tion, the Association truck which carries 

 them is insLiretl. Any stock not insur- 

 able, that is crippled, JeaJ. etc., will not 

 be shipped by the Association. (;ost of 

 insurance is met from checkoff funtls. 



In 193'', the Drury Cooperative Sliip- 

 ping Association shipped 1 ly carloads to 

 Chicago .which included 6,79- head of 

 stock. In these carloads were 61 i cat- 

 tle, 490 calves, "^,2^6 hogs and n'; 

 sheep. When v\eighed at the Associa- 

 tion s yards, livestock totaled 1,9()2,90{) 

 pounds and when weighed in Chicago 

 totaled 1, 866.010, a shrinkage of 36.- 

 8S0 pounds. 



From I'ebruary 21. 193'>, to December 

 31, 1935, money value of stock shipped 

 totaled SI 30,229.10. The first two 

 months are not included because no rec- 

 ord was kept in this period. In fact, 

 until Tebruary 21, 1935, very few records 

 of any kind were kept. On February 21, 

 Welch became manager. Things began 

 to pop. Since he has taken office, all 

 sorts of records are being kept. Business 

 is running on a much smoother scale. 



Up to July 31 this year, 76 loads had 

 been shipped as compared with 67 over 

 the same period a year ago. Weight of 

 these animals reach 1,2-12,1-40 pounds at 

 the Chicago market. In all, -1,935 head 

 of livestock had been shipped in that 





Correct Figures On 



U. S. Hog Imports 



In the October issue of the REC- 

 ORD there was reproduced a letter 

 by John (^. Watson to the editor of 

 the Chicago News commenting on an 

 article by John A. Mirt.-^ which ap- 

 peared in the News of September 10 

 19.36. 



In this article, Mr. Mirt had the 

 following to say: 



"Up until this year few live hogs 

 have been either imported or exported. 

 In the first six months of 1936, how- 

 ever. 6,536.000 head have been 

 brought into this country, a figure 

 which exceeds the number slaughtered 

 in the fall of 1933 in connection with 

 the government's hog reduction pro- 

 gram. The bulk of these came from 

 Canada. " 



In the letter Mr. Watson pointed 

 out that approximately 6,536,000 

 POUNDS, not head, were brought 

 into this country in the first six 

 months of 1936, which is about 33,- 

 000 hogs rather than 6.5 36.000. ' 



That Mr. Mirt is intellectually 

 honest and did not intentionally mis- 

 lead his readers is fndicated by the 

 fact that when the error was brought 

 to his attention by another reader he 

 published a correction. This was done 

 the day prior to the receipt of Mr. 

 Watson's letter. Mr. Mirt has assured 

 us that the mistake was unintentional 



W ^:M' 



MR. AND MRS. WELCH AND LOREHA 

 "She's a swell llHle tap dancer. " 



period including 1.019 hogs, 254 sheep, 

 ■126 cattle ant! 236 calves. 



Average cost for pickup, shipment and 

 delivery to Chicago is figured to be from 

 53 to 58 cents per hundred. In the 10 

 months of 1935 previously cited, net in- 

 come after expenses totaled $122,381.69, 



In the past few months, there has been 

 a decided trend towards marketing live- 

 stock through the Chicigo Producers 

 Commission Association. In previous 

 years, it seemed to be a 50-50 proposition 

 with half of the livestock going to old 

 line houses and the other half being sent 

 to Producers. Now the greatest per- 

 centage goes to the Producers. There is 

 no distinction made between those pa- 

 trons who arc I'arm Bureau members 

 and those who are not. 



This man Welch who manages the As- 

 sociation has supplied the punch the As- 

 sociation seems to have needed. He 

 handles his job in a business-like way. 

 Accurate rec'ords keep him and the mem- 

 bers advised at all limes about the Asso- 

 ciation's operations. I-"ruits of his labors 

 are ripening. 



Besides his duties as manager, \X'elch 

 is a good farmer. On his 80 acre farm 

 this year he had 10 acres of corn, 20 of 

 oats and 20 of alfalfa. The rest is in 

 pasture for his nine head of cows, five 

 liorses, nine sows anti SO pigs. 



Welch was born in Avington town- 

 ship, Mercer Coimty. back in 1893. He 

 moved to Rock Islan.l (ountv in 1916. 



and we are pleased to state that the 

 remarks to tlie etTe-ct that t'he news- 

 papers contain much misleading pro|^- 

 aganda were not meant for him in 

 this instance. 



In February 21. 1916, he married Agnes 

 Garvin (it seems like a lot of things 

 haj-ipen to Welch on I-"ebruar)- 21). Mrs. 

 \X'elch had lived in Rock Island ('ounty 

 all her life. Loretta. a small girl of 

 eight years and a third grader, now graces 

 the Welch home. -^^ 



Mrs. Welch does a lot of work aroimd 

 the farm when the master is busy man- 

 aging the Shipping Association. She says 

 she likes to c|uilt. Her favorite indoor 

 sport is sewing, probably because she 

 used to be a dressm.ikcr. On cold win- 

 ter evenings, Mr. Welch takes down the 

 old sliele trombone he used to plav in 

 the Fli/a banil. When tired of blowing, 

 he puks up his violin and saws olf a 

 lew notes. 



At Farm Bureau meetings, little Lor- 

 etta is a swell little entertainer with her 

 tap dancing. Mrs. Welch plays the piano 

 and does it well. In Mr. >X'elch's opin- 

 ion, baseball and farm sports have a 

 definite j-'laie in the farmer s world. He 

 is a horseshoe pitcher of some prowess 

 himselt anil is looking ahead to tiic 

 tournament at the 1937 Illinois Farm 

 Sports Festival. 



Besides Ixing manager for the Ship- 

 ping Association, \X'elch is also a mem- 

 ber of tlie boani of directors. Other 

 men on the board, all Farm Bureau mem- 

 bers, are W. J. Kranz. president. Sam 

 Bieri and 1 loyd Ricketts, all of Drury 

 township, and Charlie Schnicr of Buffalo 

 Prairie township. 



Showing a net income of Si 3,262.65 



and handling "8 3. ()()() bushels of gram 

 during the past fiseal year. Tuscola Co- 

 operative Gram Company completed its 

 most successful year of business. The 

 company handled 51 '.()()() bushels of 

 grain, and niade a net earningof $9- 

 663 2" 



Organized only a (ew years a^othc 

 Tuscola Co-op. has been increasing 

 both the volume liandled and the 

 profits each year. It operates from 

 three different points, having 'recently 

 purchased the elevator at Ficklan. Of- 

 ficers are J. I'red Romine. president; 

 Ai\in Guy. secretary, and (lark Fuller- 

 ton. m.tn.iger. 



The annual message of Edward A. 

 O Neal, president of the American 

 Farm Bureau Federation, to the 18th 

 annual covOTition ol that organization 

 in Pasadena. ( aliforma. will be broad- 

 cast over the Blue Network of the Na- 

 tional Broadcasting ( ompany \X'ednes- 

 day, December 9. ,it 1 1 :30 a. ni.. Cen- 

 tr.il Standkrd Time. Mr. O Neals ad 

 ilress will come as a j-'art of the Farm 

 and Home Hour. 



The average Illinois farm was valued 



last year at y; perient al)u\e the aver- 

 age farm in tiK- nation. 



DECEMBER, 1936 



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