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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



PRODICK MARKETING 



Cartoon of the Season 



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I PRODUCE markt'tintr units were 

 lomiilotoil wcenilvVi't Olilonp ami 

 Rohinpon in Cra\vf(>r(l tVninty. Direc* 

 tins have been elected for each of thi*' 

 units and l>i<ls have been received froip 

 leadinji creameries fui thi-ir yeiuly out- 

 put. 



These two units added to the former 

 list of marketinj^ tinits biinjis the total 

 un to t\venty-eij;ht.llocated iji eighteen 

 ditferent counties. fJome counties have 

 as many as four of these units. 



A dozen or more ijnits are now licin;; 

 lo'tranized in various parts of the state. 

 Crawford County hhs an organization 

 committee at work at Hutsonville and 

 .\nnapolis; Clark County at .Martins- 

 ville and West I'Tiibn; and Lawrence 



County will 

 campaigns at 



soon 

 two or 



start nienjibei 

 three jioints. 



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VsSOCI.ATIONS tiial were [started 

 earliei' are carit-jing on e^ctensive 

 chicational work. Champaign County 

 has twii new uffits*^— one started mar- 

 keting early in October, the other in 

 November. The £Juimi>aign County 

 Farm Bureau is plahtVing jji-og-rams a 

 year in advance for {hese units.l Some 

 of the problems to tie •^'tudied will be 

 fee<iing. henl impro\^ement, cream im- 

 provement, caus/L's ^f, variations in 

 cream tests, selling dai^'y ))ri>ducts in 

 the mo.'^t profitable fiorms. etc. 



The board of <Urectors of the Farmer 

 City I'nit held a meeting the evening 

 of November :10. Social fwature.s were 

 combined with cjlucational. The Sugar 

 Creek Creamery, the purchaser of this 

 cream, furnishe<i an abundance of re- 

 fi-eghments while the unit furnished 

 \, coffee. .A splen<i id address was made 

 by Mr. S|)encer, daiiry specialist for 

 Sugar Creek Creamci;y, on the subject 

 of "Producing (Jood tlreani." The lead- 

 ers of this organization aiipreciate the 

 importance of developing a comn>unity 

 co-opcratfve spirit. Hirry Reed, fresi- 

 <lcnt. says that the ; most imiHjrtant 

 work confronting his^iassociation is to 

 create a char undei^taiiding on the 

 part of hr*- membeishiji of the v^lue of 

 co-opciative market in>i. 



Schuyler and McDon^ugh Cut Melon 



l/.ARMKR.S, too. can cut melons if 

 I' jthey will only c<|-operate. Their 

 tnelons di> not run uji into nine ligures, 

 but perhajis eventuallV they will com- 

 pare more favorablyl-Vitlfi those of 

 big business. I 



December 17 is the I day set far the 

 ."Nchuyler .Association !to hold its sec- 

 on<l get-together nu^eting. ' Several 

 hundred dollars will Ibe reiurn<'(i to 

 producers h\ the form \i>i' patronaj^e re- 

 funds. The board beilieves that just 

 prior to the Christma$ holidays is an 

 appropriate time for I declaring divi- 

 ilends. ■ ' 



The McDonough County Association 

 held a meeting November 1 to declare 

 patronage dividends. At this time the 

 association had operated nine antl one- 

 half months. During this time 54,940 



TATHECS 



Purse 



/ uikr 



pounds of butterfat was sold and 11,- 

 ■.0.")7 dozens of eggs. Total trading in- 

 come and expenses on these two com- 

 modities were as follows: 



Itnllfrfal 



rmdint- Income . $2.T.i2.i>S 

 HxtJcnscs ^a 2.7 per lit. and 

 Ic p.r (ioz l.o'>l.'.<^ 



Not Inconu-' on cai'h 



J'.'itronagc Rt-fiintls 



$l!>6.HS 

 112.11-, 

 $74.72 



.■Surplus . $ 505. .12 



The Brown County Association is 

 planning a similar meeting for its 

 meml)ers Decetiiber V.K X\\ three units 

 were organized less than a year ago. 



