THE I. A. A. RECORD 



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June 7 

 Logan vs. Ford at Lincoln. 

 McLean vs. Champaign at Champaign 



June 1 4 

 Ixigan vs. McLean at Lincohi. , ',-* . *■ ■ ^ 



Champaign vs. Ford at Elliot. * ■.•:■."-*'. '-l'^-'"- 



June 21 ' .; 



McLean vs. Ford at Normal. " ;.■..•• 



Logan vs. Champaign at Champaign, .v- ..';«• 



June 28 .. - -■■,■■'" .- ; 

 Logan vs. Ford at Elliot. 

 McLean vs. Champaign at Komia). 



Over in division II Knox will play Peoria 



on May 24 in Peoria county, while Stark 



meets Henry at Cambridge. 



May 31 • ■'. V.;':. 



Peoria vs. Stark in Stark County. .'..■'" '■ 



Henry vs. Knox in Knox County. , 



June 7 .■'.''.:'■ 



Knox vs. Stark in Stark County. ' ,i ' 



Peoria vs. Henry in Henry County. - : . 



June 14 -;; '. 



Stark vs. Peoria in Peoria County. 

 Knox vs. Henry in Henry County. ■ '' " ■ 



June 21 '.; 



Henry vs. Stark in Stark County. 

 Peoria vs. Knox in Knox County. 



June 28 ,• .' . 



Henry vs. Peoria in Peoria County. ! :.:■'" ", 

 Stark vs. Knox in Knox County. 



Other divisions have adopted similar 



schedules and it is anticipated that all of 



the 52 teams will be in action the fourth 



Saturday in May. 



Open at Peoria 



KNOX and Peoria counties will open 

 . the baseball season in that division 

 with a game at Peoria on Saturday, May 24. 

 The following Saturday Knox will play 

 Henry county on its home grounds. On 

 June 7 Knox and Stark meet in Stark 

 county, and on June 14 Knox and Henry 

 counties will meet at Cambridge. It will 

 be Knox vs. Peoria in Knox county, June 

 2t, and Knox vs. Stark in Knox county, 

 June 28. 



D. P. Robinson of Cambridge was elected 

 divisional chairman and dictator at a recent 

 meeting in the Farm Bureau office at Gales- 

 burg. 



It was decided that the home teams 

 should furnish one umpire for each game. 

 The visiting team will have the privilege 

 of providing a second umpire if it so desires. 

 Games will be called at two o'clock. 



The following men attend the meeting: 

 E. E. Brown, Stark county; D. P. Robinson 

 and J. R. Johnson, Henry county; J. W. 

 Whisenand and Max J. Wyman, Peoria 

 county; T. J. Sullivan and F. G. Campbell, 

 Knox county. 



Champaign County League 



CECIL HUDSON of the Urbana unit 

 was elected manager of the Champaign 

 County Farm Bureau baseball team at a 

 meeting on April 29. 



On May 24 Champaign will play Ford 

 county at Champaign, and on May 31 

 Champaign will play Logan at Lincoln. 



Seven community Farm Bureau teams are 

 expected to compete in the county league. 

 Unit teams are required to play at least 

 six players who are Farm Bureau members 

 or who are from families of members. 



Tax Legislation Now 



Before Gen. Assembly 



(Continued from page 3) 

 state. Any such funds which may be 

 allocated to any county of more than 

 100,000 population, according to the last 

 preceding federal census, may be further 

 distributed among the several taxing dis- 

 tricts situated wholly or partly therein as 

 the General Assembly shall from time to 

 time direct." 



A highly desirable provision of a revenue 

 amendment suggested by the I. A. A. will 

 give the General Assembly power to classify 

 or sub-classify any object or subject of 

 taxation and may exempt any class or sub- 

 class thereof from taxation by one method 

 if it is taxed directly by any other method 

 or methods. The proposal provides that all 

 real estate shall be in one class, except that 

 mineral lands and lands devoted to reforest- 

 ation shall be in different classes. 



