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realize the great import of the processing tax as part of 

 this Administration's effort to give unprotected and un- 

 organized groups a fairer share of the national income. For 

 the first time in our history we have created a mechanism, 

 the AAA, which gives six million individual farmers a con- 

 certed voice, and bargaining power. . . . 



'*I would not mind seeing the processing tax and acreage 

 control abolished in 1936 if we have something better to 

 take its place. But, unless we have built up greatly in- 

 creased foreign purchasing power by reducing tariffs, or 

 unless we start loaning money outside the United States 

 to enable foreign nations to buy our surplus, I am afraid 

 that dropping the processing tax and acreage control in 

 1936 would result, with the ordinary run of weather, in a 

 repetition within a few years of the 1932 situation." 



Good News 



IT IS GOOD to know that the International Livestock Ex- 

 position's new home will be ready for the 1934 show 

 which opens December 1. Manager Heide reports that 

 many entries have been received and all indications point to 

 a splendid stock show. This annual exhibition of the best 

 blooded livestock and grains produced in the United States 

 and Canada is an inspiration to the thousands of 4-H club 

 boys and girls as well as the older folks who attend. The 

 exhibits of the U. S. Department of Agriculture and the state 

 agricultural colleges promote better farming and appreciation 

 of the best things in farm life. It will pay anyone who is in- 

 terested in more efficient farming and livestock production to 

 attend the stock show. 



He Buys Cooperative 



WE KNOW a farmer who used to be a member of a 

 labor union. He believes labor unions have raised 

 the status of labor, and he still supports them. When 

 he buys smoking tobacco he makes sure it is a brand that 

 bears the union label. When he began farming, he found it 

 an easy step to affiliate with his County Farm Bureau and the 

 local cooperatives. He believes that his farm organization and 

 the cooperatives have done as much for agriculture as organ- 

 ization has done for wage-earners. He supports not alone 

 the cooperatives of which he is a member, but he supports 

 as well the other cooperatives by buying their products in 

 preference to all other products. 



He is assured of high-quality when he buys cooperative, 

 since it is only natural that farmers should be interested, 

 more than anyone else, in furnishing through their organiza- 

 tions, the quality and quantity of goods that consumers want, 

 in the form and volume wanted. 



When he markets his grain he does so through his local 

 farmers' elevator, the Illinois Grain Corporation and the Farm- 

 ers' National Grain Corporation. When he wants supplies for 

 use in his farming operations, he buys through the purchas- 

 ing cooperatives, which furnish oil, gas, seeds, serum to vacci- 

 nate his piigs, and a long list of other commodities. His in- 

 surance is carried in the sound companies established by his 

 state and county organizations. 



It is not a matter of sentiment alone which prompts' this 

 grower to buy cooperative. He finds that, quality and other 

 things considered, he is ahead financially in the long run.. 



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IF ANYTHING has been demonstrated during the long 

 years of fighting for higher farm prices and a square 

 deal for farmers generally, it is that strong, active farm 

 organizations, with able leadership, are necessary to farm 

 progress. The outstanding farm organizations of the Middle 



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NOVEMBER, 1934 



West both in numbers and accomplishments, are the farm 

 bureaus. Through their state organizations and the American 

 Farm Bureau Federation they are responsible for a large 

 share of the gains that have been made on the farm front. 

 The farm bureau has accomplished much; it can accomplish 

 much more if more farmers unite their strength with it.— 

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Farm Bureau Seeks Members 



THAT so useful an organization as the Sangamon County 

 Farm Bureau is making an appeal for more members, 

 commands special attention during this period when the 

 economics of agriculture are so closely related to our entire 

 economic structure. 



The policies and activities of the Sangamon County Farm 

 Bureau and the Illinois Agricultural Association are worthy 

 of the support of every progressive farmer, whether he is 

 owner or tenant. 



Illinois farmers may well consider themselves fortunate in 

 having such strong organizations, officered so ably, to cham- 

 pion the cause of agricultural development. 



The Farm Bureau organization has long been one of the 

 most outstanding agencies in the state for useful services. 

 The accomplisljments credited to this organization cover a 

 broad field, including property tax reduction, honest and able 

 legislative representation, the 4-H Club work for boys and 

 girl^ educational work in efficient production, organization 

 and aevelopment of cooperative enterprises — all for the benefit 

 not only of the farm people of our communities but ultimately 

 for the benefit of the entire commonwealth. 



The accomplishments of the Farm Bureau organization 

 should be, and no doubt are, a source of pride to the thousands 

 of loyal members who have made the organization what it is 

 in this county and in this state during the past trying months 

 and years. 



Having accomplished much and achieved a most commend- 

 able record, the Farm Bureau can, and will, accomplish more 

 if farmers and farm owners not now affiliated with the organ- 

 ization become members and place the strength of their influ- 

 ence in support of its program of progress. — Illinois State 

 Register, Springfield. 



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Farm Bureau's Campaign 



THE FARM BUREAU is conducting a campaign for,, 

 increased membership. Its argument has been repeated 

 frequently, and is familiar to all farmers — the strength 

 inherent in union of purpose and effort. Then, too, there is a 

 record of achievement to which the Farm Bureau refers, with 

 the statement that it can accomplish much more if farmers 

 will become actively identified with it. 



In this connection, friends of the organization can find a 

 new argument for their case in a news story from Washington 

 which but recently appeared. This story said that Washington 

 officials are to rely, more and more, on local agricultural units 

 for aid in carrying out agricultural administration policies. 

 Politicians at the capital do not relish the load and want to be 

 rid of the responsibility. Manifestly, it will be to the interest 

 of farmers to strengthen their local associations. — Illinois 

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^Prices to alfalfa seed growers in important districts about 



the middle of September averaged $15.75 per 100 pounds clean 

 seed compared with $8.85 last year, $7.10 in '32 and $17 in '29. 

 Sweet clover seed offers were $5 per cwt. clean seed compared 

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.: Illinois, one of 16 states on the modified accredited list, 



tested 133,864 cattle for tuberculosis during August of which 

 608 reacted. More than 2,000,000 cattle are under supervision 

 in 241,409 Illinois herds. • 





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