SERVICE COMPANY NEWS 



HIGH COMPRESSION FOO 

 Pulled eight 14-inch plows at Newark. 



High Compressioned Farmall 



Pulls Eight 14 Inch Plows 



W'licn .1 I'.irm.il!- io. hiulicoinpres- 

 sioneJ anil mountcil on rubber, pulled 

 ei^lit l-l-inch plows in third ecu during 

 a tr.ictor demonstration held on the farm 

 of John S. PoUer near Newark. Kendall 

 county, September 1 1th, the three hun- 

 dred enthusiastic farmers present were 

 thoroughly convinced that this was the 

 solution of their power problems. This 

 outtit plowed a little more than half an 

 acre each time it went around the 80 

 rod land. 



An old style steellu^ced Internation- 

 al 22-36, recently hiyh-compressioned, 

 pulled, two three-bottom plows easily in 

 hi^h i^ear. When ei^ht fourteen inch 

 plows were liitched on, however, the 

 tractor did not have sufficient traction 

 to holil, but the rubber tired tr.ictor 

 pulled the same load with case. 



In explaininc hi^h compression, A. F. 

 Wilt of the Ethyl Gasoline ("orporation 

 compared this type of power to that of 

 a coil sprinu, .statini; the more the spring 

 is compre.ssed the harder it will rebound 

 when released; similarly, the more .gaso- 

 line is compressed the harder the piston 

 will be forced down when i/:nited. He 

 further stated that the advant.ige of this 

 type of motor comes not so much from 

 the extra power but from the saving in 

 fuel. 



Miscellaneous sales of S.^.118 in one day 



is the splendid record made by MaC()n-Pi.itt 

 Service Company on Au.cust .^1. This rec- 

 oril s.ile consisted of 121^ gallons Soyojl 

 paint, ^68 p,illons linseed oil and turpentine, 

 50 u.illuns roof co.itin,i;, 10 c.dlons Blue 

 Se.il fly-spr.iy and several other minor prod- 

 ucts. 7.. \X'. >X'elch, manager, reports that 

 this accomplishment is the result of a well 

 planned sales program which received the 

 whole he irted support of his s.ilcsmen 



Annual Meeting at 

 Peoria on Oct. 15th 



llie tenth annual meeting of Illinois 

 rarm Supply ( ompany will be held at 

 the Pere Marcjuette Hotel. Peoria. Thurs- 

 day, October 1 "ith, announces L. R. Mar- 

 chant, Manager. 



F. W. Peck, director of .igricultural 

 extension. University of Minnesota, and 

 former I"("A cooperative bank commis- 

 sioner will be the principal spe.iker. 



In their reports to the stockholders. 

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

 Marchant, man.iger, will reveal the sensa- 

 tional progress made in the company's ten 

 years of continuous growth. The com- 

 pany closed its 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 dirc-ctors will take place 

 at which nine directors will be chosen 

 from the respective districts in the State. 



Present officers are Fred F. Herndon. 

 Macomb, president ; l"hos. J. Penman. 

 Yorkville, vice-president; F. 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 patronajie dividends of S8.8()() were 

 distributed to CiOO Harm Hureau niemlxi 

 p.itions of Jo Daviess Ciounty Service Comp 

 any last ye.ir >Xaller Hein/. man.iuer, u- 

 ported at the aniui.il meetinc in lili/.ibelh. 

 August \1. Diviilends of li per cent were 

 paid on all rural deliveries of merchaiulist 

 and II per cent on fillinu station and de.iUr 

 business. The tonip.iiiy closed its year with 

 accounts receiv.ihle at 6 per cent of tot.il 

 sales. Fred 1;. Herndon, president of || 

 lmoi\ F.irm Supply Company, was the prin 

 cip.il speaker. 



Cash dividends of 510,869 were disirib 



uted to 6(11 l-.irin Biire.iu members at the 

 Schuyler-Brown Service Co., annual meet 

 in.i;. Sept. 16, Sales were •I'i'^r greater, net 

 e.irnin.ys 90' r ahead of x year a.i;o. Man.iger 

 Geo Schcef said. He reported a markei) 

 tendency toward the use of high qualitv 

 fuels .ind lubricants. Increase in gasoliiu 

 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. Vi' 

 Hoo,^ 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 19sl. Cash patronage dividends of 

 SlO.'iOO paid to ^\(> Farm Bureau members 

 IS equal to one-third the amount refunded 

 dunn.i; 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 ll.s per cent of 

 the capital stock investment. 



The dividend checks averaged $19. .^8 

 each, according to Fverett Dorothy, man 

 ager. He also reported that the company 

 closed its books for the year with accounts 

 receivable at the low figure of 5.~1 per cent 

 of annual sales Henry Faulkner of Ply- 

 mouth and F.d Gray of Warsaw were elected 

 directors. Illinois Farm Supply Company 

 was represented at tlie meeting by President 

 Fred 1: Herndim and \X' B. Peterson. 



Directors of Bureau County Service Com- 

 pany selected Lester Jacobs, f<prmerly as- 

 sociatet.1 with VC'hiteside Service Company 

 at Lyndon, to manage their Company He 

 took charge on October 1st. This service 

 company has been under the mana.uement 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 





CLYDE CARPER 

 of Champaign Service Co. "He's Top Man 

 on Soyoil sales." 



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