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Issued Every Month for 63,000 Thinking Farmers— April, 1927 



No. 4 



equauzahon makes headway as counties announce tax curs 



/. A. A. ANNUAL PICNIC GOES TO MOOSEHEART 



Thursday, Aug. 11, 

 Date Decided Upon. 

 Macomb Also Bids 



Entire Progrram Will Be 

 Broadcast Over Station 

 WJJD. Site For Picnic Is 

 1023 Acre Plot 



THE annual picnic of the 

 Illinois Agricultural Asso- 

 ciation will be held at Moose- 

 heart, famous foundation of 

 the Loyal Order of Moose, 

 located just north of Aurora 

 on the Lincoln Highway in 

 Kane County, on Thursday, 

 August 11. 



The only other contender 



for the annual event was Macomb. 

 By a nine to seven vote, the Execu- 

 tive Committee in their monthly 

 meeting on April 8 decided in 

 favor of the former. 



The site for the picnic is the 1023 

 acres of ground adjoining the Fox 

 River, owned by the Loyal Order of 

 Moose. Included in the grounds at 

 Mooseheart is a park of approxi- 

 mately 200 acres, a grove of 150 A., 

 a lake of approximately 60 acres, 

 two baseball diamonds, playgrounds, 

 a large track, and other accommoda- 

 tions. 



Mooseheart is approximately 38 

 miles west of Chicago on the Lin- 

 coln Highway between Aurora and 

 Elgin. Nine main paved roads con- 

 nect this site with all parts of Illi- 

 nois. 



The entire picnic program, in- 

 cluding speeches, results of the 

 State Farm Bureau championship 

 baseball game, the hog and chicken 

 calling contests will be broadcast 

 by radio station WJJD, owned by 

 the Moose organization. 



The invitation to hold the picnic 

 at Mooseheart was extended by 

 representatives of the Aurora and 

 Elgin Chambers of Commerce, the 

 Kane, DuPag^, Will, Kendall, and 

 DeKalb county farm bureaus, and 

 the Mooseheart foundation. 



The original invitation to hold 

 the 1927 picnic at the place chosen 

 was received by telegraph from Sec- 

 retary of Labor, Jas. J. Davis, chief 

 of the Moose organization, directly 

 after the annual picnic last year. 



President O. L. Welsh and M. L. 

 Hunt of the McDonough County 

 Farm Bureau presented the invita- 

 tion of Macomb. 



WABASH CO. FORMS NEW 

 SHIPPING ASSOCIATION 



A county livestock shipping as- 

 sociation was recently organized in 

 Wabash county with the aid of the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association, 

 livestock markrting department. 

 John Deputy, former president of 

 the* farm bureau was chosen as first 

 manager. Non-farm bureau mem- 

 bers will be given service at a 

 slightly higher cost than members. 

 Sixteen new members came into the 

 farm bureau during the past month. 



HELPING TO EQUALIZE THE LOAD 



Legislature Swings 

 Into Action After 

 Elections Clear Way 



Home Rule, Reapportionment, 

 T. B. Eradication, and Tax 

 Proposals Are Important 

 Issues 



THE Illinois legislature got 

 under way again early 

 this week following its ad- 

 journment to enable members 

 to go back home and cam- 

 paign in the local elections. 

 From now until final adjourn- 

 ment, the legislators are ex- 

 pected to get down to busi- 

 ness and move the pending 

 bills along rapidly. 



The much discussed corn borer 

 bill, carrying the I. A. A. amend- 

 ment, was booked for the signature 

 of the governor at an early date. 

 The bill as originally introduced 

 provided $1.50 per acre as the 

 maximum amount any farmer 

 would be required to expend for 

 extra work required in clean-up 

 territory. "At the request of the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association, 

 this amount was reduced to $1 per 

 acre by amendment to the Senate 

 bill," writes A. C. Everingham, leg- 

 islative representative. 



How It Work. 



Under its operation, if clean-up 

 work should be ordered by the state 

 or federal authorities, the federal 

 government would expend up to $2 

 per acre or whatever is permitted 

 with funds available. If the cost 

 of clean-up exceeded this allow- 

 ance, the farmer would stand up to 



tl per acre more, but all above this 

 sum would be borne out of state 

 funds. 



Another bill of considerable in- 

 terest is H. B. 106, introduced by 

 Representative Petri. This bill 

 amends the game law by making it 

 unlawful for any person to hunt on 

 the premises of another without 

 first securing permission. The law 

 as it now stands makes it lawful to 

 hunt on the premises of another 

 unless those premises are posted or 

 advertised. This bill will, without 

 doubt, meet with the general ap- 

 proval of farmers who are interest- 

 ed in the protection of game, and 

 also the protection of their crops 

 and livestock from injury by the 

 careless hunter. 



