ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN SESSION 

 "After a Slow Start Down to Serious Work." 



Legislature Passes Bills 

 lAA Considers Others 



IN THE GALLERY 

 Left: John C. Watson, lAA director ot 

 taxation, and Stanley Castle ot Madison county. 



that rc<.|iiircs a man to be licunsud Ixtore 

 he tan paint his own house or barn, or 

 en!;ai;e in certain liorticultural pursuits. 

 There is some talk of legislation en- 

 abling coimties to set up their own lime- 

 stone quarries to produce ai;ricultural 

 limestone. The lAA will not sponsor 

 such legislation, neither will it oppose it. 



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I ri;R a slow start, the Ilh- 

 nois legislature is getting 



_ down to serious work m 



considerint; the great mass of bills 

 thrown mto the mill. The bill specifical- 

 ly exemptmg tractors, thrcshini; m.ichines 

 and other fanning ecjuipmcnt that oc- 

 casionally use the highways from paying 

 motor liiense fees was passed by both 

 houses and has been referred to the 

 governor for his signature. 



The 4-H clubs of the state are going 

 to have a couple of new buildings, one 

 for junior home economics, the other for 

 junior livestock exhibits at the Illinois 

 State Fair. A bill appropriating the 

 money was passed by both hou.scs and is 

 now on the governor's liesk. 



The House Agriciiltural Committee 

 voted J-l to 1 on April ly to support 

 the so-called Filled Milk Bill. Filled 

 milk is ordinary cow's milk from which 

 the cream and butterfat have been re- 

 moved and replace-.! with imported cocoa- 

 nut oil. The bill belore the legislature 

 would place a tax of Ji .i can on the 

 business of manufacturing and .selling 

 filled milk in Illinois. .Approximately 

 -is cans of tilled milk are manufactured 

 from 1(H) lbs. of tluid milk. The onlv 

 plant making tilled milk in Illinois is 

 located at l.itchlieKl Its manufacture 

 has been outlawed in the major dairv 

 states and there are onlv a few plants in 

 the linited States making such canned 

 milk. 'Ilie Illinois Agricultural Associa 

 lion and dairy farmers represented by the 



Illinois Milk Producers Association, Pure 

 Milk Association, Sanitary Milk Pro- 

 ducers, and other groups appeared in be- 

 half of the bill before the Committee 

 of the legislature. The lAA legislative 

 committee at Springfield has been study- 

 ing scores of other bills that affect farm- 

 ers interests among them proposed school 

 and road legislation, the new insurance 

 code, and licensing bills. 



At the April meeting of the lAA board 

 several of these matters were considered 

 when the board adopted a report sub- 

 mitted by its Committtee on Public Rela- 

 tions. 'I'he board voted to support the 

 Milk Sanitation Hill which has been pre- 

 pared, under the direction of the Illinois 

 Milk Producers Association. It provides 

 minimum s.initation rec|uirements and is 

 more pr.Ktical and much less stringent 

 than regulations proposed by a great 

 many municipalities. 



The lAA is interested in seeing that 

 the 10,000 mile secondary road system 

 proposed in bills sponsored by the State 

 Highway Department be ecjuitably dis- 

 tributed among the counties and that the 

 funds available be spent wisely to get the 

 most servkeable tarm-to market roads tor 

 the money. 



The Association directors voted to 

 sponsor legislation on strip mining that 

 will rec|uire putting the earth back in 

 pl.ue so .IS to restore soil resources and 

 valuations lor the support of govern- 

 ment. 



Ihe Association will oppose anv bill 



Bert Vandervliet of Danforth, Iro- 



tjuois county, Illinois, formerly research 

 assistant in the rates and research depart- 

 ment of the Illinois Commerce C'ommis- 

 sion, was recently appointed to assist 

 John C. Watson, director of the Taxation 

 and Statistics Department of the I A A. 

 Mr. Vandervliet took up his new work 

 April l.st. 



H. 1". Mitchell, Vice President ot 

 ('oles-Douglas Service Company, an- 

 nounced a $36,829.-19 increase in sales 

 the past year at the annual meeting of the 

 company held at Mattoon. Patronage 

 dividends of S2 1,000.00 were distributed 

 to Farm Bureau member patrons. The 

 company served 7.3 per cent of the Farm 

 Bureau members in the two counties. 

 Fred F. Herndon addressed the meeting. 



In Randolph county 96 per cent of 

 the Farm Bureau members patronized the 

 Randolph Service Company during the 

 |\ist year, M. H. Voss, manager, an- 

 nounced at the last annual meeting of the 

 company. Patron.ige dividends of 59,- 

 -132.00 were distributed to 69.S Farm Bu- 

 reau member patrons, an average of 

 SIt.'^O per member. I'red F. Herndon 

 was the principal speaker. 



In the Dcccmhcr Illinois Ai;riciiltiir.i! 

 Associatiiin R1-(X)RD, \ on IkuI .i very nice 

 write-up ah.iut my piuiltry t'.irni anil li.itch- 

 cry wliicli w c all enjoyed re.iJinj; very 

 miicli. WouKl it he possiHIe to yet live 

 more copies' 



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