Page Six 



THE I. A. A. RECORD 



Fruit Exchange Buys Spuds 

 for County F. B. Members 



To Handle Northern Illinois and Red 

 River Valley Potatoes Without Charge 



NORTHERN grown potatoes for seed 

 and table use will be handled free 

 for all Illinois Farm Bureau members 

 by the Illinois Fruit 

 Growers' Exchange. 

 This is the announce- 

 ment of A. B. Leeper, 

 manager of the Ex- 

 change, made in a 

 recent letter to all 

 County Farm Bu- 

 reaus. 



"The season is at 

 Ihand," 

 Leeper, 



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A. B. Leeper 



states Mt. 

 "when farm- 

 ers who do not grow 

 enough potatoes for 

 their own use will want to purchase 

 their supplies for this year. The Illi- 

 nois Fruit Growers' Exchange is 

 handling a nice lot of Northern Illi- 

 nois grown potatoes. These are just 

 as good as potatoes from the far 

 north or better. These Illinois pota- 

 toes are Green Mountains, a fine 

 variety for table use. 



To Assist Bureaus 



"Mr. Harry Day expects to spend his 

 entire time during the next month as- 

 sisting Farm Bureaus in placing orders 

 for their respective counties. If you 

 are interested, drop us a line imme- 

 diately and Mr. Day will get to your 

 county as soon as possible. He will 

 have samples of these potatoes with 

 him. Here is a chance for some real 

 cooperation, as we are selling the 

 products of Farm Bureau members di- 

 rect to other Farm Bureau members 

 without any middlemen's pcofits. 



"We are also in position to furnish 

 early Chios from the best cooperative 

 and dealers in the Red River Valley, 

 and Round Whites from farther north. 

 If your Farm Bureau does not want to 

 buy potatoes, the Exchange will appre- 

 ciate it if you will take this matter up 

 with the cooperative associations, ele- 

 vators, or dealers in your county. 



No Buying Charge 



"There will be no buying charge 

 for this service. The prices we quote 

 you will be net delivered, and the po- 

 tatoes will be shipped to you subject to 

 inspection. You will no doubt receive 

 quotations from a great many con- 

 cerns and someiof them may be lower 

 than ours, but a difference of five to 

 ten cents per hijfhdred can be absorbed 

 very quickly in quality. The potatoes 

 we handle will be high quality prod- 

 ucts. Prices on potatoes change very 

 rapidly, but at present they are selling 

 around $1.75 per hundred delivered to 

 most of the counties in the State. You 

 understand the market may change at 

 any time. If you want to purchase 

 potatoes befor^ Day gets to see you, 

 get in touch with the Exchange office 

 at Centralia and we will quote you the 

 lowest price for quality stock on the 

 day we receive your inquiry." 



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What the Counties J 

 Are Doing 



PROFITABLE returns from the 

 swine sanitation plan and from 

 feeding a balanced ration were force- 

 fully demonstrated to 125 farmers 

 who attended the livestock tour iji 

 Hancock county in September. 



Eighty Farm Bureau members 

 guessed the total weight of the 83 

 spring pigs on the W. S. Felgar farm. 

 The guess of the winner of the $10 

 prize, Harry L. Burling, was within 30' 

 lbs. of the actual weight of the entire 

 drove. The ^igs averaged 234.6 lbs. 

 per head at six months and 12 days. 



These shoals were farrowed by 10 

 sows and were self-fed on corn and 

 the two to one tanlcage and oil meal 

 mixture on clove'r pasture. They were 

 sold by the Chicago Producers' Com- 

 mission Association on September 8 at 

 $11.40 per cwt., which was the top for 

 that day. Accurate feed records kept 

 in cooperation with the University of 

 Illinois show that the cost of producing 

 these hogs was around $7 per cwt., 

 which is far below the average figure 

 and which left Mr. Felgar a nice mar- 

 gin of profit. 



An interesting proof of the fact that 

 the composite opinion of a group of 

 livestock men will be about correct is 

 the fact that the average of the 80 

 guesses on the weight of this drove of ^ 

 hogs was only a little more than a 

 pound per head from the actual 

 weight. 



MACOUPIN County won the grand 

 champion county herd prize at 

 the State Fair on five Hereford calves 

 from the Jones Ranch in Texas. 

 (Circle Brand). They were bought 

 through the Producers' calf pool. 

 These calves were all in the Virden 

 Calf Club, with Bruce Ogg, local 

 leader. "There are 59 head of these 

 splendid calvete in the Virden Club," 

 says Farm Ad^riser Rusk, "and 29 more 

 of the same brand in the Modesto 

 Club. We have about 100 club calves 

 in the county. The Virden Club show 

 will constitute the principal part of the 

 morning program of our Seventh An- 

 nual Farm Bureau Rally Day to be 

 held at Virden, Saturday, Oct. 22." 



Macoupin recently celebrated its 

 Seventh Annual Soy Bean Day on C. 

 C. Coots' farm two miles southeast of 

 Modesto. 



T W. WHISENAND, farm adviser in 

 " • Henry County announces that the 

 local Board of Review reduced land 

 valuations for tax purposes 12% per 

 cent in that county. The Henry 

 County Farm Bureau presented facts 

 and figures showing wide discrepancies 

 between assessed valuations of farm 

 and city property. 



(Continued on page 7) 



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John C. WaUon 



Watson Warns Against 



Higher Highway Taxes 



Counties Now Have Power To Levy Four 

 Times As Much For County Road 



Purposes As Formerly ■.••<■■•; 



BY REASON of the passage of the 

 so-called Chicago bonding meas- 

 ures in the 55th General Assembly, 

 county boards of su- 

 pervisors and com- 

 missioners now have 

 power to levy four 

 times as much taxes 

 for county highway 

 purposes as before 

 the changing of the 

 statutes. This is the 

 information recently 

 forwarded to Illinois 

 County Farm Bu- 

 reaus by John C. 

 Watson, director of 

 taxation, in asking for information 

 relative to changes in such levies. 



On the old basis of assessment, at 

 the maximum rates then fixed no 

 county board without a favorable vote 

 of the people could levy any amount 

 requiring a tax rate in excess of 25 

 cents on the $100 assessed valuation. 



Due to changes in the law made by 

 the House Committee on Revenue in 

 the last legislature, county boards are 

 now limited only by the constitution 

 and may levy any amount not re- 

 quiring more than a 50 cent tax rate. 

 This rate if applied to full valuations, 

 which are double the former assessed 

 valuations, would quadruple the county 

 road tax. j. ■ • 



Several Increases 



Preliminary returns received from 

 counties in answer to a questionnaire, 

 indicate that there have been several 

 increases in road tax levies. Mr, Wat- 

 son will make a study of the situation 

 when all reports are in to determine 

 what use is being made by county 

 boards of the increased taxing power 

 granted, to raise taxes. 



The purpose of the study is to giv|B 

 farmers latest information relative to 

 trends in taxation that they may use 

 their judgment in protesting or ac- 

 quiescing to such changes. Indications 

 are that most county boards will 

 merely cut the previous tax rate in 

 half thereby maintaining the levy at 

 the same level as in 1926, and former 

 years. 



. In the view of the prospective re- 

 turn of gasoline tax funds to counties 

 after January 1, it is doubtful, if any 

 increases in road levies are necessary. 

 There is good reason why many such 

 levies should be reduced. , *» 



President Earl C. Smith, Geo. F. 



Tullock, and C. E. Bamborough are 

 serving as a committee of three to 

 make recommendations regarding the 

 selection of a secretary for the Associa- 

 tion. 



