LTlmL ASSOCIATION RECORD 



THURSDAY, FEB. 15. 1934 



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 linember 

 |(an and 



L'OBtS to 



1 paid l>y 

 lendcred 

 its tsub- 



|ii8 could 



on GUI* 



itage of 



|in. Our 



every 



ligations 



luembeF- 



1(1 by the 

 Bureau, 

 [with the 

 inierlcan 

 [ional in- 

 jurute to 

 111 have 

 Ireat de- 

 »e fall of 

 1933. 



If ore 1920 



Ibeen or- 



Ivcn their 



a large 



nans. Aft- 



lodds the 



a ni oM 



had 



Leasary t 



nationa 



effectively 



le and In 



)rica. The 



lers were 



intellects 



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I find 



th« 



IITT INIIIKS OFF 

 nil FIRST PRIZE 

 III BIG CONTEST 



Calling upon school superin- 

 ndents to preach th« gospel of 

 cident prevention and obtaining 

 ic finest kind of cooperation 

 om every newspaper in the coun- 

 Benj. A. Jones, general agent 

 IMatt county made the best rec- 

 rd In the state and walked off 

 th the Accident Prevention cup 

 resented during the I. A. A. 

 looting at Danville. Feb. 26. 



Kvory school superintendent In 

 le county responded 100 per cent, 

 nd the movement received more 

 dltorlal comment than any coun- 

 y subject that has come up In 

 f-ars. According to Mr. Jones, 

 winning the cup was largely a 

 natter of talking up the need for 

 ccldent prevention, which ho did 

 t any and all times. The board 

 f directors of riatt county. Farm 



dvlser, various committees and 



le Farm Bureau members bc- 



ame imbued with the spirit so 



bly spread by Mr. Jones and the 



et result was that Piatt county 



ivas completely behind the cam- 



)algn. 



With such Intelligent effort. 



Inning tho cup was a foregone 

 onclufllon. Collective efforts did it 



st as it Is solving the m a I o r 



oblcms of agriculture wherever 

 t is properly applied. 



[MORE NEWS ABOUT 

 CORN LOANS FROM 

 CO. FARM BUREAUS 



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ods gri 

 xceedint 



86 in 

 d A me 

 »r wit 

 te agri] 

 told { 

 go to 

 teen years 

 remsmber 

 ! equaliza- 

 Ictory and 

 nds of the 

 States. 



desperate 

 Into a blQ 

 ses whlck 



for t h 



e policiea 



8()und and 



ts w e r « 



at evers 



1(0 of those 



ally result- 



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arned tim^ 

 isults whlct 

 the reacH 

 ise thirtoer 

 ional disae 

 revolutloi 



nt of o II 

 \.t the sum 

 ited the pi 

 md the ox 

 of lettlni 



if we hav« 

 art toward 

 culture and 

 r« of hope 

 ! forgotten 



fitted into 

 of a care- 

 ts into the 

 Lo say that 

 ilong with 

 , Secretary 

 klorgenthau 

 tlal instru- 

 orklng to- 

 hich shall 

 f the Peo- 

 d For the 



rganization 

 to us than 



"No Man 

 ne." This 

 •ounterpart 

 up or cla.ss 

 iself alone, 

 ireau tom- 

 r more of 

 L"a; strong 

 (I finance, 

 t has been 



of manu- 

 tors; and 

 nrs. Those 

 t a sketch 



•cting rep- 



le people 



on council 



discu.Hsing 



lie welfare 



)t there in 



or avarice 



expect to 



the whole 



.so doing. 



now and 



hor Kami 



ipokosman 



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MACON COUNTY— .19 7 corn 

 jloans on 703.497 bushels. "We are 

 charging one-fourth cent per buHh- 

 ol up to 3,000 bushels and $7.50 

 maximum on nil corn under one 

 (Over. Three-fourths of the foe to 

 the sealer and one-fourth to the 

 Warohouso Supervisory Board for 

 expenses." ^ 



GRUNDY COUNTY— 66 3 loans, 

 $400,000. Seventy-five per cent oi: 

 farms represented, 576 corn-hog 

 contracts completed, reports Farm 

 Adviser Watson. 



LEE COUNTY— Many farmers 

 Htill making corn loans, total now 

 $602,659.80. Signed 22 new mem- 

 bers In two days, reports County 

 Captain F. W. Peckham. Collec- 

 tions con-ilng along very well. 



MORGAN COUNTY — 175 farm- 

 ers got loans for $120,000. Ten per 

 cent of corn on farms represented. 



