VOICE 



./ ikc MEMBERS 



Editor, I. A. A. RECORD: 

 Some discussion regarding the matter of 



co-operation between farmer co-operatives 

 and consumer co-operatives has frequently 

 come to my attention and I notice some dis- 

 cussion regarding it in a recent issue of the 

 RECORD. It strikes me as being absurd 

 for the farmer and farm organizations to 

 maintain the point of view that they should 

 remain aloof or actually oppose work done 

 by consumer co-operatives. It seems to me 

 absurd for the simple reason that producers 

 of any kind are outnumbered many times 

 by potential members of consumer co-opera- 

 tives. In the case of agriculture, farmers 

 are out-numbered 10 to 1. Ultimately, it 

 seems to me, with the growth of consumer 

 co-operatives, this can but lead to one thing, 

 that is defeat of the farmers, if they should 

 unfortunately take an attitude antagonistic 

 to the consumer movement. In my opinion 

 it is much more sensible and appropriate 

 for the farmers to co-operate in all possible 

 ways in developing the consumer co-opera- 

 tive movement and insist from the begin- 

 ning upon the co-operative attitude between 

 co-operatives, with the express purpose of 

 making farmers' co-operatives and consumer 

 co-operatives an integral unit. By this latter 

 procedure a farmer co-operative should be 

 able to win the good-will of consumer 

 organizations organized on the same basis. 

 Any other policy seems to me to be abso- 

 lutely suicidal. 



With deep interest in rural people and 

 agriculture, I am, 



Wesley C. Eastman, Professor 

 Psychology and Education, 

 ;.-. ; Blackburn College, 



• ' ■' Carlinville, Illinois. 



Farmers arfc not antagonistic to consumer co- 

 operation but they recognize a cleavage of interest 

 between producers who sell and organized con- 

 sumers who buy. If consumer co-ops. succeeds in 

 reducing distribution costs of food products, farmers' 

 market outlets may be broadenea. — Editor. 



The October RECORD reported a tie for 



first place in the girl's 73yd. dash held at 

 the Sport Festival. 



I happened to be present at the Sport 

 Festival and also was at the finish line of 

 this particular race. There was no question 

 as to the outcome of this race when the race 

 was over as the judges quickly picked the 

 winners. The judge picking first place in 

 the race took the Garleb girl from Monroe 

 county and led her up to the recording 

 officials and recorded her as the winner. 

 How they ever got a tie for first place in 

 this race is a question. The officials pre- 

 sented the Garleb girl with the blue ribbon 

 after the race and she has it in her posses- 

 sion to this day. They have never notified 

 her yet as to the difference of the outcome. 



Please check on this race and get the 

 final report as our fans are anxious to know. 

 John Neibruegge, 

 Monroe County. 



Sorry. Our mistake. Miss Garleb was first. Miss 

 Taylor, Vermilion second. — Ed. 



County Farm Bureaus have their eyes on 



the Farm Sports Festival next year already. 

 With the recent two-day affair just two 

 months old, county plans are being laid 

 for fuller participation at the second Fes- 

 tival. 



St. Clair County Farm Bureau Notes 



THE ORIGINAL 'WAYNE COUNTY" APPLE KNOCKERS 

 But they hail from Livingston County. Thas* boys won tha first priia trophy at tha 

 Sports Fastlval. 



reads as follows: "Next year, the county 

 should enlist entries in all the various sport 

 events." The Vermilion County Farm 

 Bureau Booster says, "Farm Bureau of- 

 ficials are well pleased with the showing 

 our folks made, and also with the tre- 

 mendous interest shown in all the various 

 sports. Already a regular softball sched- 

 ule is being planned, both among Farm 

 Bureau members and among boys in 4-H 

 Club work." 



From the Pike County Farmer, "Won't 

 it be fun to work on this program for 

 several months and develop a series of 

 county contests leading to the state contest 

 next year.'" Livingston County athletes, 

 nosed out of the sweepstakes cup this year, 

 say they will be back stronger than ever 

 next year. 



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Fall is open season for livestock tours 



to the terminal market, reports Ray E. 

 Miller. Recent tours included 98 livestock 

 feeders from Kendall County, 65 from Bu- 

 reau, and 87 from Rock Island, to the Chi- 

 cago Producers. 



A total of 13,518 carloads of livestodc 



was marketed by Illinois feeders through 

 members of National Livestock Marketing 

 Assn. in the first six months of the year. This 

 is a gain of 1,580 cars or 13.2 percent over 

 same period in '35. To Chicago Producers, 

 Illinois farmers shipped 6,800 cars of live- 

 stock during this period, a gain of nearly 

 20 percent over 1935. Henry County led 

 the state in the number of cars marketed co- 

 operatively with 453. DeKalb led in cars 

 shipped to Chicago Producers. Jo Daviess 

 showed the biggest percentage increase, Han- 

 cock second. 



Gerald Murphy of Adams County with a 

 batting average of .619 was awarded the 

 trophy for batting champion of the Illinois 

 Farm Bureau Baseball League. Presented 

 for the first time by the league, the cup be- 

 comes the permanent possession of the player 

 winning it two years. 



Final figures show that Murphy played in 

 five games, was at bat 21 times and collected 

 13 hits for a batting average of .619. L. 

 Keine, Lake County's big gun, took second 

 place, collecting 15 hits in 26 trips to the 

 plate for an average of .576. 



Show, will take place November 28 to 

 December 5 in connection with the Interna- 

 tional Livestock Exposition. It will be held 

 in the International Amphitheater at the 

 Chicago Stockyards. 



Henry A. Wallace, Secretary of Agricul- 

 ture, will head a list of Washington of- 

 ficials who will speak at the 18th annual 

 convention of the American Farm Bureau 

 Federation to be held in Pasadena, Cali- 

 fornia, Dec. 9-11. Other speakers will in- 

 clude, Chester Davis, C. V. Gregory, H. R. 

 ToUey, William I. Myers and Marvin Jones. 



Reservations for the annual Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Association meeting to be held 

 January 28 and 29 in Chicago totaled 1299 

 on October 17. Out of the 97 County Farm 

 Bureaus, 37 have yet to be heard from. 



True-to-life dramas, sponsored by Country 

 Life Insurance Company, are being presented 

 over radio station WLS every Monday, Wed- 

 nesday and Friday from 1 :00 to 1 :05 P. M. 

 CST. 



Sixty-seven counties in Illinois have organ- 

 ized rural youth groups with an enrollment 

 of 5,000 members, reports Frank Gingrich. 

 Eight more counties are planning to organ- 

 ize similar groups. 



America's largest annual competitive farm 

 crops show, Intertiational Grain and Hay 



The Peoria County Farm Bureau and Pro- 

 ducers Creamery of Peoria joined in honor- 

 ing the county's state championship adult 

 soft ball team at a dinner in Peoria the 

 night of October 14. Vice-president Albert 

 Hayes of the State Farm Bureau League 

 officiated. George Thiem was the principal 

 speaker. 



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