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What the 

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V Thank You 



Editor, Record: 



YOUR paper is doing very construc- 

 tive and helpful work for American 

 agriculture. The editorial "Against 

 Switching Support" in the September 

 issue is exactly right. The farmers of 

 this county, and of Illinois and the 

 country at large, have nothing to gain 

 by the so-called "Export Debenture" 

 proposal. It is merely another form 

 of subsidy. The University men make 

 a mistake which is against the interests 

 of agrricultur© to insist on advancing 

 the proposal at the wrong psychologi- 

 cal time. No plan has yet been sug- 

 gested which promises assistance on a 

 more sound basis than the surplus 

 control through the equalization fee 

 proposed in the McNary-Haugen Bill. 

 Do not let a division come among the 

 forces back of agriculture on this 

 proposition. 



You will find the farmers of Illinois 

 lined up solidly behind your efforts as 

 long as you stick to this policy. Fur- 

 thermore, the fight by down-state 

 against increase of legislative voting 

 power in Cook County will not abate 

 until legislators from Cook County, 

 both at Springfield and Washington, 

 develop statesmanship to sympathize 

 with and support the demands of ag- 

 riculture for fair play. 



PETER P. SCHAEFER, 

 Champaign County, 111. 



A Good Record 



Editor, Record: 



IN YOUR September issue I see 

 where Mr. Stoll, Manager of the 

 Beason Live Stock Shipping Associa- 

 tion has been a true man to the Pro- 

 ducers Commission Association of 

 Chicago and Indianapolis for four 

 years. This is very good indeed. But, 

 as I am manager of the A. R. Shipping 

 Association I have Mr. Stoll beaten by 

 one year, for by Jan. 18, 1928, I will 

 have been on the job for five years, 

 and every load has gone to one of the 

 two Producers' Associations, either 

 Chicago or Indianapolis. 



I do not want to boast, but thought 

 you might be interested to know that 

 there is one association and manager 

 in Champaign that has been 100 per 

 cent for the Producers Association. 

 HENRY KILIAN, Jr., Mgr., 



A. & R. Shipping Ass'n., Broad- 

 lands, Illinois. 



All to Producers . 



Editor, Record: j 



T NOTICED in your last article in 

 ^ the Record about managers for live- 

 stock shipping associations. In Sep- 

 tember, 1923, we organized a live 

 stock shipping association in this coun- 

 ty. We have had the same County 



Manager, the same president, and the 

 same secretary-treasurer ever since. 

 And there have been only three 

 changes in the Board of Directors 

 since the organization. 



Every carload of stock that has 

 been shipped out has been sent to the 

 Producers. In fact, our constitution 

 and by-laws require that all stock be 

 shipped to the Producers unless a ma- 

 jority of the shippers request that we 

 ship to some other commission firm. 



I believe our record is equal to that 

 or a little ahead of the Logan county 

 shipping association. G. C. Clifton 

 of luka, Illinois, is our manager; C. 

 H. Stanford, president, and Roy Charl- 

 ton, secretary-treasurer. Mr. Charl- 

 ton is also president of the Farm Bu- 

 reau in our county. 



FRED J. BLACKBURN, 



County Agent, Marion County, 111. 



Another Good One 



Editor, Record: 



IN THE last issue of the I. A. A. 

 Record I note the record of Fred 

 M. Stoll, manager of the Beason Co- 

 operative live Stock Shipping Associa- 

 tion in Logan County. I just want to 

 send you the record of our man who 

 has this record beat. 



Harold Bradshaw has been manager 

 of the Live Stock Shipping Associa- 

 tion at Albion five years, February 

 1st, 1928. He has shipped everything 

 to the Live Stock Producers at St. 

 Louis. He also helped organize the 

 Producers at Evansville, and the Wa- 

 bash County Shipping Association. He 

 attended the American Institute of 

 Cooperation at St. Paul, Minn., last 

 year and at Chicago this year. He 

 has given such good satisfaction that 

 the local buyers ship a large amount 

 of stock with him. 



In addition he handles feed and 

 fertilfeer at five cents above the ac- 

 tual cost. 



Tell Checkley that he is not the 

 only adviser that has a one hundred 

 per cent Producers' Association man- 

 ager. 