WAYNE COUNTY— 15 corn 

 loans, total $2,861. Sixteen new 

 members signed reports C. R. 

 Richlson, county captain. "My ef- 

 forts will be dedicated to the sin- 

 cere request of President Smith 

 for 25 per cent Increase in mem- 

 bership In this county. Edgar 

 Koontz, a new member, states that 

 h« lost $100 by not being a Farm 

 Bureau member last year." 



OGLE COUNT.Y— 320 corn loan 

 certificates issued, total bushels 

 427,292. Corn-hog sign-up going 

 well. Ninety men on local commit- 

 tees holding about 70 slgn-up days 

 .•n y fT F' gB. ! ) U n a 



en. Tl' i m U ' l";." 



)OrGLA.S COUNTY— 386 corn 



ns totaling $367,782.30. "We 



mate that one million bushels 



bo senlod by March 1." 

 CHUYLER COUNTY — 189.729 

 bushels corn sealed for approxi- 

 mately 90 people. "At our recent 

 meeting the captain and lieuten- 

 ants agreed to add at least 100 

 members in the next 60 days." 

 writes Farm Adviser L. E. McKIn- 

 zie. J 



WHITE COUNTY— "69 farmers 

 have received loans amounting to 

 $81.4:2.60. We estimate that ap- 

 proximately seven per cent of the 

 corn on farms is represented." 



jysT PJST un 



FOROTIS 



The Vermilion County Farm Bu- 

 reau has taken over a few of 

 Noah Webster's duties, accordlpg 



Ull.or All., i'l 



Jersey County 

 Miakes Quota 



5 



lies 

 parties 



tressed in 



I work o 



affiliated 



Bureaus 



As.socia- 



it by tho 



to the ef. 



salesman. 



d Induce- 



busineas 



the best 



ation and 



fanization 

 ig of col- 

 •ance ac- 

 t" volume 

 <t proter- 

 th the oil 

 1 s .s pur- 

 cd r-'arm 

 ill make 

 letroloum 



lolr keen 

 rtance of 

 challenge 

 ter sales 

 >atcs new 

 power In 



r. T. KIBI.KR 

 Fiirin .\<lvlsrr. 



Mr. Klhlor gives rntirr rrrdlt 

 for Jersey county's r«'ont iiicm- 

 berslilp r«Hx)rtl to the County Or- 

 Kanlzation Committee. 



to Farm 



What with the government run- 

 ning "alphaltptlcal" relief cam- 

 paigns, there ts confusion among.st 

 farmers in the counties as to 

 whether thoy nre signing up with 

 the government or a new radio 

 station. 



Mr. Kercher was trying to make 

 sense out of a qi^ery turned over 

 to him by a Farm Bureau member 

 who had received it from his 

 landlord. There was some diffi- 

 culty, it seemed. In regard to 

 what would happen when the land- 

 lord signed the A. A. A. corn-hog 

 reduction program when he was 

 already getting some benefit from 

 CWA work in the neighborhood. 

 The landlord would not sign up 

 with the AAA because it would, by 

 some alphabetical means, force him 

 to lend tools to the CWA. There 

 was some to-do also about the U. 

 S. A. turning his acres into -CRO 

 (community relief gardens) to be 

 worked by the poor. 



It all turned out well, due en- 

 tirely to Mr. Kerchcr's remarkable 

 handling of the alphabet In hit 

 reply to the landlord. He explained 

 that the CWA relief gardens, etc., 

 were In no way connected with 

 the AAA, the "A" in CWA not- 

 wlth.standing. and that the corn- 

 hog reduction program was filled 

 with benefits for the farmers who 

 sign the agreement and co-operate 

 in the iirogram. 



With a sad touch. Otis signed the 

 letter, "O. K. Vermilion County 

 FA." 



An Approach To A Farmers' Utopia 



How the Danish Farmers Lifted Themselves and 

 Their Country Out of a Depression 



BY DR. FRED HOWE. (ONSl MER.S COrxCIL. .\.\.A. 



While we are carving footholds 

 on the slippery banks of the 

 Slough of Despond, it is encourag- 

 ing, to think of Denmark. 



Fifty years ago that sturdy little 

 country was in the same boat we 

 were in last winter. Agriculture 

 was in a stat« of collapse. Excry- 

 body was In despair, because they 

 thought It must be an incurable 



that .iifiHt 



was hound to fpllow soon. 

 Look at Denmark today, 

 are fow millionaires. Thoic 

 any slums, city or country. 

 is equality between tho 



iHWiiiiii 



There 

 aren't 

 There 

 sexes. 



