Champaign Creamery's 



First Annual Meeting 



After Six Months Operation Is 



Processing 16"^ Per Cent 



of Butterfat 



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C. C. B1TSM8 



The Producers Creamery of Cham- 

 paign with approximately 1250 active 

 patrons is manufacturing more than 16% 

 per cent of the total butterfat produced 

 in the 11 counties in its district, Manager 

 C. C. Bums disclosed at the first annual 

 meeting on Febru- 

 ary 28. Operating 

 only since last Sep- 

 tember the cream- 

 ery has produced 

 506,710 pounds of 

 butter which is the 

 heaviest production 

 of any Producers 

 Creamery for the 

 same length of time. 

 Champaign coun- 

 ty has been leading 

 the other 10 counties 

 in the district in volume of cream, Mr. 

 Burns disclosed. Other counties in their 

 ■ respective order are Ford, Iroquois, 

 Douglas, Piatt, Shelby, Moultrie, Ver- 

 milion, Clark, Coles and Cumberland. 



Champaigrn also had the two high 

 cream truckers, Harvey Little of Ran- 

 toul, leading the 31 drivers, and Cecil 

 Pittman of Mahomet running second. 



Of the $16,486.04 due on equipment 

 when the plant started, $7,289.77 has 

 been paid off through profits made dur- 

 ing the first six months of operation. 

 The equipment has been paid off at the 

 rate of $724.58 per month. 



Butter sales have been constantly in- 

 creasing since the plant opened. A total 

 of 67,960 pounds have been sold whole- 

 sale and to patrons in cartons. This is 

 in addition to the regular carload ship- 

 ments. Patrons bought 6,045 pounds 

 while 61,915 pounds were sold to stores. 

 In addition to cream cans, washing 

 powder and other equipment purchased 

 co-operatively for patrons, the cream- 

 ery distributed 657 bushels of apples 

 purchased through the Illinois Fruit 

 Growers Exchange. 



"One of the truck driver's biggest 

 problems is that of country roads dur- 

 ing bad weather," said Mr. Burns in his 

 report to the members. "This is really 

 your problem and you should make a 

 special effort to support any good road 

 project sponsored in your community. It 

 will mean two cents more per pound for 

 butter because fresh cream means higher 

 grade butter which brings more money." 

 Emil Paulson, buttermaker, in his re- 

 port urged patrons to keep cream in a 

 sanitary cool place in clean cans, free 

 from rust,, until the driver picks it up. 



He emphasized the fact that one of the 

 biggest troubles in dairying today is 

 that there is too much poor butter on 

 the market. When people get poor but- 

 ter, he said, they are apt to change to 

 the use of butter substitutes. 



Among the speakers at the annual 

 meeting were F. A. Gougler and J. B. 

 Countiss of the I. A. A., and C. 0. Tut- 

 tle, federal grader and inspector. Mr. 

 Gougler spoke on the subject "The Prog- 

 ress of Producers' Creameries in Illi- 

 nois," and Mr. Countiss discussed butter 

 sales and the quality program. W. 0. 

 Riddle, Illinois Agricultural Auditing 

 Association, gave the auditor's report. 



G. C. Williams of Champaign county 

 was re-elected president as was also the 

 entire board, which, in addition to Mr. 

 Williams, includes H. S. Reedy, vice- 

 president, Moultrie county; A. O. Bower, 

 secretary, Coles-Shelby; C. F. Burwash, 

 treasurer, Vermilion county; Harry 

 Crane, Iroquois county; P. H. Dobson, 

 Piatt county; W. D. Stephenson, Clark- 

 Cumberland counties; W. H. Henegar, 

 Douglas county; and E. J. F. Nelson, 

 Ford county. 



SECOND PRIZE ESSAY 



Cooperation: The Farmers' 

 Solution 



By Grace Higbee, Kirkwood, Warren 

 County, III. 



One of the earliest lessons of coop- 

 eration is the story read in the lower 

 grades of the father who had many quar- 

 relsome sons. The father using sticks 

 to illustrate his sons, showed them that 

 one stick broke easily, but a bundle of 

 sticks was strong. Thus we find that 

 in union there is strength. In our his- 

 tory we have read Lincoln's famous 

 quotation, 'A house divided against itself 

 can not stand.' This illustrates the fact 

 that we must work together to succeed 

 in life. 



When the first crude savages learned 

 that men working together could lift a 

 stone which one man alone could scarce- 

 ly move, cooperation began. But even 

 though handed down through the cen- 

 turies, has cooperation progressed as far 

 as it should? True early pioneers of 

 our country fought together against the 

 Indians and hardships to establish 

 homes; and yet many of the farmers to- 

 day have progrressed no farther in work- 

 ing with others. 



The outline of the farmer on the 

 horizon as he tills the soil from sunrise 

 until sunset forms a striking yet pa- 

 thetic picture. Does he think that farm- 

 ers are always going to work long hours 

 while others hover eagle-like over them 

 to snatch the profits they deserve? If 

 he does, he may be classed as old-fash- 



Great Britain Poric 



Quota Cut Again 



Great Britain recently reduced its im- 

 port quota of cured pork from non-Em- 

 pire countries 22.4 per cent. The United 

 States during the first four montlvs of 

 1935 will share in the total British quota 

 to the extent of 8.1 per cent instead of 

 only 6.3 per cent as during most of the 

 corresponding period last year. 



This means that the United States will 

 be permitted to supply approximately 

 16,721,000 pounds of cu -ed pork during 

 the first four months o 1935. The pol- 

 icy of gradually reduci -upplies from 

 non-Empire sources has >en applied con- 

 tinuously since late in 1 ^32, | . 



The Producers Co-operative Commis- 

 sion Ass'n. of Cincinnati saved its ship- 

 pers more than a half nullion dollars 

 since it started operating in 1925, ac- 

 cording to President Lloyd Nickels. 

 Total refunds to 25,000 members in the 

 10 year period amounted to $354,473 in 

 addition to $159,447 placed in reserve 

 and $74,241 additional through a cut in 

 commissions since 1932. 



Co-operative associations on the Pa- 

 cific Coast purchased for their members 

 approximately $26,000,000 worth of farm 

 supplies during the 1933-34 season. < 



ioned. The more modern farmer is no 

 longer contented to complain to himself 

 but farmers are doing their complain- 

 ing together under the Farm Bureau and 

 as a result are being heard. The organ- 

 ized farmers will be able to build new 

 fences while the one man alone must 

 continue to repair his own. 



Not only is one man working alone 

 hurting himself, but he is unable to 

 maintain a decent standard of living for 

 his family when he cannot make farm- 

 ing profitable. Also he fails to impress 

 on his children's minds the value of co- 

 operation. In lists of personality traits 

 that are desirable we always find the 

 ability to cooperate with others in- 

 cluded. Since the early home environ- 

 ment greatly influences the development 

 of children, it is here in the home that 

 they must be taught to cooperate. 



We can see the result of the coopera- 

 tion between the states and federal gov- 

 ernment in the capturing of criminals. 

 Thus farmers, why do you not organize 

 and go after your enemies as high taxes 

 and low prices in the same, way ? 



The general effectiveness of the Farm 

 Bureau, the farmers' organization is in- 

 creasing, but only a- beginning has been 

 made. If agriculture is to have its 

 worthy place, the farmers must work to- 

 gether and continue an aggressive attack 

 on the problems that confront them. 



I. A. A. RECORD 



