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! June 15, 1923 



The DlinoU Agricultural AssodatiraRecord 



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Ml Carroll Producers Pleased With 



Success of One Year of Co-operation 



When fanners in the vicinity of Jit. Carroll decided to or- 

 piUiize a co-operative creamery company to supply the locality 

 with a good market for dairy products, advisory aid was asked 

 from tlw Dairy Marketing Department of the I. A. A. That was 

 in tlie ii\\\ of 1!)21. The aid ^-^s given and a new co-operative 

 opened for business, January 2, 1922. : 



When siockhoUlcrs in the Mt. Carroll Co-operative Creamery Com- 

 pany met to consider their first year's results on January 27. 1923. 

 they found that their company had transacted nearly $88,000 worth of 

 business during the year, was able to declare a seven per cent divi- 

 dend on all paid up stock, and had $1,442.65 balance on hand. 



That's partly the reason why the dairy producers of the territory 

 were satisfied with their flrst year of business. But there were other 

 pleasing things too, about this flrst year of co-operationi as will be 

 shown. 



In the organization of the Mt. 

 Carroll Co-operative Creamery, 

 shares of stock were sold at $50 

 per share, the company being cap- 

 italized for $10,000. No member 

 is allowed to hold more than five 

 shares. Most members hold but 

 one share as is shown by the fact 

 that there are now 135 stockhold- 

 ers oWning 147 shares of stock. 

 ""Considerable expense was neces- 

 sary before establishment and dur- 

 ing 1922, the cost of building and 

 equipment. An old creamery was 

 purchased at a cost of $6,010, while 

 repairs and addition of new equip- 

 ment during the year incurred an 

 expense of over $3,000. 



Plant Opens 



■ During the first two weeks after 

 the plant was opened, 108 patrons 

 delivered cream. This number 

 gradually increased until as many 

 as 219 producers were r.trons of 

 the co-operative creamery during 

 eiit flush season of the year. 



.4 total of 186,424 pounds of but- 

 ter was made during Vyl2 by But- 

 ter-maker G. W. Messner and his 

 as.^istanf Joe Bowinpn, Ry far 

 the largest part of this was sold 

 iu prints to retail merchants in 

 larger Illinois cities. Some was 

 shipped to Iowa. The tub butter 

 shipped went to Chicago commis- 

 sion houses. 



Preminni on Butter 



It is interesting to note that the 

 high quality of the product caused 

 it to commaniT a premium on the 

 market. Print butter sold at one 

 cent over 92 score on the Chicago 

 market, while tub butter sold at 

 one cent under 92 score print but- 

 ter on the Chicago market. 



A short summary of the cream- 

 ery receipts for the year from the 

 various sources of accounts, fol- 

 lows : 



C'otnmisslfikHouses $18,715.40 



Retail SiSWants 47.018.7^ 



I'alroii.s 3.005.85* 



Buttermilk 631.47 



Sundry Items *.,... 20.45 



Butter Inventory 696.33 



Total 



$70,078.22 



Disbursements totalled $68,085.59. 

 From the profits, $550 was set 

 aside for stock dividend, $445 for 

 the purchase of a cream vat, and 

 leaving a balance on band of 

 j $997.63. 



Poultry Products Too 

 ji Besides its butter trade, the "co- 

 I op" handled poultry and eggs tor 

 its patrons on the very narrow 

 margin of one cent per dozen for 

 eggs and one cent per pound for 

 ppultry. This is less than halt tbe 

 usual margin of buyers. 



Only the small balance of $393.06 

 was shown to the credit side of 

 the poultry products handled, due, 

 of course, to^he narrow margin at 

 which they were purchased. Re- 

 ceipts for eggs during the year 

 totalled $10,365.52 and chickens 

 were sold to the value of $7,131.19. 

 The Mt. Carroll Creamery found 

 that handling poultry and eggs for 

 patrons worked in ver^ well along 

 with its dairy trade. The voltftnte 



of poultry products m>uld not be 

 so great as to warrant the estab- 

 lishment of a separate'jco-operative 

 shipping association. jAdded con- 

 venience to patrons i^ given by 

 making it handy for tbem to de- 

 liver their cream, eggs4 and poul- 

 try to the o"e station. { 



What Are Bene^ts? 



