Peoria — \V. T. Sohvenk $17.70. Charles 



Wiiodrord — Knrost I.omoiis $4S.r).'!, C. 

 M. Smith Si_'.4::. 



Mason— M. I,. Voiitz .fstl.t;;!, No.l Yoiitz 

 Sl!t..il. 



Marshall-I'iilnam— Chris Olson flrt.dl. 

 .Idhn Liiomis $I(l..^S. 



Logan — (ici). (iilchnst $12. '.Mi. 



While coiiiniissiiin rofuiuls arc hijrhl.v 

 jipprec'iatoil. livestock farrtiers realize 

 that the bitr objective in orjraniz.ed pro- 

 iluctioii and marketin>r is to secure and 

 maintain parity [irices for livestock. The 

 lovn-hojr control proRram, the effect of 

 which was >:reatly intensified hy the 

 drouth, proves the possibilities and need 

 for adjustinc supply to effective de- 

 mand. The elimination of surplus live- 

 stock during the past two years, like- 

 wise, has shown the possibilities in im- 

 proving the barKainiiiR positii>n of 

 farmer-owned co-operative agencies. 



Everywhere in Illinois, livestock 

 trrowers are studyinjj and discussinfr 

 fast-chanKiii>r methods in marketintr- 

 Only a few years ago practically all live- 

 stock went to market by rail, much of 

 it through cooperative shipping associ- 

 ations. Today the shipping association is 

 a thing of the past in many counties due 

 to the tremendous growth of trucking 

 direct from farm to terminal markets. 



Buying of livestock in the country by 

 packer.s and their representatives, like- 

 wise, has changed the picture. Co-opera- 

 tive concentration points which sell and 

 ship direct to packers and to the eastern 

 markets have been set up not only in 

 Illinois but also in other middle west 

 states to improve the farmer's bargain- 

 ing position. 



At Mattoon in Coles county, a new ex- 

 periment in co-operative marketing is be- 

 ing tried. .A salesman for the Indian- 

 apolis Producers is maintained at the 

 concentration point in the country to sell 

 livestock for patrons. 



In Richland county the !<hipping As- 

 sociation has refused to be put out of 

 business by c<impeting trucks. It recent- 

 ly bought a 1 '2 ton truck and is now 

 giving its patrons marketing and trans- 

 portation service direct fr()m farm to 

 market. 



Manager Harold Williamson says he 

 is keeping busy and his members like 

 the service. Most of the livestock from 

 this association goes to the Indian:ipo]is 

 and St. Louis Producers. 



Field man S. T. Simpson of Illinois 

 Livestock Marketing Association reports 

 that White county held a market tour on 

 September I'.i and a feed lot tour and 

 grading demonstration on October 17. 



Macou|)in county recently set up a live- 

 stock marketing committee with C. W. 

 Motfett as chairman. 



One of the most active committees in 



MORGAN COUNTY LIVESTOCK SHIPPING SERVICE BOARD AND MARKETING COMMITTEE 

 First row, left to right: Orlando Sli. Everett G. Reynolds. Roy Burrus, E. E. Hart. R. B. Oiley. 

 Robert Ha'ney, Charles R. Gibson, Clyde Willia'^is. Daniel Doitrick, president, was absent. 



Second row, left to right (Morgan County Ma'lteting Committee); Lester E. Martin, president; 

 Frank J. Flynn, president Morgan County Farm Bureau; E. H. Twyford, Ralph Heaton. Coy Stice, 

 Fred Hagen, Harvey Conlee, and Austin Patterson. 



Third row, left to right: Herbert SImVe: I. E, Parett, former farm adviser; John Heaton. Har- 

 old Kamm. Henry DeFrates and Glenn Johnson. 



developing livestock marketing is at 

 work in Morgan county. This county has 

 developed a county shipping service 

 which is handling an ever-increasing vol- 

 ume of livestock co-operatively. More 

 than lOK producers attended Field Day 

 held on the Hurrus Krothers' farm the 

 middle of .September where livestock 

 grading demonstrations and a speaking 

 program were held. 



Hiuing the month of October, a great 

 many livestock counties throughout the 

 Sti.te either have made or are Jilanning 

 to make inspection trips to their respec- 

 tive terminal markets. On October 2, i]X 

 men frcmi Carroll County visited the 

 Chicago market. On October Tth. 17 

 Committeemen came in from I.aSalle 

 County. There were ;^(l in the Ogle Coun- 

 ty group on October Mth. Kighty live- 

 stock producers from Ford County visited 

 the market on f)ctot,er the IDth. .To 

 Haviess County had 2:! on the 11th. Bu- 

 reau County ;!'.! on the I.'>th. Knox. War- 

 ren and Henderson had 120 on the 17th. 



Livestock marketing committeemen of 

 Whiteside County visiteil the Chicago 

 yards on the 21.st, DeKalb on the 22nd. 

 Henry and Rock Inland on the 2.'ird 

 and I.ee County on the 24th. Mercer 

 County made tentative plans for a trip 

 to Chic.igo on the .Slith or the ."ilst. 



I>elegations from Ciawford-.Iasper ;ind 

 f'l.-irk counties visited the Indianaiiolis 

 I roduceis during October. Scott county 

 livestock men were at the St. Louis mar- 

 ket on the 24th. 



.\11 of these meetings are under the 

 auspices of the County Marketing Com- 

 mittees and are a part of the general 

 program being carrieil out by Producer 

 .Agencies. Illinois Livestock Marketing 

 .Association, (^)uiity Farm Bureaus and 

 the I. A. A. 



Higher Hog Prices 



Increase Vaccination 



Member counties of the Illinois Farm 

 Bureau .Serum .Association delivered 

 .■!.1!ir).:lfi.'> cc. of serum and virus during 

 the month of September. This was the 

 third largest month iluring I'.i.^.i. During 

 .August ■'!.t>;!2.120 cc. of serum and virus 

 were delivered and in May .■5..'SS.nr>.'') cc. 

 The figure fi>r the nine months period 

 is lK.14it,(".(i."i cc. For the same nine 

 months in I'.'.'M, the .Association handled 

 20,tt41,n3.! cc. This is a 14^7 reduction 

 which comi>ares with a cut of 40 per- 

 cent in the nund)er of hogs. 



At the present price of hogs, no farm- 

 er can afTord to run the risk of cholera. 

 Very frofpiently outbreaks occur about 

 the time farmers tuin their hogs into 

 new corn. The fact that the hogs are 

 not watched so closely together with the 

 ch.-mge in diet frerpu'nlly results in 

 heavv losses. 



1516 Wool Growers Are 



"Sitting Pretty"— Miller 



.A total of l.Tir. Wool producers in 58 

 Illinois counties consigned a total of 

 .'.SO.OIO pounds of wool through the .Illi- 

 nois I.ivestoi-k Marketing Association and 

 the National Wool .Marketing Corpora- 

 tion. This is the largest volume ever 

 handled cooperatively by the .Associa- 

 tion. Prices have been rising gradually. 

 Present indic.-itions are that the man who 

 consigned his wool to be sold cooperatively 

 will be from 10c to 15c a pound better 

 off than many who sold to local buyers 

 earlier in the season, says Ray E. Miller, 

 director of livestock and wool marketing. 



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