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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



Julyy 1931 



"Unorganized Growers Hurt 

 Wool Prices" — Hagenbarth 



This Is a Consignment Year Is Belief 



of National Wool Marketing 



Association President 



THAT the unorganized domestic 

 wool grower, in conjunction with 

 the short-sighted dealer, is solely re- 

 sponsible for the present depressed con- 

 dition of the wool market, is the charge 

 made recently by Frank J. Hagenbarth, 

 president of the National Wool Grow- 

 ers' Association. 



"It is not so surprising that growers 

 may be forced by circumstances to sell 

 their wool below the market," said 

 Hagenbarth, "as it is to see dealers who 

 are fully posted pursuing the same 

 course and sacrificing their wools on a 

 very small margin of profit. 



"Manufacturers depend upon stabil- 

 ized wool markets for profitable and 

 certain business. When wools are 

 slaughtered in price they naturally want 

 to be in on the killing. Mills in turn 

 pass the lower prices on to the clothiers, 

 who come back for cheaper fabrics at 

 the vital cost of the grower." 



Tw^o Courses Open 



Hagenbarth believes that the Na- 

 tional Wool Marketing Corporation has 

 only one of two courses open to it un- 

 der such conditions: it must either meet 

 the competition of the unorganized 

 grower and dealer who are sacrificing 

 their wool on this market, or they must 

 hold their stocks of wool until liquida- 

 tion of these cheap lots has gone into 

 consumption. 



"A fair analysis of the present para- 

 doxical situation will lead one to be- 

 lieve and say that the grower himself 

 is primarily to blame," he declared. "He 

 is throwing away from one-third to 

 one-half the best tariff he ever had. At 

 .1 time when every dollar of income is 

 vital toward preserving the industry, 

 he is sacrificing millions of dollars due 

 to ignorance of true marketing possi- 

 bilities or through lack of faith in his 

 product, which is not warranted by the 

 facts, or through the short-sighted at- 

 titude of his creditors who may force 

 him to sell. 



A Consignment Year 



"The lesson drawn from this whole 

 situation is perfectly plain. This is a 

 consignment year. The grower does not 

 have to wait for a rising market. His 

 own selling policy determines the mar- 

 ket. He has an advantage, if he will 

 only take it, of a minimum of 13 to 17 

 cents per clean pound on his wool right 

 now. 



"If he has not sufficient faith in his 

 own wool marketing organizations, 

 either locally or nationally, to sell his 



wools through them, then he should se- 

 cure as good an advance as he can from 

 any good reliable wool house and ship 

 his wool on consignment. 



"In selling at the prices which are 

 prevailing in the producing areas, he is 

 not only slaughtering his own values 

 but he is establishing a false market 

 far below real values for his fellow 

 wool growers." 



Illinois Leads in Use of 

 .Of Limestone, Phosphate 



Illinois farmers are using 38 per cent 

 of the agricultural limestone consumed 

 in the United States and more ground 

 rock phosphate than any other state, 

 according to J. R. Bent, director lime- 

 stone phosphate department. 



Although total tonnages are expected 

 to decline this year, due to lower farm 

 income and the inability of many rural 

 banks to make loans, it seems fairly cer- 

 tain that Illinois farmers will success- 

 fully defend their title as leaders in the 

 use of these two commodities. 



"During periods of depression such 

 as the country has been experiencing," 

 states Mr. Bent, "rigid economy and 

 careful planning, so that each dollar 

 spent may accomplish the most good, 

 are absolutely essential to success. 



"It is significant that under such 

 conditions the interest in agricultural 

 limestone and ground rock phosphate 

 continue to grow. Farmers realize that 

 good soil practices and low production 

 costs accomplished through maximum 

 yield are at the very foundation of 

 successful farming." 



Maryland Farm Bureau 



To Seek Prettiest Girl 



The Maryland Farm Bureau will seek 

 its most beautiful Farm Bureau girl by 

 means of a beauty contest at the an- 

 nual state convention next January, a 

 recent announcement states. 



Farm Bureau members in Illinois will 

 recall that the Illinois Agricultural As- 

 sociation sponsored such contests in 

 twelve counties last December. These 

 were the first Farm Bureau contests of 

 the kind ever held. 



Counties holding contests were Car- 

 roll, Stark, McHenry, Champaign, Hen- 

 ry, Macon, Morgan, Effingham, Rich- 

 land, Lawrence, Monroe and Union. 



Directors of; the Maryland Farm Bu- 

 reau, after considering the idea, de- 

 cided that such an affair could be con- 

 ducted with dignity and with due re- 

 spect to Farm Bureau women. Abbre- 

 viated clothes will be taboo. Cosmetics, 

 paint and lipstick also will be ruled 

 out. Judges will base their decision on 

 dress, posture, good grooming and well 

 chosen accessories. - ■ ; 



IMaiii^eting 



Five Illinois counties increased their 

 business to the Indianapolis Producers 

 for the second quarter this year over 

 the same period in 1930. They are 

 Iroquois, Macon, Piatt, Vermilion, and 

 Sangamon. One-fourth of the livestock 

 handled by the Producers was shipped 

 by Illinois farmers. 



Forty-four club members exhibited 

 330 lambs at the second annual 4-H 

 Club Lamb Show held at the Indian- 

 apolis Stock Yards June 25 and 26. 

 F. M. Shanklin of Purdue University 

 was in charge. The Indianapolis Pro- 

 ducers entertained the exhibitors at 

 luncheon on June 25. 



Livestock shippers on the Illinois 

 Central Railroad may now obtain double 

 deck cars, or two single decks in lieu 

 of a double deck, with no extra charge, 

 announces the Indianapolis Producers. 

 This double deck loading will save $5 

 to $9 per car in freight charges. 



"Have your contract and billing show 

 'double deck car ordered* and if two 

 singles are furnished give this informa- 

 tion at the market terminal so that the 

 proper freight rate may be applied," ad- 

 vises G. E. Ayer, in charge of trans- 

 portation. 



Protect Shipping Assn.'s 



Local shipping associations in Illinois 

 are protected against accident claims of 

 employees through the insurance service 

 of the Illinois Agricultural Association, 

 states A. E. Richardson, manager of the 

 Illinois Agricultural Mutual. 



A blanket workmen's compensation 

 and employer's liability policy is held 

 in the office of the insurance depart- 

 ment covering any accidental injuries 

 which might occur to employees while 

 in the course of their duties. 



Mr. Richardson advises that all claims 

 be reported as soon after accidents as 

 possible so that adjustments may be 

 made. 



Foot and Mouth Disease 



Following a report that England is 

 experiencing a serious outbreak of foot- 

 and-mouth disease, the U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture has placed its in- 

 spectors in all the principal seaports on 

 guard against the introduction of the 

 disease. A new quarantine order has 

 been issued adding Scotland, Ireland, 

 Korea, Rhodesia and the islands of the 

 Mediterranean Sea to the list of coun- 

 tries already considered to be infected. 



