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I. A. A. Record— March, 1934 





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COLTVIIAL ASSOCIA 



RECORO 



To advance the purpose jar which the Farm Bureau was or- 

 ganized namely, to promote, protect and represent the Just- 

 ness, economic, political and educational interests of the 

 farmers of Illinois and the nation, and to develop agriculture, 



George Thiem, Editor 

 John Tracy, Ass't Editor. 



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Publisbed monthly by the Illinois Agricultural Association at 165 So. 

 Main St.* Sp(5Dcer, Ind. Bditorial Offices, 008 S. Dearborn St.. Chicago, 

 ril. Entered as second class matter at post office, Spencer, Ind. Accept- 

 ance for mailing at special rate of postage provided in Section 412, 

 Act of Feb. 28, 1925, authorised Oct. 27, 1025. Address all communications 

 for publication to Editorial Offices, Illinois Agricultural Association Record, 

 008 So. Pearborn St., Chicago. Th* individual membership fee of the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association is flye dollars a year. The fee includes 

 payment of fifty cent« for subscription to the Illinois Agricultural As- 

 sociation Record. Postmaster: In returning an uncalled for misseut copy 

 please indicate key number on address as is required by law. 

 ■.:xj/.-^^. OFFICERS 



President, Eaii C. Smith Detroit 



Vice-President, A. R. Wright «;.:^ Varna 



Secretary, Geo. E. Metsger Chicago 



Treasurer, R. A. Cowles Bloomington 



.^ • BOARD OF DIRECTORS > v . -> 



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1st to lltb. E. Harris, Grayslake 



12th , a...... E. B. Houghtby, Shabbona 



loth C. B. Bamborough, Polo 



14th Otto Steffey, Stronghurst 



16th Albert Hayes, Chillicothe 



17th £, D. XAwrence, Bloomington 



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19th Eugene Curtis, Champalga 



20th Charles S. Black, Jacksonville 



2l8t Samuel Sorrells, Raymond 



22nd A. O. Bckert, Belleville 



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24th Charles Marshall, Belknap 



25th R. B. Bndicott, Villa Ridge 



DEPARTMEKT DIRECTORS 



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Dairy Marketing J. B. Countiss 



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Fruit and Vej^etable Marketing H. W. Day 



Pnblicity George Thiem 



Insurance Service V. Vaniman 



Legal Counsel Donald Klrkpatrick 



Live Stock Marketing Ray E. Miller 



Office C. B. JohBston 



Organization G. B. Metxgtr 



Produce Markenting F. A. Ooaglor 



Taxation and Statistics J. 0. Watson 



Transportation. •••• G. W. Baxter 



ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS 



Country Life Insurance Co L. A. Williams, Mgr. 



Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Co J. H. Kelker, Mgr. 



Illinois Agricultural Auditing Ass*n F. B. Ringham, Mgr. 



Illinois Agricultural Mutual Insurance Co. A. B. Richardson, Mgr. 



Illinois Farm Supply Co L. R. Marchant, Mgr. 



Illinois Fi uit Growers Exchange H. W. Day, Mgr. 



Illinois Grain Corp Harrison Fahmkopf , Mgr. 



Illinois Livestsck Market. Asa'n Ray Miller, Mgr. 



Illinois Producers Creameries. .F. A. Oongler, Mgr., J. B. Countiss, Sales 

 Soybean Marketing Ass'n J. W. Armstrong, Pres. 



■ /• Up to the Producer { 



SPEAKING on the corn-hog reduction and corn loan 

 programs in a recent radio address over the NBC 

 chain, President Earl Smith said: "Farm organiza- 

 tions have now discharged their responsibility of leader- 

 ship to secure a (price-raising) program. Administrative 

 officials in Washington have outlined and presented to the 

 farmers the program. Corn and hog producing farmers, 

 and no one else, will furnish the final answer as to the 

 future price levels of com and hogs. .... 



"It has taken years of effort by organized farmers to 

 secure the necessary laws to make possible a solution of 

 the problem Through state, county, and local com- 

 mittees, farmers have practical control of the adminstra- 

 tion of this program. The goal is parity prices. To the 

 extent farmers respond in a genuine spirit of understand- 

 ing and co-operation by universally and effectively cur- 

 tailing their production ©f corn and hogs, thus removing 

 surpluses at their source, reasonable and fair price levels 

 for these important products of the farm will be restored 

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A Lesson Learned 



IF THE last few years of hardship have taught us any- 

 thing, they have driven home the necessity for group 

 action in getting out of our difficulties. That this 

 lesson has been taken to heart by many is revealed in the 

 reports of steadily increasing Farm Bureau membership 

 in nearly all if not all counties in Illinois. 



Bureau County Farm Bureau on Feb. 24 reported that 

 it had increased its membership 27 per cent since Jan. 1, 

 1934, the third county to be added to the Honor Roll for 

 making a gain of 25 per cent or more since the first of 

 the year. The value of the Farm Bureau has been brought 

 home forcibly to thousands of non-members during the 

 past six months as never before. They realize that with- 

 out organization and collective effort many of the benefits 

 they are now receiving never would have been possible. 



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The Intelligent Way 



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AN old-line creamery in Illinois recently made the 

 statement that it was paying more for butterfat 

 than the co-operative creamery at Bloomington. 

 A check-up showed that the price paid by the private 

 creamery was based on cream delivered to its plant, 

 whereas the price paid by the co-operative was at the 

 farm. Moreover the privately operated creamery in ques- 

 tion has been severely criticised by farmers in the past 

 for short-changing patrons on weights and tests. 



Cream producers who sell through their own co-opera- ■ 

 tive should keep in mind that the initial price they get is 

 only part of their return. They still own an interest in the 

 profits and investment of the cooperative in plant and 

 equipment. They also are in line for patronage dividends. 



Reports are coming in that privately operated creameries 

 are pushing up prices for butterfat in territory where co- 

 operatives are active. There is nothing new in this situa-^ 

 tion. Farmers are accustomed to it. The point is that the 

 co-operative is responsible for the old-line company offer- 

 ing a higher price. We don't believe many Illinois cream 

 producers will be misled into supporting any effort to de* 

 stroy their own co-operative enterprises through such 

 tactics. 



Illinois farmers are not losing sight of the fact that the 

 co-operative creamery at Columbus, Indiana, from 1924 

 to 1932 not only refunded its patrons a total of |845,956.34 

 after meeting competition on butterfat purchased, but also 

 invested substantial sums in plant and equipment. The 

 total refunds for the two co-operative plants at Craw- 

 fordsville and Columbus, plus sums invested in plant, was 

 equivalent to more than four cents per pound butterfat. 

 The argument in favor of well managed, economically op- 

 erated co-operative creameries is unanswerable. It's the 

 intelligent way for Illinois farmers to sell their cream. 



A Challenge 



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HE recent revelations by the federal trade com- 

 mission of high salaries paid by great corporations 

 in the boom years, and in some instances straight 

 through the depression, are of interest to farmers. Eight 

 executives of one farm machinery company, for example, 

 were paid salaries ranging from |120,000 up to |412,860 

 each in the year 1929. These companies are highly organ- 

 ized and set their own prices on their commodities. Farm- 

 ers pay the bill. Here is a great challenge to agri<!iiltiire 

 to organize that it may secure a fair share of the na- 

 tional income which farmiers earn but don't get. > ;: 



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