December, 1930 



THE I. A. A. RECORD 



Page Thirteen 





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IMul^eting 



The Chicago Producers handle one 

 out of every five loads of live stock 

 shipped to Chicago by co-operative 

 shipping associations. 



For the first 10 months of 1930 the 

 Chicago Producers received 7,11 J co- 

 operative shipments, which represented 

 20.1% of the total co-operative loads 

 coming to the market. Illinois associa- 

 tions were the largest contributors; 

 Iowa second. 



The annual meeting of the Indian- 

 apolis Producers' Commission Ass'n. 

 , will be held Dec. 30, 10:30 A. M., 

 ' -'r'Severin Hotel, Indianapolis. The In- 

 ''-~ dianapolis Producers continues to han- 

 . <Ue around one-third of all live stock 

 . • received at that market, 90 per cent 

 ■: of which comes from co-operative ship- 

 "' ping associations. 



Fred Gumm, manager of the Paris 

 (Edgar Co.) Shipping Association, 

 against keen competition, shows a gain 

 in shipments to the Indianapolis Pro- 

 ,.' -v ducers over November a year ago. Dur- 

 ing the month of November he shipped 

 IS cars, compared with 14 a year ago. 

 Mgr. Frank Kettering, Vermilion 

 County Live S'ock Marketing Associa- 

 tion, Danville, ».onsigned 18 decks to 

 the Indianapolis Pi^duccrs during No- 

 vember. 



DURING the first nine months of 

 1930 Adams county led all other 

 Illinois counties in co-0(>erative ship- 

 ments of live stock to Producer agen- 

 cies. Adams shipped 634 carloads, 

 Fulton 5 50, Henry 5 55, DeKalb 477, 

 Macoupin 428, Knox 413, LaSalle 410, 

 McLean 384, and Peoria 396. 



The bulk of the Illinois co-operative 

 shipments went to the Producers at 

 Chicago, St. Louis, Peoria and Indian- 

 apolis. A larger number than ever be- 

 fore — 144 carloads — went to the Buf- 

 falo Producers. 



Total shipments to Producer agencies 

 for the nine months' period were 16,177 

 carloads. Chicago led with 6,732 car- 

 loads, St. Louis was next with 4,993, 

 Peoria third with 2,128, and Indian- 

 apolis 2,104. 



Live stock receipts at all the princi- 

 pal markets were lower this year than 

 last, hence shipments to the Producers 

 fell off to some extent compared with 

 the same period in 1929. 



liOADING IN — VEUIMILION COUNTY LIVESTOCK MARKETING ASSOCIATION 

 Liveatock farmers in and about Vermilion connty, Illinoix, are now icerved by 

 thin ap-to-dnte co-operati-ve with modern facilitiea for grradins. bandlinK. and 

 selling their cattle, hoKK. and Kheep. 



THE Vermilion County Live Stock 

 Marketing Association with head- 

 quarters at Danville is one of the new 

 county live stock co-operatives created 

 to organize the bargaining {jower of 

 Illinois live stock producers. The As- 

 sociation ships live stock on Tuesdays 

 and Thursdays, handling around seven 

 decks a week. 



Excellent facilities have been pro- 

 vided in a 210x63 foot shed capable of 

 housing 23 carloads of live stock at one 

 time. Two loading chutes are avail- 

 able and the unloading platform will 

 take care of four trucks at one time. 

 An up-to-date office, scales, paved 

 sorting-pens, and large live stock pens, 

 some of them holding as many as two 



carloads of stock, are part of the equip- 

 ment. 



Approximately 400 Vermilion coun- 

 ty live stock growers have signed agree- 

 ments to ship their live stock through 

 the co-operative association except 

 when they have carloads and wish to 

 consign direct to the large terminal 

 markets. 



The organization is capitalized at 

 $25,000, $4,000 of which has been 

 sold. A board of directors of seven 

 men and the manager, Frank B. Ketter- 

 ing, direct the a£Fairs of the association. 



The Big Four railroad co-operated in 

 providing trackage and facilities for 

 exoediting the handling of live stock. 



Stock Marketing Association shipped 

 10 decks to the Producers at Indian- 

 apolis. 



The following Illinois managers show 

 a gain over November last year: C. M. 

 Weller, Tuscola, with 10 cars; W. J. 

 Richey, Palestine; W. F. Kurtz, Tabor; 

 Hans Heit, Garrett; Harry Gosnell, 

 Rose Hill; Henry Voile, Mt. Pulaski; 

 Fred M. StoU, Season; Carl Shasteen, 

 Sullivan; W. E. Leischner, DeLand; H. 

 H. Richards, Parkersburg; O. C. Fisher, 

 Windsor; D. E. Elliott, Shelbyville. 



Illinois cattle feeders consigning to 

 the Producers at Indianapolis recently 

 were Frank Goodwin, Palestine; W. L. 

 Dunston, Marion, and John Conlin, 

 Arthur. 



cott here, Fulkerson said: "In the last 

 analysis, it is not for the United States 

 Department of Agriculture nor the 

 courts to decide, but for the American 

 live stock producer to say whether he 

 prefers to select one from the many 

 competent, self-appointed commission 

 firms doing business on this market to 

 sell his live stock for him, or whether 

 he prefers to market his product 

 through his own marketing agency. 

 Let all selling agencies agree to abide 

 by this decision and permit him to sell 

 any way he chooses on an open and 

 unrestricted market." 



Wants to Buy Land 



During the month of November Carl 

 Smith of the Champaign County Live 



CCT^HE abihty of the live stock pro- 

 J- ducer to market his own product 

 economically is shown by the fact that 

 the members of the St. Louis Producers' 

 Commission Association made a saving 

 in reduced commissions and cash re- 

 funds of approximately $129,000 last 

 year alone," said President J. R. Fulker- 

 son in a recent statement. 



Commenting upon the recent boy- 



"I have a client very much interested 

 in the purchase of large tracts of land, 

 either timbered, or cutover, or barren. 

 Write location and price per acre. 



"Most of this land will be used for 

 farming, and hunting, and fishing pur- 

 poses." 



X :' Charles H. Coles, 

 .:";f ; 180 East Park Ave., 

 •:'"'!■ Elmhurst, Illinois. 



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