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tl[IUIlDVIINM OF OFFER 

 OF 45C PEO BOSHEL ON FARM 



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Corn Was 23c Bu. When Pro- 

 gram Was First Considered, 

 Increase $150,000,000. 



The granting of corn loans to 

 farmers at the rate of 45 cents 

 per bushel at the farm will go 

 down In current history as one of 

 the outstancllnp omorponcy proj- 

 ects of the administration that 

 turned the tide toward agricul- 

 tural recovery in the corn belt In 

 1933. 



This program has resulted in 

 the speedy distribution of ap- 

 proximately $70,000,000 in the 

 midwcstcrn corn states and by the 

 end of February the figure will 

 probably be exceeded. 



The project was launched in re- 

 sponse to urgent recjucsts of the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association 

 that something be- done at once 

 to raise corn and hog |)rices while 

 ■waiting for the long time adjust- 

 ment program to tai<e effect. 



The acticm was equivalent to 

 placing a 45 cent minimum price 

 on corn on the farm. It has been 

 carefully estimated that this serv- 

 ice has Increased by $150,000,000 

 the corn values and incomes of 

 farmers in the middle west. 



$70.UOO,0O0 Loaned. 



"This amount will be mufh 

 prenter." President Earl C. Smith 

 said at the recent I. A. A. conven- 

 tion, "if and when farmeis re- 

 spond to the 1934 program to re- 

 duce corn acreage and thereby 

 create a deficit In production that 

 will allow normal consumption of 

 the accumulated surplus of corn." 



It is estimated that of the $70,- 

 000,000 already loaned in thfe corn- 

 belt states, Illinois farmers have 

 received approximately $10,000,- 

 000. 



At the time this effort was In- 

 augurated the average country 

 price for corn in Illinois was 23 

 cents and seemed destined to go 

 lower. The I. A. A. believed that 

 If the government was justified in 

 many of its other price and wage 

 supporting policies it was only fair 

 and just that the price of this im- 

 portant basic commodity should 

 be supported and maintained. 



Following a meeting in the of- 

 fice of Secretary of Agriculture 

 Henry A. Wallace on Oct. 11 

 where Earl Smith, president of 

 the I. A. A. dl.scussed the corn 

 loan program with Walliue. tico. 

 N, Peek, and Chester Davis, Mr. 

 Smith in a radio broadcast from 

 Station WLS, Chicago, two days 

 later called on corn belt farmers 

 •who were interested in a corn loan 

 progrram to write or wire official" 

 at 'WaSivrTigiun airti — ma. 'i w 'miuv ^ 

 their thoughts. Similar aid had 

 been given cotton farmers in the 

 ■outh. 



A short time later Administra- 

 tor Geo. X. Peek announced the 

 corn loan plan and on Oct. 27, 

 more than 8,000 Illinois farmers 

 who met in Peoria at the call of 

 the I. A. A. vigorously endorsed 

 the program with the suggestion 

 that there be slight modifications 

 so as to include all marketable 

 corn in the loan offer and that 

 the price apply to corn sealed on 

 the farm. 



These modifications were readily 

 made and a few days later the an- 

 nouncement of 45c per bushel 

 loans on corn at the farm was 

 made. The effcjt of the new an- 

 nouncement was to add approxi- 

 mately 10c per bushel to the 

 previously announced corn loan 

 price. 



A check of the contracts signed 

 In the corn-hog program on Feb. 

 7 showed a total of 1,937 contracts 

 ' signed in Livingston county. Farm 

 Adviser S. G. Turner reported. 

 The warehou.se board reports 2,- 



640,000 bushels of corn sealed with 

 a total of 1929 applications. 



Other reports on corn loans are 

 as follows: 



Ma<-oupin county — "Sixteen 

 farmers obtained loans on corn 

 amounting to $3,869.10. 



DeKalb county — Up to and In- 

 cluding Feb. 9,515 people in De- 

 Kalb county secured corn loans 

 on 912,846 bushels — a total of 



$410,780.70. , 



Moultrie count,v — Three hundred 

 corn loan.s for a total of $175,000. 



AVoodford rouiity— Six thousand 

 thirteen certificates issued with 

 1,020.839 bushels of corn sealed. 



