22 Home Bureau Markets 



Operating in Illinois 



By Miss Anna Knobloch, Chairman, 



Rural Business Women, Illinois 



Home Bureau 



The volume of sales for 20 Home Bu- 

 reau markets which operated during the 

 year ending December 1, 1934 was 

 $110,000. A recent survey shows that 

 22 such markets are now operating in 

 this state. At these markets, dairy 

 products including whole milk, butter- 

 milk, butter, cottage cheese, and whip- 

 ping cream, and poultry dressed ready 

 for the oven, fryers that are cut in 

 pieces, together with home butchered 

 beef and pork, sausage, bakery goods, 

 and fruits and vegetables are the most 

 popular products offered for sale. Many 

 of the markets are held adjacent to the 

 County Farm Bureau and Home Bureau 

 offices. Some of them have a cafeteria 

 in connection which townspeople like to 

 patronize. The highest quality of foods 

 are served at nominal prices. A few 

 markets have handcraft articles offered 

 for sale including aprons, garden hats, 

 pot holders, etc. 



Most of the markets have booths and 

 each contributor usually has her booth. 

 Sometimes two share one together. 

 Smaller markets use the pool system and 

 all the articles are placed in one case, 

 each contributor having a number, which 

 is placed on each article. When the pool 

 system is used it is a rule that the cus- 

 tomers be allowed to choose the things 

 they want without any special touting 

 for one article or another. 



The markets use prevailing prices of 

 the community in which they operate 

 and all contributors get the same prices 

 for their things. 



A visit to the Home Bureau market in 

 Mattoon on October 5th found those in 

 charge celebrating their sixth birthday. 

 They have 10 contributors, five of whom 

 are charter members. -Illinois is not the 

 only state in which these markets are 

 operating. Virginia has 17 such mar- 

 kets. North Carolina has several, one of 

 which has been in operation 12 years. 



The markets are of value to the com- 

 munity in a number of ways. They serve 

 as outlets for farm products and provide 

 money for necessities. The money re- 

 ceived by market contributors is used to 

 send children to school, buy clothing, pay 

 church and Home Bureau dues, buy new 

 equipment and furnishings for the home, 

 provide cash for vacation trips, and 

 build savings accounts. 



The market also affords an oppor- 

 tunity to rural women to work together, 

 to pick up new ideas and methods from 

 each other. So the markets kill two 

 birds with one stone. They aid the 



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Home Bureau Market at Mattoon Ready To 

 Celebrate Its Sixth Birthday 



Preparing farm produce and foods for rata!! 

 sale is now a regular project of. Farm Bureau 

 and Home Bureau members in some 22 counties 

 where markets have been established. 



AAA Works on Plan 



to Aid Potato Prices 



A proposal for raising the price of 

 1935 crop potatoes has been worked out 

 by the AAA. It provides for diverting 

 surplus potatoes of this year's crop to 

 industrial uses, and for marketing 

 agreements. 



Under this plan the AAA hopes to 

 raise the price of this year's crop to 

 three-fourths or more of parity. Parity 

 price for potatoes at present is around 

 90 cents. Growers previous to October 

 1 were getting about 35 cents a bushel. 

 Last season the average price was 51.7 

 cents per bushel. 



The Warren Potato Act of 1935, even 

 if Congress had appropriated money for 

 its administration, would not become ef- 

 fective except on potatoes harvested 

 after December 1 this year. This Act, 

 which many consider unworkable, will 

 probably be amended when Congrress 

 meets early next year. 



Details of the potato surplus disposal 

 plan were outlined at meetings in major 

 potato growing states beginning October 

 21. Under the proposal growers would 

 receive 25 cents a hundred pounds for 

 potatoes diverted to industrial use. Sueh 

 payments would be limited to 10 per 

 cent of the crop harvested in 1935 and 

 only on U. S. No. 2 or better grades. 

 The marketing agreement would restrict 

 interstate shipments of potatoes from 

 Colorado, Idaho, Nebraska and Wyoming 

 where such shipments depressed the 

 price to the grower. 



women and their families financially. 

 And by practicing cooperation they have 

 a more kindly feeling towards one an- 

 other, which makes for a happier life. 



Dividends Paid By 



Illinois Farm Supply Co. 



Adams Service Company J4,387.99 



Bureau Service Company (Included 



with LaSalle) 



Carroll Service Company 2,975.62 



Champaign County Service Company 6,120.89 

 Christian County Farmers Supply 



Company 2,255.47 



Clark Service Company. (Included 



with Edgar) 



Coles-Douglas Supply Company 3,914.36 



De Kalb County Agricultural Asso- 

 ciation 7,372.85 



DeWitt County Service Company .. 1,582.23 



Edgar County Supply Company 3,175.22 



Egyptian Service Company 1,665.86 



Farm Bureau Supply Company 2,262.59 



Ford County Service Company 3,101.02 



Fruit Belt Service Company 1,078.13 



Fulton Service Company 3,310.65 



Greene County Service Company . . 1,538.91 

 Grundy Service Company (Included 



with Kendall) 



Henderson Service Company 969.03 



Henry-Stark Service Company 4,270.14 



Iroquois Service Company 3,262.35 



Jersey County Farm Supply Co. .. 1,961.52 



Jo Daviess Service Company 1,968.34 



Kane County Service Company 2,150.47 



Kankakee Service Company 1,551.61 



Kendall Farmers Oil Company .... 2,626.48 



Knox County Oil Company 4,585.06 



Lake-Cook Farm Supply Company.. 4,759.02 

 LaSalle County Farm Supply Co. . . 5,920.93 



Lee County Service Company 3,183.07 



Livingston Serv.ce Company 4,709.30 



Logan-Mason Service Company 4,674.85 



Macon-Piatt Service Company 2,93233 



Macoupin Service Company 3^68.37 



Madison Service Company 1,911.72 



Marshall-Putnam Oil Company .... 2,399.69 



McDonough Service Company 2,942.42 



McLean County Service Company . . 8,348.86 

 Menard County Farmers Supply 



Company 1,661.02 



Mercer Service Company 1,507.05 



Monroe Service Company 1,563.56 



Montgomery County Farmers Oil Co. 2,030.27 



Morgan-Scott Service Company 3,894.67 



Peoria County Service Company . . 4,022.38 

 Pike County Service Company (In- 

 cluded with Adams) 



Randolph Service Company 2,152.22 



Rich-Law Service Company 3,376.22 



Rock Island Service Company 1,028.05 



Schuyler Service Company 1,%1.2S 



Shelby-Effingham Service Co 5,446.81 



St. Clair Service Company 4,034.06 



Stephenson Service Company 3,132.98 



Tazewell Service Company 3,933.94 



Twin County Service Company 1,225.20 



Vermilion Service Company 2,622.69 



Wabash Valley Service Company .. 5,557.28 

 Warren County Service Company . . 1,555.32 



Whiteside Service Company 3,920.87 



Will-DuPage Service Company .... 5,113.98 



Winnebago Service Company 2,953.84 



Woodford County Service Company 2,784.62 



Total Class "A" Members ....$178,515.83 



Cass County Farm Bureau $ 16.36 



Sangamon County Farm Bureau 133.08 



Total Class "B" Members J 149.44 



Farmers Elevator Company $ 461.12 



Fruit Exchange Supply Company .. 873.61 



Total Class "C" Members $1,334.73 



Total Patronage Refund $180,000.00 



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