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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



1 L.L<llMOIS 



CCLTVRAL ASSOCIA 



RECORD 



To advance the purpose for which the Farm Bureau was organized, 

 namely to promote, protect and represent the business, economic, 

 political, and educational interests oj the farmers of Illinois and the 

 nation, and to develop agriculture. 



Publuhed once a month at 404 North Wesley Ave., Mount Morris, 

 Illinois, by the Illinois Agricultural Association. Entered as second- 

 class matter October 20, 1925, at the post office at Mount Morris, 

 Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 187B. Accented for mailins at 

 special rate of postage provided for in Section 412, Act of February 

 28, 1926, authorized October 27, 1925. , The individual membership 

 fee of the Illinois Agricultural Association is five dollars a year. The 

 fee includes payment of fifty cents for subscription to the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association Record. Postmaster : In returning an un- 

 called for or missent copy please indicate key number on address as 

 is required by law. 



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OFFICERS I 



President. Earl C. Smith J>etralt 



Vice-President, Frank D. Barton 1 _ Cornell 



Secretary, Geo. E. Metzger — J. -..Chicago 



Treasurer, R. A. Cowles i Bloomington 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 



(By Congressional District) 



1st to nth _ — H. C. Vial, Downers Grove 



I2th .1 G. F. Tullock, Rockford 



13th 1 C. E. Bamborough, Polo 



14th I M. G. Lambert, Ferris 



ISth _ \..Ji. N. Skinner, Yates City 



leth „ I A. R. Wright, Vema 



17th _ 1 Geo. J. Stoll, Chestnut 



18th — .- i R. F. Karr, Iroquois 



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20th 



21st 



22nd 



23rd 



24th 



25th 



..C. J. Gross, Atwood 

 ..Chkrles S. Black. Jacksonville 



..~. .4.. .Samuel Sorrells, Raymond 



..Frank Oexner, Waterloo 



W. L. Cope, Salem 



. .Charles Marshall, Belknap 

 ..Fred Dietz, De Soto 



Comptroller 



^,pairly Marketing. 



DIRECTORS OF DEPARTMENT 



Finance 



Fruit and Vegetable Marketing 



Grain Marketing _ 



Information 



Insurance Service 



Legal Counsel 



Limestone-Phosphate _ 



Live Stock Marketing 



Office 



Organization 



Produce Marketing „ 



Taxation and Statistics 



Transportation 



SUBSIDIARY ORGANIZATIONS 



County Life Insurance Co L. A. Williams, Mgr. 



Illinois Agricultural Co-operatives Ass'n..! F. E. Ringham, Mgr. 



Illinois Agricultural Mutual Insurance Col A, E. Richardson, Mgr; 



Illinois Farm Supply Co \ L. R. Marchant, Mgr. 



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J. H. KeUcer 



....-_ A. D. Lynch 



— r R. A. Cowles 



A. B. Leeper 



.Harrison Fahrnkopf 



George Thiem 



V. Vaniman 



.Donald Kirkpatrick 



J. R. Bent 



Ray E. Miller 



— . .C. E. Johnston 



G. E. Metzger 



F. A. Cougler 



.....i J. C. Watson 



L. J. Quasey 



The Cover 



"' T^HE age of collective action and co-operation in mer- 

 X chandising the products of the farm is here. Farmers 

 are sitting around the table today, as other groups long have 

 done, bargaining collectively for a fair price; learning why 

 there is so wide a spread between prices received by the 

 producer and those paid by the consumer. 



Organization and control of farm commodities by the 

 producer is sending the buyer to the seller asking "how 

 much will you take?" Under the ;old system it was the 

 producer asking "how much will you give?" The organized 

 farmer of today has a voice in the sale of his product. He 

 is learning about markets, about surplus, what he must do 

 to stabilize prices at a profitable lev^l. He is placing him- 

 self in a position to profit by that knowledge. 



