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Nearly twenty thousand dollars in patron- 

 age dividends were paid to 710 member pa- 

 trons of Marshall-Putnam Oil Company, 

 ($27.70 ave. per customer), B. G. Hoyle, 

 treasurer, reported at the annual meeting in 

 Henry, October 30. 



A. M. Ault, manager, stated that accounts 

 receivable and inventory measured in dol- 

 lars had decreased substantially with a 45% 

 increase in sales. Fred Herndon, was the 

 principal speaker. Russell McKee and Le- 

 lond Monier are new directors. 



More than 900 enthusiastic Whiteside 

 County Farm Bureau members attended the 

 annual meeting of the service company, 

 held in Morrison, Nov. 18. L. A. Abbott, 

 president, reported on the progress made by 

 the company during the last year. He 

 stated that more than 90% of the Farm 

 Bureau members of Whitside County pa- 

 tronized Whiteside Service Co. and that 

 more than $16,500 would be distributed to 

 them in patronage refunds averaging $15.24 

 per patron. This is about 12% of net sales. 

 G. W. Bunting was principal speaker. 



A 21 per cent gain in volume, a 30 per 

 cent increase in sales, a 36.5 per cent increase 

 in net income, and patronage dividends aver- 

 aging $28.51 per Farm Bureau member was 

 the news E. C. Campbell, manager of Liv- 

 ingston Service Company greeted 800 stock- 

 holders with at the annual meeting, in 

 Pontiac November 19. 



Thirteen hundred Farm Bureau members 

 shared in the distribution of preferred stock 

 dividends in the amount of $1,712.68 and 

 patronage dividends totaling $37,384.78. 

 Dividend rates were 15 per cent on rural 

 sales of Magic Aladdin gasoline and Radiant 

 kerosene, 11 per cent on rural sales of U. S. 

 Motor gasoline, 22 per cent on motor oils 

 and grease, 12 per cent on sales through 

 service stations and dealers, and 7 per cent 

 on tractor fuels and distillate. 



"The thirig that appeals to me," said Geo. 

 F. Potter, president of the company, "is that 

 the money stays right in the community in- 

 stead of going to some metropolitan center 

 or to foreign lands." 



L. R. Marchant, spoke on the. subject, "Or- 

 ganization in Action." 



George Chappie of Dwight was elected 

 president. 



Cash dividends of $13,500 were returned 



to 670 Farm Bureau Members of Macoupin 

 County Farm Bureau & Service Co. at the 

 annual meeting held in Carlinville Novem- 

 ber 7th, according to a report received from 

 J. G. Dorward, manager. Ninety-one per 

 cent of the Farm Bureau Members in the 

 county patronized their service company and 

 the average dividend check received per 

 member was $20.16. George E. Metzger 

 and J. C. Spitler were principal speakers. 



Approximately 600 attended the joint an- 

 nual meeting of Ford County Farm Bureau 

 and Ford County Service Company at Mel- 

 vin, November 18.. 



L. R. Marchant, was the principal speaker. 



Some 700 Farm Bureau members received 

 10 per cent patronage dividend checks, total- 

 ing $12,576.74. Deferred dividends repre- 

 senting 4.7 per cent of sales totaled $5- 

 953.49. 



Exactly 130 new Farm Bureau members 

 were enrolled during the year, according to 

 Farm Adviser H. D. Triplett. 



PRIZE WINNING BOOKKEEPERS 

 In 1936 Confesf Sponsored by Illinois Farm Supply Company for County Sarvic* Co. Accountants. 

 Left to right sitting: I. Mary Reinhart, Champaign County; 2. Irma Anderson, Winnebago; 3, Har- 

 riet R. Sumner, Rich-Law; 4. Marie Skarniliat, Tazewell; 5. Mrs. L. H. TuM..«y (first prize), Fulton; 

 6. Georgina J. M. Binder, Warren; 7. Mrs. Ruth Lawrence, Knoi; 8. Glady Hawkins, Edgar. 

 Standing: I. Roy Virtue, Jo Daviess; 2. W. L. K^ran, Schuyler; 3. R. F. Johnson, Henderson; 

 4. L. W. McKinzie, McOonough; 5. Theron Broster, Wabash Valley (now Manager Monro* S«r- 

 vice Co.). 



