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FARM LEADERS AGREE 



(Continued) 



yardstick here described may prove in- 

 adequate to assure parity of price and 

 income for farmers under present con- 

 ditions. In such event, the yardstick 

 should be appropriately modified. 



6. That present provisions of law 

 be amended, or new legislation adop- 

 ted, that would make possible the use 

 of benefit payments to effect diversion 

 in production when the ever-normal- 

 granary program is found in any year 

 to be insufficient to keep production 

 in line with effective demand and pro- 

 tect the income of the producer; that 

 in addition to the use of benefit pay- 

 ments to effect such diversion, every 

 possible effort be made to find a sound 

 plan to supplement the ever-normal- 

 granary, and the use of additional bene- 

 fit payments for diversion of crops, and 

 wherein the taxing power of the fed- 

 eral government be used in such direc- 

 tion, or other sanctions of law includ- 

 ing the licensing of handlers. 



7. That the existing program of the 

 federal government be enlarged ami 

 expanded, wherein the sub-marginal 

 lands of the country would be brought 

 back into the Public Domain, and that 

 the utilization of such sub-marginal 

 land so withdrawn be directed in such 

 manner as to restore natural resources, 

 minimize the dangers of floods, con- 

 trol erosion and provide additional 

 national parks, forests, and wild life 

 refuges. Such a program should be 

 extended over a substantial number of 

 years so that the local tax system 

 would not be unduly disturbed and 

 wherein the families now living on 

 such lands could gradually move to 

 better land offering greater opportun- 

 ities. We further insist that forestry, 

 conservation and all land-use problems 

 be retained in the Department of Agri- 

 culture which alone makes possible a 

 continued and integrated program. 



8. That the marketing agreement 

 provisions of the Agricultural Adjust- 

 ment Act be reenacted and amended to 

 strengthen the Act and include addi- 

 tional crops. 



9. That the principle of an actuari- 

 ally sound crop insurance program be 

 endorsed. 



10. That Sections 22 and 32 of the 

 Agricultural Adjustment Act be retained 

 with a continuing authority in the 

 hands of the Secretary of Agriculture 

 to use the powers and funds authorized 

 under these sections to support price 

 levels in emergency situations and to 

 move crop purchases under such au- 

 thority into areas of under-consump- 



tion and into the export market and to 

 aid in orderly marketing. That any un- 

 expended balance in the Treasury aris- 

 ing under Section 32 at the end of 

 a fiscal year be covered into the Com- 

 modity Credit Corporation or its suc- 

 cessor. 



11. That legislation be adopted au- 

 thorizing existing agencies related to 

 agriculture, or a new agency under the 

 supervision of such existing agencies, 

 to encourage more general holding of 

 farm units by owner-operators. 



1 2. That in the development of a'l 

 these programs encouragement be given 

 to associations of producers not only 

 in the soil conservation program and 

 the ever-normal granary program, but 

 also in the distribution and handling 

 of such crops affected by such pro- 

 grams. 



1 3. That a system of federally con- 

 trolled and regulated warehouses and 

 terminal market facilities be estab- 

 lished. 



14. That federal legislation be en- 

 acted to provide grades, standards and 

 inspection in interstate commerce for 

 basic and non-basic crops, not presently 

 covered by adequate legislation. 



WHEN THE WATER CAME 



(Continued from pcxge 6) 



are right on it. Dead horses, mules, hogs 

 and chickens are floating around. We 

 got a small barge load of feed — about 

 two tons — out to this island on Feb. 9. 

 It wont go far. We could get feed if we 

 had the boats." 



From Gallatin, too came complaints of 

 red tape and failure by the state troops 

 to bring needed aid. A shortage of 

 boats was prevalent everywhere. 



At Ullin, the U. S. Marines were help- 

 ing supply emergency feed needs of live- 

 stock, Lee Lingenfelter, Farm Bureau 

 president reported. The Red Cross was 

 caring for 5500 refugees around Villa 

 Ridge, 2500 more at Anna. "We need 

 seed oats, corn, hay, and cash," Farm 

 Adviser G. C. Smith of Pope-Hardin 

 county reported. 



Typical of the flood situation in this 

 area is the report on White county made 

 by President I. E. Pollard and Adviser 

 Thurman Wright of the White County 

 Farm Bureau; 27 per cent of county 

 flooded, 40 per cent of the farmers; 860 

 farm families flooded; 52 per cent of 

 county's horses and mules in flood area, 

 several hundred lost, 30 per cent of cat- 

 tle in flood area, 7 per cent lost, 40 per 

 cent of county's hogs in flood area, 63 

 per cent drowned (about 800) ; 30 per 

 cent of chickens in flood area, 90 per 



cent of them drowned; nearly all grain 

 in the flood lost; 96 per cent of flooded 

 farmers had grain to carry through and 

 85 per cent of this grain lost; practically 

 all roughage — hay and straw — was in 

 bottoms and 85 per cent of this is lost. 

 In this county, the Farm Bureau had 

 carefully organized committees by town- 

 ships, and had set up relief bases where 

 the number of livestock being fed was 

 recorded. The Red Cross and Resettle- 

 ment Administration were supplying 

 emergency needs. There wasn't enough 

 feed to go around but what there was, 

 was being divided equitably. At these 

 livestock relief stations, more than 650 

 horses were being fed, 2100 cattle, 400 

 cows, and about 1000 chickens. A few 

 farmers had salvaged enough feed to care 

 for their own stock. 



At the annual meeting of Illinois 

 Grain Corporation, Peoria, Feb. 12, Earl 

 C. Smith, president of the lAA released 

 an appeal calling on all County Farm 

 Bureaus not in the flood area to or- 

 ganize campaigns for securing dona- 

 tions of hay, grain, and cash to be sent 

 into the flood zone as soon as the 

 waters subside. The lAA board of di- 

 rectors followed this up on Feb. 18 at 

 their regular monthly meeting with a sub- 

 stantial appropriation to pay freight 

 charges for hauling feed supplies to the 

 flood zone. The next day a letter was 

 directed to all counties by A. R. Wright 

 of the flood relief committee giving 

 further details of the flood situation and 

 requesting that reports of donations be 

 made to the lAA offices promptly. Ship- 

 ping directions will be given so as to re- 

 sult in a coordinated movement of sup- 

 plies to each area as needed. — Editor. 



LIVINGSTON FIRST 



C\ ORE than $2800 in cash, 



^\jV 4500 bushels of corn, three 

 C^^fl truckloads of clothing and 

 300 bushels of oats were donated by Liv- 

 ingston County farmers for the aid of 

 destitute farmers in the flood area, ac- 

 cording to O. D. Brissenden, assistant di- 

 rector of organization for the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association. 



This was all contributed during a 

 three-day period through an organiza- 

 tion of 500 solicitors working under aus- 

 pices of the Livingston County Farm Bu- 

 reau and the Livingston County Home 

 Bureau. 



A letter from Mr. Brissenden to lAA 

 headquarters quoting Charles Lauritzen, 

 president of the Livingston County Farm 

 Bureau, reads as follows: 



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