Grain Terminals SM 

 Campaign is 



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Shown in Tuscola discussing stock-selling 

 campaign to raise $7,750,000 for a grain 

 fermlnals program affiliated with the lAA 

 are, left to right: Hoyd Kahn, Douglas 

 County farm Bureau president; George t. 

 Metxger, lAA, director of fhe campaign; 

 t. 5. Wetzel, Douglas f.B, treasurer; D. H. 

 CuppY, Douglas County Service Company 

 board president; and Charles S. Mayfield, 

 lAA, who assisted with the stock campaign. 



AS IHI: lAA Record went to press 

 S:,()6().2()0 of stO(.k li.id been sold 

 in the Illinois Grain Terminals 

 Company and it was apparent that 

 the goal of S2,7'i().()()() would he 

 achieved early this month. In the years 

 to come, Illinois I'arni Bureau members 

 will look back on this campaii;n as a 

 milestone in the establishment of a com- 

 plete grain marketint; program. 



Success ot the stock campaign assured 

 farmers that they were tmally launched 

 in the grain merchandising business vs ith 

 the ownership and operation of a 2' . 

 million bushel grain terminal elevator in 

 C hicago. This marks the first time that 

 oji Illinois grain cooperative has had such 

 a markc-ting outlet ot its own. 



Operation of a terminal ele\ator gives 

 the Illinois farmer a new m.irket for his 

 grain. It enables Illinois Grain Termi- 

 nals to dean, dry and blend grain. Dry- 

 ing facilities are becoming more and 

 more important to the grain producer. 

 The Nf ay 1 s report showed that s I 

 County I'arm Bureaus had passed (heir 

 cju(5ta and had oversubsc ribed a total of 

 S2l6.'iO(). This more tli.m took care 

 ot the Sl6J,()0fl cjuota assigned to Cham- 

 paign and ('hristian Countv larm Bu- 

 reaus who elected not to endorse the 

 stock selling project in their respccli\c 

 counties. 



Ninety-seven of the 99 county I'arm 

 Bureaus in the state endorsed the proj- 

 ect and on May IS. a total of 69 Ciounty 

 I'arm Bureaus had bought class C stock, 

 and 84 had sent in subscriptions for 

 class A stock. 



George E. Metzger. held secretary for 

 the Illinois Agricultural Association, re- 

 ported that 'the response and enthusiasm 

 for the program throughout the state has 

 been wonderful." Good weather for 

 field work has been the only factor that 

 has slowed the solicitation. 



A review ot the project throughout 

 the counties shows that the job was done 

 by the local, hard-working I'arm Bureau 

 members who went out and told the 

 story of grain marketing to their neigh- 

 bors. It brought a thrill to the field men 

 and slate leaders to see llie old-fashioned 



Farm Bureau spirit at the kickoff meet- 

 ings. It was the same spirit that built 

 the Illinois Farm Bureau into its present 

 position ot leadership in America today. 

 It's the kind of spirit that will t.icklc any 

 job and lick it. That's why I'arm Bu- 

 reau gets things done. 



The .si C'ounty Farm Bureaus which 

 had topped their c|uotas on May \ '> are 

 as follows: Bureau. Clark, Clay, Clinton, 

 Cook, Crawford, Cumberland, DeKalb, 

 Fdwards. I'ayette. I'ranklin, Grundy, 

 lackson, lersev. |o Daviess. Kendall, 

 Knox, Lake, Madison, McDonough, 

 Mercer, Montgomery, Morgan. Perr\-, St. 

 Clair, Stephenson, Tazewell, Wabash, 

 Will, and Willi.imson. 



By the time this issue of the RicoRD 

 reaches you, there probably will be many 

 more over their cjuota. 



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lAA REAFFIRMS POSITION ON MARGARINE 



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i'W k'Ti- V('ILL not op|->ose remov.il 



■ A/ of the taxes on oleomarga- 



WW rine, provided some other 



W W means ot preserving the 



identification between butter 



and oleomargarine is developed. " 



This was the position of the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association a year ago dur- 

 ing hearings in Washington on a bill to 

 re|''eal lederal taxes on yellow margarine. 

 Ihe lAA took a similar position at 

 Springfield last month during hearings 

 on a bill to repeal the Illinois law which 

 prohibits the sale of yellow margarine. 

 Speaking for the lAA, Judson P. 

 Mason, director of dairy marketing, said: 

 Positive identification between the prod- 

 ucts affords the best solution for all in- 

 terested parties, that each product ^ell 

 on its own merit. The color line is the 

 most practical means of providing posi- 



tive identification of butter and oleo- 

 margarine, lor that reason, we ot 

 course, oppose legislation which would 

 remove the present color distinction.' 



During the hearings some soybean 

 growers and processors asked tor repeal 

 of the law against yellow margarine. 

 Mason pointed out to them that one of 

 the l.irgest groups of consumers of soy- 

 bean meal are dairy farmers. With 

 lower demand for butterfat, he said, 

 there will be a lower demand for soy- 

 bean meal. He said, too, that when 

 cocoanut oils become more plentiful soy- 

 bean oil will be pushed aside in favor 

 of these cheaper oils. 



Another speaker was Forrest C. Fair- 

 child, man.iger of Prairie Farms Cream- 

 eries. I'airchild pointed out that the 

 butter industry claims the yellow color 

 as its own. There is no reason, he said. 



why the oleomargarine industry cannot 

 develop a color of its own. Peanut 

 butter and cott.ige cheese have both 

 developed their own peculiar coloring 

 and have been accepted on their own 

 merits by the public. 



O. H. Ryan, president of the Illinois 

 Milk Producers' Association, emphasized 

 the importance of promoting the dairy 

 indu.stry because of its value in soil con- 

 servation. Depletion of dairy herds, he 

 said, would mean less pasturing, more 

 cropping, and more soil erosion. 



President W. J. Swayer of the Pure 

 Milk Association contested the argument 

 that low income groups would stand to 

 >:ain most from unrestricted sales of 

 margarine. He said that if butter sales 

 dropped, farmers would have to curtail 

 their dairy herds. The resulting com- 

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I. A. A. RECORD 



JUNE, 



