PRODUCERS, 

 XREAMERIE5. 



iNEWSi 



By Frank Gougler 



Marketing farm produce co-opera- 

 tively results in larger returns to pro- 

 ducers in many ways. Some of these 

 increased returns come immediately while 

 others come through better farm prac- 

 tices and more efficient selling. 



In the sale of butterfat in Illinois, 

 three distinct gains have been made by 

 farmers through co-operative effort: 



1. All farmers receive for butterfat 

 at least three cents nearer the Chicago 

 market than they did before co-opera- 

 tives entered the field. The total net 

 increase to all Illinois farmers on this 

 increase alone amounts to $1,500,000 an- 

 nually. In addition to this, members of 

 our co-operative creameries are receiv- 

 ing substantial patronage dividends. 

 Recently, the Producers Creamery of 

 Peoria declared a patronage dividend of 

 2c per pound for the first six months of 

 193.5. These dividends are made possible 

 because our co - operative creameries 

 make a superior product. Trucking cream 

 from farm direct to creamery twice 

 each week results in making a butter 

 that will score approximately two points 

 higher than butter made from station 

 cream. 



2. Illinois Producers' Creameries has 

 been helpful to Southern Illinois pro- 

 ducers in eliminating "zoning." Before 

 the co-operatives entered the field, the 

 butter manufacturers association in Illi- 

 nois zoned the State into about five di- 

 visions. A Ic price differential prevailed 

 from one zone to another. UsuaUv rail- 

 roads were the dividing lines. The ex- 

 treme range between the northern and 

 southern zones was 6c per pound for 

 butterfat. 



All eight of the member creameries of 

 Illinois Producers' Creameries operate 

 under the same price schedule based on 

 the Chicago market. If a farmer in Pu- 

 laski county sends his cream to the 

 Producers Creamery of Carbondale he 

 will receive the same initial price as a 

 farmer living in Winnebago county who 

 sells to Producers Creamery of Peoria 

 or Bloomington. 



The quality of the butter made in our 

 plants as revealed by Federal Inspector, 

 C. O. Tuttle, who grades every churning, 

 proves that the variation in quality be- 

 tween different plants does not justify 

 a lower price to producers in Southern 

 Illinois. Future increased returns to 

 producers will come as a result of im- 

 proving the quality of cream and through 



the State Association being able to make 

 .sales through more direct routes. 



3. Illinois Producers' Creameries is 

 taking the lead in improving the general 

 quality of cream produced in the State. 

 One creamery reported that had all the 

 "C" grade cream received during July 

 been "B" grade cream, the creamery 

 could have paid its patrons $1,000 more 

 money. The "C" grade cream made but- 

 ter that had to sell for that much less. 

 In communities where good butter is al- 

 ways available, per capita consumption 

 is about 45 pounds while the average for 

 the U. S. is only 17.5. Good butter will 

 put "Oleo" out of business. 



President Earl Smith 



Gets Advisory Post 



President Earl Smith has been ap- 

 pointed the representative of "Agricul- 

 ture" on the advisory board for the Na- 

 tional Youth Administration program 

 in Illinois. The purpose of the new 

 body, as announced, is to train jobless 

 young men for employment, g^rant gov- 

 ernment loans to needy students, and 

 expand recreational activities. The ad- 

 visory board was approved by the na- 

 tional executive board and confirmed by 

 President Roosevelt. 



More than $30,000,000 in corn-hog 

 payments on 1935 contracts had been 

 made up to September 2. Of this amount 

 Illinois signers received $1,266,602. 



High School Ag. Man 



Adviser in Johnson 



Orville O. Mowery, recently appointed 

 farm adviser in Johnson county, was 

 born and raised on 

 a dairy farm in 

 .Alexander county, 

 111. He studied agri- 

 culture at the high 

 school in Carbon- 

 dale and later 

 graduated from the 

 Junior College con- 

 nected with the 

 Teachers' College 

 there. He entered 

 the University of 

 Illinois College of 

 Agriculture at Urbana in 1923 and se- 

 cured his degree in 1925. 



Since graduation Mowery has taught 

 vocational agriculture in high schools in 

 Johnson, Franklin and Wabash counties. 

 For the past six years he has been teach- 

 ing at Mt. Carmel where his judging 

 teams won several state championships. 



0. 0. MOWERT 



To Clinton County 



Charles E. Twigg, former farm adviser 

 in Jefferson county recently succeeded 

 W. A. Cope as farm adviser in Clinton 

 county. Mr. Twigg is a native of Edgar 

 county. After attending public school? 

 at Paris, he enrolled 

 at the University qf 

 Illinois, College of 

 Agriculture, where 

 he graduated in 

 1925. Following a 

 year of extension 

 work in agricultural 

 geology, he accepted 

 the position of agri- 

 cultural teacher in 

 the Equality (Galla- 

 tin county) High 

 School. He became 



farm adviser in Jefferson county four 

 years ago, where he made an excellent 

 record. 



Mr. and Mrs. .Twigg have five fine 

 little Twiggs, four boys and a girl. Mr. 

 Cope returned to his farm near Salem 

 in Marion county where he recently har- 

 vested a fine crop of peaches. 



CHAS. TWICO 



AAA Vote 



Downstate Illinois congressmen with- 

 out exception so far as is known voted 

 for the .A.A.A. am€ndni€:;t?. The amend- 

 ments passed the House seme time ago 

 without a record vote. The majority vote 

 v.-as overwhelming for the AAA. 



In the Senate where the A.\A vote 

 was tallied, Senators Lewis and Diete- 

 rich were recorded as not voting on the 

 measure. Both Lewis and Dieterich 

 voted "yes" on the Guffey amendment 

 preventing the fixing of a processing tax 

 on barley. Tlje Guffey amendment lost. 

 But Lewis voted "no" to reconsider uie 

 Guffey amendment vote. Both Senators 

 voted "against" the fixing of minimum 

 prices of resale by first handlers of farm 

 products. 



Tariff On Grain 



Corn imported into the United States 

 must pay a duty of 25 cents a bushel 

 plus freight and handling charges. Other 

 import duties are oats 16 cents, barley 

 20 cents, rye 15 cents, and beef six cents 

 a pound. Recent imports of farm prod- 

 ucts have been somewhat above normal 

 because of the wide difference in price 

 between the U. S. and foreig^n countries. 



That smile Harrison Fahrnkopf, man- 

 ager of Illinois Grain Corporation is 

 wearing around these days is due to the 

 arrival of a second daughter, Rnth Ann. 

 on July 18. 



A LA. A. RECORD 



