7 Million Pounds Of 



A Butter Goal In 1935 



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Illinois Producers Creameries Has 



Enthusiastic Meeting In Quincy 



High School 



SEVEN million pounds of butter in 

 1935 was the goal announced for the 

 coming year at the annual meeting 

 of Illinois Producers Creameries in the 

 Quincy High School, Jan, 29. More than 

 600 crowded into the band room filling all 

 seats and forcing many to stand in the 

 aisles. 



President Krause called the meeting 

 to order and opened the meeting with an 

 accordion selection by Miss Virginia 

 AnsBury of Carlock, Illinois. Reports 

 were given by President Krause on the 

 activities of the Board of Directors; by 

 Secretary-treasurer^ Leefers on the fi- 

 nancial situation of the company; by Fed- 

 eral Inspector C. O. Tuttle on standardiz- 

 ing of butter manufactured in our plants ; 

 by J. B. Countiss on butter sales and by 

 F. A. Gougler, general manager, on ac- 

 complishments of the plants in the opera- 

 tion and promotional work-. It was re- 

 ported that the five plants during 1934 

 at • Davenport, Peoria, Bloomington, 

 Champaign and Olney made 3,575,966 

 pounds of butter. The Champaign plant 

 started September 13, 1934 and the Olney 

 plant on November 12, 1934. 



Organization work is going forward 

 at Carbondale, Galesburgand Mt. Ster- 

 ling. These plants will be put into opera- 

 tion early in 1935. It is anticipated that 

 the total production during 1935 will be 

 around 7,000,000 pounds of butter. 



/ . .-. No Money Lost ■ 



In reporting on butter sales, Countiss 

 stated that the company had sold 2,470,- 

 876 pounds of butter during the year in 

 carlots for $602,704.75. Not one cent 

 was lost on credit risks in the handling 

 of these sales. In 1934, 1,105,090 pounds 

 of butter was sold locally for $276,766.54. 



Mr. Tuttle reported on quality im- 

 provemient and showed that all butter 

 made in the plants from September to 

 December, inclusive, scored an average 

 of 90.29 a^d the percentage of 92 score 

 butter made in all plants increased by 

 months as follows: September 1.2%; Oc- 

 tober 5.6%; November 23.8%; December 

 30.9%. 



Directors of the operating units re- 

 ported briefly on progress being made. 

 By late December, the three plants 

 Peoria, Bloomington and Champaign 

 were producing enough 92 score butter to 

 justify supplying the market with but- 

 ter certified as to score by the Federal 

 Government. Accordingly, on December 

 21st the three plants mentioned above 

 started serving their customers with Cer- 

 tified Prairie Farms Butter. 



FEBRUARY, 1935 !. ? 



Donald Kirkpatrick, I. A. A. counsel, 

 in a short, vigorous address emphasized 

 , the value of continued close co-operation 

 between the Farm Bureau and the cream- 

 eries. 



The business session consisted of 

 amending the By-Laws so as to provide 

 for a Board of Directors of eleven instead 

 of 9 and the election of directors. The 

 following directors were elected: 



Wm. Krause, President, Lincoln; Ry- 

 land Capron, Vice-President, Peoria; Wm. 

 A. Bismark, Sec'y-Treas., Geneseo; Harry 

 Gehring, Altona; Harold Enns, Bloom- 

 ington; G. C. Williams, Dewey; Burton 

 Leamon, Olney; L. E. Lingenfelter, 

 Ullin; Tom Jackson, Timewell; E. Har- 

 ris, Grayslake; R. B. Endicott, Villa 

 Ridge. "Mr. Harris and Mr. Endicott are 

 nominees from the I. A. A. Board of Di- 

 rectors. 



At a special organization meeting of 

 the new Board held Wednesday morning, 

 January 30th, the officers indicated above 

 were elected and these officers were 

 made the Executive Committee. 



