March, 1931 



THE I. A. A. RECORD 



Page Thirteen 



iMarii^eting 



The Farmers Union Live Stock Com- 

 mission Company of South St. Paul, 

 Minn., was recently admitted to mem- 

 bership in the National Live Stock 

 Marketing Association. St. Paul is the 

 last of the large markets to be served 

 by a member of the national co-opera- 

 tive. 



In 1930 the St. Paul co-operative 

 handled more than 8,300 carloads of 

 live stock. 



Illinois shipping association managers 

 who increased their business to the In- 

 dianapolis Producers during the year 

 1930 over 1929 are: Carl Smith, 

 Champaign; Frank Kettering, Danville; 

 L. R. Rardin, Rardin; C. M. Weller, 

 Tuscola; W. Lester Ramp, Newman; 

 Orville "Wood, Isabel; Ivan Clouse, 

 Chrisman; Albert Libkie, West Salem; 

 Henry Voile, Mt. Pulaski; Fred M. 

 Stoll, Beason; W, E. Leischner, Deland; 

 William Fulk, Decatur and Cerro 

 Gordo; D. H. King, Olney; H. H. 

 Richards, Parkersburg; F. H. Galster, 

 Tower Hill. 



Fred Gumm, manager of the Paris, 

 Illinois, Shipping Association led all 

 others again for the year 1930 with a 

 total of 140 cars consigned to the In- 

 dianapolis Producers. W. J. Richey, 

 Palestine, was second with 84 cars and 

 Carl Smith of the Champaign County 

 Live Stock Marketing Association third 

 with 80 cars; C, M. Welier, Tuscola, 

 fourth with 76 cars; W. H. Honnold, 

 Kansas, fifth with 71 cars; Charles 

 Ekiss, Bethany, sixth with 68 cars, and 

 E. C. Cavins, Charleston, seventh with 

 67 cars. 



Oil Company Returns 



The Marshall-Pntnam Oil Company, 

 state, closed its most successful year 

 on August 31 with 1,528 customers. 

 In addition to the payment of 8 per 

 cent on preferred stock, the board of 

 directors declared the regular 8 per cent 

 annual patronage dividend and two spe- 

 cial refunds of 6 per cent each to be 

 paid at some future date. The 8 51 

 Farm Bureau members who have pa- 

 tronized the company during the past 

 fiscal year will receive $26,978.70. This 

 amount, together with the regular pa- 

 tronage refunds declared annually since 

 the organization was established four 

 years ago makes a total of $58,812.68 

 returned in cash to Farm Bureau pa- 

 trons. 



Bill Kurtz, rounding out eight years 

 as manager of the Tabor Shipping As- 

 sociation in Dewitt county, reports that 

 he has handled over a million dollars 

 worth of live stock during that time. 

 In 193© he shipped 62 cars to the In- 

 dianapolis Producers and 3 cars of Iambs 

 to Chicago. The membership, now 220, 

 nearly doubled during the period. Be- 

 fore Kurtz became manager, the asso- 

 ciation never shipped over 23 cars, but 

 shipments since have ranged from 56 

 to 74 cars per year. He keeps a close 

 check on the stock fed by his members 

 and makes it a point to get in touch 

 with them several weeks before they 

 are ready to ship. ' .. ' 



The McDonough Service Company, 

 after a few months' operation, has de- 

 clared an 8 per cent refund. Some 42 5 

 Farm Bureau members will share in this 

 distribution of earnings. ^ v' ' V ; 



Ninety-five per cent of the paid up 

 Farm Bureau members in Tazewell 

 County patronized their own local ser- 

 vice company during the first eight 

 months of operation. Approximately 

 one thousand Farm Bureau members 

 will share in the 8 per cent patronage 

 refund declared, payable at once, and 

 the 8 per cent special refund which 

 will be payable at a later date. 



McLean County Service Company, 

 one of the charter members of Illinois 

 Farm Supply Company, closed a most 

 successful year November 30. This 

 organization has 2,700 patrons, 1,588 

 of which are Farm Bureau members 

 who participated in the distribution of 

 $62,000.00. In addition to the regular 

 10 per cent annual patronage refund 

 another 10 per cent was declared on a 

 patronage basis. Four hundred twenty- 

 four Farm Bureau members received 

 more than $50 each, 95 more than 

 $100 each, 12 more than $200 each, 

 and two over $300 each. 



Hunting and Fishing 



Measure Fails to Cany 



The Menard County Farmers Supply 

 Company and the Morgan Farmers Oil 

 Company each declared a 5 per cent 

 patronage refund to all Farm Bureau 

 members recently. The Montgomery 

 County Farmers Oil Company paid 

 5 per cent patronage refund on six 

 months' business, ending August 31. 



111. Agr. Mutual Ins. Co. 



I hereby acknowledge receipt of your 

 check for $17.60 covering accidental col- 

 lision occurring December 19, 1930. 



May I say that your prompt and cour- 

 teous attention to the matter i|i hand 

 has completely sold me on Farm Bureau 

 insurance. 



Closed seasons on all game in iHlno's 

 will have to be established unless the 

 1931 session of the general assem'jiy 

 submits to the people a constructive 

 program for sanctuaries and breeding 

 grounds and the people approve su':h a 

 program at the 1932 election, C. F. 

 Mansfield, secretary of the Uniform 

 Conservation Laws Commission, pre- 

 dicted in a recent statement. 



"The greatly reduced supply of all 

 kinds of game in Illinois," Mansfitld 

 said, "cannot much longer withstand 

 the inroads of hawks, owls and other 

 predatory birds and animals, as w:ll 

 as the kill by the ever-increasing army 

 of hunters unless a definite program is 

 adopted for the establishment of clo:ed 

 sanctuaries in every county, such as 

 was planned under the bond issue sub- 

 mitted to the voters at the last elec- 

 tion," he said. 



"The fact that the total vote on 

 this proposition was 150,000 g-entcr 

 than on any other of the eight propo- 

 sitions submitted to the people at th? 

 November election shows the trcm-n- 

 dous interest in conservation that is be- 

 ing awakened in Illinois today. While 

 this question received a majority of the 

 votes cast upon it, it failed to receive 

 a majority of the votes cast for mem- 

 bers of the legislature." 



Knox County Annual 



Passes Resolutions 



Farm price levels in mid- January 

 ■were the lo^vest since January, 

 1912, ,.:.-.■ ■.:..:>v':-. ■ ;>.:..-:•, 



Clara L. Daily, 

 Wayne County, 111. 

 Accident notice received Dec. 23, 1930. 

 Check sent out Dec. 29, 1930. 



Resolutions passed at the recent an- 

 nual meeting of the Knox County Farm 

 Bureau (1,360 members). 



1. Pledged co-operation and suppo't 

 to the I. A. A. and A. F. B. F. 

 in their efforts to improve the 

 economic position of farmers; 



2. Approved of the Marketing Act, 

 and the Farm Board "for their 

 efforts to build securely on a firm 

 foundation and accomplish some- 

 thing of lasting value to agricul- 

 ture"; 



3. Approved of the present district 

 organization plan; suggested bet- 

 ter co-ordination "which can 

 only be done by the employment 

 of a state organization director 

 on full time"; 



4. Favored a fair and equitable tax- 

 ing system through a state in- 

 come tax; 



5. Opposed attitude of cities in Illi- 

 nois asking for portion of gas 

 tax for city improvements, com- 

 m ended editorial in Register-MaiL, 



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A little nonsense now and then 

 will undo the best of men. 



