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THE ' I. A. A. RECORD 



OTHER OPINIONS 



The Illinois Farmer 



THE members of the Illinois Bank- 

 ers' association do not conduct 

 their business by guesswork and hear- 

 say, and when the association inves- 

 tigates the condition of agriculture in 

 this state its findings may be accepted 

 as reliable. Seven hundred out of 1,-" 

 700 member banks have replied fo 

 the association's questionnaire. These, 

 banks provide the money which keeps 

 the farmers going. They know when 

 farming thrives and when it languishes. 

 An analysis of their reports on con- 

 ditions shows that 35 per cent of their 

 farmer customers are losing money, 43 

 per cent are just making ends meet, 

 and only 22 per cent, or about one in 

 five, are making money. And this in 

 Illinois, one of the finest agricultural 

 areas in America! 



And Illinois is not alone. Every 

 week brings tales of the desperate 

 plight of the farmer everywhere. The 

 farm conference in St. Louis yesterday 

 echoed the familiar and wholly reason- 

 able complaint, and reiterated its de- 

 mand for relief on the McNary-Haugen 

 plan which President Coolidge, pre- 

 sumably with the advice and assistance 

 of Secretary Hoover, bludgeoned un- 

 mercifully in his veto. 



•The man who is next elected presi- 

 dent of this nation will be one with a 

 convincing plan for farm relief. None 

 other can be elected, or should be. — 

 Chicago Evening Journal. 



Makes $40 Head Thru 



Shipping Association 



Crawford County Woman Profits By 

 Selling Cattle the Cooperative Way 



FORTY DOLLARS a head on four 

 steers is the net gain realized re- 

 cently by a CiHwford county woman 

 who turned down the offer of a local 

 buyer and shipped through the Oblong 

 local of the Crawford-Jasper Livestock 

 Shipping Association. 



When an offer of 8c a pound was 

 made on the three choice beefy bul- 

 locks and one well finished Holstein, 

 the owner decided to try the shipping 

 association. 



They were shipped to the Indian- 

 apolis Producers where three of them 

 sold for $11.85 and the Holstein for 

 $10.25 a hundred. A heifer in the 

 consignment netted $8 more than the 

 offer of the local buyer. 



"This is the first time I shipped 

 through the Association," said the 

 owner, "but hereafter all my livestock 

 will be marketed the cooperative way." 



The Washington County Farm Bureau an- 

 nounces the following officers for the coming; 

 year: President, J. R. Hood, vice-president, 

 Geo. J. Hake, secretary-treasurer, F. J. 

 Schleifer. Officers and directors were chosen 

 at the annual meeting on Nov. 9. Mr. Hood 

 and Mr. Hake are serving their third terms. 



Addresses Students 



I Cornell University 



tt'T'HE Farmers' Elevator," and "Ac- 

 •*• counting and Auditing for Co- 

 operatives" were the subjects of two 

 addresses made by 

 George R. Wicker, 

 director of business 

 service for the lUi- 

 I n i s Agricultural 

 Association to stu- 

 dents in the market- 

 ing course at Cor- 

 nell Un i V e r s i t y, 

 Ithaca, N. Y., re- 

 cently. 



In addition to his 

 experience in audit- 

 ing elevator ac- 

 counts, Mr. Wicker 

 was a member of 

 three such organizations and a director 

 for more than 20 years. 



After reviewing the history of the 

 farmers' elevator movement, Mr. 

 Wicker discussed elevator problems, 

 successful practices, and pitfalls which 

 the better managed organizations 

 avoid. 



In his address on accounting, he told 

 about the development of the Illinois 

 Agricultural Cooperatives Association 

 and how its work is strengthening the 

 cooperaitive movement in Illinois. 



Geo. R. Wicker 



Grow More Beans 



"The large imports and increasing 

 utilization of the soybean crop call for 

 an expansion of soybean production in 

 our own country," declared W. J. 

 Morse of the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture 

 recently. "This crop is a branch of 

 agriculture in which the national sup- 

 ply does not meet the demand," he 

 said. 



According to Morse, the industry in 

 the U. S. is in its infancy and although 

 soybeans are used primai ily for forage, 

 our oil mills offer an opportunity for 

 a greater production of r>eed. 



Two thousand varieties of Chinese 

 soybean seed are being tried out by 

 the Government with promibing results. 



Small qtiantities of catnip oil are used as 

 a lur« for trapping mountain lions and bob-* 

 cats l)|r the U. S. Biological Survey. To ob-* 

 tain this oil catnip plant has been grown on 

 a small plot of land on the fur animal experi- 

 ment station maintained by the Survey at 

 Saratoga Springs, N. Y. Catnip oil is valued 

 at (100 an ounce. Forty-eight ounces of 

 crude oil were obtained from three-fourths 

 'of an acre. 



Henry County Man 



Is Champion Husker 



(Continued from page 5) 

 was necessary to deduct five per cent 

 from the weight of the husks on sev- 

 eral of the last loads however to al- 

 low for 'the extra moisture. 



Fifteen contestants competed. 

 Prizes of $100, $50 and $25 were 

 awarded the winners by Prairie 

 Farmer. Holmes will represent Illi- 

 nois injthe Mid-West contest at Win- 

 nebago,, Minnesota, on Nov. 15. 



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