In the consideration ctf the suc- 

 cess of a year's operatfpn of the 

 Mt. Carroll Co-operative Creamery, 

 the question might naturally arise, 

 and justly, too: "Outside of the 

 stock dividends paid, what actual 

 benefits did the co-operative cream- 

 ery bring that would not have 

 been received by patronizing local 

 dealers?" 



Probably a study of the accom- 

 4 ^ ^ L 



panying table showing the price 

 paid for cream during each month 

 of 1922 by the Mt. Carroll Coop- 

 erative Creamery, the Elizabeth 

 Co-operative Creamery, and a 

 neighboring cream station, will 

 help to answer that question. 



As can be seen from the table, 

 an average of about live cents per 

 pound was paid all through the 

 year by the Mt. Carroll Co-oper- 

 ative Creamery over that of the 

 neighboring cream station. The 

 "co-op" purchased 152.375 pounds 

 of butterfat during the year. At 

 five cents per pound difference, it 

 paid farmers $7,618.75 over what 

 a neighboring cream station paid. 



At the same time, it is estimat- 

 ed, judging from the prices paid 

 during other years, that the neigh- 

 boring cream station paid at least 

 four cents per pound more' than 

 if there had been no co-operative 

 creamery in Mt. Carroll. This 

 brings an estimated increase of 

 $13,713.75 which producers received 

 over what they might have, had 

 there been no "co-op." 



The fact that the Elizabeth Co- 

 operative Creamery paid more 

 than the Mt. Carroll Creamery did 

 during 1922 was possible because 



IN THEIR WORKING CLOTHES 



HoHein "News'* 

 , To Make Debut 

 Early In June 



The Illinois Holstein-Friesian 

 Association is starting a new pub- 

 lication to appiear this month, 

 "Tbe News," wtiich Will appear 

 monthly. The lollowing. are the 

 new officers of the Association: 



President. Frank T. Fowler, 

 Lake Villa; Vicf-Presidcnt, C. J. 

 Lindley. Greenville; Treasurer, A. 

 S. Benton, ithictpo; General and 

 Field Secretary, E. G. Thiero; 

 Directors, H. W. Allyn, Byron; W. 

 H. Fitch. Atirora; Geo. A. Fox, 

 Sycamore; LrM. Gentry, Oregon; 

 H. M. Wood, Delavan; W. W. 

 Yapp. Urbana. 



0f longer estatilishment of the 



former concern and the protjable 



better quality of' cream received. 



Increa.>ie This Tear 



Judging by the business of the 

 Mt. Carroll "co-op" so far this 

 year, it appears that 1923 will 

 easily see a great increase over 

 1922 in total volume. During the 

 first four months of this year, an 

 average of 600 pounds more butter 

 has been made each month over 

 the corresponding period last year. 

 Mtich more poultry and egg busi- 

 ness is evident tJliis year also. 



The creamery is beiag Consider- 

 ably improved this year. A new 

 cream vat and a retrigi^ration sys- 

 tem have already been installed. 

 In addition, the plant will l)e paint- 

 ed and otherwise improved during 

 the year. | 



Offirers'i Pleased 



Statements made 'by Chas 'W'. 

 Moore, president lot tbe Mt. Carroll 

 Co-operative .Creamery ConipaiiV. 

 aan H. Hostetter, -secretary, in- 



dicate that the.v 



are pleased with 



the results of fo-operfttion as it 

 has worked out lin the enterprise 

 hut there are sqine trials and trib- 

 uations also. 



As .Mr. Hostel tcr -eitpressed it: 

 "Co-operation is Iheionly thing. It 

 can work wM>nders if farmers will 

 only 'stick.' lioo many forget, 

 however, that the creamery is 

 their own enterprise and they will 

 desert it if some competitor offers 

 them a cent or tw-o more in .order 

 to win them away from their own 

 concern. They florget tllat the co- 

 operative is respohsTble. for the 

 higher prices and that if It is 

 killed, competitors will -pay the 

 same old prices." 



The Mt. Carroll Co-operative Creamery was undergoing repairs 

 when The Record visited it and we were unable to get a good pic- 

 ture of it. so we "snapped" two of the officers who happened to be 

 present, Charles "W. Moore, president, (left) and H. P. Hostetter. 

 secretary (right). 



