Title: Illinois Agricultural Association record (microform)
Identifier: 5060538.1923-1930
Year: 1923 (1920s)
Authors: Illinois Agricultural Association; Illinois Agricultural Association. Record
Subjects: Agriculture -- Illinois
Publisher: Mendota, Ill. : The Association
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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bsued Every Other Saturday for 63,000 thinking Fanners—May 9, 1925 No. 9 id, Hoopeston, iwly organized j nsurance Gom- been studying! na, and he and') A. office man- le Iowa situa-'l Le re-insurance'l ed as perform- service to the* monwealtbs in ding the riskS' farm mutuals 1 tornado. It tisfactory plan r'j reby farm mu-i f nies in Illinois l) i in a common le re-insurance Ide. sident McFar- Ar. Kelker and' A. insurance formulating a' e presented to littee for ap-' iman, field or- is Agricultural Ltion, will pre- irance plan to' Is. There are nsurance com- nn Ice Bill 'A by House r the Tice bill, ise, are as fol- 1 wners of 75 per ' breeding: and lunty operating -ea plan, Bhall entB with the Agriculture, the oil the county area plan an«1 orney and the or board of of Buch county jberculln in the ? hands of the, Agriculture, sed for feeding nded. ether tested by or under the ist be branded ate Department is required on r cattle coming ;ed area coun- ed on all dairy ■ning into coun- ■ ners of 75 per ? signed agree- Department of ay retestiis re- oming into any 3 also required 1 breeding cat- Illinois county i dairy cattle to ,)j sale at public ate of Illinois. Ifted herd or a ' ea, shall be tu- qualified veter- , lays immediate- ? of sale, by the Senate ■ pernor, boHi of viU go into ef- rence between ' the House and by the^I. A. A. ' of time until le cattle to be ' retest. of $3,000,000 es during the is deemed nec- e t. b. eradica- FACTS ers Commission d in 1922, han- re stock carry- in 1924. Total 127,225,247. and idends were de- Stock Commis- N'ational Stock lished in 1922, ■arrying 1,036.- es amounted to nage dividends * lission Assocla- established in '1 animals in 12.- 9 amounted to / ^dividends to ^4 i p^ "ORGANIZATION PAYS" IS LESSON TAUGHT IN TORNADO RELIEF WORK Emergency Adviser Appointed to Help Hamilton County Red Cr^u with Fann Relief Within two weeks after the na- tion's most destructive tornado swept acress Southern Illinois, re- lief workers in Hamilton county, the only one in the afflicted area not having a farm adviser or a county farm bureau, found that they were severely handicapped in their rehabilitation work by not having an organization through which to direct their efforts. Farm bureaus in the other afflicted coun- ties—Franklin, Jackson and White —had benefited from their organi- zation machinery and within a few days after the storm had passed they had plans well under way for cleaning away the debris and help- ing farmers get back to normal as quickly as possible. In White county, for instance, the clean-up campaign was stag'^d within nine days after the storm. In view of the existing condi- tions, H. W. Mumford, dean of the College of Agriculture, University of Illinois and director of its ex- tension service, named J. C. Spitler, assistant state leader of farm ad- visers, emergency farm adviser for the county. Striking Results Working with the Hamilton county unit of the Illinois Farm Re- lief Committee, Mr. Spitler put def- inite plans for farm rehabilitation work into operation and within two weeks the work in the county had progressed to the point where it was on a par with that in the other three counties having farm advis- ers. What was accomplished was nothing short of a striking demon- stration of what can be accom- plished by even a temporary farm adviser. Throughout the work Mr. Spit- ler worked in close co-operation with the local unit of the American Red Cross. Before Mr. Spitler and the representatives of the Illinois Farm Relief Committee started their work the Red Cross had early met the problem of food, clothing, shelter, medical assistance and hos- pitalization. However, when it came to taking the next steps in the relief of farmers and their families, it was evident that Hamilton coun- ty was handicapped by not having an organization of farmers, for farmers, such as existed in White, Jackson and Franklin counties. Temporary Farm Organization The temporary farm organization committee in Hamilton county was composed of C. N. Burnett, A. B. Anderson and Frank Porter. Mr. Spitler served as emergency farm adviser for two weeks and at the end of that time was relieved by C. E. Gates, club work specialist of the agricultural college. The local committee decided that a clean-up of the debris, such as had been and was being accom- plished in the other counties, was the most necessary thing to do at that time, and Monday, April 6, was set when all forces would drop all else to help clear away the twisted wreckace With the assistance of the emer- gency farm adviser, the local com- mittee started a five-day campaign to get the assistance of as many able-bodied men as possible who could devote Monday, April 6, to the huge clean-up of debris. Organized Farm Clean-up An article telling of the big day was placed in each county news- paper. Personal letters were sent to 26 men living in the villages lo- cated over the county asking them to organize groups of men. Eight hundred leading farmers of the (Continued on page 3. col. 2.) TRYING TO LOOK SMALL
