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^IliL^INOIS 



COLTIJBAL ASSOCIA 



RECORD 



To ahvance the purpose for which the Farm Bureau was organized, 

 namely, to promote, protect and represent the business, economic, po- 

 litical, and educational interests of the farmers of Illinois and the na- 

 tion, and to develop agricu lture. 



George Thiem, Editor 

 Max Harrelson, Assistant Editor 



Pubhthed monthly by the lUinoii Agricultural Asiociation at 166 80. Main St., Spencer. Ind. 

 Editorial Oflloos, 608 80. Dearborn St., Chicaso, 111. Acceptance for mailins at ipecial rate of 

 poatage provided in Section 412, Act of Feb. 28. 1926. authorized Oct. 27, 1926. Addreis all 

 communication* for publication to Editorial Offices. Illinois Agricultural Association Record, 

 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicago. The Individual membership fee of the Illinois Agricultural As- 

 sociation is Ave dollars a year. The fee includes payment of fifty cents for' subscription tq the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association Record. Postmaster: In returning an uncalled for misaent 

 copy please indicate key number on address as is required by law. . ^ 



OFFICERS 



President, Earl C. Smith Detroit 



Vice-President, A. B. Wright .- Varna 



Secretary. Geo. E. Metzger '. Chicago 



Treasurer, R. A. Cowles Bloomington 



» BOARD OF DIRECTORS 



■ (Uy Cuiigrt'tiHlonal DUtriit) 



l»t to llth... H. C. Vial, Downers Grove 



I2th O. F. Tullock, Rockford 



nth C. E. Bamborough, Polo 



Uth M. G. Lambert, Ferris 



16th i ... . Charles Bates, Browning 



16th .'Geo. B. MuUer. Washington 



17th A. B. Schftfleld, Faxton 



18th W. A, Dennis, Paris 



19th C. J. Gross, Atwood 



20th Charles S. Black, Jacksonville 



21st Samuel Sorrells, Raymond 



82nd Talmage DeFrees, Smithboro 



28rd , W. L. Cope, Salem 



24th •.'. Charles Marshall, Bellnap 



25th Fred Dietz, De Soto 



"AGRICULTURE 



Alexander Legge 



Others Organize, Care For 

 Their Own Interests First 



By Alexander Legge, ex-Chr. 

 Federal Farm Board 



"Perhaps the soundest advice we 

 can give to agriculture is contained 

 in the one word, 'Organize.' 



"Properly organized, I cannot see 

 any reason why agriculture might 

 not go even farther than industry, 

 inasmuch as most farm products 

 are consumed every day and several 

 times a day and the consumption 

 must be fairly continuous if we are 

 to live. 



"The greatest difficulty we have 

 to contend with, is that in some 

 mysterious way, through legislative 

 action or otherwise, the handicap 

 under which agriculture is suffer- 

 ing, will be removed, and the posi- 

 tion of the farmer made secure 

 without any action on his part. My 

 friends, this is not even a good 

 dream. It is currently believed that 

 dreams sometimes come true, but 

 this one never will. 



"You have one of the greatest 

 and most representative organiza- 

 tions of agriculture anywhere. We 

 need more organizations like yours. 

 You can do almost anything when 

 you are properly organized. If 

 farmers don't organize, others will, 

 and they'll take care of their own 

 interests first. 



"The agriculture of other nations 

 has gone down largely because it 

 lacked organization. If you are un- 

 organized you must take what 

 you're offered." — Alexander Legge 

 before I. A. A. Annual Meeting, 

 Jan. 29, 1931. 



All Agricultural Groups In 

 Illinois Pledge Co- 

 operation *- 



Co-operation of nearly every 

 farm organization and co-operative 

 in and adjoining Illinois has been 

 secured in carrying out the state- 

 wide Dedication Day program on 

 July 4. 



The problem of providing a 

 speaker for every county on that 

 day is a tremendous undertaking 

 jin itself. To bring about uniform- 

 ity in expressing the aims and 

 ideals of the demonstration and 

 the Farm Bureau movement, a 

 carefully outlined address is being 

 prepared, a copy of which will be 

 supplied every speaker. Each 

 speaker will be expected to em- 

 phasize the principles set forth in 

 this outline, but using his own 

 words in expressing them. 



A prayer written for the occasion 

 by one of America's outstanding 

 clergymen is being prepared for 

 delivery in every county on the des- 

 ignated day. The prayer will pre- 

 cede the address of the afternoon. 



Among the organizations pledg- 

 ing their co-operation in the July 

 4th demonstration are the follow- 

 ing: Prairie Farmer, State College 

 of Agriculture, National Live Stock 

 Marketing Association, Chicago 

 Producers Commission Ass'n., St. 

