iiuikc(i in. 



Tin l'v(wlui«'i> w;i.- I'jir ir, th<- itiiil «<' 

 .,ii li\i -tock <-(iinini>sii)n liim^ ii; v<ii 

 i;in( . h;in<lliiii; iiioro that! four tii;ii> :>> 

 cii;iii:. bcf:y as thf next la"iurt>t ^iin. A 

 !,.(ji; i.f 1212 4-II chill lalvti- wen 

 Milil ill an avora^i-c prii-c of S>>..">2. C'attli 

 atui lanil> Imyilit: seivicc for tVfiitrs \va- 

 1 x|paiiilc'i (liiiint;- the year and a no» 

 flai Piiailc «'ft'c'cti\c picvUliM^; fi ! pui 

 1 'laMiij: f«H-<li'r stock on wrstciii a^ well 

 :,> ini<M'c west markets. Th!> new mtv 

 111 iiahideil vaccination against -lii|' 

 p;i.j; t'c\er. insurance in tran.-ii ami foi 

 J! (lay- after deliviiy. veteiii;ai iai >i'rv 

 .«•< ^. a! (I payment of ilraft am! I'eii; 

 .liar^'-. This seivice >vas offeie«i at 2r>c 

 (•el lul. on cattle and 2tlc on slieei .X 

 total o; I'.i'.' cars <if cattle ami fi\i lai- 

 o) -hti |> were purchased under this plan: 

 i';> o! i-attle and I'l'.' of >lieep uiidei ihi 

 ii).ii!: I plan on the ('hicayo maikei. 



(i W. Baxter of the I. A. .A. tran.-poi 

 ^iilU'i divi-ioii colle(te(i L'li'J li..-'- am: 

 <laii,a;;e ilainis for Chicajri' I'ro<)ticers 

 |.at:or.s during the year. Mana-iei Swan-- 

 -oi: reported. He said that the con! 

 pati;. IS lionde<i for more than $2.'>n.i'(in 

 « hi< I. >rnarantees prompt paymeiii fu 

 livestock to shippers. Book- are auiiited 

 •iionthly liv the lllinoi- \i;iicuitui ai 

 1 idtinjr .Association. 



Will Feel Drouth 



|i 1 i>nclusi<in. hi' said. "The I. Iiuapi 

 In liuceis will feel nmst of the effect- ol 

 ttie drouth in curtailment of I'.'.'!.' live 

 -to. K receipts. This will mean less revi - 

 I.IK to sellinj; a^^encie^ this >iar. S< far 

 il»!> year, in onler to cut expenses iiiui 

 ha\e mor( effect on price level-, yet y<iur 

 iieij;hhor- and friends to sliin to opei 

 I en.petitive nnirkets where ali packer- 

 tia\< p<pial ami leady opportunity to hi.; 

 on ;,nd liuy your livestock. H> -■. doln^ 

 vol. will 1>« helpiiiir th;in aii<l lulpir.j; 

 voursflves. hecaiise all expense-, sur 

 nlu- capacity, and wasti^ come out of the 

 "piead lietween what thi- pidducii :;ei- 

 ..nd what the consumir pays." 



I>e.in Cluis Christetisen of im \\ :- 

 ' onsin Coilcj^e of .\);ricultute «a\< ;. 

 1 lean-cut expositioi: i.{ the reouirenniit- 

 of a succesi-ful c....ipcvai ive niaiketmsj 

 ■■--ociation. 



