Page Ten 



Do Business Projects 



Aid Large Membership? 



(Continued from page 7) 



able in selling the Farm Bureau pro- 

 gram and reaching both members and 

 non-members. 



4. Co-operating with the shipping 

 associations and other local organiza- 

 tions by furnishing speakers for an- 

 nual meetings and aiding them where- 

 ever possible advertises the Farm 

 Bureau, and wins friends among the 

 members of such organizations. 



5. A live, newsy official organ that 

 is read by the membership is an asset 

 in holding members. 



6. Short, snappy personals and 

 news of a local nature playing up lo- 

 cal people but all linked- aip with the 

 Farm Bureau are most effective in 

 getting the attention of the press. 



In the general summary it was 

 pointed out that the great opportunity 

 and the big job of the Farm Bureau is 

 to sell its story and its progrram toithe 

 people of our towns and cities as well 

 as to farmers; that the public must be 

 informed and its sympathy and help 

 won if the farmer is to gain the right- 

 ful place he should occupy in the 

 economic life of the nation. 



New I. A. A. Committee 



Holds First Meeting 



(Continued from page 1) 

 ing power of downstate taxing dis- 

 Jtcicts to 2^ per cent of the assessed 

 valuations therein, had passed the 

 Senate and was on second reading in 

 the House. (Subsequently the bill 

 passed to third reading in the House.) 

 Mr. Barton stated that the measure 

 was passed in the Senate as originally 

 drafted except that the emergency 

 clause had been removed to eliminate 

 considerable opposition and secure its 

 passage. President Smith supple- 

 mented the report with additional in- 

 formation, and then reviewed the 

 legislative situation in Washington 

 with reference to the new McNary 

 and Haugen bills as heretofore pre- 

 sented. 



The belief was expressed that the 

 entire downstate delegation in Con- 

 gress would vote for the surplus con- 

 trol measure when it came before the 

 session again. 



District Conference* 



After considerable discussion on 

 the question of I. A. A. District Con- 

 ferences, Whisnand moved that Ex- 

 ecutive Committeemen be authorized 

 and directed to hold at least two 

 meetings, and a third if desired, in 

 their respective districts, during the 

 coming year, expenses of the Com- 

 mitteemen to be paid by the Associa- 

 tion. Seconded by Black. Carried. 



The President suggested that such 

 district conferences should be open to 

 members from adjoining districts. It 

 was agreed that the Farm Bureaus 

 composing the various districts should 

 feel frep to hold as many meetings as 



seemed necessary but that the I. A. 

 A. should participate officially in not 

 more than three a year. 



Farm Bureau Picnic* 



Moved by Barton that the proposal 

 to hold a giant Farm Bureau and I. 

 A. A. picnic in each congressional dis- 

 trict in 1928 be submitted to the mem- 

 bers for approval in the various dis- 

 trict conferences. Second by Mar- 

 shall. Carried. 



It was decided to defer selection of 

 the 1929 convention city until the May 

 meeting. 



Treasurer R. A. Cowles offered the 

 report of the Home and Community 

 Conference at the request of Mrs. A. 

 R. Wright of Varna. He also read a 

 letter from Mrs. Homer Johnson, presi- 

 dent of the Illinois Home Bureau Fed- 

 eration, expressing the desire of the 

 Federation to work with the I. A. A. 

 on matters of mutual interest. 



The women's conference report 

 showed that 22 counties were repre- 

 sented, Rock Island having the largest 

 delegation with 45 present. One hun- 

 dred and twenty registered. 



Holmberg Speak* 



N. J. Holmberg, commissioner of 

 agriculture for the State of Minnesota, 

 appeared before the Committee while 

 enroute for home from Washington and 

 reported on the latest developments on 

 farm relief legislation. 



The Committee decided unanimously 

 to renew the membership of the I. A. 

 A. in the Chicago Association of Com- 

 merce for the benefit and use of the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association. 



