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Nearly twenty thousand dollars in patron- 

 age ilivuletuls were paid to "10 mtmfier pa- 

 trons ot MaishallPutn.im Oil (Company, 

 ($2".'"() ave. per customer). B G. Hoyle, 

 treasurer, reported at the annual meeting in 

 Henry. October .^0. 



A M. Ault. manager, stated' that accounts 

 recei\able aiul inventory measured in dol- 

 lars had ilecreased substantially with a A'l^/r 

 increase in sales. Fred Herndon. was the 

 principal speaker. Russell McKee and Le- 

 land Nloiiler are new directors. 



More than 9(10 enthusiastic Whiteside 



County Farm Bureau members attendeil 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 \X'hitside County pa- 

 tronized Whiteside Service Co and that 

 more than Slfi.'iOO would be distributed to 

 them in patronage refunds averaging $15 2 1 

 per patron This is about I2'"/v- of net sales. 

 G. W. Bunting was principal speaker. 



A 21 per cent gain in volume, a .^0 per 



cent increase in sales, a i6 5 per cent increase 

 in net income, and patronage dividends aver- 

 aging S28.'>1 per Farm Bureau member was 

 the news I! C. Campbell, manager of Liv- 

 ingston Service Company greeted 800 stock- 

 holders with at the annual meeting, in 

 Pontiac November' 1'). 



Thirteen hundred Farm Bureau members 

 shared in the distribution of preferred stock 

 dividends in the amount of SI, "1268 and 

 patrivnage dividends totaling Ss".^84,"8. 

 Dividend rates were 15 per cent on rural 

 sales of Magic Aladdin gasidine and Radiant 

 kerosene, II 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 " per cent 

 on tractor fuels and distillate. 



"The thing 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." 



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

 ganization in Action." 



George Chappie of Dwight was elected 

 president. 



Cash dividends of 51.^,500 were returned 



to 6"0 Farm Bureau Members of Macoupin 

 County Farm Bureau & Service Co. at the 

 annual meeting held in Carlinville Novem- 

 ber "th, 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 pei' 

 member was $20 16. George E. Mctzger 

 and J. C. Spitler were principal speakers. 



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Approximately 600 attended the joint an- 

 nual meeting of' Ford County Farm Bureau 

 and Ford County Service Company at Mel- 

 vin, Noveniber 18. 



L. R, Marchant, was the principal speaker. 



Some "00 Farm Bureau members received 

 10 per cent patronage dividend checks, total-' 

 ing S12.5"6."4. Deferred dividends repre- 

 senting 4 7 per cent of sales totaled $5- 

 9^s.-)'>. 



Exactly I sO new Farm Bureau members 

 «ere enrolled during the year, according to 

 Farm Adviser H D Triplett 



PRIZE WINNING BOOKKEEPERS 

 In 1936 Cotitesf Sponsored by Illinois Farm Supply Company for Counfy Service Co. Acc9uf>*»n»j. 

 Leff fo right fitting: I. Mary Reinharl, Champaign County; 2. Irma Anderson, Winnebago: 3. Har- 

 riet R. Sumner, Rich-Law; 4. Marie Skarnilcat. Tazewell; 5. Mrs. L. H. Toncray (first prix«], 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. Moran, Schuyler; 3. R. F. Johnson. Henderson; 

 4. L, W. McKinzie, McDonough; 5. Theron Broster, Wabash Valley (now Manager Monroe Ser- 

 vice Co.). 



A. B Schofield retired as president of the 

 Farm Bureau and service company after ten 

 years of active service. Harry Minch o- 

 Rciherts was elected to fill the v.icancv 

 Arvid Peterson. Chas. Simmons, and B Mt 

 Collum are new members elected to the 

 b.iard. 



Cash dividends of Sin, 28^ vsere disirib 



uted to "2 1 Farm Bureau members in Adams 

 CMiunty .It the sixth .innual meeting of the 

 Service Company in Qumcy. October 28 A 

 tofal of S".S.60.S.>6 h.is been paid to mem. 

 bars in p.itron.igc- since org.ini/ation itf the 

 comp.uiy in IVsO. This amount is equn.ileiit 

 to more tli.in the dues paid by tlie Farm Bii- 

 re.iu members during the six years th.if the 

 cimipany has been in operation. Divulend 

 checks on the p.ist \e.ir's Business .iver.tued 

 SIIO". 



