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sion. Yet, in the end, any decision made by a 

 group of thinking farmers will probably not 

 be far wrong. The results obtained thus far 

 are beyond our earliest estimates. The suc- 

 cess of the local companies associated with the 

 Illinois Farm Supply Company has stimulated 

 interest in the movement. The territory in the 

 state already covered with service truck; is far 

 more than the number of organizations would 

 indicate. A number of counties are actively 

 engaged in selling stock at the present time and 

 several of these should be ready to organize 

 within the next few months. 



May Spread 



"It is reasonable to believe that this service 

 will continue to spread throughout the state 

 until the number of customers equal the Farm 

 Bureau membership of the state. With increased 

 facilities for distribution, more territory to 

 cover, and more customers to serve we have 

 every reason to expect that our business eventu- 

 ally will far exceed the present volume. The 

 future holds great promise, and our slogan 

 should be 'A Three Million Dollar Business 

 by 193}!"' 



Grain, 



Marketing' 



By Harrison Fahrnkopf 



ORGANIZED to sell soybeans collectively as 

 well as to represent the producer in the 

 various problems connected with the growing 

 and marketing of the crop, the Soybean Market- 

 ing Association, a corporation organized under 

 the Illinois Cooperative Marketing Act of 1923, 

 was launched on October 9 at a meeting of 

 central Illinois soybean growers in Decatur. 



One hundred and thirty-five growers from 

 twenty-five counties attended the meeting 

 where by-laws were adopted, the membership 

 agreement ratified and officers elected. In ad- 

 dition to growers there were present farm ad- 

 visers, representatives of the University of Illi- 

 nois and of the Illinois Agricultural Association. 



Growing soybeans in. lUiiiois each year is 

 becoming of greater importance. Due largely 

 to teachings of the University of Illinois and the 

 Farm Bureaus, the acreaje of this legume has 

 trebled in Illinois during the last three or four 

 years. It is usually looked upon by farmers 

 as the crop which can be very profitably used 

 in supplementing or replacing the oat acreage. 



Fully Cooperative 



A soybean cooperative at this time is quite 

 significant inasmuch as the Federal Farm Board 

 is urging that farmers endeavor to improve their 

 marketing conditions through cooperative or- 

 ganizations controlled by the grower. While 

 the new organization does not intend to re-' 

 quest assistance from the Federal Farm Board 

 at this time, it qualifies as a one hundred per 

 cent cooperative. 



The growers want an organization not merely 

 for the purpose of representing them in their 

 marketing problems but also to give them as- 

 sistance in many related problems. 



Aims and Purposes 



A perusal of the aims and purposes of the 

 Soybean Marketing Association, as set forth at 

 the meeting, emphasize the fact that the grow- 



Lyon Karr 



Lyon Karr, president of the Illinoii Bankers 

 Association who hails from Wenona, will ad- 

 dress the I. A. A. Forum audience on Tuesday 

 night, November J. What banks have done 

 through organized effort will be discussed. 



Mr. Karr succeeded to the presidency at the 

 last annual meeting of the State Bankers Asso- 

 ciation. 



ers want a real service organization. These 

 aims and purposes are as follows: 



1. To represent soybean growers in 

 the commercial problems of the indus- 

 try. 



2. To negotiate with buyers of 

 beans on prices and terms of sale for 

 beans growrn by its members except 

 those for seed. 



3. To make local arrangements 

 for shipping out beans so that they 

 may be moyed as economically as pos- 

 sible from farmers to buyers. 



4. To encourage research wrork in, 

 and commercial development of pro- 

 cesses for extending the uses of prod- 

 ucts from beans. 



5. To encourage the research work 

 necessary for the development of 

 standards which fully recognize the 

 commercial differences in value be- 

 tween different lots of beans and to 

 establish buying practices which put 

 these into operation. 



6. To educate growers as to the 

 relationship between production prac- 

 tice and quality in order to encourage 

 production of high quality product. 



7. To educate soybean growers in 

 the commercial problems of the indus- 

 try. 



8. To keep soybean growers in- 

 formed on the commercial possibilities 

 and limitations of soybean production 

 so that they may plan their program 

 of production with a full knowledge of 

 the facts. 



15 Directors :' ; 



The officers and directors of the new organ- 

 ization are as follows: 



John W. Armstrong, President, Champaign 

 County. 



Dwight Hart, Vice-president, Christian 

 County. 



W. G. McCormick, Secretary, Douglas 

 County. 



T. H. Lloyd, Treasurer, Macoupin County. 

 Wm. Kircher, Shelby County. 

 Wm. Bone, Jr., Moultrie County. 

 M. F. Walsh, Piatt County. 

 J. F. Probst, Macon County. 

 W. R. McGee, Logan County. 

 C. C. Walker, DeWitt County. 

 Parke Kerbaugh, McLean County. 

 Harry E. Pickrell, Sangamon County. 

 Samuel Sorrells, Montgomery County. 

 W. J. Sandusky, Vermilion County. 

 L. A. Reed, Morgan County. 

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' I ■'AZEWELL county took the lead in the race 

 -*- for the state Farm Bureau championship 

 when it nosed out McLean by a score oif 5 to 4 

 in their game at Morton on October J. The 

 second game of the series was scheduled for 

 Bloomington on October 12. 



Plans are under way as we go to press to 

 give a play by play broadcast of this game from 

 station WLS on Tuesday night, October IS, 

 during the I. A. A. Forum program. 



The game at Morton was attended by a large 

 audience of boosters from Tazewell, McLean, 

 and other central Illinois counties. There was 

 plenty of hitting and effective pitching on both 

 sides. Each team fought hard for the opening 

 advantage in the series. When Weinzierl, Mc- 

 Lean county pitcher who was substituting on 

 first base, made a wild throw to third he let in 

 the first Tazewell county run. Tazewell scored 

 again in the following inning on a McLean 

 county error. A third inning rally by McLean 

 netted three runs and darkened Tazewell's 

 hopes for the time being. Tazewell recovered 

 on bunched hits later and from then until the 

 end of the game it was nip and tack with 

 Tazewell holding the advanuge. 



Tazewell went into the game at Bloomington 

 on October 12 a slight favorite to win. The 

 Tazewell players are an Experienced aggrega- 

 tion. 



McLean has had a rapid rise since its entry in 

 the League only three years ago. Defeated by 

 Logan county for the dirisional championship 

 last year the team came out last spring im- 

 proved by several new players and went into 

 the lead early in the season. 



A banquet will be given to the rtite cham- 

 pionship team where the silver trophy awarded 

 annually by the Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion, will be presented. 



The Knox County Farm Bureau 

 team bought new suits, and paid all 

 out of receipts from free-will offering^ 

 during the current season. 



Receipts at its various games were as 



June 22 — Stark county game .. 



August 19 — Henry county game .;_ 



August 29 — ^Picnic game 



Sept. 1 — Henry county game 



Sept. 11-12 — Henry county fair v- 



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Total — _... 



baseball 

 expenses 

 at games 



follows: 

 $ 5.40 



- 3<.o; 



- 7J.O0 



- 40.00 



- 90.00 



. $24<.4J 



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