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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



September, 1931 



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line with above mandate from congress 

 and in view existing Board suggests 

 -that you immediately mobilize every in- 

 terested and available agency in your 

 state, including farmers, bankers, mer- 

 chants, landowners and all agricultural 

 educational forces, to induce immediate 

 plowing under of every third row of 

 cotton now growing. 



Must Abandon Acreage 



"Without question, at present low 

 prices there will be considerable aban- 

 donment late in the season, but this will 

 not improve prices during heavy mar- 

 keting. Problem to be solved is to se- 

 cure abandonment in an organized and 

 orderly fashion which will give farmers 

 a better return on the remainder. Board 

 is convinced that such organized reduc- 

 tion immediately done will be more 

 than repaid by increased price received 

 by growers on this and future crops 

 entirely aside from savings by reason of 

 no picking and ginning costs on that 

 part of crop plowed under. 



"Board recognizes that this sugges- 

 tion calls for drastic remedy for serious 

 emergency but commends to you the 

 thought that major operation of this 

 kind rather than attempts at lesser 

 measures is now needed. Board earnest- 

 ly hopes this proposal which is being 

 sent governors of all cotton producing 

 states will be approved by you and the 

 people of the South and that necessary 

 steps will be immediately taken to put 

 it into effect on basis which will begin 

 reduction throughout South not later 

 than September 1 and complete pro- 

 gram not later than September 15. 



Board Will Help 



"If the 10 largest cotton producing 

 states accept and carry out this pro- 

 gram this Board will do all in its power 

 to support the program and will pledge 

 itself to permit no sales by the cotton 

 stabilization corporation of its present 

 holdings before July 31, 1932, and will 

 urge upon the cotton co-operatives 

 financed by the Board the desirability 

 of similar action by them on their stocks 

 of 1930 cotton now held. 



"This program if fully carried out 

 by southern farmers as well as by our- 

 selves will mean reduction of total sup- 

 ply by at least 4,000,000 bales and 

 withholding from this year's market of 

 3,000,000 bales more. You will appre- 

 ciate necessity for very prompt action 

 if this plan is to effectively benefit 

 farmers this fall and you are therefore 

 urged to immediately advise us your at- 

 titude toward co-operation on it. Board 

 will promptly convey to you reactions 

 from other states as received." 



Three of the nine oil truekn operated by Morgan Farmers' Oil Company JuMt after 

 they had flnished flIlinK !•*> trnctorx tvith Aladdin ean at ReeM Tractor Meet. 



Louisiana Passes Bill Use Aladdin Gas at 



To Ban Cotton Planting Rees Tractor Contest 



A BILL prohibiting the planting, 

 gathering and ginning of cotton 

 this year was passed unanimously by 

 the Louisiana State House of Repre- 

 sentatives on August 27. The bill was 

 sent immediately to the Senate, where 

 like action was predicted by Governor 

 Huey P. Long, its sponsor. 



The measure is contingent on similar 

 bans being proclaimed by states having 

 75 per cent of the cotton acreage in 

 1930. 



The vote in favor of the bill was 

 made unanimous, 77 to 0, after Repre- 

 sentative Stanley McDermott of New 

 Orleans, who had strenuously opposed 

 it, was permitted to change his vote to 

 the aflSrmative, stating that he did so 

 "to exhibit a united front to the world." 



The bill, as passed by the House, 

 makes it a misdemeanor for any person, 

 farm or corporation to "plant cotton 

 seed to raise cotton, to gather cotton, 

 and to gin cotton in 1932." A fine of 

 not less than $100 nor more than $500, 

 or imprisonment of not less than 10 

 days nor more than 60 days for each 

 offence, is the penalty for violation. 



The bill empowers the state commis- 

 sioner of agriculture to cause to be de- 

 stroyed any cotton found growing in 

 1932. 



Governor Long stated that if other 

 governors and legislatures of cotton 

 growing states would take similar ac- 

 tion within the next two weeks, cot- 

 ton would soon be selling at from 15 

 to 20 cents a pound throughout the 

 world. 



"With this year's crop, we have on 

 hand in America more than 24,000,000 

 bales of cotton, enough already to sup- 

 ply next year's demand," he said. "It 

 would be a crime for the legislatures of 

 the cotton growing states to allow this 

 opportunity to restore prosperity to 

 their people to pass." 



MORE than 5,000 farmers wit- 

 nessed the plowing contest held 

 at Rees Station in Morgan county on 

 the farm of Milford Rees August 6. 

 Fifteen contestants competed in the 

 three divisions. 



The tractor meet is an annual event 

 sponsored by the community, the Mor- 

 gan County Farm Bureau, and the 

 Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce. 

 Entrants this year included five in the 

 two bottom class, eight in the three 

 bottom class, and two in the four bot- 

 tom class. 



During the forenoon and afternoon 

 programs were given from the platform 

 with Fred Scholfield, president of the 

 Morgan County Farm Bureau, in charge. 



In the Farm Bureau tent on the 

 grounds an attractive display was shown 

 by the Morgan Farmers Oil Company. 

 C. W. Ward, field sales manager of the 

 Illinois Farm Supply Company, was in 

 the tent during the day assisting the 

 local manager, C. H. Jewsbury, with 

 the display. 



All fifteen of the contestants in the 

 plowing contests filled their tractors 

 with Aladdin gasoline furnished by the 

 Morgan Farmers Oil Company. A. L. 

 Young and E. G. Johnson of the Uni- 

 versity of Illinois judged the contest. . 



The Vermilion county 4-H Club 

 show and Farm Bureau picnic, Septem- 

 ber 12, Danville, was held at the I. and 

 I. Fair grounds. Donald Kirkpatrick, 

 legal counsel for the I. A. A., was the 

 chief speaker. 



The feature of the morning program 

 was the judging of the calves, pigs, and 

 other livestock. Horseshoe pitching and 

 other contests were held for adults. 



Real estate and property owners in 

 Stark county received a 20 per cent cut 

 in tax valuations this spring. 



THE use of glass-lined tanks for 

 transporting and handling milk has 

 increased so rapidly that today some 

 cities receive 70 to 9 5 per cent of their 

 fluid milk in tanks. ..■.-. 



Walter S. Batson, formerly teacher 

 of vocational agriculture at Ridge Farm, 

 Vermilion county, began work as farm 

 adviser in Shelby county September 1. 

 Mr. Batson succeeds H. M. Adams, who 

 has been employed by the Cincinnati 

 Producers Commission Association. 



Miss Ruth Hitzhusen has been employed as 

 home adviser in Iroquois county. She began 

 woik Seotember 1. " ■ : . , . ■,.■■■..■;.'. 



