viited 



wheat 

 ' than 

 vote.) 

 of six 

 eporteii 

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FICIENT ORGANIZATION 



READY TO MARKET 

 YOUR GRAIN 



Illinois Grain XnytiMration 

 Through Farmers Nltfenal 



Offers Up-to-the-Minute Wire Service 



Want to know the price of trrainV Just step to your telephone, call your 

 l(1|f;al elevator, and jret the Farmers National bid. I'p-to-the-minute wire 

 service now available thiou^h your own organization puts you in instani 

 touch with world markets. From the local elevator on to the bijr tei-ininals 

 Illinois farmers now have a comiilete co-operative jrrain market iii}.'- s.\ stem 

 working for them. A total of liK) farmers elevators and county v'l'ain asso- 

 ciations in Illinois are nctw linked uj) in this fast Krowinjr orjranizatio 

 These elevators are in constant touch through telephone and teleg 

 with farmer-controlled branch offices located at St. Louis. Ind 

 Peoria, Jackscmville. 

 Champaign, Pontiac and 

 .Mendota. 



For the Producer 



For the first tiiiu' in histmy 

 tiiinii'is have a ccimpUti' f<j-oi>- 

 iiative (Train niaiki'tinn' sys- 

 tem at their ennimand. How is 

 this system different *.' It is 

 i.ruaiii/.ed to pay the producer 

 ii> much as possilde for his 

 uraiii. It i.\eo-<>perative. Farm- 

 ers own it and direct its oji- 

 eration. K.\perienced irrain 

 men are in the key positions 

 doinir the actual work of buy- 

 Hijr and sellinsr. But the prof- 

 its and savings belong to the 

 Tarmers who patronize the 



system. Only frrain producers Eddie Spear, above, is op^^tor-manager at the Mendota 



may share in patronajre divi- office. He serves elejatoj^hroughout his territory and Is 



(leluis. rnncf^ntlu in innrh i^k^Hanagers giving marltets making 



iges. Other oHIces from which 

 ts are Pontiac, Champaign. Men 



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Jiiii 



Trained Men 



Traine<i hut. ar. r. (iKirm- of, 

 your organization's vast network 

 <'i >rrain marketin^r news. Trairmi 

 men' are on the j'lb in tne branch 

 'ifficts. in the terminal offices and 

 • •n the floor <•( the leadini: jrraii. 

 exchan(re> in constant touch \\;th 

 <rrain market> th»' world over. N< 

 other marketini; atrency in the 

 country can compare with Farm- 

 ers .National in >ize and cnveraye 

 of the field. It owns 1.') millHii 

 bushels of terminal elevator spac» 

 and leases 2:! niilliotis more. I^-l 

 year the jrrain crop was the short- 

 est in recent history but your 

 co-operative handled 40.<Mi("i.(Mi(i 

 bu. from .luly I to Aue. .'tl. 



John E. Pacatte. above, receives and 

 'ransmlts messages that sell the farm- 

 er: grain at Chicago. 



son. left, has a record of more than I" 

 years servite in the yrain businos at (hi- 

 jaj;(>. ".Andy" sells anil handles all lllinoi> 

 irrain on the Hour of the Kxchanye. M. 

 Anderson is ably assisted by .John I'ower. 

 riyht. who has y'eneral chartre of tinaiiced 

 iccouiits in Illinois territory. 



■•PORT YOl 18 FAR3IKKS KI.EVATOH 



190 Member Elevators and 

 County Grain Associations 