• omnieiitiny upon the yi.wii: .f tin 

 ' imafro Producers from 2. ''2 pel cc-nt <if 

 market receipts ii. r.cj-j. the first year <il 

 o(ieratior.. to 12.!' per cent in ]'.Ci he 

 ■aid "Thi- record shows a heallhx. nat 

 lira) L'lowth from a small liej-'inniiiy ami 

 ■ippaiently upon a souml hu-iiie-.- liasis 

 I lie leader- id' \our oruanizatioi. have 

 lealized that thiie i- nolhiri-.' my-teiiou- 

 o! mystical ahout co-operation: ni-tead 

 "lat it must he estalilished and opeiaten 

 '! on sound business principles. No 'am • 

 •r-' co-operative is likely to succeeii ui 

 ■e-s it build.* on experience. Youi o.vi 

 o'MTiizatioti afford- an .-xample <•: 



liinldiii}: i).\ thi> proiess " 



t"o-operati<in succeed- iiest. m -aid 

 « lien it is orjranizeil to ( 1 t serM' ai: eco 

 noinic need. (2| i> ably m;ina(re<i. (.".i 

 I- soundly fin.iniid. ami (1) is iiitelh 

 L'ently supported by its inenibers. 



Other speakers were Charles A. Kwiii};. 

 president of th(' National Li\istock .Mai - 

 kelin:; .Association. .1. I'. liaipei. editor 

 of the National Live .St oik I'liducer. 



I. .1. Qiiasey. Transportation ('■•unsei. 

 and I'rof. I!. ('. .Ashby of tiie I'liiversity 

 of Illinois who-e addre-- because of its 

 frank discussion of maiketiiiK probli'm-^ 

 uppenno.-t in the minds •>{ many Illinois 

 farmers at thi- tim-.. will be ie]>roduced 

 II full in this or tin followinj; i-sue of 

 the KKCOKIl. 



.\ ie\isioi: «a- made in tin ten Jt'i: \ 

 foi the selectiur of directors and .''evera: 

 chanue- Wen made in the bnard. Tbi- 

 iivisi-d plan wa- explained by llonab: 

 Kirkp.atrick. i;tneia] counsel. .1. N. Iloi- 

 lacher and I'. W. .Mott. Iowa direc 

 tors, retired, ami (ha-. \V. .Martin of .lef 

 ferson. Iowa, wa- elected to represent the 

 new district. No. h. Henry II. I'arke of 

 tienna. lllinoi- was reelected from di- 

 trict .No. 1 and f'harles .\. Kwini; oi 

 I'ecatur. lllinoi> from district .No. ."i. 



II. A. Dobbin of State rintii. Iowa wa- 

 elicted vice-president to -uoieii Mr. 

 llorlacher. Other director- are: II. Wie- 

 land. secretary-treasurer. Keloji, Wi-con 

 sin: (i. K. TulliK-k. Korkford. Illinois: 

 Theodore Oiiez. \Vasbint.''t<in. Iowa: K. li. 

 tiehrin^'. Calesbury. Illinois; <". J. Hearst, 

 'edar Kail.-. Iowa: am! !■'. .A. .*-nod>rrass. 

 (ieneseo. lllinoi-. .Mon thar. :i<l<' dele- 

 gates, member- and \ i-itm- attended ibe 

 meetiti^; ami laiicbeii " ibi .^bernia!' 

 Hotel. 



Galesburg Pure Milk 



Sells 98% Of Supply 



Iht followin;; director- win ebc'eii 

 for the CalesbuiL' Pure .Milk .Xs-iuiation 

 at the annual meetin;; held in the I'ann 

 I'linau office. Kel'iuary 22: Kdwii 

 liumm. <ia!e-buru: I.eiand Ityan. .Abiii^r 

 do: : I.eslii- .McKie. Omida; Kimer .Aiider- 

 -on. (iale-biirj;; llaro'ii M:n\ kiii-oli. 

 (iaiesburi;; Bert Ko-enberi y. .Abiiiudov: 

 .iMil Clyde (»iin(;rr. Abint:di.i:. 



loilowiny the ,.ii;nual meeting, tl.'- 

 in.ard eleileii the followini.' officer- 

 Kdwin (Junim. president; I.elar.d Ilyan 

 '.lie-president: Leslie McKie. secrelaiy: 

 aid Klmei .\ndei-on. tre;i-urer. 