A. B. Schofield retired as president of the 

 Farm Bureau and service company after ten 

 years of active service. Harry Minch of 

 Roberts was elected to fill the vacancy. 

 Arvid Peterson, Chas. Simmons, and B. Mc- 

 Collum are new members elected to the 

 board. 



Cash dividends of $10,283 were distrib- 

 uted to 724 Farm Bureau members in Adams 

 County at the sixth annual meeting of the 

 Service Company in Quincy, October 28. A 

 total of $78,608.36 has been paid to mem- 

 bers in patronage since organization of the 

 company in 1930. This amount is equivalent 

 to more than the dues paid by the Farm Bu- 

 reau members during the six years that the 

 company has been in operation. Dividend 

 checks on the past year's Business averaged 

 $14.07. 



Accounts receivable were equal to 4.6 

 per cent of sales, the lowest in the history 

 of the company. 



The high light of the meeting was the 



NOTICE 



lUinois Agricultviral Association 



Election of Delegates 



Notice is hereby given that in connection 

 with the annual meetings of all County Farm 

 bureaus to be held during the month of 

 January, 1937, at the hour and place to be 

 determined by the Board of Directors of 

 each respective County Farm Bureau, the 

 members in good standing of such County 

 Farm Bureau, and who are also qualified 

 voting members of Illinois Agricultural As- 

 sociation, shall elect a delegate or delegates 

 to represent such members of Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Association and vote on all matters 

 before the next annual meeting or any 

 special meeting of the Association, including 

 the election of officers and directors as 

 provided for in the By-Laws of the Associa- 

 tion. 



During January, annual meetings will be 

 held in Carroll, Cumberland, Fulton, Greene, 

 Knox, McHenry, Mason, Mercer, Peoria, 

 Sangamon, Whiteside, Winnebago and 

 Woodford Counties. 



(Signed) Paul E. Mathias, 

 November 14, 1936. Corporate Secretary 



address of Fred E. Herndon. All directors ' 

 were re-elected. 



The Pike County Farm Bureau and PIfce 



County Service Company held a Joint an- 

 niial meeting at Pittsfield on October 28th 

 at which 3''0 Farm Bureau Members re- ' 

 ceived patronage dividends. Nearly 70% of 

 the Farm Bureau Members of Pike County 

 patronized their service company according 

 to Earl B. Johnson, manager, who has been 

 in charge of this Company the past five 

 months. Dividends equal to 10% of the - 

 purchase price of paint, tires, oil and grease 

 were returned to members. Arthur Lowe 

 of Pittsfield and Burdette Berry of Pleasant 

 Hill were elected to the board of directors. 

 George E. Metzger and C. H. Becker were 

 the speakers. 



A Home Bureau ior Christmas 



(Continued from page 29) 

 plans to present to the women of 

 their county at the annual Farm Bur- 

 eau meeting. 



"We are glad to talk to women 

 any time about the possibilities for or- 

 ganizing," said Mrs. Burns. "We don't 

 need a large meeting, in fact, we pre-\ 

 fer to tell about Home Bureau to ' 

 small groups, perhaps two or three 

 women, to make certain they want the 

 organization. If they are interested the 

 group meeting may be arranged later." 



Approximately 15,000 women now 

 belong to the 44 Home Bureau organi- 

 zations in Illinois which number rep- 

 resents a gain of around 4000 since 

 last January. 



Is it any wonder that Menard wom- 

 en want to link forces with home- 

 makers in other counties and give 

 their county a Home Bureau for 

 Christmas.' — Nell Flatt Goodman. 



DECEMBER. 1936 



