THE I. A. A. RECORD 



Page Eleven 



Want Any Peaches? 



Illinois Has Good Crop; 

 Growers to Pick Soon 



Illinois Fruit Growers Exchange Seeks 

 to Market More Peaches at Home 



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A. B. Leeper 



AN you use any strictly No. 1 

 peaches at wholesale dealers' 

 prices? ,. .^ - 



' ' " " If so, the Illi- 



nois Fruit Grow- 

 ers' Exchange will 

 help fill your 

 wants, for South- 

 ern Illinois is get- 

 ting ready to har- 

 vest one of the 

 best crops in the 

 history of peach- 

 raising in that sec- 

 tion. 



A. B. Leeper, 

 manager of the 

 Exchange at Centralia, says that in 

 previous years he has received numer- 

 ous inquiries from County Farm Bu- 

 reaus and dealers in small towns ask- 

 ing for information and prices. "As a 

 rule," he says, "such information is 

 not requested until the shipping season 

 has begun. Peaches, one of the most 

 perishable crops, must be handled 

 quickly. For this reason we are ask- 

 ing the co-operation of all Farm Bu- 

 reaus and Farm Bureau members to- 

 ward assisting the peach growers of 

 Illinois in marketing what appears to 

 be one of their largest crops, and at 

 the same time aid the members of the 

 Farm Bureau in all counties to obtain 

 strictly No. 1 peaches at the wholesale 

 dealers' price." 



Elbertas Mostly 



Most of the peaches are the yellow 

 free-stone Elbertas. A few cars of 

 white peaches, of especially fine qual- 

 ity, also will be available. The fruit will 

 be packed according to U. S. standards 

 with a diameter of two inches and up. 



Peaches will be sold at a guaran- 

 teed delivered price and orders placed 

 now will be received subject to final 

 approval price. No peaches will be 

 shipped, in other words, until the price 

 is agreed upon by both parties. Ship- 

 ments will begin Aug. 1 and will con- 

 tinue through the month of August. 



"Early shipments usually sell for less 

 money than later ones," says Leeper, 

 "because the earlier fruit comes in 

 competition with peaches from other 

 growing sections." A carload of 

 peaches contains from 387 to 396 

 bushels, i ■ . 



Congressman Henry T. Rainey will 

 address the I. A. A. District picnic at 

 Watseka on August 22. ... 



COLORADO CYCLONE FATAL TO FOUR 



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A CYCLONE that tore through Colorado about 50 miles north of Denver on June 29 took 

 '^ a toll of four lives and did property damage that will run into the hundreds and thou- 

 sands. The scene above was photographed near Johnstovm, Colorado, and shows homeless 

 pe<H>le wandering about the uprooted trees and razed houses looking for remnants of their 

 belongings. 



WHY TAKE A 

 CHANCE? 



4 DISASTER like the one pictured above can happen any- 



_r\_ Avhere in Illinois. The Southern Illinois tornado of 1925 



took a heavy toll. A tornado may strike your farm. 



What if it does? Will you lose all, or will th) insurance 



company reimburse you? t 



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Why take a chance ^^'hen you can get protection against wind- 

 storms, cyclones, and tornadoes in your own company at cost? 



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 Also 'i 



I 

 Hail Insurance for Grain, 



Fruit, and Truck Crops. Fire 



and Lightning Insurance. 



• - for purticulars write 



'■- : \'"-:'-V.' - ■ / ■ 'i \ 



Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Company 



Ask your County 

 Farm Bureau 



608 So. Dearborn 

 Chicago 



See your local 

 Mutual Fire In- 

 surance Company 



A LEGAL RESERVE MUTUAL 



...J. 