 Louis Producers Commission Ass'n., 

 Peoria Producers Commission Ass'n., 

 Illinois Live Stock Marketing As- 

 sociation, Illinois Grain Corpora- 

 tion, Pure Milk Association, Illinois 

 Milk Producers Ass'n., > McLean 

 County Milk Producers Ass'n., Sani- 

 tary Milk Producers Ass'n., Quality 

 Milk Ass'n., Champaign County 

 Milk Producers Ass'n., Decatur Milk 

 Producers Ass'n., Illinois Produce 

 Marketing Ass'n., Egyptian Seed 

 Growers Exchange, Illinois Fruit 

 Growers Exchange, Soybean Mar- 

 keting Ass'n., American Farm Bu- 

 reau Federation, and all associated 

 companies owned and controlled by 

 I. A. A.-Farm Bureau members. 



Ex-Gov. Frank O. LJ 



Organization Greatest N< 



. — Lowdl 



"I am more convinced than ever 

 that organization is the greatest 

 need of the farmers of this coun- 

 try," ex-Gov. Frank O. Lowden said 

 in addressing a group of Illinois 

 bankers some time ago. 



He pointed out that the com- 

 bined efficiency of the Danish 

 farmer plus his inherent ability to 

 organize and co-operate with his 

 brothers, in producing and market- 

 ing his crops were responsible for 

 the relatively happy condition of 

 agriculture in Denmark. 



"The farmer's interests are your 

 interests and anything you can do 

 to help them will react to your 

 benefit and the good of the coun- 

 try," said Mr. Lowden. "It is more 



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Must Cut Distribution Costs 



For Future Prosperity 



— Babson 



"The keynote to future prosperity 

 is improvement in distribution 

 methods. Distributors must cut 

 costs and pass along to the con- 

 sumers the saving already achieved 

 in production. Progress in produc- 

 tion has far outstripped progress 

 in distribution. Our distribution 

 system, because of its high cost, is 

 still the bottle neck which prevents 

 the free flow of mass production 

 which gets to the consumer. This 

 business must attract that great 

 potential market along the lower 

 income classes to provide an ade- 

 quate outlet for its huge producing 

 capacity and to do this it must re- 

 duce costs. Authorities estimate 

 that the avoidable waste in distri- 

 bution is between $8,000,000,000 and 

 $10,000,000,000 a year."— Roger W. 

 Babson, issued June 14. 



Edw. A. O'Neal 



Job Not Finished" 



"On behalf of the American Farm 

 Bureau Federation, it is my great 

 pleasure to extend to the Farm Bu- 

 reaus and to the membership of 

 the great state of Illinois a mes- 

 sage of congratulation, commenda- 

 tion and fellowship on the occasion 

 of this, your 20th anniversary. 



"You have well demonstrated 

 what can be accomplished by mili- 

 tant, aggressive, organized effort. 

 Your accomplishments of the past 

 are your promise for the future. 

 Your job is not yet finished. In the 

 stern problems of today you have 

 the greatest opportunity and the 

 greatest responsibility. Go forward 

 in the creation of an institution 

 that is truly representative of the 

 importance of agriculture to the 

 economic and social well-being of 

 your state. You are the hope of the 

 farmers of Illinois." 



' Signed, Edw. A. O'Neal. 



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..:. Arthur M. Hydi 



Organization, One Answer To Fal 



By Arthur M. Hyde, SecretaryX 



THE FARM BUREAU 



"The Patriot believes that the Greene County Farm Bureau is 

 one of the best organizations ever formed in this community. It 

 has done more to put farming on a business basis, to develop better 

 methods of farming, to bring the farmer out of his isolation, and 

 to encourage a coming generation of farmers and farmers' wives 

 than all other factors combined. 



"The benefits of the organization are not limited to the mem- 

 bers alone. Every farm and every farmer in the county receive in- 

 direct benefit in the general uplift of the business. The Farm Bu- 

 reau could do much more if every farmer in the county were a 

 member. Some farmers thoughtlessly speak disparagingly of the 

 organization and discount its efforts. Those farmers are merely 

 standing in their own light and hindering their own progress. 



"In these times it is not a question of 'Can I afford to belong to 

 the Farm Bureau?' but 'Can I afford to stay out of It?' "—Charles 

 Bradshaw, Editor, Carrollton Patriot. 



"One general answer to farm 

 problems is organization. Organ- 

 ization to control marketing, to 

 standardize output, to eliminate 

 waste and duplication of a market- 

 ing and distributing system, which, 

 generally speaking, absorbs two 



dollars for every one dollar it re^'ttwi-; 



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Earl C. Smith, Pres., I. A. A. at Rockford, Jan., 19 



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