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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



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CCL TURAL ASSOCIA 



RECORO 



To advance thm purpoae for which the Farm Bureau Wa9 organized, 

 nmmeiy to promote, protect and repreaent the buaineea, economic, 

 poiitical, and educational intereeta of the farmera of illinoia and the 

 nation, and to develop agriculture. 



Published once a month at 404 North Wesley Ave.. Mount Morris, 

 Illinois, by the Illinois Agricultural Association. Entered as second- 

 class matter October 20, 1926, at the poat office at Mount MorrU, 

 Illinois, under the Act of March S, 1879. Accepted for mailins at 

 special rate of postage provided for in Section 412, Act of February 

 28, 1925, authorized October 27, 1925. The individual membership 

 fee of the Illinois AKricoltural Association is five dollars a year. The 

 fee includes payment of fifty cents for subscription to the Illinois 

 Aqkicultural Association Rkcoro. Postmaster: In returnins an un- 

 called for or missent copy please indicate key number on address as 

 is required by law. 



OFFICERS 



President, Earl C. Smith 



Vice-President, Frank D. Barton.. 



Secretary, Geo. E. Metzger 



Treasurer, R. A. Cowles 



Detroit 



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Chicago 



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EXECUTIVE COMMltTTEE 

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.;H. C. Vial, Downers Grove 

 ...G. F. Tullock, Rockford 

 ....C. E. Bamborough, Polo 



M. G. Lambert, Ferris 



..A. N. Skinner, Yates City 



A. R. Wright, Verna 



..Geo. J. Stoll, Chestnut 



R. F. Karr, Iroquois 



C. J. Gross, Atwood 



..Chak-Ies S. Black, Jacksonville 

 ..Samuel Sorrells, Raymond 

 ..Frank Oexner, Waterloo 



W. L. Cope, Salem 



..Charles Marshall, Belknap 

 Fred Dietz, De Soto 



DIRECTORS OF DEPARTMENTS 



Dairy Marketing ^ „ 



Limestone-Phosphate 1 



Finance L 



Fruit and VegeUble Mark^tinc 



Comptroller ^ 



Information 



Insurance Service 



Legal Counsel 



Live Stock Marketing 



Organization , 



Produce Marketing 



Taxation and Statistics.. 

 Transportation 





A. D. Lynch 



J. R. Bent 



R. A. Cowles 



A. B. Leeper 



J. H. Kelker 



George Thiem 



V. Vaniman 



..Donald Kirkpatrick 



Ray E. Miller 



G. E. Metzger 



F. A. Gougler 



.._ J. C. Watson 



L. J. Quasey 



SUBSIDIARY ORGANIZATIONS 



'Country Life Insurance Co ^ L. A. Williams, Mgr. 



Illinois Agricultural Co-operatives Ass'n f F. E. Ringham, Mgr. 



Illinois Agricultural Mutual Insurance Cc A. E. Richardson, Mgr. 



Illinois Farm Supply Co L. R. Marchant, Mgr. 



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Executive Committee States 



Views oil Marketing Act 



RECOGNIZING the differing views beihg expressed by many of 

 .of our members relative to the Agriciiltural Marketing Act and 

 efforts to put same into effect, the executiv^ committee of the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association at its meeting oil August 22, 1929, gave 

 careful consideration to tiie matter and |inanimousIy expressed the 

 I belief that the following attitude should b^ assumed by all members 

 of the Association and those with whom they might have proper 

 I influence: 



I "That the Agricultural Marketing Act passed by the special 



I session of congress was the result of the continuing efforts of 

 organized agHculture overirecent years to secure recognition of the 

 agricultural industry by qur national government; 



"That while full credit and' responsibility rests entirely with 

 the Administration for the passage of thif act, it is the duty of 

 all farmers and friends of agriculture to give their full support 

 and co-operation that agriculture may secure the utmost benefits 

 to be derived under the present law. 



