Auto Insurance Co. 

 Grows Rapidly As 

 More Policies Come In 



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Oil [Trucks To Be Insured 

 WSth An Advance Pre- 

 mium Deposit Of $25 



Pol cies in force in the Illinois 

 Agricultural Mutual Insurance Co. 

 jumpid to a new high level follow- 

 ing ,>Jhe official launching of the 

 compi ny on April 1. 



A t }tal of more than 3,000 policies 

 signei I and in the office, was the rec- 

 ord established on April 6. With 

 those in the hatids of solicitors and 

 count 7 advisers, membership in the 

 company will soon exceed 3,500 it 

 was iredicted. 



Th4 rapid expansion of the new 

 company made necessary an in- 

 creasi i in its personnel from one to 

 five helpers who are now busily en- 

 gage< in sending out policies. A 

 total >f 2,300 were in the mails early 

 this ' feek with prospects for finish- 

 ing ( he job within the next few 

 days. 



All applic 

 in th< new 

 fully chec' 

 risks. Mc 

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Corn Surplus Grows 

 Under 



Hiavy 



What the U. S. Department 

 Grair 



«I Asaociation RECORD 



April, 1927 



Less 



Farm L *<iSumption 



of Agriculture Sa> :•. \bout the 

 Market 



for membership 



.y are Deing care- 



. gainst undesirable 



h;. 1 a dozen have been 



,.- undesirables as a pro- 



the other policy-hold- 



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ting of the directors of 

 the 1 lw company held on April 8. 

 the f iJL.wing resolution was passed 

 m'' g insurance on oil trucks 

 ■ire used by farm bureau oil 

 es over the state: 

 WAeREAS, there appears to be 

 a demand from some of the Farm 

 Bure^ lu interests in the state for full 

 coverage automobile insurance along 

 the 1 ne of the contract heretofore 

 authorized by this board covering 

 Farm Bureau owners of automobile 

 truckB used in the delivery and dis- 

 tHbuyinn '^f gas^oline, oil and lubri- 

 cants^ by cooperative supply com- 

 panies under the control of County 

 Fam^ Bureaus, and 



WBEEEAS, the Manager of the 

 Company has recommended to the 

 Board the issuance of such a con- 

 tract with an advance premium de- 

 posit of twenty-five ($25.00) dol- 

 lars with a contribution to surplus 

 in the sum of $10.00 and a policy 

 fee cf $5.00. 



NCW THEREFORE, Be It Re- 

 solve I, that the Board of Directors 

 herely authorize and direct the Ex- 

 ecuti re Officers to prepare and issue 

 to thi ise making application therefor 

 a coi tract for automobile insurance 

 for trucks distributing and deliver- 

 ing g asoline, oil and lubricants, such 

 a coatract to contain substantially 

 the same provision as the contract 

 authorized for issuance to owners of 

 pleasure automobiles, and that the 

 Advance Premium Deposit therefor 

 be tie sum of Twenty-five Dollars 

 ($25. )0), the contribution to sur- 

 plus in the sum of $10 and a policy 

 fee »f $5 ; and that a separate 

 class fication be established and 

 main :ained for such class of auto- 

 roobii e insurance risks. 



Seini-annual assessments for this 

 class of business will be determined 

 on tie basis of its own experience 

 and, ;herefore, the insurance will be 

 provided at absolute cost. 



»as further decided to make no 



for transferring insurance 



one car to another. In such 



a new application must be 



out covering the new car, and 



sent to the company with the 



policy. 



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 cha 

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 cases 

 filled 

 this 

 old 



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 duce(l 

 the 

 ture. 

 121 

 with 



ine growers in 29 states pro- 

 808 ton litters in 1926 says 

 S. Department of Agricul- 

 Tennessee placed first with 

 litters. Pennsylvania second 

 114, and Illinois third with 90. 

 Indisna and Kentucky were fourth 

 and. I ifth. About 30 per cent of the 

 total number of entries finished in 

 the tan litter class. 



