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temporary crib at a reasonable cost per 

 bushel. This is the type built from poles 

 and snow fence or welded wire mesh. 

 While not permanent it can last for 

 several years. 



One of the cheapest is that made out 

 of picket fence, 16 feet in diameter and 

 12 feet high with a central ventilator. 

 Cost of this, including ventilator, would 

 be about 12 cents a bushel, Hinchdifif 

 says. Another low cost type is the 

 poled crib with wire which figures 

 about 21 cents per bushel. 



In Illinois, state Production Market- 

 ing Administration ofFicials estimate 

 that farmers are going to have to pro- 

 vide additional crib room for about 130 

 million bushels of corn. 



September 1 Illinois corn crop esti- 

 mate placed production at 334 million 

 bushels. Corn yield outlook for the 

 state is at a new high — 59 bushels. 

 This is two bushels higher than the 



previous record of 37 in 1946. 



Soybean price support loans will be 

 at the rate of $2.18 a bushel for the new 

 crop, but the beans must grade No. 2 

 yellow and have no more than 14 per 

 cent moisture. Soybeans can be stored in 

 steel bins. Loans will be available from 

 harvest through Dec. 31, 1948 and will 

 mature April 30, 1949. 



Price support purchase agreements, 

 similar to the corn purchase agreements, 

 will be available to producers of this 

 year's crop of soybeans from harvest 

 through Dec. 31, 1948. If the producer 

 does not otherwise dispose of his crop 

 before the April 30, 1949, soybean loan 

 maturity date, he may sell to Commodity 

 Credit Corporation any number of bush- 

 els, up to the maximum he securing cov- 

 erage on in his purchase agreement, at 

 the rate of $2.18 per bushel provided 

 they meet grade requirements. . 



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HERE'S HOW YOUR CONGRESSMEN VOTED 



Check fhe record of your mombers of Congross 

 from Illinois on vftof Issues 



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**T HE extent of the cooperation 



' and support accorded the leg- 

 islative program of the Illinois Ag- 

 ricultural Association by the mem- 

 bers of Congress from Illinois is 

 not adequately reflected by the roll 

 call vote recorded in the published 

 record. 



"Most of our representatives 

 from downstate districts and sev- 

 eral from Cook county have dem- 

 onstrated their ability and inde- 

 pendence of thinking both on the 

 noor of Congress and in important 

 committee assignments. Both sen- 

 ators ffom Illinois have had com- 

 mittee assignments of vital impor- 

 tance to Agriculture, and have 

 worked diligently in the longtime 

 best interests of Agriculture. 



"While the recorded vote pub- 

 lished in this issue of the lAA Rec- 

 ord were on issues of extreme im- 

 portance to Agriculture, they do 

 not adequately reflect the attitude 

 of all members of Congress on Ag- 

 ricultural issues. 



"I hope every farmer will care- 

 fully study this information." 



Charles B. Shimian 



President 



Illinois Agricultural Association 



HERE are the voting records of Illi- 

 nois Congressmen on several key 

 legislative actions in the 80th 

 Congress. One is the Labor- 

 Management Relations Bill of 

 1947, better known as the Taft-Hartley 

 law. A second is the vote of Illinois 

 Congressmen on the overriding of the 

 President's veto of the labor bill. 



The Illinois Agriodtural Association 

 and the American Farm Bureau Federa- 

 tion favored passage of the labor bill and 

 overriding the President's veto. A yea 

 vote therefore by your Congressmen on 

 these two issues is in support of the lAA 

 and Farm Bureau's position. 



Another major legislative issue is rep- 

 resented in the Russell amendment to the 

 long-range farm program bill. A nay 

 vote on this amendment is in support of 

 the lAA and AFBF's position. Both 

 Senator Lucas and Senator Brooks sup- 

 ported the lAA's position on this amend- 

 ment. 



The Russell amendment called for the 

 substitution of a temporary extension of 

 existing price supports (with some mod- 

 ifications) for the provisions of the 

 Aiken long-range farm program bill. A 

 vote for this amendment was a vote to 

 prevent the enactment of a long-range 

 farm bill by the 80th Congress. As most 

 Farm Bureau members know, organized 

 agriculture was successful in securing 

 passage of a long-range farm program 

 and the Russell amendment was defeated 



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The lAA had urged Illinois Congress- 

 men to enact a long-range farm program 

 bill, rather than temporary extension of 

 price supports. 



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Sen. Lucas 

 Sen. Brooks 



1. Dawson 



2. Vail 



3. Busbey 



4. Gorski 

 3. Sabatb 



6. O'Brien 



7. Owens 



8. Gordon 



9. Twyman 

 10. Church 

 U. Reed 



12. Mason 



13. Alien 



14. Johnson 

 13. Chiperfield 



16. Dirksen 



17. Arends 



18. Jenison 



19. McMillen 



20. Simpson 



21. Howell 



22. Price 



23. Vursell 



24. Clippinger 

 23. Bishop 



AL Sttattoo 



Taft 

 Hartlo 



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Yea 



Yea 



OCTOBER. 1948 



