Pdiji Foitf 



THE I. A. A. RECORD 



Harrison Fahrnkopf 

 Grain 



Ray E. Miller 

 Livestock 



A. B. Leeper Frank Gougler 



Fruits and 'Produce 



Vegetables ' 



FIVE SPECIALISTS DIRECT THE CO-OPERATIVE MARKETING ACTIVITIES OF THE ILLINOIS AGRICUL- 

 TURAL ASSOCIATION. IN ADDITION TO ASSISTING THE COUNTY FARM BUREAUS IN ORGANIZING 

 PRODUCERS INTO NEW COMMODITY GROUPS, THESE MEN STUDY SUCCESSFUL CO-OPS. IN OTHER 

 STATES, GATHER PRACTICAL INFORMATION AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO THOSE ALREADY ESTAB- 

 LISHED HERE. EDUCATIONAL WORK AMONG PRODUCERS, AND MANAGEMENT SERVICE ARE IMPOR- 

 TANT FEATURES OF I. A. A. MARKETING ACTIVITIES, 



A Year of Progress In Co-operative Marketing 



Substantial Gains Are 



Made In Co-op. Selling 



Survey Shows Illinois Farmers Are 

 Working Together 



''I'^HK year 192'* saw more real co-opcriiivc 



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marketing proj;rc*'S Jn Illinois tli.in 

 similar pcrind in year.. 



i.arly in the year the Pure Mi!k AsstK:ia|inn 

 ori;ani/eii and iptJnMircd by the northern 

 nois County larm Burtkius and the 1. A 

 won its fii;ht ior recognititin on| the niairket 

 Today it is one of tlw larne^^t cjollective bar- 

 };aininjL; associatitms in the country and controls 

 subManiially ail ot the whole milk i;*''">| *^ 

 the Chicago market tron> points in Illinois, 

 ntirthern Indiana, and southern VC'iscon-.in 



Vi'ith tluid milk co-oper.ui\es o[xratin>; at 

 Chicago, Po>ria, Rocklord, Springtield. Uloimi- 

 ington. Champaign, and Quincy. and with new 

 collective bargaining associations now b.'ing 

 formed at St. l.ouis, Decatur, and. Rock Islind, 

 Illinois b<K»n will be the best or*.gani/.ed state 

 in this respect in the middle west. 



Producer To Consumer 



At Quincy, Springfield, St. Louis, and ^ au- 

 kegan, tarnier-owned con»pantes are not i^nly 

 processing but alsii distributing; milk and d liry 

 products. The Highland Dairy Farms Company 

 fs .in inip4irtant factor in the dijstribution 

 milk on the St. L^mis market and handles p 

 tically all the production of dairymen aro.i 

 Highland and adjoining communities in Mad 

 county. 



A move to organize northwestern lUi i 

 dairymen who sell to the condenserics a a 

 launelied ac Dixon several w eeks am>. I 

 activities of the dairy marketing department vill 

 be directed toward co-ordinating i the varii 

 Illinois milk co-operativcs. 



Educational Program 



Livestock marketing activities l^ave centered 

 in a broad pri>gram of education | among li 

 stock growers and shippers this year. Teacl 

 the principles of co-operative marketing, 

 need for collective action in the kale i>f I 

 stock has been the watchword of the livesi 

 marketing department. Scores of ilours to 

 terminal markets at Chicago, Peofij, L-ist 

 ' Louis, and Indianapolis have been held 

 the gr(»wers have received first-hand informat 

 about the work of their own Producer co-i 

 tivf selling agencies. 



\ th4ir<iugh study and analysis of grain mar- 

 keting both in the L'-niied States and Canada 



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has been made by the grain markeitng depart- 

 ment, and n«>w plans for turther marketing ac- 

 ii\ities ih Illinois are rapidly materializing. The 

 I. A. ,\. is working hand in hand with the 

 lUinois I armers' Grain Dealers Association and 

 its leaders to this end. As these plans are 

 definitely formuhiied they will be presented to 

 the membership. 



