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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



March, 19)1 



Sportsmen Want to Lease ^^ 

 Uncultivated Lands 



Uniform Agreement witk Land- 

 . owner Proposed for Hunting 

 and Fishing Privileges 



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THE Public Relations Committee of 

 the I. A. A. at its meeting on Feb- 

 ruary 12 gave careful consideration to 

 the proposal of the Sportsmen's Mutual, 



; Incorporated, an Illinois sportsmen's 

 club, providing for a uniform lease of 

 farm lands by members of the sports- 

 men's organization for fish and game 

 propagation and conservation, and for 

 fishing and hunting. 



After studying the proposed contract 

 and lease, the committee deemed it 

 worthy of consideration by members of 

 the I. A. A. where large tracts of un- 

 cultivated lands are available and where 

 agents employed by the sportsmen's 



■ organization are detailed to supervise 

 hunting and fishing by its members so 

 as to protect the farm owner and his 

 property against damage. 



What It Proposes 



The proposed uniform agreement be- 

 tween the Sportsmen's Mutual and 

 landowners or groups of landowners 

 provides that members of the organiza- 

 tion shall have the exclusive shooting, 

 trapping, and fishing rights on the 

 lands described in the contract in 

 accordance with federal and state laws 

 except that the owner of the land, 

 tenant, and immediate family of the 

 occupant of the premises shall have the 

 right to hunt, trap, and fish on the 

 land controlled by him or them. 



It is contemplated that the Sports- 

 men's Mutual shall plant, propagate, 

 and grow game and fish of its selec- 

 tion and have the privilege of declaring 

 any part of the tract a sanctuary for 

 the raising and protection of game 

 against hunting. ■ 



Will Post Preserves 



The Sportsmen's Mutual proposes to 

 post the preserves with appropriate 

 signs; agrees to*assume responsibility for 

 any injury or damage done by its mem- 

 bers to any property of the landowner; 

 agrees that members of the organiza- 

 tion shall register in and out with the 

 owner or game protector on the de- 

 scribed premises, and that it shall pay 

 the farmer or landowner for the privi- 

 lege of hunting on said lands on the 

 following basis: 



5 cents per rabbit 



10 cents per quail 



2 5 cents per pheasant 



30 cents per duck, where not fed 



— 60 cents per duck, where feed pens 



■, and decoys are maintained 

 it being understood and ajrced that the 



owner or tenant shall limit the kill of 

 any, and all native game to the amount 

 of his determination, except where game 

 is by the second party or its members 

 planted, propagated and grown, where- 

 upon the second party and its members 

 shall have the privilege of killing not 

 less than 50 per cent per annum of 

 the game planted and grown. 



; \;' May Terminate Lease 



It is agreed that no member of the 

 second part will hunt or shoot in any 

 field where stock is found, or where 

 men or teams are working without the 

 special permission from the then present 

 owner, or tenant or their servants. 



The landowner may terminate the 

 lease or agreement at any time if the 

 Sportsmen's Mutual or its members vio- 

 late any terms of the lease. The length 

 of the lease is for two years and the 

 lease renews automatically for one year 

 until notice of termination is given by 

 the owner or the Sportsmen's Mutual. 



If the land so leased changes owner- 

 ship, the lease is automatically cancelled 

 so that it is not a cloud on the title. 



Committees Appointed 



Sub-committees and advisory com- 

 mittees for 1931 appointed by the 

 President at the February meeting of 

 the I. A. A. Board of Directors are 

 as follows: 



Finance Committee 



A. R. Wright . Varna 



M. G, Lambert ; , . Ferris 



C. J. Gross Atwood 



Organization and Information 

 Committee 



C. E. Bamborough Polo 



Frank Oexner Waterloo 



W. A. Dennis Paris 



Otis Kercher (Farm Adviser) Danville 



Marketing Committee 



Samuel Sorrells Raymond 



Harold C. Vial Downers Grove 



A. B. Schofield Paxton 



W. L. Cope Salem 



R. A. Doneghue (Farm Adviser) . . . 

 Macomb 



Public Relations Committee 



Chas. S. Black Jacksonville 



Geo. B. Muller Washington 



Chas. L. Bates Browning 



Edwin Bay (Farm Adviser) Springfield 



Financial Business Service 



Geo. F. Tullock Rockf ord 



Fred Dietz De Soto 



Charles Marshall Belknap 



E. C. Secor (Farm Adviser) Sparta 



L A. A. Active in Support 

 of Brigham-To wns end Bill 



Dairy Industry Threatened by 



Cheap Imported Vegetable Oils 



Used in Making Butter 



Substitutes 



Geo. £. Metzger was elected sec- 

 retary, Robt. A. Cowles treasurer 

 of the I. A. A. for the year 1931 at 

 the February meeting of the Board 

 of Directors 



OFFICIALS of the IlHnois Agricul- 

 tural Association were recently 

 assured by members of congress from 

 Illinois that the Brigham-Townsend bill, 

 H. R. 15934 Senate 574 J, will have 

 their support when it comes up for 

 vote. This proposed measure seeks to 

 restore the 10 cent per pound tax on 

 colored oleomargarine. 



A recent ruUng by Commissioner 

 Burnet of the Internal Revenue Bureau 

 was to the effect that oleomargarine 

 colored by natural oils, such as imported 

 palm oil, need not p.iy the federal tax 

 of 10 cents a pound. 



As we go to press, w^ord comes 

 from Washington that the Brigham- 

 Townsend bill passed both the 

 House and Senate in the closing days 

 of the 71st Congress. 



The vote in the House yas 302 

 aye, 101 no; in the Senate, 68 aye, 



9 no. 



The proposed bill will restore the 



10 cent tax by changing the wording 

 of the present law which now assesses 

 only oleo "not free from artificial colo- 

 ration which causes it to look like but- 

 ter of any shade of yellow." Commis- 

 sioner Burnet construed this provision 

 in such a way as to exempt manufac- 

 turers of butter substitutes from the 

 10 cent per pound tax. He held that 

 palm oil which gives the oleo a yellow 

 color was not "artificial coloration." 



The Brigham-Townsend bill changes 

 the wording so that any oleo "yellow in 

 color" must pay the tax. The measure 

 also contains provisions relative to pack- 

 ing and marketing oleo which specify 

 weight contents of from one-fourth to 

 five pounds, and opaque material for 

 wrapping purposos. 



Under the bill, wrappings must re- 

 main un^aled and unbroken until in 

 the possession of the consumer. Th« 

 present law allows oleo to be sold in 

 tubs, buckets, etc., with no restriction 

 relative to breaking packages before re- 

 tailing them. 



The Illinois Agricultural Association 

 is not only co-operating with the Amer- 

 ican Farm Bureau Federation and the 

 dairy interests in supporting this meas- 

 ure but I. A. A. officials also have writ- 

 ten the Illinois members of congress and 

 conferred with the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture on several occasions apprising 

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