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Title: Illinois Agricultural Association record (microform)
Identifier: 5060538.1931-1934
Year: 1931- December 1934 January 1931- December 1934 (Jan0s)
Authors: Illinois Agricultural Association; Illinois Agricultural Association. Record
Subjects: Agriculture
Publisher: Mendota, Ill. : The Association
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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:•'.-. A. A. RECORD EXTRA EDITION, JUNE, 1932 NEW ARMORY AT DECATUR
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0, In June, 1912, foundation of the Farm Illinois was laid in De- Kankakee counties. Both 3ns in these counties were first as soil and crop im- ; associations. Later as came aware of the larger affecting their industry ie beyond their line fences the need for a strong, )rganization to fight for try and represent them islative and rate-making 5 learned that their job finished when they grew for market; that the way ?as marketed was of equal e to its production. This 1 gave rise to the Farm lovement as we know it nr years after the launch- e local organizations in nd Kankakee the Illinois ral Association was formed ation of county Farm Bu- Eckardt, first county ad- JeKalb county, and John of Kankakee county, old- r in point of service in the began work simultaneously 1, 1912. The DeKalb oil Improvement Associa- been organized on March and the Kankakee County Crop Improvement As- followed on April 20, the ir. These were the first in the United States to definit.e-tarmer's organiza- ktryon a full program of on and marketing service lers. Tazewell in '13 ^e 1, 1913 Tazewell county 3d and adopted the name ?11 Countv Farm Bureau." said to be the first time e was used in the United In 1913 eight new counties arm Bureau work brinQ;ine il of organized counties to iS'ear later the Smith-Lever a s passed apnropriatine for county agents. In that fe more counties ore;anl7eH g the total to 15 Bv 1919 county Farm Bureaus had •^anized. and by 1921 there 5 counties in which there :tive Farm Bureau organiza- perating. niinoi.s Aerlcultural Assocla- rved first as a medium for ^ Farm Bureau leaders to- to discuss sta^e and national IS. Its earlv efforts were con- rgely to representlnsr Illinois ture In the state legislature. 1919 the founders of the bureau visualized the nos- J? of a stronar. well-financed. t organisation tx3 represent ; ■ Given First Attention Legislation, taxation, representa- tion before rate-making bodies, and organized buying of agricultural limestone and ground rock phos- phate were given chief attention. Nejct co-operative marketing with departments for each commodity were set up so as to help producers retain control of their product un- til it reached the processor or con- sumer. The Producer co-operative live- stock marketing associations, the milk and produce co-operatives now operating in almost every market center in and adjoining Illinois, the Illinois Fruit Growers Exchange, the Egyptian Seed Growers Ex- change, the wool pool, and now the Illinois Grain Corporation were outgrowths of that early movement to give the farmer a vo'ce in the sale of his products. ;, •;•,;..;/, Early in 1924 a new ser ice was added when the present- Illinois Agricultural Auditing Association was organized then as the Illinois Agricultural Co-operatives Associa- tion. The primary object of this service was to provide an adequate and competent audit and account- ing service for co-operative associa- tions and agricultural organiza- tions. Later Services The Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Co. was launched a year later on November 21, 1925 to provide fire, hail, windstorm insurance, and re- insurance for local farm mutuals. Next came the Illinois Agricul- tural Mutual Ins. Co i-n-1926, the Illinois Farm Sunnly Co. in 1927, and the Country Life Insurance Co. In 1929. Throughout this period were organized many co-operatives about market centers and in rural communities throughout the state. Ten years as:o at the 10th Anni- versary Celebration in DeKalb. Eugene Davenport, then dean of the State CoUesre of Agriculture, wrote of this celebration: "Illinois farm neople from everv corner of the great commonwealth, from the roll ins: hills, the fertile bottoms, and sweeping prairies, commemo-^ rate the organization of the first Farm Bureaus in Illinois. They are gathered to celebrate the achieve- ment of 10 years, and to look for- ward to the great promise that lies ahead—a promise of a profitable and permanent agriculture and a successful and satisfactory farm life." v.-^;. .; So on July 4 will members of the Farm Bureau gather in every county, mindful of the fear and paralysis that for the present grips the nation; conscious of the greed and exploitation largely responsible for the condition of the country, but steadfast in support of organ- ized effort, and looking ahead to a more successful and satisfactory farm life. LAUNCH DRIVE TO RAISE PRICE (Continued from page 1) The executive session lasted un- til almost noon, and the waiting crowd was kept busy by J. H. Check- ly, Logan county farm adviser who led in community singing. President Smith was greeted with a two-minute ovation when he mounted the platform. He did not waste time in preliminaries. He stated that the condition of the Illinois farmer had been growing worse and worse and that reports ,. of staff members pointed to a . ' critical situation. ,.! ... Explaining the operation of the emergency price raising plan, Mr. Smith cited an example of a farmer selling 1,000 bushels of wheat. If the survey of the secre- tary of agriculture showed that 75 per cent of the wheat crop was needed for home consumption, the farmer would have 250 bushels de- ducted from his total and receive negotiable paper for 750 bushels. "We do not intend.to wait until ^ -^^ the excise tax of 42 cents is col- lected before paying off," he said. "We expect that unappropriated"" resources of the treasury be used in .■ • payment and that those funds be ';V^' repaid through excise tax levy. "On May 23 I went to Washing- ton to see what could be done about it," he said. "With me were other farm leaders, interested in finding some relief for not only .;..•, Illinois farmers, but the farmers '. of the nation. We wanted to know ' ;• v what was being done to get rid of:. accumulated crop surpluses. Credit Only Tentporary "All we heard was discussion of ways and means to extend more lines of credit to more people. With prices of farm products at the point where we ship our capital away whenever we ship our corn or hogs, what good is credit going to do us? It is merely temporary. "We asked if America could come back if farm prices were not brought back. We got blank looks. "We told these party leaders that the way .to stop the depression was to hurdle it instead of trailing it. "We got the job of working it out ourselves. We have drafted the bill and it has been presented by

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