February y 1932 



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WANT TO PLAY VOLLEY BALL? *:^-S^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^ Higher 



Marshall-Putnam Would Like to Schedule Contests with Othier Countiol' ^ ^v RateS On SovbeanS 



CARL Anderson of Granville, Put- 

 nam county, suggests that volley 

 ball be added to the recreation program 

 of the Illinois Agricultural Association 

 as the official winter sport of farmers 

 just as golf is the sport of professional 



men. 



He says there is considerable interest 

 in the sport in Marshall-Putnam county, 

 where several teams have been playing 

 this winter. He points out that volley 

 ball is better suited to farm players than 

 practically any other game, in which 

 they would be interested. . 



"I have been wondering why the 

 L A. A. doesn't add this sport to its 

 recreation program," he writes. "It 

 comes during the slack season; it per- 

 mits a large group from each commun- 

 ity to play rather than just a few scat- 

 tered players over the whole county; 

 older folks can play as easily as young 

 athletes; and it would permit county 

 and district tournaments. 



"The folks in my township have been 

 playing volley ball one evening eadi 

 week this winter. But now they want 

 some outside teams to play. I under- 

 stand there are several other communities 

 in Marshall-Putnam county that are in- 

 terested in the sport and we doubtless 



will get together before this winter is 

 over. 



"The size of the team can be flex- 

 ible, making it fit the crowd. We have 

 played as many as twelve to a team thus 

 making it possible for twenty- four men 

 to play at the same time. If our crowd 

 is too large we prefer to choose three 

 teams, playing them' alternately, and 

 resting one of the teams. 



"The game makes an excellent mixer. 

 Our Farm Bureau is a cross-section ot 

 the community, bringing together men 

 from different churches, school districts 

 and cliques. If we can get them to 

 play together we won't have much 

 trouble getting them to work together 

 on our" projects. I noticed one evening 

 that we had men from five churches on 

 the floor at one time. 



"Volley ball is suitable for either sex, 

 in fact, much more suitable for the av- 

 erage farm girl or woman than basket- 

 ball. Ladies teams could be organized. 

 Several ladies in our township have ex- 

 pressed a desire to play. Thus the Home 

 Bureau could co-operate in popularizing 

 the game." 



Note: Is volley hall in your county? If so, 

 would you be interested in forming a volley 

 ball league. Write the I. A'. A., 608 So. Dear- 

 born St., Chicago, if interested. 



Illinois Holsfein Ass'n. 



Employs New Field Man 



M. G. (Mike) Seath, formerly of Jef- 

 ferson County, Wisconsin, began work 

 as Field Representative of The Illinois 

 Holstein Association, with headquarters 

 at St. Charles, Illinois, in January, 19)2. 

 Mr. Seath, who enjoys a wide acquaint- 

 ance and excellent reputation in the 

 Holstein fraternity, will be engaged in 

 extension work among the Association 

 members in co-operation with Field Rep- 

 resentative Jim Ball, who has been with 

 the Association since 1927. ^.r 



For the past three and one-half years, 

 Mr. Seath has very successfully con- 

 ducted the work of Secretary in Jeffer- 

 son County, Wisconsin, Holstein Breed- 

 ers' Association. He acquired there an 

 outstanding reputation as a constructive 

 worker in the field and as showman and 

 calf club leader. 



Mike Seath is doubtless most widely 

 known as a showman having fitted and 

 shown the Jeflferson County show herd 

 for five years, beginning in 1927, arid 

 having, in the course of this period, led 

 into the ring such notable animals as 

 Artis Madam Wayne Denver, Reserve, 

 All-American senior yearling in 1927, 

 Inka Wayne Creamelle, All-American 

 junior heifer of the same year, and Jo- 



hanna Pietertje Artis Creamelle, Nation- 

 al Grand Champion in 1927. 



The Illinois Holstein Association ex- 

 pects to make 1932 its greatest year of 

 service to the Holstein industry, ex- 

 tending particularly its service to the 

 buyers of Illinois cattle and the help and 

 consultation which the Association can 

 bring to its members in meeting every- 

 day problems of each individual in im- 

 proving their herds and extending their 

 dairy cattle market. 



1 8% More Pigs Saved 



About 18 per cent more pigs were 

 saved in Illinois in the fall of 1931 

 than a year ago, and 21 per cent more 

 were saved in the corn belt, according 

 to the U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



The survey was made through the 

 rural mail Carriers. Combining the 

 spring and fall pig crops of 1931, an 

 increase of about 10 per cent for Illi- 

 nois and 9 per cent for the country 

 as a whole is indicated. This increase 

 amounts to about 4,500,000 heads of 

 pigs in the corn belt where more than 

 80 per cent of the commercial hog 

 supply is produced. '-'}^i^^:-:yP'f:V r' ' 



Uncle Ab says that the one form 

 of^ expansion he grieves to see is 

 the waistline. ■: ■^'^'^f\'' '"'■■' -:'-■'■''■■ '■:'-.-■ 



Letter to Commerce Commission 



Asks That Beans Be Placed in 



Grain Group Schedule 



ON ihj ground that soybeans grown 

 for commercial purposes should^be 

 class. d with gr;un in freight rate.sched- 

 uh's. the Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion has rec^ujsted the Interstate Com- 

 mer.'e Commission to re-classify t;h[is 

 commodity so as to exempt it from the 

 emergency increase which became ef- 

 fective early in January. .>„>.'' 

 In a letter to George B. McGinty, 

 secretary of the commission, L. J. Qua- 

 sey, director of transportation for the 

 I. A. A., set forth the objections of 

 shippers to thv' increase and asked that 

 soybeans be placed in the grain^roup 

 in the rate schedule. .:"■ ■^.^'1., .Z^l.^^^ifU - 



Under Grain Rates --;-^«!| 



"Soybeans have come into commer- 

 cial prominence within the past five or 

 six years," he said. "They have gen; 

 erally moved under grain rates, and^tnje 

 tariffs of the carriers generally trt|]% 

 grain rates applicable on soybeans. Thfe 

 rail movement of soybeans is simuax 

 to that of grain. Some of last.'yfes^S 

 crop moved for export. The loa^iii^ 

 is practically the same as that of wheat 

 or corn. -- 1^& 



"A considerable quantity of soybeans 

 are used for seed each year, riot ■ onl? 

 for growing more beans but for gro.W« 

 ing soybean hay and for soil impjrqrN^ex 

 ment purposes. A large portion o# t|^^ 

 crop is processed, the products being 

 oil and meal. The oil has a wide farigl 

 of industrial uses and the meal is used 

 to feed livestock. The value of soy- 

 beans this past year and at the present 

 time is approximately 3 5 cents a bushel, 

 which compares favorably with the avr 

 erage price of grain. - 



Should Be Exempted - ; «.^ 

 "From this it follows that soybeans 

 should be treated the same as grain, and 

 since grain was exempted from the ap- 

 plication of the emergency increase pri- 

 marily on the ground of being an agrirr 

 cultural product, soybeans should like- 

 wise be exempted." 



Many corn belt farmers are now 

 growing soybeans as a commercial crop 

 instead of oats and wheat. Approxi- 

 mately 4,000,000 bushels go into com- 

 mercial channels annually in the United 

 States, about 2,500,000 bushels being 

 produced in IlHnois. Under the in-/ 

 creased rates now in effect, Illinois farm- 

 ers would pay an additional $25,00O/a 

 year in freight. 



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