PiJ^r Fourteen 



THE I. A. A. RECORD 



Mark^tiiig 



By Art Lynch 



ORGANIZED selling pays. If it 

 didn't pay so well there wouldn't 

 be so much opposition to it. 



Harrison Fahrnkopf, over in the 

 grain marketing department, has a real 

 job. Best part of it is, the Illinois 

 Grain Corporation must be right be- 

 cause some grain traders are against it. 



Don't worry, Harrison, every one of 

 that kind of knocks is a boost. That 

 was true on many of our milk markets. 

 What the dealers did to head off or- 

 ganized selling in the end made the or- 

 ganization that much stronger and 

 more effective. 



Organized agriculture has not yet 

 forgotten the dramatic stand taken by 

 the Pure Milk Association in the Chi- 

 cago area in January, 1929, to win rec- 

 ognition. The dealer opposition was 

 overplayed. The public began to root 

 for the producers. 



Selfish folks will pick on the Illinois 

 Grain Corporation. But these "pecks" 

 will help to put pecks and pecks of 

 Illinois raised grain through a central 

 marketing system that will bring the 

 last few pennies per bushel. 



Those opposed to co-operative sell- 

 ing advise us to use prayer, almanac 

 signs and "passive resistance" to solve 

 our sales problems. Why? Because 

 they can then buy our products under 

 more favorable conditions. 



The time's coming, folks, when a 

 membership in a co-operative sales or- 

 ganization will be as necessary as the 

 farm itself. This membership will be 

 your seat on your own marketing ex- 

 change entitling you to sell what you 

 produce with a better chance for a 

 profit. 



So, let's not get excited by the words 

 of wisdom from those who trade in 

 our products — unless those words of 

 wisdom are — Join your co-operative, 

 stabilize your market — we will do busi- 

 ness with you. 



Many buyers in Illinois and else- 

 where are talking like that — saying the 

 co-operative can do things to improve 

 conditions that they, as private business 

 men, could j never accomplish. That's 

 real co-operation. And it means a 



happy, prosperous community — where 

 everyone is a good enough sport to rec- 

 ognize the best interests of the other 

 fellow. 



There's a lot of good old-fashioned 

 Golden Rule and quite a bit of honest 

 religion in building co-operatives to hit 

 the ball and return the "equality" to 

 agriculture to which it is entitled. 



Less T. B. In Hogs 



A DECLINE of tuberculosis in mar- 

 ket swine at the large meat-pack- 

 ing centers is shown by Federal meat- 

 inspection records. In the past fiscal 

 year the number of hog carcasses con- 

 demned as unsuitable for food because 

 of tuberculosis was 9,170 less than in 

 the previous year, and the number of 

 parts of carcasses condemned for the 

 same cause was 115,995 less. These 

 figures represent declines of about 20 

 per cent. The eradication of tubercu- 

 losis among cattle on farms where the 

 hogs are raised is the chief reason for 

 the improved condition of the hogs. 



Traded Your Car? 



BE sure to notify your auto insur- 

 ance company when you trade or 

 sell your car and want your insurance 

 policy transferred to the new car. You 

 are protected only against an accident 

 with the car mentioned in the policy. 

 The policy does not protect the new 

 car even though your assessments are 

 all paid up on the policy covering the 

 old one. 



Notification of transfer is a require- 

 ment of all automobile insurance com- 

 panies. It is wise to send a telegram 

 or letter to your auto insurance com-, 

 pany giving notification of transfer be- 

 fore you drive the new car out of the 

 garage. 



In one case a policyholder was driv- 

 ing his new car to town for the pur- 

 pose of transferring his insurance. 

 While in town he had an accident. The 

 new car suffered $200 damage. The 

 owner was compelled to stand the loss 

 iiimself because the new automobile 

 was uninsured. 



Auto insurance companies are com- 

 pelled to abide by this hard and fast 

 rule for their own protection. Other- 

 wise in many instances they would be 

 carrying insurance on two cars, both 

 the old and the new, for the price of 

 one. Furthermore, if this rule were not 

 strictly adhered to many policyholders 

 would be lax in transferring their in- 

 surance. In many cases, too, it would 

 be difficult to prove when the title to 

 the old car passed from seller to buyer. 



Keeping WeU 



(By Dr. John E. BolanJ) 

 VITAMINS I 



UP to a few years ago food sub- 

 stances were thought to consist 

 only of carbohydrate, fat, protein and 

 certain inorganic salts. Investigators 

 have discovered other substances, which 

 occur in minute quantities in natural 

 foods, that are necessary for normal 

 nutrition and responsible for the pre- 

 vention of various diseases of early life. 

 These substances are known as vitamins. 

 At present there are six known vita- 

 mins. I 



Vitamin A is essential for growth and 

 successful reproduction. Milk and 

 dairy products, eggs, liver, cod liver 

 oil and leafy green vegetables are 

 among the richest sources of vitamin A. 



Vitamin B contains two independent 

 vitamins — vitamins F and G. Vitamin 

 F prevents neuritis and vitamin G pre- 

 vents pellagra. The vitamin B com- 

 plex is necessary for the maintenance 

 of appetite, growth, proper functioning 

 of digestive tract, reproduction, lacta- 

 tion and resistance to disease. It is 

 found in both plant and animal life. 

 The proper balance of cereals, cow's 

 milk and leafy green vegetables will 

 assure the necessary amount of vitamin 

 B complex. 



Vitamin C is the anti-scorbutic vita- 

 min. Its absence from the diet leads to 

 scurvy and it is thought to be an im- 

 portant factor in the prevention of 

 tooth decay and the so-called rheuma- 

 tism in children. The sources of this 

 vitamin are oranges, lemons, grapefruit, 

 tomatoes (raw, cooked or canned) and 

 cereal grains. 



Vitamin D, or the anti-rachitic vita- 

 min, is known thusly because in its 

 absence there is developed a disease 

 known as rickets. This is a disease of 

 infancy in which the bones become 

 soft and flexible, due to the fact that 

 the body has not furnished them with 

 the proper amount of calcium and phos- 

 phorus. Other evidences of this disease 

 are the bending of the long bones under 

 muscular exertion, the formation of 

 nodular enlargement on the ends and 

 sides of bones, delayed closing of the 

 soft spots on the baby's head, lack of 

 development and occasional fever and 

 chills. Cod liver oil and sunlight are 

 the chief sources of vitamin D. 



Vitamin E is known as the anti- 

 sterility vitamin. It resembles vitamins 

 A and D in certain respects, but dif- 

 fers in its source. It is not found in 

 cod liver oil, but is present in vegetable 

 oils and the oil of the wheat germ. 