"Dairymen Not Organized" 



t\ v.. UKKI). chief of the Bureau of 

 ^ '• Dairy Industry, U. S. li. A., 

 urged members of the American Asso- 

 ciation of Creamery Butter Manufac- 

 turers, recentl.v, to take a greater in- 

 terest in the problems of dairymen. 



"Xo part of the industry can be 

 [irosperous very long if the man who 

 milks the cows does not get his fair 

 share of jirolits." said Mr. Reed. "The 

 farmers .-ind dairymen ujion whom you 

 de|K'hd for your cream are not an or- 

 ganized l)ody such as yours. They do 

 not 'meet as you are meeting to<lay to 

 discuss their problems with one an- 

 othet:. Farming is more of an indi- 

 vidual niatter. The producers need 

 such organizations as yours to study 

 their i)roblems. I believe they have 

 made much iirogress along this line, 

 considering the many difficulties they 

 have encountered, but there is still 

 i«p|iortunity for greater ad\"5incement." 



-Mr. Reed reminded his. audience that 

 the average cow pro<lucing about 4,00(1 

 l>ounds of milk and IMO pounds of but- 

 terfat a year barely returns to her 

 owner the total cost of production. He 

 !^aid the yearly average of cows in 

 cow-testing associations is about 7,410 

 pounds of milk and nearly 300 pounds 

 of butterfat. He also urged the manu- 

 facturers to pay premiums for quality 

 cream. 



First Public Statement 



(Continued from page 3) 

 commodity as a whole. Governor 

 Smith, upon the other hand, clearly 

 and forcefully asserted the jirinciple 

 that the cost of handling the suri)lus 

 should be borne by the entire com- 

 modity, Thi.s, in substance, was the 

 substantial principle of the so-called 

 ecpialization fee. Thus the issue was 

 clearly drawn. 



When, therefore, the .American peo- 

 ple preferred Mr. Hoover to (Jovernor 

 Smith, they in effect issued a mandate 

 to Mr. Hoover to jiroceed with the 

 program which he had advocated. All 

 sincere friends of farm relief will 

 now, in my opinion, cooperate whole- 

 heartedly with him in giving effect to 

 that i)'rogt-ain. In view of the fact 

 -that Mr. Hoover will have the respon- 

 sibility of iwlministering whatever 

 legislation there may be enacted, the 

 jwise course it seems to me at the 

 present time is to await the incoming 

 of the new administration. Congress 

 will no doubt wish freely to consult 

 with the President as legislation is 

 being shaped. I understand that a 

 special session will be called. That 

 would be the proper time I think for 

 legislation upon this vastly important 

 ([uestion. If such legislation shall not 

 prove effective, the President no 

 doubt will lend a ready ear to further 

 suggestions. For he forcefully said, 

 in his acceptance address, "the most 

 urgent economic problem in our na- 

 tion today is in agriculture." 



In addition to Mr. Hoover's frank 

 recognition of the gravity of the agri- 

 cultural situation, there is a wider 

 understanding of that situation than 

 at any time in the past. Business 

 men recognize as they have not 

 recognized before that a larger meas- 

 ure of prosperity must be given to 

 the farmers of America if we would 

 avoid danger to the entire business 

 structure. 



I send my heartiest greetings to all 

 the members of the Association, and 

 with personal regards, am. 



Very sincerely yours, 

 (Signed) Frank O. Lowden. 



Mr. Earl C. Smith, 



President, Illinois Agricultural As.so- 



ciation, 

 008 South Dearborn Street, 

 Chicago, Illinois. 



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The Farmiprs Mutual Reinsurance 

 Company reports^ that it now has on 

 the books 4,000 «jir£ct and specific fire 

 insurance i policies representing 



$8,250,000. j 



The term j'direct" refers to insur- 

 ance on individual property placed di- 

 rectly with the state comjiany by the 

 iiwner. "Specific" insurance refers to 

 reinsured risks placed with the state 

 company through the local mutual 

 which usually carries a portion of the 

 risk. 



The Reinsurance Company also had 

 275 direct and specific windstorm 

 policies amounting to $78;3,000 on 

 November 15, 1928. 



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