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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



Page Five 



When directors of the Illinois Farmers' Grain Dealers Association, and the Mutual Re- 

 lations Committee of the Illinois Agricultural Association met in I. A. A. offices with Samuel 

 R. McKelvie (in light-colored suit) grain member of the Federal Farm Board. The part Illi- 

 nois will play in centralizing co-operative grain marketing was discussed. 



Grain Marketing Is Big Pro ject for 1930 



Joint Committee Seeks 



Centralized Sales Plan 



Illinois Important Grain State, 



Ranks First in Commercial 



Shipments 



' I ^HAT grain mirkcting development with the 

 -■- centralization of grain selling in a farmer- 

 owned and farmer-controlled co-operative 

 agency is the big task ahead of grain producers 

 in 1930 is conceded by all who know the situa- 

 tion in Illinois. 



Illinois ranks higher than any other state in 

 the volume of grain sold into commercial chan- 

 nels, yet comparatively little of this corn, oats, 

 wheat and other grains is sold on the terminal 

 markets through farmer-owned co-operative 

 agencies. 



Grain growers realize that they must get 

 control of their product if they are to market 

 orderly, control surplus, establish proper 

 terminal facilities for holding, and obtain cost 

 of production plus a reasonable profit. 



Plans to this end were discussed at a re- 

 cent meeting of I. A. A. and farmers' elevator 

 representatives in the presence of Samuel R. Mc- 

 Kelvie, grain member of the Farm Board. A» 

 soon as policies are definitely formulated they 

 will be presented to the membership. It is hoped 

 that a definite recommendation from the joint 

 committee may be ready by the time of the 

 I. A. A. annual meeting ft Springfield the latter 

 part of January. j 



As we go to press, a second meeting between 

 Farm Bureau and State Farmer Grain Dealers* 

 officials is being held to discuss principles of a 

 centralized grain marketing system for the 

 state. 



Whatever plan is adapted presumably will 

 provide for co-operation iwith the Farmers' Na- 

 tional Grain corporation, a national selling 

 agency for all grain co-operatives in the coun- 

 try. 



Co-operative Marketing 



(Continued from page 4) 



terminal markets is the way to better marketing 

 conditions and a fair price for our products." 



Best Service 



"The Producer salesmen are always working 

 for the livestock grower and may be depended 

 upon to get the best possible service," said 

 A. T. McKJe, director of the Victoria Shipping 

 Association. 



"The best meeting we ever held. Everyone 

 favored the Producers," wrote Zina S. Crane 

 in speaking of the livestock meeting at Oneida. 



During the past two years more than 5000 

 livestock growers have toured to the terminal 

 markets under the auspices of the Farm Bu- 

 reaus and the I. A. A. First-hand information 

 is obtained about the co-operative Producer 

 selling agencies, the principles of efficient mar- 

 keting, and the need for volume control. 



Farmers are discussing their marketing prob- 

 lems as never before in open public meetings, 

 in school houses, and town halls. They are 

 acquiring a vision of what they must do col- 

 lectively if they would meet the buyer on an 

 equal footing. 



Year '29 One of Progress 



(Continued from page 4) 



perishables direct from producer to consumer 

 is the object of this movement. The Illinois 

 Fruit Growers' Exchange continued its whole- 

 sale marketing activities and handled a greater 

 volume of fruits this year than last. A renewed 

 effort was made to market more of Illinois' 

 perishables, particularly peaches, within the 

 state. 



Farm Boys Can Raise 

 Bob-White 



Make Farms Attractive to Birds and 

 They Will Increase — Interest- 

 ing and Profitable 



Most people think growing game means 

 putting it in a pen and taking care of it like 

 chickens. 



Game can be grown in this way, but it costs 

 money, it requires lots of care, and the birds 

 may die of disease. 



There is another way to grow game which is 

 more interesting, much cheaper, takes less care. 



and involves less risk of loss, says Aldo Leopold 

 in the Wisconsin Arbor and Bird Day Annual 

 and reported in the American Game Protective 

 association news service. This other way is to 

 fix up the farm so the game will grow itself. 



It will work on any farm where there is a 

 little "seed stock" to start with, and where the 

 farm boy or girl has enough judgment to know 

 what to do. 



Farm boys and girls can grow quail by fixing 

 up the farm so they will grow themselves. 



One may not have much confidence in this 

 method until it is realized that a dozen pairs of 

 quail will increase to over 5000 in three years 

 if given ideal protection, coier, and food. It 

 is impossible and unneccessary to give ideal 

 protection, cover, and food, but these figures 

 show why even a slight improvement in protec- 

 tion, cover, and food will greatly increase the 

 number of quail on the farm. 



Do away with all hunting cats, kill the sharp- 

 shinned hawks, reduce the skunks and nesting 

 crows if abundant, and if possible keep down the 

 foxes. 



Cover and food is what is most often lacking 

 on northern farms. 



Any farm has plenty of cover and food in 

 summer and fall. It is the winter and spring 

 cover which counts. The time to prepare for 

 winter is in the previous summer. 



First of all, don't burn the grassy swamps, or 

 the weedy bushy fence rows and thickets, un- 

 less the crops or cattle require it. Usually they 

 do not. If they do, save an unburned corner 

 here and there for the birds. Don't mow every 

 fence corner. 



Secondly, select a few definite places, prefer|| 

 ably on land that is too steep or rocky to 

 plough, on which to grow grapevines and other 

 plants for winter cover. We will call these 

 places refuge covers. There should be at least 

 one refuge cover on every 40 acres. Each cover 

 should be at least as much ground as an ordinary 

 house. The shape doesn't matter. Creek banks, 

 old gravel pits, gully banks, rocky knolls, and 

 potholes offer good locations without using up 

 good land. Refuge covers located on the edge 

 of woods or in the open are better for quail 

 than in the deep woods. 



If the places you select are grazed by cattle, 

 see if you can get permission to enclose them 

 with a gateless fence. Cattle thin out the cover 

 and destroy its value. 



' In each refuge cover plant a few wild grape- 

 vines. Let them run over the bushes and form 

 tangles. Each tangle is a house for quail when 



deep snow comes, and the dried grapes are 

 food. [ 



Also plant in each refiige cover several groups- 

 of Norway spruce or white pine of half a 

 dozen trees each. If you can plant these under 

 locust trees they will grow twice as fast 

 as elsewhere because the locust puts nitrogen 

 into the soil just like alfalfa. These groups 

 of evergreens are for winter cover. 



If there are no locusts, plant some. The 

 locust beans are a dependable winter food for 

 quail. Next to grapes, tfcey are the best stand- 

 by in storms. 



In severe weather, hai^ ears of corn under 

 the grape tangles in each refuge cover, tying 

 them up by their own shucks out of reach 

 of rabbits. The quail will get them. 



If possible leave weedy, bushy fence rows 

 connecting the refuge cover with the grainfields 

 and with the barnyard. These fence-lines are 

 "streets" for the quail to travel on. 



If you can build one refuge cover each year 

 you will soon have lots of quail. They will 

 benefit the farm crops and furnish you enough 

 muiic to amply repay your trouble. 



"Of course the Producers sold mj 

 hogs." John F. Renken, Worden, who 

 recently produced a ton litter and sold 

 them on the St. Louis market. 



