THE I. A. A. RECORD 



Page Five 



Farm Congressmen 



To Speak At Coming 



I. A. A. Dist. Picnics 



Ed. A. O'Neal of Alabama To Talk At 



Freeport, Bloomington, and 



Jacksonville 



1EADING corn belt congressmen, 

 J all of whom were in the forefront 

 of the fight for surplus control legis- 

 lation in the 70th session of congress, 

 are scheduled as speakers at coming 

 I. A. A. district picnics. 



A short sketch of Congressman Chas. 

 Adkins who speaks at Marion and Ma- 

 comb appears on page 10 in this is- 

 sue. Congressman Adkins is an old 

 war horse, thoroughly experienced and 

 schooled in the game of politics. He 

 got his training in Illinois, first in Piatt 

 county, later in the state legislature 

 where he became speaker of the house, 

 and following his service there. Gov. 

 Frank 0. Lowden appointed him as his 

 state director of agriculture in 1917. 



Able In Debate 



Adkins is the rough and ready type 

 but he's long-headed, an able man in 

 debate, and has a background of farm 

 experience that places him distinctly 

 at an advantage when answering the 

 arguments of opponents to farm leg- 

 islation. The congressman from De- 

 catur is an interesting speaker. He 

 can be depended upon to please his au- 

 dience. 



Gilbert N. Haugen of Iowa is char- 

 acterized by his bull-dog determination 

 and tenacity. He hammers away un- 

 til the opposition weakens. Not a bril- 

 liant speaker, but sound and deliberate 

 he is. His honesty and sincerity is 

 impressive, and he knows his agricul- 

 ture. Haugen comes from hardy Nor- 

 wegian stock. He was born in Rock 

 county, Wisconsin, April 21, 1859. 

 That makes him 69 years old, but he 

 is a vigorous man for his age. 



Entered Politici Early 



After securing a common school edu- 

 cation, he entered business at the age 

 of 14. When 18 years old he purchased 

 a farm in Worth county, Iowa, continu- 

 ing his studies in Decorah, Iowa, and 

 finishing with a course at Janesville, 

 Wis. 



He was one of the organizers and 

 has been president of the Northwood 

 (Iowa) Banking Company since 1890, 

 operating banks at Northwood and 

 Kensett. Mr. Haugen entered politics 

 in his home county and became county 

 treasurer in 1887. 



He Was twice a member of the Iowa 

 House of Representatives. In 1899 

 he was elected to Congress, and since 

 that time he has represented his dis- 

 trict in the House of Representatives 

 at Washington continuously. Mr. Hau- 

 gen is chairman of the Committee on 

 Agriculture in the House and is author 

 of the Haugen Packer Control and 

 Stockyards Act. More recently he has 

 become nationally known'through spon- 



soring the Haugen farm surplus con- 

 trol bill in the House. 



He is a Republican and his home is 

 in Northwood, Iowa. 



Long a Congressman 



Congressman Henry T. Rainey of 

 Carrollton is something of a polished 

 gentleman farmer and ex-lawyer who 

 was educated at Amherst in the east, 

 the college of Calvin Coolidge and 

 Dwight Morrow. He took his law work 

 at Northwestern in Chicago. He knows 

 agriculture from first hand experience 

 for he lives on and manages a farm in 

 Greene county. Congressman Rainey 

 is one of the oldest members of Con- 

 gress in point of service. He has rep- 

 resented the 20th Illinois district for 

 24 years. He is Democratic nominee 

 for the 71st congress. 



He has represented the agricultural 

 constituency in his district well, and in 

 the last congress he was a strong sup- 

 porter of the farm surplus control 

 measure bearing Mr. Haugen's name. 

 He will speak at Watseka on Aug. 22 

 and at Olney on Aug. 30. 



