THE I. A. A. RECORD 



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LOGAN COUNTY LIVESTOCK GROWERS VISIT CHICAGO PRODUCERS 

 Thousands of Illinois livestock men already have taken advantage of recent opportunities to tour with their neighbors to learn more 

 about selling livestock co-operatively through the PRODUCERS at the terminal markets' in and adjoining Illinois. This snapshot was naade 

 some time ago when a large delegation led by Farm Adviser Checkley and Logan county shipping association managers visited the Union 

 Stock Yards, Chicago, 



Auto Insurance Company 



Nears 10,000 Policy Mark 



APPLICATIONS for auto insurance 

 ^ policies by the Farm Bureau mem- 

 bers of Illinois neared the 10,000 mark 

 on September 1, according to an an- 

 nouncement by the Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Mutual Insurance Company. On 

 that date exactly 9,678 policies were 

 in force or had been applied for. By 

 the first of October it is expected that 

 the policies in force will exceed the 

 10,000 mark by a substantial number. 

 "Our policyholders indicate fre- 

 quently that they are well pleased with 

 this service of the Farm Bureau," said 

 Manager A. E. Richardson. "With the 

 growth of the company claims are 

 coming in regularly and we are mak- 

 ing an effort to adjust them to the en- 

 tire satisfaction of the policyholders. 

 Our motto is to make a fair settlement 

 in every case, and to do it promptly." 



A Code of Ethics 



For City Folks 



A CONDENSED code of outdoor 

 ethics has just been issued by the 

 Izaak Walton League of America. 



"If this code is followed, even fifty 

 per cent, by the vast hordes of people 

 who are taking to the outdoors this 

 summer, the condition of our great 

 natural playground, hard pressed by 

 the outdoor movement occasioned 

 by modern transportation facilities, 

 will be safe from the destruction 

 which threatens it," declared Dr. 

 Henry Baldwin Ward, national presi- 

 dent of the organization. 



The code of ethics was compiled by 

 Seth E. Gordon, conservation director 

 of the League, whose talks are enjoyed 

 by the I. A. A. radio audience. Here 

 is the code of ethics for city folks as 

 Mr. Gordon presented it over Station 

 WJJD, Mooseheart, recently: 



1. Your outdoor manners tell the 

 world what you are when at home. 



2. What belongs to the public isn't 

 your own — play fair. 



3. Respect the property of rural 

 residents — ask before using it. 



4. Save fences, close gates and 

 bars, go around planted fields. 



5. People, livestock, trees and 

 birds were never meant to be target 

 practice backstops. 



6. Respect the law — catch enough 

 legal fish to eat, then quit. 



7. Protect public health — keep 

 springs and streams clean. 



8. Clean up your camp and don't 

 litter the highways with trash. 



9. Finish what you start — careless- 

 ness with fires is cussedness. 



10. Leave flowers and shrubs for 

 others to enjoy. Do your share to 

 keep outdoor America beautiful. 



160 Visit Producers 



ONE hundred and sixty mem- 

 bers of the Wenona Ship- 

 ping Association from Marshall 

 county visited the Chicago mar- 

 ket June 29. Farm Advisers R. 

 J. Laible and C. E. Gates accom- 

 panied the party. 



The C. and A. railroad provid- 

 ed a special train for the group, 

 the members of which were en- 

 tertained by the Chicago Pro- 

 ducers' Commission Association. 

 The morning was spent in in- 

 specting the Producers' alleys, 

 and in the afternoon Swift and 

 Company entertained the entire 

 group at luncheon and later con- 

 ducted a tour through their pack- 

 ing plant. 



Axel Helander, manager of the 

 Association, was largely respon- 

 sible for making arrangements 

 for the trip. This live Associa- 

 tion has 170 members in La Salle 

 and Marshall counties. This was 

 the largest delegation ever to 

 visit the Chicago Producers' from 

 any one shipping association up 

 to that time. 



New Produce Co-op. 



Organized At Bement 



THE twentieth and most recent co- 

 operative produce marketing as- 

 sociation to be organized is the Piatt 

 County association with the first unit 

 at Bement, 111. A dozen or more bids 

 were received for members' produce 

 for the coming year. The contract 

 was awarded to Swift & Co., Decatur. 



Officers elected to direct the Bement 

 unit of the Piatt County Produce Mar- 

 keting Association are A. E. Larson, 

 Lester Cook, John W. Hammon, Harry 

 M. Coffin, and John Hendrix, all of 

 Bement. 



As soon as this unit opens for busi- 

 ness a second will be orgranized at 

 Monticello in Piatt county. 



Immense Loss From 



Kansas Hail Storm 



ONE of the most disastrous hail- 

 storms in Kansas since 1917 

 swept across eight southwestern coun- 

 ties recently and caused approximately 

 $2,000,000 damage in a path 100 miles 

 long by 15 miles wide. 



Communication lines, crippled by the 

 storm, were not restored until several 

 days later. The hail was followed by 

 a three-inch rain. 



Grant county suflFered the g^reatest 

 loss with about a million dollars dam- 

 age done to wheat fields. Other coun- 

 ties in the path of the storm were 

 Stanton, Morton, Stevens, Haskell, Se- 

 ward, Meade, and Clark. It is esti- 

 mated 1,500,000 bushels of wheat were 

 destroyed. Wind also damaged wheat 

 fields. 



THE FARMERS SHIPPING Asso- 

 ciation of Chapin, Morgan county, 

 shipped $126,457.26 worth of livestock 

 during the fiscal year ending March 1, 

 1928. Two hundred and seventy-five 

 farmers shipped through the associa- 

 tion which handles more than 50 per 

 cent of the livestock sold in the com- 

 munity. 