Accounts receivable were equal u< 16 

 per cent of sales, the lowest in the histnrv 

 of the compatrv. 



The high light of the meeting was tli; 



address of Fre<l I 

 Were le eleetcil. 



He rfulon 



All ilirectors 



The F'ike County Farm Bureau and Pike 



■ iiiu\ ^e'vuc- T'linp-ine !u Id a l"irit an- 

 al ineetiiiL- at I'ltlstield ■•n October 2Stli 



which '"O F.irm Bureau Members r< 



ive ! patri.nace divulemls Nc.iily '()'', of 



e I'.irm Buti.iu Memlxrs of Pike < flinty 



tiiiiiized their service cunpanv ateording 



l.irl B lohnson. man,iger, who h.is been 



ehiige "f this Company the past five 



':itlis. Dieideii.ls equal tn 10'; of the 



luii.tse- pricx- <tt p.iint. tius. nil .o>d grease 



re leturncel to numbers Artliur Lowe 



Pitrslield and Burdette Beitv '•( Pleasant 



ill were cleeteil t<> the b^Mrd of directors 



rge L. Met/cer aiul ( H Becker were 



spe .ik< rs 



NOTICE 



Illinois Agricultural Association 



Election of Delegates 



N'nluc IS hereby i:i\cM I.'i.it in t ,.nn'.i Tion 

 with tile annual liKetini:s ot all tj,)untv I'aitn 

 Hiiie-aus to be- he-lel tlurini: the month ot 

 January. 19^". at the- hour an J plaee to be 

 deteimine-d by tlie- Roar.i ot Dirctors ot 

 eat h re-spcitive County Farr;) hurc.ui. tiic 

 nie-nihers in t-'tiovl stanilinc ot su. h r.t.untv 

 Farm Bureau, and who are- .ilso qualind 

 Votinc meliibeTs tit Illinois .\i;ni ultural .An- 

 siKiation. shall ele-et a lieleuatt- or .lele-c.'-tes 

 to tepicsent sinh nK'.mbcrs ot Illinois .\t;ri- 

 I uttural Aisonation and \ote tin all nialte-rs 

 he-tore the- next annual nicetintr or ari-y 

 spetial nu-etin^: tTf th:; Assot latitm. lotludini: 

 the ele-ttion ot olfitcrs and tlire-ttors as 

 provide-d tor in the By-Laws tit tiie .Asso. la- 

 tion. " ■ 



Durinc January, annual mcetincs will he 

 he'd in Carroll. CumherlanJ. Fulton, d-ce-ne. 

 Knov, McHe-nrs'. .Mason. Mertcr. .He-iiri.i. 

 Sangamon. Whiteside, W'innebaco and 

 W'oodfortl -Counties. 



■ » Signet! I P.iui F .Mathias. 



N. ■, i-nilH-r II, JO". fo;pnraIe ^etretare 



A Home Bureau for Christmas 



'(■>:::i::it.l tr-.ni s..-:, _'''// 

 plans to present to the women of 



. their county at the annual I'.irtn Bur- 

 eau meetini:. 



We are ^lad to talk to women 

 any tune about the possibihties for or- 

 ^•ani/ini;. said Mrs. Burns. We ilon't 

 need a Ltr/:e rrieetin;:. in fact, we pre- 

 fer to tell about Home Bureau to 

 small groups, perhaps two or three 

 women, to make certain rhey want the 

 or|:anizatlon If they arc interested the 

 |;roup meetin,!: may be arrangeJ later." 



-' Approximately n.OOO women now 

 helunt: to the 1 1 Home Bureau or^'ani- 

 /.itions in Illinois which number rep- 

 resents a L'ain ol .irountl looo since 



'l.ist I.inuarv- 



Is It anv wonder that .Men.irtI wom- 

 en u.int to link torces with Jiome- 

 makers in other counties and L'ive 

 their county a Home Bureau for 

 Christmas.' \ell I'latt dootiman 



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