ACCORDING to the March est 

 -mate by the United States De- 

 partment of Agriculture, stocks of 

 com on farms at that time wer; 

 about 215,000,000 bushels smaller 

 than a year ago. When exports an i 

 present commercial stocks are coi 

 iidered, these statistics indicate 

 that the consumption of com froii 

 November to March was arounj 

 70,000,000 bushels greater than fc r 

 the same period last year. The suj - 

 ply of com available for consumi- 

 tion and carry over during the ri - 

 mainder of the season is only aboi t 

 20,000,000 bushels more than weie 

 disposed of from March 1 to Oct( - 

 ber 31 last year. 



While the number of animals on 

 farms on the first of January wss 

 sightly smaller than a year ago, the 

 relative prices of livestock in the 

 markets compared with grain pric< s 

 are about as favorable for feeding 

 as last year and there is also a po i- 

 sibility of an increase in the spring 

 pig crop. It would appear, ther( - 

 fore, that the statistical position (f 

 the com market is more favorab e 

 from the producers' standpoii t 

 than at this time last year. 



The present weakness in the coin 

 market can be attributed largely 1o 

 the distribution of the supply th s 

 year. The larger crop in the Soutl i- 

 em States has resulted in larger 

 local consumption of com but h: s 

 restricted the shipping demand 

 from the Cora Belt. This has n- 

 sulted in the larger accumulation 

 in the markets despite the materia I- 

 ly reduced receipts this seaso i. 

 Present plans of farmers point to a 

 large increase in com acreaj e 

 again this year in the Cotton Belt 

 where farmers plan substantial i: t- 

 creases in all important crops thi >t 

 can be substituted for cotton. \ 

 slight decrease is planned in tl e 



Central Cora Belt States, but for 

 the United States as a whole an 

 increase of nearly two per cent in 

 the corn acreage this spring is in- 

 dicated. 



Oats Declines 



The decline in the oats market 

 during the past month has been 

 caused principally by the limited 

 demand. Farm stocks of oats on 

 Mar. 1 were about 424,000,000 

 bushels, making the total supply 

 available for the remainder of the 

 season about 170,000,000 bushels 

 smaller than on Mar. 1 last year. 

 New crop winter oats are doing 

 well in the southern states and 

 these favorable prospects, together 

 with abundant supplies of other 

 grains, including grain sorghums, 

 are offsetting the strengthening in- 

 fluence of the smaller supply. 



Stocks of barley on farms, Mar. 

 1, were about 12,000,000 bushels 

 smaller than a year ago, refle^ing 

 the better demand for barley this 

 year in the North Central States, 

 where the crop of other feed grains 

 was short. 



More Wheat This Year 



About 40,000,000 bushels more 

 wheat was held on farms and in 

 country mills and elevators on Mar. 

 1 than a year ago. This supply will 

 provide an average carry over and 

 about 15,000,000 bushels more 

 wheat for export than was shipped 

 out from Mar. 1 to June 30 last 

 year. Heavy shipments of wheat 

 from the southern hemisphere have 

 weakened the foreign markets and 

 somewhat reduced the demand for 

 United States wheat. European buy- 

 ers appear to be giving preference 

 to Canadian spring wheat for mix- 

 ing with the Argentine wheat, 

 which has shown less gluten 

 strength than expected. 



TWENTY-SECOND DIS- 

 TRICT MEETS AT 

 NASHVILLE MAR. ^4 



The most representative gathe • 

 ing ever held in the twenty-secor d 

 district was the I. A. A. distri 

 meeting held at Nashville in Was i- 

 ington county on Mar. 24. Mo ■e 

 than 500 members and farmers fro n 

 St. Clair, Madison, Washingtoi, 

 Bond, and Monroe counties came 

 out. Mr. Griggs of Sparta, wl o 

 spoke in the morning, stated th; it 

 wild garlic is the greatest mena< :e 

 to the Southern Illinois wheat cro ). 

 County Adviser Smith of Washin ;- 

 ton county outlined plans for culti- 

 vation to eradicate garlic. In tl e 

 afternoon Frank Scott of Edwari Is 

 county, a director in the Centr il 

 States Soft Wheat Growers' Ass'i ., 

 put in a good word for the So !t 

 Wheat Pool. He said that Southei n 

 Illinois farmers have not ye't awa c- 

 ened to the fact that they are pr >- 

 ducing a wheat which is in gre it 

 demand. 



