lioward ciinib of the property tax liuiilfii 

 svith resultinir delinqufiu-y and hardship 

 Mti propfrty owners will !)»• ro^unu-d. Thi- 

 li-mand i> for more ami more taxes, and 

 ill the past liecause of ••iir antiiuiate<l 

 tax laws property has lieeri the unwilling 

 victim. 



The immediate need i.- {<»■ a revision 

 ol" the revenue artiele of the state eoii- 

 stitution limiting: property taxes to noi 

 more than 1 per cent of fair cash value. 

 ai;d jrivinir the General .Asemhiy liroad 

 pouei- ti' tax the othiT snunes of reve- 

 nue. 1 



Oriratiized farmers and other properl \ 

 on Mi'rs must keep on tiiilititiu until the-e 

 iieede.i i ha.'iires are enacted inti> law. 



Packers AHack Hoq 



Processing Tax 



Tl,e vaiiility of the .Auriculttiral .\d- 

 'ii-tmenr .\ct and the processinir lax on 

 t'oirs is i'«Mnjr attacked in the federal dis- 

 li'c! .ini-t at Baltiniori' Ijy a local meal 

 packer, uho askeil that the trovurnnient 

 I— re.-trained from liikiiii; any action 

 auain^t the companv or ii-; properties 

 tor failure !.■ pay lln- innce-sinir tax on 

 ii"ir.-. 



The American Instiiute of .Meat I'aiU- 

 .i- i-. rei«iirted to l.e lielnnd th.- nioviv 

 It ve>rar<i> ih»' suit a'^ a test i-.isc. Kour 

 I'htlaiielphia attorneys liave heen hired 

 f.o assist the Baltimon> lawyer in aiiru 

 :ir the <i.-e. a news di-^iialch >tale<. 



"Oleo" Sales in Big Gain 

 During High Buffer Markef 



'I'iial olil "l)i>trey man." "leomarirarine. 

 I. as raised its head airain lo f injure in 

 an unusual situation in the dairy mar- 

 ket-. While butter priKiuction is defi- 

 nitely reduced, and supplies exceedingly 

 hsrht. koth of which condilions in them- 



.-elves suppo) t hijrh prices, there have 

 lieen heavy decreases in consumption. 

 • Ill the other hnnii. the shortage of do- 

 mestic supplies has been so acute that 

 retrardli'ss of reduced consumption, but- 

 ter prices have held sufficiently hijrh 

 to attract a considerable amount of 

 foreisrn butter. .A. buyers strike, coupled 

 with increased production of butter sut)- 

 stitutes. add to the upsrt condition "f 

 tile market. 



Recent jiublished fi>{ures state that 

 oleomargarine production fur .lanuary 

 11»:!.'> was 3.3,000.01)0 pounds. ;y> increase 

 of 'A- per cent above .January \V:)i. 



.Apprr.ximately 8.000.000 pounds of 

 foreign butter were received from .lanu- 

 ary I to .April 15, mo.st of this beiii^ 

 New Zealand butter. More than half of 

 the above import.s arrived since March 1. 

 .\lore rt-cently butter prices have dropped 

 sdarply and consumption is reported 

 .iffaii; on the increase 



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Brock fo McHenry 



.I'lim H. Urock assumed hi- dutie- a- 

 farni advi.-er in McHenry county recent- 

 ly .-ucceediii); \V. A. Herriti-rton who 

 resi;rnei| t.i take ovi>r Kami Bureau- 

 I'ann .Manaaren^n; 

 ."-ervice in Wood- 

 ford. T.izewell, .M. 

 I.ean an<l I.ivinijsl..! 

 counties. I'rioi t" 

 cominir to McIIenrv 

 county .lack >erved 

 a- farm adviser in 

 Bond I'ounty for the 

 past four and oiu-- 

 half year-. 



.A f t e I receiv ll;u 

 !:is eleiiientai'v edu- 

 cation in the Kan- 

 kakee public schools, he graduated from 

 the {'iilleKe of .Atrriculture. I'niver- 

 sity of Illinois ill lli'i."). Kollowinjr jrrad 

 nation he spent a year farmin>t, thi-n 

 did ad\.ii!cei| reiristry te-tiim work and 



for four years had charp:e of the dairv 

 herd improvement associations in Illinois, 

 working under the direction of I'rof. C. 

 ."-. Rho<le. Under Brock's jruidance the 

 dair.v herd improvement associations in- 

 crea.sed from thirty-two to approximate- 

 Iv I'.O 



TACK BROCK 



Indianapolis Producers 



Reports Livestock Receipts 



A total of 4.088 car- of livestock sold 

 !iy the Indianapolis Producers durinj; the 

 first four months of 10;!4 broujrht $2. 

 S'lii.'.iTl.TT. whereas .'i.678 cars handled 

 dunim tlu' first four months of ll':!." 

 brouirht a t.>tal of .S4.1*);i.til.">.;!0— an in- 

 crease of approximately Ca) per cent. 



Uuiiim .April the Producers handled li'.' 

 l>er cent of the cattle. 20 per cent of 

 calve-. "JK per cent of the liojrs and .'iT 

 per cent of sheep and lambs received at 

 Indiai'.apoli- besides placiiij;: nearly .">.OiHi 

 fi-edinir c-Mttle. 





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VA C C I N ATE 



While They're Young 



SAVE mOREY » AVOID RISK 



. . . USE FRESH, 

 POTENT FARM 

 BUREAU SERUM 



YOUR COUNTY FARM BUREAU 



I. A. A.* RFXORII 



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