Mr. Tullock reported that after full 

 conference with the President and di- 

 rector of the Phosphate-Limestone De- 

 partment it seemed advisable to hold a 

 series of district conferences through- 

 out the state with Farm Bureau rep- 

 resentatives "to fully air all sugges- 

 tions and criticisms and to develop 

 ways in which the work of the Depart- 

 ment, particularly as regards lime- 

 stone, may be strengthened and im- 

 proved." 



Mr. Cowie* Appointed 



Various plans of contract and pro- 

 cedure will be presented at the confer- 

 ences and the one which meets with 

 greatest approval will be followed. 



R. ,A. Cowles was appointed treas- 

 urer of the Illinois Agricultural Co- 

 operatives Association, and directed to 

 discharge duties of secretary until fur- 

 ther recommendation from the Com- 

 mittee. 



Executive Committeemen were au- 

 thorized to attend one board or annual 

 meeting per year of each County Farm 

 Bureau in their respective districts 

 with per diem allowed, excluding there- 

 from meetings of committeeman's own 

 county organization. Motion was car- 

 ried unanimously. 



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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



Mt. Carroll Co-op 



Creamery Ace High 



1 eads State In Price Paid For Butterfat 



'■pHE Mt. Carroll Co-operative Cream- 

 A ery Co., in Carroll county, smashed 

 all records on price paid for butterfat 

 in 1927 according to the Company's re- 

 port as of Dec. 31, 1927, 



Patrons were paid an average price 

 of 50.92 cents per pound for butterfat 

 which is 5% cents higher than the 92 

 score Chicago butter price. Gross re- 

 ceipts for the year amounted to $231,- 

 351.32 and gross expenditures were 

 $227,299.47. Of these expenditures 

 $209,346.15 was paid for cream, poul- 

 try and eggs, leaving a balance of $17,- 

 953.32 for operating expanses. The 

 cost of manufacturing the butter was 

 slightly less than 3% cents per pound. 



A dividend of 10 per cent was paid 

 on creamery stock and a patronage 

 dividend of Ic per pound was paid for 

 butterfat delivered during jthe year. 



Ralph and Verne Kaufman led in 

 the amount of butterfat delivered with 

 a total of 5,722 pounds. 



The Elizabeth Co-operative Cream- 

 ery in Jo Daviess county was second 

 high among the four co-operatives with 

 an average price paid patrons for but- 

 terfat of 49.7 cents. The Galena Co- 

 operative paid 47.2 cents, and the Free- 

 port creamery 45.2 cents. 



A. D. Lynch, dairy marketing di- 

 rector, points to the fact that before 

 the co-operatives were organized, dairy- 

 men in this section of the state were 

 selling their cream at prices ranging 

 from three to five cents under the 90 

 score butter market at Chicago where- 

 as now, through co-operation, they are 

 receiving from one to six cents more. 



During 1927, old line cream station 

 buyers bought butterfat at prices rang- 

 ing from one to four cents under the 

 90 score Chicago market. Members of 

 co-operative cream shipping associa- 

 tions, on the other hand, received 90 

 score price to one cent higher plus a 

 patronage refund varying from one to 

 2% cents per lb. 



I. A. C. A. Has Busy 



t\lonth In January 



F1IFTY-SIX 4-eports were received 

 and 65 were completed during the 

 month of January by the Illinois Ag- 

 ricultural Co-operatives Association. 



During the month of December, 1927, 

 there were 34 reports received at the 

 Chicago office and 27 completed. This 

 makes a total of 83 audit reports com- 

 pleted during the past two months. 



These are the yearly audit reports of 

 the 227 member co-operatives in the 

 State Co-operatives Association. Dur- 

 ing January, it required 2.4 days per 

 audit job. Average typing time was 

 1.3 days per report. An averagre of 

 2 2 reports were completed per day. 



The county la not liable for the death of 

 liveetock resultinK from the application of 

 the tuberculin teit by the eoanty veterinar- 

 ian, according to a recent decision of Attor 

 ney General Oacar CarUtrom. 



The next meeting of the I. A. A. 

 Executive Committee will be held at 

 Chicago on March 9 



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