LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 



THANKS FROM CANADA 



IT IS a pleasure for me, on behalf of the 

 Junior Farmer's Association of Ontario and 

 the group who recently were guests of the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association, to thank you 

 for the privilege of visiting with you and for 

 the grand hospitality shown to us while in 

 Illinois. 



We were very much impressed with the ex- 

 tensive agricultural organization in your state 

 and the great service it is rendering to the 

 farm people. The enthusiasm of the young 

 people for their organization was very inspiring 

 to say the least. I shall never forget their 

 friendliness and generosity and the way they 

 nude us feel so much at home. 



We four delegates have gained much per- 

 sonally from our visit and our organization will 

 benefit from the many ideas we brought home 

 with us. All in all, our visit to Illinois was 

 one of profit, and I feel it has added one more 

 link to the chain that binds two great countries 

 together. 



Once again, accept my sincere thanks and 

 appreciation. 



Ross Beattie 



President 



Junior Farmers' Association of Ontario 



I AM glad that the Ontario Junior Farmer 

 delegation to your Annual Meeting fitted 

 in so well with your programme. From re- 

 ports I know that they had a good time and 

 I think the value of these visits is in the 

 making of new contacts and the comparisons 

 which are made between the two organiza- 

 tions. 



Dick Hilliard 

 Extension Fieldman 

 Parliament Buildings 

 Toronto, Canada 



OBJECTS TO ARTICLE 



THREE years ago I wrote a letter to the 

 head of the Pure Milk Association, Mr. 

 Lauterbach I believe, in answer to an 

 article he wrote deploring the fact that 

 when the war market ceased, the price 

 of dairy products would tumble because the 

 demand would decrease a great deal. I said 



This Is a front vtaw of 

 Hie la Salle County 

 farm Bureau building 

 which wa* remodeled 

 throughout and com- 

 pleted retently. The 

 building was formerly 

 an old high school. 

 The La Salle County 

 farm Bureau now hat 

 one of the most spa- 

 clous farm Bureau 

 bulldlngt In the state. 

 The remodeling cost 

 $70,000. 



in that letter that 1 thought demand would 

 stay up if prices did not go too high, because 

 I thought the potential demand had never 

 been felt prior to the war. 



You have a similar article on page 6 in 

 the December lAA Record giving the im- 

 pression that the demand in this country is 

 above normal now, and that we will get back 

 to a normal demand. 



This cannot be true. Our population is 

 increasing at an accelerated rate while our 

 farmers are decreasing in numbers. The 

 number of farmers who raise all their food is 

 consequently less and the farmer gets into 

 the food market wanting the best there is be- 

 cause he is used to eating good food. The 

 implications of the cartoon illustrating your 

 article are that the wage earner is now ask- 

 ing quality foods which he couldn't buy in 

 the thirties; the article in column 1 page 7 

 bottom implies that he doesn't really deserve 

 to buy so much with his money because the 

 Russian worker can't. Why didn't you make 

 the comparison with workers of another 

 country which did not experience the in- 

 vasion of armies, say Sweden.' You make 

 the odious comparison between deserving 

 farmers and undeserving workers who "prob- 

 ably has little or nothing invested in the 

 factory where he works". Why.' 



Farm workers or city workers — their 

 interests economically are the same. Give 

 the city worker a chance to own his industry 

 cooperatively and see if he won't work as 

 hard as the farmer who owns his farm. The 

 city worker has his very life invested in the 

 factory where he works: and remember .... 

 a good many former farmers are in those 

 factories because some absentee landlord 

 bought up too much land and the tenant 

 farmer and his family gave place to a farm 

 manager without a family. 



Please don't continue this sort of farmer 

 against city worker stuflf. It just isn't so. 



Arnold H. Nelson 

 Knox County 



Editor's Note: The main premise of the arts- 

 cle entitled "Consumer Demand For Quality 

 Foods Boosts Prices," was that farmers are not 

 to blame for the high cost of food. They have 

 done their best to produce record food crops. 

 For proof look at the 1948 harvest. We tried 

 to make it clear that the high prices were 

 caused by (\) abnormally high demand, (2) 

 consumers calling for the better foods, and ( ^ ) 

 the rising cost of food marketing. 



Homer Curtis*, lAA board member from 

 Jo DavletM county, reports for MMwest re- 

 gion at dairy tonferente of farm Bureau 

 convention at Atlantlt City. 



LIKE lAA TOURS 



(WANT to take the opportunity at this 

 time to thank the Illinois Agricultural As- 

 sociation for a most pleasant trip. I don't 

 think there was anything left undone to 

 make it most enjoyable in every detail. We 

 thought it better (if that could be) than the 

 California trip. 



Mrs. J. D. Watkins 

 Macon County 



I'M taking this opportunity of expressing 

 my thanks to all who participated in plan- 

 ning and carrying out our recent enjoyable 

 trip. We enjoyed every bit of it. I hope 

 I may have the pleasure of enjoying a few 

 more of these prearranged guided tours. 



Mrs. Ruby Winn 

 Arthur, III. 



THIS is a note to thank you for the wonder- 

 ful time I had. You never know how many 

 friends you have until you meet in just such 

 a way as you folks had it planned. 



Mrs. Elizabeth Barcus 

 Champaign County 



I WISH to express appreciation for the 

 opportunity of attending the American 

 Farm Bureau Federation convention in At- 

 lantic City as a delegate representing the Illi- 

 nois Agricultural Association. It was a 

 wonderful meeting and I enjoyed every ses- 

 sion of it. 



Mrs. Adam McWilliam 

 Stark County 



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BIERER RESIGNS 



FRED J. BIERER, manager of the Illi- 

 nois Fruit Growers' Supply Company 

 for the past several years, resigned Jan. 

 15 to work for the Ruhm Phosphate 

 Company. The Fruit Growers' Supply 

 Company is a subsidiary of the Illinois 

 Fruit Growers' Exchange at Carbondale. 

 Bierer was graduated from the Univer- 

 sity of Illinois College of Agriculture and 

 worked for the Farm Security Adminis- 

 tration before going with the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association affiliate. 



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