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I. A. A. RECORD— June, 1933 



Chicago Producers Hifs 

 New High In Receipts 



During April Chicago Producers' re- 

 ceipts increased 37.8 per cent over the 

 same month a year ago. A total of 

 721 cars were received by rail and the 

 equivalent of 859 by truck, a total of 

 1,580. 



The Hog Department handled 19.1 

 per cent of all hogs sold on the Chi- 

 cago market which represented the 

 highest percentage in Producers' his- 

 tory and an increase of 14.7 per cent 

 over a year ago, although salable re- 

 ceipts on the market fell off 17.1 per 

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Wool Market Advances 

 ^^^^: Illinois Pool Growing 



The National Wool Marketing Cor- 

 poration recently authorized the Illi- 

 nois wool pool to advance 13 cents per 

 pound on good grades of wool. The 

 Corporation reported on May 13 that 

 prices have been advancing steadily as 

 a result of depleted wool stocks. 

 "The failure of prices to advance as 

 fast in this market as in producing sec- 

 tions is due to the early sales from 

 non-co-operating farmers at low 

 levels," reports the Corporation. 

 "When stocks of cheaply bought wool 

 disappear, further advances may be 

 expected. 



"Buyers have been active in all 

 fleece wool sections. A clip of one- 

 fourth million pounds brought 22^/^ 

 cents this week in Texas. Prom 20 to 

 22 cents has been paid in Montana. 

 In Missouri and northern Texas 21 

 cents has bfien freely offered for 

 small clips, while 20 cents is the go- 

 ing price for fine and fine medium 

 combing wool in Michigan, and ad- 

 jacent territory, and from 20 to 21 

 cents in Indiana." 



Reports from many counties indi- 

 cate there will be a substantial in- 

 crease in the amount of wool pooled 

 this year in Illinois. 



Smith Heads Conference 



President Earl C. Smith has been 

 named chairman of the committee to 

 arrange a program for the annual 

 conference of mid-west Farm Bureau 

 federations to be held July 25, 26, 27 

 at the Sherman Hotel, Chicago. Mr. 

 Smith will act as general chairman 

 of the conference and will be called 

 upon to deliver the keynote address. 



The Emergency Agricultural Relief 

 Bill and its operations will be one of 

 the principal topics to be discussed. 



SORTING HOGS FOR SHIPMENT— MACON COUNTY LIVESTOCK 

 MARKETING ASSOCIATION, DECATUR 



The co-operative concentration point, nine of whicli are nofr operating In 

 conjunction witli Illinois Liivcittock Marketing: Attsociation, makes possible 

 selective grradlng: and shipment in carload lots direct to processors or markets 

 where they will brinK the most money. Sell your livestock through the Pro- 

 ducer Commission companies at the terminals, or deliver to your local live- 

 stock marketing: association. Only by so doing: can farmers hope to g:aln bar- 

 gainlns power and thereby exercise Influence in raising: the averag;e level of 

 prices. 



500 At Schuyler Meet 



"We held our third annual Farm 

 Bureau blow-out last night, April 27," 

 writes L, E. McKinzie, farm adviser in 

 Schuyler county. "We had about 500 

 present. 



"George E. Metzger explained 

 emergency relief legislation and the 

 legislative program of the I. A. A. at 

 Springfield, The rest of the program 

 consisted of 45 minutes of music by 

 Frank Busby and four boys, a poetry 

 box by Laurence Royer and other en- 

 tertainment." 



68 County Leaders 



V At Belleville Meet 



Gets Check For $25 



Unable to secure settlement cover- 

 ing damages following the laying of a 

 pipe line through one of his fields 

 Carl E. Baughman, Macon county, 

 Illinois, appealed to the Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Association for help. 



The I. A. A. Claims Department 

 wrote the contracting engineer who 

 built the line for the Panhandle Illi- 

 nois Pipe Line Company. A check for 

 $25 was received recently in settle- 

 ment of the claim. 



Booster Club 



The Edgar County Farm Bureau 

 announces that 20 members recently 

 joined the Farm Bureau Booster Club. 

 The Club will hold its first meeting on 



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 Membership cards are being issued. 



Organization and publicity prob- 

 lems featured the discussion at the 

 22nd I. A. A. district conference at 

 Belleville on May 8. The conference 

 attended by 68 Farm Bureau leaders 

 from five counties was said to be the 

 best ever held in the district. 



The meeting was called by Talmage 

 DeFrees of Smithboro, I. A. A.»direc- 

 tor, who arranged the program in co- 

 operation with farm advisers and 

 other leaders in this territory. 



Farm Adviser C. A. Hughes of Mon- 

 roe county discussed "Our Publicity 

 Program for 1933," T. W. May of 

 Madison county told about the "Value 

 of Community Units" in getting in- 

 formation over to farmers. 



Following each talk there was a 

 review and discussion led by Farm 

 Adviser L. R. Caldwell of Washing- 

 ton county and J. H. Brock of Bond 

 county. L. B. Eidman of St. Clair 

 county presided. 



H. H. Walker, district organization 

 manager, introduced the afternoon 

 session with a talk on organization 

 problems. Secretary George E. Metz- 

 ger outlined the legislative program 

 of the I. A. A. in the morning ses- 

 sion. ■/■. ■■ .. ' .-.■.:''V^- ' -'■ ■ ' 



Each member has agreed to secure at 

 least six new Farm Bureau members 

 between now and Dec. 1. 



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