7 Million Pounds Of 



Buffer Goal In 



1935 



Illinois Producers Creameries Ha? 



Enthusiaslic Meeting In Quincy 



High School 



SEVEN iirillion pounds of butter in 

 11»."{5 wa? the sroal announced for the 

 cominjr yi-ar at the annual meeting 

 ' of Illinois Producers rroanieries in the 

 Quincy HiKh School. Jan. 2'.'. More than 

 BOO crow'ded into the band room filling all 

 seats and forcing many to stand in the 

 aisles. i. 



President Krause called the meeting 

 to order and opened the meeting with an 

 accordion selection h.v Mi.ss 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, P(/oria, Bloomington. 

 Champaign and'Olney made 3.575,96fi 

 pounds of butter. The Champaign plant 

 started Sejitember IS. 10.'54 and the Olney 

 plant on Xovember 12. l!»o4. 

 • Organization work is going forward 

 at Carbondale, Galo.sburg and Mt. Ster- 

 ling. These plants will be put into opera- 

 tion early in 1935. It is anticipated that 

 ' the total production during 1035 will he 

 around 7.000,000 pounds of butter. 



No Money Lost 



In reporting on. butter sales. Countiss 

 Mated that the company hail sold 2.470.- 

 876 pounds of butter during the year in 

 carlots fol^$602,704.75. Not one cent 

 was lost on credit risks in the handling 

 of these saleg. In 1934. 1.105.090 pounds 

 tf butter was sold locally for S27fi.766.54. 



Mr. Tuttle reported on quality im- 

 provement and showed that all butter 

 made^in the plants froni September to 

 December, inclusive, scored an average 

 of 90.29 and 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 piogress being made. 

 By late December, the three plants 

 Peoria, Bloomington and Champaign 

 were producing enough 92 score butter to 

 justify supplt,-ing the market with but- 

 ter certified as to score by the Federal 

 Government. Accordingly, on December 

 21st the three plants mentioneil above 

 started serving their customers with Cer- 

 f tified Prairie Farms Butter. 



Dir.ald Kirkpatrick. 1. .A. .-V. counsel, 

 in a ^hort, vigojous address emphasized 

 the value of continued close co-operation 

 between the Farm Bureau and the cream- 

 eries. 



The business ses.sion consisted of 

 amending the By-Laws so as to provide 

 for a Board of Director? of eleven instead 

 of 9 and the election of directors. The 

 following directors were elected: 



Wni. Krause, Presi<icnt, Lincoln; Hy- 

 lan<l Capron, Vice-President, Peoria; Wni. 

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

 (iehring. .Mtona; Harold Enns, Bloom- 

 ington; G. C. Williams, Dewey; Burton 

 Leamon, Olney; L. E. Lingenfelter, 

 Ullin: Tom .Jackson, Timewell; F^. Har- 

 ris, Gray^slake; R. B. Endicott, Villa 

 Ridge. Mr. Harris and .Mr. Endicott are 

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

 rectors. 



.■\t 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 E.xecutive 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 th<' 

 months, September to December, inclu- 

 sive. .\lso, a fine fount.iin pen was 

 presented to the butternialier. The '■•\ 

 ing cup must be won for IW" niiisi-cinnv 

 years \>y^.\ creanier.v liel'orc i! rn'<oiii'' 

 permanent property of ihr rii-.inui . 

 The Farmers Creamery ("mniiatiy ■•! 

 Bloomington now holds '(;!■ loviiririu|. :itui 

 Mr. Clyde Hamlin, plant stiiierintendem 

 of thai- plant, won the f4>uiitaiti iien. 



Samuel Sorrells Heads 



Serum Association 



THE annual me<'titig r.f the lllinoi> 

 Farm Bureau Scrum A.-siu-iation 

 was attende<l by -omi Hid J-'rirm Bu- 

 reau members frimi tlie nS roumies con.- 

 prising membership iir the Associatioii. 

 The meeting was. held in the ('hami>cr 

 of Commerce Building. Tuesday, .lanuar.v 

 29. 



