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72% of hogs sold by the Producers wert 

 trucked in. 



The Producers was far in the lead ef 

 all livestock commission firms in vol- 

 ume, handling more than four times as 

 many hogs as the next largest firm. A 

 total of 1212 4-H club calves were 

 sold at an average price of $8.52. Cattle 

 and lamb buying service for feeders was 

 expanded during the year and a new 

 plan made effective providing for pur- 

 chasing feeder stock on western &:> well 

 as midd'e west markets. This new serv- 

 ice included vaccination again.st ship- 

 ping fever, insurance in tran.sit and for 

 21 days after delivery, veterinarian serv- 

 ices, and payment of draft and feed 

 ch/rges. This service was offered at 26c 

 per cwt. on dattle and 20c on sheep. A 

 total of 190 cars of cattle and five cars 

 of sheep were purchased under this plan : 

 1.S8 of cattle and 169 of sheep under the 

 regulitr plan on the Chicago market. 



G. \V. Baxter of the I. A. A. transpor- 

 tation division collected 202 loss and 

 damage claims for Chicago Producers 

 patrons during the year, Manager Swan- 

 son reported. He said that the com- 

 pany is bonded for more than f250,000 

 which guarantees prompt payment for 

 livestock to shippers. Books are audited 

 monthly by the Illinois .Agricultural 

 Auditing Association. 



Will Feel Drouth 



In conclusion, he said, "The Chicago 

 Producers will feel most of the effects of 

 the drouth in curtailment of 1935 live- 

 stock receipts. This will mean less reve- 

 nue to selling agencies this year. So far 

 this year, in order to cut expenses and 

 have more effect on price levels, get your 

 neighbors and friends to ship to open 

 competitive markets where all packers 

 have equal and ready opportunity to bid 

 on and buy your livestock. By so doing 

 you will be helping them and helping 

 yourselves, because all expenses, sur- 

 plus capacity, and waste come out of the 

 spread between what the producer gets 

 and what the consumer pays." 



Dean Chris Christensen of the Wis- 

 consin College of Agriculture gave a 

 clean-cut exposition of the requirements 

 of a successful co-operative marketing 

 association. t 



Commenting upon the growth of the 

 Chicago Producers from 2.62 per cent of 

 market receipts in 1922, the first year of 

 operation, to 12.9 per cent in 1934, he 

 said: "This record shows a healthy, nat- 

 ural growth from a small beginning and 

 apparently upon a sound business basis. 

 The leaders of your organization, have 

 realized that there is nothing mysterious 

 or mystical about co-operation; instead 

 fhat it must be established and operated 

 upon sound business principles. No farm- 

 'Ts' co-operative is likely to succeed un- 

 less it builds on experience. Your own 

 organization affords an example of 



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building by this process." 



Co-operation succeeds best, he said. 

 when it is organized to (1) serve an eco- 

 nomic need. (2) is ably managed. (3) 

 is soundly financed, and (4) is intelli- 

 gently supported by its members. 



Other speakers were Charles A. Ewing. 

 president of the National Livestock Mar- 

 keting Association, J. D. Harper, editor 

 of the National Live Stock Producer, 

 L. J. Quasey, Transportation Counsel, 

 and Prof. R. C. Ashby of the University 

 of Illinois whose address because of its 

 frank discussion of marketing problems 

 uppermost in the minds of many Illinois 

 farmers at this time, will be reproduced 

 in full in this or the following issue of 

 the RECORD. 



A revision was made in the territory 

 for the selection of directors and several 

 changes were made in the board. The 

 revised plan was explained by Donald 

 Kirkpatrick, general counsel. J. N. Hor- 

 lacher and D. W. Mott, Iowa direc- 

 tors, retired, and Chas. W. Martin of Jef- 

 ferson. Iowa, was elected to represent the 

 new district. No. 8. Henry H. Parke of 

 Genoa. Illinois was re-elected from dis- 

 trict No. 1 and Charles A. Ewing of 

 Decatur. Illinois from district No. o. 

 H. A. Dobbin of State Center, Iowa was 

 elected vice-president to succeed Mr. 

 Horlacher. Other directors are: H. Wie- 

 land. secretary-treasurer, Beloit, Wiscon- 

 sin; G. F. Tullock, Rockford, Illinois: 

 Theodore Oriez. Washington, Iowa; E. R. 

