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By Art Lynch 



WON'T 

 be long now. 



Requests are coming in from south- 

 ern Illinois asking for help in getting 

 milk bargaining organizations estab- 

 lished around the consuming centers in 

 that part of the state. 



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These leaders believe that one good 

 strong organization would be advisable 

 to cover about sixteen cities, including 

 Centralia, Mt. Carmel, Mt. Vernon, 

 Christopher, Benton, West Frankfort, 

 Eldorado, Harrisburg, Herrin, Johnston 

 City, Marion, Murphysboro, Carbon- 

 dale, DuQuoin, Metropolis and Cairo. 



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Such a large organization could ren- 

 der the best of service to the 130,000 

 city cousins living in these cities. It 

 could be operated in the most economi- 

 cal manner through one central board 

 of directors and one management. 



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In many of these cities the buyers of 

 milk have merged into one and the 

 same concern. They have, therefore, 

 ■united buying power. Through co- 

 operation the dairymen can have united 

 selling power. 



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 When the southern Illinois boys get 



their association under way it will prac- 

 tically complete the fluid milk bargain- 

 ing organizations in Illinois. The only 

 spots left will be Danville and Gales- 



bure. 



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All the other fluid markets are 

 either actually selling or have their 

 sign-up about over and will soon be 

 ready to have something to say about 

 prices, quality, tests and advertising. 



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 Then the next step is to complete the 



state regional or federation of all the 



organized areas which will insure a 



business-like and continuous p ogram 



for selling our milk intelligently. 

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■ So, it won't be long now. -' 



TRY CONDEMNATION SUITS 



THE first cases covering condemna- 

 tion suits brought against land 

 owners by the Illinois Northern Utility 

 Co. in the Freeport-Dixon power line 

 case came up for trial in Dixon on July 

 10. The action of the company fol- 

 lowed a proposal submitted by a Farm 

 Bureau committee of land owners cov- 

 ering a basis for compensation for land 



CHEMICAL USED IN WAR ON THISTLES j 



Calcium chlorate is being used on this Knox county farm to destroy a large field of 



Canada thistles. j 



SMALL patches of thistles are more This field is located on the Galesburg- 



or less common in Knox county Knox township line, northeast of the 



and considerable progress is being made city of Galesburg, and has the reputa- 



in checking these noxious weeds tion of being the worst thistle patch 



through the use of calcium chlorate or in the county. The field was a solid 



Atlacide. mass of thistles prior to the eradication 



Thistles were introduced in the field program started by Supervisor Norton 



shown in the photograph furnished by and the results obtained through the 



Mr. Keeler with Canadian seed oats use of chemicals will be watched with 



which were not recleaned before sow- intense interest by farmers and citizens 



ing. The tenants on the farm made of Galesburg. 



no attempt to control these weeds in Over 2 50,000 pounds of this weed 



the beginning and finally gave up all killer has been distributed by the Illinois 



attempts to raise a crop on the land as Farm Supply Company and associated 



the returns were unprofitable. companies prior to July 1. 



damaged in whole or in part by the 

 power line being erected between Free- 

 port and Dixon. 



Negotiations between the joint Farm 

 Bureau committee representing land 

 owners in Lee, Ogle and Stephenson 

 counties, and utility representatives 

 have been underway for several months. 



Farmers are insisting that their con- 

 stitutional rights as land owners be 

 fully respected and that the principle 

 of equal rights under the laws be given 

 full sway. 



The land owners have engaged local 

 counsel with whom the Transportation 

 Department of the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association is co-operating. Any at- 

 tempt on the part of thj company to 

 obtain a settlement for less than a fair 

 compensation will be resisted by the 

 land owners. They contend that the 

 power line will be a permanent encum- 

 brance upon the land; that the sale 

 value of the farms affected will be low- 

 ered. 



Veterinarians Meet 



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 the salaries of assistant county advisers. 



"The Farm Bureau in Illinois is con- 

 sidered in other states," said Dean 

 Mumford, "the best example of what a 

 state farm organization should be. It is 

 conceivable," he said, "that an organi- 

 zation cannot always be right. It may 

 make mistakes, but the Farm Bureau is 

 doing the best it knows how. 



"Keep in mind that the Farm Bureau 

 is not subject to the dictation of the 

 University," said Dean Mumford. "If 



the Farm Bureau wants to start a bar- 

 ber shop it can do it. We can advise 

 but we cannot dominate or control." 



Contagious Abortion Discussed 



H. W. Allyn, manager of Rock 

 River Farms, Byron, Illinois, and presi- 

 dent of the State Holstein-Friesian As- 

 sociation, expressed the opinion that the 

 average farmer has no definite view- 

 point on live stock sanitation. "Often- 

 times contagious abortion," he said, "is 

 excused by the live stock owner as an 

 act of God, or is due to a bump or some 

 other external cause." He cited a case 

 in which a neighbor consulted a veter- 

 inarian for one of his cows that lost a 

 calf. The veterinarian in this case rec- 

 ommended vaccination, although he had 

 made no blood tests and so had no 

 knowledge of the cause of the trouble. 

 "This is a sad commentary on the pro- 

 fession," said Mr. Allyn. 



Remove from Politics 



Harry Wood of Delavan, a promi- 

 nent Holstein breeder and the first in 

 the state to have an accredited herd, 

 advocated the removal of the state di- 

 vision of animal industry from politics. 

 This recommendation was also endorsed 

 by Mr. Allyn. ■ 



D. W. Robinson, state superintendent 

 of animal industry, stated that there 

 was too much conflicting opinion 

 among the veterinarians about disease 

 control and treatment. He gave this 

 as the cause of farmers' hesitancy in 

 following the Teterinarians' recom- 

 mendations. ■'■ - .1 ■ ' ■ / .■ -) ■ 



