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I. A. A. RECORD— October, 1933 



AAA Rewrites Meal- 

 Packers Agreement 



Officials of the Agricultural Adjust- 

 ment Administration recently rejected 

 the marketing agreement submitted by 

 the meat packers. They are writing a 

 new one demanding that accounts and 

 records of packing plants be made ac- 

 cessible to Secretary Wallace. 



The change is being made in the in- 

 terests of both producers and consum- 

 ers in an effort to determine whether 

 the spread in processing and distribu- 

 tion can Le narrowed. ... ,■■.■■. 



Watson Studies County 

 Expenditures In Adams 



.' John C. Watson, director of taxa- 

 tion, recently made a study of public 

 finances and expenditures in Adams 

 county at the invitation of the Adams 

 County Farm Bureau. Evidence of ex- 

 travagance and needless expense was 

 presented by Mr, Watson before Farm 

 Bureau officials and members of the 

 board of supervisors. 



The investigation reveals the need 

 for Farm Bureau tax committees to 

 become better informed on the statu- 

 tory provisions regarding fees and 

 county expenditures and to learn how 

 to gather evidence so they may care- 

 fully check and help root out illegal 

 charges and waste. 



"The county records are public prop- 

 erty," said Mr. Watson, "and are open 

 to inspection during office hours." 



Comparatively few members of 

 county boards of supervisors are fa- 

 miliar with statutory laws governing 

 fees and expenditures of public funds. 

 This situation makes it possible for 

 dishonest public officials to run up 

 bills and practice petty graft result- 

 ing in higher taxes. 



St. Louis Milk Agreement 



Slated For Hearing 



Secretary of Agriculture Wallace 

 has issued formal notice of a hearing 

 on a milk marketing agreement pro- 

 posed by the Sanitary Milk Producers, 

 Inc. of St. Louis. The hearing will 

 take place in Washington, D. C, on 

 September 25 at 9:30 A. M. 



Production prices for Class 1 fluid 

 milk are set at $1.94 in the tentative 

 schedule which St. Louis parties have 

 submitted for hearing. Class 2 milk 

 is paid for on the basis of 3.5 times 

 the price of 92 score Chicago butter 

 plus 20 percent plus 15 cents. A Sep- 

 tember minimum price of $1.20 is pro- 

 posed for Class 2. Class 3 price to 

 producers would be 3.5 times 92 score 

 Chicago butter plus 15 cents. 



Retail prices quoted from the tenta- 

 tive schedule are 11 cents per quart 

 for standard milk and 7 cents for 

 pints. On the basis of Class 1 producer 

 price of $1.94 per hundred pounds this 

 means that the producer would get 

 4V2 cents and the distributor would 

 get 6% cents of the quart price at 

 retail. The Sanitary Milk Producers, 

 Inc. and 75 percent of the dealers of- 

 fer the agreement. 



Producers Seek $2.05 Milk 



As we go to press the Pure Milk 

 Association and cooperating milk dis- 

 tributors are hopeful of securing Secre- 

 tary Wallace's approval to an amend- 

 ment to the milk marketing agreement 

 providing for an eleven cent market, 

 an advance of five cents a quart in 

 18 per cent cream, and a base price of 

 $2.05 per cwt. to the producer for 

 milk. ...... 



St. Louis Producers Beef 



Club Show Oct. 19th 



The St. Louis Producers will hold 

 their tenth annual baby beef club show 

 show and sale at East St. Louis Oc- 

 tober 19. Charles M. Hay will speak 

 at the banquet that evening. Mr. Hay 

 ran for the United States Senate from 

 Missouri and is now city counselor for 

 St. Louis. .■■. ■'." ..^ i.~ .<;•■■-;: '::. .Vv- ■: 



National Committee Busy 

 On Corn-Hog Program 



As we go to press the National Corn 

 and Hog committee is in session in 

 Chicago in an effort to work out a 

 permanent program for securing and 

 maintaining hog and corn prices on 

 a pre-war parity level. "We expect 

 to stay in session until we have a defi- 

 nite program to submit to the agri- 

 cultural adjustment administration," 

 said President Earl C. Smith who is 

 chairman of the committee. Follow- 

 ing its meeting in July the committee 

 pledged itself to submit a permanent 

 program by October 1. 



Hudelson Succeeds 



Dean Rankin 



Assistant Dean F. H. Rankin of the 

 Illinois College of Agriculture retired 

 September 1 after 32 years of service. 

 Dean Rankin has a host of friends 

 among farmers and graduates 

 throughout Illinois. .' 



R. R. Hudelson, a member of the 

 college staff for the past eight years 

 and now in charge of the wheat at}- 

 justment campaign, has been ap- 

 pointed to succeed Dean Rankin. 



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Country Elevator Code 

 Submitted For Approval 



A code for country elevators was 

 recently presented by the newly or- 

 ganized national federation of country 

 grajn elevator associations. Maximum 

 work hours of 48 hours a week are 

 established on an 180 day average. A 

 minimum wage scale also is provided. 

 The code outlaws a number of trade 

 practices including over and under 

 grading, over and under docking, gra- 

 tuities and free services, sales or pur- 

 chases which represent an intentional 

 loss, free storage of grain unless pro-: 

 vided for by state law, and buying and 

 selling of grain by persons or firms 

 engaged in transportation for hire and 

 not owning or operating grain han- 

 dling facilities. 



30 Day Trial Plan For ^ 



Milk Adopted By AAA 



An emergency plan providing for a 

 30 -day trial period has been worked 

 out for fluid milk trade agreements by 

 the AAA. During the 30 day period 

 there will be no fixed schedule of re- 

 tail prices although a maximum retail 

 price will be established. Dealers and 

 distributors will be required to make 

 reports on uniform forms during the 

 first 30 days. The administration will 

 have full access to the books of dis- 

 tributors, dealers, and stores to aid 

 in its study of the price spread be- . 

 tween producer and consumer. Sub- 

 sequent amendments to the price 

 schedule will be based on the informa- 

 tion obtained during the 30 day pe- 

 riod. : 



Hog Control Plan Raises 



Prices In Netherlands 



The Netherlands Hog Control plan 

 initiated in August, 1932 has resulted 

 in substantially higher prices than be- 

 fore the act was passed, reports the 

 Foreign Agricultural Service of the 

 U. S. D. A. Essential features of the 

 plan are price fixing on bacon hogs, 

 complete control of exports, imposition 

 of a slaughter tax on hogs for do- 

 mestic consumption to offset losses 

 incurred in exports, control of imports 

 including the levying of import duties 

 to equalize the price of domestic and 

 foreign ports, and hog production con- 

 trol. The plan has been in effect 

 about a year. It was enacted to give 

 Dutch farmers at least cost of produc- 

 tion. 



The Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion and associated companies began 

 operating under the NRA early in Au- 

 gust. All clerical help is operating on 

 a 40 hour week. ..-.:.•>,• , , . 