 Gehring, Galesburg, Illinois; C. J. Hearst. 

 Cedar Falls, Iowa; and F. A. Snodgrass, 

 Geneseo, Illinois. More than 300 dele-- 

 gates, members and visitors attended the 

 meeting and luncheon in the .Sherman 

 Hotel. 



Galesburg Pure Milk 



Sells 98% Of Supply 



The following directors were elected 

 for the Galesburg Pure Milk Association 

 at the annual meeting held in the Farm 

 Bureau office. Febniary 22: Edwin 

 Gumm. Galesburg; Leland R.van. .Abing- 

 don; Leslie McKie. Oneida; Elmer Ander- 

 son, Galesburg; Harold Hawkinson, 

 Galesburg; Bert Rosenberry. .\bingdon: 

 and Clyde Olinger. Abingdon. 



Following the annual meeting, the 

 hoard elected the following officers: 

 Edwin Gumm. president; Leland Ryan, 

 vice-president; Leslie McKie. secretary; 

 and Elmer Anderson, treasurer. 



"The year 1934 has been a very suc- 

 cessful one for the Association, one that 

 has been of vital importance to the mem- 

 bership, Edwin Gumm said in the presi- 

 dent's report. Manager Forrest Moberg 

 reported that during the year 4,240,800 

 pounds of milk were sold by the Asso- 

 ciation to the two distributing dairies 

 of the city. This represented 98'/c of all 

 milk delivered to the Galesburg dairies. 



Wl+h Our Farm Bureau 

 Presidents 



A. L. eOODEMOUOH 



Arthur L. "Art" Goodenough oc- 

 cupies a place of prominence among 

 Whiteside County farmers because for 

 35 years he has believed and prac- 

 ticed the cooperative principle of help- 

 ing himself through helping his neigh- 

 bors. His position of leadership is well 

 deserved because he has not only been 

 a leader in the principles of good 

 farming but he has interested himself 

 in all community activities. 



He is starting 

 his sixth year 

 as president of 

 the Whiteside 

 County Farm 

 Bureau and 

 having been a 

 charter member 

 has made a sub- 

 stantial contri- 

 bution to organ- 

 ized agriculture 

 in White side 

 County. 



M r . Goode- 

 nou^ has also 

 served as presi- 

 dent of the Cem-Hog Association 

 since its organization and for eleven 

 years was a member of the Board of 

 Supervisors. He is the tj-pe of leader 

 in whom his Union Grove township 

 neighbors have confidence. 



Mr. Goodenougfa is a 5t«ckman hav- 

 ing been for years interested in both 

 the dairy and hog business. It was 

 partly due to his interest in Hamp- 

 shire hogs that the scale and size of 

 the breed were increased. He served 

 as Hampshire judge at the 1915 

 World's Fair at San Francisco. His 

 judging experience also includes two 

 years at the National Swine Show, 

 three years at the Indiana State Fair, 

 two years at the Illinois State Fair, 

 and two years at the Iowa State Fair. 

 His herd of Purebred Holsteins has 

 taken many prizes at the County Fair. 

 Their utility value has not been over- 

 looked as Mr. Goodenou^ has been 

 a Dairy Herd Improvement Associa- 

 tion member practically every year 

 since its origin in 1912. 



Because he pioneered as a grower 

 of alfalfa and adapted his land to 

 sweet clover by a generous applica- 

 tion of limestone, his farm is one of 

 the most productive in Whiteside 

 County. 



Mr. Goodenough was born in Union 

 Grove township in 1878 and he started 

 farming for himself at the age of 

 20. Mr. and Mrs. Goodenough have 

 four children. George. Florence. Maude 

 and Elmer, three of whom are mar- 

 ried and live away from home. The 

 Goodenoughs reside on the home 

 farm three and one-half miles west 

 of Morrison. Mr. Goodenough has 

 been an ardent Farm Bureau member 

 because he believes in the coopera- 

 tive principle. • 



An interesting discussion of th« milk 

 situation in the United States particular- 

 ly milk marketing of the state of Illi- 

 nois was giveti by J. B. Countiss. of the 

 I. A. A. 