After Chicken Thieres 



Three bills were reported out of 

 the House Committee on Agricul- 

 ture on Wednesday preceding the 

 local elections. All of them re- 

 ceived the unanimous approval of 

 the Committee with the recommen- 

 dation that they do pass. 



House Bill No. 325 introduced by 

 Mr. Whiteley, provides that any 

 person, firm or corporation engaged 

 in dealing in live poultry shall ob- 

 tain a license from the Department 

 of Agriculture. The bill provides 

 further that all trucks used by such 

 person, firm or corporation shall 

 also obtain license. Under the bill, 

 all such poultry dealers are re- 

 quired to keep a record which shall 

 show the date of all transactions, 

 the number, the weight and de- 

 scriptions of fowls purchased, and 

 the name, address and brief de- 

 scription of the seller and the type 

 of conveyance; if auto, they are re- 

 quired to record the license num- 

 ber. 



Tax Work Of Farm Bureaus And ' 



/. A. A. Bears Fruit As Valuations 

 I On Farm Property Are Sltuhed 



Knox, Vermilion, Champaign, Winnebafo, Crawford, and 

 Many Others Secure Cuts in Assessments for Coming 

 Quadrennium. | , 



RECENT reductions in farm valuations for taxation pur- 

 poses in many counties over the state, ranjring from 10 to 

 25 per cent or more, are regarded as the cul- 

 mination of efforts put forth by the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association and the county farm 

 bureaus beginning nearly -■'even years ago to 

 equalize valuations between farm and city 

 property. 



The reductions in valuation in nearly every 

 case came following careful checkups by farm 

 bureau tax committees in the various coun- 

 ties. . Returning from a swing through ap- 

 proximately 50 to 60 Illinois counties in be- 

 half of securing equalization of farm and City 



assessments for the romini: four 



Bond County Man 



Automobile Policy 



years. John C. Watwtn. director of 

 _, _,. -, ^ .. I taxation stated that the county fsrrr 



GefsrirSfi4ufo/;OIICy I bureaus win resist evrr> effort nwH. 



to place farm pmiifrly valuat^n* 

 higher than city valuatian>. j j 



10 Per Ceal iMmrnr 



"Selling values of farm land^ 

 have decreased at least 10 i»r cenr 

 during the past year in certain imt 

 I tions of Illinois, (wrtirularly in lh<' 

 I grain belt," he said. "The liveTlt«k 

 producing sections on th*- other haind 

 seem to be holding better in «rllini; 

 ' values. 



I "If equalization by reduction of 



I farm land valuations should brini; 



total valuations to the point wfcen 



i maximum tax rates will not prndun- 



' sufficient revenue." said Watson. 



I "the boards of review will have the 



opportunity to change valuations tvi 



as to secure adequate revenue. But 



on the other hand, if eqaalizatinn at 



the average level of the state will 



not produce sufficient funds, it i» 



time for the people of both city and 



rural communities to ask that theii 



valuations be not raised higher, hut 



that the people vote a higher rount> 



or school tax rate. This will oh\-iatr 



their paying more than their just 



share of state taxes. 



"My investigations in the major- 

 ity of Illinois counties reveal that 

 average full valuations of city prop 

 erty are less than 40 (ler cent of 

 their actual selling >-alues, «'hjle av- 

 erage full valuations of farm prop 

 erty are approximately 45 per cent 

 of actual selling values," said Mr. 

 Watson. 



25 Per Ceal C«l ia Km* | 



Gross inequality oi> farm and city 

 valuations which have existed in 

 Knox county for years, were ad 

 justed when the assessors met on 

 April 1 and voted to reduce farm 

 valuations ^5 per cent. 



The tax committee composed of 

 George Charles, Robert Gibbs, and 

 T. J. Sullivan, appeared before the 

 assessors and presented fig-^re^ •—^- 

 piled under the direction of Mr. 

 Watson. A motion to reduce farm 

 lands 25 j>er cent received the ap- 

 proval of all but two assessors who 

 represented city interests. 



The investigations showed, ac- 

 cording to Farm Adviser L. R. Mai- 

 chant that farm lands had decreased 



(Continued on col.' 3, page 3.) 



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 Cu4t>iIlT Kote CosJItlou of Pdkr S«|iUitw 

 Notice of Ab7 



JOSIAH J. BAITS of Smithboro 

 in Bond county bus the distinc- 

 tion of receiving the first policy is- 

 sued in the new Illinois Agricultural 

 Mutual Insurance Company. Mr. 

 Bait's policy, number 1, reproduced 

 herewith, was sent to him on 

 Wednesday, March 30. It provides 

 for full coverage on his Ford tour- 

 ing car. 



This bill was introduced at the 

 instance of the Anti-Horse Thief 

 Association and the Prairie Farm- 

 er Protective Union, and has had 

 the support of the Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association. The purpose of 

 the Act is to secure protection of 



(Continued on col. 4, page 4.) 



