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Kt.uJtri .1,1 nniltJ to iuntrihult: t<i 

 thh ciilumn. AJJrt>! lel.'crt to Edi- 

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Buy Quality! 



Yiiur editorial tHr September w.is very 

 interesting; reg.irilinj; the advances in hoj; 

 raising and sanitation. It brings the farm- 

 er's attention to the strides made thru edu- 

 cation much in the manner of a man who 

 can't see the forest because of the trees 

 until someone calls his attention to it. 



In the past there have noteworthy articles 

 in the RliCORD dealing with Illinois poul- 

 try. By far the best one being the •.t^e^Mng 



What Farmers Want 



((.ly'iiiKiiiJ horn /Vs'c -*' 



responsibility to proiluce and provide at 

 all times ample supplies of foods and 

 fibres to meet every need of the American 

 public and to supply a volume of farm 

 products rec^uircd in the export market 

 at parity price levels. The term parity' 

 means a price that will assure the same 

 exchange value between a ^iven amount 

 of farm commodities and industrial com- 

 modities and services as existed in the 

 average of the five-year period previous 

 to the World War. 



Can any one say that such a standarii 

 of price levels is not fair to all interests 

 of America.'' Is it asking too much that 

 city consumers join with farmers in sup 

 porting such a program and urging 

 Congressmen to enact legislation of this 

 character in the near future.-' I am firm- 

 ly convinced that the continued prosperity 

 of the Nation demands that farm buying 

 power be sustained. When farmers and 

 their city neighbors exchange goods, at 

 prices which are ecjuitable to both, we 

 enjoy a steady exchange of products 

 between farm and city which means good 

 times for all. When we succeed in 

 maintaining permanently farm commodi- 

 ty price levels on a fair, stable basis, 

 which insures a steady How of farm 

 buying power, we will have taken the 

 greatest forward step of our generation 

 to avert the possibility of another niajor 

 depression such as the one from which 

 we are now emerging. Every thinking 

 person knows that our National economy 

 is based upon a system of control in 

 industrial prices, wages and products : 

 all maintained by the protective tariff, 

 the corporate form of organization and 

 organized labor. Farm commodities 

 must be given equal treatment and pro- 

 tection or the whole system sooner or 

 later will again collapse. 



i>f grayling eggs on a quality basis to in- 

 crease farm income by some s to S million 

 dollars That article is in my hook of 

 F.acts " 



On your back page editorial. A >\ lud 

 To The ^X'ise. " you deserve orchids The 

 farmers of this country have been rooked' 

 for so many years on so many things tli.it 

 they have become skeptical in the extreme 

 of all things, beneticial and otherwise And 

 I can't blame them either But. thru tin 

 lAA Record, and educational program of 

 buying on proven quality basis, and not <>ri 

 "get something for nothing -Imuld be con 

 sidered for publication. 



K. K. Jensen 

 'sunny O.ift Poultn |-.iim 

 Henrv rountv. Ill 



Thank You! 



Having returned home from the most en- 

 joyable trip of my life, I wish to smcerelv 

 thank the Illinois Agricultural Association 

 for helping make possible my trip to the N.i- 

 tional i hi Club Camp at Washington ' 

 John E Harber. 

 LaSalle County. 



■^'our article in the Rl (ORD w.iv \e 

 good; \ery encouraging; very helpful . 

 but it did not mention the amount of 1 

 and starch to use in that hrst wash' 

 remove the varnish I have several piec 

 that I would like to retinish ... in t.ut. 

 would like to undertake more of it th. 

 the family care to risk to my work . . 

 but have been handicapped some^A hat by r 

 expense of varnish remover. If there is 

 cheap, but effective remover which 1 in 

 use. it will be a great help 



Will the starch and lye solution r< iiio 

 old paint as well as varnish"-' 



Mrs Arthur I. Hall, 



Citok coiiiit\. I 



Having read the article New I-uriiiture 

 I'rom Old' by Nell Flatt Goodman in the 



September issue ot the lllinoi> Agricultural 

 Association RFCORD. I am enclosing self- 

 addressed stamped envelope for which please 

 send me recipe for a starch and lye ci-mbi 

 nation tot the temoval of oM varnish 

 Alma Beaver, 



I.ogan county. III 



X'arnish and Paine Remover 



I gladly send the mipe tor lye solution 

 lor removing old finish i<<<m furniture. 



To one quart of meiliitm thick boiled laun- 

 dry starch add s tablespoons of lye stirring 

 well with a U'lig wooden spoon or stick, 

 keeping well avc.iv tiom the steam Mir 

 well until all lye is dissolved. 



Appiv this mixture to lurnitiin- with an 

 "Id p. lint brush, a small area at a time, let 

 sl.ind until \arnish or p.iint is softened then 

 scrape I'tf with an old knite oi puttv knift 

 The second or third application mav be 

 needed in obstinate cases \X'hen all old 

 f'Tiisii Is removed wash well with sitap and 

 u.titi. then rinse well with a vinegar solu 

 rioii. s cups \int,c.ir to 1 cup watei, i" 

 neutralize ,iiiv Ke tli.it ii!a\ bt lett in the 

 wood. 



This method mav raise the giain a little so 

 a gooti sanding is neiess.irv f>efore refinish- 

 ing. 



Mis I Ibcrt llsbiirv 

 Guriiee. I.akt Countv. Ill 



Chicago, St. Louis 



Co-ops. Join IMPA 



Fure Milk .-VssiKiation ot ( hicago and 

 Sanitary Ntilk Producers of St. Iahiis re 

 cently joined tlie Illinois Milk Producers 

 Association loniposed of collective bar- 

 gaining associations and looperative 

 dairies. The purj-ose of the asscxialion 

 IS to exchange market mlormation, wc)rk 

 together on legislative matters, and to 

 assist member co-operatives in successful- 

 ly meeting the needs and rec^uirements of 

 Illinois milk producers 



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aUNOIS MILK PRODUCERS ASSN. MEETING AT PEORIA 

 Eighteen markets and 21 members represented in this group. Left to right, front row: 

 Shaw. lAA. Capron, Kosanke, Stieglitz oi Peoria; Meyer. Moline: McPhedran. 

 LaSalle-Peru: Auidenkampi. lacksonville: Ole. Galesburg: Mugge. Harrisburg: Bott. 

 Danville. Back row: Nolan. Pontiac; Sawdey, Rocldord: Stubblefield. Bloomington; Case. 

 Chicago: McCabe. Champaign; Bennett, Decatur; Putnam. Quincy; Wolfe and Tombaugh. 

 Streator. 



OCTOBER. 1937 



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