August, 1931 



THE I. A. A. RECORD 



Page Seven 



Soybean to Figure in 



World's Fair Exhibit 



Illinois Men Prominent on Commit- 

 tee to Arrange Display. 



IT makes no difference whether you 

 are painting your house, taking a 

 bath, or eating dinner, the soybean 

 more than likely has a part in it. 



So widely has this new crop of the 

 Middle West come to be used and so 

 little is known about it by the con- 

 suming public, that plans are being 

 made by soybean growers, processors, 

 and industrial users for an extensive 

 exhibit at the "World's Fair in Chicago 

 in 1933. 



The story of the soybean in this 

 country will be shown in every detail. 

 Geographical distribution, soil require- 

 ments, necessary climatic conditions, 

 soil fertilization, varieties adapted to va- 

 rious localities, varieties for hay and 

 seed, inoculation of seed, soil prepara- 

 tion, methods of seeding, cultivation, 

 harvesting, use of binders and combines, 

 marketing, yields, transportation, con- 

 trol of insects and diseases, and indus- 

 trial uses — these are a few of the things 

 to be shown in the exhibit. 



Plans for the exhibit are already well 

 under way, according to Harvey J. 

 Sconce, agricultural director of the 

 Fair and former president (1919) of 

 the Illinois Agricultural Association. 



"Everything is now in the hands of 

 the committee selected at our recent 

 meeting of soybean leaders," said Mr. 

 Sconce to the RECORD reporter. 

 "Each member of the committee is 

 working out plans for his part of the 

 exhibit and it looks as if this might be 

 one of most interesting sections of the 

 agricultural exposition." 



Dr. W. L. Burlison of the University 

 of Illinois, chairman of the committee, 

 will have charge of the exhibit on soy- 

 bean production. Other members are: 

 J. W. Armstrong, Champaign, III., 

 president of the Soybean Marketing As- 

 sociation, in charge of marketing ex- 

 hibit; A. A. Horvath, health section, 

 bureau of mines, in charge of human 

 utilization exhibit; Paul Funk, Funk 

 Brothers Seed Company, in charge of 

 livestock utilization; Guy S. Fox, Ar- 

 mour and Company, utilization in the 

 arts; Dr. H. A. Paulsen, Armstrong 

 Paint and Varnish Works, utilization 

 in paints and oils; H. G. Atwood, Al- 

 lied Mills, in charge of milling exhibit. 



The soybean crop occupies more than 

 a million acres of corn belt land this 

 season. Illinois' acreage this year is 

 more than 25 per cent above that of a 

 year ago. 



Some of the manufactured products 

 now using soybean oils or meal are 



Would Sell to Germany 



IN RESPONSE to inquiries about 

 reports from Germany appearing 

 in recent newspapers, James C. Stone, 

 chairman. Federal Farm Board, made 

 the following statement: 



"The Farm 

 Board has no 

 definite p r o - 

 posals before it 

 from the Ger- 

 m a n govern- 

 ment, but if it 

 would aid Ger- 

 many and if it 

 would increase 

 consumption of 

 American agri- 

 cultural com- 

 modities the Farm Board would au- 

 thorize the stabilization corporations 

 to sell to Germany on credit terms." 



J. C. stone 



pestocJ^_ 

 IMarii^eting 



The Lawrence County Livestock 

 Shippers* Association operates on the 

 basis of a flat rate covering all mar- 

 keting costs from the time livestock 

 arrives at the yards until it is sold. The 

 rate charged shippers last year was as 

 follows: hogs and cattle 60 cents per 

 cwt., calves and sheep 80 cents per cwt. 



Included in these costs are freight, 

 feed, insurance for deads and cripples, 

 yardage, handling commission of local 

 manager and selling commission of the 

 Producers. All livestock shipped by 

 the association goes to farmer-owned 

 and controlled agencies in whatever 

 market is offering the best price. Every 

 Monday is shipping day at Lawrence- 

 ville. 



dairy, poultry and livestock feeds, 

 cereals, glue, flour, meal, soaps, paints, 

 salad oils, sauces and condiments, ori- 

 ental dishes, malted and chocolated 

 milk. .: •■-■-■ ■■'■•- ■■■ ;■■■.-.. • '' •.■- ' - '■" 



St. Joseph Stock Yards 



Must Cut Its Rates 



In July the Indianapolis Producers 

 received 663 carloads of livestock rep- 

 resenting 27.8% of the stock yard re- 

 ceipts. This total lacked one car of 

 being 400 carloads more than that of 

 the largest old line firm. The Produc- 

 ers received 513 cars from the Indiana 

 territory and 147 from Illinois. Ap- 

 proximately 30% of the Illinois busi- 

 ness was delivered by truck. 



An order just issued by the U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture will save 

 livestock shippers, who market at St. 

 Joseph, Mo., $120,000 a year, accord- 

 ing to R. W. Dunlap, acting secretary 

 of agriculture. This order is the re- 

 sult of a hearing on the reasonableness 

 of charges made by the stock yard. 



An analysis was made of conditions 

 at the live stock market during 1928 

 which was taken for a fair test year. 

 With 7/2 per cent profit on the invest- 

 ment taken as a reasonable earning, the 

 inquiry revealed that the income of the 

 yards was $107,798 in excess of this. 



It was also found that the company 

 had been yarding livestock belonging to 

 dealers and traders without making any 

 charge. The order expressed the opin- 

 ion that the yards should either stand 

 this expense or charge it to the traders, 

 and not to the shippers. 



Other markets at which hearings on 

 stock yard rates have been held are 

 Denver, Colorado; Kansas City, Mis- 

 souri, and National Stock Yards, Illi- 

 nois. Decisions in these cases will be 

 announced as soon as possible. 



The Greene County Farm Bureau re- 

 ports that Greene county farmers mar- 

 keted more livestock through their own 

 co-operative agency each year since 

 1928. They sold 358 cars co-operative- 

 ly in 1929, 383 cars in 1930, and dur- 

 ing the first three months of 1931, 108 

 cars, as compared to 8 1 cars for the 

 same period of 1930. 



Guy V. Storms, newly appointed 

 manager of the Shelby County Live 

 Stock Marketing Association succeed- 

 ing D. E. Elliott, accompanied two 

 loads of stock to Indianapolis Tues- 

 day, August 4. 



A. D. Kenney of Paris, Edgar coun- 

 ty, topped the Indianapolis cattle mar- 

 ket on August 4 with 36 steers aver- 

 aging 1,116 lbs. 



Clifford Morris of Paris also topped 

 the heavy cattle market with 84 head 

 averaging 1,231 lbs. at $8.80 and 21 

 head averaging 1,227 lbs. at $8.75. 



Directors of the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association voted at their recent July 

 meeting to purchase $2,500 worth of 6 

 per cent preferred cumulative stock in 

 the Illinois Livestock Marketing Asso- 

 ciation. 



Edgar county led all other Illinois 

 counties in the number of cars con- 

 signed to the Producers at Indianapolis 

 in July with a total of 16. The nejct 

 six largest were Coles, Vermilion, Craw- 

 ford, Douglas, Clark and Shelby. Both 

 Vermilion and Shelby counties in- 

 creased their business over July last 

 year. 



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