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Here ii what you would call a "Fann 

 Bureau" iomily. These iive Hertel brothers, 

 left to right Bernard. Joseph, Raymond, 

 Anthony and lohn, are all members of 

 the Lake County Farm Bureau. Their 



mother, Mrs) loe Hertel. is at the right. 

 Five Obenaui brothers are also members 

 oi the Lake Farm Bureau, and a sixth 

 Obenaui brother is a member in McHenry 

 County Farm Bureau. 



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 FORWARD GO 



ORGANIZATION NOnS 

 By O. D, Bisienden 



Champaign county has scored again. The 

 recent countywide canvass to attain the 

 goal of 2700 was well supported by the 

 membership workers. Accomplishment of 

 the goal was celebrated by a countywide 

 fish fry for workers and their wives. 



Clark county kicked off a l4-dav drive on 

 Aug. 18 with 100 per cent attendance. 

 Thomas Drummond really believes, "what 

 you do in the forenoon, you don't have to 

 do after dinner. " 



Seventy-five of Shelby county's "live 

 wires" attended the pep meeting on Aug. 21. 

 More than 100 prospects received a well 

 worded letter in advance of the worker 

 contact. 



Lake county launched a contest program 

 Aug. 23, and the attendance was 100 per 

 cent. With General Elbert Elsbury in com- 

 mand of the north half of the county, and 

 General George Berghorn in command in 

 the south, the battle is on. Watch for 

 results 



Commission Orders Rail 



Line Kept in Operation 



Adequate rail transportation for the 

 late apple crop of Calhoun county has 

 been insured by the order of the Inter- 

 state Commerce Commission that the 

 Carrollton-East Hardin branch of the 

 Alton railroad be kept in operation. 



This order was issued by the com- 

 mission in late July following presen- 

 tation of evidence outlining the need 

 for the 19.4 miles of rail line by Guy 

 W. Baxter, director of transportation 

 for the lAA, at a hearing during the 

 first of the year. Baxter represented 

 the farmers' interests at the request of 

 the Calhoun, Greene and Jersey County 



SEPTEMBER. 1944 



Farm Bureaus. The railroad sought to 

 abandon the line Sept. 29, 1943. 



Report of the commission issued 

 July 18, 1944, said in part: "Under 

 these circumstances we are of opinion 

 that the branch should continue in 

 operation during the present emer- 

 gency and our finding herein will be 

 without prejudice to the renewal of the 

 application after the termination of the 

 war, if it can be shown that conditions 

 then existing warrant such action." 



New Membership Contract 

 oiPMA Signed by 10,491 



According to a report made by Pure 

 Milk Association officials in the last 

 week of August, 10,491 of 12,759 mem- 

 bers have signed the new PMA mem^ 

 bership agreement since July 7. All 

 this was accomplished by mailing the 

 new membership agreement to mem- 

 bers for their signatures. 



Each director has been furnished with 

 a list of those members who have not 

 signed the new agreement and they 

 will be called by telephone by local 

 officers. It is hoped that this method 

 will bring in at least another 1000 

 signed ' agreements by mail. The bal- 

 ance of the members will then have to 

 be called on by directors, local and 

 district officers and fieldmen. Such a 

 record of cooperation is a tribute to 

 PMA membership and leadership. 



Delegates at the annual meeting of 

 Pure Milk Association on March 14, 

 1944, passed a resolution asking the 

 board of directors to prepare a new 

 membership agreement. Two reasons 

 were given for this request; to simplify 

 the system of allocating members' sav- 

 ings and to provide more funds for the 

 purchase of milk plants and equip- 

 ment. 



Under the new membership agree- 



ment the board of directors can take 

 from one to three cents per cwt. out 

 of members' milk checks for the pur- 

 pose of purchasing and building milk 

 plants and equipment. Under the old 

 contract it was possible to use only one 

 cent for this purpose. 



Under the new membership agree- 

 ment it is the intention of the board of 

 directors to build up a total capital 

 of $3,000,000 and to revolve this in- 

 vestment, including the savings of the 

 organization, every seven years. 



Livestock Group Submits 



Program to Government 



A program looking to the solution 

 of immediate and long range prob- 

 lems facing hog producers has been 

 submitted to government officials in 

 Washington by the swine subcommit- 

 tee of the Joint Livestock Committee 

 representing 130 livestock producing 

 and marketing associations and general 

 farm organizations. The program was 

 drafted by the Joint Livestock Commit- 

 tee. 



Recommendations dealing with sup- 

 port and ceiling prices for live pork 

 were submitted to War Food Adminis- 

 trator Marvin Jones and to OPA offi- 

 cials as follows : 



I. FLOORS: Butcher hogs weighing 

 180 to 270 pounds, minimum $13-75 

 per cwt. Chicago base. The average 

 monthly minimum drove cost shall not 

 be less than $1350 per cwt. for bar- 

 rows and gilts of all weights. 



II. CEILINGS: If ceilings are con- 

 tinued they should, be adjusted for in- 

 creases in cost of production. Ceilings 

 should be the same for all weights and 

 classes of hogs. 



III. ENFORCEMENT OF FLOOR 

 PRICES: Floors must be enforced. The 

 enforcement of floor prices might be 

 secured by withholding all subsidy pay- 

 ments for that month from those 

 packers whose monthly drove cost is 

 below the drove floor price or who, at 

 ajiy time, pay less than $13.75 per cwt. 

 for butcher hogs of 180 to 270 pounds. 



IV. SUBSIDIES: We continue our 

 opposition to the use of subsidy pay- 

 ments in lieu of fair market prices. 

 However, any reduction of subsidy pay- 

 ments to packers should be accom- 

 panied by a compensating increase in"^ 

 retail and wholesale ceiling prices of 

 pork and pork products. 



V. ADJUSTMENT OF PRICES OF 

 CUTS: We suggest a readjustment of 

 retail and wholesale ceiling prices on 

 pork cuts and pork products in order 

 that a balance in demand for various 

 cuts and products may be restored. 



The committee also stated, "We urge 

 that lend-lease require allied civilian 



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