September, 1932 



THE I. A. A. RECORD 



Page Five 



of physical perfection, charm, and 

 personality. 



President Earl C. Smith spoke 

 briefly about the Farm Bureau Day 

 program, stating that the selection 

 of the country life queen was in no 

 sense a beauty contest but was pro- 

 moted in recognition of the finer 

 qualities of womanhood as ex- 

 pressed in countenance and per- 

 sonality. 



In the drawing contest Dana 

 Mahaffey, 32 years old and unmar- 

 ried (No. 37439) , of Kewanee, Henry 

 county, won the Buick sedan. Ed- 

 win Kooyenga (No. 16262) of Blue 

 Island, Cook county, won the four 

 cylinder Ford two-door sedan. Mr. 

 Kooyenga is a loyal Farm Bureau 

 member who gave splendid help in 

 the "minute men" campaign prior 

 to the July 4 celebrations He now 

 drives a model T. Ford and the new 

 car will be very welcome to him 

 and his family. F. H. Korte of Ger- 

 mantown, Clinton county, won the 

 set of carpenter's tools. Korte is a 

 loyal Farm Bureau booster who 

 signed eight members in the recent 

 campaign. 



The drawing was staged on the 

 platform in the Farm Bureau tent 

 directly after the country life 

 queens made their appearances, 

 and while the judges were deciding 

 the winners. More than than 64,000 

 tickets, stubs of which were held 

 by Farm Bureau members who 

 registered on July 4 at the county 

 celebrations, were rolled around be- 

 fore the audience in a large box. A 

 :_ little girl was brought up to select 

 the three lucky tickets. The num- 

 bers were announced immediately, 

 also the winners' names and ad- 

 dresses as soon as they could be de- 

 termined from the list in the hands 

 of Secretary George E. Metzger. 



Exhibits Popular 



The Farm Bureau headquarters 

 tent this year was larger than ever, 

 but none too big for the huge crowd 

 that surged in and out throughout 

 the week. Exhibits of the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association and the as- 

 sociated companies attracted much 

 favorable attention. The marketing 

 exhibit was the same as that of 

 last year, showing a relief map of 

 the state of Illinois with a motor- 

 driven train running from one end 

 to the other. As the train moved 

 through the various sections of the 

 state lights flashed on a series of 

 maps of Illinois telling the story of 

 co-operative marketing of the dif- 

 ferent farm commodities in Illinois. 



The Illinois Farm Supply exhibit 

 showed a miniature bulk storage 

 plant, service station, and a motor- 

 ized train carrying SERVICE petro- 

 leum products in the background. 

 A map of Illinois above the plat- 

 form was electrically lighted and 

 showed the location of some 50 as- 

 sociated county companies and 

 their bulk plants. 



Miss Iioiilse L>au|!rheHi1 of Aleilo, Mer- 

 cer ooimty, cro-wned «'oniitry life queen 

 at the Illinois State Fair, Auamst 26, Is 

 a brunette, agre 21. height five feet 

 three Inches, weight 110 pounds. She 

 lives on the farm nnd attended the 

 Alexis fommnnlty Iilgh school and later 

 business collcgre in Qnincy. She Is at 

 present employed as n stenographer. 

 Her favorite sport Is HwlnimlnK. 



The Sangamon county 4-H club 

 and Producers Dairy had a booth 

 in one end of the tent where they 

 dispensed delicious sandwiches and 

 dairy products. 



Checking facilities were taxed to 

 capacity to care for the great de- 

 mand for this service. 



MIks Leona Bloom of Wadsworth, 

 Iiake county, >vho placed second In the 

 country life queen contest. Is a bine- 

 eyed brunette, age 10, height five feet 

 five and one-half Inches, ^veight 117 

 pounds. She attended the To«vnlIne 

 'Warren high and 'Wankcgan high 

 Kchools. She lives on the farm, was 

 president of her 4-H club, and plays 

 the piano. Her hobbles are dancing 

 and horsebacic riding; favorite sports, 

 baMcbali, basketball, nnd skating. 



Conway's Comments On 

 Live Stock Situation 



Fed cattle stand to continue In a 

 strong position during September, 

 but too many heavy steers and 

 long-fed yearlings are headed for 

 the late fall and early winter. The 

 feeding demand is now centered 

 on heavy steers suitable for a short 

 turn in the feed lot and for a mar- 

 ket that for two years has been 

 quite attractive but promises this 

 year to be somewhat the reverse. 

 The coming late winter looks best 

 for the lower grades and a year 

 from this fall for the better grades. 



Seasonally short supplies con- 

 tinue to support the hog market 

 and with marketings much below 

 last year the situation is favorable 

 for improvement during the next 

 few weeks. However, it is best to 

 keep hogs topped out as finished 

 and also see that spring pigs are 

 finished before marketed as corn 

 is cheap aijd should be well utilized. 

 Hog prices are still relatively low, 

 so the market is expected to hold 

 well into the fall and continue 

 much better than during last win- 

 ter. This season it will be best to 

 have early spring pigs marketed be- 

 fore December and for late spring 

 pigs the late winter looks best. 



The lamb market is now appar- 

 ently passing its seasonal low with 

 rather hard going in sight for the 

 next four weeks. While proportion- 

 ally large supplies of slaughter 

 lambs are in sight for September, 

 the demand for feeding lambs is 

 increasing and the situation is quite 

 favorable for materially higher 

 prices during the late fall and win- 

 ter. 



Information has just been re- 

 ceived from L. O. Grieser, Manager 

 of the National Live Stock Credit 

 Corporation of St. Louis, that here- 

 after based on the appraised value 

 of live stock representing the pri- 

 mary security, cattle and lamb 

 loans ranging upward to 100% can 

 be made through that organization. 

 This supersedes the old require- 

 ments where cattle loans ranged 

 only up to 80% and sheep loans to 

 75%. In some cases it may be nec- 

 essary to ask for additional live 

 stock as a margin. Cattle loans may 

 run for a term of nine months, and 

 lamb loans a term of six months. 



A series of informal "schools" on 

 cooperative marketing will be con- 

 ducted this fall by Prof. R. W. 

 Bartlett, agricultural economist of 

 the University of Illinois, in vir- 

 tually every local district of Sani- 

 tary Milk Producers. Extending a 

 similar series conducted last winter 

 into new territory, Professor Bart- 

 lett will continue the school this 

 year at the request of farmers in 

 many localities. 



