration. 



The Marshall-Putnam Bureau 

 sends a release with five to ten stor- 

 ies every Saturday to all the news- 

 papers in the county. In addition it 

 publishes a good monthly paper full 

 of short, concise, interesting news 

 about the bureau and its members. 

 Moving pictures of farm activities 

 are taken by F. E. Fuller, the ad- 

 viser and shown at community 

 meetings. Numerous speeches and 

 radio talks are made advertising the 

 organization. 



Hancock county, J. H. Lloyd ad- 

 viser, placed second, while Henry 

 and Vermillion were honorably men- 

 tioned for their creditable exhibits 

 and thoroughness in advertising the 

 farm bureau. All the counties en- 

 tered in the contest are above the 

 average over the state in publicity 

 service. 



The judging committee follows: 

 Sam H. Thompson, president Ameri- 

 can Farm Bureau Federation, C. V. 

 Gregory, editor Prairie Farmer, 

 Fred L. Petty, associate editor, Or- 

 ange Judd Illinois Farmer, W. W. 

 Loomis, editor Citizen, La Grange, 

 who acted for H. L. WiHiamson, sec- 

 retary Illinois Press Association, F. 

 L. Keilholz, director of publicity, 

 Illinois College of Agriculture, L. R. 

 Marchant, farm adviser, Knox 

 County, and E. G. Thiem, director of 

 information, Illinois Agricultural 

 Association. 



Ninjeteen more counties in 11 

 states were recently added to the 

 modinerf T. B. accredited area for 

 having less than one-half of one per 

 cent infection in livestock. Crawford 

 count* was the only new addition to 

 the toberculosis (ree list in Illinois. 



COUNTY FARM 

 BUREAUS CON- 

 TRACT 1927 SERUM 



Signed contracts for serum and 

 virus from practically every county 

 engaged in hog cholera control work 

 were received by the Livestock 

 Marketing Department by Mar. 1. 

 Eight companies including the 

 American Serum Co., at Denver and 

 Sioux City, the Anchor Serum Co., 

 St. Joseph, Mo., the Browner Serum 

 Co., Converse, Mo., the Denver Hog 

 Serum Co., Denver, the Fidelity La- 

 boratorie.", Chicago, the St. Joseph 

 Veterinary Lab., St. Joseph, Mo., 

 and the Swine Breeders Co. at 

 Thorn town, Ind., bid on the county 

 farm bureau business this year. 

 Quotations varied from 57 H cents 

 per 100 c.c. to 85 cents depending 

 upon the terms of the order and the 

 grade of serum purchased. The bulk 

 of the business was placed at prices 

 ranging less than 75 cents net per 

 100 c. .c to the farm bureau. 



ILLINOIS FARM SUP- 

 PLY CO. FORMED 



Th Illinois Farm Supply Co., Co- 

 operative, was organized at a meet- 

 ing of stockholders, and representa- 

 tives of the local and county co-oper- 

 ative oil companies in Chicago last 

 week to do a centralized purchasing 

 service in petroleum products. 



The compaay has applied for its 

 charter unde'r'the cooperative act of 

 1923, with authorized capital stock 

 of $250,000. There are 10 farmer- 

 owned cooperative oil companies 

 operating at the present time. Seven 

 more are in the process of organiza- 

 tion. The 17 companies will do an 

 estimated business of $1,500,000 to 

 $2,000,000 annually. , 



Ohio Farmers Profit Last Year by 



Selling Eggs Cooperatively in Po6l 



Members Secure $12.46 Profit Each Over Local Buying 

 Prices, Year's Records Show 



BY FRANK A. GOUGLER. 



A RECENT study of the 1926 re- 

 turns made by the Ohio Poultry 

 and Egg Market- 

 ing Association, 

 reveals that the 

 average profit per 

 member for the , 

 year was $12.46 V^ 

 net over what he '■ 



would have re- 

 ceived from local ^' 

 buyers. ^^Kt 

 The following ^^^Bf 

 table shows the ^^^B 

 volume shipped, f„^ ^ g.„,,„ 

 and the loss or 



gain per dozen over prices offered 

 by local buyers by two-week pe- 

 riods. 



