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January^ 1932 



THE I. A. A. RECORD 



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Page Fifteen 



I. A. A. Claims Dept. ^ 

 Collects $3,000 for I Man 



ILLINOIS Farm Bureau members have 

 received an average of $50 a day in 

 claim settlements every day for 12 

 years through the claims department of 

 t|ie I. A. A. 



'.! Since 1920 ^hen this service was in- 

 augurated as a part of the transporta- 

 tion department, a total of $238,233.61 

 has been collected in claims and returned 

 to members. Up to December 1 $19,- 

 420.82 had been collected for members 

 in 1931. These claims include loss and 

 damage, and overcharge. Claims are 

 handled for members of the Chicago 

 Producers, as well as Farm Bureau 

 members. 



A. E. Adams, assistant manager of 

 the Sycamore Sheep Feeding Yards, in 

 a recent letter to the I. A. A. wrote: 



"We wish to express our appreciation 

 of the service rendered us by your trans- 

 portation department both through the 

 Chicago Producers and the I. A. A. 



"During the past three or four years 

 this department has repeatedly col- 

 lected claims from the railroads for us 

 that would have been a complete loss. 

 We have kept no track of the amounts, 

 but feel certain they will run over 

 $3,000. One thousand of this was col- 

 lected recently on some sheep billings 

 from the West. — 



"We believe that this service to your 

 members should receive its just due and 

 be continued, as it certainly is a valuable 

 part of your service." 



The Enfield unit is still less than two 

 years old and has 174 members, an in- 

 crease of 15 per cent over a year ago. 

 A total of 59,048.5 pounds of butter- 

 fat went through the co-operative last 

 year. The unit has made patronage re- 

 funds totaling $1,919.99 since it began 

 operations. Handling costs are approxi- 

 mately 3 cents a pound. 



Sam Thompson Tells 



What Marketing Nee 



Five Year Plan for 



Cream Marketing Urged 



A five-year plan in cream marketing 

 was urged by F. A. Gougler, director 

 of produce marketing for the I. A. A., 

 at the annual meeting of the Hender- 

 son County Produce Association at 

 Stronghurst November 16. j;; ; ;/: 



"We must not only see to the devel- 

 opment of our local association," he 

 said, "but we must look forward to the 

 development of a state sales agency 

 which will market Illinois butterfat to 

 net the producer a fair price." 



He showed from the experience of 

 some of the older associations that the 

 produce marketing program has already 

 narrowed the spread between the local 

 buying price and the Chicago butter 

 quotations. ;■ ^ >.' v ' ^ ■ : ''''"''' .: 



Soybean Growers Get 

 ^Second Advance on Crop 



Cream Pools in White Co. 

 Make Members Money 



THE White County Produce Asso- 

 ciation through its two units at 

 Norris City and Enfield handled more 

 than 152,000 pounds of butterfat dur- 

 ing the year ending December 1, re- 

 ports F. A. Gougler, director of pro- 

 duce marketing for the I. A. A. The 

 combined patronage refunds of the two 

 units since they were organized totals 

 more than $6,400. 



The Norris City unit has just com- 

 pleted two and one-half years of oper- 

 ation. It now has 266 members, which 

 is an increase of 23 per cent in the last 

 year. This unit marketed a total of 

 92,999.9 pounds of butterfat, an in- 

 crease of approximately 30 per cent 

 over a year ago. 



Since starting, the Norris City unit 

 has made patronage refunds to its mem- 

 bers totaling $4,481.28, or approximate- 

 ly $4 per cow represented. O. S. Hos- 

 kins of Norris City received a refund 

 of $79.65 for the past four months. 

 The operating costs are now slightly 

 more than 2 cents a pound. 



More than $5 5,000 has been distrib- 

 uted to Illinois soybean growers as a 

 second advance on the 1931 crop han- 

 dled by the Soybean Marketing Asso- 

 ciation. 



An initial advance of 20 cents per 

 bushel was made to member growers 

 for No. 2 beans upon delivery to the 

 contracting elevators. The second ad- 

 vance brought the total up to 24 cents 

 per bushel. The Association's volume 

 of soybeans for the 1931 crop has al- 

 ready exceeded the amount handled in 

 1930. Membership this year is more 

 than 4,000. 



The entire volume of beans handled 

 by the co-operative during the year was 

 marketed on a profit-sharing basis with 

 one of the leading processors. Under 

 this arrangement members participate 

 in the earnings from the merchandising 

 of soybean oil and soybean oil meal 

 throughout the normal movement pe- 

 riod of these products. Thus, they are 

 benefited by any increase in prices on 

 these products. 



Christian county leads Illinois in 

 soybean products with Champaign 

 countv second. More than half of the 

 state's estimated production of 6,000,- 

 000 bushels for 1931 will be used for 

 seed and feed. The remainder will be 

 processed. :--';'- .' ?* '-: . ..'-; v ■■''■■ ; ■- ■;'■'. • / '■':■ ■ 



SUFFICIENT volume, adequate credit 

 and proper adjustment of produc- 

 tion are the three things most essential 

 for the complete realization of the co- 

 operative marketing program, dectared 

 Sam H. Thompson, member of the 

 Federal Farm Board, at the annual 

 meeting of the American Farm Bureau 

 Federation in Chicago, December 8. 



Notwithstanding adverse conditions, 

 co-operative marketing has grown rap- 

 idly during the past two years, he said. 



"This showing has been made during 

 a period when raw material prices 

 throughout the world fell to levels rep- 

 resenting the lowest buying price ever 

 recorded for industrial products," con- 

 tinued Mr. Thompson. 



"By availing themselves of the facili- 

 ties provided in the Agricultural Mar- 

 keting Act, farm groups are being 

 brought into step with large-scale busi- 

 ness, and consequently are able to sup- 

 port business management and ex- 

 change the products of their members 

 on a strictly service basis, gradually but 

 surely attaining marketing advantages 

 that farmers have fought for for half 

 a century. 



"It is an advantage to both buyers 

 and sellers to have organizations capable 

 of delivering any amount, grade or 

 quality at any time or place. Such 

 sales service provides broader outlets 

 and develops larger markets. 



"Six active sales agencies, grain, cot- 

 ton, livestock, wool and mohair, pecans, 

 fruits and vegetables, have been de- 

 veloped by co-operatives as well as re- 

 gional and state associations. The 

 achievements of these national sales 

 agencies make a record of which the 

 farmers of the nation may well be 

 proud, showing that farmers can suc- 

 cessfully carry on business in a large 

 way when properly supported." 



New Stock Yards to Be 



Erected at Macomb 



The McDonough Livestock Market- 

 ing Association is planning to erect 

 modern stockyards at Macomb with a 

 capacity for about eight double-deck 

 carloads of livestock. The yards will be 

 modern in every respect, with cement 

 floors, running water, and electric 

 lights. The greatest part of the yards 

 will be covered. 



Uncle Ab says a lot o£ folks work 

 like blazes to get where they won't 

 have to work — and never arrive. 