H. N. MYERS, 



Farm Adviser, Edwards County, 

 111. 



Editor, Record: ' 



Who won the $60 attendance prise at the 

 I. A. A. state picnic? 



E. H. Hess of Washington in Taze- 

 well county won this prize. 



Illinois Agrricultural Association, 

 608 South Dearborn St., 

 Chicago, 111. 



"We are everyday listeners on your noon- 

 day program and think it's very good work 

 you are putting on. We have just heard 

 Senator Barkley talk from your station this 

 noon, and commend him very highly for it. 

 We are for more Senators like Mr. Barkley, 

 and hope to hear him again." 



EDWIN F. KANEY, 

 I Shannon, Ogle County, III. 



Geor^re Curtis, formerly of Stockton, 

 Jo Davies county, is the new manager 

 of the McLean County Service Com- 

 pany. 



Smith and Barton Named 



On Farm Guard Committee \:^ 



I. A. A. Votes To Lend Aid Toward s 

 Forming State Protective Body 



PRESIDENT EARL C. SMITH, and V 

 Vice-President Frank D. Barton v. 

 were named by the Executive Commit- ■- 

 tee to serve on the Illinois Farm Guard V. 

 Committee the purpose of which is to : a 

 unite all efforts toward driving farm ' 

 thievery out of the state. 



The State Committee formed at ' 

 Springfield on September 23 is made ^ 

 up of the Illinois Agricultural Asso- 

 ciation, Prairie Farmer, the Illinois ' 

 Anti-Horse Thief Association, the t 

 State Detective Association, the Illi- '■■■ 

 nois Poultry Dealers Association, the 

 Illinois Bankers Association, the Illi- ; 

 nois Association of Farm Advisers, and 

 the State Department of Agriculture. ;• 

 C. V. Gregory of Prairie Farmer is 

 general chairman, and Alden Snyder ' 

 of Montgomery county is secretary. 



R. C. Saunders, of the Bankers As- 

 sociation who organized the Town 

 Guard system to drive bank robbers ;; 

 out of the state has pledged his aid to 

 perfect a similar Farm Guard system •'.: 

 for the rural districts. The proposed . 

 plan involves the selection of three or 

 more Farm Guards in every school dis- ; 

 trict who will be trained in the use of i 

 firearms, and in apprehending crim- i 

 inals. The organization will be open 

 to all farmers. Henry and Marshall- . 

 Putnam counties already have taken 

 steps in this direction. 



Tax Committees Score 



Victory In Hearing 



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 would be forced to act to fulfill the law. ■ v 



The Champaign County Board of ' . 

 Review made no contest, admitting 

 that certain inequalities existed. They 

 left the matter to the discretion of 

 the Tax Commission, • • , 



Donald Kirkpatrick, legal counsel, 

 and John C. Watson, director of tax- 

 ation, represented the Illinois Agricul- '\ 

 tural Association. Farm Adviser C. ' ' 

 C. Burns, W. Z. Black, and R. W. Hin- ;, 

 ton, chairman of the county Tax Com- 

 mittee, represented Champaign coun- r 

 ty. Farm Adviser W. A. Herringfton, 

 L. M. Swanzey, Theo. Ellis, Tom Nib- , 

 lo„ Jim Daws, Harry Snyder, Ray Fol- 

 gate, G. A. Mitchell, Frank Fleuchel- !. 

 ing and M. F. Kotman represented - 

 Stephenson county. 



THE Knox County Board of Review 

 voluntarily reduced farm valua- •. 

 tions 25 per cent in that county when •' 

 a discrepancy between city and farm 

 valuations was revealed. The Knox . 

 County Farm Bureau presented the ■: 

 matter of equalization to the Board of 

 Review on Aug. 19. The Board called 

 in the assessors who agn'eed to re- '■_■: 

 duce all townships on 25 per cent basis. 



"Our Board of Review deserve a lot , 

 of credit and thanks for their prompt- 

 ness in making this reduction," says 

 Farm Adviser Marchant. 



The annual meeting of the Illinois 

 Farm Supply Co. will be held on Fri- 

 day, Oct. 14, in the I. A. A. offices, 

 Chicago. 



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