"Regardless of any differing views that may be held by farmers 

 relative to fundamental principles necessary to restore agriculture 

 to a fair basis in our ecenomic life, such differences should not 

 be allowed to detract in any way from the support and co-opera- 

 tion extended by thinking farmers to effcrts being made to help 

 agriculture." 

 The committee expressed the belief that only by following such 



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a policy and keeping our forces welded together in one common unit 



through such co-operation, could we expect to be prepared to seek 



the immediate correction of any weaknesses or limitations that may 

 develop in placing this law into effect. 



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Dairy Show Oct. 12-19 



ILLINOIS farmers will have a fine opportunity to attend the National 

 Dairy Show next month at St. Louis. The dates arc October 12-19. 

 The trend of eating habits of the American public toward dairy prod- 

 ucts in recent years attaches unusual significance to this great exposi- 

 tion. ! ; 



V/hile production of milk and dairy products is adequate to supply 

 the demand at present, the natural increase in population and per capita 

 consumption of milk, butter, ice cream, cheese, and the like offers a 

 promising future for dairy husbandry. In no branch of farming is 

 skill and good, management at a higher premium than in the dairy 

 business. 



The National Dairy Show is a great teacher of methods and practices 

 that make for success. Farmers now engaged in dairying and those 

 looking in that direction for a future livelihood will do well to attend 

 the exposition at St. Louis the third week in October. 



Labor and Recreation 



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THE Illinois Farm Bureau Baseball League is winding up its sixth 

 successful year. Three of the top-notch teams, McDonough, 

 McLean, and Tazewell, are still in the running for the state champion- 

 ship. While the spirit of friendly rivalry and competition between the 

 21 Farm Bureau county teams that played this year provides the life 

 and inspiration for the game, systematic recreation and diversion from 

 the routine labor of the farm was the real motive that led to the 

 formation of the League six years ago. 



Farmers are as much benefited by recreatioo and diversion as are 

 office workers and laborers in the city. There are those on the farm 

 as well as in the city who carry recreation to excess. Then it becomes 

 plain loafing. We hold no brief for the idler. 



But there is ample proof supporting the belief that a half holiday a 

 week is an aid to farm efficiency rather than a detriment. '_r 



The State Baseball League stands for more than its name implies. It 

 sets up a principle, a policy that would have a tremendous influence for 

 good in rural life if more generally practiced. All work and no play 

 makes Johnny a dull boy. In the same way continual labor, unbroken 

 by recreation, takes the joy and enthusiasm out of life. i ^' 



There should be system and plan in recreation as there is in labor! 

 Hard application to the job, followed by brief intervals of rest and 

 recreation, will get one the farthest whether the occupation be farm- 

 ing, selling, sawing wood, or what-not. 



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The Deep Watertvay 



ONE of our major problems is to provide an outlet for middle west 

 farm products at a minimum of cost," President Earl C. Smith 

 declared at the recent waterway meeting in Peoria sponsored by the 

 Illinois Manufacturers' Association. 



"A study of present rate schedules discloses that on corn alone shipped 

 from this county there would be a saving in transportation cost, if all 

 were exported, of an amount approximating one-half of the total annual 

 taxes assessed on farm lands in Peoria county. In arriving at this con- 

 clusion I am assuming only one thing, that is, that the cost of trans- 

 portation by waterway from Peoria to New Orleans would not be 

 more than the present rate from New Orleans to Liverpool. 



"This example is used merely for comparison, realizing that only 

 a limited amount of corn is shipped for export. Not only will the deep 

 waterway accomplish this, but it will' attract to this territory many 

 industries using raw materials p^duced on our farms, thus reducing 

 first cost and reflecting the savings to the producers of this section." 



Turning to Secretary of War Good and Governor Emmerson wha 

 led the tour down the Illinois, Smith stated that "the Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association is ready, willing and anxious to assist in every possible 

 way to secure the realization of this great improvement at the earliest 

 possible date." i 



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