O'Neal Of Alabama 



Ed O'Neal of Alabama has been in- 

 troduced heretofore to members of the 

 Farm Bureau in Illinois. He is vice- 

 president of the American Farm Bu- 

 reau Federation. The serious picture 

 of O'Neal on page 7 is not characteris- 

 tic for he usually wears a broad smile 

 and exudes optimism. Some of his 

 friends occasionally refer to him jocu- 

 larly as the "Wild Irishman" but as 

 a farm organization executive he is 

 anything but that. Good business judg- 

 ment and ability in addition to his en- 

 thusiasm and knowledge of organiza- 

 tion have placed Ed O'Neal high in the 

 ranks of farm leaders. 



O'Neal makes an interesting and in- 

 structive talk. He knows the problems 

 of the cotton farmers and his long ex- 

 perience in managing the Alabama Cot- 

 ton Co-operative Association has given 

 him a practical knowledge of market- 

 ing farm products and the business 

 side of agriculture. 



The counties which will participate 

 in the district picnics at Bloomington, 

 Freeport, and Jacksonville on Aug. 31, 

 Sept. 1, and Sept. 3 respectively are 

 fortunate in securing O'Neal as the 

 speaker of the day. 



Veteran Manager Says , 



Producer Service Is ' 

 11 O. K. ; Is Old Shipper 



Schuyler Association Prospers 



SINCE its doors were opened for 

 business on March 9, 1928, the 

 Schuyler County Produce Association 

 at Rushville had handled 28,475 pounds 

 of butterfat, 27,685 dozens of eggs, 

 and 7,215 pounds of poultry up to July 

 1. The Association likewise had ac- 

 cumulated a surplus of $973.15, all of 

 which belongs to the patrons of the or- 

 ganization. 



Sends All Livestock To Chicago Producers 



RJ. BEATTY, manager of the 

 • Woodstock Shipping Association 

 in McHenry County, 111., says, "Pro- 

 ducer service can't be beat. There is 

 not a firm that does more for the farm- 

 ers." 



Prior to taking over the management 

 of the Woodstock Association, Beatty 

 bought and shipped livestock from that 

 community for 35 years. He has man- 

 aged the Association for three years 

 and ships practically all of his stock to 

 the Chicago Producers. He reports 

 that his membership is well satisfied 

 and says that there is no disposition 

 to demand that the Association con- 

 sign its shipments to firms other than 

 the Producers. 



Mr. Beatty believes in going to mar- 

 ket with his shipments because it keeps 

 him in closer touch with the market 

 and is helpful in explaining sales to 

 his patrons. He knows the producer 

 salesmen intimately, having done busi- 

 ness with Ed. Stephens, particularly, 

 for 30 years. He says, "There's a man 

 that can't be influenced and there is no 

 better judge of cattle anywhere." He 

 speaks with equal confidence of the 

 other salesmen on the producer staff. 



The Woodstock Association shipped 

 112 carloads to the Chicago producers 

 during the year ending June 30, 1928. 

 A good deal of this livestock was 

 brought into the loading point *in a 

 truck owned by Mr. Beatty. He does 

 rot figure to make a profit on the op)€ra- 

 tion of the truck, although he charges 

 sufficient to cover cost of operation and 

 the employment of the necessary labor 

 to run the truck. During the busy 

 season, at least 50% of the livestock 

 is trucked in and throughout the year 

 this service is used and appreciated by 

 the patrons. While Woodstock is only 

 about 50 miles from the Chicago mar- 

 ket, Beatty reports that trucking com- 

 petition has not cut into his business 

 to any material extent and he attrib- 

 utes this to the fact that he is giving 

 his patrons trucking service from their 

 farms to the loading point. — Ray E. 

 Miller, director livestock marketing. 



National Air Highway - 



THE awarding of contracts covering 

 radio equipment for 12 radio con- 

 trol stations, six radio beacons, and 12 

 marker beacons to be established on 

 the national airways was announced 

 recently by the Assistant Secretary of 

 Commerce for Aeronautics, William P. 

 MacCracken, Jr. i 



The Condit Farm Bureau unit in 

 Champaign county recently decided to 

 organize a baseball team to compete 

 in the County Farm Bureau League. 



FIFTY-FIVE THOUSAND OF THE 

 188,000 farmers in New York State 

 have electricity either from a central 

 station or from their own plants, ac- 

 cording to an estimate by the New 

 York State College of Agriculture. ^ 



