Fruit Exchange Looking Ahead 

 To Good Year 



SOMAID 

 KIRKPATSICX 



THE Illinois Fruit Growers' Exchange 

 is looking forward to handling about 

 1000 carloads of fruits and vege- 

 tables for members and member associa- 

 tions this year, H. W. Day, manager, re- 

 ported at the annual meeting in Cen- 

 tralia. May 10. 



Donald Kirkpatrick, counsel of the Illi- 

 nois Agrricultural Association, delivered 

 the principal ad- 

 "^^^^ dress in which he 



^fl^^^^ stressed co-opera- 



^p^^^V tive marketing as a 



^^Mjl^^^^t means of getting the 



m^^^^^^^M farmer a fair price 



^^^|H^^ff for h i s 



^^^H^^P^^^ Talmage DeFrees of 

 ^^^P^p^^^H Smithboro was re- 

 ^^Rfl^^^^H elected president. 



^^^^^^^^^^ time indicate that 

 the Exchange will 

 t^ have a greater 

 amount of tonnage this year than ai\y 

 year since 1931," Mr. Day reported. "Our 

 less-than-carlot movement of various 

 commodities from Cobden has been nor- 

 mal up to the present time "and our 

 , asparagus growers at Godfrey are cut- 

 ting and shipping at present. The ex- 

 treme drouth last season injured straw- 

 berry plantings and as a result the acre- 

 age to be harvested this year will be 

 far below normal, especially in the Cen- 

 tralia, Farina and Paris districts. In the 

 Anna district there are some berries al- 

 ready being harvested. 



"Cantaloupe prospects at Poag are for 

 a greater volume than last year. Good 

 growing conditions promise an excellent 

 crop. Plans are being developed to 

 handle the Poag cantaloupe and also the 

 cantaloupes and melons from the Beards- 

 town association. 



"Early reports indicated great dam- 

 age to the Illinois peach crop. «But later 

 developments clearly show prospects for 

 a good crop. A forecast has been made 

 that Illinois will produce about five car- 

 loads of peaches this year. Arkansas 

 and Tennessee peaches promise to yield 

 about a 50 per cent crop which should 

 result in fairly good prices since Georgia 

 peaches will be well cleaned up when the 

 Illinois crop starts moving. 



"Cold, damp weather has been favor- 

 able for the development of apple scab, 

 although most growers report a fairly 

 good set. The big question facing apple 

 growers is the control of the codling 

 moth. A number of meetings have been 

 held in southern Calhoun county, Pjke 



county, Salem and Carbondale to urge 

 co-operation of growers so that the Ex- 

 change might install additional apple 

 washing and packing plants. Govern- 

 ment regulations permit a very small 

 amount of lead arsenate on fruit." 



Will Install Washer 



The Exchange expects to install a 

 washing and packing plant at Carbon - 

 dale. Growers in the Salem district also 

 are interested in such a plant. It is re- 

 ported that during the past season 60 

 lots of Illinois apples totaling around 

 14,000 bushels were either confiscated or 

 condemned by the food and drug ad- 

 ministration. "Frankly, we believe it is 

 high time," said Mr. Day, "that our Illi- 

 nois growers were attempting to place 

 themselves in a position to co-operate 

 with the federal government rather than 

 to oppose. My guess is that state regu- 

 lation will be in force before long to 

 correspond with federal agreements." 



Pear growers report a light set of 

 fruit, while others in the Alma district 

 feel that they will produce as many as 

 in 1934." 



The board of directors of the Ex- 

 change recently took action to move 

 headquarters to CarbondiJe where they 

 will occupy space in the new Producers 

 Creamery building. 



