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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



Stark County Meeting another farm for someone 



A. J. Olson, president of the Minne- 

 sota Farm Bureau Federation, was the 

 principal speaker at the recent annual 

 meeting of the Stark County Farm 

 Bureau. 



David Turnbull of Elmira township 

 was elected president; Richard Hail of 

 Osceola, vice-president; Fred D. Smith 

 of West Jersey, secretary; and George 

 Wilson of Toulon, treasurer. 



E. E. Brown, retiring farm adviser, 

 sketched the year's activities. 



The Pawnee Four and Dick Bradley, 

 the talkative tailor furnished most of 

 the entertainment. A successor to 

 County Adviser Brown has not yet been 

 announced. 



Peoria in 1,000 Class 



Farm Bureau membership committees 

 of Peoria county recently added 66 new 

 members to put the Peoria County 

 Farm Bureau in the 1,000 class with 

 1,009 members. Radnor township led 

 with 17. "I think it likely that we will 

 have 2 5 or 30 more when the work is 

 finished and all reports are in," writes 

 Farm Adviser J. W. Whisenand. 



The membership committee in the 

 leading township was composed of Wy- 

 att Ashbaugh, Clair Harlan, Leo Heinz 

 and Wilbur Challacomb. 



Serum Directors Meet 



The directors of the Illinois Farm 

 Bureau Serum Association met in Chi- 

 cago on October 29. 



The association e.\pects to purchase 

 large quantities of anti-hog cholera 

 serum and virus for Farm Bureau mem- 

 bers in the coming year. 



The Serum Association has been in- 

 strumental first in insuring an adequate 

 supply of high quality serum for Illi- 

 nois farmers, and secondly, in lowering 

 the cost of anti-cholera vaccination by 

 organizing the buying power of live 

 stock growers in the purchase of im- 

 munizing materials. 



Packers Have No Plans 



F. E. White, president of Armour 

 & Company, states that his organiza- 

 tion "has no definite plans as to en- 

 gaging in the retailing of meats and 

 groceries," should its plea and that of 

 Swift & Company be granted for re- 

 moval of the restrictions in the pack- 

 ers' consent decree. 



"The trend of the times is such that 

 we may be forced to go into the re- 

 tailing business," continued Mr. White. 

 "We want to be unfettered and have 

 freedom of action to meet any condi- 

 tions arising." 



Editor, I. A. A. RECORD: 



"Wonder if any of your readers 

 would be interested in using 268 acres 

 in South Dakota, 90 acres of this land 

 in level tract on the banks of the Mis- 

 souri River, balance in cultivatable up- 

 land, and timber. Excellent for pota- 

 toes, small grain, good timber pasture 

 on river banks for wintering cattle, lo- 

 cated eight miles from Mobridge in 

 Walworth county, no buildings on land 

 but plenty timber available. Willing 

 to make an agreement with right party 

 to use property, rent free, for a number 

 of years. Taxes are not high, plenty 

 water available, and a pump could irri- 

 gate if necessary at small expense." 

 H. C. Williamson, 

 321 No. Crawford Ave., 

 Chicago. 



WiMe^^ 



A ^24,000 Melon 



A $24,000 melon for Farm Bureau 

 member patrons of the Marshall-Put- 

 nam Oil Company was announced re- 

 cently at the annual meeting of the 

 company at Henry. 



The patronage refund, it is under- 

 stood, will be paid as follows: an 8 f>er 

 cent regular cash dividend on sales, im- 

 mediately; two special 6 per cent divi- 

 dends to be paid later. The S24,000 

 patronage dividend represents surplus 

 after dividends on capital stock, re- 

 serves, depreciation, and general oper- 

 ating expenses. 



The Marshall-Putnam Company han- 

 dled 696,36(2 gallons of gasoline, 2 59,- 

 292 gallons of kerosene, 29,68 5 gallons 

 of lubricating oil, 15,012 pounds of" 

 grease, with a total volume of business 

 for the yeart-amounting to $163,981. 



Judges for International 



Three of the live stock judges at the 

 coming International Live Stock Expo- 

 sition will be imported from Scotland; 

 two from Canada. The Scotch judges 

 will place the steers, Aberdeen-Angus 

 cattle, and Clydesdale horses. 



Manager Heide reports that entries 

 are being received in large numbers by 

 all departments from the United States, 

 Canada, and even from foreign coun- 

 tries. 



The exposition opens on the first 

 Saturday following Thanksgiving, No- 

 vember 29, and closes December 6. 



Reduced railroad fares will be in 

 force throughout this period. 



The Whiteside County Farm Bureau 

 announces that 105 new members 

 joined in a one-day drive staged Sep- 

 tember 30. 



The daily farm program of the I. A. 

 A. from Station WJJD, Mooseheart, is 

 broadcast between 12:15 and 12:30 

 P. M., Monday to Friday, inclusive. 

 Hear the daily Chicago live stock mar- 

 ket from the Producers, and each Fri- 

 day the weekly market review. Out- 

 look reports, reviews, farm news and 

 economic information are broadcast 

 daily. 



C. L. Mast, club deader in LaSalle 

 county, Illinois, broadcast over the 

 NBC chain on November 8 from KYW, 

 Chicago. Mast is a former club mem- 

 ber of Adams county. i . 



The winners of the Illinois State Play 

 Tournament from Savoy in Champaign 

 county presented their play, "The 

 Mayor and the Manicure," before the 

 annual convention of the American 

 Country Life Association at Madison on 

 October 8. 



On their return to Chicago the play 

 waj broadcast from WLS. - i 



President Earl C. Smith spoke on the 

 proposed revenue amendment from Sta- 

 tion WLS, Chicago, Wednesday night, 

 Oct. 29. John C. Watson followed with 

 a similar talk over the same station the 

 night of Nov. 1, pointing out why the 

 I. A. A. could not support the measure. 



An Argentine radio station was 

 closed recently because it broadcast 

 too much advertising. 



■ There are about half as many radio 

 sets in use in the United States as there 

 are families in the country, according 

 to an estimate made by the Department 

 of Commerce. , 



Advertising Helps Producer 



Production and consumption of 

 dairy products at present are so nearly 

 balanced, states the National Dairy 

 Council, that any increase in produc- 

 tion without a corresponding increase 

 in demand will surely depress prices still 

 further. A fund estimated at around 

 $200,000 will be raised jointly by Illi- 

 nois cream producers and processors to 

 advertise butter among consumers with- 

 in the state. 



As a result of a short publicity cam- 

 paign last winter, the consumption of 

 butter was so increased that storage 

 holdings were reduced more than 30,- 

 000,000 lbs. Prices arose accordingly. 



