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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



Pnge Sine 



Northwestern Illinois Dairy- 

 men Want Co-op. 



Producers Who Supply Condenseries 

 Cast Eyes at Chicago Market 



IJ LPRtStNTATIVI.S ut I arm Bureaus m 

 *■ ^ the northwestern illinois counties gathered 

 j[ Uixon on Occ. 29 to consider the advisability 

 .;f organizing a co-operative association of dairy- 

 men in that area. Practically all of the milli 

 produced in the Rock 

 nvcr valley, which in 

 eludes such counties .i^ 

 I «.e. Ogle, and >X*h!te- 

 sidc. IS sold to ItKal 

 vondcnscries. 



A. D. Lynch, dairv 

 marketing director for 

 the I. A. A., discussed 

 the dairy industry, the 

 prdgram being carried 

 out b> bargaining a^- 

 sticiatiuns on the princi- 

 pal tnilk markets in 

 llhnois, and outlined 

 the need f<it a tomplete survey of the tcrritor\ 

 ind milk marketing ctHidiiuniv tlicrc 



Committee Appointed 



A comniutte was app«Mnicd a". tnlK.ws to 

 rcpttrt at a tuture meeting: Carl !>ari*trious. 

 Anibov; Harve Rhoads. Conipion; I.eRoy 

 I chman, I ranklin Gruve; L. M. Cieniry, Ore- 

 gon; H. W. Allyn, Oregon; ^■. A. Heint/el- 

 nun. Oregon; O. ( . Beany, Sterling; K. I . 

 Hiiover. Morrisdn; and deo. IV I isk. Pn.phets- 

 iiiwn. 



lieiween 4<» and ^'0 dairxmen, local leader^. 

 .md farm ad\ iser-. attended the meeting. I he\' 

 represented appr4)ximalel\ l,OK(t producers who 

 sell lo condenseries at Dixon. Sterling, Morrison, 

 t,)regon. Anibtiy, and other points. I.ynch em- 

 phasized the national aspect of dairy market- 

 ing and the need for co-ordinating local co- 

 operative effort with mid-west and national 

 oigani/atitms. 



II. ^^^ Allyn. manager ut Rock Ki\et t.irmv 

 and an able leader in st.iie dair\ a*, in iiies. told 



A. D. Lynch 



ihe dairvnien ot the need tor more favoralik' 

 i reight rates on milk to < hicago. 



"NX'e ought to have the Chicago niarkelv tor 

 Illinois dairymen."* said Allyn. "^^'IsConsin has 

 stolen our market because it has m»»rc favorabh 

 freight rates than d<i we. W hy should milk 

 be shipped into C hicai;o trom lanesville. Green 

 Bay, Madison^ and even m irt- distant V^ istoiiMii 

 points whrn wc have milk in this tcrritorv 

 that should be bnngini; the (hicago prue 

 Illinois markets tor IllniiH'- proJiuers should b* 

 our watchword." 



The transport at itiii depart mcnt ol tfic 1. A 

 A. has been asked to check the freight rate* 

 with the idea ot eliminating Jiscrinnn^tion 

 against milk shippers in the northwestern llli- 

 v»\ territorv. 



Abovt-: Showing the Hetrfoids in 

 the annual Baby B^-if Club show at 

 the Iroquois County Fair. The 

 Jcrsvy heift^rs and thtir ownt-is are 

 all entered in tl|e 4-H Dairy Hcifei 

 Club in Msrshfill-Piitnam county. 

 The Farm Bur^^us in «ach of these 

 counties ate doir? splendid 4-H dub 

 work. 



Farmer Employers' 



Liability Insurance 



By V. Vaniman 



lllNOI>> Iiiimr. .ippiAialt tlu t.ut llal 



I 



piote^tin- lliemsclves In I iiplit\ets I ijbilil\ In 



MUMiK e for iri|ur\ 



:iie s.inii. a> ilie\ are | riJitctni*; tluniNeUe* 

 .i:;i-iist lubiliT'. I.'r .uitoMiiibik- public ltabi)it\ 

 Hid properly damage, 



I mjiloyers' liabiliM l-iis franct iLirmshed b 

 the Illinois Agricultural Mitual Insurance Com 

 pmy provides protection lor 

 i:p to S^OOO and $IU,t»On 

 stnal injurv or death ttt on 

 that limit per emphrtee. S 



.UCldilU. 



In taking *Kit the in^ui 

 i^.akes a prennum deposit ol 



h T*» cmplo\ ei's fusi 



the tarmer emplovi. 



i. e. > i.uno tor per- 

 il employee, and with 

 l|(l,()Oo for any suigk 



the (.mplovii 

 not less than >h>. 



Ine dollars prt^niiuni deposit is required lot 



if labor, or traction 

 nlhs. I or evainple. 



t. .ch .idditit-mal six nu>nth 



tl k.rtof,' in c^ce^s «»t IZ m 



it the employer estinuies In u ill li.i\e one n»an 



loi 12 nittnths and 5 men t 



this W4.uld be a total of IS 



hired labor whicli vould re* 



deposit. 



I he surplus share is >lo i 

 i>..iu\ Kv Si. 



T iu>> months eJelt, 

 months ot estimated 

 uire J ^ I ^ premium 



e\er\ 



j^^d the- 



Dairymen Meet at Decatur 



DEFENDS TITLE IN NATIONAL MEET 

 Walter Olson, member of the Knox County Farm Bureau, and national champion cot n 

 busker, was scheduled to defend his title in the national meet near Kansas City on Nov. IS. 

 Walter placed second in the recent state , contest near Rio being bested by Harold Holmes of 

 Henry county. Holmes turned in 34.95 bu. net. Olson 34.31 bu. Orville Welch of PiatI 

 county placed third. Carl Seiler of Knox fourth, and Elmer Williams of StarU. former national 

 champion. 6fth. Eleven contestants husked more than 31 bu. net. 



I're!nninarv steps ii»ward i 

 II ilk producers' Co-.-perat i\ i 

 i.'keii at l->ecjtur on t. K t 

 ilu Mac<^n C ouniy I arm Bi 



!<. ep I ese 11 [ a 1 1 \ es f ron i e v e i 

 county nut with farm Bure.i 

 Ivn*.!), dairy marketing din 

 Agricultural Assoc i at ton. w h 

 i/ed dairymen were dtnng 

 A collective bargaining orgafi 

 plated similar l«> ifiose i 

 ( hampjign, iVona, Ul>i.'niin 

 St. I ouis. 



le or:;ani/at lo'i .it i 

 oi'i;ani/aii,oii ^\iu 

 4 in a meit in>; i' 

 leju oljue. 



I l«>\^nship irt tilt. 

 ,1 ollivers Awd .\. I> 

 Ltor ot the lUinoK 

 1 told what organ- 

 at wilu-r market"^ 

 i/Jtion is conleiii 



<. MsliIKe Jt 



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