Other oAcers are, Jasper Schamberger, vice-president, and S. A, 

 Keim, treasurer, who, with Sherman Gillespie, John Elliott, FraiLk 

 ■Vanderheyden, 'W. J. Hartman, William James, George Fulrath, and 

 President Moore, constitute tbe Board of Directors. 



Comparative Cream Prices (1922) 



No. of centa per lb. paid for buttrrfat. 



Mt. Carroll 



Cooperative 



Creamery 



Jan 31 & 34 



Feb 35 



March 36 & 35 



April 36 & 34 



May 32 & 34 



June ., 36 & 35 



July 33 



Aue 32 & 34 



Sept 40 4 42 



Oct '. 45 & 47 



Nov • 49v& 52 



Dec 55 & 50 



Elisabeth NriKhborinK 

 Cooperative Cream 



Creamery 



36>.i 



39 



37% 



36 '.J 



3714 



38 v.. 



37 



36 



42 



4714 



52 



54 



38.5 



41.16 



Station 



25 

 30 

 35 

 30 

 30 

 30 

 30 

 30 

 34 

 40 

 43 

 48 



33 8 



PITTSBURGH PLUS 

 PRACTICE IS HIT 

 HARD BY HOUSE 



Fake Steel Freight Charge is 



Target of Unanimous Vote; 



Sill To Governor 



By B unaniuoiis vote of 108 

 to 0. the IHiiB) s lIoifM> of R<>p- 

 resentativcs Imi ilcclan-d against 

 "Pittslmrph ^lus," following 

 the lead of the fik'.iiatf which had 

 already voted ito take jitcps to 

 abolish the stjefl industrj- -prac- 

 tice wliich adklffl the Pittsburgh 

 freight rativ t* the priw of steej 

 prodtlcts in laidu'estern miUs. 



The bill w'oi^J create a conimit- 

 tee of seven m«i|ibers api>ointed by 

 the Governor; two from the Sen- 

 ate; two from the House; vae 

 from the .Farm Bureau ; one <Tom 

 the Western .^ESociation of Rolled 

 Steel Consumers; and one, a man- 

 ufacturer. The committee is auth- 

 orized to prosH'Utc legal actions, 

 to co-operate with a similar boiy 

 of another state, and to inform the 

 public generally tor the purpose of 

 bringing about tbe, abolition ot 

 "Pittsburgh Plug." 



Provision Is also made by the 

 bill for the appropriation of $25,-' 

 000 for the coinraission'appointed. 



The bill is noir subject to action 

 by the Governor.- .» 



"Pitsburgh plus" aborrtipj^: is 

 backed by the |/^merican Farni Bu,- 

 reau Federatiii. The I. A. A^ 

 passed resolutions against tt at 

 the last amiUBl' iie^tlnp 



The pracliuejadds gr<" "•>'•■•♦'<. the 

 co«t of farm ^rinleme?- ... ■ '!:ift . 

 farmer is on© it tjio largest -if noli 

 the laitgest— n^r of steel products 

 in tho coun't). "'^'•^ imaginary 

 freight chapgei s of course pock- , 

 eted by th^ '»t*< 1 manufacti^rers. 



Charities, Send -■•■ \ 

 Folder Telling 

 Of the Outings 



The I'nUfed '(hiarities of Chica- 

 go is sinding Iti a list of I. A. A. 

 and Farm Btj|rt"au. members this 

 month an "HlikatratPd folder de-, 

 scribing the Okitings for Children 

 Project. This! 'older tells graph- 

 ically what Ib telng done for the 

 younirsters. - 



Ground Rock Phosphate- 



You Know What You're Getting "" . 

 You Pay Only For Quality Yo« Get 



Phosphate is a profit maker. It cuts down your , 

 labor cost per bushel of yield — increatses quality- and 

 selling value of the grain. 



The I. A. A. has a shipping office in Tennessee to 

 insure you prompt service and accuracy of weight 

 and quality — every carload is sampled and analyzed 

 and you are billed on the basis of the analysis. 



The buying power of the I. A. A.Minsures you 

 the lowest price consistent with high Quality. 



Yolir Farm Adviser has the information and or- 

 der forms. Get your orders in early through your 

 County Bureau. The price is loww now than later. 



Phosphate-Limestone Department 

 Dlinois Agricultural Association 



