Plan Record-Breaking Year In Co- 

 operative Livestock Marketing 



October Busy Month with County Committees, Bureau Gains in Co-op. Shipments 



SPURRED on by their last year's rec- 

 ord of 33,114 decks of livestock mar- 

 keted co-operatively, which led all 

 other states by a comfortable margin, 

 Illinois livestock growers recently opened 

 their fall campaign to make 1935 an- 

 other record-breaking year. 



Following a series of district meetings 

 during September, livestock tours to the 

 terminal markets and cattle feeders' 

 tours from farm to farm have been held 

 or planned. Since the first of October 

 hundreds of livestock growers have at- 

 tended the many tours sponsored by 

 County Farm Bureaus, to the terminal 

 markets. 



During the period from 1930 to 1934 

 there was a gain of 8,936 decks or 36.9 

 per cent in Illinois livestock marketed 

 co-operatively. During the same period 

 total volume handled by member agen- 

 cies of the National Livestock Market- 

 ing Association increased 20,321 decks 

 or 21.7 per cent. The nearest approach 

 made by any other corn-belt state to the 

 gain registered by Illinois farmers was 

 13.8 per cent. 



One of the outstanding counties in 

 gains made by co-operative livestock 

 shippers during the past year is Bureau. 

 The first county committee on this proj- 

 ect was appointed in 1932. Early this 

 year the committee was enlarged and 

 the duties divided among sub-committees 

 according to Farm Adviser Paul V. Dean. 



Each Farm Bureau director was asked 



Banquet for Uvestocl Truckers Given by Bureau County Marketing Committee September 27 



to appoint a livestock marketing chair- 

 man and four or five members in his 

 township. 'The program followed in this 

 county during the past three years is 

 much the same," says Mr. Dean, "as was 

 recommended by Ray E. Miller, director 

 of livestock marketing for the lAA." 

 The program included publicity, visits 

 from producer salesmen, community 

 meetings, surveys, county meetings, 

 working with 4-H Clubs, truckers' ban- 

 quets, etc. 



"This work was immediately reflected 

 in an increase in livestock marketed 

 through co-operative channels. In 1932, 

 222 cars or seven per cent of the live- 

 stock in the county was marketed co- 



WARREN COUNTY LIVESTOCK MARKETING COMMITTEE IN SESSION AT MONMOUTH 

 Left to right: H. C. Odell, manager Service Company; J. B. Clark, E. H. Kirkpatrick, J. E. 

 Simmons, Sr., Ralph W. Switier, Lloyd Adkiiton, Ralph Okey, Harry P. Franti, Carl Herrmann, 

 Peoria Producers; E. H. Walworth, farm adviser; Harlan Watson, chairman County Livestock Mar- 

 keting Committee; Louis D. Hall, lAA; Fred H. Smith, president Warren County Farm Bureau; 

 Paul Johnson, Carl Stewart, secretary of meeting; Glenn Davis, Durham Lucas, Ear! Pope, Eddie 

 Simmons, Frank Kuhnky. 



operatively. In 1933 the percentage was 

 doubled, with 378 cars sold co-operative- 

 ly. In 1934, 630 cars or 25 per cent of 

 the livestock in the county went to mar- 

 ket the co-operative way. When the fig- 

 ures for 1935 are in. Bureau county 

 hopes to show even a better record than 

 this in percentage of livestock sold 

 through farmer-owned agencies." 



The present livestock marketing com- 

 mittee in Bureau consists of Warren 

 Chase, chairman; R. A. Pierson, vice- 

 chairman; S. S. Hussey, secretary; and 

 E. A. Jensen; A. B. Pierson; Enoch Lar- 

 son & B. W. Rocke. 



When the Peoria Producer.^; recently 

 announced its patronage refund to live- 

 stock shippers it was found that Fulton 

 county led all others with a total of ^2,- 

 810.18. Peoria county was second with 

 $2,485.89. Other high counties were 

 Tazewell, Woodford, Stark, Mason, Knox, 

 Marshall-Putnam, McLean and Logan. 

 Total distribution of refunds amounted 

 to 114,403. 



Following are representative commis- 

 sion refunds to livestock growers in the 

 various counties: 



Fulton— Mellert & Son $26.57, Frank 

 Newton & Orendorf $25.90. 



Tazewell— Cornwell Bros. $27.23, E. 

 Harms $22.42. 



Stark — Jim Scott $18.62, Harvey Price 

 $16.11. 



Knox— E. V. Schumacher & Son $19.15, 

 H. Shumaker $14.98. 



McLean— Geo. Winstead $41.76, Arthur 

 Wehmeier $17.02. 



NOVEMBER, 1935 



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