Dairy marketing was discuss( d 

 preceding the business meeting if 

 the 22nd District. The new au ;o 

 insurance company, likewise, w is 

 thoroughly discussed. Frank Oe t- 

 ner, executive committeeman fro n 

 the district, presided. 



"Here's just' a line to tell y< u 

 how much I appreciated the Man h 

 issue of the I. A. A. Record, [t 

 certainly was a dandy. If you ei n 

 hold that pace you are certain o 

 get results. The hired man is rea i- 

 ing it from cover to cover now " 

 Ogle County, III.— Joe Brooks. 



"The March issue of the Reco id 

 is certainly a good one. We real y 

 need that much going to the mei i- 

 bership each month. One of oi ir 

 members has requested that we g !t 

 him two dozen copies of this Man h 

 issue, for which he has a speci »1 

 use. Please send us that many at d 

 forward the bill." — C. C. Burns, 

 Farm Adviser, Champaign Co., I I. 



Comptroller System 

 Established In I. A. A. 

 Office Aids Accounting 



Recent revision in the internal 

 bookkeeping system of the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association and the 

 establishment of a comptroller, 

 promises to simplify future ac- 

 counting, and to aid in determin- 

 ing the exact amount of funds de- 

 voted to various activities. 



The revision leading to the adop- 

 tion of the comptroller system was 

 worked out with the aid of the Illi- 

 nois Agricultural Cooperative Asso- 

 ciation, and its prosecution will be 

 under the general direction of 

 George R. Urcher, manager. 



J. H. Kelker, office manager, will 

 act as comptroller in allocating all 

 expenditures to the proper division 

 of the budget. At the end of the 

 year each member will know at a 

 glance just what part of the Asso- 

 ciation's funds went for organiza- 

 tion, cooperative marketing, trans- 

 portation and taxation service, and 

 so on. 



Illinois farmers plan to reduce 

 the state corn acreage about six 

 per cent and oats acreage five per 

 cent if spring planting conditions 

 permit them to carry out their ex- 

 pressed intentions according to a 

 joint survey made by the Illinois 

 and federal departments of agri- 

 culture. 



By protesting against payment of 

 certain taxes they considered illeg- 

 ally levied, 112 members of the Mc- 

 Donough County Farm Bureau 

 saved $3,964.96 when the county 

 judge and state supreme court up- 

 held them in most of their claims. 

 The members raised a defense fund 

 of $5 each and hired an attorney to 

 represent them. 



Greene County Farm 

 Bureau Awards $50 to 

 Chicken Thief Catcher 



The standing reward of $60 of- 

 fered for the arrest and convic- 

 tion of thieves caught stealing poul- 

 try from farm bureau members in 

 Greene County, was recently paid 

 to Lee Hopkins of Roodhouse, 

 writes Farm Adviser Laible. 



Hopkins apprehended three boys 

 last fall after they had robbed his 

 poultry roost of a number of choice 

 hens. Upon being brought before 

 the Roodhouse authorities they con- 

 fessed to their guilt. After some 

 argument with the former state's 

 attorney, Hopkins and a neighbor 

 succeeding in getting the lads 

 bound over to the grand jury. The 

 court recently imposed a jail sen- 

 tence on two of the boys and 

 paroled the youngest one for a year. 



L. H. Raffety, president of the 

 Greene County Farm Bureau in 

 commenting on the case said that 

 the executive committee was glad 

 to pay this reward as an incentive 

 for farmers and others in the 

 county to work toward the appre- 

 hension of other gangs of chicken 

 thieves. 



LEGISLATURE STARTS WORK 



(Continued from col. 4, page 1.) 

 farmers from petty and organized 

 thieving in poultry and to assist in 

 apprehending chicken thieves. 



Dog Tax Law Amendment 



House Bill No. 276 was intro- 

 duced by Mr. Foster. This is an 

 amendment to the dog tax law, and 

 provides that swine, when killed or 

 injured by dogs, shall come under 

 the operation of the law. It pro- 

 vides that where hogs are killed or 

 injured by dogs, where the owner- 

 ship of such dog is not known, that 

 the owner of the hogs so killed or 

 injured shall receive damages out 

 of the dog fund not to exceed $26 

 per head. 