(/VINNERS EAT STEAK, 

 LOSERS EAT BEANS, 

 GENE CURTIS SAYS 



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"Thirty-two lieutenants have 

 greed to visit every non-member 



|n the county In support of t h e 

 arm Bureau and our great na- 

 lonnl program," reports Captain 

 ugene Curtis of Champaign coun- 

 •. "In townships whore members 

 re few we are sending in extra 

 len. A report meeting will be held 

 e first week Jn March. "Prizes 

 re offered to lieutenants who sign 

 X or more. Our lieutenants are 

 ivlded into groups, each having 

 leader. The groups signing the 

 lost members will be given a 

 oak dinner by the Farm Bureau, 

 he Inning group eats beans. We 



Jxpoct to incrojiso our membership 

 lally 25 per cent.'* 



,he 



It is dnngorous to buy abnormal- 



choup clover iind alfalfa need. 



he U. S. Department of Agricul- 



re found that •half-price" al- 



Ifa seed in one caso contained 



nly 42 per cent of seeds that 



ould grow. Ask your County 



arm Bureau's advice if you are 



)t «ur« wh«r« to buy food leed. 



Put Limestone On 

 Idle Acres, Save 

 Soil With Legumes 



The opportunity to improve soil 

 fertility on Illinois farms through 

 liming and the growing of alfalfa, 

 sweet cIo\ 01'. and other legutnos 

 was never greafer than it is today, 

 and County Farm Advisers are 

 giving special attention to this 

 pjirt of the Farm Bureau pro- 

 gram. 



With thousands of Acies being 

 left Idle as a result of the corn- 

 hog and wheat acreage reduction 

 programs, many farmers plan to 

 Improve these lands by spreading 

 from two to five tons of agri- 

 cultural limestone per acre and 

 sowing the sweetened soil to nitro- 

 gen gathering crops. 



The Illinois Agricultural Asso- 

 ciation es in past years has en- 

 tered into contractual relationships 

 with a number of reliable llme- 

 ."tone companies whereby special 

 discounts will be given to Farm 

 Bureau members. 



The object of such soil improve- 

 ment work is not to Increase to- 

 tal production but to make pro- 

 duction more efficient; to farm 

 fewer acres but to make those 

 acres produce more at less cost. 



Liming and growing of legumes 

 not only Improves the nitrogen 

 content of the soil, but also tends 

 to prevent erosion end washing 

 away of valuable soil minerals. 

 This is becoming Increasingly Im- 

 portant on rolling ground where 

 erosion Is a big problem. 



There is no illiteracy; the average 

 Dane is highly _ educated. Not 

 only do the young people go to ex- 

 cellent schools, but their parents 

 continue their cultural progress at 

 the Danish Folk schools. The 

 classes of people who usually have 

 the most limited and sordid ex- 

 istence, physically and spiritually, 

 live — in Denmark — a full and 

 comfortable life. 



The "great unwashed" public Is 

 well washed, well fed. well paid, 

 and well read. 



How did this Utopian set-up 

 happen, when fifty years ago Den- 

 mark was facing ruin? 



The answer is that It did not 

 happen. It was built. And it was 

 built by farmers. No ready-made 

 organization was laid on them 

 from above. They organized 

 themselves from the ranks. They 

 built themselves Into such a 

 strong, large, united proportion of 

 the public that they became an 

 integral part of the country's eco- 

 nomic and political structure. 



The result Is that Denmark is a 

 true democracy. Its main interests, 

 the interests of its biggest popu- 

 lation, arc tho Interests served by 

 tho government. 



Cooperation is the key of t h e 

 whole structure. The cooperative 

 movement is nationwide. It started 

 with tho farmers, has gone on to 

 Include the city people too. 



Producers cooperate and handle 

 their products from soil to .sale. 

 Consumers cooperate and through 

 the experts of tholr buying a.sscT- 

 ciations make their purchasei 

 from the world's best markets. 



A Danish farmer is often a 

 member of a dozen different co- 

 operatives which take care of all 

 his products and supply all his 

 neod.s. His eggs arc tested and 

 graded and shipped and marketed 

 by his own egg cooperative His 

 pork is slaughtered and cured at 

 a cooperative slaughter-house 

 within reach of his farm. His fi- 

 nances are In the .safe hands of 

 his own cooperative bank. 



One of the first steps of the co- 

 operative movement In Denmark 

 was to secure credit for the farm- 

 er and by the farmer. The Danoe 

 realized that farmers could not 

 depend on a banking system de- 

 signed for industrialists, so farm- 

 ers have their own. The local unit, 

 or "baby bank" in their communi- 



ty helps them buy tools and ma- 

 chinery, stock their farms, build 

 new barns, and improve their 

 projects. 



