Page Twelve 



THE I. A. A. RECORD 



August, 1932 



Shipping Associations ' 



Put Out of Business 



% I. A. A. Conference at Shelby- 

 ville IMscusses Problems 



SURVEYING the development 

 of co-operative livestock mar- 

 keting before Farm Bureau leaders 

 attending the recent district con- 

 ference of the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association at Shelby ville, R. W. 

 Grieser, sales manager of the Illi- 

 nois Livestock Marketing Associa- 

 tion, told how the local shipping 

 association put the country buyer 

 out of business and how about five 

 or six years ago the packer buyer 

 came in again and with the truck 

 put the shipping association out 

 of business. 



He explained that the passing of 

 the local shipping associations 

 made necessary the establishment 

 of new marketing machinery and 

 resulted in the organization of the 

 Illinois Livestock Marketing As- 

 sociation, an organization whose 

 purpose is to seek the best outlet 

 for all units of livestock with the 

 idea of raising the general price 

 level. 



Last year, he said, 23 to 24 per 

 cent of the hogs in Illinois went 

 direct to packers. Hard roads and 

 trucks were another factor in 

 doing away with the shipping as- 

 sociation. To meet this condition, 

 concentration points were estab- 

 lished. The Illinois Livestock Mar- 

 keting Association is returning to 

 the producer 17 cents per hundred 

 pounds more for hogs than he 

 could get without the organization, 

 Grieser said. Seven cents of this is 

 accounted for in freight, and 10 

 cents in selectivity of markets. 



C. J. Gross, director of the I. A. 

 A. from the 19th congressional dis- 

 trict, presided at the meeting, and 

 Farm Adviser J. H. Hughes of Moul- 

 trie county acted as secretary. 



Among other speakers were L. B. 

 Hornbeek and A. B. Gulp, district 

 organization managers of the I. A. 

 A. Mr. Hornbeek spoke on "Organ- 

 ization Morale" and Mr. Gulp's 

 subject was "The Marketing Act 

 and the Equalization Fee." 



After a discussion of legislation 

 on hard roads and waterways, it 

 was decided to refer the matter to 

 the state association in order that 

 a more comprehensive study might 

 be made. Upon the invitation of 

 Farm Adviser Glenn Hoover of 

 Douglas county, it was decided to 

 hold the next meeting at Tuscola. 



Twenty-three states now permit 

 branch banking in some form. 



Farm Bureaus Act To 



Cut Farmers' Tax Bill 



Largely as a result of Farm Bu- 

 reau efforts, the majority of Rock 

 Island and McDonough county 

 farmers are paying less taxes this 

 year than in 1931, a survey of 72 

 farms picked at random in the two 

 counties revealed. The average sav- 

 ing on these 72 farms approximated 

 $33 per farm. 



Out of 36 farms chosen from dif- 

 ferent townships in Rock Island 

 county, all except one showed a re- 

 duction in taxes. The only farm to 

 show an increase was a farm of 185 

 acres which paid $2.88 more than a 

 year ago. The other 35 Rock Island 

 county farms ranged from $3 to $80 

 less. For example, one 90-acre farm 

 saved $20 on its 1931 taxes; ai320- 

 acre farm saved $40; a 250yacre 

 farm, $14.61; and a 160-acre/farm 

 $80.88. 



All of the 36 examined in Mc- 

 Donough county showed a reduc- 

 tion. The actual dollars-and-cents 

 savings ranged from $2 to $72 per 

 farm. In ten cases, the reduction 

 was more than $50 per farm. This 

 saving is in the most part ac- 

 counted for by the 25 per cent re- 

 duction in assessed valuations of 

 farm lands and improvements se- 

 cured through the efforts of the 

 public relations committee of the 

 Farm Bureau. 



Randolph Co. Director 



Blind But Still Active 



Alfred Donjon, a member of the 

 executive board of the Randolph 

 Gounty Farm Bureau, according to 

 J. B. Gountiss of the I. A. A. staff, 

 took an active part in all arrange- 

 ments for the big celebration at 

 Waterloo. 



Mr. Donjon is blind, but he took 

 home a copy of the special re- 

 dedication issue of the I. A. A. 

 REGORD and said he would have 

 it read so he could get all the in- 

 formation about what was going on 

 throughout the state. 



Atlee Pomerene, former Demo- 

 cratic Senator from Ohio, has been 

 appointed by President Hoover as 

 chairman of the Board of Direc- 

 tors of the Reconstruction Finance 

 Gorp. 



Mr. Pomerene will succeed Eugene 

 Meyer, governor of the Federal Re- 

 serve Board who held the R. F. G. 

 post since the resignation of Gen- 

 eral Gharles G. Dawes. 



A five-day week for the U. S. 

 Department of Labor was estab- 

 lished July 30. 



Farm prices are entirely out-of- 

 line with the gold supply and ulti- 

 mately must rise. — Any rise in the 

 general price level will result in a 

 greater rise in farm prices, says 

 George F. Warren in the June 1932 

 Farm Economics. 



Hog Cholera Control Is 

 Popular Bureau Service 



Savings To Members Estimated 

 at $300,000 in 1931 



The Illinois Farm Bureau Serum 

 Association, which serves 73 coun- 

 ties, bought for Farm Bureau mem- 

 bers last year nearly 50,000,000 cubic 

 centimeters of anti-hog cholera 

 serum and virus saving approxi-" 

 mately $300,000 on farmers' vac- 

 cination bills. 



This service has been offered for 

 a number of years with increasing 

 volume and increasing savings. The 

 unusually large amount of serum 

 and virus bought last year was due 

 mainly to serious outbreaks of hog 

 cholera in many parts of the state. 



Indications are that farmers this 

 year are going to take advantage of 

 the lesson learned during last year's 

 outbreaks and vaccinate their pigs 

 at an earlier age. This will mean an 

 additional saving. 



Last year's purchases were the 

 largest ever made by the associa- 

 tion in a single year and this year's 

 contracts are thought to be the 

 largest single purchase of serum 

 ever made by any organization at 

 any time. During the first three 

 months of 1932 orders were about 

 eight per cent above the corre- 

 sponding period of a year ago, but 

 this is not as great as it should be 

 under present conditions. 



Considering the fact that farmers 

 can now vaccinate their hogs at a 

 lower cost than at any time in his- 

 tory, they should take advantage of 

 this opportunity to insure their 

 herds against cholera. 



If we are to profit by the ex- 

 perience of 1931, when serious out- 

 breaks of the disease appeared in 

 practically every section of the 

 state, we must vaccinate while the 

 pigs are young and light. Last year 

 many farmers waited until cholera 

 broke out in their own herd or in a 

 neighbor's herd before they did 

 anything. The result was a higher 

 cost of vaccination and in many 

 cases heavy losses. 



The Farm Bureau Serum Associa- 

 tion is a co-operative formed to buy 

 high grade serum and virus for 

 Farm Bureau members direct from 

 the manufacturers. This service is 

 provided for them not only to save 

 money on serum costs, but also to 

 make available a guaranteed supply 

 of serum of tested quality at all 

 times. 



The Illinois Milk Producers As- 

 sociation at Peoria recently moved 

 into its own building and is in- 

 stalling eauipment to process part 

 of its surplus milk and cream. Up 

 to now the association has had to 

 d'spos° of surplus milk on the open 

 market. 



