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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



May, 1932 



Taili^eting 



Fewer Cattle on Feed 



The Illinois Livestock Marketing As- 

 sociation is a state-wide organization of 

 livestock producers set up to provide 

 marketing service under co-operative 

 control for farmers not now having 

 that service because of the breaking up 

 of co-operative shipping associations; 

 to serve as a connecting link between 

 livestock farmers, Producer agencies 

 and the National Livestock Marketing 

 Association; and to correlate livestock 

 marketing at country points with the 

 operations of Producer agencies on ter- 

 minal markets. 



In the eleven Corn Belt states there 

 were about 16 per cent less cattle on 

 feed for market on April 1 this year 

 than on the same date last year, ac- 

 cording to the U. S. Dcpt. of Agr. 



In the area east of the Mississippi 

 river there was an increase of 12 per 

 cent, but in the area west of the river 

 there was a decrease of 21 per cent. 

 The number on feed in Illinois was 110 

 per cent of the number a year ago. 



A. F. B. F. Offers Prizes 



To Contest Winners 



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The five units of the Illinois Live- 

 stock Marketing Association operating 

 in Iroquois, McDonough, Macon, Shel- 

 by, and Vermilion counties handled 

 during the month of March 1,909,225 

 pounds of livestock or 109 standard 

 cars. 



The McDonough Livestock Market- 

 ing Association at the close of its first 

 month's business showed that it had 

 handled nearly 600,000 pounds of live- 

 stock. This was made up of 2,388 head 

 of all species. Hogs numbered 2,331 

 head, cattle 24 head, and calves 33 head. 



Direct sales as well as sales on sev- 

 eral terminal markets were used in dis- 

 posing of the Association's livestock. 

 H. W. Trautmann, manager, says that 

 the livestock producers have supported 

 the marketing association substantially, 

 but he points out the advantages of 

 having a still larger volume. This co- 

 operative is affiliated with the Illinois 

 Livestock Marketing Association. 



Livestock Values Cut 

 Three Billions in Two Years 



Values of livestock on farms have 

 been marked down nearly three billion 

 dollars in the last two years, according 

 to the U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



Although the total number of flocks 

 and herds increased slightly during 1931 

 the value dropped from $4,450,000,000 

 to $3,196,000,000 in the twelve 

 months. This decline of a billion and 

 a quarter dollars was due wholly to 

 price decline, the statement said. 



The average value of a farm horse 

 is now $63, the average value of a dairy 

 cow is now $40 as compared with $57 

 a year ago, and the average hog brought 

 $6.14 on January 1 this year compared 

 with $11.36 a year ago. 



'OR the third consecutive year a 

 contest is being conducted by the 

 American Farm Bureau Federation to 

 determine the county with the largest 

 paid-up membership on next Novem- 

 ber 30. The prize is a huge silver 

 loving cup, which becomes the per- 

 manent possession of any county Farm 

 Bureau winning it three times. San 

 Joaquin County Farm Bureau, Stock- 

 ton, California, holds the cup at pres- 

 ent on a record of 2,301 paid-up mem- 

 bers on Nov. 30, 1931. They also 

 won it the year previous. 



A new contest this year is to deter- 

 mine the county Farm Bureau which 

 has the largest number of farmers in 

 its membership in proportion to the 

 total farm population of the county 

 based on 1930 census figures. 



Another contest is open to determine 

 the nation's champion volunteer mem- 

 bership solicitor. The award is a free 

 trip to the American Farm Bureau con- 

 vention in Chicago next Dec. 5 to 7. 

 Last year F. E. Pease, member of Ni- 

 agara County Farm Bureau in New 

 York state, captured this honor with 

 160 members to his credit. 



Two national Farm Bureau quartet 

 contests are to be conducted this year, 

 one for male voices and one for mixed 

 voices. Cash awards and medals ac- 

 company this contest. 



For the women a national public 

 speaking contest is to be conducted. 

 Then finally for Farm Bureau publicity 

 folks a contest has been instituted for 

 which three silver loving cups will be 

 the prizes. Complete details of the con- 

 test have been sent to county agents 

 and to state Farm Bureau officials. 



H. W. Day 



Asparagus Growers Plan 

 Tour of Chicago Market 



ORGANIZED asparagus growers 

 from Madison and Jersey counties 

 are planning a tour of the South Water 

 market in Chicago some time in the 

 near future, accord- 

 ing to Harry W. 

 Day, director of 

 fruit and vegetable 

 marketing for the 

 Illinois Agricultural 

 Association. The 

 date has not been 

 definitely set, but 

 will be around the 

 middle of May, Day 

 said. 



The trip is being 

 sponsored by the Il- 

 linois Fruit Growers Exchange, the 

 Farm Bureaus, and the C. & A. railroad 

 to familiarize the producers with mer- 

 chandising on the terminal market. 

 Asparagus growers in southwestern Il- 

 linois have for the past few years been 

 marketing their commodity through 

 the Godfrey Asparagus Growers Asso- 

 ciation, a co-operativee affiliated with 

 the Illinois Fruit Growers Exchange. 



Day became director of fruit and 

 vegetable marketing for the I. A. A. 

 on March 1, succeeding A. B. Leeper, 

 who resigned to become general mana- 

 ger of the National Fruit and Vegetable 

 Exchange. He also succeeded Leeper as 

 manager of the Illinois Fruit Growers 

 Exchange. Up to March 1 Day was 

 production manager of the exchange 

 and had been in charge of track sales 

 for some time. 



Demand for storage apples recently 

 has enabled the Illinois Fruit Growers 

 Exchange to dispose of all its storage 

 holdings, according to Harry W. Day, 

 manager. This is considerably earlier 

 than the final holdings are usually sold. 



New co-operative produce marketing 

 associations are now being organized at 

 Louisville, Clay county; Marion, "Wil- 

 liamson county; Wyoming, Stark coun- 

 ty; and Anna, Union county. A new 

 unit was started in Lawrence county 

 at Sumner recently. 



Membership in the Illinois Live- 

 stock Marketing Association at 

 Galesburg, Bloomington and Paris, 

 where organization work is being 

 done preparatory to the establish- 

 ment of co-operative concentratioti 

 points, now^ numbers 1,064, 807 

 and 486 respectively. 



Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Co.: 



I wish to thank you for your prompt and 

 courteous treatment in your settlement of my 

 loss by fire covered by policy No. 4163. 



Just four days after I mailed you the proof 

 of loss I received the check covering the 

 amount. 



As I am a charter member of the company, 

 I am certainly proud of the way the business 

 is being taken care of. Please accept my thanks. 



H. H. Webb, 



Franklin County, 111. 



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