Another essential of tho move- 

 ment was tho establishment of 

 grades and standards for their 

 farm products. The private dis- 

 tributors had rojoctod the plan but 

 tho farmers .saw the advantage of 

 building an organization which 



duce high and thus protect their 

 reputation and their markets. So 

 they built it. and it woik.<!. Danish 

 bacon. Dani.sh eggs. Danish butter, 

 stamped with the certificate of 

 quality, brought to the best break- 

 fast tables by the farmers' own 

 cooperatives, command the high- 

 est prices at home and abroad. 



Along with this new economic 

 security, another rich harvest was 

 reaped from the soil. That harvest 

 was in broader interests, intellec- 

 tual curiosity, a real culture w*th 

 its root in tho ground. When the 

 farmer began to think of himself 

 as part of one groat society, the 

 forces of that society affecting 

 him boRiin to take on new mean- 

 ing and he began to reacl] out for 

 knowledge and understanding. 



Denmark Is just one-fifth the 

 .size of Nebraska. The Danish soil 

 is not nearly as fertile as that of 

 our middle west. Yet by applying 

 progressive scientific principles ail 

 the way from fertilizer to phlloso* 

 phy. Denmark's farmers have InM 

 the foundations for a real com- 

 monwealth on the ashes of a de- 

 pression. 



CINCINNATI CO-OP 

 GAINS 30 PER CENT 

 IN VOLUME OVER '32 



"The past year has been the 

 most siic«e.>»sful in tho history of 

 tho Cincinnati Producers, accord- 

 ing to R. o. Smith, manager of 

 the Producers Cooperative Com- 

 mission Association. The associa- 

 tion sold 8,393 decks of live stock 

 during 193?., a gain of 3ft per cent 

 over the 1932 volume, out of the 

 $lR2.3Rj.27 collected in commis- 

 sions from patrons. $8.'), 039. 23 has 

 been saved. Of this, the cash re- 

 fund of 33 1-3 por cent authorized 

 to l»e p;ild members, will amount 

 to »60.T?>."'.O|>. or more than the 

 entire s.-ivinirs la.st year. 



other point.s outlined in .Mr. 

 Smith's report wore: .'>avings to 

 patrons of the Cooperative of $29,- 

 728.75 for the year 1933 through 

 the lowering of commi.'^slon rates 

 In 1932 (or more than $81,000,000 

 for all the patrons of the market); 

 the sale of 13,882 pigs to the gov- 

 ernment last fall during the pig- 

 buying program, and sales of 34,'- 

 049 cattle. 36,180 calves, 404.811 

 hogs and lift. 741 sheep and lambs 

 valued at $5,375,198.17 for live 

 stock producers of seven states. 



There were 

 cattle on feed 

 Jan. L 1934 

 year ago. In 



S'i per cent 



f 



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fewer 

 in the corn belt on 

 thap there were a 

 Tlllnnis there were 

 20 per cent fewer cattle on feed. 

 Indiana 18 per cent loss, Ohio 20 

 per cent less. Towa and Nebraska 

 3 per cent more, and Mlsaourl only 

 2 per cent less. 



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Until the people of the 

 state vote for constitution- 

 al changes to permit an 

 equitable taxing system, 

 the occupation (sales) tax 

 with amendments to make 

 it apply as much to the 

 rich as to the poor, which 

 it does not do now, ought 

 to be continued for the ex- 

 clusive purpose of replac- 

 ing, dollar for dollar, taxes 

 now levied on 

 From annual 

 President Earl 

 Danville. 



property. — 

 address of 

 C. Sn^ath at 



Henderson County 

 Combines Work And 

 Play At Meetings 



Ju.st to prove that all the 

 •stars" are not congregated in 

 Hollywood. Henderson County 

 Farm Bureau added a new typo 

 of Interest to a recent meetlngr 

 when they drew a capacity crowd 

 at Biggsvllle. Tuesday, Jan. 30. 

 Tho.se who attended wore given a 

 free opportunity to witness a bur- 

 lesque "Beauty Contest." Charlie 

 • 'bai.Iin. Will Hogors. Jlmmle 

 \yall:er. Kthol Banymore, Sally 

 Hand. efr.. all pas.sed in review, 

 tho parts played bv some member 

 of tho Henderson County Farm 

 Bureiii. 



Other counties are planning on 

 similar features to draw crowds to 

 future meetings. "Let's have a 

 little fun along with our work." ig 

 the .sentiment that is gaining favor 

 Henderson. ; \- /. •. 



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