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of our farm adviser, Mr. Gougler, the 

 Quincy Co-operative Dairy probably 

 never would have materialized." 



Selling the Stock ^ 



.Money had to be raised to build a 

 plant, buy equipment, and for working 

 ; capital. They decided to raise |50,000. 

 The I. A. A. agreed to furnish so- 

 licitors to sell the stock. All this hap- 

 pened right in the midst of the big 

 post-war slump. Corn got down to 35 

 cents a bushel after selling for fl.50 

 only a short time before. The outlook 

 was not encouraging. Nevertheless the 

 solicitors kept at it until they sold 

 $35,000 worth of stock to farmers. 

 Then they called on local business men 

 who made it $40,000. 



With this money the producers 

 bought a big garage 40 x 80 feet. They 

 had to make repairs and put a new 

 floor in it v/ith the result that the 

 money was all gone before they had 

 their equipment. Then they went to 

 Sam H. Thompson, who later became 

 president of the American Farm Bu- 

 reau Federation. He was connected 

 with one of the local banks. They got 

 a loan of $6,000 from this bank and 

 the same amount from another bank. 

 With this money they bought equip- 

 ment and hired an expert plant man 

 to supervise setting it up and acting 

 as plant foreman. '■-''' -- 

 /Then they employed John A. Con- 

 nery, better known as Jack, as man- 

 ager. Jack had just been defeated for 

 sheriff of Adams county. He had had 

 considerable experience in the county 

 treasurer's office, had acted as receiver 

 on several occasions, and was a good 

 business man. In addition he knew 

 about everybody in town and was well 



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The co-operative dairy got off to a 

 good start under the management of 

 Connery who subsequently served for 

 nine years. By the end of the first year 

 the business not only paid back the 

 $12,000 it had borrowed from the 

 banks, but also paid dividends on the 

 capital stock. The dairy was soon able 

 to retail milk at 10 cents and pay the 

 producers a higher net return than 

 farmers receive in any other market 

 of comparable size in the middle west. 



Mr. Connery left several years ago 

 and the dairy is now managed by Mrs. 

 Laura Johnston who has served as 

 bookkeeper since the organization be- 

 gan. 'TVfrs Johnston is very capable 

 and under her administration and with 

 the assistance of our efficient plant 

 superintendent, M. B. Crocker, we can 

 still return more of the consumer's 

 dollar to the producer than any other 

 milk association we know about,'' said 

 Mr. Heckle. ' 



The co-operative dairy has 28 em- 



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Chat. 8. BItek 



Chas. S. Black 



CHARLES S. BLACK, of Jack- 

 sonville, member of the board 

 of directors of the Illinois Ag- 

 ricultural Association from the 

 20th congressional district for the 

 past six years and recently re- 

 elected for another two-year term, 



was buried at 

 Jacksonville 

 Thursday aft e r - 

 noon, April 19. 

 Officers, directors 

 and several mem- 

 bers of the staff 

 of the L A. A., 

 and a large num- 

 ber of Farm Bu- 

 reau leaders from 

 the 20th district 

 attended the large 

 ■ ; :^ funeral held from 

 the Methodist Episcopal Church in 

 his home city. 



Mr. Black passed away following in- 

 ternal hemorrhages on April 17 in the 

 hospital at Jacksonville. He was in 

 Chicago attending I. A. A. committee 

 and board meetings April 12-13 and 

 was obliged to return home Friday on 

 account of his illness. His condition 

 became steadily worse following his 

 arrival at Jacksonville. 



As chairman of the L A. A. Public 

 Relations Committee, Mr. Black had 

 been busy at the various sessions of 

 the General Assembly in Springfield 

 for several years. He became active 

 in the Morgan County Farm Bureau 

 early in its organization and served 

 eight years as president. He belonged 

 to a number of fraternal and service 

 organizations in and about Jackson- 

 ville, was president of the State Anti-r 

 Thief Association and an officer in the 

 national organization. During the past 

 four years he served as president of 

 the Illinois Farm Bureau Baseball 

 League and was a director in other 

 organizations affiliated with the I. 



Mr. Black had a lovable, kindly, 

 cheerful personality and made friends 

 readily. He had a wide circle of 

 friends among members of both 

 Houses of the legislature and other 

 men in public life, a number of whom 

 attended the rites to pay last tribute 

 to him. He had spent all his life 

 operating his farm lands in Morgan 

 county. 



ployes all working under the NRA 

 code. Five trucks and eight wagons 

 take care of the wholesale and retail 

 departments. Each route has its sec- 

 tion assigned. There is no over-lap- 

 ping. . .;, ..... ••,:, -v. .. .-_..•., 



\. A. A. Opposes Move 



To Increase Taxes 



X N INCREASE in tlie tax bur- 

 A% den of farm and home owners 

 •^ "^ of Illinois is proposed in Sen- 

 ate bills 23-24-26 which provide for 

 doubling the state tax for blind relief 

 after January 1, 1935, and an ad- 

 ditional county tax of 10 cents per 

 $100 of assessed valuation. The bills 

 passed the senate April 17. 



The I. A. A. in opposing the tax- 

 raising measures points to a mandate 

 from its 60,000 members in annual 

 convention at Danville in January to 

 the effect that the organization vigor- 

 ously resist any and all further efforts 

 to fasten additional taxes on the prop- 

 erty owners of the state. The Asso- 

 ciation is not opposed to relief for the 

 blind, but it is against continual efforts 

 to increase the burden of property 

 owners each time more revenue is 

 needed. 



'^ Under the present law blind resi- 

 dents of Illinois are entitled to a pen* 

 sion of $365 a year. In some counties 

 where tax collections are inadequate 

 because of reduced assessed valuations, 

 tax delinquency, or both, blind per- 

 sons have not been getting the amount 

 designated by statute. In some in- 

 stances such persons have other means 



of support and do not need the pen- 

 sion. ■■^•';:.^Oy^f ;:'^ '>:^,;;"' ■■ -^^ •;;■,... 



For this reason tlie Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association has secured the in- 

 troduction of bills to permit county 

 boards to fix pensions for blind per- 

 sons at a figure below $365 per annum, 

 when in the opinion of the board such 

 action is justified. . . • • 



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Mori-gage Bills Pass 



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Final passage of the Devine chattel 

 mortgage filing bills at Springfield on 

 April 18 will result in reducing the 

 cost and facilitating chattel mortgage 

 loans. The bills will become effective 

 immediately when signed by Governor 

 Homer. " • ' 



Under the new bills chattel mort- 

 gages may be filed at a cost of only 

 50 cents. Small additional charges are 

 authorized for assignments, exten- 

 sions, releases, etc. Under the old stat- 

 utes recording fees range from $3 to 

 $5 on the long form of chattel mort- 

 gage used by the Production Credit 

 Associations, which borrowers must 



In addition to the support given by 

 the I. A. A., Prairie Farmer, the State 

 Department of Agriculture, and T. H. 

 Fuller of the Farm Credit Administra- 

 tion co-operated in securing the pas- 

 sage of the new legislation. 



I. A. A. RECORD 



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