The group of organized McDonough county cream pro- 

 ducers opening bids for their annual output, shown on the 

 cover page, illustrates the new order of things. With local 

 co-operatives such as this one as ^ foundation will rise 

 eventually the super-structure of state and national sales 

 organizations with keen-minded representatives sitting in the 

 ] markets of the world merchandising the commodities of the 

 farm in a business-like way. The fat'mer is a manufacturer. 

 He has developed a marvellously efficient production de- 

 partment. Now he is determined toi build a sales organiza- 

 tion capable of answering his needs. 



Safeguarding Co-operation 



MORE thought and effort toward developing co-opera- 

 tive marketing have been givei by the Illinois Agri- 



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cultural Association in the past 10 years than to any other 

 single activity. The fact that there are now five distinct 

 departments in the I. A. A. devoted to marketing reveals 

 the emphasis placed upon this important work. Therefore 

 it is entirely proper that this issue of the Record present 

 more or less prominently the Farm Bureaus' marketing ac- 

 tivities. 



The Farm Bureaus' experiences of the past decade have 

 revealed weaknesses and obstacles to be avoided by every 

 new co-operative venture. If the new co-operative is to have 

 the best chance for success it would be folly if farmers did 

 not capitalize on their greater knowledge and experience 

 using it most effectively in future effort. Perhaps the great- 

 est need of the new co-operative is wise supervision and man- 

 agement by trained men experienced in the peculiar prob- 

 lems of this type of organization. The Illinois Agricultural 

 Association has brought to its staff this kind of talent. It 

 is well equipped to foster and protect the young co-0{)erative 

 against the pitfalls which confront every new organization. 



The Farm Bureau and Illinois Agricultural Association 

 have sponsored a large percentage of the co-operatives organ- 

 ized in Illinois since 1919. We cannot sidestep our responsi- 

 bility for the welfare of these co-operatives; for their fulfill- 

 ing the claims and promises made for them. The Farm Bureau 

 has no wish to renounce that responsibility. It recognizes 

 the intimate relationship existing between the two. There- 

 fore the I. A. A. has established a policy whereby it retains 

 the privilege of providing the young co-operative with the 

 best it has in the way of service, experience, skill, and judg- 

 ment. 



There is nothing inimical in this policy to the development 

 of full responsibility and leadership among the growers or 

 producers directly interested in the commodity marketed. 

 In fact the training of new leadership in the co-operative 

 marketing field is one of the primary objectives of the I. 

 A. A. -Farm Bureau marketing program. The confidence 

 Illinois farmers have shown repeatedly in their organization 

 must be preserved and protected. Therefore we must work 

 and work hard to make all new ventures sponsored by the 

 Farm Bureau, including co-operatives, succeed. 



Champaign County's Challenge 



"/Champaign county is the best county in the state. 

 V_>4 Therefore we ought to have the biggest Farm Bureau 

 membership," G. C. Williams, one of the county's "go-get- 

 ters" said at a meeting of 60 local organization leaders at 

 Champaign on Saturday, January 4. 



The hearty applause which greeted Williams' statement 

 culminated in a statement authorizing George E. Metzger 

 to announce that Champaign county challenges all comers 

 to a race for the largest county membership in Illinois by 

 Jan. 1, 1931. 



The present membership in Champaign county is approxi- 

 mately 1200. McLean county, considerably larger in area 

 has a long lead on Champaign with upwards of 1800 mem- 

 bers, but enthusiastic leaders in Champaign county say that 

 the records show approximately 3,460 farmers in the county 

 and that at least 80 to 90 per cent of them should be mem- 

 bers of the Farm Bureau. Therefore they are going out to 

 overtake McLean county, to estabhsh themselves as the 

 largest and greatest county Farm Bureau organization in 

 America. 



The county has been organized into 22 units, each of 

 which has an assistant director whose job it is to work on 

 organization. The organization directors from 21 of the 

 22 units attended the meeting on January 4, each accom- 

 panied by two additional men who will be charged with 

 the 1930 membership campaign. Champaign county mem- 

 bers have adopted a unique plan for building a larger organ- 

 ization and the results obtained in striving for their an- 

 nounced goal will be watched with interest. 



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