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Volume 27 



Number 4 



April, 1949 



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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION 

 THE ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION 



l o aJiuti<e the purpose jar uhich the farm Buttau uas c^^ufuztJ, namely, 

 t-i pTumotc. proii'if and rtpreient the hunness. tonomtc, i'CtuI and fdutj- 

 i;onal inttrt.'t- of the lj'rrt't< of lllivois and the Sjtmn, and l'> dttel'ip 

 .n-'Uultim . 



(.MARI.i:> M. ^Hl'MAX, .SuIIn 



FI.OVD E. MORRIS 



Vue Prt-sidcnt 



PALL E. MATHIAn 



SeLtftary 



ARTHUR F. SCHUCK 



Treasurer 



(,EORGE E. MITZC.ER 



Field Sccrttjry 



(LARENfE C. ( HAPEI.I.t: 



Comptroller 



nONAI.D KIKKPATRIf K 



(icneral ( ounsel 



BOARD OF DIRECTORS 



I.yman Buntmj;. rilery ; Thomas H. Lloyd, Girard ; Lester S. DaviM.a. 

 Mmonk ; Homer Curtiss, Stockton; J. King Eaton, Edwardsville ; (.. J. 

 Elliott, Streator ; John T. Evans. Hoopcston ; Edwin Ciumm, C»alcsburi; , 

 Earl M. Hughes. Woodstock ; ( fiestcr NUC^ord. Newton ; Russell V. 

 McKee. Varna; K. T. Smith. Cireenficld ; Otto Stctky, Stron^liur'^t ; 

 Frank L. Simpson, Faimcr City; and Albert ^'chb, Ewing. 



DIVISION HEADS 



C.corge E. Metzger. Organi7ation \ Information; L. L. Colvis. Market- 

 ms ; L E. Parett. General Servites; Paul E. M-thias. Building. Records, 

 .ind Personnel ; Arthur F. Sthutk, Treasurers office ; C. C. Chapelle. 

 Comptroller's office; and O-'nald Kirkpatrick, General Counsel. 



DEPARTMENT HEADS 



Frank M. Atchley. Research; O. D. Brissenden, Organization; G. W. 

 Baxter. Transportation-Claims ; John K. Cox. Rural School Relations ; 

 C. J. Poster. Publicity ; R. E. Gish. Soil Conservation Activities ; George 

 H. Iftner, Grain Marketmg ; Roy P. Johnson. Special Services & Otficc 

 of the Building; C. E. Johnston, General Office; Donald Kirkpatrick. 

 Legal ; Ellsworth D. Lyon. Young People s Activities ; Judson P. Mason. 

 Dauy Marketing ; Cullen B, Sweet. Rural Road Improvement ; S. F. Rus- 

 sell, Livestock Maiketing ; W. E. Schcer, Personnel; and Elcrt Vandervlict, 

 Property Taxation. 



ASSOCIATE COMPANY MANAGERS 



r. H. Becker. Illinois Farm Supply Company; Sam L. Hasscll, Illinois 

 Grain Terminals Company; Forrest C. Fairchild. Prairie Farms Creameries; 

 Darrell L. Achenbach, Country Mutual Fire Company; Judson P. Mason, 

 111. Milk Producers' Assn. ; R. S, McBride. Illinois Fruit Growers Ex- 

 change ; Howard McWard. 111. Cirain Corporation; C. P. Musser, 111. 

 Farm Bureau Scrum Assn. ; J. L. Pidcock, III. Co-op Locker Service ; A. 



E, Richardson. Country Lite Insurance Company ; Dale Rouse, Illinois 

 Wool Marketing Assn. ; C. E. Strand. Illinois Agricultural Audit- 

 ing Assn. ; H. w. Trautmann. Illinois Livestock Marketing Assn. ; and 



F. V. Wilcox. Country Mutual Casualty Company. 



EDITORIAL STAFF 



Creston J. Foster 

 Editor 



James C. 

 Asst. 



Thomson 



Editor 



Editorial Otficc 



43 East Ohio, Chicago U 



The Illinois Agricutural Association RECORD is published monthly 

 by the lUinois Agricultural Association at 1^01 W. Washington Road. 

 Mendota. 111. Editorial Offices. 43 East Ohio St., Chicago 11, 111. Entered 

 as second class matter at post office, Mendota, 111.. Sept. U. 1936. 

 Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided in Section 412, 

 Act of Feb. 28. 1925, authorized Oct. 27. 1935. Address all com- 

 munications for pubication to Editorial Offices, Illinois Agricultural 

 .Association RECORD, 43 East Ohio St.. Chicago. The individual mem- 

 bership fee of the Illinois Agricultural Association is five dollars a year. 

 The fee includes payment of fifty cents for subscription to the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association RECORD. Postmaster: Send notices on Form 

 ^^78. Undeliverable copies returned under Form 3^79 to editorial offices, 

 43 E. Ohio St.. Chicago 11, III. 



APRIL, 1949 



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By Charles B. Shutnan 



Preudeul Illinois Agrn'ullurM Ai^oniitinn 



V'ERY farmer can rcmcmher the great thrill that 

 came as he turned tlie first furrow with his own 

 plow the year he started farming "for himself". 

 It was a thrill to he repeated again and again as 

 he added more efficient tools to his 

 farming equipment. My first trac- 

 tor of \^>1'-) would make a sorry 

 comparison with todays modern, 

 speedy po\\crhouses of tiie fields. 

 These rapid and revolutionary im- 

 provements in farm machinery have 

 helped farmers increase their pro- 

 duction efficiency and in turn their 

 living standards. Yes, it costs 

 monev - - hig money to modernize 

 ayriculturc. 



C. B. Shuman 



I ' ARMERS have other \aluahlc tools in addition to 

 I the implements of the tield. Our farmer coopera- 

 tives have repeatedly proven themseKes to Ix- es- 

 sential farm tools. They are making a great contribu- 

 tion toward a more stable and s.xtisfactory American 

 agriculture by injecting increaseil competition anil effi- 

 ciency in the fields of distribution and marketing. Yes, 

 Illinois farmers have many millions of dollars invested 

 in their cooperative tools — but not too many consider- 

 ing the size of the unfinished task. 



NEW cooperative tool has been purchased I The 

 acquisition of a 2^2 niillion bushel terminal ele- 

 vator in Chicago by the Illinois Grain Terminals 

 Company, in effect, gives the farmers of Illinois an- 

 other powerful machine. This was not the result of a 

 hast)- decision or a sudden impulse. 



VER a period of several years a numlxr of Farm 

 Bureau type cooperative elevator companies ha\e 

 been formed with the intention of eventually mer- 

 chandising grain. Two years of careful investigation 

 have resulted in this decision to take another step 

 towards the goal of bringing the producers and con- 

 sumers closer together. 



UR cooperative grain commission and brokerage 

 operations have been and will continue to be essen- 

 tial services. However, developments during re- 

 cent harvest seasons have dramatized the need for a 

 farmer-owned terminal grain storage and handling fa- 

 cility. New early maturing varieties of corn and so\- 

 Ix?ans harvested with our modern pickers and combines 

 have resulted in a greatly increased early fall movement 

 of grain. 



HE grain trade and processors generally have taken 



advantage of the pressure of this movement and 



have extracted wide handling margins and large 



moisture discounts. ITie facilities purchased by Illinois 



Grain Terminals can handle approximately 15 million 



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