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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



POSTER EXHIBIT IN FARM BUREAU TENT, SPRINGFIELD 



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The >pt.ik<.i' pttintcj out tli.il iIk 

 St.itc «)t .W'U ^ oris li.is i;onc' Lirtlur 

 to liilp t.iinici-- v\itli ilicu io.kI .iiul 

 M.I100I probknis tli.in .iii\ otln.i'. "Our 

 rur.il ockKMtioii.ll s\ stiiii is not .uk- 

 lUi.tlc. ' s.iitl .Mr. Tkoinpson. "Tlic 

 >.()iintr\ is coiist.iiuK i;i\inj; up .1 l.irj;i. 

 nunilx'r ot \ounj; men .iiul woiiK-n to 

 the cities. TIksc bo\ s .ind ,u>'k .ire 

 educatcj .It tlie expense ot tlie t.umer. 

 altlioufih .itter k.ivins; tlie rur.il eoni- 

 niunities the) do nothuii; to contribute 

 low.trd tlie ni.iinten.mce ot the scliook 

 lh.it etluc.uej them. Millions of' f.irm 

 bo\ s .ir.d .iLjirls .ire being tr.iined in rur.il 

 eoiii .mini ties where v.ilues .ind t.ix.ible 

 income .uv const.mtly decre.isinj;. It 

 is not possible to le\ \ .i his;li enoujjh 

 t.iN in m.in\ rur.il communities to ;.;i\e 

 l.irm bo\ s .ind i;irls .111 .idequ.ue educ.i- 

 cion. I'ublic educ.uion is not .1 loc.il 

 problem, it is .i n.ition.il one." He de- 

 cl.ired th.it there is .1 i;ro\\inj; need for 

 .1 n.ition.il tuiul to help struj;j;linj; rur.il 

 schoivls. 



Too Much "Service" 



How we h.ne been buildinj; up .1 

 eomplic.ited s\ stem ot costlx service 

 between the consumer .ind producer 

 w MS .mother subject discussed. "Wiien 

 I w MS M box," sMiil Thompson, "we 

 went to the local shoemaker and paid 

 him S3.S(» to mMke a pair ot shoes. 

 The cobbler was paid oftentimes m 

 chickens and e.i;};s. Now the s\ stem 

 has been entirely chanjjed. Shoes are 

 made in factories, handled first by the 

 w hok'saier or jobber, and then b\ the 

 retailer, each of whom adds his cost to 

 every pair handled." .Mr. Thompson 

 then asserted that he had paid close to 

 s2^ in tips during the last Id months 

 for checking a hat which cost original- 

 ly about s.V 



To illustrate the declining taxable 

 \ alues 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 



Rl ( 1 AT siles ot 4-1 I club calves 

 sponsoied In the lnternation.il 

 1 ive Stock 1 xposiiion rciched .i top ot 

 s!i.2> on September .>. 



The lop price w is p.iuj b\ .Xrmour & 

 ( onipanv tor two steers from IJureau 

 eounlx. Illinois — a 1. II 1(1 pound 1 lere- 

 tord ii:t.\ h\ I o\ ill.i I lerkan of Prince- 

 ton, .\n<.\ .\ ''M) pounel shorthorn fed b\ 

 ( l.ireiice Iktting ot Buda. 



A consignment ot 12 caK es troiii 

 DeKalb count \ brought the highest 

 .ixerage price ot am lot at si 2.5 5 per 

 cwt. Thirty-nine calves from Knox 

 CDUiitv a\eraged ^2 > pounds m weight 

 and sl2.>'J per cw t. in price. HureaLi 

 countx had ^1 calves averaging SS.i 

 pounds and s I 2. ill per cwt., while Iro- 

 ijuois coiinu had 52 averaging 8S4 

 pounds at sl2,M' per cwi. 



Bring $1.^ 



The top price of sli ,u the .\ugust 

 2" auction was paid by Swift & Com- 

 pan\ .\ni.\ Wilson & C^ompany on two 

 calves from Sangamon count). III. 

 Ired Paffenberger ot Rochester sold a 

 1,0.' 1 pound Angus to Swift & Com- 

 panv, and (jlen Cofer ot Williamsville 

 sold a 9111 pound Shorthorn to Wilson 

 is: CAinipan) at that figure. 



The 4.< calves from Sangamon aver- 

 aged 914 pounds in weight, and si 2. IS 



tion of one Kentuck) count) was 

 s6, 101. 9X0. In I9.M), ten years later, 

 tax valuations in the same count)' had 

 declined to s.i,67 1 ,503. In another 

 rural count) in the same state, valua- 

 tions for tax purposes declined from 

 s5,3.iS,28() in 1920 to s4, 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 vears. 



per cwt. in price. Macon countv. III., 

 had tour head axeraging I.IIOII pounds 

 .u si 2.5 I per cwt., while Mclean 

 lountx sold tour head averaging 793 

 pounds in weight and sl2.55 per cxvt. 

 C ol. Clue) .M. Jones auctioned ot] 

 the calves on each occasion. These auc- 

 tions offer an unusual opportunit) to 

 siudx the relative values of different 

 grades ot cattle, and the International 

 invites visitors lo be present any Tues- 

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

 Yards, (hic.igo, until the middle ot 

 (.October. 



Reduced Rates Apply 



In So. Illinois Area 



E.Ml-RGEXCV freight rates on live 

 stock and feed, ha) and straw 

 when used for feeding purposes, have 

 been published for the southern Illinois 

 ilrouth area. 



The new freight tariffs are effective 

 in the following Illinois counties: 

 Alexander, Clax, Craxvford, Hdwards, 

 layette, I'ranklin, Gallatin, Hamilton. 

 Hardin. Jackson, Jefferson. Jersev . 

 Johnson, Laxvrence, .Madison, .Marion, 

 ■Massac, .\U)nroe, Perr)', Pope, Pulaski. 

 Randolph, Richland, St. Clair, Saline, 

 Union, Wabash, Washington, Wayne, 

 White and Williamson. 



The rates apply on live stock, feed, 

 hay, straxv and xvater from various 

 points xvhen shipped to the drouth areas 

 .ind are on the basis of one-half of the 

 legular tariff rates. The half rate xx-ill 

 also apply on live stock shipped from 

 the drouth areas to feeding points but 

 not to markets or to public feed lots. 

 Sec your county .adviser to get the ad- 

 xantage of the lower rates. 



Uncle Ab says that to keep from 

 cr)ing over spilled ink, don't spill it 

 from the point of a pen. 



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