St. Clair Service Company 

 Pays $22,040.47 Dividends 



J If).! I Sales Ta<al Reaches 

 ^, .S11.').1.{S.«2 



-fviur 



,•11 ,I'|-f>iiieMt -I. A. liaii-i'iiriicd the 

 ;iiiiiiiiil MK'otiiiir '>( till' St. Clair SiTvice 

 <'.im|i;iny at P>i-ll<'\ illi'. I »<(<n)lK'r 



1 Itli. 



Ill' I'jirol 5(10 intfrcsti'il li^tciui- win. hail 

 I'Miif fiiiiii Wa^hiiiutnii. Cliiitnn ami St. 

 <'lair fountii's to heartht' report i>f llu-ii- 

 lornpaiiyV jiroirri'ss diirinir ]'.>'M. 



TlifV hcarii plenty ami it wa.- all (rooill 

 They heanl that .<ale> for {hi-.yvar luiil 

 reaeheil S14r).l:;s.t;2 ami that 1080 

 jiatriliiatre (livideml cheeks aililiiijr up 4ii 

 a li.tal of S22.04il.1T were, signeil and 

 ready for P'ann Bureau patrons of the 

 eoMipany to ia>h — an average of •.SiO.ii.", 

 I'ef ehf^fk. Thox' attendinsr aL^o heard 

 ;1 >tory of >rood manauenient and exeel- 

 Iciit work of the sale.-;nien. Only .?7-">0 

 in aeeounts reOeivablc, remained jotv the 

 li'iupanyV, li.iok.s at the end of the fiscal 

 y.-ai - a remarkable record and a preat 

 Uiliute to the pati'ons of the company. 



Ill coninientinjr on the achievement of 

 ;hc. company. Pre.sidciit Baer said,' 

 ■"\fter oi>cratin«' for four nionth.s in 

 ll'.'il, there wa.s refunded hack to the 

 latioii memhers. •*! .22.").o(i: in ]'.t;12, 

 Sfi.Is.j.OO; in llt:i':!. SI t,'.i84.n((; and for the 

 past year, there aie check.< issued for 

 ?22..")0(i.(M|, or a total for the throe years 

 r^nd fouri months of ?lt>.7'.i4.iiO. and in 

 ;hi' <anii| period of time, you have paiil 

 ou' .«l.i;'52.0ii in preferred stock divi- 

 d"nd-. .and laid up a reserve of 

 ?14.n(;2.05." 



SoiMid \\ariiinu 



.^oriiidiii^r ;i uarntriK atain^t lettinc 

 lhi.» year's sllc^■(^-^ slow down the for- 

 ward protrress of the company, Baer 

 said,-?'! feel that I would not he true to 

 my tnisl as an officer of this .'^'rivice 

 <'oiiip;uiy if I did not imiiit to the 

 danjrers that lie ahead as will a- report 

 the success of the past. .\s I see it, 

 witli the record we have made in the 

 pa-t. there is a danirer that wo nia.\« de- 

 M'l.ip a feelinjr of safety and security 

 .■iiiTI pat ourselves on the liack and tell 

 "lirselve- that we have made the yfiide. 

 Let me say to you this afternoon, that 

 we liave not made the (rraile. hut are still 

 on the jrrade. and allow me further to 

 say to you that if we are to cimtinuc at 

 the same pace -hi the future that we have 

 set for ourselves in the past, then ue 

 mu-t huild a strontrer orfiinization than 



we -had in the past Let us 



correlate our forces that we already 

 have, ami enter into this cominj.' year 

 ^vith a new vision and to meat our 

 opportunities and responsibilities. Will 

 there be obstacles and difficulties and 

 disappointments? Sure there will, — we 



Sidney Cherrill Passes 



.'sidiiev t". Cherrill. lieldman for tlie 

 Illinois Livestock .Marketintr .\ssociation. 

 died sud'lenly in bed 

 ;U the Sherman Mo- 

 tel. Chicatro. on I>ec. 

 '<. Mr. Chirrill was 

 discovered late in 

 the afteriio.'ii. Tin- 

 hoU-o piiy-ician pl'"- 

 ii'iUiireil it ii e a r t 

 faihh-c. 



.<id Cherri'l wa» 

 1 1 .\ear- idd and un- 

 married. He wa- ill 

 Chicaj;o for a mar- 

 SID CHERRILL k e t i 11 }r Conference 



durinjr the Interna- 

 ti.inal Li\e Stock Kxposition. He had 

 Iieen in cood health excei>t for ii !i;;'ht 

 attack of flu several weeks an:o. 



