VIEWS 



speaking of the Supreme Gjurt's re- 

 cent validation of the AAA marketing 

 controls, Senator Scott Lucas of Illinois 

 said he believed the decision left the 

 way clear for imposition of processing 

 taxes. Lucas is a leader of a midwest 

 farm bloc seeking $400,000,000 addi- 

 tional for farm surplus subsidies and 

 parity price payments. 



A resolution making recommenda- 

 tions for better handling of sealed corn 

 on which government loans fall due 

 Aug. 1, was adopted at the recent lAA 

 district conference called by Eugene 

 Curtis, 19th district director, at Monti- 

 cello. Farmers elevators in this area 

 are anxious to know well in advance 

 how the stored corn will be disposed 

 of and if possible avoid a conflict 

 with the soybean harvest which comes 

 on during September and early Octo- 

 ber. 



Rochester, N. Y., Gets 



Surplus Food Plan 



Rochester, New York, was chosen as 

 the first city in which the government 

 stamp plan for distributing surplus farm 

 products to WPA workers, unemployed 

 on relief, and other jobless people will 

 be tried out. 



Under the proposed plan, families on 

 relief will get a book containing both 

 orange and blue stamps. The orange 

 stamps must be paid for out of relief 

 cash or WPA wages and these stamps 

 may be exchanged for any food or other 

 necessity at any cooperating store. 



The eligible families will get half as 

 many blue stamps as orange stamps free 

 of charge. The blue stamps can be ex- 

 changed at any cooperating grocery store 

 for "surplus" but no other food prod- 

 ucts. The surplus products will be desig- 

 nated from time to time by the Secretary 

 of Agriculture. 



The plan is to issue approximately $1 

 a week per person of orange stamps or 

 $5 a week in stamps for a family of five. 

 Then the family will get $2.50 worth 

 of blue stamps free. This plan it is 

 thought will cost no more and probably 

 less than the present method of distribut- 

 ing surplus products and will be much 

 more equitable for the people on relief. 

 The "reliefers" have complained that the 

 surplus stores are so far apart in the city 

 that those close by get all the surplus 

 foods, oftentimes in wasteful amounts, 

 while those residing several miles away 

 don't get any. The stores will add a 



$1000 MORE FOR A BARN 

 TODAY 



Fonn Bureau mamber lim 

 O'Brien of DeEalb county, left 

 ■ays hia new 36' x 70' cattle 

 and hoy bam would have cost 

 at least 51000 less in 1917 

 when farm prices were much 

 higher than they ca» today. 

 He knows because he built a 

 modem home that year when 

 he bought fine white oak ior 

 S52.00 per 1000 ft. Carpenters 

 helpers could be hired then 

 ior $1.25 a day, bricklayers 60c 

 to 70c an hour. Everyone had 

 a job who wanted work. 



small margin for handling costs. It is 

 expected that competition will hold down 

 this margin on the surplus commodities. 

 The stamps will be issued in 25c de- 

 nominations. 



Five million more hogs on farms 



January 1 as compared to a year ago is 

 evidence that there will be more hogs 

 marketed in May and June, according 

 to the U.S.D.A. The trend in hog num- 

 bers is up and may reach 1930 levels in 

 1940. 



available only to Farm Bureau members' 

 families. Bill Campbell, who has 

 worked with the lAA company for the 

 past eight years serving in most of the 

 departments, has been employed as as- 

 sistant manager. The Iowa Farm Bu- 

 reau cancelled its contract with the 

 State Farm Mutual Insurance Co. of 

 Bloomington, 111. The new Iowa com- 

 pany was recently launched with 4,000 

 charter policyholders. 



Cattle feeding increased during the 



year and market supplies of grain-fed 

 cattle will be more than normal during 

 the early summer months, says the 

 U.S.D.A. Cow and heifer slaughter is 

 expected to be smaller than usual as 

 breeding cattle are being withheld to 

 increase herds. 



Iowa Farm Bureau Fed. 

 Organizes Auto Company 



The Iowa Farm Bureau Federation 

 recently organized its own automobile 

 insurance company, modeled largely 

 after the lAA company, with insurance 



World milk production record, held 



by Cherry, an 8-year-old Shorthorn 

 cow, was set in England recently. She 

 produced 41.6441/^ pounds in a year 

 to take the title from Carnation Ormsby 

 Butter King, an American Holstein- 

 Friesian with a record of 38,606 pounds. 



I have just read the April issue of the 

 lAA RECORD with a great deal of interest. 

 1 look forward each month to receiving my 

 copy of the RECORD as the best means of 

 keeping posted on developments in Illinois. 

 Quite a few publications pass over my desk 

 but 1 am proud to say that, in my opinion, 

 the lAA RECORD is the best in the lot from 

 a standpoint of information, readers' inter- 

 est and appearance. 



F. E. Ringham, Sec'y., 



St. Louis Bank for Cooperatives, 



St. Louis, Missouri. 



MAY, 1939 



