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709,600 TONS LIMESTONE 

 USED IN ILLINOIS IN 1926 



A total of 709,600 tons of agricul- 

 tural limestone were used by Illinois 

 farmers in 1926, according to estimates 

 made by J. R. Bent, director of farm 

 supplies, after reviewing records of 

 the various limestone companies. 



This tonnage is double that of any 

 other state in the Union although it 

 is approximately 100,000 tons short of 

 the amount used in 1925, Wet 

 weather and bad roads which prevailed 

 last spring and in late summer and 

 fall retarded Illinois from beating its 

 former high record according to Bent. 



St. Clair county placed first in the 

 state with a total tonnage of 43,500, 

 exceeding its former record of 37,000 

 tons used in 1925. According to Bent, 

 this is perhaps the greatest tonnage 

 ever used by any one county in the 

 United States. 



Randolph county placed second with 

 32,500 tons, Washington third with 

 24,500, Madison fourth with 23,100 

 tons, Clinton fifth with 23,000, and 

 Monroe sixth with 20,000 tons. Twen- 

 ty counties used 10,000 tons or more- 

 each. 



To maintain a supply of calcium 

 carbonate in the soil essential to soil 

 neutrality would require the use of 

 approximately 2,000,000 tons annually 

 in this state, according to Mr. Bent. 



Richardson Hired 



A. E. Richardson, formerly with the 



Pure Milk Association, was employed 



recently as field representative for the 



. , Illinois Agricultur- 



' ■^^gji^- al Mutual Insurance 



^^^^\ Co. Mr. Richardson 



. -^^L__l "will work with V. 



.. fl^BRMb Vaniman, field man- 



^■jjj^^^ ager, in selling auto 



^^^^Htor insurance to farm 



^^^^tH^^^ bureau members. 



^^^^ a^^^^ Ten thousand policy 



^^^^^l^^^^k holders by Aug. 1 



^^^^^^^^^^H the goal com- 



^^^H^^H pany. 



^^^^^^^^^* Richard i on 



THE I. A. A. RECORD 



A. E. Richardson 



helped organize the 

 State Farm Mutual 

 Auto Insurance Co. 

 of Bloomington back in 1922. Later 

 he solicited members for the I. A. A. 

 under J. C. Sailor and G. E. Metzger, 

 did organization work in the St. Louis 

 dairy district and more recently acted 

 as director of organization for the 

 Pure Milk Association. 



Richardson, who is 39 years old, is 

 the son of Hon. John C. Richardson of 

 Edinburg, Christian county, 111., 

 member of the State legislature for 

 18 years. 



Heavy barrows will be eligible to 

 compete in the individual classes at 

 the International Live Stock Exposi- 

 tion at Chicago, Nov. 26 to Dec. 3, 

 according to a recent decision of the 

 Board of Directors. i i. 



-:■■:■:[.■... ^::^.-.:;: 



John L. Eustis. 



Under the leadership of John L. 

 Eustis, chairman of the auto insurance 

 committee, LaSalle county members 

 went over the top in their recent auto 

 insurance drive and secured 229 appli- 

 cations or 22 per cent of the 1041 Farm 

 Bureau members. 



Jiacomb District Conference 



Full approval and commendation of 

 the Illinois Agricultural Association's 

 legislative program was expressed in 

 resolutions at the 

 District Conference 

 held at Macomb on 

 April 22. 



President Earl C. 

 Smith reviewed the 

 I. A. A. legislative 

 activities before the 

 conference of mem- 

 bers from Rock 

 Island, McDonough, 

 Hancock, Mercer, 

 and Warren coun- 

 ties. W. H. Moody, 

 representative on 

 the Executive Com- 

 mittee from the district, presided. 



The field service program in behalf 

 of the Producers' Commission Associa- 

 tion was discussed and full approval 

 given. 



It was recommended that the I. A. A. 

 use its influence to secure farm speak- 

 ers on Chautauqua programs. The 

 meeting went on record in favor of 

 holding the next annual meeting of the 

 Association at Rock Island. The dis- 

 trict conference idea was highly com- 

 mended and the next one scheduled for 

 September. 



W. H. Moody 



Senator Capper Addresses 



I. A. A. Executive Committee 



A HEARTY endorsement of the 

 grain exchange regulatory meas- 

 ure drafted by the I. A. A. and intro- 

 duced in the state 

 senate by Senator 

 Harold C. Kessinger 

 of Aurora was given 

 by U. S. Senator 

 Arthur Capper of 

 Kansas before the 

 executive committee 

 at its last meeting 

 on May 6. : >i 



"My own s&te 

 will be greatly 

 pleased if this bill 

 passes and becomes 

 law," declared the 

 senator. , "There is \ • . •; 

 a growing feeling that something is 

 wrong on the Chicago Board of Trade, 

 and there is a general lack of confi- 

 dence by the public at large in this 

 exchange. 



A state regulatory commission 

 would help rather than hinder the 

 Board, he said, because it would tend 

 to restore public confidence. He stated 

 that the Capper-Tincher Act had done 

 some good but had not come up to 

 expectations in purging the exchange 

 of all suspicions of guilt and shady 

 practices. 



Arthur Capper 



Senator Cuthbertson, chairman of 

 the Committee on Education in the 

 Senate has asked John C. Watson, 

 director of taxation and statistics, to 

 review carefully his bill amending the 

 state school fund statute and to make 

 suggestions on other proposed school 

 legrislation. 



Danville and Rock Island 



Invite I. A. A. 



DELEGATIONS from both Danville 

 and Rock Island appeared before 

 the Executive Committee on May 6 to 

 ask for the next Annual Meeting of 

 the I. A. A. ,« j «.. 



The new Hotel Ft. Armstrong and 

 theatre seating 2,000 people as well 

 as the U. S. Arsenal were the big at- 

 tractions offered the I. A. A. delegates 

 and members by Walter F. Archer, 

 representing the Rock Island Chamber 

 of Commerce. Farm Adviser S. S. 

 Carney and W. H. Moody supported 

 Archer in the invitation. 



Farm Adviser Otis Kercher brought 

 up an invitation committee from Dan- 

 ville. Allen T. Gordon, secretary of 

 the Chamber of Commerce, Frank P. 

 Myers, a local merchant, and President 

 Lenhart of the Vermilion Farm Bu- 

 reau all collaborated in persuading the 

 committee to come to Danville. "We 

 have everything at Danville," said 

 Myers, the chief spokesman. "Just 

 name it and we'll deliver." 



The committee will probably an- 

 nounce its selection at an early date. 



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