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Six Million Pounds of 

 Prairie Farms Butter 



1935 a Banner Year for Illinois Producers Creanneries 



More than 500 producers attended the 

 rousing annual meeting of Illinois Pro- 

 ducers' Creameries in the First Method- 

 ist Church, Decatur, Jan. 29. 



President Krause reported that Illi- 

 nois Producers' Creameries made 6,106,- 

 929 lbs. butter during 1935 which in- 

 cluded local carton sales of 2,266,801 lbs. 

 and carlot sales of 3,840,128 lbs. He 

 pointed out that not one cent has been 

 lost on any sale of butter made in 1933, 

 1934 and 1935. Total patronage divi- 

 dends amounted to over $50,000 during 

 1935. 



Butterfat prices throughout Illinois, he 

 said, averaged at least 3c nearer the Chi- 

 cago market than before Producers' 

 creameries were started. This resulted 

 in the producers in the territory served 

 by the co-operatives getting |1,500,000 

 more for their cream than they other- 

 wise would have received. 



Talmage DeFrees, 1. A. A. vice-presi- 

 dent, the principal speaker, reviewed 

 the history of the creameries. His two 

 years service on the board of directors 

 of Illinois Producers' Creameries, en- 

 abled him to relate interestingly the 

 splendid growth made during the past 

 three years. 



Two silver cups were presented at the 

 meeting — one to the plant making the 

 highest percentage of 92 score butter 



which was won by the Farmers Cream- 

 ery Company at Bloomington. The same 

 cup was won during 1934 by the Bloom- 

 ington plant which now retains it perma- 

 nently. The second cup was presented 

 to the creamery signing the most Farm 

 Bureau members during a special drive 

 put on in September, 1935. This cup 

 was won by Producers' Creamery of 

 Olney. 



Manager Frank Gougler and Sales 

 Manager J. B. Countiss gave their an- 

 nual reports in which they reviewed the 

 progress of the Producers Creamerie.s 

 during the past year and discussed the 

 1936 program. 



Directors elected to the board are: 

 E. Harris, Grayslake; Wm. Bismark, 

 Geneseo; Ryland Capron, Peoria; H. W. 

 Enns, Bloomington; H. C. Reedy, Sul- 

 livan; Burton Leamon. Olney; Frank 

 Easterly, Carbondale; Harry Gehring, 

 Galesburg; C. J. Thompson, Rushville. 



President Arthur Packard of the Ver- 

 mont State Farm Bureau Federation says 

 it took eight years to secure a state 

 income tax but it was worthwhile because 

 it made a substantial saving in farm 

 property taxes. 



PRESIDENT KRAUSE ADDRESSES ANNUAL 

 Meeting of Illinois Producers Creameries 

 Decatur, January 29. "Our Goal Ten Million 

 Pounds of Prairie Farms Butter in 1936." 



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Big Gains Feature '35 



Record Farmers Mutual 



Uncle Ab says the surest way to a 



happy life is to cultivate happy thoughts. 



You might expect the hundreds of 

 agents who had been listening to facts, 

 figures and speeches on auto and life 

 insurance earlier in the day, to be a bit 

 groggy when Farmers Mutual Rein- 

 surance Company took over the Decatur 

 Armory for its 10th 

 annual meeting, 

 Wednesday, J a n u- 

 ary 29th at 3 p. m. 

 But such was not 

 the case. It had 

 been very apparent 

 thru the year that 

 Farmers Mutual un- 

 der the manager- 

 ship of J. H. Kelker 

 and with the Larry 

 Williams "push" be- 

 hind the acquisition 

 program, was going to turn in a record 

 breaking year and the boys were on hand 

 to get first hand information. 



With Geo. F. Tullock, president, lead- 

 ing the meeting, it soon became known 

 that a remarkable record had been made 

 in 1935. It remained for Manager 

 Kelker and Robt. A. Cowles, treasurer 

 to show just how far the company had 

 come as well as the savings which had 

 accrued to policyholders. 



It was shown that fire insurance 

 premiums written had increased 25.6 

 (Continued on page 17) 



GEO. F. TULLOCK 



FEBRUARY, 193S 



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