Public Hearing On 



Corn-Hog Program 



Donald Kirkpatrick, general counsel, 

 represented the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association and A. F. B. F. at the pub- 

 lic hearing on the corn-hog adjustment 

 program on September 26 at the Willard 

 Hotel in Washington. The hearing was 

 arranged to give all interested parties 

 an opportunity to be heard on the fol- 

 lowing questions: 



1. Whether the current average farm 

 price of corn and of hog.« is less than 

 the fair exchange value of these com- 

 modities. 



2. Whether the average farm price 

 of corn and of hogs is likely to be less 

 than the fair exchange value of these 

 commodities during the period when 

 the corn and hogs produced during the 

 current or next succeeding marketing 

 year will be normally marketed. 



3. AVhether the conditions and factors 

 relating to the production, marketing 

 and consumption of corn and hogs are 

 such that the exercise of any one or 

 more of the powers conferred upon the 

 Secretary of Agriculture under the Act 

 as amended will tend to effectuate the 

 declared policy of the Act. 



4. Whether the exercise of the power 

 to provide for adjustments in acreage 

 or production of com and hogs through 

 agreements with corn and hog producers 

 and for adjustment payments in connec- 

 tion with such agreements is adminis- 

 tratively practicable and best calculated 

 to effectuate the declared policy of the 

 Act. 



Henry County Leads in 



Shipments to Producers 



During the first six months of 1935, 

 67 Illinois counties shipped 5,702 equiva- 

 lent cars of livestock to the Chicago 

 Producers. Henry County led among all 

 Illinois counties with 388 cars with La- 

 Salle County in second place with 345 

 cars and DeKalb County in third place 

 with 320 cars. Owing to the extreme 

 shortage of livestock in the country, to- 

 tal volume shipped by these Illinois coun- 

 ties to Chicago Producers was not as 

 great as the first six months of 1934 

 when a total of 7,575 cars were shipped 

 from the same counties to the same 

 Agency. While the decrease in volume 

 -was [24.7%, the decrease of saleable re- 

 ceipts on the Chicago market was about 

 331/2%. 



The first fifteen counties were as fol- 

 lows: 

 County Cars 



Henry 388 



LaSalle 345 



NOTICE 

 ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL 



ASSOCIATION 

 ELECTION OF DELEGATES 



Notice is hereby given that in con- 

 nection with the annual meeting of 

 the County Farm Bureaus, to be held 

 during the month of October. 1935. at 

 the hour and place to be determined 

 by the Board of Directors of each 

 respective County Farm Bureau, the 

 members in good standing; of such 

 County Farm Bureau and.; who are 

 also qualified voting members of Illi- 

 nois Agricultural Association shall 

 elect a delegate or delegates to rep- 

 resent such members of Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Association and vote on all 

 matters before the next annual meet- 

 ing or any special meeting of the As- 

 sociation, including the election of 

 officers and directors as provided for 

 in the by-laws of the Association. 



The annual meetings of the Pulaski- 

 Alexander. Adams. Cass. Henderson. 

 Marshall-Putnam. Monteomerv. Pike, 

 Scott. Shelbv. Wayne. White, Warren. 

 Ford. JoDaviess. Washin^on and 

 Menard County Farm Bureaus will be 

 held in October 1935. 



(Signed I 



PAUL E. MATHIAS. 

 Corporate Secretary. 

 September 20. 1933. 



DeKalb 320 



McLean 260 



Whiteside , 251 



Lee , 224 



Ogle : 218 



Bureau 207 



Knox „ 199 



Iroquois ; .197 



Winnebago = 188 



Livingston 187 



Stephenson 173 



Rock Island 138 



Carroll 132 



In spite of the tremendous decrease in 

 livestock on farms, many other counties 

 showed increased shipments to the Pro- 

 ducers, including DeWitt, Douglas, Mc- 

 Donough, Coles, Edgar, Effingham, Kan- 

 kakee, Logan, Macon, Moultrie, Shelby, 

 Woodford. 



Elmer N. Searls, former 4-H club 

 member in Jersey county, more recently 

 .A.g teacher at Alexis and Athens, has 

 been employed as director of organiza- 

 tion in Whiteside county. 



At a recent meeting in the I. A. A. 



offices directors of the Mississippi Val- 

 ley Milk Producers voted to change the 

 name to Illinois Milk Producers Associa- 

 tion. Eleven out of 12 markets repre- 

 sented on the Board w^ere pre.sent. 



Who's Who Among 



The Farm Advisers 



I. E. PARETT 



1. E. Parett, farm adviser in Ver- 

 milion county since September 1 and 

 a native of the Hoosier state, wai- 

 bom and reared on a St. .'oseph 

 county. Indiana, farm. He graduated 

 from high school at South Bend and 

 in 1922 received his degree from Pur- 



due University. 



For a period 

 of T'^z years fol- 

 lowing gradua- 

 tion Mr. Parett 

 taught agricul- 

 ture in the 

 S a u n e m i n 

 township high 

 school in Liv- 

 ingston county. 

 He acted as 

 principal during 

 the last 2':: 

 years there. 



In Februai 

 1930 he becam? 

 farm adviser in Morgan county. Illi- 

 nois — a position he has held since th:it 

 date. During his term as farm advi> r 

 with headquarters at Jacksonviiie 

 membership in the Farm Bur ju 

 grew from 740 to 1.046. Mr. Paiet' 

 was active in organizing 4-H clubs of 

 which there are 23 in the countv with 

 a membership of 351 boys and girls. 

 Every boy and girl in 4-H Club work 

 in Morgan county is given a yearly 

 health examination. 



Mr. Paretfs successful record as 

 farm adviser in Morgan county evi- 

 denced by the large membership and . 

 broad program of service to members, 

 led to his selection by the board of 

 directors of the Vermilion County 

 Farm Bureau for that post. Vermilion 

 is one of the larger counties of the 

 state and offers a splendid opportu- 

 nity for developing a larger Farm 

 Bureau membership. 



He and Mrs. Parett have two chil- 

 dren, Richard and Janet. Morgan 

 county had not announced the selec- 

 tion of a successor to Mr. Parett at 

 time of going to press. 



A. A. Officials Speak 



In Other States 



The Danville Producers Dairy which 



has been operating seven retail milk de- 

 pots recently started building a new dis- 

 tributing plant. 



President Earl C. Smith addressed the 

 recent annual meeting of the Alabama 

 Farm Bureau Federation held at the 

 state college. Auburn, during Univer- 

 .'ity Week. 



Donald Kirkpatrick spoke at Good- 

 lettsville, Tenn., recently, at a large 

 gathering commemorating the 54th an- 

 niversary of the first co-operative wool 

 pool organized in the United States. He 

 also addressed a Kentucky Farm Bureau 

 picnic at Paducah. L. A. Williams spoke 

 before a state insurance meeting in In- 

 dianapolis called by the Indiana Farm 

 Bureau which recently organized its own 

 casualty company. 



OCTOBER, 1935 



