June, 1931 



THE I. A. A. RECORD 



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obtained on a competitive basis. Merit 

 and merit alone is responsible for our 

 growth. We have been getting the busi- 

 ness because we are demonstrating that 

 a co-operative can pay the farmer as 

 much or more for his grain as any old 

 line company. 



"When farmers decided to own their 

 own local elevators 2 5 or more years 

 ago they were met with the same Kind 

 of opposition we are experiencing now 

 in building a co-operative agency in the 

 terminals. We are going to win this 

 fight because our set-up is sound and 

 our management capable of getting the 

 farmer the most for his product. Fur- 

 thermore, all profits made from han- 

 dling grain will go to the member ele- 

 vators and on to the producers in 

 patronage refunds." 



To Continue Policies 



PUT GRAIN SALES PROFIT 



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themselves. And in this same talk he 

 made the point that the grain trade 

 after much discouragement and failure 

 had built the present efficient system 

 for marketing grain. I'm not disputing 

 the fact that the grain trade has accom- 

 plished much in improving the market- 

 ing system. Nevertheless there is plenty 

 of room for further improvement. It's 

 time the producer took a hand in 

 making the system work for him as 

 well as it has worked to enrich the 

 middleman. Farmers may expect much 

 opposition and discouragement in their 

 co-operative efforts. 



"You producers have an organization 

 operating in all the big grain markets 

 of the world. Every buyer of grain of 

 any size in any state of the Union has 

 the Farmers National's bid on grain 

 every day between 1:00 p. m. and 9:30 

 next morning. That's what you have 

 done for yourselves in less than two 

 years' time. 



"The Farmers National is handling 

 more grain than any other firm in the 

 country. It is the only organization 

 that can offer grain at all times in the 

 quantity and quality desired by the 

 buyer. But you producers have to work 

 with this system to get the benefit." 



Chairman James C. Stone of the 

 Federal Farm Board met recently 

 with representatives of the big grain 

 exchanges of the country for a con- 

 ference on wheat. Chairman Stone 

 announced that the Board would 

 continue its present policies calling 

 for no stabilization of the 1931 crop 

 and the further development of co- 

 operative marketing. 



Attending the conference were 

 Julius Barnes, grain exporter; James 

 C. Murray, president, Chicago Board 

 of Trade; Fred B. Wells, B. H. 

 Woodworth, Minneapolis Chamber 

 of Commerce; George Davis, Kansas 

 City Exchange; James Norris, Chi- 

 cago; Walter McCarthy, Duluth; 

 and E. J. Peck, Omaha. 



The 200 farmers in Peoria, Knox, 

 Stark, and Henry counties in the Farm 

 Bureau farm management service paid 

 an average of $3 56 each in taxes last 

 year. The farm incomes after taking 

 out 5 per cent for the investment aver- 

 aged $196 less than nothing, reports the 

 Peoria County Farmer. 



Wheat Storage Space 



Ample for New Crop 



In spite of the large carry-over and 

 prospects for a large wheat crop, there 

 is no indication of any great shortage 

 of storage space or any unusual con- 

 gestion in handling the forthcoming 

 crop, according to the Farmers National 

 Grain Corporation. 



The carry-over June 30 is estimated 

 at 275 to 300 million bushels, or ap- 

 proximately that of last year. It is esti- 

 mated that there will be more storage 

 space in proportion to wheat supplies 

 than was the case a year ago. 



Says Red Top Business 

 Returns ^1,500,000 Yearly 



Eighty-five per cent of the world's 

 supply of red top grass seed is produced 

 in 13 counties of southern Illinois, ac- 

 cording to J. J. Pieper, Crops Division, 

 College of Agriculture, Urbana. The 

 industry averages returns of about $1,- 

 500,000 a year to some 7,000 growers, 

 he says. 



The average annual production from 

 1922 to 1930 was more than 10,000,- 

 000 pounds. Prices range from 10.5 

 cents a pound in 1927 and 1928 to 22 

 cents a pound in 192 5-1926. The av- 

 erage annual production of red top seed 

 per farm is 1,500 pounds having a value 

 of $225. 



LaSalle Co. Grain Co-op. 

 Now Operating at Ottawa 



THE new conditioning and loading 

 station set up by the LaSalle County 

 Co-operative Grain Company at Ottawa 

 started operating late in May, announces 

 the Organized Farm- 

 er of LaSalle county. 

 Open house was held 

 on May 2 5 and 26 

 when representatives 

 from neighboring 

 counties in northern 

 and central Illinois 

 gathered to see the 

 new equipment. 



E. L. "Cracker" 

 Johnson, a graduate 



"Craoker" Johnson °^. ^^f University of 



Illinois, College of 

 Agriculture, and former associate county 

 adviser in Macoupin county, has been 

 employed to manage the new co-oper- 

 ative. 



Grain is cleaned and loaded simul- 

 taneously by an airforce blower. Cash 

 is paid for the grain as it is hauled in 

 for loading based on the prevailing 

 market. 



The loading station is equipped with 

 a 22-foot scale of 10-ton capacity. The 

 loading equipment will handle 1,000 to 

 1,600 bushels per hour. Grain is blown 

 either directly into cars or into one of 

 the four steel storage bins with a capac- 

 ity of 2,000 bushels each. Air under 

 high pressure forces the grain up the 

 chute so as to remove excessive moisture 

 and condition the grain for storage. 

 Dirt and foreign material is separated 

 from the grain at the same time. 



Marshall County Grain 



Producers Meet Wenona 



Champaign county has adopted a new 

 cream marketing plan. Pick-up trucks 

 are gathering the cream at the farm 

 twice a week and are hauling it to the 

 farmers' co-operative creamery at Craw- 

 fordsville. -1 



The index of the general level of 

 farm prices on May 15 was 86 per cent 

 of the pre-war level, 38 points below a 

 year ago and the lowest since 1910. 



Grain producers about Wenona in 

 Marshall county met on June 1 to con- 

 sider ways and means of getting a maxi- 

 mum price for their grain. They dis- 

 cussed the possibilities of the new air 

 force blower type of grain loader which 

 is being used in LaSalle county to fa- 

 cilitate and cut overhead expenses in 

 handling grain. 



With this new device it is reported 

 that grain can be blown directly from 

 the unloading chute into the car and 

 much dirt can be removed in the proc- 

 ess to improve the grade. 



The board of directors of the Illi- 

 nois Produce Marketing Association 

 meeting at Decatur, May 13, voted 

 to pay a dividend of 7 per cent on 

 all outstanding preferred stock. 



The St. Clair County Farm Bureau 

 recently moved into new quarters in 

 the new Hotel Belleville opposite the 

 Court House. 



Steps toward organizing agricultural 

 credit corporacvons have been taken in 

 McLean and Champaign counties. • 