This meeting marked the close of a 

 quality butter production contest between 

 the plants. A beautiful silver loving cup 

 was given to the plant making the high- 

 est percent of 92 score butter during the 

 months, September to December, inclu- 

 sive. Also, a fine fountain pen was 

 presented to the buttermaker. The lov- 

 ing cup must be won for two consecutive 

 years by a creamery 'before it becomes 

 permanent property qf the creamery. 

 The Farmers Creamery Company of 

 Bloomington now holds the loving cup and 

 Mr. Clyde Hamlin, plant superintendent 

 of that plant, won the fountain pen. 



Samuel Sorrells Heads 



Serum Association 



THE annual meeting of the Illinois 

 Farm Bureau Serum Association 

 was attended by some 400 Farm Bu- 

 reau members from the 78 counties com- 

 prising membership in the Association. 

 The meeting was held in the Chamber 

 of Commerce Building, Tuesday, January 

 29. 



Directors repqrted the declaration of 

 patronage dividends of $24,419.41, a divi- 

 dend payable in Class "A" preferred 

 stock of $5,050, and a dividend of 5% on 

 outstanding preferred stock of $782.50, 

 or a total dividend amounting to $31,- 

 251.91. 



The Association handled a total of 26,- 

 702,110 cc of serum and 2,025,043 cc -of 

 virus during 1934. This is considerably 

 less than the average annual consumption 

 for the five year period from 1930 to 

 1934 inclusive, which was 35,170,381 cc 

 of serum and 2,787,866 cc of virus. The 

 principal reasons for the decline in the 

 use of serum and virus were: fewer hogs, 

 low prices, no general outbreak of hog 



cholera, shortage of money and higher 

 prices for serum and virus. 



Directors elected are: W. H. Stockley, 

 LaSalle County; Edgar Walther, Rock 

 Island; Russell McKee, Marshall-Pnt- 

 nam; Samuel Sorrells, Montgomery; A. 

 B. Schofield, Ford; J. W. Gillespie, Law- 

 rence; K. T. Smith, Greene. Samuel Sor- 

 rells was elected president, Edgar Wal« 

 ther vice-president and Ray E. Miller, 

 Secretary-Treasurer. 



The articles of incorporation of the 

 Association were changed to permit the 

 payment of dividends on preferred stock 

 at the rate of 7% instead of the previous 

 limitation of 5%. The Association closed 

 a most succe.sful year in spite of some re- 

 duction in volume handled. • ■ , - 



SAM. H. THOMPSON 



Sam. Thompson Speaks 



At Auditing Meeting 



In making the report of the board of 

 directors to the membership, at the an- 

 nual meeting in Quincy. Manager F. E. 

 Ringham showed that the Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Auditing Association is in a 

 strong financial position and has made 

 a ciihotantial increase in surplus. More 

 audits were made 

 during 1934 than in 

 any preceding year, 

 and the membership 

 is at the highest 

 point since the Asso- 

 ciation was OFgaa- 

 ized in 1924. Fon» 

 hundred one audits 

 were completed, 

 which together with 

 System Service, In- 

 come Tax Service, 

 and other sources of 

 revenue, produced a total income of $35,- 

 490.56. 



In spite of the increased volume of 

 work there was only a small increase 

 in operating expenses. As a result the 

 Association was again able to report a 

 decrea.se in the average cost of audit 

 service rendered. The average cost ia 

 1934 of Farm Bureau audits was $63.14, 

 of elevator audits $84.98, and of oil com- 

 pany audits $104.79. 



Predicted DeprexsitMi. 



Mr. Sam. H. Thompson, former presi- 

 dent of the Hliaois Agricultural .dissocia- 

 tion and A. F. B. F. who addres.sed the 

 meeting, discussed the accomplishments 

 of organized farmers of Illinois since the 

 Farm Bureaus "and the Illinois .\gricul- 

 tural .\ssociation were first created. He 

 pointed out that national legislation 

 which has done so much to benefit farm- 

 ers under the New Deal was enacted be- 

 cause of the strong position taken by 

 such organized groups of farmers as the 

 I. A. A. He recalled that many years 



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