Soybean Men Organized 



The lirst co-operaiive association of soybean 

 growers in the United States was organized dur- 

 ing the year by I arm Bureau and I. A. A. lead- 

 ers. The Soybean .Marketing Association, open 

 to all growers, has established headquarters at 

 Champaign. The membership signup is well 

 underway. T!ie association expects to have con- 

 trol of the bulk of the 5.000.000 bushel soybean 

 crop grown annually in Illinois by the tini. the 

 1950 crop is harvested. 



The grain marketing department assisted the 

 i gypiian Seed Growers* Lxchange in obtaining 

 federal Kami Board aid and the promise of 

 ample funds t<» advance growers on red top seed. 

 J urther assistance to red top growers will ^c 

 given in 19*0. 



During 1929 the number of co-operative pro- 

 duce marketing associations was nearly dt>ubled 

 until now more than 4(i Art: operating through- 

 out the stale. Tiiese produce associations or 

 cream clubs average about MO producers each 

 whi) delixer apprtiximately 100,000 lbs. of but- 

 terfjt in a year. Produce is sold a year in 

 .id\ance to the highest bidder. The cream clubs 

 have been successful in reducing the cost t)f 

 assembling cream. They have had a strong in- 

 fiuehce in improving quality and increasing tjie 

 net price to the farmer from three to fixe cenfs 

 per lb. Approximately 4,0110.0(10 lbs. of fat 

 are soKl .innu.ilU through these co-operatives. 



Form State Co-op 



More recenth steps were taken in federate 

 these "jnarketing activities through the organiza- 

 tion V)f the Illinois Produce Marketing Associa- 

 tion. The centralized creameries in the state 

 have shown a disposition to Ci»-operate with the 

 produce co-op^ra lives of late and several con- 

 ferences between creamery and producer repre- 

 sentatives have been held. These augur well 

 ftir a s.Tiisfactory arrangement between buyer 

 and seller. 



A start toward developing a chain of pro- 

 ducer-owned roadside markets for selling fruit 

 and vegetables was launched in Jiily in north- 

 ern, central, and southern Illinois. To market 

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Livestock Growers Talk 

 Co-operative Marketing 



Get First Hand Information On 

 Market Towns 



11 OU* liiinois livestock >;rt)wcrs arc sprt-jd- 

 ' *- inj; the j;ospcl «>{ co-operative marketiiii; 

 is revealed in tlie reports i)t community meet- 

 ings held thr<iiif;hiiut the state received by the 

 I. A. A. livestock marketing; department. Mar- 

 keting; problems are discussed and intt>rmaticin 

 is presented by farmers who have studied co- 

 operative marketinj; first-hand at the terminal 

 livestock markets. 



"During the month of November we held a 

 series of 14 community meetings in diiferent 

 parts of the county," writes T. W. May, farm 

 adviser in Madison county. "A number of men 

 have j;iven s<ime excellent talks on livestock 

 marketinj; and the Pri»ducers Ojmmission Asso- 

 ciation. The men asked to speak were selected 

 from those who attended the tour to the Na- 

 tional Stock Yards. These men have proved 

 themselves able to discuss very intelli>;ently some 

 ot our marketing problems and to urge live- 

 stock growers to cooperate in selling their stock. 

 I hese talks are stimulating increased interest 

 in a better markelnit; systetii." 



Best Ever Held 



"1 he livestock marketing meetings have just 

 been completed and without question have been 

 the best series ever held." writes S. F. Russell 

 of Adams county. "Local leaders had meet- 

 ings well arranged and discussions were ex- 

 cellent. Reports were made <5n the tour to the 

 -National Stock Yards also on the county-wide 

 marketing conference conducted here several 

 weeks ago. Ivactly 970 men and women at- 

 tended the 12 meetings,'* 



Approximately 4(i() attended a scries of live- 

 stock marketing meetings held in Knox county, 

 according to A. R. Kemp, farm adviser. These 

 meetings were conducted at Altoona, Appleton, 

 \ictorij, Knoxville, Vl'illiamsfield, Oneida, and 

 Hermon. 



"Organized agriculture has been responsible 

 for most of the progress in the farming busi- 

 ness," said Harry C. Gchring, president of the 

 Knox County Farm Bureau at the Altoona meet- 

 ing. "That is why the Farm Bureau appointed a 

 livestock marketing committee. A marketing 

 system without producer control will never 

 favor the farmer, but the system of co-opera- 

 tive selling now being followed on the big 

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