Page Two 



THE I. A. A. RECORD 



Knox County Wins Farm 

 Bureau Publicity Match 

 And Sam Thompson Cup 



Judges Award Trophy to County Having 

 j^ Most Effective Publicity Service 



KNCX COUNTY'S publicity exhibit 

 won the second year's Farm Bu- 

 reau contest for the Sam Thompson 

 trophy by a unanimous decision of the 

 judges at a meeting in Chicago on 

 Tuf?Jay, March 6. 



The Knox coun- 

 ty exhibit was giv- 

 en first place by 

 reason of the 

 large volume of 

 publicity secured 

 in the local and 

 state news and 

 farm papery, and 

 for the originality, 

 effectiveness, and 

 attractiveness of 

 the exhibit. The 

 neatness of the 

 L. R. Marchant exhibit was espe- 

 cially commendable. 



Honorable mention was given the 

 following counties: Vermilion, San- 

 gamon, Champaign, and Madison. 

 Monroe County was cited for the in- 

 terest and effectiveness of its monthly 

 mimeographed letter to the members. 

 Exhibits were judged according to 



the following score card: 



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Farm Bureau official organ 40 



News in papers of the counties 40 



State news 10 



Special features (such as posters, 

 radio speeches, special post 



cards, stickers, etc.) 10 



Total 100 



The exhibits were composed of rep- 

 resentative newspaper clippings, copies 

 of stories released to the press, files of 

 the official Farm Bureau organs, and 

 statements of other special publicity 

 devices used in the various counties. 

 They were judged on their effective- 

 ness, originality, quantity, and attrac- 

 tiveness. The presentation of local 

 news regarding the Farm Bureaus' own 

 activities was emphasized in judging 

 the official organs. 



The committee of judges was com- 

 posed of C. V. Gregory, Editor, Prairie 

 Farmer: Charles H. Keltner, Farm 

 Adviser. Rockford, who represented 

 the Illinois State Farm Advisers Asso- 

 ciation ; D. C. Waterman, Associate 

 Editor, Illinois Farmer; F. J. Keil- 

 holz. Extension Editor, Illinois Col- 

 lege of Agriculture; and E. G. Thiem, 

 Director of Information, Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Association. 



Farm Adviser L. R. Marchant was 

 ably assisted by Associate Adviser A. 

 R. Kemp in getting out the Knox Coun- 

 ty Farm Bureau Bulletin, and giving 

 news and publicity to the local ncws- 

 napers. The Knox County exhibit wa? 

 especially attractive. 



Knox county is the second county to 

 •in the contest, Marshall-Putnam hav- 



r placed first last year. ; 



Win Victory For Quincy 

 Milk Producers' Ass'n 

 On Income Tax Rebate 



A THREE-YEAR fight to secure a 

 refund for federal income taxes 

 [laid by the Quincy Milk Producers' 

 Association was crowned, with victory 

 when George R. Wicker, director of 

 business service for the I. A. A. who 

 filed the application, received a tele- 

 gram from Washington to the effect 

 that the exemptions had been granted. 



Between $3,000 and $4,000 are in- 

 volved according to estimates. The 

 sum applied for covers taxes paid hack 

 to 1923. When the application whs 

 filed three years ago, the Treasury De- 

 partment denied exemptions on tech- 

 nical grounds. 



Thereupon Wicker sought to secure 

 a reconsideration and review of further 

 evidence presented tending to show 

 that exemptions were in order. This 

 move was successful and resulted in 

 the telegram received at I. A. A. head- 

 quarters just before going to press. 



The I. A. A. has been successful in 

 getting more than 200 exemptions for 

 Illinois co-operatives including farm- 

 ers' elevators. Farm Bureaus, and 

 other cooperative organizations. 



While in Washington recently, Mr. 

 Wicker submitted a memorandum to 

 the Senate Finance Committee amend- 

 ing the present statute to eliminate 

 technicalities tending to defeat the pur- 

 pose of the act. 



