Page Four 



THE i. A. A. RECORD 



POSTER EXHIBIT IN FARM BUREAU TENT, SPRINGFIELD 



THE I. A. A. poster oxhihit in the Fjiriii Burenii heniliiiinrt ers tvnt ut <he llliiioiN Stnte Fi|ir, S|>rlNf?fiel(], ^vnn commented 

 upon fnvorsihly by thouNnnds -whtt miiw it during the ^veek. 

 The iiiiMterM Nhittvii above «vere i>re|Kireil by an artixt In four ami five e4»i«»rK. They explain briefly the work of each 

 dep;irtnient in the I. A. A. and of the nKNoeiatetl eonipanieN. A<H*onipliMhnientM were Met forth briefly mo that the viMit4>rK 

 4'ould y::raMp i|ui4-kly the variouM ac'tivitieN earried on by the orKanixation. 



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The speaker pointed out that the 

 State of New York has gone farther 

 to help farmers with their road and 

 school problems than any other. "Our 

 rural educational system is not ade- 

 quate," said Mr. Thompson. "The 

 country is constantly giving up a large 

 number of young men and women to 

 the cities. These boys and girls are 

 educated at the expense of the farmer, 

 although after leaving the rural com- 

 munities they do nothing to contribute 

 toward the maintenance of the schools 

 that educated them. Millions of farm 

 boys and girls are being trained in rural 

 communities where values and taxable 

 income are constantly decreasing. It 

 is not possible to levy a high enough 

 tax in many rural communities to give 

 farm boys and girls an adequate educa- 

 tion. Public education is not a local 

 problem, it is a national one." He de- 

 clared that there is a growing need for 

 a national fund to help struggling rural 

 schools. 



Too Much "Service" 



How we have been building up a 

 complicated system of costly service 

 between the consumer and producer 

 was another subject discussed. "When 

 I was a boy," said Thompson, "we 

 went to the local shoemaker and paid 

 him $3. SO to make a pair of shoes. 

 The cobbler was paid oftentimes in 

 chickens and eggs. Now the system 

 has been entirely changed. Shoes are 

 made in factories, handled first by the 

 wholesaler or jobber, and then by the 

 retailer, each of whom adds his cost to 

 every pair handled." Mr. Thompson 

 then asserted that he had paid close to 

 $2 5 in tips during the last 10 months 

 for checking a hat which cost original- 

 ly about $3. 



To illustrate the declining taxable 

 values in rural communities, the cases 

 of two rural counties in Kentucky 

 were cited. In 1920 the assessed valua- 



4-H Club Calves Sell 



Well at Chicago 



RECENT s.nles of 4-H club calves 

 sponsored by the International 

 Live Stock Exposition reached a top of 

 Si 3.2 5 on September 3. 



The top price was paid by Armour & 

 Company for two steers from Bureau 

 county, Illinois — a 1,010 pound Here- 

 ford fed b\' Loviila Herlcan of Prince- 

 ton, and a 950 pound Shorthorn fed by 

 Clarence Betting of Buda. 



A consignment of 12 calves from 

 DeKalb county brought the highest 

 average price of any lot at $12.55 per 

 cwt. Thirty-nine calves from Knox 

 county averaged 923 pounds in weight 

 and $12.39 per cwt. in price. Bureau 

 county had 51 calves averaging 883 

 pounds and SI 2.30 per cwt., while Iro- 

 quois county had 52 averaging 8 54 

 pounds at $12.15 per cwt. 

 Bring $13 



The top price of '•.13 at the August 

 27 auction was paid by Swift & Com- 

 pany and Wilson & Company on two 

 calves from Sangamon county, 111. 

 Fred Paflfenberger of Rochester sold a 

 1,031 pound Angus to Swift & Com- 

 pany, and Glen Cofer of Williamsville 

 sold a 910 pound Shorthorn to Wilson 

 & Company at that figure. 



The 43 calves from Sangamon aver- 

 aged 914 pounds in weight; and $12.18 



tion of one Kentucky county was 

 $6,101,980. In 1930, ten years later, 

 tax valuations in the same county had 

 declined to $3,671,503. In another 

 rural county in the same state, valua- 

 tions for tax purposes declined from 

 $5,338,280 in 1920 to $4,384,281 in 

 1930. Mr. Thompson expressed the be- 

 lief that farmers have kept up their 

 standard of living largely by eating 

 into capital investments during the 

 last 10 years. 



per cwt. in price. Macon county. 111., 

 had four head averaging 1,000 pounds 

 at $12.51 per cwt., while McLean 

 county sold four head averaging . 793 

 pounds in weight and $12.5 5 per cwt. 

 Col. Carey M. Jones auctioned off 

 the calves on each occasion. These auc- 

 tions offer an unusual opportunity to 

 study the relative values of different 

 grades of cattle, and the International 

 invites visitors to be present any Tues- 

 day afternoon at 2 o'clock at the U. S. 

 Yards, Chicago, until the middle of 

 October. 



Reduced Rates Apply 



In So. Illinois Area 



EMERGENCY freight rates on live 

 stock and feed, hay and straw 

 when used for feeding purposes, have 

 been published for the southern Illinois 

 drouth area. 



The new freight tariffs are effective 

 in the following Illinois counties: 

 Alexander, Clay, Crawford, Edwards, 

 Fayette, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, 

 Hardin, Jackson, Jefferson, Jersey, 

 Johnson, Lawrence, Madison, Marion, 

 Massac, Monroe, Perry, Pope, Pulaski, 

 Randolph, Richland, St. Clair, Saline, 

 Union, Wabash, Washington, Wayne, 

 White and Williamson. 



The rates apply on live stock, feed, 

 hay, straw and water from various 

 points when shipped to the drouth areas 

 and are on the basis of one-half of the 

 regular tariff rates. The half rate will 

 also apply on live stock shipped from 

 the drouth areas to feeding points but 

 not to markets or to public feed lots. 

 See your county adviser to get the ad- 

 vantage of the lower rates. 



Uncle Ab says that to keep from 

 crying over spilled ink, don't spill it 

 from the point of a pen. 