Kankakee coimty^One hundred 

 ninety-three corn loans totaling 

 320,446 bushels for $148,250.70. 



t'lianipaign county — Nineteen 

 hundred and twenty-five farmers 

 made application for corn loans, 

 177 3 cribs sealed representing 2,- 

 770,889 bushels for a total of $1,- 

 24»;,ti00.05. 



Wahliiugton co»nU,v— No inquiry 

 for corn loans except from those 

 wanting to get money to buy corn. 

 County captain and lieutenant 

 working this week. 



lleiu'y county — 

 seventy-six farmers 

 of 806.750 bushels 

 total of $363,037.55, 

 ly 13 per cent of 



Recovery Plaiks 



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IS DIG FACTOR IN 



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With All Farmers In One Or- 

 ganization Much More 

 Could Be Achieved. 



Four hundred 

 .lealed a total 

 of corn for a 

 , Approximate- 

 corn on farms 



sealed, reports Farm Adviser H. K. 

 Dan forth. 



Iloc-k Island county— One hun- 

 dred twenty-nine corn loans to- 

 taling $81,000. 



Sangamon county— One hundred 

 sixty farmers have received loans 

 for about $126,000. "A poor corn 

 crop last year and the fact that 

 much of the corn available for sale 

 is being moved to counties to the 

 south at 45 cents per bushel or 

 over has reduced the demand for 

 corn loans," reports Farm Adviser 

 Edwin Bay. 



Whiteside count.v — Six hundred 

 ninety farmers have received loans 

 on approximately 955,282 bushels, 

 reports Farm Adviser F. H. Shu- 

 man. Ajiproximately 17 per cent 

 of corn on farms represented. 



^cl^enn county— Fourteen hun- 

 dred seventy-five applications for 

 corn loans rei>resenting more than 

 two and one-half million bushels 

 which "in my opinion represents 

 about 50 per cent of the corn 

 which ordinarily goes to market," 

 writes ft. J. Laible. "Approximate- 

 ly 50 per cent of the corn in Mc- 

 Lean county is fed to live stock." 

 . Knox county — Approximately 

 747,939 bushels sealed for 551 

 farmers, advised A. R. Kemp. 



Scott county— Klghty-slx farm- 

 ers received corn loans for a total 

 of $48,210. J. L. Iftner, farm ad- 

 viser, reports that since Oct. 1 61 

 new members were fj/'^'L' .^ 



forty-nine corn loans rei^vsenting 

 203,849 bushels, GO new members 

 signed, reports T. H. Hafer, farm 

 adviser. Lieutenants are planning 

 another meeting to plan further 

 work on memliershipr 



Henderson cinmty— Two hundred 

 forty-nine have received corn loans 

 on 370.395 bushels which repre- 

 sents from 15 to 20 per cent of the 

 corn on farms. 



Mercer county— Three hundred 

 forty-eight cribs sealed containing 

 427,764 bushels. 



(By L. A. WILLIAMS) 



Dr. Glenn Frank", President of 



the University of Wisconsin, in a 

 recent speech In Chicago said: "A 

 National integration of farmers 

 should be a part of President 

 Pvoosevelt's recovery program." He 

 pointed out po-ssihle faults with 

 existing organizations^ of other 

 groups such as labor but said It Is 

 the faults that should be 

 remedied, and the organization 

 movement should be encouraged. 

 Ho stated that to his knowledge 

 the president had not Included in 

 his recovery program such a na- 

 tional integration of farmers, but 

 rather it was his opinion that the 

 president was dealing too much 

 through individuals. 



Dr. Frank perhaps is not aware, 

 as we are, that President Roose- 

 velt has, wherever organization 

 would permit, throughout his en- 

 tire effort for recovery, dealt 

 through organization and organi- 

 zation leaders. At the beginning 

 of his administration he asked or- 

 gani/.ation leaders to get together 

 and form their program, and he 

 said, "That program will be my 

 program." 



The wh*at reduction program, 

 the corn-hog program, the corn 

 loan program, are all headed up 

 through the Farm Bureaus and 

 county agricultural agents of the 

 country. We believe w I»t h Dr. 

 Frank that a national integration 

 of farmers Is paramount at this 

 time, and that if all farmers were 

 together in one organization the 

 recovery program would be 

 speeded up most effectively. 



