ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION RECORD 



To advance the purpose for uhkh the Farm Bureau was organized 

 namely, to promote, protect and represent the business, economic, social 

 and educational interests of the farmers of Illinois and the nation, and 

 to develop agriculture. 



JUNE 

 VOL 17 



1939 

 NO. 6 



Published monthly by the Illinois Af^ricultural Asso- 

 ciation at 1501 West Washington Road. Mendota, III. 

 Editorial Offices. 608 So. Dearborn St.. Chicago, III. 

 Entered as second class matter at post office, Mendota, 

 Illinois, September 11, 1936. Acceptance for mailing 

 at special rate of postage provided in Section 412. Act of 

 Feb. 28. 1925, authorized Oct. 27. 1935. Address all 

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Editor and Advertisine Director. E. G. Thiem ; Assistant 

 Director and Ass't. Editor. Lawrence A. Potter. 



Illinois Agricultural Association 



Greatest State Farm Organization in America 



OFFICERS 



President, Earl C. Smith Detroit 



Vice-President, Talmage DeFrees Smithboro 



Corporate Secretary. Paul E. MathiaS Chicago 



Field Secretary, Geo. E. Metzger Chicago 



Treasurer, R. A. CowLES Bloomington 



Ass't Treasurer, A. R. Wright Varna 



BOARD OF DIRECTORS 



(By Congressional District) 



1st to 11th Arthur States, Elwood 



12th E. E. Houghtby, Shabbona 



13th Leo M. Knox, Morrison 



I4th Otto Steffey, Stronghurst 



15th M. Ray Ihrig, Golden 



16th Albert Hayes, Chillicothe 



17th C. M. Smith, Eureka 



18th W. A. Dennis, Paris 



19th Eugene Curtis, Champaign 



20th. K. T. Smith, Greenfield 



21st Ehvight Hart, Sharpsburg 



22nd A. O. Eckert, Belleville 



23rd. Chester McCord, Newton 



24th Charles Marshall, Belknap 



25th August G. Eggerding, Red Bud 



DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS 



Comptroller R. G. Ely 



Dairy Marketing Wilfred Shaw 



Field Service Cap Mast 



Finance R- A. Cowles 



Fruit and Vegetable Marketing H. W. Day 



Grain Marketing Harrison Fahrnkopf 



Legal and General Counsel Donald Kirkpatrick 



Live Stock Marketing Sam F. Russell 



Office C. E. Johnston 



Organization G. E. Metzger 



Produce Marketing F. A. Gougler 



Publicity George Thiem 



Safety C. M. Seagraves 



Soil Improvement John R. Spencer 



Taxation and Statistics J. C. Watson 



Transportation-Claims Division G. W. Baxter 



Young Peoples Activities Frank Gingrich 



ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS 



Country Life Insurance Co Dave Mieher, Sales 



Manager; Howard Reader, Home Office Mgr. 

 Farmers' Mutual Reinsurance Co.. J. H. Kelker, Mgr. 



Illinois Agr. Auditing Ass'n C. E. Strand, Mgr. 



Illinois Agr. Mutual Ins. Co.. .A. E. Richardson, Mgr. 



Illinois Agr. Service Co Donald Kirkpatrick, Secy. 



Illinois Farm Supply Co L. R. Marchant, Mgr. 



Illinois Fruit Growers' Exchange ...H. W. Day, Mgr. 



111. Grain Corporation Frank Haines, Mgr. 



III. Livestoclc Marketing Ass'n Sam Russell, Mgr. 



Illinois Milk Producers' Ass'n Wilfred Shaw, Mgr. 



III. Producers' Creameries.J. B. Countiss Sales Mgr. 

 Frank A. Gougler, Procurement Mgr. 



GEORGE THIEM, Editor 



ILLINOIS FARMS PURCHASED 

 WITH LOANS THRU FEDERAL 

 LAND BANK IN 1938 



ONE DOT -ONE FARM 



>w ^\ECENT efforts of organ- 

 yL) ized farmers to restore 

 -J\ farm income to parity 

 have tended to over-shadow the re- 

 sults of earlier work to lighten the 

 interest burden and promote farm 

 operator ownership. Last year, so 

 reports the Farm Credit Adminis- 

 tration, Illinois farmers led all 

 states except Texas in purchasing 

 federally financed farms. A total of 

 473 Illinois farms were bought in 

 1938 with land bank and land bank 

 commissioner loans. Because organ- 

 ized farmers insisted, interest rates 

 on federal farm loans have been 

 continued at the emergency rate of 

 3 1/2 pet cent. Consider what a wide 

 influence this credit legislation has 

 had in reducing rates charged by all 

 lending agencies, and the farmers' 

 annual interest bill. 



Last week the Michigan legisla- 

 ture, according to press rejwrts, 

 joined the long list of states, some 

 20 in number, to approve milk con- 

 trol legislation. Distributors in 

 Michigan under the approved bill 

 will be licensed by a state board of 

 seven who are empowered to hold 

 hearings, fix both producer and con- 

 sumer prices, and protect producers 



and consumers against exploitation 

 and chaotic price wars. The Michi- 

 gan act is said to resemble closely 

 the bill Illinois milk producers are 

 sponsoring in the present session of 

 the state legislature. Milk producers 

 have been subjected to so many 

 health regulations to protect the con- 

 sumer that they rightly feel entitled 

 to some reciprocity. 



Action by the United States Sen- 

 ate in approving (61 to 14) the 

 agricultural appropriation bill carry- 

 ing $225,000,000 for AAA parity 

 payments in 1941 and $113,000,000 

 for farm surplus disposal is the first 

 battle won to prevent complete de- 

 moralization of farm prices and in- 

 come. "The recently organized farm 

 bloc led by Senator Scott Lucas of 

 Illinois, " comments the AFBF, 

 "which has been pressing our de- 

 mands for $250,000,000 in parity 

 payments and a $150,000,000 in- 

 crease in Section 32 funds, was a 

 major factor in bringing Senate ap- 

 proval of parit)' and surplus-re- 

 moval funds. " 



The Farm Bureau also is leading 

 the fight at Washington to exempt 

 agricultural workers including those 

 in the packing and canning indus- 

 tries from the wages and hours act. 

 As this is written the news comes 

 from Washington that the House 

 has approved parity payments and 

 surplus removal appropriations. 

 Thus the farmers program is as- 

 sured of support for some time to 

 come. 



If the present Agricultural Ad- 

 justment Act had been enacted in 

 the spring or summer of 1937 when 

 the American Farm Bureau Federa- 

 tion tried in vain to secure action on 

 the Pope-McGill bill, and had farm- 

 ers cooperated 80 per cent last year 

 as they are doing this year in adjust- 

 ing acreage, the agricultural picture 

 today undoubtedly would be much 

 brighter. Cheap com. oats, and 

 wheat are largely responsible for 

 12c eggs, 20c butterfat, $1 milk, 

 and $6.00 hogs. When we get grain 

 prices up, livestock and dairy prices 

 are sure to follow. — E.G.T. 



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