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AMENDMENT TO CUTHBERTSON GAS TAX BILL IS PUT TO SENATE THIS WEEK; ALLOCATION OF FUNDS IS CHANGED TO FAVOR LARGER CITIES Big Grain Merger Again Asks Cohtinuance to Ward Off Inquiry By State Continuing its tactics of evasion to ward oft an inquiry by the state, the ^26,000,000 grain merger ap- plied for another two weeks' delay on its hearing before the Illinois Commerce Commission which was scheduled for April 29. Counsel for the Grain Marketing Company asked, for a two weeks' continuance because the lawyer who was said to be most familiar with the case was detained in another court. Chairman Smitb of the Illinois Commerce commission granted the continuance, which is the third one, and stated that "we'll have to get down to the facts—we can't post- pone this thing too long." The I. A. A. had asked the Com- merce Commission to conduct a public inquiry into the grain mer- ger to protect the interests of Illi- nois farmers. Application for permission to sell Jl,000,000 worth of stock in the Grain Marketing Company was made to the Indiana Public Securi- ties Commission at Indianapolis recently. Upon protest of the Indiana Farm Bureau Federation, the appli- cation was not granted and a hear- ing was set for May 19. Applica- tion to sell stock in Michigan has met a similar reaction from the Michigan Farm Bureau Federation. FARM BUREAU OFHCE BURNED AT DANVILLE Fire, originating in a photogra- pher's shop in the downtown sec- tion of Danville Sunday, April 26, virtually destroyed a three-story brick building housing the Vermil- ion County Farm Bureau, the Red Cross, and the Chamber of Com- merce headquarters and damaged several stores on the ground fioor. The loss is estimated at 1100,000. GOAL OF $180,000 FOR FARM RELIEF NEAR REALIZATION Cowles and Anderson of Relief Committee Spend Much Time on Work in the Storm Area Illinois farmers have come to ;the assistance of their unfortunate neighbor-farmers in the tornado- swept district of Southern Illinois so effectively that a total of $167,- 665.30 is now in the hands of the Illinois Farm Relief Committee, ac- cording to R. A. Cowles, chairman of the committee and I. A. A. treas- urer. Thirty-three Counties Over Top Thirty-three counties have ex- ceeded the $2,000 quota suggested by the committee and additional contributions are being received daily. In all, 86 counties have sent in part or all of their quotas. Chairman Cowles and \-ice-chalr- man Curt Anderson of the commit- tee have each week spent some time in the storm area calling on repre- sentatives of local disaster relief committees and Red Cross repre- sentatives, and have reviewed with rural case workers certain cases and peculiar problems involved. "Business rehaljilitation needs in the country are being determined as rapidly as possible and immedi- ate needs supplied as determined," says Mr. Cowles. "The mechanics involved in the work are, determin- ing needs, making immediate min- imum awards, selection of vendor, material, equipment and supplies, by beneficiary, disbursing the award and direct settlement with vendor by the Red Cross. Award According to Needs "Awards in all cases are madf strictly in accordance with needs. There is no attempt or obligation on the part of the Red Cross to re- imburse anybody for iofaes sus- (Oontinued Twenty per cent of Revenue Will Go to Highway Commiuion, 20 per cent to Countie* on 1924 License Fee Basis, and 60 per cent to Counties on Basb of State Aid Road Mileage. SPRINGFIELD, ILL., May «—(Special)—An amendment to the Cuth- bertson gas tax bill which is pending in the legislature with the Senate revenue committee's recommendation that it pass, will be introduced by the sponsors of the bill this week, according to the legislative committee of the Illinois Agricultural Association and Senator An- drew S. Cuthbertson (Macoupin) who have been in conference here. In an interview Senator Cuthbertson said that the bill as it now stands provides for division of the gas tax revenue to all counties in proportion to the per- missible state aid road mileage in each county. The amendment will change this allocation of funds so that 20 per cent of the total contemplated receipts will go to the State Highway commission, 20 per cent to the connties on the basis of the 1924 license fees and 60 per cent on the basis of the State Aid road mileage in each county. Allocation Changed "We are changing the bill in this way," said Sena- tor Cuthbertaon, "in order to make a more fair return to the count! »s which have the big cities. This will permit each lounty to apply its own money where and how it sees fit with 20 per i ent to be expended by the SUte Highway commission wiiti a state-wide Jnd county-to-county travel viewpoint.

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