THE I. 



A. RECORD 



I'agr Fire 



I Grain Marketing Is Big Project for 1930 



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Joint Committee Seeks 



Centralized Sales Plan 



Illinois Important Grain State, 



Ranks First in Commercial 



Shipniients 



''I'^iiAT i^rjiii iiurkotin; dovflopmcni witii the 



■- ccnir.ili/jlton ul '.^r iin \clitnj; m a tarniiT- 



'w tK-d and Ijrmcr-c »ntr«illcd c<»-o|vrali\c 



,ii;ciKy !■> tlic hi?; tJ^k jlrciJ ot t;r.iin pruducirs 



who know the Mtu.i- 



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. 



Co-operative Marketing 



(Cou/hnnil from puge 4) 



tormina! markets is the way to better marketing; 



ct>n<Jiti«»ns and a fair price tor our pruducis." 



Best Service 



"The Producer salesmen are always worklni; 

 for the livestock grower and may be depended 

 upon to K*-'! t'l^' t**-"»t possible service." said 

 A. 1*. McKie. director of the Victoria Shipping; 

 Association. 



"The best meeting; we ever held. I.veryone 

 favt>rcd the Producers," wrote Zma S. Oane 

 in speakinj; of the livestock nieelini; at Oneida. 



Durint; the past two years more than ^000 

 livesitick .ijrowers have toured to the terminal 

 markets under the auspices of tlie Farm Bu- 

 reaus and the I. A. A. 1 ir\t-hand informatittn 

 is obtained about the ci>-operative Producer 

 selling; agencies, the principles of etiicient 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 wiul they must do col- 

 lectively if -they would meet the buyer un an 

 equal footing. 



Year '29 One of Progress 



(Cout'niHcJ from Ihii^c 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 ti> 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 pcf>plc 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, mucli cheaper, takes less care. 



and invttlves less rrk of loss, says Aldo Leop*)ld 

 in the U'isc*»nsin Arbor and liird Day Annual 

 and reported in the American Game Protective 

 association news service. This either way is to 

 tix 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 

 wliat 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 do/en pairs ot 

 quail will increase to over .^000 in three years 



/' X/ZiH iJijI jfUt/Ct /ifili, C(Htl\ and hniJ. It 



is impossible and unnecce^sa^y to gi\e ideal 

 protection, cover, and ltK>d, 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 .md neslini: 

 ciows it abundant, and if possible keep dtuvn the 

 foxes. 



Cover and food is what is most often lackim; 

 <.n northern farms. 



Any farm has plenty of cover and t"od 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, <ir 

 the weedy bushy fence rows and thickets, un- 

 less the crops or cattle require it. Usually they 

 do not. It they do, save an unburned corner 

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

 fence corner. 



Secondty. select a ii.-'A- definite places, prefer- 

 ably on land that is tiH) steep or rocky lo 

 plough, on which to grow grapevines and other 

 plants for winter co\er. ^'e will call liicse 

 places refuge covers. There should be at least 

 one refuge ctiver tin every 40 acres: Fach cover 

 siiould be at least as much ground as an ordinarv 

 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 htcated on the edge 

 of woods or in the open are better for quail 

 ilian in the deep w<K>ds, 



If the places you select are grazed by cattle, 

 see if yt)U 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. Fach tangle is a h»)use for quail when 



in i'J>i) is cotKeded by : 

 I ion in llliiliois, 



Illinois ranks higher than an 

 the vtilunie o't L;rain sold 



nels, yet ci>mp.irau\ elv little ot ihis corn, oats, 

 w he.it and iitlier grains s sold i»i 

 markets through f ac" cr-»)wncd 

 agencies. 



Grain growers realiz< 

 contr»>! of their prttduct 

 "irderly, cimtriil 

 terminal tacilities 



ther state in 

 iniii ctunmercial el«n- 



>3tS, 



the terntinal 

 ct»-operativo 



that ihev must gel 



if they are to market 



urp us, establislv pntpvr 



or htUdiUk;. and obtain cmt 



it productiitn plus a reas 



Plans to this end w -re discussed at a re- 

 cent meeting of I. A. A . and t armers' elevitor 

 representatives in the preencc ot Samuel R. Mc- 



Kelvie, grain •member of 



that a definite reconmie 

 committee may l>e read 



oon as p*ilicies arc deti liiely formulated they 

 will be prcie^iied to the nembership. It is hopt^'J 

 dation from the joint 

 by the time ot the 

 I. A. .\. annual meeting ,it Spnngtield the latter 

 part ot January. 



As we go to press, a s:Cond meeting between 

 I arm liureau and Slate 

 ortlsials is being held to 



nable profit. 



the J arm Hoard. A-i 



I arnuT (jrain Dealers* 

 discuss principles ot a 



g system t. 



<I,C 



vi-ntrjli/cd i^rain nurLqtin 

 -t.itc. 



\\ li.Ui.Air pl.in is adcptcd pri-umablv « ill 

 priAJdv tor CD-opcrjtion 

 iion.l1 drjin c'orporjiioli, 

 .i^^'iK-y lor all i;rain ci»-t 

 irv. 



deep 



I.H.d. 



snow comes. 



jnd 



*icli till' I jriiurs' N4- 

 njlional selling 

 pcrativcs 111 ihc coun- 



dricd .i;r.ipcs ire 



.Also pl.fiii in citli r>.fui;c cover several ijr.iups 

 hite pine ot lialt a 

 <in plant these under 

 j;row twiee as last 

 losust puts nitrogen 

 It'alta. Tlu-se k:roups 



of \orwa\ spruce 



do7en trees each. Il you 



locust trees tliey will 



as elsewlierc because the 



into the soil just like 



of evergreens are tor winter cover. 



It there are no locusts, plant some. The 

 Iticust hcins are a depen 

 quail. Next to grapes, t 

 Isv in storms. 



In sesere weatlier, hanji; oars ot corn under 

 the ,i;rapc tangles in cac 

 them up by their own 

 o* rabbits. The quail wi 



If possible lease w eej ' 



Jable winter food for 

 ev are ttie best stand- 



connectinj; the refuse cov^r with the i;rainlielJs 

 and with the barnvard. These fence-lines are 

 "streets" for the quail to travel on. 



If you can build one nlui;e cover each vear 

 you will soon have lots of quail. Thev will 

 benefit the farm crops anld furnish vou enough 

 music to ampK' repas- Sitiir trouble. 



1 refute cover. tnn< 



bucks out of reach 

 uet them. 



, bushv fence rou s 



"Of course the Producer* sold my 

 hogs." John F. Renken, Worden, who 

 recently produced a ton litter and sold 

 them on the St. Louis market. 