Dr. Frank further .stated that 

 we must stop playing hide and 

 seek with famine, and turn from 

 a science of want to a science of 

 wealth. Goods cannot be pur- 

 chased unless consumers have 

 buying power. 



Walter Pitkin, author of "Life 

 Begins at Forty," and professor of 

 Journalism at Columbia Univers- 

 ity, speaking before the Chicago 

 Forum, blamed existing conditions 

 on what he called "coolie" labor. 

 In explaining his term "coolie" 



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MftlO^Tl l^CV 0WI.IU CITat. ni yil^TICTIIf Tfliy 



man who sold goods or services 

 for less than the cost of produc- 

 tion. He said the farmer who 

 sells his produce for less than it 

 costs him to raise It is most cer- 

 tainly in this classification of 

 coolie labor. We like the term 

 and the classification, and feel 

 that the remedy lies in organiza- 

 tion and cooperative control of 

 volume. 



Vv nen more than 8; 

 Aj<ricultural Assod 

 per bushel plap-wk 



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Illinois far 

 ition. Certaii 

 Announced a 



Illinois Wi 

 Get Its Shar 

 Corn-Hog Mi 



The processing tax on 

 scheduled to go to $2.25 afl 

 on Marqh 1. The present:] jtg"o'^f 

 $1.50 per cwt. went into efffe .^ Ych 

 1. The tax is to finance the .orn J 

 000,000 corn-hog adju8tm^i§ 

 gram now* under way. 

 farmers have an opportunlt 

 around $40,000,000 or a 

 mately 12 per cent of this 

 benefit |)ayments by sign 

 for the adjustment progra 



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plans 

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 member 

 wltli th( 

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Farmers Are More 

 Optimistic, Farm 

 Adviser Reports 



"We do not have sufficient corn 

 to supply our local needs," reports 

 Dee Small of Williamson county, 

 "consequently there were no loans 

 on corn In this county. But con- 

 ditions here are looking more 

 favorable and farmers seem to be 

 more optimistic than they have 

 been for a number of years." 



WORKS 12 HOURS, SIGNS 15 

 NEIGHBORS IN FARM BUREAU 



Wool Growers To 

 Profit By Pool, 

 Reports Miller 



Final returns to be made shortly 

 for the Illinois Live Stock Market- 

 ing Association to wool growers 

 who participated In the, 1933 pool 

 Indicate that net prices to farmers 

 will range from 20c to 30c per 

 pound depeniing upon the kind 

 and quality of ^yool the growers 

 consigned, Ray E.' Miller reports. 



From 60 to 75 per cent of the 



1933 clip which was sold locally 

 returhed growers 18c per pound 

 or less. Some later sales were high- 

 er but very few growers held their 

 wool long enough to secure the full 

 advantage of the higher prices. 



"Not only will wool marketed 

 cooperatively through the Illinois 

 Live Stock Marketing A-ssoclation 

 net most growers from 5 cents to 

 15 cents more than they received 

 by selling locally." said Mr. Miller, 

 but the effect of the pool through- 

 out the state was to stimulate lo- 

 cal prices. In other words, the co- 

 operative marketing of wool has a 

 tendency to rajse prices both local- 

 ly and on the national markets, 

 thus the conpcrator and non-coop- 

 erator are benefited, but in 1933. 

 especially, the cooperator benefited 

 most. 



Plans are now being made for 



1934 wool marketing program. It 

 is expected that final returns will 

 be made to growers on 1933 clip 

 the latter part of February or the 

 first of March. With constantly ris- 

 ing prices it has been to the advan- 

 tage of the grower that final sales 

 be delayed. While this means some 

 delay in making returns It also 

 means more money to the grow- 

 ers. 



FARMERS SHARE 

 IN INDIANAPOLIS 

 PRODUCER GAINS 



OciWffe Woessnor (right) of (Jencsee towtwhlp, Whiteside county 

 Tells County Captain liowrll JohiiNon how lie signs 'em up* 



Mr. Woossner'.s record as a Farm Ilun-au solicitor Is 15 

 signed out of 15 seen, lie \v(U'kc<l from 10 .\. .M. to 10 V. M. 

 to make this splendid ro<'or(l. The secret of Ills success, a«"c«n'd- 

 Ing t«> F. H. Shuniun. farm adxiscr. Is Ills slncclT' friendship for 

 his iiclglibors conihiiK-d with tpilct enlliu>iHsni and |M-rsi>tency. 