Profit or loss 



Semi-monthly in cents 



pools Dosens /or each pool 



Jan. 1-15 80,000 — 5 



Jan. 16-31 86,000 plus 3 



Feb. 1-15 45.000 — 2 



Feb. 16-28 60.000 —1 



Mar. 1-15 67,560 plus 1 



Mar. 16-31 60,000 plus 1 



Apr. 1-16 77.618 



Apr. 16-30 92.000 plus 1 



May 1-16 94.883 — 1 



May 16-31 84.929 —2 



June 1-15 86,901 plus 1 



June 16-30 70,000 plus 1 



July 1-16 66,924 plus 1 



July 16-81 66,788 plus 1 



Aug. 1-15 64.960 plus 7 



Aue. 16-31 60.000 plus 6 



Sept. 1-15 46,000 plus 4 



Sept. 16-30 30,000 plus 2 



Oct. 1-16 26,000 plus 8 



Oct. 16-31 20.000 plus 7 



Nov. 1-16 16.000 plus 6 



Nov. 16-80 18,000 



Dec. 1-16 21,638 — 7 



D«. 16-31 28,164 —4 



ToUl 1.226.360 



The million and a quarter of doz- 

 ens handled during 1926 represents 

 40,845 cases or 102 carloads. Note 

 the heavy volume handled during 

 the months of March, April, May 

 and June. The profit and loss col- 

 umn represents the difference in the 

 weighted average price received for 

 eggs through the Association and 



The Ohio Association has been 

 able to handle this large volume of 

 eggs at a total cost not to exceed 

 six cents per dozen. This includes 

 all expenses from the time the eggs 

 leave the farm until they are sold. 

 The division of expenses is as fol- 

 lows: 



Handling at re- 

 ceiving station . ^4 cents per doz. 



Trucking to dis- 

 trict plant 14 cents per doz. 



Supplies, cases, 



fillers, etc 2 cents per doz. 



Office, manage- 

 ment, grading " 

 etc m cents per doz. 



Freight to New 



York 2 cents per doz. 



Total 6 cents per doz. 



Referring again to the table of 

 egg pools it should be noted that the 

 association had a distinct advantage 

 over local prices during the fall 

 months June to November inclusive. 

 This is the period of gradually ad- 

 vancing prices on our terminal mar- 

 kets for fresh eggs. The remainder 

 of the year prices usually work 

 down from the high peak and there 

 are times when fresh eggs are so 

 scarce at country points that the lo- 

 cal price may be higher than they 

 are at the terminal markets. 



The results accomplished during 

 the past year in Ohio show clearly 

 that the member cannot depend 

 upon individual pools as a guide in 

 determining whether the association 

 is getting a better price than if the 

 eggs were marketed independently. 



The following table shows the 

 average monthly net price received 

 by each member and the average 

 monthly per cent of each Of the 

 four grades of eggs packed by the 

 association : — 



Re-elected President 



Ceo. F. Tullock 



IPrices net to Members and the Per Cent of Each Grade by Months for the Year I92S. 



Net to Members — cents Per cent of each Grade 



Hens Stand- Checks ft Hen- Stand- CheckB A 



neries ards Trades Cracks neries ards Trades Cracks 



Jan 84 80 29 25 68 22 19 .5 



Feb 27 26 22 20 64 21 14 .5 



Msr 24 23 21 20 69 2S II .6 



Apr 26 26 22 20 64 26 11 .4 



May _..27 26 23 20 64 81 13 .8 



June 28 26 23 22 44 ' 41 16 .8 



July 81 26 28 22 87 42 14 .6 



Auk >6 SO 25 24 48 44 10 1.6 



Sept 40 86 28 30 42 48 18 1.4 



Oct 66 60 46 36 46 36 17 1.3 



Nov j60 61 39 88 38 26 40 1.2 



Dec 48 41 89 <9 42 26 SO 1.8 



Av 36 33 29 26 48 82 16 .8 



the average buying country Ohio 

 price for the same two weeks. The 

 buying prices were taken from the 

 Producer Packer, a weekly. In re- 

 lation to local prices it is clear that 

 the fall months, August to Novem- 

 ber inclusive, are the most favor- 

 able. The twenty-four pools show 

 that fifteen were sold at an advan- 

 tage to members, seven at a loss and 

 two were even. 



One Cent In Reserve 



The net amount received by the 

 members of this association during 

 1926 over local prices, amounted to 

 $10,180. In addition to this, one 

 cent per dozen was set aside for re- 

 serve. This amounts to $12,253 

 which belongs to the members. 



Adding this to the $10,180 makes 

 a net total gain of $22,443. Divid- 

 ing this sum by the total member- 

 ship of 1800 gives a net gain to each 

 member of $12.46. This figure is 

 conservative because the member- 

 ship is somewhere between 1700 and 

 1800. It should also be stated that 

 this report takes into consideration 

 only the egg business of the associa- 

 tion, while live poultry also was 

 marketed for the members. The 

 purpose of the reserve fund is to 

 equip the plant for fattening, kill- 

 ing, packing, and storing dressed 

 poultry. 



