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7. S. FVLKESSON 



Morgan County Holds 



"Livestock Producers" Day 



Pour hundred men, women and chil- 

 dren assembled near Jacksonville on Au- 

 gust 8 to hold their first county-wide 

 Livestock Producers Day. The program 

 consisted of judging contests, grading, 

 demonstrations, music and talks. 

 r; Lee Divine of the 



Producers Commis- 

 sion Association at 

 E. St. Louis, con- 

 ducted a grading 

 demonstration and 

 pointed out the va- 

 rious market classes 

 of finished steers 

 and Herefords. He 

 also graded an as- 

 " ■ '"■■■''■' ' • • sortment of calves 



and yearlings. Ezra Hines, head hog sales- 

 man, graded and priced the hogs and 

 Oscar White, head sheep salesman, 

 pointed out the various grades of lambs, 

 why they were graded that way and 

 ;what the various grades would bring on 



the market. /■V.-v/^''/'-'^-'^- ^^^ 



J. R. Fulkerson, president of the St. 

 Louis Producers, H. D. Wright, manager, 

 and "Ernie'' NolKemper, Director of 

 Publicity, made short talks about pres- 

 ent conditions in the livestock industry 

 and the possibilities of future markets. 

 Ray E. Miller, Director of Livestock 

 Marketing for the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association, was on the afternoon pro- 



;i:ram and discussed some of the broader 

 phases of the cooperative movement as 



rit is being developed throughout the 

 United States. . 



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The program was arranged by the 

 Morgan County Farm Bureau livestock 

 marketing committee under the leader- 

 ship of Lester Martin, chairman of the 

 committee, and of the Morgan County 

 Shipping Service. 



The Morgan County Shipping Service 

 began operating in February, 1933. At 

 the present time it has served more than 

 1,000 customers. The Association has 

 handled 40,000 hogs, 2,800 cattle and 

 calves and 1,300 sheep, saving shippers 

 $2,595.87. The organization was the 

 largest shipper to the St. Louis Pro- 

 ducers in the year 1933. It operates in 

 Morgan, Brown and Scott Counties. 



Daniel Dieterich, president of the 

 Shipping Service, explained in detail why 

 it was established and how it operates. 

 The Morgan County Farm Bureau com- 

 mittee has set its goal at 50% of the 

 livestock in the county to be marketed 

 through Producer agencies in 1934. 



NOTICE 



rlLiLIIVOlS AGRICULTURAL 



ASSOCIATION 

 BliGCTION OF DELEGATES 



.Notice Is hereby s^iven that in 

 connection irith the annual meet- 

 ings of all county Farm Bureaus to 

 be held during the months of Sep- 

 tember and October, 1934, at the 

 hour and place to be determined by 

 the Board of Directors of each re- 

 spectlTe county Farm Bureau, the 

 members in sood standing of such 

 county Farm Bureau and \Tho are 

 also qualified voting; members of 

 Illinois Agrricultural Association 

 shall elect a delesrate or delegates 

 to represent such members of Illi- 

 nois Agrricultural Association and 

 vote on all matters before the next 

 annual meeting or any special meet- 

 ing of the Association, Includlnar the 

 election of officers and directors as 

 provided for in the by-lairs of the 

 Association. 



Annual meetingrs of county Farm 

 Bureaus ^vlll be held during. Septem- 

 ber, 1934, as follows: Christian, Jef- 

 ferson. 



Counties that hold annual meet- 

 ings during; October arei Adams, 

 Cass, Cumberland, Ford, Scott, Han- 

 cock, Henderson, Jo Daviess, IVar- 

 ren, Marshall - Putnam, Menard, 

 IVhIte, Montgromery, Pike, Pulaski- 

 Alexander, Macon, Shelby, Stark, 

 Wayne. 



(Signed) Geo. E. Metzgrer, Sec'y., 



Sept. 1, 1934. 



