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ILLINOIS 



To advance the purpose for which the Farm Bureau was organized 

 namely, to promote, protect and represent the business, economic, political 

 and educational interests of the farmers of Illinois and the nation, and 

 to develop agriculture. 



April, 1936 

 Vol. 14 No. 4 



ILLINOIS AeniCULTURAL ASSOCIATION 



Greatest Slate Farm Organization in America 



OFFICERS 



President, Earl C. Smith Detroit 



Vice-President, Talmage DeFrees Sm'thboro 



Corporate Secretary, Paul E. Mathias. . . . .Chicago 



Field Secretary, Geo. E. Metzger Chicago 



Treasurer, R. A. Cowles Bloomington 



Ass't Treasurer, A. R. Wright Varna 



BOARD OF DIRECTORS 



(By Congressional District) 



1st to 1 1th E. Harris, Grayslake 



12th E. E. Houghtby, Shabbona 



13th C. E. Bamborough, Polo 



14lh Otto Steffey, Stronghurst 



I5th M. Ray Ihrig, Golden 



16th Albert Hayes, Chillicothe 



17th E. D. Lawrence, Bloomington 



I8th Herman W. Danforth Danforth 



19th Eugene Curtis, Champaign 



20th K. T. Smith, Greenfield 



21st Samuel Sorrells, Raymond 



22nd A. O. Eckert, Belleville 



23rd Chester McCord, Newton 



24th Charles Marshall, Belknap 



25th R. B. Endicott, Villa Ridge 



DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS 



Comptroller R. G. Ely 



Dairy Marketing Wilfred Shaw 



Finance . ' R. A. Cowles 



Fruit and Vegetable Marketing H. W. Day 



Information — Publicity George Thiem 



Legal and General Counsel Donald Kirkpatrick 



Live Stock Marketing Ray E. Miller 



Office C. E. Johnston 



Organization G. E. Metzger 



Produce Marketing F. A. Gougler 



Safety C. M. Seagraves 



Taxation and Statistics J. C. Watson 



Transportatic-.i-Claims Division G. W. Baxter 



A2^SOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS 



Country Life Insurance Co L. A. Williams, Mgr. 



Farmers' Mutual Reinsurance Co....]. H. Kelker, Mgr. 

 Illinois Agr. Auditing Ass'n . . F. E. Ringham, Mgr. 

 Illinois Agr. Mutual Ins. Co.. .A. E. Richardson, Mgr. 



III. Agr. Service Co Donald Kirkpatrick, Secy. 



III. Farm. Bureau Serum Ass'n.. Ray E. Miller, Mgr. 



Illinois Farm Supply Co L. R. Marchant, Mgr. 



Illinois Fruit Growers' Exchange. .H. W. Day, Mgr. 

 Illinois Grain Corporation. .Harrison Fahrnkoof, Mgr. 

 Illinois Livestock Marketing Ass'n . . Rav Miller, Mgr. 

 Illinois Milk Producers' Ass'n . . Wilfred Shaw, Mgr. 

 Illinois Producers' Creameries . . F. A. Gouffler, Mgr. 

 J. B. Countiss, Sales Mgr. 

 Soybean Marketing Ass'n. .J. W. Armstrong, President 



Published monthly by the Illinois Agricultural Asso- 

 i-iation at 165 So. Main St.. Spencer. Ind. Editorial 

 Offices. 608 So. Dearborn St. Chicaro. 111. Entered as 

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 1925. Address all commnnications for publication to 

 Editorial Offices. Illinois Agricultural Association 

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GEORGE THIEM, Editor 



JOHN TRACY, Asst. Editor 



SPRING is the happiest of sea- 

 sons! 

 The .smell of freshly turned 

 tarth. Fields growing green. Ap- 

 ple, cherry and peach blossoms. 

 New born pigs and lambs sunning 

 themselves. Plants springing into 

 life. Birds building their nests. 

 The beginning of a new year. .\11 

 Nature combines to make life look 

 good. "God's in his Heaven. .^H's 

 right with the world." 



Hope runs high in the Spring. To 

 the farmer comes naturally the 

 urge to grow bigger crops. "Prices 

 are better. This is the year to 

 make money. Reduce the mort- 

 gage. Buy a new car. Get ahead!" 



Looking forward. Building air 

 castles. Making plans. All are nec- 

 essary to achievement. But look- 

 ing backward is wisdom. Experi- 

 ence urges caution. "Everything 

 in moderation," savs the philoso- 

 pher summing up the teaching.^ of 

 time. 



And looking backward we learn 

 that the national farm mortgage 

 will be paid faster if we hold the 

 cash crop acreage in check. Prices 

 will.be better and so will our soil. 



In Illinois as in other states, soil 

 conservation takes on new meaning 

 and importance this Snring. The 

 1936 program is here. Will farmers 

 generally support it ? Will it hold 

 the gains of past years? New agri- 

 cultural history will be written this 

 year. Farmers will write it. 



The man with his mind on the bal- 

 lot box is handicapped in think- 

 ing clearly about farmers problems. 

 Let's think more deeply, sift the 

 wheat from the chaff, and profit 

 by what we have learned. "Grass" 

 will prove to be the most profit- 

 able crop on the farm if it dis- 

 places unneeded acres of com and 

 wheat. Read the article "From 

 Corn to Grass" on page 4, then go 

 to your local soil conservation 

 meetings for more detailed infor- 

 mation on the new program. 



Member W. B. Taber, Jr. of 



Edgar county writes that he is still 

 convinced the gold revaluation pro- 

 gram is responsible for the in- 

 creases in farm prices since early 

 1933. This is the general point of 

 view of New York state farm 

 leaders. Dollar devaluation helped. 

 No question about it. But we can't 

 go along with the belief that AAA 

 was a mistake. True the 1934 

 drouth cut production and raised 

 prices more than AAA. But that 

 only proves acreage adjustment 

 was sound. Incidentally, gold re- 

 valuation didn't do much for prices 

 of potatoes, fruits and vegetables, 

 dairy products. 



"I always look over your paper 

 with a great deal of interest when 

 it comes to our office," writes 

 Francis Rob'nson. secretary of the 

 New Hampshire Farm Bureau Fed- 

 eration. "I have been particularly 

 impressed with your effective use 

 of pictures." Pictures tell the story 

 better than words and have greater 

 interest. On naees 18 and 19 this 

 issue vou will find another double 

 spread of pictures. Also snapshots 

 scattered throughout the 36 pages 

 illustrating feature articles and 

 reports of meetings. Our readers 

 can heln make each issue of the 

 RECORD more interesting by 

 sending us especially good pictures, 

 and letters. 



There is much superficial think- 

 ing, and more careless talking 

 about farm economics the.se days. 



Last but not least don't fail to 

 vote in the primaries, Tuesday 

 April 14. A good deal of effort has 

 eone into the preparation of legis- 

 lative information about candidates 

 for office. Study carefully pages 

 6 to 11 inclusive before you go to 

 the polls. Remember that once 

 elected, your public officials usua'ly 

 hold office for a cons'derab'e 

 length of time. Use vour influence 

 and your votes to elect candidates 

 who have a genuine interest in ag- 

 riculture, candidates you feel sure 

 will be fair to farm people in dis- 

 charging the duties of their office. 



