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The Illinois Agricnlturol Associotion Record 



nUnoU Agricultural AuecicrtieB BECORD la 

 ih*d montUT by tl>« Illinois Agiicultunil Aa- 



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 publish*d ] . 



•odation at 1501 W. WaaUngten Boad. Maadota. 

 ni. Editorial Officaa. 6(M So. Dawbom St.. Chi- 

 cago, ni. Entatad a> aocead doaa mattar at poat 

 oifica. Mandota, Dlinoia. Saptambar 11. 1936. Ac- 

 captanca ior moiling at apadal rata oi poataga 

 proTidad in Saction 412. Act oi Fab. 28. 1925. au- 

 tberiiad Oct. 27. 1935. Addraas oil communica- 

 tiooa ior publication to Ediloriol Officaa. niinoia 

 Agricultural Aaaeciotion BECOBD, 608 So. Daai- 

 b«m St.. Chicago. Tha individual mamberahip 

 faa oi tha Hlbioia Agriculturcd Aaaociation is &n 

 dellara a yaar. Tha iaa includaa paymant oi iifty 

 canta for aubacription to tha Illinois Agricultural 

 Asaociatien RECORD. Peslmastar: Sand notices 

 on Form 3578 and uadaUTarabla copies returned 

 under Form 3579 to editorial offices. 608 So. 

 Dearborn St.. Chicago. 111. 



Director oi Iniormatien. C. L. Mast. Ir.; Editor. 

 Merrill C. Gregory, on leore oi absence with the 

 United States Armyt Assistant editor. Creston 

 Foster) Director oi AdTertising. C. M. Seagraves, 

 on leore of absence with the U. S. Nary. 



Illinois Agricnltnral 

 Association 



Greatest State Farm Organization 

 in America 



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[ OFFICERS 



Ar*sident, Earl C. Smith Detroit 



\nco-President, Talmage Debees Smithboro 

 Corporate Sec, Paul E. Mathias. .Chicago 



Field Secu Geo. E. Metzger Chicago 



Treoiurer, R. A. Cowlee Bloomington 



AssL Treos., 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, Chicogo Hts. 



12th Rex E. Peddicord, Marseilles 



13th Homer Curtis, Stockton 



14th Otto Steffey, Stronghurst 



15th Ronald A. Holt. Galva 



16th Albert Hayes. Chillicothe 



17th Charles Lauritzen, Reddick 



18th W. A. Dennis, Paris 



19th Charles B. Shuman, Sullivan 



20th E. T. Smith, Greenfield 



21st Dwight Hart, Toylorville 



22nd Alvin O. Eckert, Belleville 



23rd ._ Chester McCord, Newton 



24th 7 Lyman Bunting, Ellery 



2Sth August G. Eggerding, Red Bud 



DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS 



Dairy Marketing _ _ Wilfred Shaw 



Fruit and Vegetable Marketing X. L. Colvis 



Groin Morketmg George H. titner 



live Slock Marketiag. S. F. Russell 



Office ..C. E. lohnslon 



OrgonisatiosL O. D. Brissenden 



Produce Morketing T. A. Gougler 



PubUdty _ _ C. L. Most. Jr. 



Reaaorcn and Taxation. L. H. Simerl 



Soialy C. M. Seagraves (on leave. U.S.N.) 



Sales Service _ W. P. Sandford 



Soil Improvement John R. Spencer 



Transportation-Claims _ G. W. Baxter 



Young People's Aciivitiaa _ 



ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS 



Country Life Ins. Co .....'. J>ave KBeher. Mgr. 



Formers' Mutual Beinsur. Co....J. H. Xelker. Mgr. 



ni. Agr. Auditing Assn. C. E. Strand. Mgr. 



ni. Agr. Mutual Ins. Ce....Jl. E. Bichordson. Mgr. 



m. Agr. Service Co Eori C. Smith. Pres. 



Donald Kirkpotrick. Sec. 



ni. Co-op. Locker Service -Dono Cryder. Pres. 



m. F. Bur. Serum Assn.....S. F. Buaaall. Sec.-Mgr. 



m. Form Supply Co _ „.C. H. Becker. Mgr. 



uL Fruit Growers' Exchange....-!,. L. Colvis. Mgr. 



ni. Groin Corporotion. .Frank Rabies, Mgr. 



^ m. Livestock Mktg. Assn..B. W. Troutmonn. Mgr. 



BL tClk Producers' Ass'n ...Wilirad Shaw. Mgr. 



ni. Producers' Creomeriaa I. B. Ceuntiss. Mgr. 



m. Wool Mktg. Asan _....S. F. BuaseU. Sec.-Mgr. 



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 

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



JANUABT, 1944 



VOLUME 22 - NUMBEB 1 



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RECENT ACTION by government agencies in removing the restric- 

 tions on farm slaughter of hogs for resale and the reduction in 

 ration point values on retail cuts of pork were steps in the right direc- 

 tion toward relief of the glutted hog market. However,J±ie action did 

 not go far enough to be of any great practical value. T'armers still 

 have to collect ration points on meat sales, and nobody has enough 

 ration points to take any appreciable amount of pork off the farmer's 

 hands. 



What is really needed to help prevent congestion of hogs in the 

 terminal markets, and avert a possible collapse of the government's 

 support program, is removal of all ration points from- pork until the 

 glut in hog marketings is over. 



Such action would do at least four things: 



First, it would encourage more home and community butch«ing 

 throughout the com belt and thus prevent top heavy shipments of ho^ 

 from jamming the terminal markets. i ': • ; 



Second, it would help the government to make good on its hog 

 support program. The price floor under the hog market is only for 

 hogs of 200 to 270 pounds. Farmers with hogs ready for market within 

 these range weights have been forced to hold them over to heavier 

 weights because the the terminal facilities were overtaxed. Others have 

 received prices below the support level when their hogs were sold in 

 "mixed lots" (hogs of various weights thrown together), a practice 

 which has served to circumvent the support price. 



Third, it would strengthen the producers' confidence in govern- 

 ment officials because farmers would recognize the removal of ration 

 points on pork as an honest attempt to alleviate a tight situation. It 

 would further demonstrate that OPA is not holding back because of 

 fear of losing some control over our domestic economy. Producer 

 and consumer alike cannot understand why more pork cannot be made 

 available to consumers when such surpluses exist. 



Fourth, by enabling many farmers to maiket their hogs when they 

 are ready it would conserve feed supplies. ■ ' 



Farmers were encouraged by their government to produce more 

 hogs; a deliberately held down price on com at below parity, together 

 with the price support program on hogs resulted in the present record 

 volume of hog marketings. Now com ceilings have been boosted to 

 put the brakes on hog production and the government is looking for 

 all available means to bolster its support program. If further steps 

 are not taken to straighten out the chaos hog producers face in trying 

 to market their hogs, farmers will lose confidence and we may face a 

 much larger curtailment of hog production in 1944 than the govern- 

 ment is asking. The sound and logical move at this time is to tempor- 

 arily remove all ration points on pork. 



lANUABY. 1944 



