



Here's A Service That 



Helps, Says Brissenden 



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New Farm Bureau members should 

 not overlook an opportunity to use the 

 I. A. A. transportation and claims 

 service. It can help you. If you don't 

 believe it ask L. F. Brissenden of Clay 

 county. 



Sometime ago Brissenden shipped a 

 load of cattle from Chicago to Flora. 

 The shipment was routed in such a 

 way that the full rate would not apply 

 and a combination rate over the 

 junction point was charged. 



Mr, Brissenden took the matter up 

 with Guy Baxter of the I. A. A. who 

 applied to the two railroads involved, 

 requesting the establishment of a 

 through rate via this route. Then ap- 

 plication was made to the Illinois 

 Commerce Commission for authority 

 to the railroad to make a refund on 

 this shipment. This authority was 

 granted with the result that Brissen- 

 den received a check for $25.88 fol- 

 lowing which he wrote the I. A. A. as 

 follows: 



"Letter and check received. Many 

 thanks for your kindness and perse- 

 verance in this matter. This shows 

 what it means to belong to an organ- 

 ization that is on the job. 

 ' "I doubt very much if I ever would 

 have made any settlement with the 

 road. This alone is almost enough to 

 pay my dues for two years. More 

 farmers and members should know 

 about this valuable service you are 

 rendering." o. ;...:. 



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Ask Grain Rate Cut 



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■ A request that lower freight rates 

 on grain from points adjacent the lUi- 



• nois river to Peoria be established as 

 soon as possible was presented by the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association and;, 

 Illinois Grain Corporation at a hearing 



. before Illinois railroad representatives 

 in Chicago April 10. . 



• Farmers* elevators in the Illinois 

 River territory have complained that 

 excessive rail rates on grain are handi- 

 capping them in moving shipments 

 to Peoria. Considerably lower rates 

 charged by truck operators and the 

 Federal Barge Line have resulted in 

 substantial movements of grain away 

 from the elevators. :'\\ry',-'.y'^ '■l^^.M''/'-'- 



The rail rate from Varna in Mar- 

 shall county to Peoria, for example, a 

 distance of only about 50 miles, is nine 

 cents per cwt. Trucks are hauling 

 g^rain from that vicinity to Lacon and 

 Peoria via truck and barge at a much 

 : lower rate. If this situation continues 

 many farmers* elevators will suffer a 



CHAMPAIGN COUNTY CORN LOAN BOARD 



Lart t» right: Roy MItdiell, viee-pret.; W. Z. Bladi. prec; A. R. Orlidlay, ttt'y-tr«M. Up tt April I. 



ClMmpaiiii coMty had sealed ftppreximately 4.440.000 Ini. of eorn for loot at 45t per bu. Nino soalert aai 



throe clerks in addition to the board have been liopt busy serving Cbampaitn cetMity farmorsi Champaipn raalia 

 near the top if not first in the amount of oom seaiod. 



big loss in volume of business if not 

 total extinction. 



The I. A. A. believes that farmers' 

 elevators should be maintained as the 

 basic unit in the co-operative grain 

 marketing system. However, the As- 

 sociation is strongly in favor of reduc- 

 ing transportation costs to the farmer 

 because such reductions are reflected 

 in a higher net price. 



G. W. Baxter, of the I. A. A., pro- 

 posed drastic reductions in rail rates 

 on grain as follows: 3c per cwt. up to 

 10 miles; 3%c from 10 to 25 miles; 

 4c over 25 up to 50 miles; 4%c over 

 50 and up to 75 miles; and 5c over 75 

 and up to 100 mi. Railroad represent- 

 atives were told that they face a fur- 

 ther substantial loss of volume and 

 revenue unless they make sharp re- 

 ductions in their rates. C 



Amateur Entertainment 

 , Features Lyceum Series 



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It's astonishing how much good 

 amateur musical and entertainment 

 talent there is around the state com- 

 mented L. A. Williams, manager of 

 Country Life Insurance Co., who 

 spoke before 16 county-wide Farm 

 Bureau gatherings during the past six 

 weeks. General agents co-operating 

 with Country Life Insurance Co. and 

 the Farm Bureaus were given the job 

 of bringing out the talent for the com- 

 petition in the lyceum course series. 



"We had singers, tap dancers, make- 

 up artists, and piccolo, cornet, trom- 

 bone, clarinet, piano, stringed instru- 

 ment, and saxophone players, readers, 

 quartets, and almost everything you 

 could ask for in the entertainment 

 line,'' said Williams. ^ - ;;; V^ 



"We started out to discover local 

 talent and we judged the entries large- 

 ly on their ability to entertain tht 

 folks, as well as on such qualities as 

 poise, delivery, execution, and tech- 

 nical skill. It is our thought that we 

 keep a record of the best entertain- 

 ment talent in some central place and 

 provide the Farm Bureaus with thii 

 information for use in meetings." 



Silver medal winners were recently 

 announced in "CLIC," Country Life's 

 house organ. Gold medals will be 

 awarded to the two state winners. *> 



At each meeting, Mr. Williami 

 spoke for more than an hour on the 

 subject "Whither Bound," in which he 

 dwelled on the opportunities and prob- 

 lems ahead of organized farmers. 

 ..Among the counties which partici- 

 pated in the lyceum series are Peoria, 

 .Marshall-Putnam, Lake, DeKalb, 

 Henry, Boone, Ford, Vermilion, Piatt, 

 Iroquois, Livingston, Hancock, Mc- 

 Donough, Tazewell, Moultrie, and 

 Clark. Audiences averaged about 800, 

 at each meeting. ' a U 



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Germany Limits Lard 



Beginning with March, 1934 monthly 

 imports of lard into Germany are be- 

 ing limited to 40 per cent of the av- 

 erage imports for the corresponding 

 months of 1931-'33. This action will 

 hit American hog producers hard be- 

 cause the United States for a number 

 of years has had the bulk of the 

 German market. ""■^- ^ , • ^^ 5 

 vLard imports to Germany from thii 

 country during 1934 may not exceed 

 65,000,000, whereas in the early post- 

 war years Germany bought from us 

 an average of 250,000,000 pounds 

 each year. ■-V'-:' •.■:•■:■':.'••;•' . V:-^^•!'!■ •"■•-. i- 'v' ^■■' 



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