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Th* lUinoU Agricultural Auociatien RECORD ia 

 published monthlT by Iha Illmow Agricultural As- 

 sociation at 1501 W. Washington Road. Msndolo, 

 ni. Editorial Oificos, 60S So. Doorbom St.. Chi- 

 cago, ni. Entorsd as socend doss matter at post 

 omeo. Mmdota. Illinois. Soptombor 11. 1936. Ac- 

 coplonco ier mailing at special rate of postage 

 provided in Section 412. Act ei Feb. 28. 1925. au- 

 thorised Oct. 27. 1935. Address all communica- 

 tions ior publicatien to Editorial Offices. Illinois 

 Agricultural Assodatien RECORD. 601 So. Dear- 

 bom St.. Chieajje. The individual membership 

 fee oi the Illinois Agricultural Association is five 

 dollars a year. The iee includes payment oi fiity 

 cents ior subscription to the niinots Agricultural 

 Association RECORD. Postmaster: Send notices 

 on Form 357S and undeliToroble copies returned 

 under Form 3579 to editorial offices. MS So. 

 Daarbem St., Chicago. lU. 



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

 Merrill C. Gregory, on leore o< absence with the 

 United States Armyi Assistant editor. Creaton 

 Foster; Director oi Advertising. C. M. Seagrares. 

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



Illinois Agricnltnral 

 Association 



Greatest State Farm Organization 

 in America 



OFFICERS 

 President. Earl C. Smith Detroit 



Vice-President, Talmage Debees Smithboro 

 Corporate Sec., Paul E. Mathias Chicago 



Field Sec Geo. E. Metzger Chicago 



Treasurer, R. A. Cowles Bloomington 



Asst Treas.. A. R. Wright Varna 



Comptroller, R. G. Ely Chicago 



General Counsel, Donald Eirkpatrick. . 

 Chicago 



BOARD OF DIRECTORS 



(By Congressional Districts) 



1st to Uth. Harvey W. Adair, Chicago Hts. 



12th. Rex E. Peddicord, Marseilles 



I3th Homer Curtiss, Stockton 



Uth Otto Ste&ey, Stronghurst 



ISth. Ronald A. Holt, Galva 



I6th Albert Hayes, Chillicothe 



17th Charles Louritzen, Roddick 



18th W. A. Dennis, Paris 



ISth Charles B. Shuman, Sullivan 



20th K. T. Smith. Greeniield 



21«t Dwight Hart Taylorville 



22ad Alvin O. Eckert, Belleville 



23rd Chester McCord, Newton 



24lh Lyman Bunting, Ellery 



25th August G. Eggerding, Red Bud 



DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS 



Dairy Marketing. Wilfred Shaw 



Fruit and Vegetable Marketing L. L. Colvis 



Grain Marketing George H. litner 



Live Stock Marketing. S. F. RusseU 



Offlee C. E. lohnston 



OrganisotiOB. O, D. Brissenden 



Produce Marketing F. A. Gougler 



PubUcilv C. L. Mast, Jr. 



Research and Taxation. L. H. Simerl 



Solely C. M. Seagraves (on leave, D.S.N.) 



Soles Service W. P. Sandford 



Soil Improvement John R. Spencer 



Transportation-Clainis G. W. Baxter 



Young People's Activitiea. £Usworth D. Lyon 



ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS 



Country Liie Ins. Co _ .Dave Mieher, Mgr. 



Farmers' Mutual Reinsur. Co J. H. Kelker, Mgr. 



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



ni. Agr. Mutual Ins. Ce....Jl. E. Richardson, Mgr. 



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



Donald Kirkpatrick, Sec. 



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



ni. F. Bur. Serum Asan.....S. F. Russell. See.-Mgr. 



ni. Farm Supply Co _ C. R. Becker. Mgr. 



ni. Fmit Grewecs' Exchange. L. L. Colvis. Mgr. 



ni. Grain Corporation. Frank Haines, Mgr. 



m. Livaelock Mktg. Assn.-H. W. Trautnuinn, Mgr. 



m. Mlk Producer*' Ass'n Wilfred Shaw. Mgr. 



ni. Producers' Creameries I. B. Countiss, Mgr. 



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



MARCH. 1944 



To advance the purpose for which the Farm Bureau was 

 organized, namely, to promote, protect and represent the 

 business, economic, social and education interests of the 

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



MABCHa 1944 



Bt\ VOLUME 22 ■ NUMBEB 3 



THE thousands of farmers who have joined the ranks of organized agri- 

 culture recently have done so, presuinably, because they realize the need 

 for organized effort. 



There is no field in which organized effort can accomplish more than in 

 the marketing of farm products. Farm Bureau offers you many valuable 

 services. 



Do you feed cattle and hogs, and perhaps some sheep? The Illinois 

 Agricultural Association sponsors a statewide program of cooperative live- 

 stock marketing. At its foundation are the livestock marketing committees 

 in each county. They cooperate with a field staff in holding educational 

 programs. Get acquainted witli them. Attend the meetings they sponsor. 



Farmer-owned Producer agencies are located at terminal markets to sell 

 your livestock, and the Illinois Livestock Marketing Association operates 

 seven concentration points in the central part of the state. 



In grain marketing, 107 farmer-owned cooperative elevators are mem- 

 bers of the Illinois Grain Gjrporation, your statewide cooperative agency. 



In milk marketing, there are 17 local bargaining associations and six 

 cooperative dairies. In cream marketing, there are the ten Producers' Cream- 

 eries manufacturing butter, dried milk and cheese. 



For wool marketing, there is the Illinois Wool Marketing Association. 



In the field of fruit and vegetable marketing, there is the Illinois Fruit 

 Growers Exchange at Carbondale, and its subsidiary which deals in orchard 

 supplies. 



All of these concerns are owned and directed by farmers. They are 

 affiliated with Farm Bureau. When you patronize them, you are not only 

 helping yourself but you are helping the cause of cooperative marketing in 

 general. 



It can be shown that every one of them has been responsible for definite 

 gains to producers — in getting better prices, in acting as a "yardstick" to 

 regulate market abuses or undesirable practices, and in giving farmers greater 

 bargaining power. Taken together, they have benefited farmers in Illinois 

 to the extent of many thousands of dollars. 



Of any one of them, it can be said, "This is YOUR marketing agency. 

 It works for you. Your patronage of it means that you appreciate the need 

 of farmers standing together." 



Greater volume of livestock, grain, milk and cream, wool, fruits and 

 vegetables, passing to market through cooperative channels, will spell greater 

 influence for farmers in determining the prices they receive. 



One of the best things that a Farm Bureau member, old or new, can 

 do is to use his own marketing agencies. 



Get detailed information on the cooperative marketing program for your 

 products at your county Farm Bureau office. 



