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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



May, 19)1 



June 13 — Morgan vs. Sangamon at 

 watch factory diamond, 

 Springfield. . , 



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Per Cent of Nat'l. 



Income Goes for Taxes 



As we go to press the Illinois Farm 

 Bureau B.iseball League is about to open 

 the 1931 baseball season — the eighth 

 since its organization in 1924. Baseball 

 schedules have been made up in the 

 eight divisions and the first games will 

 be played on May 16. 



A rearrangement of the districts was 

 made necessary because of the several 

 new teams joining the league. The new 

 divisions are as follows: 



At a meeting of the State Arbiti a 

 tion Committee at Springfield, May 5, 

 a ruling was adopted that to be eligible 

 hired men must be regularly employed 

 for the season. In addition they must 

 be Farm Bureau members. The League 

 seeks to discourage the employment of 

 men for their ability as players. 



DIVISION I 



JoDaviess 



Stephenson 



Carroll 



Lee 

 DIVISION II 



DeKalb 



LaSalle 



Kendall 



Will 



Grundy 

 DIVISION III 



Kankakee 



Iroquois 



Livingston 



Ford 



DIVISION V 



Henry 



Knox 



Henderson 



McDonough 

 DIVISION VI 



McLean 



Champaign 



Douglas 



Logan 



Macon 



DeWitt 

 DIVISION VII 



Menard 



Cass 



Morgan 



Sangamon 

 DIVISION VIII 



Christian 



Montgomery 



Macoupin 



Greene 



DIVISION IV 

 Stark 

 Peoria 



Woodford ~" 

 Tazewell 

 Marshall-Putnam 

 Games in most cases will be played 

 Saturday afternoons, 2:00 P. M., al- 

 though a number are scheduled for 

 July 4. Games announced for the 

 corrihig weeks where definite locations 

 have been chosen are as follows: 

 May 15 — Logan vs. Macon at Colony 



Grounds, Lincoln. 

 May 16 — Douglas vs. Champaign at 



Twilight Park, Urbana. 

 May 16 — Menard vs. Sangamon at 

 watch factory diamond, 

 Springfield. 

 May 23 — Douglas vs. Macon at Tus- 

 cola. 

 May 23 — Logan vs. McLean at Normal 



University diamond. 

 May 30 — Douglas vs. McLean at Tus- 

 cola. 

 May 30 — Champaign vs. Macon at De- 

 catur. 

 June 6 — Champaign vs. Logan at 



Twilight Park, Urbana. 

 June 6 — Macon vs. McLean at Nor- 



maJ University diamond. 

 June 1 3 — Douglas vs. Logan at Lincoln. 

 June 13 — Champaign vs. McLean at 



Normal University diamond. 



Indiana Farmers Are 



Co-Operators in Buying 



Indiana farmers are buying petroleum 

 products co-operatively through bulk 

 plants in 48 counties. More than 3 5 of 

 the 48 plants have been established dur- 

 ing the past 18 months. 



There are purchasing organizations 

 located in 87 of the 92 Indiana coun- 

 ties all of which are affiliated with the 

 Indiana Farm Bureau Co-Operative As- 

 sociation. All kinds of farm supplies 

 are bought locally, and the profits are 

 distributed at the end of the year on a 

 patronage basis. 



TO LIMESTONE USERS 



The L. A. A. Limestone-Phos- 

 phate Department calls attention 

 to the change in the method of 

 buying limestone from contract 

 companies. Farm Bureau mem- 

 bers w^ho purchase from contract 

 companies should noAV pay their 

 bills in full, without discounting, 

 and take the certificates they 

 receive with their bills direct to 

 the Farm Bureau office for credit. 

 Much trouble, delay and annoy- 

 ance is involved if purchasers fail 

 to observe these requirements. 



Not Ic for Pills 



"My slogan for American housewives 

 and mothers has been for many years: 

 'Millions for Prevention and Not One 

 Cent for Pills,' " writes Fannie M. 

 Brooks, health education specialist of 

 the University of Illinois, correcting a 

 quotation in the February issue of the 

 I. A. A. RECORD. "No one advo- 

 cates the use of cod liver oil more than 

 I do." 



"I was glad to see the picture of Dr. 

 Hopkins' limestone day demonstration 

 in the I. A. A. RECORD," writes W. 

 S. Stprrnent of Salem in a letter to J. E. 

 Whitchurch, Saline county adviser. 



"That picture was taken Aug. 16, 

 1918. It brought back to mind how 

 I happened tr be there. I was Marion 



The federal office of education* re- 

 ports that more than 23 per cent of all 

 tax revenue is now expended annually 

 for public school instruction. In addi- 

 tion to spending more than $2,180,- 

 000,000 for elementary and secondary 

 education annually, more than $5,486,- 

 000,000 are invested in buildings, 

 grounds and equipment. 



Federal, state and local taxation is in 

 excess of $9,2 50,000,000 annually in 

 the United States. This is 10 per cent 

 of the national income. 



Meat Packing Costs 



The American meat packing indus- 

 try with an annual volume of business 

 in excess of $3,390,000,000 pays a 

 little more than 86 cents of every dol- 

 lar of the plant value of its finished 

 products for materials, principally live 

 stock, according to the American Meat 

 Packers Institute. 



The remaining 14 -cents covers all 

 charges such as wages, salaries, interest, 

 rent, depreciation, taxes, insurance, ad- 

 vertising, cost of research, and manu- 

 facturing profit. 



Meet at Monmouth 



Railroad, pipe line, and other public 

 utility questions received principal con- 

 sideration at the 14th district meeting, 

 Monmouth, on March 18. L. J. Qua- 

 sey, director of transportation, led the 

 discussion on these problems. 



Other matters considered were live- 

 stock and organization. 



The next district meeting is sched- 

 uled for June 2 at Monmouth. 



The Story of the Spider 



While Mark Twain was editor of a 

 Missouri paper, a subscriber wrote to 

 him saying he had found a spider in 

 his paper and asking Mark whether this 

 was a sign of good or bad luck. The 

 following was the reply of the well- 

 known humorist: 



"Old Subscriber: Finding a spider in 

 )'our paper was neither good luck nor 

 bad luck for you. The spider was 

 merely looking over our paper to see 

 which merchant is not advertising, so 

 that he can go to that store, spin his 

 web across the door and lead a life of 

 undisturbed peace ever af terward.^^ 





County Food Administrator and was ^--^ 

 asked to come out and furnish the sugar "C"^ 

 for the coffee for the dinner." 



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