Counties Sho^ Increases in Membersliip 



15th District Meets 



VDAMS cdunty Ii\cMtH.k growers shipped <»42 

 '- cirhuds tlirou,i;li ilicir coimiv .issticiatitm 

 lr«>tn l.inu.try 1 tn Ociubcr I» \'tt*) .is coiii 

 pared til ^l'> c.irs tor ilic '..imc pciititi \.\st vc-ir, 

 \l.in.i>;t.T M.iNi nt ilic As-^K-i-uion rcpitdtcd .11 t(ic 

 I. A. A. ciHitcrcntc in 

 the I Uh district held 

 recently .U Qiiinc\. 

 Vllun it w.is su>;>;evled 

 ih.it Ad.ims county 

 Jarmer-v are more lo\.il 

 to their .iss.n.i.»tu'n 

 thjn 111 M>nie ttiher 

 pUces. I). I i. Meyers, 

 prcNideni nt the Ad.iins 

 County 1 .irni Hure.ui 

 sjid I hey were not do- 

 in); it f*>r the sake ol 

 lt>valtv ahtnc but be- 

 cause 'their net returns A. N. Skinner 

 wiTf >;rc.ucr. I .inn Adviser Sj^ I . Russell tx- 

 pijincJ Iiow thf educational livcsttick iiicctiii>;s 

 held over tile siiunty had assisted in keepihi; 

 the xrnwers inlnriiied and so, loyal to th.ir 

 or>;an)/ation. I 



Busy in Fulton 



It tt'.is reported ili.ii tariii or^ani/crs from 

 another state were attcmpiini; to form 1 1»- 

 operative creameries in I ulton citunty. The pro- 

 posed contracts (>t the or>;ani/ation call tor the 

 delivery ot all cream lor Id years. leading 

 larniers see in this effort needless w.iste in l he 

 duplication of facilities for processini; creajni. 

 The small creamery in a community wh.re 

 milking cows is only a sideline is not justified, 

 they said. Small creameries in such communii ies 

 are giving way to centralized plants where the 

 tost of making butter is much less. 



Sentiment was expressed in favor of leiis 

 lation to compel producers of agricultural liri< 

 stone and rock phosphate to submit a guarjin 

 teed analysis before otfering this material for 

 sale. Reports arc coming in from Knox ; nd 

 other western Illinois counties that certain ccm 

 panics are offering low-grade limestone : nd 

 phosphate cheaper than it can be purchased [for 

 through the I. :\. A. 



Adviser Kemp reported that the Knox Cou 

 Supply Company handled SlSn.lloO of busines 

 with a net profit of sll.Oni) up tt> Octobel 1, 



Should Work Together 



Getting Members Is 



Year Round Job Here 



I ^UILI )INCj up membership i". ,i I ill I -time. 

 ■■-^ ye.tr 'nmiul pruject iii C.li.imp.iii;n Count \ 

 KCnrdini; tt> county .idviser Burns. 1 i>ri;etlin.;; 

 ill .ibuui- iiieinbership until the threc-ye.ir period 

 is up .irid then c.impai>;ninj; Jor .mother signup 

 itlter which the process is repcited, is toreii;n to 

 the pl.iii toUuwed tor several ycirs in this 

 jLouriiy, 



I rrojeci le.ulers eh.ir>;ed with resp<nisibility 

 :Jor brin>;in,i; in new members are .ippointed in 

 ,e\ er\ low nshi|> cr com mum t \ . Nun -members 

 .ire prepared ti.r membership before beini; asked 

 to join. I he nieinber assii;ned to tjiis task cul- 

 tivates the prospect durinj; Ins spare time when 

 he IS in town e\enin>;s or Saturday at tern»H»ns. 

 [Only men wlu» show likelihood of beini; a 

 icredrt it) the 1 arm Bureau are asked to loin. 

 jSonic are considered unfit f*»r membership and 

 iniay do tlie or>;ani/aiion nu)re harm than );ood. 

 ^ That this plan has pn)duced wonderful re- 

 sults is seen in the increase ot more than 400 

 members secured in CJiampaii;n county durin>; 

 the past three years. It membership work were 

 >;iven as much attenti»»n as other full time 

 iprojects there would be a tremendous increase 

 in the number of larm Bureau members over 

 the state in Burns' opinion. 



A. X. Skinner who presided, discussed the 

 A«ricuhural Markelin>: Act tracing the his 

 of the struKyle for farm relief up tl** the pre 

 lime. It was ihe consensus tif of^inion am 

 -the delej;aies that farmers must be belter 

 i;ani/ed And that an I a>;»»n ism andi com pet i 

 between farm «lr^ani/.llions sliould be elimin. 



|i»hn Moore referred to Or. C.j L. Stew 

 i.ilk at Jacksonville in which the 'protess<ir 

 pressed the »)pinion thai It would be qui 

 while Ixfore the larm Board would torce i.\ 

 ITS to cii-operate. D. II. Meyers liirned far 

 lo supi>ort the Marketini; Act .mj to mak 

 effort to >;i\e ttiis form of tarm, relief a 

 trial. 



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Corn Pageant a Success 



I 1^ ARNt advisers, leaders and representatives 

 i^ trom a number ol northern Illinois coun- 

 ties and trom tiie I. A. A. otiice attended the 

 [corn paj;eani at the Sycamore community build- 

 I inv; in DeKalb county on November 2\-22. 