Best Eggs Get Premium 



In reviewing the above table it 

 should be understood that these 

 average prices were net to members 

 after all expenses of the association 

 were paid and one cent per dozen 

 set aside as a reserve. Note also 

 that as an average for the year, the 

 best eggs were worth 10 cents per 

 dozen more than the poorest, and 

 that only 48 per cent of all eggs 

 handled made the top grade. 



The Ohio association has been 

 operating only 18 months but the 

 members have already learned that 

 extra care given to eggs as they are 

 handled on the farms means a. 

 greater return. During October, 

 1925, only 32 per cent of all eggs 

 graded as henneries, while for the 

 same month. 1926, there were 42 

 per cent in this top grade. 



Illinois now sells 75,000,000 doz- 

 ens of eggs annually. Assuming 

 that Illinois grades will average as 

 indicated for the Ohio association: 

 that through special care half of the 

 second grade could be brought into 

 the first grade; knowing that 16 per 

 cent of seventy millions of eggs is 

 twelve million and that henneries 

 brought three cents more than stan- 

 dards; it follows that an additional 

 income of $360,000 would be real- 

 ized. Likewise, if half of the grade 

 called trades, could be brought into 



George F. Tullock, I. A. A. Com- 

 mitteeman from the 12th district was 

 reelected presi- 

 dent of the Win- 

 nebago County 

 Farm Bureau at 

 its annual meet- 

 ing on Saturday, 

 Feb. 26. 



L. A. Frisbie 

 was elected vice- 

 president, and J. 

 M. Rankin, sec- 

 retary- treasurer. 

 Six hundred and 

 twenty-five at- 

 tended the meet- 

 ing. Earl C. Smith, president of 

 the I. A. A. was the speaker of the 

 day. 



Pure Milk Asso'n 



Gets Quick Action 

 On TB Retest Demand 



\ HURRY-UP appeal for aid in 

 -'*■ bringing T B retest work up 

 to date in the Chicago dairy district 

 brought an immediate response 

 when Pure Milk Association officials 

 wired the state department of agri- 

 culture following Health Commis- 

 sioner Bundesen's recent order bar- 

 ring milk from herds which had not 

 been retested within the past six 

 months. 



The order found thousands of 

 heWs under federal and state super- 

 vision unable to meet the require- 

 ments since retest work had not 

 been kept up to date. 



Director Stanard immediately 

 surveyed the field and detailed state 

 and county veterinarians from cen- 

 tral and southern Illinois counties 

 to the northern part of the state 

 to help retest herds affected by the 

 order. 



Pure Milk Association officials at 

 the same time appealed to Dr. Bun- 

 desen and secured an extension of 

 time to Feb. 25 for the enforce- 

 ment of the order. The date for 

 enforcement later was deferred to 

 March 11 while extra veterinarians 

 got under way to prevent the loss 

 of the Chicago market for the 

 dairymen in the adjoining territory. 



W. C. McQueen, president of the 

 Kane County Farm Bureau, is presi- 

 dent of the Pure Milk Association, 

 and H. C. Vial, newly elected I. A. 

 A. Executive Committeeman, is sec- 

 retary. 



Hedgcock On National 



Wool Market Committee 



A movement to coordinate the 

 work of the present wool market- 

 ing associations and centralize sales 

 in a smaller number of agencies was 

 launched Feb. 12 in Washington, 

 D. C, when a national committee 

 was appointed to this end. 



The smaller associations and 

 pools like those in Illinois, Iowa, 

 and other Mid-West states will be 

 aided in securing the advantages of 

 the more powerful organizations 

 like those in Ohio, Idaho, Califor- 

 nia, and in other western states. 



J. F. Wilson of California is 

 chairman and W. E. Hedgcock will 

 represent Illinois wool growers on 

 the committee to work out the plan. 

 Announcement of the new plan will 

 be made at the annual convention 

 of the American Institute of Co- 

 operation to be held at Northwest- 

 ern University, June 20 to July 15, 

 1927. 



the next higher grade, the result 

 would be that six million eggs would 

 bring four cents more, per dozen, or 

 $240,000 more. This added to the 

 $360,000 amounts to $600,000. Illi- 

 nois producers, therefore, if given 

 an opportunity to sell their eggs on 

 a grraded basis, could increase their 

 income materially through the im- 

 provement of the quality of their 

 product. 







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