May, 1932 



THE I. A. A. RECORD 



Page Fifteen 



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MOST of the nine districts in the 

 Illinois Farm Bureau Baseball 

 League held meetings within the past 

 few weeks to work out schedules for 

 the 1932 season, choose district dic- 

 tators, and take up other problems pre- 

 paratory to the opening of the season. 



The dates for the opening games of 

 the different districts vary from May 

 14 in the central part of the state to the 

 latter part of May in the northern dis- 

 tricts. 



District V, which includes Knox, 

 Henry, Henderson and McDonough 

 counties, will op>en its schedule on May 

 21, it was decided at the recent district 

 meeting in Galesburg. 



Representatives of the four counties 

 agreed to follow the 1931 schedule ex- 

 cept that the games be reversed and 

 dates changed to comply with the 1932 

 calender. 



W. A. Stephenson of Henderson 

 county was chosen as district dictator 

 to succeed A. N. Skinner of Knox 

 county, who declined to accept re- 

 nomination on the ground that he is a 

 member of the state arbitration com- 

 mittee. 



It was decided that each county in 

 the district submit the names of at 

 least two umpires by May 1, and that 

 if any county objects to any of the 

 suggested umpires such objections must 

 be made to the district dictator who 

 will approve the umpires. 

 : The following representatives were 

 present at the meeting: Melvin Bar- 

 clay and E. W. Runkle, McDonough 

 county; W. A. Stephenson and E. D. 

 Walker, Henderson county; J. R. 

 Johnson and John Weston, Henry 

 county; T. J. Sullivan, F. G. Camp- 

 bell and A. N. Skinner, Knox county. 



Thirty-five to 40 players with their 

 managers and farm advisers from Grun- 

 dy, LaSalle, Kendall and Will counties 

 gathered at Morris the night of April 

 20 for the Division III meeting. George 

 Thiem, secretary, of the league, spoke 

 optimistically of prospects for a good 

 baseball season, reported results of the 

 recent meeting of the league executive 

 committee, and explained playing rules 

 adopted at the spring meeting in Bloom- 

 ington. He stated that the arbitration 

 committee expected to interpret the 

 eligibility rule in line with decisions 

 made last year. 



Becau^ ofrthe lateness of the season, 

 it was l^ci^ed to defer the opening 

 game in Division III until Saturday, 



May 28. Each team will ptay~otRfer 

 teams in the division at least two games, 

 and the team having the highest stand- 

 ing on August 13 will be declared di- 

 visional champion. Farm Adviser Ray 

 Watson of Grundy county presided. 



The offer of Lowe & Campbell to 

 provide 12 gold baseball watch charms 

 for the divisional champion, provided 

 each team orders three dozen baseballs, 

 was accepted. 



Boone county will have a team in 

 Division II this year along with Lake, 

 DeKalb and Kane counties, Mr. Thiem 

 announced. He said there was also a 

 possibility of McHenry and DuPage 

 entering teams in this district. A meet- 

 ing to organize the district and work 

 out the schedule was held at Elgin 

 April 28. 



A meeting of Division VII, including 

 Cass, Menard, Morgan and Greene coun- 

 ties, was held at Jacksonville April 18. 

 By general agreement Sangamon will 

 play in Division VIII with Macoupin, 

 Montgomery and Christian. Mercer 

 county is considering entering a team 

 in the western division and Winnebago 

 may organize a team to play in Divi- 

 sion I. 



The league is already assured of 34 

 teams, which is the same number com- 

 peting last year. At least three addi- 

 tional counties are considering organiz- 

 ing teams. 



Ouflook Hopeful for 



Future Wool Market 



The extremely low stocks of wool 

 garments on the shelves of distributors 

 of wool and woolen fabrics furnish the 

 one refreshing inspiration for hope of an 

 improved market, according to the Nat- 

 tional Wool Marketing Corporation. 



"Growers who may still be waiting 

 for final returns on their 1931 ship- 

 ments will realize," says the co-opera- 

 tive, "that any effort to force wool on 

 mills that are closed or partly employed 

 would only result in further price dem- 

 oralization, over-advances and great in- 

 jury to the coming clip. 



"The National is committed to a 

 policy of orderly marketing, having for 

 its first consideration protection of 

 reasonable price levels. Its future 

 strength and usefulness will depend on 

 the willingness of the growers to sup- 

 port the continuation of this policy. 



"If the establishment of still lower 

 prices seems possible, the manufacturer 

 will not go ahead with production 

 schedules even if substantial orders are 

 in prospect." — 



Wool Growers Receive 

 Final Checks for '31 Clip 



Cite Benefits of Co-operative Mar- 

 keting in District Meetings 



CHECKS covering final returns on 

 1931 wool marketed through the 

 National Wool Marketing Corporation 

 have been mailed to Illinois growers, ac- 

 cording to Ray E. Miller, director of 

 livestock marketing. 



The average net price received by 

 members of the Illinois pool for their 

 1931 clip was approximately 13 to 14 

 cents, some receiving as much as 15 

 cents net for grades in most demand. 



Miller, who recently attended a series 

 of wool marketing meetings, reports 

 that a large number of counties have 

 already completed preliminary steps in 

 organizing county pools for the 1932 

 clip. Among these are Knox, Henry, 

 Mercer, LaSalle, Livingston, Adams, 

 Morgan and Shelby counties. 



C. M. Allen, field representative of 

 the national co-operative, accompanied 

 Miller on the tour, explaining the op>er- 

 ations of the National Pool Marketing 

 Corporation and the advantages of its 

 methods of marketing wool. 



A specific example of the benefits the 

 pool offers is found in the handling of 

 burry and seedy wool last year. Instead 

 of selling for the low price which this 

 grade of wool brings, the National 

 Wool Marketing Corporation had it 

 scoured and made into tops. As a re- 

 sult this wool netted the growers only 

 slightly less than the better grades. In 

 this way growers received additional 

 profits, which ordinarily go to proces- 

 sors and dealers. This is only one of the 

 advantages of co-operative marketing. 



During the week April 18 to 22 wool 

 marketing conferences held at Ottawa, 

 Galesburg, Quincy, Springfield, Fair- 

 field, and Champaign were attended by 

 representatives from about forty Illinois 

 counties. 



If we didn't have to -work, -what 

 a lot of bother it w^ould be to think 

 up something to do with our time. 



District Conference at 



Jacksonville April 18 



Approximately 150 Farm Bureau 

 leaders from nine counties in the 20th 

 I. A. A. district met at Jacksonville 

 April 18 for an all-day district con- 

 ference. President Earl C. Smith and 

 Secretary George E. Metzger were 

 present. 



Metzger addressed the morning ses- 

 sion at the Fox-Majestic theater on 

 membership problems. After luncheon 

 at the Peacock Inn, President Smith 

 spoke on problems and policies of the 

 organization. Charles S. Black, director 

 of the I. A. A, from the 20th district, 

 presided. 