"The year 1'.'.") lias been a \ eiy -uc 

 I es>ful one for the .Assixiatioii. luu- thai 

 •las been of vital importance to the inem- 

 '■i'shi)i. Kdwir. (Jumiii -aid iii the presi 

 dent's report. Manajrer Forrest Mobert; 

 reported thai ilurili}; tl.e yeiir 4.21tl,Sno 

 pi.und- of milk were -old by the .Asso- 

 ciation to the t\ie distributint; dairie- 

 of the city. This represented 98'. of all 

 milk delivered to the (Jale-^burv' dairies. 



With Our Farm Bureau 

 Presidents 



I GOOnrNOUGH 



dent 

 sinci' 

 vears 



.Arthur L. ".Art"' Gi»<>il<injii(;h oi - 

 cupii-s a place of prominence amiiiii; 

 Whiteside County farmers bn-ainsc foi 

 ■iTi years Ik- has believed anil prac- 

 ticed the cooperative principle of help- 

 ing him.self through helping his neigh- 

 bors. His position of li aiiirship is well 

 deserved because he has not only Ixin 

 a leader in thi principles of giHid 

 farming but he has interested liimsi If 

 in nil coriiniiin!l\ .iili\ itits. 



He :.s start mt 

 nis sixth yeai 

 as pri'siili'iit ol 

 the Wbitrsidi 

 C'ounty Far in 

 Bureau and 

 tiaving bi-en a 

 charter inembei 

 has made ;i sub- 

 -tantial contri- 

 Initiim to iirijan- 

 i/cd a»;iicultui' 

 m While si,).' 

 f'lmnly 



M r . Giiode- 

 oovigh ba*« ;il-i» 

 -erved a- pre:i- 

 !>f the Corn-Hiig Association 

 its organization and for eleven 

 was a-meml)er of the Board of 

 .Supervisors He is the type of leadei 

 in whom his t'nion Grove tnwn-hii. 

 ni'ighbors have confidence. 



Mr Goodenough is a staekman liav- 

 ing bi?en for years interesfi-d in both 

 the dairv and hog business It whs 

 partly due to his interest in Hamp- 

 shire hogs that the wale and si/e of 

 the breed were increa.-eii. He i^erveii 

 as H;unpsiiiri' juilsi at the Iftl.' 

 World's Fair at San Francisco Hi- 

 iudging experience also includes twi 

 .Stars at tb.e Na1iot\al Swine Show 

 thixo years at the Indian.i State Fair 

 two years at the Illinois State F.iir 

 iind two .\Tar- at the Iowa St;iti Fail 

 His herd of Purebnd Holstcins ba- 

 taken many prizes at the County Fan 

 Their utilit.v value has niit been ovei - 

 looki-iJ as Mr. Gi>odenoush has be* i 

 a Dairy Herd Improvement As.socia- 

 liim member practically" ever\ v.-..i 

 -ince its origin in 1912 



Bccausi' he pioneered ;is a g.^oM* ; 

 of alfalfa and ailapted his land t> 

 sweit elir.ir bv a eem rous appliia 

 lion of limisioni. bis farm is one ol 

 tlw' mo-t jrodiictivi m White-idi 

 County. 



Mr. Goodenough «as txiTu in Uniot, 

 Grove town-hip in 1S78 and be startiii 

 farming for himself at the age n( 

 20 Mr atid Mrs. Goodenough. havi 

 four children, Georgi Florence M lUdi 

 and Elmer, three of whom are mar- 

 ried and !i\e away from home. Thi 

 GoiHienoughs re.-idi on the bomi 

 farm three and one-l)t<lf miles we.-l 

 of Morrison. Mr (Joiulenougb ha*- 

 been an ardent Farm Bureau member 

 In'cause hi- l)idie\'e- ii. thi ii»o[H."i'.- 

 iive pi iniipli . 



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.An interestiiiir discussion of thw mill-, 

 situation in the United States pfc-ticular 

 ly milk inarketinjr of the state of 111. 

 nois was g-ivej: bj- .T B. Countis.* of thi 

 I. A A 



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