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SERVICE COMPANY NEWS 



HIGH COMPRESSION F-30 

 Pulled sight 14-inch plows «t Nawarlc. 



High Compressioned Farmall 



Pulls Eight 14 Inch Plows 



When a Farmall-30, high-compres- 

 sioned and mounted on rubber, pulled 

 eight 14-inch plows in third gear during 

 .a tractor demonstration held on the farm 

 of John S. Potter near Newark, Kendall 

 county, September 11th, the three hun- 

 dred enthusiastic farmers present were 

 thoroughly convinced that this was the 

 solution of their power problems. This 

 outfit plowed a little more than half an 

 acre each time it went around the 80 

 tod land. 



An old style steel-lugged Internation- 

 al 22-36, recently high-compressioned, 

 pulled, two three-bottom plows easily in 

 high gear. When eight fourteen inch 

 plows were hitched on, however, the 

 tractor did not have sufficient traction 

 to hold, but the rubber tired tractor 

 pulled the same load with ease. 



In explaining high compression, A. F. 

 Wilt of the Ethyl Gasoline Corporation 

 compared this type of power to that of 

 a coil spring, stating the more the spring 

 is compressed the harder it will rebound 

 when released; similarly, the more gaso- 

 line is compressed the harder the piston 

 will be forced down when ignited. He 

 further stated that the advantage of this 

 type of motor comes not so much from 

 the extra power but from the saving in 

 fuel. 



Miscellaneous sales of $3,118 in one day 



is the splendid record made by Macon-Piatt 

 Service Company on August 31. This rec- 

 ord sale consisted of 1243 gallons Soyoil 

 paint, 368 gallons linseed oil and turpentine, 

 50 gallons roof coating, 10 gallons Blue 

 Seal fly-spray and several other minor prod- 

 ucts. Z. W. Welch, manager, reports that 

 this accomplishment is the result of a well 

 planned sales program which received the 

 wholehearted support of his salesmen. 



Annual Meeting at 

 Peoria on Oct. 15th 



The tenth annual meeting of Illinois 

 Farm Supply Company will be held at 

 the Pere Marquette Hotel, Peoria, Thurs- 

 day, October 15th, announces L. R. Mar- 

 chant, Manager. 



F. W. Peck, director of agricultural 

 extension. University of Minnesota, and 

 former FCA cooperative bank commis- 

 sioner will be the principal speaker. 



In their reports to the stockholders, 

 Fred E. Herndon, president, and L. R. 

 Marchant, manager, will reveal the sensa- 

 tional progress made in the company's ten 

 years of continuous growth. The com- 

 pany closed it.« books for the past fiscal 

 year on August 31 with a new all- 

 time record in volume of commodities 

 handled. , - 



During the business session the an- 

 nual election of directors will take place 

 at which nine directors will be chosen 

 from the respective districts in the State. 



Present officers are Fred E. Herndon, 

 Macomb, president; Thos. J. Penman, 

 Yorkville, vice-president; E. E. Steven- 

 son, Streator, secretary; R. A. Cowles, 

 Bloomington, treasurer. Other directors 

 are L. A. Abbott, Morrison; Jesse L. 

 Berry, Cerro Gordo; C. H. Buzzard, 

 Altamont; Frank J. Flynn, Murrayville; 

 H. A. Keele, Chesterfield and J. P. Red- 

 man, Cairo. ' - -•;.' -:'".'■ 



Cash patronage dividends of $8,800 were 

 distributed to 600 Farm Bureau member 

 patrons of Jo Daviess County Service Comp- 

 any last year Walter Heinz, manager, re- 

 ported at the annual meeting in Elizabeth, 

 August 12. Dividends of 13 per cent were 

 paid on all rural deliveries of merchandise 

 and 11 per cent on filling station and dealer 

 business. The company closed its year with 

 accounts receivable at 6 per cent of total 

 sales. Fred E. Herndon, president of Il- 

 linois Farm Supply Company, was the prin- 

 cipal speaker. j • ; ■ 



Cash dividends of $10,869 were distrib- 

 uted to 601 Farm Bureau members at the 

 Schuyler-Brown Service Co., annual meet- 

 ing, Sept. 16. Sales were 45% greater, net 

 earnings 90% ahead of a year ago, Manager 

 Geo. Scheef said. He reported a marked 

 tendency toward the use of high quality 

 fuels and lubricants. Increase in gasoline 

 sales was three times that of any other fuel. 



The Farm Bureau Supply Company of 

 Hancock County closed its best year in 

 thirteen years of operation. President R. W. 

 Booz declared in his report at the annual 

 meeting held in Carthage, September 10. 



Business of the company during the past 

 fiscal year showed a 100 per cent increase 

 since 1934. Cash patronage dividends of 

 $10,500 paid to 516 Farm Bureau members 

 is equal to one-third the amount refunded 

 during the entire history of the company. 

 This amount is more than the total Farm 

 Bureau dues paid in by members during the 

 year and is equivalent to 113 per cent of 

 the capital stock investment. 



The dividend checks averaged $19.38 

 each, according to Everett Dorothy, man- 

 ager. He also reported that the company 

 closed its books for the year with accounts 

 receivable at the low figure of 5.71 per cent 

 of annual sales. Henry Faulkner of Ply- 

 mouth and Ed Gray of Warsaw were elected 

 directors. Illinois Farm Supply Company 

 was represented at the meeting by President 

 Fred E. Herndon and W. B. Peterson. 



Directors of Bureau County Service Com- 

 pany selected Lester Jacobs, formerly as- 

 sociated with Whiteside Service Company 

 at Lyndon, to manage their Company. He 

 took charge on October 1st. This service 

 company has been under the management of 

 LaSalle County Farm Supply Company. It 

 enjoyed remarkable growth under this ar- 

 rangement and has now reached sufficient 

 size to proceed under its own guidance. 



byVr. 



J 



CLYDE CARPER 

 of Champaign Service Co. "He't Top Man 

 on Soyoil lalat." 



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