Page Eight 



THE I. A. A. RECORD 





resentatives of agriculture and agri- 

 cultural organizations. 



"If it becomes necessary to put the 

 government in business to save the 

 agricultural industry of this country I 

 would favor such action, he said. In 

 fact it is the government's duty to do 

 this for its own good for all history 

 shows us that a nation goes up or down 

 as its rural population prospers or 

 fails." 



Senator Norris is a native of Ohio, 

 having been born in that state in 1861. 

 He worked on a farm, taught school, 

 earned his way through law school, 

 became prosecuting attorney when he 

 moved to Nebraska, and later served 

 as district judge in the Fifth District, 

 for three terms. He was then elected 

 to Congress where he served until he 

 became a United States Senator in 

 1913. Senator Norris was chairman 

 of the Agricultural Committee in the 

 Senate during the war. 



250 Club Calves Sold 



THE largest sale of boys' and girls' 

 club calves of the season was held 

 under the auspices of the International 

 Live Stock Exposition at the Union 

 Stock Yards when 250 calves weighing 

 892 pounds (average) sold for an 

 average price of $13.70 per cwt. 

 Seven head reached the top price of 

 $15.50 per cwt. • > ' | 



Details follow: 



Swisher Gets Claim Check 



(Continued from page 5 ) . | 

 for your services. This is surely 

 worth something. I am well pleased 

 and many thanks until you are better 

 paid." 



Note: This service is free to every 

 member of the Farm Bureau in Illi- 

 nois. Satisfied members can express 

 their appreciation by urgring their 

 neighbors to join the Farm Bureau 

 and the Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion. 



The recent Scott County Farm Bu- 

 reau picnic brought out the largest 

 crowd ever recorded in the county. 

 "One reason it was such a great suc- 

 cess is that everyone was invited," 

 said Farmer Adviser Tait, "non-mem- 

 bers as well as members came. This 

 stimulated a better feeling for the 

 Farm Bureau. The Kiwanis Club of 

 Winchester attended the picnic in a 

 body and led in community singing." 

 Scott county is launching a drive to 

 drive out stinking smut by treating 

 seed with carbon carbonate. 



Senator Barkley Talks 



to I. A. A. Radio Audience 



(Continued from page 5 ) 

 while to try it realizing that even at 

 its worst, being a complete failure, 

 the losses would be borne by the farm- 

 ers who asked for it and not by the 

 government. It had the virtue of be- 

 ing conceived and proposed by ihe or- 

 ganized farmers of the nation who 

 ought to have some knowledge of their 

 conditions and are entitled to be con- 

 sulted about remedies." 



Answers Criticism 



Alluding to the criticism of the Mc- 

 Nary Haugen bill by President Cool- 

 idge on the grround that it was class 

 legislation, Senator Barkley said, "If 

 this virtuous attitude toward all legis- 

 lation enacted for the benefit of por- 

 tions of our population were followed. 

 Congress would find itself idle a large 

 portion of the time. If this attitude 

 prevailed in the levying of taxes by 

 federal ana state governments the 

 farmers of the nation would have less 

 cause now to complain of their condi- 

 tion. 



"If this attitude had been strictly 

 adhered to we would have had very 

 little wise, or progressive legislation 

 in behalf of the industrial, financial, 

 educational, transportation, or other 

 vital activities of the people. Govern- 

 ments exist in order that society may 

 use them for their common advance- 

 ment, in order that they may accom- 

 plish as a whole people, what could 

 not be accomplished by the individual 

 and unorganized effdtt. Legislative 

 bodies frequently find it necessary to 

 legislate for a particular situation that 

 affects one portion of the people more 

 directly than others. Such laws are 

 intended to benefit the whole country 

 by preventing disaster or unprofitable 

 effort on the part of any one group. 



"The government has not hesitated 

 in the past, and does not hesitate now 

 to use its powers to stimulate the wel- 

 fare and increase the profit of certain 

 classes of manufacturing interests in 

 the nation," said the Senator. "They 

 are enjoying the fruits of this govern- 

 mental policy, and the farmer is con- 

 tributing his share in increased costs 

 to this prosperity, which others are 

 enjoying." 



Senator Barkley spoke before a 

 large crowd at the Piatt County Farm 

 Bureau picnic, Monticello, the day be- 

 fore on Sept. 6, where he received a 

 great ovation. Robt. A. Cowle,, .. .as- 

 urer, was instrumental in persuading 

 the Senator to come to Illinois. 



Approximately 1500 stories about 

 activities of the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association appeared in Illinois news- 

 papers during the m©nth of Augrust. 

 During the past six months, news of 

 The Association appeared in newspap- 

 ers in practically every state in the 

 Union. 



Clippings of a story published in a recent _^ . _ , . 



issue of the I. A. A. Rbcord were received u IV*' T' "fffective in treating contagious 



from Honolulu. Hawaii, Long Beach and abortion of cattle, says the U. S Department 



T „„ A , r> ,-t J » "f"^" """ of Agriculture m a recent bulletin on this 



Los Angeles. California, and Jonesboro, Ark. subject. 



StoU Is Champ Manager 



Ships All to Producers 



; V i: ley Ray E. Miller 



FRED M. Stoll will have been man- 

 ager of the Season Cooperative 

 Live Stock Shipping Association at 

 Season, Logan County, Illinois, four 

 years on January 1st, 1928. During 

 the entire time Mr. Stoll has never 

 sent a car to any firm other than the 

 Producers -at Chicago or Indianapolis. 

 Mr. Stoll and his directors claim the 

 long distance record for consistent 

 support of the Producer movement. 

 Furthermore, he says the service has 

 been entirely satisfactory. Stoll could 

 not recall having ever had a kick. Of 

 course, there have been occasions when 

 his patrons were not fully satisfied 

 with the market but so far as the 

 shipping association and the Producer 

 service are concerned, the members of 

 the Season Shipping Association seem 

 pretty well satisfied. 



A record of this kind certainly is 

 an enviable one, both for the associa- 

 tion and for the manager. It speaks 

 volumes for efficient service at both 

 the local and terminal points. More 

 than that it indicates excellent Farm 

 Bureau support in Mr. Stoll's terri- 

 tory. Farm Advisor Checkley says 

 "Hurrah for Logan County!" He 

 wants to know how many Farm Ad- 

 visers of the State can produce 100 

 per cent Producer Association man- 

 agers who will compare with Mr. Stoll. 



Agricultviral Investment 

 Company 



(Continued from page 6) 



the supervision of the Federal Farm 

 Loan Board. The Investment Com- 

 pany will also own the control of a 

 credit corporation which will make in- 

 termediate loans on crops and live 

 stock. These loans will be redis- 

 counted in the Federal Intermediate 

 Credit Bank and elsewhere and will 

 therefore be subject to the regulation 

 of the Federal Farm Loan Board. The 

 third thing, the Investment Company 

 will do is to conduct a high class in- 

 vestment business for farmers and 

 others. If farmers can be induced to 

 diversify their investments by putting 

 some of their capital in high grade, 

 listed securities along with their land 

 holdings it will be a very helpful 

 thing. 



"On the Board of Directors of the 

 Transportation Bank of Chicago and 

 of the Agricultural Investment Com- 

 pany will be found men affiliated with 

 the Illinois Agricultural Association 

 and other farm organizations. It is 

 understood by you and by us, and 

 should be clearly understood by your 

 membership that they are acting only 

 in their individual capacities." ; 



A perfumed fertilizer made of 



pressed cocoa meal and containing 

 four per cent of nitrogen is now avail- 

 able for the meticulous farmer, says 

 the U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



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