Representatives of the Association will be 

 on hand throughout the special session care- 

 fully watching all developments, that farm 

 and home owners may be relieved of at least 

 part of the unequal and unjust tax burden 

 they are now carrying. 



Co-op Marketing 



From Station WENR 



"New styles in Co-operative Live Stock 

 Shipping Associations" was the subject of a 

 radio talk by Ray E. Miller, director of 

 livestock marketing, from Station WENR, 

 Chicago, on Tuesday, May 13. 



Several more talks to be delivered by 

 marketing officials are as follows: 



Tuesday, May 20th: "A Practical Cream 

 Marketing Program," F. A. Gougler, di- 

 rector produce marketing. 



Tuesday, May 27th: "Problems Con- 

 fronting the Illinois Dairyman in the Co- 

 operative Marketing of His Product," A. D. 

 Lynch, director of dairy marketing. 



Tuesday, June 3d: "From Producer to 

 Consumer," Jack Connery, manager, 

 Quincy Cooperative Marketing Association. 



The talks will be broadcast at 7:30-8:00 

 p. m. central standard time. 



Seek Clarification 



Motor License Law 



IEGISLATION providing for the ex- 

 J emption of farm tractors which vise 

 the public highways only when going from 

 one field to another, from paying the state 

 motor license tax will be sought by the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association in the next 

 regular session of the General Assembly. 



The I. A. A. has had many inquiries 

 from its members regarding the licensing of 

 farm tractors using the public highways in 

 going from field to field. The Association 

 has interested itself in this question and has 

 received information from responsible 

 authorities to the effect that no effort will 

 be made to compel farmers to buy motor 

 licenses for tractors pending the passage of 

 legislation clarifying the law on this point. 



The Agreement 



System is Sound 



THE enemies of co-operative grain mar- 

 keting are not nearly so concerned 

 over the chances of its failure as over the 

 likelihood of its success according to Har- 

 rison Fahrnhopf, director of grain market- 

 ing. 



If the five-hundred farmer elevators in 

 Illinois would agree or contract to handle 

 all of their grain through single selling 

 agency hands as is contemplated by the 

 Illinois Grain Corporation, they would not 

 only be adopting sound business principles 

 but they would cease selling in competition 

 with each other. 



To substantiate this view Fahrnhopf 

 points to a recent statement by Alexander 

 Legge which appeared in Chicago newspa- 

 per: 



"Replying to critics who have protested 

 that the farm board is forcing farmers' co- 

 operatives into distasteful contracts for the 

 marketing of their grain. Chairman Alex- 

 ander Legge declared today that the terms 

 of the farm board compare favorably with 

 those always required by commission com- 

 panies. 



" 'Some of the private commission com- 

 panies for years have required cooperatives 

 borrowing money from them to sign a 

 binding marketing agreement,' said Mr. 

 Legge. 'In one state where some opposition 

 has been voiced to signing a marketing 

 agreement with the Fanners' National 

 Grain Corporation a private commission 

 company is boasting that it has fifty co- 

 operative elevators tied up under a five year 

 binding contract to deliver gr^in to it in 

 return for financing.*:/-. ..■. ' -; ' |- , 



"The marketing agreements between the 

 Farmers' National and the cooperatives and 

 the cooperative's members 'can be complied 

 with easily,' Mr. Legge asserted, adding 

 that the agreements give them the ad- 

 vantage of the competitive market at all 

 times. 



"Under the provisions of the agreements, 

 he explained, the farmer or his coof»erative 

 may market the grain for cash in the 

 competitive market on the day of delivery 

 at the highest price bid; they may store 

 grain in public warehouse and borrow money 

 on that grain pending ultimate sale, which 

 can be made only at the option of the 

 owner; and the farmer may enter his grain 

 in a common pool and borrow on it in pub- 

 lic warehouses, the final settlement to be 

 based upon an average for the period of the 

 pool." 



New Definition — An optimist is a man 

 who buys a car on time to go looking for 



a job. 



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Business Note — A real executive is one 

 who can return a letter three times to 

 a red-headed stenographer. ... •;.,-. ..-.vj,.;!-. 