 I The pa.i;eant depicted the early history and 

 t development ot the corn plant by the Indians, 

 } including; the old Indian legend as lo the origin 

 of corn. 



More than I s i) people, most of them from 

 I" a rm Bu rea u c i mi m u n i l y units in DeKa lb and 

 adjoining; counties were in the cast. An 80- 

 piece symphony band selected from 1 S towns 

 and cities- around Sycamore 'and DeKalb, pro- 

 vided ihe music. 



Pioneer life witli costumes historic ally accur- 

 ate provided plenty of action and color to make 

 ihc pai;eant of particular aiiraciion to farmers. 

 The old-tashioned corn shucking bee and barn 

 dance proved most enlertaininx. 



George A. Inx, former secretary of the I. A. 

 A., w as one of t he nio\ ini; spirits behind the 

 project. Ihe peageani was dramaii/ed by the 

 Playground and Recreation Association of 

 America trom C \'. Ciregory's history of agri- 

 culture. 



"The Producers was organized for 



the benefit of the farmer/* Robert 



■ Bohnenstiehl, Troy. 



Membership Gains 



Recent drives held in more than a score 

 ot Illinois counties resulted in substantial gains 

 in l:arni Bureau nieiiibersliip. ;\ preliminary 

 report received by the organization department 

 resealed increases as t»»llo\vs: Iroi^uois 7<, Cham- 

 paign S2. X'ermilion ^2, M...-'in ^2. Sangamon 

 mu. Mclean ( (I, l.,.gan 4(., Ogle W, Winnebago 

 (.S. Jioone 1^, Coles ;:, Douglas 4(., Dul'age 

 24, M.icoupin >S, I leiiry "'4. Montgomery 2(., 

 I'eoria 2^, St. Clair H, and Scott hS new mem- 

 bers. Other counties which held special mem- 

 bership drives are yet to be heard from. 



Many Counties Go Over 

 The Top In 1929 Drives 



Experience of Other States Cite Ink 

 Membership Word 



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[ir year's sur\e\- ipI ctrgani/alion acmitus 

 since Jamiari 1 reseals that >7 countis-s 

 started their regul.ir triennial campaigns ;tor 

 membcrsl ip during the year. .\ number ot other 

 counties tinishcd drives that had been started 

 in l''2S. In addition there « ere a great niany 

 Ctuinties that held supplenieiuar\- campaigns, 

 most of which came in September when a na- 

 tion-wide effort was made to bring in new 

 members. 



All Over the Top 



The counties that went o\er the top or sur- 

 passeel llieir nienibership totals oi three years ago 

 folltm : (The increase in membership is repre- 

 sentee! by the figure to the right) liiMine 112; 

 C:lianipaign 4'>9; Clark 10; Crawford H(; l)e- 

 Uitt 3; Douglas 46; Uul'age (>(>; Ldgar 94; 

 drundy .» I ; Henderson *>S; Jerse 24; Kane 9.^; 

 lake 27; Vii'oodford 7h; l.aSalle I.Wi; Lawrence 

 V(.; .McLean 2U7; Macon 9i ; Mercer 144; .Mor- 

 gan 8S; Peoria 172; Pope 4S; Saline (.2; Sanga- 

 mon 177; St. Clair I2i; Stephenson 122; Ver- 

 milion M(: McDon.iugh 104; Vl'illiamson 140; 

 .Moultrie even; Clinton 5 8; Hancock 66; U'a- 

 bash even; l^thnghani 12; Kankakee 39; Cook 

 66; and Scott 4. 



Within 50 in 12 



Twelve other countries came within 50 mem- 

 bers of ei]u.ilin>; the si>;nup ot three years a>;o. 

 A number of these counties, however, are still 

 working on membership. 1 he 1 2 are as ftil- 

 htws: Carroll, DeKalb, tdwards. Jackson, Ken- 

 dall, Knox, I oj;an. Md lenry, Mari«in. Rock 

 Island, ^X'arren, and ^'ill. .^ 



In certain other states where C4)mmercial ac- 

 tivities of the I*arm Bureau have been dominant, 

 e\erythiny else except membership has been em- 

 phasized. The result has been a >;radual dwin- 

 dlinj; in i(»tal membership simply because the 

 financial incentive was not there to i;o out and 

 sii;n new members. They secured considerable 

 income from buyini; and sellin>;. 



Lack Vision 



In such states there has been a lack ot \ ision 

 of the Kreat importance of a lar.i;e membership 

 if farmers are to be properly represented where 

 numbers have intluence. In nutters of legislation, 

 taxation, transportation, the intluvnce ot the or- 

 >;am/ation to some extent is directly pntporiional 

 to the si/e of the membership. A small ori^an- 

 i/ at ion which contr<ils few votes has little 

 intluence in le>;islative halls when the interests 

 of the Kroup it represents are at stake, unless 

 it IS a political campaign contributor. 



\\ here the larm Hureau membership Is al- 

 lowed to slip (o a point where only enou>;h are 

 signed to insure the perpetuation ot the local or- 

 j;ani/aiion, it is plain that not enough emphasii 

 is i:iven to these lar-reachim; opportuniiin u{ 

 or;;ani/ation. 



*'It takes co-operative selling 6n the 

 large central markets to complete our 

 marketing system. The bigger the Pro- 

 ducers Livestock Commission Associa- 

 tion grows the better it will be for the 

 shipper." BenJ. F. Oetken, Fosterburg. 



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