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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



Illinois Farm Guard 



Plan Interests Ohio 



Seeks to Drive Farm Thieves Out of 

 . Illinois Through Co-operation 

 of All Organizations 



THE plan for orgranizing the State 

 of Illinois against farm thieves 

 which was adopted by the Illinois 

 Farm Guard Committee on Dec. 20 in 

 a meeting at the I. A. A. offices, Chi- 

 cago, has drawn an inquiry from the 

 Ohio Farm Bureau Federation asking 

 for further information. The Ohio 

 Farm Bureau is seeking to organize 

 that state against farm thieves 

 through a state-wide protective asso- 

 , elation. 



The Illinois plan provides for ex- 

 tending protective organizations al- 

 ready in operation to embrace every 

 community in the state. 



Thus where the county Farm Bu- 

 reaus, the Illinois State Detective, and 

 the Illinois Anti-Thief Associations 

 already have local or county protec- 

 tive organizations in operation an ef- 

 fort will be made to strengthen the 

 programs of such associations — not to 

 displace or compete with them. 



But in unorganized territory, or 

 in counties only partially organized 

 the following procedure is recom- 

 mended : 



Program of Procedure 



1. Call a committee meeting repre- 

 senting all parts of the county and all 

 existing anti-thievery organizations, 

 inviting the sheriff, state's 

 attorney, bankers and oth- 

 ers, who may be helpful. 



2. Decide on plan of 

 ■ county organization. The 



following three alterna- 

 tives are suggested: 



a. Expand and strength- 

 en existing local associa- 

 tion, either an independent 

 local protective association 

 or a local of the Illinois 

 State Protection Associa- 

 tion, or the Illinois Anti- 

 Thief Association, into a 

 county wide organization. 



b. Organize a county 

 farm guard association 

 with direct membership. 

 This plan is particularly 

 applicable to counties 

 where no start has been 

 made with any form of 

 anti-thievery org:anization. 



c. Organize a county 

 farm guard federation us- 

 ing all existing locals of 

 whatever type and orgran- 

 ize into locals where none 

 exist. This form of or- 

 ganization is particularly 

 applicable to counties hav- 

 ing several local anti-thief 

 associations of various 

 types. It makes possible 

 the formation of a county 

 farm guard federation 

 without tearing down or 

 changing anything that has 

 already been built. 



3. Call a county-wide 

 mass meeting with good 

 speaker to explain plan 

 adopted and launch organir 

 zation. Follow with agres- 

 sive membership campaign. 



The Illinois Farm ^ ird Committee KnOX Countv Oil Co 



recommends that the following funda- 



mental principles be observed: 



1. Cooperation of all interested 

 parties ; 



2. Association should be county 

 wide, with as large a membership as 

 possible. 



3. Membership should be open to 

 all qualified farmers and other citizens 

 interested in the purposes of the or- 

 ganization ; 



4. A limited number of the most 

 responsible men in the organization 

 should be selected as deputy sheriffs. 

 These men should be strategically lo- 

 cated thruout the county; 



5. Limit activity to the prevention 

 and punishment of stealing, hunting 

 and trespassing. 



The objectives of the movement are 

 to: 



1. Make the entire county danger- 

 ous and unprofitable for thieves; 



2. Cooperate with sheriffs and to 

 use deputies most effectively in order 

 to secure arrests; 



3. Cooperate with state's attorney 

 to secure convictions; 



4. Cooperate with poultry dealers 

 to secure enforcement of poultry deal- 

 ers' license and record law and to 

 make it difficult for thieves to market 

 stolen poultry; 



5. Cooperate with bankers' town 

 guards; 



6. Educate farmers to protect 

 themselves by using locks and burglar 

 alarms and by marking poultry; 



7. Conduct shooting matches; 



8. Watch strangers and suspicious 

 characters in the community. 



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Earns 10%Net in '27 



Balance Sheet Shows Total Assets of 



$52,430.90 at Close of First 



Fiscal Year 



If to launch and firmly establish a 

 thriving farmer company within a 

 year's time is to be considered a no- 

 table achievement, then such a com- 

 pany showing a balance sheet with 

 total assets of $52,430.90 on a paid 

 in capital stock of $31,425 should be 

 considered a still greater feat. This 

 was accomplished by the Knox Coun- 

 ty Oil Company within its first fiscal 

 year, ending November 30, 1927. 



Two and one-half trains of gaso- 

 line and kerosene were distributed 

 within the year with only two bulk 

 stations operating full time. Seven 

 carloads of lubricating oils and close 

 to five tons of grease also appear on 

 the sales records. The gross trading 

 income was better than 30 per cent 

 and the net income 10.2 per cent of 

 sales. 



After computing depreciations at 10 

 and 20 per cent and setting aside 

 funds to the reserve, the remainder of 

 the net earnings were returned to 

 the farmers' pockets. Approximately 

 $10,000 was paid out in dividends. 

 Seven per cent preferred stock divi- 

 dends were paid out Christmas week 

 and recently a 7 per cent patron- 

 age dividend on common stock to all 

 Farm Bureau members who hadjjat- 

 ronizei! the Cfw.pany tliii- 

 ing tl.-: past f--ca!" yin-. 

 All paid Up Par 11 Bureau 

 members are common 

 stockholders. The com- 

 mon stock dividends were 

 based on the total pur- 

 chases of each member 

 customer. 



Checks were distributed 

 at the close of the Farm 

 Bureau annual meeting, 

 January 3. E. A. Daily of 

 Yates City, who operates 

 300 acres in Salem Town- 

 ship, bought four shares of 

 preferred stock a year ago 

 when the company was or- 

 ganized. His preferred 

 stock dividends were $8.08 

 and his patronage dividend 

 $64.75, making a total of 

 $72.83 returned on a $100 

 investment. 



The Farm Bureau has 

 1349 members and the Oil 

 Company has an even 

 greater number of custom- 

 ers; many non-members 

 patronize this farmer com- 

 pany on account of the 

 quality of the petroleum 

 products sold. The com- 

 pany now owns and oper- 

 ates five bulk stations lo- 

 cated at Rio, Victoria, Wil- 

 liamsfield, Hermon and 

 Galesburg. The Galesburg 

 plant which only recently 

 opened for business, prom- 

 ises to lead all othej sta- 

 tions in volume of business 

 for 1928. 