The Exchange is recommending more 

 careful grrading of fruits this year and 

 is urging growers to use the "Illini" 

 label on their good packs. The Ex- 

 change also urges members and shippers 

 to use the state, federal shipping point 

 inspection service. The cost of this serv- 

 ice is only $2.60 per car and is well 

 worth the investment. A new member^ 

 ship contract was recently drawn up 

 providing that on commodities marketed 

 for members the 'Exchange shall deduct 

 one cent per bushel on peaches, apples 

 and pears, one cent per crate on straw- 

 berries, a smaller reduction per package 

 on cantaloupes — such deductions to be 

 kept on the books to the credit of the 

 member against which Class A preferred 

 stock will be issued for full shares or 

 partial shares as accrued. Xhis stock 

 investment will be entitled to six per 

 cent cumulative interest, this check-off 

 to be continued and the money used at 

 the discretion of the board for expenses 

 and for retiring other shares of Class A 

 preferred stock at the head of the list. 



A new contract also allows the Ex- 

 change to accept an agreement to mar- 

 ket part of the member's crop rather 



than all of it. The new contract has 

 been effective in signing new members. 



During the past year tl^e Exchange 

 co-operating with the I.A.A. secured a re- 

 duction in freight rates on Kieffer pears, 

 saving about $30 per haul on the aver- 

 age haul into the northwestern territory. 



Officers and directors chosen were 

 President Talmage DeFrees, Smithboro; 

 Vice-President R. B. Endicott, Villa 

 Ridge; Secretary-treasurer Logan N. 

 Colp, Carterville. Directors — *W. L. 

 Cope, Salem; *Fred Hawkins, Texico; 

 *J. W. Lloyd, Urbana; *L. R. Allen, 

 Carbondale; * Arthur Foreman, Pitts- 

 field; H. B. Koeller, Godfrey; F. G. An- 

 derson, Anna; Harry Fulkerson, Dow: 

 George E. Adams, W. Liberty; L. L. 

 Anderson, Summer Hill; R. W. Shafer. 

 Edwardsville; Chester Boland, Paris; 

 Nelson Cummins, Dix. ' ■^■. •'' 



♦Eipontlvt- ruminltU'e. 



Greene Organizes a 



County Home Bureau 



On April 30 the Illinois Home Bureau 

 Federation welcomed a new member, the 

 Greene County Home Bureau, with 310 

 members, more than 200 of whom at- 

 tended the organization meeting. The 

 Jersey County Home Bureau was ac- 

 tive in helping the Greene county women 

 organize. Mrs. Leonard J. Killey of 

 Monmouth,, state president, welcomed 

 the new unit into the federation: 



"Splendid co-operation was shown to 

 the Home Bureau by the Farm Bureaus 

 and farm advisers of Jersey and Greene 

 counties," writes Miss Helen Crane, sec- 

 retary of the Illinois Federation. "The 

 president of the Jersey County Home 

 Bureau and the Home Adviser, Elsie 

 Ross, assisted in launching the new or- 

 ganization." 



Miss Bernice Smith has been employed 

 as home adviser in Greene county. Of- 

 ficers and directors are as follows: presi- 

 dent, Mrs. R. B. Best, Eldred; vice-presi- 

 dent, Mrs. Bert Tankersley, Patterson; 

 secretary, Mrs. Orio;! Suberman, Carroll- 

 ton; treasurer, Mrs. Chas. Finley, Green- 

 field; directors — Mrs. Ed. Roodhouse, 

 White Hall; Mrs. Rowe Lee, Carrollton; 

 Mrs. Glen Smith, Greenfield; Mrs. D. B. 

 Dixon, Rockbridge; Mrs. Chas. V. Ar- 

 nold, Hillview. 



A( committee of women is at work in 

 Henry county in an effort to set up a 

 ■Home Bureau there. Membership train- 

 ing schools are being held in various sec- 

 tions of the county. The following wom- 

 en are district chairmen for membership 

 work, each having four townships: Mrs. 

 T. M. Reese, Mrs. Warren Green, Mrs. 

 Lyman Gustus, Mrs. Gilbert Brown, Mrs. 

 Harry Johnson, Mrs. Carl Kipp. 



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