Dealers Don't Like 



I. A. A. Co-operative 



Marketing Activities 



THE following story clipped from 

 the Peoria Star of Feb. 25 indi- 

 cates that the poultry dealers don't like 

 to see the progress farmers are making 

 in helping themselves get better prices. 



"Shippers Hit I. A. A. Market 



Agent Policy 



Government Is Also Made Target 



"Condemning the stand of the Illi- 

 nois Agricultural Association and 

 federal government as menacing to 

 their business, members of the Illi- 

 nois Poultry & Egg Shippers Asso- 

 ciation at the close of their fif- 

 teenth annual convention here yes- 

 terday went on record as opposed 

 to co-operative marketing. Their 

 resolution follows: 



" 'Whereas the business of the 

 membars of the Illinois Poultry & 

 Egg Shippers Association is be'njr 

 menaced by the activities of the Illi- 

 nois Agricultural Association and 

 federal government, by their en- 

 couragome:it of the establishment 

 of otl'.or marketing agencies; and 



" 'Whereas we believe we can 

 serve the farmer better than he can 

 serve himself. 



" 'Be it resolved that we go on 

 record as being in hearty accord 

 with the program being fostered by 

 the Federated Agricultural Trades 

 of America, and endorse in prin- 

 ciple the resolutions adopted by the 

 Agricultural Trades Economic con- 

 ference held in Chicago, Nov. 30, 

 1927.'" 



J. R. Bent 



Limestone Companies 



To Submit Bids For 



Year's Supply April 1 



I. A. A. Completes Negotiations With 16 



Companies — Farm Bureau Members 



Get 10 Cent Per Ton Refund 



THE I. A. A. and representatives of 

 sixteen leading limestone produc- 

 ing companies operating in Illinois 

 reached an agree- 

 ment last week 

 which is consid- 

 ered quite a step 

 forward in carry- 

 ing out an equi- 

 table and effec- 

 tive plan to pro- 

 vide, at minimum 

 cost, agricultural 

 limestone to the 

 Farm Bureau 

 members in Illi- 

 nois. 



The plan carries 

 with it the best thought of interested 

 leaders throughout the state who met 

 in some seven district conferences for 

 the discussion of this question. The 

 plan contemplates a uniform system 

 of orders all going through the Farm 

 Bureaus direct to Accredited Lime- 

 stone Companies which have previ- 

 ously submitted bids to the Limestone 

 Department of the I. A. A. The I. A. 

 A. in turn will give full information 

 a3 to price, quality, etc., to the various 

 Farm Bureaus of the state. 



The outstanding difference in the 

 new program from that of previous 

 years is: 1. The ten cent Farm Bureau 

 member differential will not, under the 

 new program, be reflected in the bill- 

 ing of the limestone on the certificate 

 plan but will be cleared through the 

 I. A. A. and Farm Bureaus at definite 

 periods as a refund. 2. This refund 

 will be made available only to those 

 who have ordered their limestone 

 through the Farm Bureau on uniform 

 blanks and have paid their bill in fuli 

 within fifteen days. 3. The pian fur- 

 ther contemplates the pooling of or- 

 ders by purchasers within a county or 

 counties, who may desire to do so, and 

 negotiating for the purchase of such 

 orders from the lowest possible bid- 

 der, quality taken into consideration. 

 Detailed advice and instruction ".'' 

 be furnished each Farm Bureau ,! *'? . 





Grain Marketing Meeting •' 



PRESIDENT Earl C. Smith, Geo. J. 

 StoU, Sam Sorrells, Frank Barton, 

 and Harrison Fahrnkopf representing 

 the I. A. A., met Dave Allen, Joe Hen- 

 ncbry, Henry Green, V. A. Wertsch, 

 and Lawrence Farlow, representing 

 the Farmers Grain Dealers Ass'n at 

 Bloomington on Mar. 13 to discuss 

 co-operative grain marketing in Illi- 

 nois. 



Negotiation.* toward effecting closer 

 co-operation between the two organi- 

 zations hfi/e been underway for some 

 time. 



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