The Illinois Agricultural Auditing As- 

 sociation has filed returns under the cap- 

 ital stock tax for its member co-opera- 



4-H Club Camp Boy : ^^ ^ 

 ■^^^^^^^^^^^^ ; W of Washington 



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: V^^ this opportunity to ex- 



press my appreciation to the Illinois Ag- 

 ricultural Association for helping make 

 possible my trip to the eighth national 

 4-H club camp at Washington, D. C," 

 writes Frank Krell, Sangamon county 

 4-H club champion, in a letter to Presi- 

 dent Earl Smith. 



"Much of the discussion during the 

 conference centered around the future 

 activities and education of the 4-H club 

 boys and girls," wrote Frank. "Almost 

 all of the delegates intend to take up 

 some phase of agriculture, thus express- 

 ing faith in the future of agriculture. ... 



"Many expressed their desire to co- 

 operate with the government in making 

 the Agricultural Adjustment Act a suc- 

 cess so as to insure lasting agricultural 

 prosperity. 



"Much appreciation of our early gov- 

 ernment was gained through our tours 

 of historical points of interest. Through 

 these tours one could readily appreciate 

 our progress in this nation. It was plain 

 to see that the wheels of progress could 

 not be stopped, but that it is our duty 

 to adapt ourselves to the new situations 

 which arise. 



"The National 4-H club camp offers 

 so much of educational value that I hope 

 the Illinois Agricultural Association will 

 continue to support this worthy project." 



Frank's letter was read to the I. A. A. 

 Board during the July meeting. , 



tives. The tax is $1 for each $1,000 of 

 the adjusted declared value of the capital 

 'stock. . ;;y ;-! ■ - •..-'^ ■ ■ . .. 



Rail Rates On Stock 



To Chicago, St. Louis Cut 



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Western railroads recently reduced 

 their rates on livestock to Chicago and 

 St. Louis to meet truck competition^ 

 Substantial reductions were made from 

 points in Iowa and as a result of this 

 reduction, it has been necessary to grade 

 back the rates from intermediate Illinois 

 points which would necessarily be on a 

 higher basis than these new rates, re^ 

 ports G. W. Baxter of the I. A. A. 

 Transportation division. 



L. J. Quasey, Commerce Counsel of the 

 National Livestock Marketing Associa- 

 tion, represented the various Producer 

 Agencies in obtaining this reduction and 

 the Illinois Agricultural Association 

 carefully checked the Illinois revision to 

 see that Illinois farmers receive the 

 proper reduction. This reduction only af- 

 fects the territory on and west of the 

 A. T. & S. F. R. R. to Pekin and west of 

 the Illinois River to its confluence with 

 the Mississippi River at or near Grafton, 

 Illinois. For example: the present or 

 old rates from Grafton are as follows: 



Cattle 18%c per 100 lbs. 



Hogs (Single and Double deck) 22 %c 

 per 100 lbs. ^^^^ ^ y ;. 



Sheep (Single Deck) 29c per 100 lbs. 



The new rates, which become effective 

 September 1, will be: 



Cattle and Hogs (Double Deck) 



Sheep (Double Deck) 



Calves (Double Deck) 17c 

 j Hogs (Single Deck) 19%c 



Sheep (Single Deck) 21%c. 



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$3.30 Reduction 



This makes a reduction .of $3.30 on a 

 straight carload of cattle, $9.20 on a 

 double deck of hogs, $4.95 on a single 

 deck of hogs and $9.00 on a single deck 

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To cite another case, the present rate 

 from Macomb to Chicago is as follows: 

 cattle 20 %c, hogs (single and double 

 deck) 25c, sheep (single deck) 31c. 



The new rate on cattle, hogs (double 

 deck), sheep (double deck), calves 

 (double deck) 21c; hogs (single deck) 

 24c; sheep (single deck) 26%c. 



This results in a reduction of $9.20 on 

 hogs double deck, $1.65 per car on hogs, 

 single deck, $5.40 on sheep, single deck. 



It will be noted that the new rate 

 from Macomb on cattle is 21c as against 

 the old rate of 20 %c. The tariff pro- 

 vides, however, that where the old rate 

 is lower than the new rate, the old rate 

 will apply. Therefore the old rate of 

 20 %c will apply on cattle in this case. 



It is our belief that this reduction will 

 materially benefit shippers in that terri- 

 tory and also have the effect of increas- 

 ing the rail movement of livestock, said 

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