Illinois Co-ops 



$77,000,000.00 



Milk And Livesfocic Lead In Co-operaflve Sales 



Sell 

 in '35 



Illinois farmers marketed co-opera- 

 tively an estimated $77,054,898 worth oi 

 farm commodities during the calendar 

 year 1935 according to computations 

 based on reports made at the annual con- 

 vention Jan. 29-30-31 in Decatur. 



The major commodities marketed in- 

 clude milk, livestock, grain, butterfat and 

 fruit and vegetables. 



Fluid milk for the retail trade leads 

 all farm commodities both in the per- 

 centage of total production marketed co- 

 operatively (about 75 per cent) and in 

 value. Co-operative bargaining associa- 

 tions organized during the past 15 years 

 with the aid of the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association and the County Farm Bu- 

 reaus, marketed approximately 2,357,- 

 486,000 pounds of milk, the production 

 of some 48,000 dairy farmers, Wilfred 

 Shaw, milk marketing director disclosed 

 in his annual report. 



"These co-operative bargaining asso- 

 ciations have rendered a valuable serv- 

 ice to their members in securing fair 

 prices for their milk, conditions con- 

 sidered," Shaw said. At an estimated 

 average price of $1.50 per 100 lbs. the 

 value of this milk amounts to $35,362,- 

 290. 



Ray E. Miller, director of livestock 

 marketing, reported that 23.38 per cent 

 of all Illino's livestock was sold through 

 co-operative channels last year — a total 

 of 22,872 carloads. The farm value of 

 all livestock produced for market in Illi- 

 nois during 1935 is estimated at $149,- 

 938,400, Mr. Miller said. That portion 

 marketed cooperatively slightly exceeds 

 $35,000,000 or a little under the value of 

 fluid milk sold through co-operative 

 channels. 



The volume of grain marketed through 

 the Illinois Grain Corporation and the 

 Farmers Nat'onal Grain Corporation 

 from this state was 10,309,690 bu. with 

 a value approximating $5,000,000. This 

 figure does not include grain sold 

 through co-operative country elevators 

 to processors and privately-operated 

 commission firms. While Illinois Gra'n 

 Corporation closed the year with 200 

 member elevators and county grain asso- 

 ciations, the largest membership in its 

 history, the volume of grain handled 

 was substantially below the peak be- 

 cause of the terrific reduction in grain 

 crops in 1934 as a result of the drouth. 

 Totals for 1936 are expected to be sub- 

 stantially higher. 



Illinois fanners produced in their eight 



co-operative centra'.ized creameries a 

 total of 6,106,929 pounds of butter valued 

 at $1,706,838.92 last year, Frank Gougler, 

 manager of Illinois Producers Creameries, 

 reported. This volume is 78 per cent 

 more than was produced in 1934 and 233 

 per cent more than was produced in 1933. 

 The 1935 sales of butter brought .'?47,- 

 733.29 more than the Chicago 90 score 

 butter market on day of sales. Patron- 

 age dividends paid producer members in 

 addition to the prevailing price paid for 

 butterfat total $44,515.01, J. B. Countiss, 

 sales manager, said. The association will 

 launch an egg marketing program in 

 1936 in conjunction with the co-operative 

 creameries. The Producers Creameries 

 also have set their goal at 10,000,000 

 pounds of butterfat marketed co-opera- 

 tively. 



While Illinois is not considered an im- 

 portant fruit and vegetable growing 

 state, yet in southern and western Illi- 

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Business Man Guides 



Gerald to Victory 



All due credit to Gerald Sammons of 

 Montgomery county for coming out 

 "tops" in the state championship of the 

 Skilled Drivers Club held at Decatur, 

 January 30th. He had to beat out 14 

 other district winners to win the honor, 

 a cup, and the 1936 presidency of the 

 Club. 



But there's another person to whom 

 credit must be given. That man is J»'. 

 James Hilt, business man of Hillsboro. 

 He coached and taught Sammons, steer- 

 ing him through community, county 

 and district wins. He did the same for 

 Miss Helen Mobley, last year's state 

 winner. 



Take note that Hilt is not a farmer — 

 and not a Farm Bureau member. But, 

 he is heart and soul in the Skilled Drivers 

 Club movement and gives much of his 

 time so that the coming generation of 

 rural motorists in Illinois w'll be famed 

 for their driving skill and freedom 

 from accidents. 



The state championship was the high 



point in seven months of activity and 



study. The contest was in three parts: 



first, a co'-n'y competition which was 



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ANNUAL MEETING ILLINOIS MILK PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION, FIRST METHODIST 

 Church, Decatur. Left to right: Paul E. Mathias, Ryland Capron. president, Peoria Milk Pro- 

 ducers, and Wilfred Shaw. 



Mr. Shaw presented the report of the boa 'd of directors. Mr. Mathias reviewed experi- 

 ences and progress of the Association, formerly known as Mississippi Valley Milk Producers, and 

 outlined the services the new association could render its members such as; ( I ) give technical 

 advice, (2) develop new member organizations. (3) study advantages and disadvantages 

 of distributing co-operatives, (4) represent members on legislative matters, (5) purchase 

 supplies and equipment co-operatively, (6) exchange market information. G. W. Bunting of 

 Illinois Farm Supply Company outlined opportunities in buying supplies for members co- 

 operatively through Illinois Equipment Company. 



Directors elected were: Dewey Prather, Champaign; J. Cole Morton, Danville; D. J. 

 Blickenstaff, Decatur; Wm. O'Malley, DeKalb; E. J. Gumm, Galesburg; Ewin Aujenkamp, 

 Jacksonville; Alei McPhedran, LaSalle; Mari-jn Stubblefield, Bloomington; Hugh Mainland, 

 Rockford; Ryland Capron, Peoria; J. Stiegliti, Peoria; Herbert Klawonn, Moline; Albert Heckle, 

 Quincy; Glenn Tombaugh, Streator. 



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I. A. A. RECORD 



