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THE I. A. 



RECORD 



Parke Re-elected Head 



Of Chicago Producers 



Geo. F. TuUock Elected To Board. Re- 

 ports Show 17.37 Per Cent 

 Increase In Business 



HH. PARKE of Genoa was re- 

 • elected president; J. N. Horlach- 

 er of Storm Lake, Iowa, was elected 

 vice-president; and H. Weiland, of 

 Beloit, Wis., was elected secretary, 

 following the recent annual meeting 

 of the Chicago Producers Commission 

 Association. 



Wm. H. Moody of Port Byron, 111., 

 and A. Sykes of Ida Grove, Iowa, 

 were elected to the executive commit- 

 tee. As a result of a recent redis- 

 trieting, several changes were made 

 in the board of directors. Geo. F. 

 Tullock of Rockford, 111., was elected 

 to succeed G. C. Johnstone of Bloom- 

 ing:ton, and J. P. Kelley of Stewarts- 

 ville, Minn., was elected to succeed 

 W. H. Wischow, Weaver, Minn. R. 

 F. O'Donnell, Colo, Iowa, and H. 

 Weiland, Jr., Beloit, Wis., were re- 

 elected. 



Hearst and Curtis Talk 



Charles E. Hearst, president of the 

 Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, and 

 Dean C. F. Curtis of the Iowa State 

 College, were the principal speakers. 

 Charles A. Stewart, secretary of the 

 National Live Stock Producers Asso- 

 ciation, told of the progress in the 

 operation of the Producers' lamb and 

 cattle pool for 1927. The National 

 Association handled 19,000 carloads 

 during the first year of its operation, 

 whereas in 1927, 78,000 carloads, val- 

 ued at $129,000,000 were sold for its 

 members. 



Ray E. Miller, director of live stock 

 marketing for the I. A. A., presented 

 the Illinois plan of field service. 



17.37 Per Cent Increase 



During 1927, the Chicago Produc- 

 ers handled a total of 15,435 cars of 

 live stock valued at more than $30,- 

 000,000. This represents an increase 

 of 17.37 per cent in the receipts over 

 the 1926 business. 



Delegates from Illinois, Iowa, Mich- 

 igan, Wisconsin, and Indiana were 

 present. 



Fruit Growers Meet 



At Centralia Feb. 4 



THE entire board of directors, of- 

 ficers, and executive committee were 

 re-elected at the annual meeting of the 

 Illinois Fruit Growers Exchange held 

 on Feb. 4 at Centralia. 



Each of the 16 locals active in sell- 

 ing co-operatively last year was rep- 

 resented. The members who attended 

 from all sections of the fruit belt re- 

 ported that peach prospects are better 

 in the southern part of the peach belt 

 but about the same as 1927 in the 

 northern section. The January 1 freeze 

 was responsible for the great damage. 



Resolutions were adopted favoring a 

 tariff on bananas and instructing the 

 manager to continue his efforts in be- 



FARM ADVISERS COMPETE FOR CUP 



F. E. FULLER OF MARSHALL-PUTNAM WINS FIRST YEAR'S CONTEST AND 

 GETS CUP FROM SAM THOMPSON 



ILLINOIS farm advisers will com- 

 pete in the second-year contest for 

 the Sam Thompson Trophy awarded 

 the county Farm Bureau having the 

 most effective publicity service. The 

 contest closes on Feb. 20. 



Effectiveness in reaching members, 

 nonmembers, and the general public is 

 to be the measuring stick in selecting 

 the winner. The score card to be 

 used is as follows: 



Farm Bureau official organ 40 



News in papers of county 40 



State news 10 



Special features (exhibits, radio 

 speeches, special literature, 

 stickers, etc.) 10 



100 



Each county entering the contest 



must present an exhibit of clippings, 

 copies of releases, and general in- 

 formation about other publicity work 

 done in the county, since Feb. 15, 

 1927. Originality, variety, and in- 

 terest are all considered in judging 

 the exhibits. 



Last year was the first year of the 

 contest. The exhibit of F. E. Fuller, 

 farm adviser from the Marshall-Put- 

 nam Farm Bureau, won the prize. A 

 county must win the cup three times 

 before it retains permanent posses- 

 sion. 



Judges are as follows: S. H. 

 Thompson, C. V. Gregory, F. J. Keil- 

 holz, a representative of the Illinois 

 State Farm Advisers' Association, 

 Fred L. Petty, a representative of the 

 Illinois Preis Association, and E. G. 

 Thiem. ] ■« 



half of equalizing freight rates in the 

 fruit belt. 



Samuel Sorrells, of Raymond, chair- 

 man of the I. A. A. marketing commit- 

 tee, Fred Dietz, De Soto, and W. L. 

 Cope, Salem, all members of the I. A. 

 A. Executive Committee, addressed the 

 meeting. 



Officers and directors re-elected are 

 as follows: R. B. Endicott, Villa Ridge, 

 president; I. D. Snedeker, Jerseyville, 

 vice-president; Walter Parks, Patoka, 

 secretary-treasurer; Logan N. Colp, 

 Carterville; W. L. Cope, Salem; L. 0. 

 Day, Olney ; S. T. Rice, Centralia ; Nor- 

 man Casper, New Burnside; and J. 

 W. Lloyd. Urhana. 



Excellent prospects for a heavy apple 

 bloom throughout the state were re- 

 ported. 



The rcsiKnstion of L. P. HeHillen, director 

 in the Illinois Asricnltaral Co-operstives 

 Association, was accepted at a special meet- 

 inc of the board at Rock Island on Jan. 18. 

 A letter of appreciation for his valnable serv- 

 ices, and resret of his inability thronch press 

 of other work to continue was forwarded at 

 the direction of the members present. 



A load of choice hogs shipped by C. E. Haase, 

 manaKer of the Brenton and Pella Livestock 

 Shipping Association of Ford county, topped the 

 Pittsbursh market on Feb. 9, at $9.10 per cwt. 



The boss were sold by the Pittsburgh Live- 

 stock Producers' Assncistion. They averaged 

 ?«* pounds each. , 



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