Directors reported 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%- «>n 

 outstanding preferred stock of $782.50. 

 or a total dividend amounting to $31.- 

 251.91. 



The .Association handled a total of 2fi.- 

 702,110 cc of serum and 2.025.043 co -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 ^rum and virus were: fewer hogs, 

 low prices, no general outbreak of hog 



chi l«ra, ^hurtage of nmne.v aiid higher 

 prices' for serum and virus. . 



Directors elected are: W7IJ. ."^lockley; 

 I.aSallo County; Edgar Walllrer. Rock 

 Island; Ifussell McKee, Mar>hall-Put- 

 nam; ."^anuiel .^orrells; Montgomery; A. 

 B. .^chofidd, Ford: J. W. (iillespie. Law- 

 rence: K. T. .'^mith, (Jreene. .Samuel Sor- 

 K'lls w;»s electe<l presiiliiit. Kd'.rar Wal- 

 thii vic( -president and Ilay K. Miller, 

 ."^(■iiitai y-Treasurcr. 



The ailic!es of iiu-.||i'ira!f.iii ,,( tht- 

 Association were changed to permit th* 

 pa.vnient of diviiji-iids mi pretfi red stock 

 at the late of 7'. in-iead of ih<- previous 

 limitation of ')'-. The .\sso(iat:oti .dosed 

 a mo»t succesful year in spite of -oine re- 

 diiition in volume bandied. 



Sam. Thompson Speaks 



At Auditing Meeting 



In making the report of Un' lioard of 

 directors to the membership, at the an- 

 nual me<'ting in Quincy. Manairer F. E. 

 Kingbam shi^wed that tbi' lllinuis Apri- 

 rnltuial .\nililin!;' .Xs-oci.-itiini i- in a 

 strom.' financial position ;ind ha- made- 

 .T -oti^t.'in' i;il n<iea>e in -irpplii-. .Moffc 

 M'liiits were made 



■ iiiiing 1934 than in 

 .•ii:y iirecpding .vear, 

 ■■■.<r\ '.he membership 



at the highest 

 l>'Miit since The Asso- 



■ ;itiii". was organ- 

 i/.-l in ':'24. Four 

 iiii! .ired one audits 

 were i- u m p 1 e t ed. 

 uhich together with 

 Sy-tem .Service, In- 

 r.ime Ta.N Service. 

 anil other viurces^of 

 !..!al .or..! ,- ..f $.3.5.. 



SAM H XHOMPSOS 



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W'lil; tlni-.- 

 J! ■'O.talin 



f tl.e ihiie.^^e.i ■. ilume of 

 \\a- oidy ., -mall increase 

 ex|.<(,-i-. .\^ ;, result the 

 A -S'.i'iai ion \\a- fi-jinti aide •■. report £ 

 • li'iiease in ;tw ;iver.i>ii' < o>t ,if audit 

 -(•ivu<' ri iidereil. Tlw averauT- cost ir., 

 1934 of Kami Bunati atidil> was S<'>3.14. 

 of (■le\atiir audits .S>^4.'.'^. aii-l >f oil conr.^ 

 pany audits jl(*4.79. 



f'rvdicled f>«'prrf>^i<Mi 



.Mr. .^ani. H. Thompson., former presi- 

 <lent of the HHmuis .Agricultuial .\.ssoci»- 

 tion and .A. F. B. K. who ad-iiessed th* 

 meeting. iliscd>>ed -the accomplishments 

 of oigani/ed faim<'rs of Illinoi> <ince th« 

 Farm Hufeaus and thj* Illinois .Agricul- 

 tural A-.sociation were first created. He 

 pointed out that national leirislation 

 which has dom- so much to benefit farm- 

 er> midor the New Deal was enacted be- 

 cause (•{ the strong position taken by 

 such ortaiiized groups of. farmers as thft 

 I. A. .A. He recalled that many yeaf«i 

 I Continuifd on page :U> 



FEBRUARY, 1935 



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