Clieirill was born and jri'ew «(> in Han- 

 cock county, Illinois, where he graduated 

 from the Carthatre hijrh school. He 

 sjient two years in thu army, part of the 

 time overseas, and was discharged as 

 captain. .Soon after returninjt fron> the 

 war he gut a job in Milwaukee and later 

 came to Chicajro where he enffatred in a 

 livestock commission but^iiji'ss. He was 

 e'mployed by the Chicajro I'roduceis Com- 

 mission .A.~sociation. ^ihortly after its or- 

 ganization, as h'n: salesman. Karly in 

 I'.tyi he was employed by the Illinois 

 .\<jricultural .Association as lieldman on 

 livestock marketing. .Since then he ha- 

 l.eiii ri'trularly employed b.v the L .\. .\. 

 and the Illinois Livestock Market iiijr .As- 

 sociation as lieldman and sales hiaiiatrer. 

 His parents reside in Galesburjr. 



Cherrill had a likeable personality and 

 made friends readil.v. Me was ii tireless 

 worker and was devoted to the cause of 

 improvinir marketing: practices that live- 

 stock producers mi-rht prolil thereby. 

 He wa- loved as a friend by tlu.-o who 

 kncv. bini best, and wa- re-peclcd by .a 

 wide circle of friends and aciuaintances 

 for lii- ki.owledire and ability. 



Iiave li;id them in the pa-t. but- that is 

 not So U'ritvpus. what i- -more impor- 

 tant is this fad. carv .\oii and I ad.iu-t 

 ourselves to the everchantrini;' conditions 

 .•ind meet our problems ;i< they jirescnt 

 iheni-elves '.' That is tin beauty in co- 

 operation,— you are not by yonrself." — 

 our interests ar^' mutual, and because 

 the.v are mutiuil,>our vision is liroadeneil." 



L. H. .Marchant, manajrer of Illinoi> 

 Farm Supiikci^conducted an anahsi- of 

 the sales in the three counties served by 

 .St. Clair Service Company pointinjr out 

 the need for iiurea-ed etfort to increase 

 sales volume and ifividends. Me also ex- 

 plained plans for ;rreatcr sales co-ordina- 

 tion throughout the state. 



Will Counfy Wins I. A. A. 



Baseball Trophy for '34 



Till 1. .\. .\. Tioph.v, ;iwarded annually 

 to the state cliiimpionship Farm Buieaii 

 lia-.-liall team, was (iresented bv (ivorjre 

 Thiem of the I. .A. .A. .stalf to I'resident 

 il. .1. Schroeder of the W ill County 

 Farm Bureau aV-a duck dinner driven by 

 tl.c Faini Bureau in honor of' the te:iin 

 at llanhattan Saturday ni«:ht. N'ov. 2ltb. 

 Mr. Tliit in -poke lirii-fly on team -pirit 

 and oi irani/.ation as mces.sary iii solviiiL' 

 the problems and winninjr the battles of 

 ai;rieult uie. .Approximately 2"ii people. 

 includim; the board of ilirectors, numbers 

 of the baseball team and their wives and 

 sweethearts. Faiin advisers L. \V. Bra- 

 ham, .-itid F. H. .Shuman of Will and 

 Whiteside iour;tii's respectively, the Will 

 County Farm Bureau orchestra, which 

 jirovided excellent musical entertainment, 

 William Webb,' pr<'sident of the. County 

 Farm Supply (?o., and represefitatives of 

 other co-operative groups in he county 

 attended. 



Manager Bob .<eeley who .luided' the 

 team durinir its four-year li^ht for a slate 

 championship wa- luesenled with :«. tine 

 wrist w;itch ainl fach player was j.'iyeii a 

 i^..M liaseb,ill wutch ch.irm by the Farui 

 loiieau and Fanii Supply Co. 



Will county came throuirh the sva-cm 

 undefeated winiii»!sr in a field. of 21 coun- 

 ties loiiipetintr iluriiiu' i;'o4. The Will 

 c.iii.iy boys defeated McI>i>noU!.'h cn'mv, 

 I'.' ;2 chaniidoiis, for the state title lii two 

 iicie-^ivc jrames played at Fral^kfort 

 .ind Macomb. | 



Railway Pickup Service 



lilfictive llecember 20, the Illiiioi 

 Central Ilailioad is performu.;: a pick-up 

 -eivice at -tations, Mamdiester. Iowa to 

 ('barter <;rove. Illinni^. on live stock 

 Motor truck operator^ lia\e j'beeii eoii- 

 tractid by the ■ I. <'. to pei'foriii this 

 siivici . .An allowance of three eenll^ \trr 

 hundred will be nitide to the trucker or 

 farmer who does his own hauliiif^ 



Stock will be picked up in lot- of one 

 iliou-.aiid pounds or more within a radTu 

 of ten miles from tin- bK-al freiirhf sta 

 tioiis. The raiho.ids will no; be rei|uired 

 to pick up live st.uk at lo<ations to or 

 from which it is impracticable to operate 

 'ruck- bec;ius4- of condition- of -treel- 

 or load-. .Shipment- will be billed out of 

 local stations to market at the carload 

 r.itiv 



\\liile this an-anyenieiit i- only experi 

 mental, nevertheb ss, we believe it will 

 have a material effect in increasinir. rail 

 moNciiients and hi«l|iiwt_the local .ship- 

 ping associations. 



JAMARY, 19,3,-. 