Under the present law, sheep, 

 goats, cows, horses, and mules are 

 compensated for, and the pending 

 bill simply brings swine under the 

 operation of the act. 



House Bill No. 314, also intro- 

 duced by Mr. Foster, provides that 

 whenever a case of rabies has oc- 

 curred in any locality, the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture in order to 

 prevent the spread of the disease, 

 may require all dogs in such local- 

 ity to be locked up, restrained by 

 leash, or muzzled. All owners of 

 such dogs may be required to take 

 such prophylactic measures as may 

 be deemed necessary to prevent the 

 spread of the disease. 



Tax Increase Opposed 



Three biBs were introduced early 

 in the session in the House, under 

 the provision of which any high 

 school or consolidated school may, 

 on referendum, add materially to 

 the tax rate both for building and 

 educational purposes. These bills, 

 as originally introduced, were op- 

 erative only in districts containing 

 a population of more than 1600 and 

 an enrollment of 250 pupils or 

 more. These bills have been op- 

 posed by the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association, following its general 

 policy to oppose all legislation, ex- 

 cept in cases of absolute necessity, 

 that will tend to increase taxes. 

 The Association is compelled to 

 take that position until such time 

 as a way may be provided to more 

 equitably distribute the tax bur- 

 den. 



Hearings on the Home Rule Bill 

 relative to regulating public utili- 

 ties are scheduled for immediate 

 attention. 



Reapportionment Up Again 



There has been much discussion 

 during the entire session relative to 

 the reapportionment of the Legis- 

 lative Districts of the State. Ap- 

 parently realization is dawning in 

 the minds of many members of 

 both houses of the futility of any 



just reapportionment under the 

 present Constitutional provision. 



Everingham Placed 

 in Charge I. A. A. 

 Legislative Program 



Executive Committee Votes 

 To Keep Him At Spring- 

 field To Look After Mem- 

 bers' Interests 



A. C. Everingham of Hutsonville, 

 Crawford county, for many years a 

 member of the legislative commit- 

 tee of the Illinois Agricultural As- 

 sociation, was authorized to devote 

 his time to the legislative program 

 of the I. A. A. at a recent meeting 

 of the Executive Committee. 



A. C. Evtrinffbam. 



Mr. Everingham was born on a 

 farm in Crawford county in 1879 

 where he attended the district 

 school, later high school, and sub- 

 sequently Franklin College at 

 Franklin, Ind., where he graduated. 



He fitted himself for the legal 

 profession at the Indiana Law 

 School, Indianapolis, graduating 

 from this institution in 1903. For 

 five years he practiced law in Terra 

 Haute, Ind., but the urge for the 

 farm brought him back to Craw- 

 ford county where he has resided 

 ever since. 



During the last two sessions of 

 the legislature Everingham was es- 

 pecially active in representing the 

 interests of farmers, and was the 

 designated leader in charge of the 

 L A. A. program. 

 \ For years he has been prominent 

 as a speaker for the Illinois Farm- 

 ers' Institute and the I. A. A. speak- 

 ers* bureau during which time he 

 has spoken in all but two Illinois 

 counties. 



What the Countie* Are 

 Doing 



The Farm- 

 MONTCOMERY ers' Oil Co., 



OIL CO. HAS sue- of Raymond, 

 CESSFULYEAR Montgomery 

 County, or- 

 ganized Mar. 1, 1926 made 12.2 per 

 cent net on total volume of sales 

 after paying interest on investment 

 and all other expenses. Trading 

 margins on all products sold aver- 

 aged 27.7 per cent. The board of 

 directors voted to pay a patronage 

 refund amounting to eight per cent 

 of gross sales to farm bureau 

 members patrons. 



"We have been 

 RANDOLPH getting in some 



AFTER WILD 'licks' at wild 

 ONIONS AND onion and garlic 

 GARLIC during the past 



six or eight 

 months," writes Farm Adviser 

 Secor. "Our plots, started two 

 years ago to demonstrate methods of 

 eradication, have shown conclu- 

 sively that the pest can be killed. 

 The secretary of the Southern Illi- 

 nois Millers Association is aiding us 

 in getting control work started in 

 other counties." p 



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