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Plan Record-Breaking Year In Co- 

 operative Livestock Marketing 



Oc+ober Busy Month with County Connmlttees, Bureau Gains in Co-op. Shipments 



SI'lKKHl) nil by ttu'ir last year's rec- 

 ord of 3."5,114 decks of livestock mar- 

 keted co-cjxTativcly, which led all 

 i.thir slat<"s liy a conifortal)lo inarniti. 

 Illinois livestock jriowers recently opened 

 their fall caiiiiiaijrn {•> maki' lO.iri ;in- 

 I'ther record-breaking year. 



Kollowinc a series of district meetinKs 

 diirin^r Septemher, livestock tours to the 

 terminal markets and cattle feeders' 

 tours from farm to farm have lieen held 

 or planne<l. Since the first of October 

 hundreds of livestock (jrowers have at- 

 tended the many tours sponsored by 

 County Farm Fiiireaus, to the terminal 

 markets. 



Durinjr the perioil from l:t:!<i to Ui:!4 

 there was a gain of S.'.*."?*) decks or 36.0 

 per cent in Illinois livestock marketed 

 cooperatively. Diirinir the same i)eriod 

 total volume handled by member agen- 

 cies of the National Livestock Market- 

 ing .Association increased 20..121 decks 

 or 21.7 per cent. The nearest approach 

 made by any other corn-belt state to the 

 fain resristered by Illitiois farmers was 

 l."..S per cent. 



One of the outstanding counties in 

 trains made by co-operativt livestock 

 shippers durintr the past year is Bureau. 

 The first county committee on this proj- 

 ect was appointed in l'.'.'!2. Karly this 

 year thi" committee was enlarged and 

 the duties dividt'd anionp: sub-committees 

 according to Farm .Adviser Paul V. Ileaii. 



Kach Farm Bureau director was asked 



Banquet ^or Livestock Truckers Given by Burea'j County Marleting CoTimit+ee Srptember 27 



to appoint a live-tocK tnarketing chair- 

 man and four or five members in his 

 township. 'The program follow<Ml in this 

 <ounty (luring the past three years is 

 much the same." ^ays >fr. n<'an. "as was 

 recomnieniled by R.iy K. Miller, ilirector 

 of livestock marketing for the lAA." 

 The program included publicity, visits 

 from producer salesmen, Ciimmunity 

 meetings, surveys, county meetings. 

 Working with 4- II Clubs, truckers' ban- 

 i|uets. etc. 



"This work was immediately r( fleeted 

 in an increase in livestock marketed 

 through co-operative channels. In r.'.'?2, 

 222 car- or -even per cent of the live- 

 stock in the countv was marketed co- 



WARREN COUNTY LIVESTOCK MARKETING COMMITTEE IN SESSION AT MONMOUTH 

 Left to right: H. C. Odell. manager Service Company: J. B. Clarlt. E. H. Kirkpatrlcli. J. E. 

 Simmons, Sr.. Ralph W. Switier, Lloyd Adkisson, 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, Earl Pope, Eddie 

 Simmons, Frank Kuhnky, 



operatively. In !'.>:'.:! the pi-iei n'aire was 

 doul.liil. with :;?>> car- -•■Id co 'iperative 

 ly 111 1'.'.;). '"■'.I' r:tr- ■•r 2."> I'er reu' T,!' 

 the llvesti>ck 111 th<- county went To mar 

 ket the co-oper:itive way. \\h<n the liu- 

 iires fur r.t.'!."i ."ire in. i'.'iK-a'i couii'x 

 hopes to show even a better rtvord th.-m 

 this in percenla'sre ''f live-tork -■•Id 

 through ,l".irnier-<iwned ;ii.'eiieic'-." 



The pre>etit live-tork market itik'' c'ln- 

 niittee in Bureau imh-i-i- of Warr'ii 

 ("base, chairm.iii: Ft. A. I'iersoii. •. i.-' - 

 <-hairnian: S. .^ Iln-sey. -< cret.iry: .ini 

 K. A, .I.'nsen: A. R. I'l. r-.n; Kr.n.h l.:.r- 

 son & R. W. K..,k<'. 



Whel: the I'e'ina l'l'"|lirei ■ f.-eirl;, 



annoiiiH-ed it> p.-itri'iiaj^.' nf'iiid '■■ !i'.< 

 stuck -hippvi> It wa- f.nii;d ilia* F i!»":i 

 (■ouiit\ led all rilhers with a :o'.ii ..:' ^J.- 

 .Mii.l,*, I'ei.ria i-'.iiii'> ua- -.•,■••!. d \v:r!, 

 .f2,4N.".,h:'. (irher hiirh rW.',t-:(- ■.\.>-, 

 Taz( well. W ....df' rd. Stark. Ma-.,;i. k' x. 

 .M;ii-hall Putnam. .\I. I.. ;i.; ;,• ,i I..-.;: 

 Tc'tal di-tribilti.'ii I'f ret'ui.ci- ;iii;.iii' •.■! 



lo .«i i.iit:;. 



FolloWlliL- .ire r« [•!e^el.•;.• .. . TllM).- 

 -joii refunds ;•• b'.e-l'.rk :rr a. •■- :: t!\.- 

 various CMUiiTies: 



Fulton— Mellert A: .<..•; .•;2o..'':. > la' V. 

 NewN.i, A; 'ir. 1 .|..rf .$2'.. I'd, 



la/e»ell— C..ri.«,.!i l!r.- .*2: 2 , K. 

 Harm- •■S22.12. 



Stark— Jim .<c.tt .^l^.>'.2. nar\e\ I'rco 



.*i<;.ii. 



Knox — F. \' ."-chuniaclur i S^'r, •*!.', '.■"■. 

 II. Shiiiuaker .*U.'.'S. 



McLean— <;e... U :i-N.„i s i !.:. . .At •.. ir 

 \\ ehiiuit r .*lT.ii2. 



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