Transportation and the 

 Farmer 



(Continui'd fium paut- IT) 



better service from railroad^. lU'v 

 fences and drainatre alDiifr riirhts of 

 way, more reasonable telephone ami 

 electricity rates and facilities foi 

 maiketinK livestock an<l handlini; 

 petroleum products. More than 100. i 

 carloads of soybean hay shipped out 

 of the state durinir the past yeai 

 were routed the most economical aix' 

 convenient way. Storage in transit 

 privileires on soybeans secured foi 

 shippers saved substantial sums oT 

 money. ' 



II. Illinois farmers have been iriven a>- 

 sistance for many years on publii 

 utility matters. The vast ilevelop- 

 ment of electric transmission line- 

 found farmers who were not familial 

 .with their rights, larjrely at the 

 mercy of utility companies until they 

 appealed to their orjriinization for aid. 

 .Assistance was triven at the outset 

 in Iwatinp hijr.h tension lines .s<n as 

 to reduce to a minimum damage to 

 farm property. .\ fair basis for com- 

 puting daniaKe,s to property was es- 

 tablished and needless to .say. this 

 basis returned farm owners consider- 

 ably more cash in line with actual 

 damages than had beeti originally of- 

 fered. The .same was true in the lay 

 ing of pipe lines and building high- 

 ways. 



For example a Farm Bureau mem- 

 ber in Cook county came into thi 

 office i>ne day on the advice of a 

 neighbor. This man did not realize 

 the services he could obtain from hi- 

 own organization. The County High- 

 way Department had taken a strip 

 of land from his farm to widen thi' 

 e.xisting highway. He had tried for 

 three years to collect for the land 

 taken. .An investigation disclosed 

 that the highway department had 

 secured an easement from a part> 

 who di<l not own the land. .A com- 

 plaint was personally made to the 

 County Highway Commission poiiu- 

 ing out these errors, and a check for 

 S227.00 was received shortly there- 

 after. 



I-. The I. .A. A. has served its membei> 

 for the past fifteen years in collect- 

 ing all sorts of claims aggregating 

 mi>re than S27.").0()0.tK) in claim> 

 against railroads aiul public utilit\ 

 companies. The I. .A. .A. maintain- 

 the best freight tariff file of any 

 farm organization. 

 Farmers are large users of transpor- 

 tation. .Agriculture as an industry com 

 pares favorably with any in this Stale 

 in the use of freight service. .And col- 

 lectively farmers undoubtedly surpass all 



KiTOSW " N, 



E6YPT1AN SERVICE CO. 



FOSTER McDonald, mrs. mcDonald and son merritt 



The McDonalds are 100 per cent co-op'^rators both in selling and buying, says Farm Ad- 

 viser Charles E. Twigg of Jefferson county. They make It a point to talk co-operation to their 

 neighbors and advertise the Egyptian Service Company, of which Mr. McDonald Is a director 

 on their garage, 



Foster Is a Farm Bureau booster. He operates a IGO acre diversified grain and livestock 

 farm, 10 miles northeast of Mt. Vernon. He patronizes the Producers Creamery at Carbondale 

 and the Livestock Commission Association at E. St. Louis. 



other interests in amount of money paid 

 for transportation. Railroails now recog- 

 nize the value of products handled by 

 this organized group. 



Transportation is one of the farmer's 

 most vital problems. It affects the cost 

 of everything he sells and buys. As an 

 individual, he has little or no influence 

 in securing better service, more econom- 

 ical rates and adjustments to meet the 

 change in his financial condition. 



The Illinois .Agricultural .Association 

 has attempted to give intelligent study 

 to the farmer's transportation problems 

 in Illinois all these years. It has repre- 

 sented him in .scores of hearings before 

 rate making bodies affecting his inter- 

 ests. It is difficult to put a price or 

 value on this service, but we know that 

 on controversial issues the fight usuall.v 

 nxives in the direction of the most power- 

 ful Ixidy. 



In these modern times, when the world 

 is criscrossed with railroads, steamship 

 lines, motor highways, and air routes, 

 man has begun to understan<l what speti- 

 diil aid has been given by transportation 

 to the enrichment and enhancement of 

 human life. It is important that rea.son- 

 able regulation be given these agencies 

 not only to protect and pr;'serv-> them as 

 aids to human progress but to prevent 

 them from taking undue aiivantage of 

 agriculture which is the source of most 

 of our wealth. 



Transportation service has found a 

 definite place today in the program of 



Indemnity Payment Raised 



The maximum Federal in.iemnity for 

 grade dairy and beef cattle reacting t.> 

 the official tests for Bang's disea.se or 

 tuberculosis has been upped S.'i, from .S2() 

 to .S2.S. announces .Secretary of .Agricul- 

 ture Wallace. The increase was author- 

 ized because of higher cattle prices and 

 more rigid .sanitary requirements involv- 

 ing expense to cattle owners in control- 

 ling Bang's disease and complying with 

 the designated means of preventing fur- 

 ther infection. .Altho S2.5 is the new 

 maximum amount, actual payment is 

 governed as heretofore by the appraised 

 value of the animal. The maximum in- 

 demnity for purebreds remains at S.")0. 



Illinois wheat contract farmers voted 



17.780 for a continuation of the wheat 

 program to l,tt.')4 against — more than 

 nine to one in .fav<»r. Xon-signers voted 

 :i.4(»7 for and .")t>8 against — a vote of six 

 to one. The vote nationally reported 

 .June h was .'Ull,.'!;*.') in favor to 42.888 

 against. 



I ncle .\b says the only way to keep 

 mentally active is to keep mentally ac- 

 tive. Learn something new every day. 



every enlightened farm organization. It 

 promises to be in the future, as' in" the 

 past, one important way in which farm- 

 ers can help themselves by working to- 

 gether. 



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