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The Illinois Agricultural Association Record 



Th« Illinois ATiicultural Associotion RECORD is 

 published xDontUy by th« niinois Agricultural As- 

 sociation at 1501 W. Washington Road. Msndota. 

 ni. Editorial Officss. 606 So. Dearborn St.. Chi- 

 cago, lU. Entsrsd as sscond class matter at post 

 offics, Mandota, Illinois. September U. 1936. Ac- 

 ceptance lor mailing at special rate o( postage 

 provided in Section 412, Act of Feb. 28, 1925. au- 

 thorised Oct. 27. 1935. Address oil communico- 

 tions for publication to Editorial Offices. lUinois 

 Agricultural Association RECORD, 608 So. Dear- 

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 cents for subscription to the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association RECORD. Postmaster: Send notices 

 on Form 3578 and undeliverable copies returned 

 under Form 3579 to editorial offices, 608 So. 

 Dearborn St., Chicago. HI. 



Director of Information, C. L. Mast. Ir.; Editor, 

 Merrill C. Gregory, on leave of obsence with the 

 United States Army; Assistant editor, Creston 

 Foster; Director of Advertising, C. M. Seagraves. 

 on leave of absence with the U. S. Navy. 



Illinois Agricultural 

 Association 



Greatest State Fann Organization 

 in America 



OFFICERS 



President, Earl C. Smith Detroit 



Vice-President, Talmage Deirees Smithboro 

 Corporate Sec, Paul E. Mathiaa. .Chicago 



Field Sec, Geo. E. Melxger Chicago 



Treasurer, R. A. Cowles Bloomihgton 



AssL Treas., A. R. Wright Varna 



Comptroller. R. G. Ely Chicago 



General Counsel, Donald Kirkpatrick . . 

 Chicago 



BOARD OF DIRECTORS 



(By Congressional Districts) 



1st to 11th. Harvey W. Adair. Chicago Hts. 



12th '. .Rex E. Peddicord. Marseilles 



13th Homer Curtiss. Stockton 



14th Otto Steiiey. Stronghurst 



15th Ronald A. Holt Galva 



16tfa Albert Hayes. Chillicothe 



17tfa Charles Lauritzen. Reddick 



18th W. A. Dennis, Paris 



IMi Charles B. Shuman. Sullivan 



2001 K. T. Smith. Greenfield 



21bI Dwight Hart. Taylorville 



22nd Alvin O. Eckert. Belleville 



23rd Chester McCord. Newton 



24th .Lyman Bunting, EUery 



25tfa August G. Eggerdingt, Red Bud 



DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS 



Dairr Marketing Vnifrad Show 



Fruit and Veyatabl* Markating X. L. Colria 



Grain Mork.tiny G«orae H. litaer 



Ut* Stock Marketing — S. F. Russell 



Oific* _.._ C. E. Johnston 



Orgonisatien ,„ O. D. Brissenden 



Produce Marketmg. _ _ F. A. Gougler 



PubUcity _ C. L, Ma»t, Jr. 



Research and Taxation. _ X. H. Simetl 



Safety C. M. Seagraves (on leave, U.S.N.) 



Sales Service - W. P. Sandiord 



Soil Improvement _ Jolin R. Spencer 



Tranaporlatioo-Claims - G. W. Baxter 



Young People's Activities 



ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS 

 Country Life Ins. Co. Dave Mieher, Mgr. 



Sorxners' Mutual Reinsur. Co.--J. H. Kelker, Mgr. 

 I. Agr. Auditing Assn C. E. Strand, Mgr. 



ni. Agr. Mutual Ins. Co.... A. E. Richardson. Mgr. 



ni. Agr. Service Co Earl C. Smith, Pros. 



Donald Kirkpatrick. Sec. 



ni. Co-op Locker Service -Dana Cryder, Pres. 



