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I. A. A. RECORD— July, 1933 





many of them express the opinion that 

 if and when economic necessities force 

 the use of other facilities, which ren- 

 der equal or better service at lower 

 cost, the elevators not able to meet 

 .changing conditions may pass out of 

 the picture, as handlers of grain. 



^ _ From the Grain Trade 



On this point H. C. Donovan, well 

 known Chicago crop expert, recently 

 had this to say: 



;;>^ "Radical changes continue to 

 "v. beset country elevators because of 

 ; : truck hauling and such elevators 

 that are within one hundred miles 

 of a grain terminal market or a 

 large mill where roads are in good 

 shape, are losing out consider- 

 ably in the handling of grain, 

 with the prospect that the dis- 

 tance of truck hauling may be- 

 ; come still greater, and it seems to 

 me large grain concerns may do 

 a whole lot better to send so- 

 licitors among the farmers to en- 

 courage trucking and even going 

 so far as to run a fleet of trucks 



, themselves, rather than to oper- 

 ate small elevators along the 

 railroads as they have done in the 

 past or are still doing. ';-?;.• 

 "Many of those small elevators 

 are now dying out, but the towns 

 that they are in are also dying 



. because the stores are closing 



. down and there is little left out- 

 side of the post offices and gas 

 — stations. This being so, those who 

 may own a string of such ele- 

 vators and can not rid themselves 

 of them had better develop other 

 resources in which they can put 

 them to use, by not only dealing 



. in farm implements, coal and lum- 

 ber, but also in many of the staple 

 articles the farmers purchase — 

 such as auto tires, sugar, coffee, 

 heavy hardware and many other 

 of the non-perishable commodities 

 which, if bought direct from the 

 manufacturers on standing orders, 

 could be sold at a profit to the 



"^ farmers at a cheaper price than 

 they would have to pay in their 

 nearby big town. All of which 

 means — make such elevators more 

 of a selling station than a buying 



one. 



Do It Now! 



Similarly, a bulletin issued by 

 Lowell, Heit & Co., discussing the 

 truck development from the stand- 

 point of the country grain dealer, 

 fiays: 



"If there was any grain in this 

 territory that was going to be 

 trucked he should have had what- 

 ever little profit there was in it. 

 Right now he should lock up his 



elevator — ^^leave only the office 

 open where the telephone is lo- 

 cated — get in touch with every 

 farmer who is going to sell or 

 ship grain of any kind, and ar- 

 range if necessary to forward it 

 by truck. He doesn't have to in- 

 vest in trucks. There are plenty 

 of them waiting to haul grain. 

 But do the business and don't per- 

 mit the outside, irresponsible and 

 incompetent grain bootlegger with 

 no money invested to handle the 

 grain business of the community. 

 "If the railroads do not care 

 for the business of the country 

 grain dealer, then some other 

 method of transportation must be 

 provided if necessary in this 

 emergency. No matter to what 

 terminal nor to whom grain must 

 go — protect your business and ar- 

 range to do all the trucking of 

 grain from farm to terminal that 

 is going to be done. And do it 



now 



Winnebago Co. Issues 

 Credit Slips to Members 



Our service company is issuing 

 credit slips covering patronage divi- 

 dends to Farm Bureau members ad- 

 vises Charles H. Keltner of Winnebago 

 county. "These credit slips may be 

 exchanged for merchandise, applied to 

 the payment of Farm Bureau dues, or 

 cashed at the Farm Bureau office if 

 dues are paid," said Mr. Keltner. "We 

 do not issue credit slips to any mem- 

 ber whose dues are in arrears, al- 

 though they are made out to the mem- 

 ber who may endorse them in the of- 

 fice to be applied oh his dues." 



Fronn a Washington Farmer 



Reduction of the interest rate on 

 Federal Land Bank mortgages has 

 created joy in at least one farm house- 

 hold in the Pacific Northwest, a let- 

 ter received by the Federal Land Bank 

 of Spokane indicates. This immigrant 

 farmer in the State of Washington 

 finds other signs of cheer in the situa- 

 tion, as his letter shows. It was made 

 public without change in the eccentric- 

 ities of his writing, as follows: 

 "May 17—1933 Federal Land Spokane 



Wash 

 Gentlemen: Im pleased to advise 

 you that I have received your notice 

 of Lower Interest on our mortgage as 

 you will see in your record I stand in 

 a No. 1 in my payments interest and 

 Principal prompt paid Insurance and 

 taxes prompt paid no default. Bot 

 after 3 years of Darknes I can see a 

 little sonnshein I can buy me par of 

 shoe and my wife a dress and me a 

 Schirt I have workt hard and I an 

 mey wife still will ceep on working 

 to pay our honest dept with honest 

 mony. I came to this Country in 1909. 

 I had nothing. I Have now Niece Farm 

 not big 40 acre we have 16 Beutiful 

 cows jersey we hav big flok chikens. 

 We heve a No 1 beautiful team we do 

 not owe on cent except the Federal 

 reserve Bang. Im the happiest mon 

 on erth I get up 5 A M morning sing 

 a song and go to work. Work is pleas- 

 ur for me since our President has 

 given us a glass of Beer I can sing 

 better (God Bless Him) I never askt 

 Onkle Sam for help if he give a lift, 

 thanks. Well gentlemen the trubl is 

 with majority of our American Peo- 

 ple they heve a Perdieis of h Contry 

 and they do not know it. I remain re- 

 spekful yours." 



NOTICE 



ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL 



ASSOCIATION 



ELECTION OF DELEGATES 



Notice is hereby given that in 

 connection with the annual meet- 

 ings of all county Farm Bureaus 

 to be held during the months of 

 July, August and September, 1933, 

 at theihour and place to be deter- 

 mine4 by the Board of Directors 

 of 'each respective county Farm 

 Bureau, the members in good 

 standing of such county Farm 

 Bureau and who are also quali- 

 fied voting members of Illinois 

 Agricultural Association shall 

 elect a delegate or delegates to 

 represent such members of Illinois 

 Agricultural Association and vote 

 on all matters before the next an- 

 nual meeting or any special 

 meeting of the Association, in- 

 cluding the election of officers 

 and directors as provided for in 

 the by-laws of the Association. 



No annual meetings will be 

 held during July and August. 



During September annual meet- 

 ings will be held in Christian and 

 Jefferson counties. 



Signed, 

 ' " G. E. Metzger, Secretary 



June 20, 1933 



Fence Was Repaired 



The Tazewell County Farm Bureau 

 wrote the I. A. A. some time ago that 

 B. F. Schmallenberger, a member, was 

 unable to pasture some of his land 

 along the Pennsylvania Railroad due 

 to the fact that the railroad fence 

 would not turn stock. It was in very 

 bad condition. 



The I. A. A. referred the matter to 

 the proper officials of the company 

 with the result that the fence was 

 quickly repaired. 



Mr. Schmallenberger wrote as fol- 

 lows: "Replying to your recent letter 

 will state that the fence along the 

 Penn. Railroad has been repaired, and 

 I wish to thank the I. A. A. for bring- 

 ing this matter to a finish, which has 

 been hanging fire about two and one- 

 half years." 



This service is free to Farm Bu- 

 reau members. 



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