.\ nuiiil)cr of years ago llic Wlilfcsidc (innHy i'arni Bureau 

 !ilii|>pcd a carload of peaches from sttutliern Illinois x^hicli 

 were dclayetl in tcai>^lt. .\s a result many were spoiled. .Mr. 

 Woessncr had ordcr(>fl 12 bushels for his coniniunity. 11c to<»k 

 tliem home and he and his wife sorted (hem giving the good 

 ones lo nelglil»ors and keeping the sfHilled «»nes for (lieniselvcs- 

 Ifr. Woessner has the c«)nfidence and resptvt of his neigliliors. 

 Tlint'.H why he is a snc-eessfnl solicitor. Incidentally, he Is doing 

 a fine piece of committee Mork on ilic curn-liog program. 



Through group action Illinois 

 and Indiana live stock growers 

 who market their stock through 

 the Indianapolis Producers Com- 

 mission A8.sociation have piled up 

 earnings since organization total- 

 ing $717,983.78. according to Man- 

 ager Scott ?.Ielks. Earnings, dur- 

 ing 1933 were $77,625.98. which 

 belongs to the members. The 

 Producers sold last year 29.39 per 

 cent of the live stock arriving at 

 the Indianapolis market. Gains 

 were made in all department in 

 the volume of live stock handled. 

 Nearly 91 per cent of receipts 

 came by truck. 



The Producers collected more 

 than $1,700 In claims for shlppi-rs 

 last year and %incc organization 

 a total of $50,120.23. 



Murray Barker, of Thorntown, 

 Indiana Is president of the or- 

 ganization, O. B. Goble of Charles- 

 ton. 111., is vice presiflent and Ma- 

 rlon R. Finley, Hoopeston. Vermil- 

 ion county, a member of the board 

 of directors. 



RINCII 



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Vocational .Ag. Class 

 nols, when they visited tli 

 instructor is Clarence Haiflnv 



The lM>ys got up at 

 driven over to the Indian 

 York, reitorts G. E. MUldl 



from Palewtim 

 IndiaiiaiK)Iis J 

 er. 



three o'clock . 



|K»lls market n 



t)n of the rn> 



Winnebago Coun 

 Seeks CWA He\p 

 On Limes t 



ne 



The Winnebago County iFarm 

 Bureau is making an effirt to 

 have CWA workers in that -^imty 

 cooperate in grinding agrictVural 

 limestone for farmers to hat i and 

 spread on their land in the It terest 

 of soil con.servation. The i reject 

 was proposed ijy Geo. F. Ti Hock, 

 president of the Farm Bure lu, to 

 Chester Davis, administrator >f the 

 Agricultural Adjustment Act it the 

 recent I. A. A. convention in Dan- 

 ville. 



Mr. Davis promised to p esent 

 the proposition personall to 

 Harry L. Hopkins, federal relief 

 administrator, immediately en his 

 return to Washington. 



The project will be passed upon 

 as one related to the corn-h( i; ad- 

 justment program. The si gges- 

 tion has been made that all arm- 

 ers who sign the corn-hog I'duc- 

 tlon contract be awarded a c rtaln 

 number of tons of crushed lime- 

 stone for each acre of land akcn 

 out of production. 



Illinois farmers are wafching 

 the outcome of this proposn . If 

 It goes through local llm<Ktone 



deposits will be used and 

 men will operate the crusher 



Jackson County 

 Gets Ready Ft 

 Membership Gjain 



Forty-two farmers In this loun- 

 ly have received corn loans 

 amounting to $23,180.85 on bout 

 7 per cent of the corn In the oun 

 ty. writes Farm Adviser J. G Mc 

 Call of .lackson county. " Mans 

 are being made and conditlor< are 

 getting right here for a subst ntial 

 increase in membership. Our 

 county captain, Mr. Ziegler s on 

 the job and we expect to hue a 

 favorable report to make aillttle 

 later." 



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