February, 1931 



THE I. A. A. RECORD 



Page Twenty-one 



ers which contributed to the downfall 

 of town lot baseball. "When such a 

 situation is fostered," he said, "baseball 

 becomes a contest of money, not one 

 between the youth of one community 

 or county and that of another section. 



Your Responsibility 



"To keep the sport clean that it may 

 teach honesty and sportsmanship while 

 providing wholesome recreation is of 

 far greater importance than the results 

 of any one game or series of games," 

 he continued. "The future of the 

 league lies largely in the hands ol vou 

 men who make up this group. Ui^lcss 

 you who are charged with the lei-cicr- 

 ship and management of the teams iol- 

 low a high code of ethics; unless you 

 decide controversies fairly and on their 

 merits alone; unless you practice the 

 golden rule in dealing with rival teams, 

 certainly nothing more than that can 

 be expected of the younger players." 



The treasurer's report showed receipts 

 during 1930 of $220, disbursements of 

 $217, and a balance on hand of 

 '$318.17. ^'^ •,,:.^:j;-r ■:/.-;-. "- ■':■;.-;■;:■■■.■■::■:■:;■. 

 Representatives from Douglas, Ken- 

 dall and Will counties who attended the 

 meeting expressed interest in bringing 

 Farm Bureau teams from their respec- 

 tive counties into the League in the 

 coming season. 



Delegates present who represented 

 the various counties entered in the 

 League are as follows: . ^ • .v 



William Taylor, Carroll county 

 -- Guy H. Husted, Cass county 



Victor Hershbarger, Champaign Co. 

 ..: R. P. Cothern, Ford county ■ 



R. H. Clanahan, Greene county 

 E. W. Matteson, Grundy county 

 Otto StefFey, Henderson county 

 J. R. Johnson, Henry county • 

 H. K. Johnston, Iroquois county 

 H. R. Brunnemeyer, JoDaviess Co. 

 T. J. Sullivan, Knox county 

 Charles Wilson, LaSalle county 

 Kelsye Baylor, Lee county 

 Roy McKettrick, Livingston county 

 Ross Quisenberry, Logan county 

 Melvin Barclay, McDonough county 

 W. B. Fitzgerald, McLean county 

 Floyd Holmen, Macon county 

 E. C. Mieher, Jr., Macoupin county 

 L. J. Hager, Marshall-Putnam Co. 

 Elmer Bradley, Menard county - 

 Gus Sammons, Montgomery county 

 Harry Kumle, Morgan county 

 Wm. Greenfield, Peoria county 

 Harry D. Sweet, Sangamon county 

 Tom Sager, Stark county ^ . ;.:: 

 — John White, Tazewell county 

 Theodore Stimpert, Woodford Co 



Tells Producers to Eat ^ ,% 

 More Dairy Products 



Tom Borman Speaks Before Annual 

 Produce Association Meeting 



Uncle Ab says that whether old 

 times or new ones are best, the only 

 time we can do anything about is the 

 present. :''^;■■■'^ . vV;:v^;'';J." 



THE agreement between the Illinois 

 Produce Marketing Association and 

 some 20 creameries of the state pro- 

 vides for profit sharing on an equal 

 basis which marks a relationship be- 

 tween co-operatives and private busi- 

 ness of great significance, T. A. Bor- 

 man, vice-president of the Beatrice 

 Creamery Company, Chicago, said in 

 addressing the annual meeting of the 

 Illinois Produce Marketing Association, 

 Springfield, on January 28. About 200 

 attended the meeting in the Leland 

 Hotel. 



"How far the undertaking will prove 

 successful cannot be determined after 

 only eight months of operation," con- 

 tinued Mr. Borman. "The year 1930 

 was the most difficult year in the his- 

 tory of the creamery business, and this 

 fact alone will prevent the realization 

 of the fullest benefits contemplated. 



Have Under-Consumption 



"Wfe have not heretofore in the his- 

 tory of this country produced so much 

 of all products of the dairy as during 

 the last few years. We have more than 

 can be used under conditions prevail- 

 ing. It is alleged that our over-supply 

 is the result of under-consumption. 



"Under-consumption arises from 

 two causes, first, diminished buying 

 power; and secondly, we who produce 

 do not consume as much of the prod- 

 ucts of the dairy as is necessary for our 

 best bodily and intellectual welfare, 

 nor do we consume as much as we 

 should in the interest of our industry. 

 In other words, producers are not do- 

 ing their share in providing a market. 



To Teach Public 



"The National Dairy Council has 

 undertaken a tremendous task in show- 

 ing the consuming public the health 

 benefits from increased usage of dairy 

 products. Its endeavor is through all 

 educational sources. Its foundation is 

 the work of the most eminent physi- 

 ologists. The producers of cream for 

 butter in Illinois are contributing one 

 penny per delivery to the support of 

 this work. In this respect, Illinois is a 

 proving ground for the plan. It has 

 already been undertaken in several 

 other states. This penny per delivery 

 check-off will cost the average cream 

 producer not to exceed 75 cents a year 

 and will produce a vast sum for the 

 education of our people. ,;<• 



"The producer of cream for butter 

 is suffering from surpluses for which 

 he is in no wise responsible. The pro- 



duction of whole milk has been over- 

 stimulated in every milk shed. For ex- 

 ample, the Dairyman's League of New 

 York a few weeks ago was churning 

 daily, cream from 5,000 cans of sur- 

 plus milk. Chicago is swamped with 

 whole milk and one city of 50,000 

 souls in Illinois has 80,000 pounds a 

 week surplus of whole milk. So it is 

 in every milk -condensing territory and 

 the surplus from this milk finds its 

 way into butter, as does the surplus 

 from cheese factories, and utility milk 

 products plants. 



. Oleo Ruling a Blow^ 



"A serious factor confronting the 

 dairy industry is the threat of oleomar- 

 garine. The Internal Revenue Depart- 

 ment ruling that oleomargarine may be 

 made yellow by the use of palm oil 

 and soybean oil and thus escape the tax 

 of 10 cents per pound on colored mar- 

 garine, is the most terrific blow the 

 dairy industry has had from that quar- 

 ter. There is pending in the lower 

 house of Congress the Brigham Bill, 

 which is designed to tax yellow oleo- 

 margarine irrespective of how it is made 

 yellow. 



"The problem ahead of us is that of 

 producing at a profit even though 

 prices are low. It is our obligation to 

 keep our market in the best shape pos- 

 sible and it is our further obligation to 

 produce butterfat at prices which will 

 return a profit at the prevailing prices. 

 In other words, we must study the 

 economies of milk production. Much 

 cow milking has been done on an aver- 

 age Chicago standards market of 29 

 cents, which was the average 1910 to 

 1916 inclusive. The 1930 market 

 which we look upon as a low year was 

 34.75, or 5^ cents in excess of the six 

 year average mentioned above. 



"There are no better creameries than 

 those to which you have access. They 

 make the best butter it is possible to 

 make from the raw materials received 

 and it is good butter. They do as 

 good' a job of selling the finished prod- 

 uct as can be done. So — finally, our 

 hopes for improvement lie in a normal 

 buying power, the consumption of 

 more dairy products at home iand the 

 production of cream through better 

 and fewer cows, at a price which will 

 leave a profit between cost of produc- 

 tion and the price at which we sell the 

 butterfat." 



Among the new companies which 

 have been in operation for less than 

 one year are the Woodford, Adams and 

 Fulton Service Companies. All three of 

 these companies paid an 8% patronage 

 dividend to Farm Bureau member pa- 

 trons and declared another special 8% 

 patronage dividend to be paid later. 



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