111. F. Bur. Serum Assn.....S. F. Russell. Sec.-Mgr. 



ni. Farm Supply Co C. H. Becker. Mgr. 



ni. Fruit Growers' Exchange. ..L. L. Colvis, Mgr. 



ni. Grain Corporation Frank Haines. Mgr. 



ni. Livestock Mktg. A8Sn._H. W. Trautmonn, Mgr. 



ni. Milk Producers' Ass'n. WUired Shaw, Mgr. 



ni. Producers' Creomerlee I. B. Counties. Mgr. 



ni. Wool Mktg. Assn .....S. F. Russell. Sec.-Mgr. 



FEBRUARY, 1944 



To advance the purpose for which the Farm Bureau was 

 organized, namely, to promote, protect and represent the 

 business, economic, social and educational interests of the 

 formers of Illinois and the Nation, and to develop agriculture. 



FEBRUARY. 1944 



VOLUn£ 22 - NUMBER 2 



^Au MoniU 



THE failure of the 

 governm e n t to 

 make fully effective 

 i t s assurance to 

 farmers that a floor 

 of $13.75 per hun- 

 dred, Chicago basis, 

 would be m a i n - 

 tained for hogs 

 reaching market 

 until October of 

 1944 has resulted in a loss to hog pro- 

 ducers and feeders of many millions of 

 dollars, to say nothing of the confusion 

 and delay farmers have been forced to 

 encounter in marketing their hogs. 



Farm Bureau members are entitled 

 to know of the activities of their or- 

 ganization in anticipating present day 

 conditions, in the efforts made to fore- 

 stall these losses and the steps taken 

 to establish the confidence that is al- 

 ways necessary for the orderly market- 

 ing of any important farm commodity 

 or product. 



Early last year when insisting that 

 ceiling prices on corn should not be 

 established at less than parity levels, 

 the Illinois Agricultural Association 

 recognized: (1) that in justice to corn 

 producers the ceiling should not be set 

 at less than parity levels, and (2) that 

 a ceiling price on corn below parity 

 would ultimately result in the produc- 

 tion of a larger supply of pork ton- 

 nage than had been anticipated by the 

 government. 



Late in October it was relatively easy 

 to foresee the necessity of the jppvern- 

 ment taking definite action if its an- 

 nounced price support for hogs was 

 to be made effective. At that time the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association recom- 

 mended to the War Food Administra- 

 tor that the following steps be taken : 

 1. Assist packers in securing addi- 

 tional experienced help so that all pack- 

 ing houses could operate to the full ex- 

 tent of their facilities for such a time 

 as the supply of hogs warranted. 



2. Call the packers together and in- 

 form them that for each 10 cents their 

 average daily purchases were below the 

 floor of $13.75 that double that amount 

 would be deducted from the subsidy 

 then being paid to packers. 



3. Complete removal of all restric- 

 tions then in effect upon country killing 

 of hogs — this to include both farmers 

 and local butchers. 



4. Complete removal of all point re- 

 quirements for the purchase of pork by 

 consumers for the emergency period. 



5. That if necessary to spread the 

 marketings of hogs there be an increase 

 in the weights at which the government 

 would make the support prices effec- 

 tive. 



When making these recommenda- 

 tions it was recognized that the Office 

 of Price Administration apparently had 

 sole authority for determining all point 

 requirements for the purchase of food. 

 Any fair appraisal of conditions exist- 

 ing during recent weeks will disclose 

 that the War Food Administrator has 

 taken steps to put all of these recom- 

 mendations and possibly others into 

 effect, with the s<jle exception of re- 

 moving point requirements for the pur- 

 chase of pork by consumers. 



We are forced to conclude, there- 

 fore, that the responsibility for the 

 confusion of farmers, the delay in the 

 marketing of hogs, and the millions of 

 dollars lost by producers and feedws 

 rests with the Office of Price Adminis- 

 tration. 



It is also interesting to note even at 

 this late date that it was the Office of 

 Price Administration which refused to 

 deal fairly in determining corn price 

 ceilings last spring. 



These experiences are increasingly 

 convincing that fair treatment of farm- 

 ers, the production of adequate food 

 for the nation and its orderly distribu- 

 tion should be centered wholly within 

 the War Food Administration. 



