Mm- hundrt-d I arm Hurtau nK■n1lu■r^ rt- 

 ctrvtJ S^^DSJ III ilivKlffulN troni Mcnart] 

 Ciiurity I'arnurs Supply Ciinipany on ihcii 

 prcfiricil >li>ck ami patri>na_i;<.' tlii> pa-.t yiai. 

 ai» avira>;i- of Sl~.!0. Tht- palroiiact dni 

 dinds ii-prtstTittd II'; rclum on all nur- 

 chandisi purchased l-i,i;lity per ctiit of the 



ity paUoii- 



^uriau minihirs in 



tlK 



iztd tfii- f< 



mpanv. 



M H. (ols 



Ma 



reportid in tin- annual nuitini; at 



l\ti 



Dt 



l-^th 



I Hi 



The Fulton Servuc C'onipany ricordid 



JlSvdi 1 111 nit sails tins past yi-ai. llic laij;ist 

 in ihf history of ihi- ci>nipany l'aliona,L:i 

 dividends of SI'). I IS win dislrihutid hy tin- 

 company to mon than I.DIK) Farm Hiinau 

 mt-mhtrs w lio attiiulij tlii-ir annual miitini; 

 held on December ICith at Canton. Di\ideiui 

 checks avetaued $-M 2 1. S"i'; of the husi 

 ness was done with Farm Bureau jiiiniher^. 

 and S*!'; of the Farm Bureau membeis m 

 the county purchased their supplies from tin 

 company Fred F Henulon was tlu piinii 

 pal speakir. 



The E(;ypiian Ser\ice Ca>mpany closed its 



fiscal year with a suhstantial iiureasi m 

 sales over I'Js'i, it was disclosed bv O | 

 Grossmann. reimtly eiiiployeil manaui r. at 

 the annual meeting; in Salem November nith 

 Grouiulwork for a bannir year to follow was 

 laid by the :!l)0 share holders who attendiJ 

 the meetini;.. 



Vi'ith the whole hearted support of oui 

 truck salesmen and the cooperation of tlu 

 Farm Bureau members, vie intend ti* doiibli 

 our sales next year." Mr. Cirossmann st.iletl. 

 Fred F. Herndon. commended the new m.m- 

 apement on the progress ni.ide w irhin the I.ist 

 few months. ('. H Becker attended the 

 meeting;. 



A .^8'; increase in net sales, a 7S'; in- 

 crease in net income, anil a W'l increase in^ 

 patronaue dividends retunded was the new 

 record of the Henry-Stark Service Coinp.inv. 

 Dale Vi'ilsi.n. manager, reported to IJOO 

 Farm Bureau members at the company's ~tli 

 annu.il mi i tine. Kew.inee. December 

 Geor.ire F, Hayes, president, st.ited that this 

 Splendid tecord is tant;ible evidence that 

 farm cooperatives are on the march in rural 

 communities Total amount of patronage 

 dividends paid I.lvl Farin Bureau members 

 durinj; the meetinj; was $>(). (.2 1 .(i"> or an 

 averaj;e of S^KS'i per member More than 

 80'; of the Farm Bureau members of the 

 county purchased their farm supplies and 

 petroleum proilucts throii.ch the comp.inv 

 this past year. C". H. Becker, was the princi- 

 pal speaker. 



Preferred slock and patronage dividends 

 of SIS.lsO.-ll were returned to "rij Farm 

 Bureau members by the Stephenson Service 

 Coinpany on the past year's business, it was 

 revealed by A. O. Grossmann, manager, at the 

 sixth annual meeting; of the company held 

 in Freeport. December snl. More than .SIX) 

 F.irm Bure.iu members attemleil the meetinc 



The slogan of the management. "Improved 

 Service and Hiuher Cash Returns to Mem 

 bers " well defined the year's results, accord- 

 ini; to I.. R Marchant. the principal spe.iker. 

 Palrona.ce checks avera.uinj; SI."* tl bv Farm 



De 



iber I *> with 



!>e "(10 piippli 



DIES OF INJURIES 



Theron Broster. 24 year old son of Mr. and 

 Mrs. Homer Broster of Grayville, died. Decem- 

 ber 8. as a result of infections from Injuries 

 received in an automobile accident November 

 28. Since October 12 he had been manager 

 of Monroe Service Company at Waterloo. 

 For six years previous to his promotion, he had 

 been the bookkeeper and office manager of 

 the Wabash Valley Service Company at Gray- 

 ville. In that position he won first priie in the 

 state-wide bookkeepers' contest in 1935 and 

 ranked among the ten highest in the state dur- 

 ing 1936. 



His willingness to work, his sterling character, 

 and his accuracy made his work exceptional. 

 His pleasant personality will be remembered 

 by all who knew him. 



Buu.iii mimbirs prcsinted .in incre.isc of 6J 

 per cent oM r the I9s"i returns. Xinety-three 

 per Cent ot the Farm Bureau members pat 

 roni/ed the company. 



An increase in sales and net income, and 



.1 subst.mtial tleire.isi- in opir.itini: expinsis 

 enabled Kank.ikee Service C ompanv to re 

 turn to its members more than S'l.Odd in 

 dividends on their preferred stock and pat- 

 ronage last year. This incie.ise in business 

 was announced by I.yle l-Acrist at the 6th 

 annual meetini; of the company held in 

 Kankakee, December Idth. C H Becker 

 representeil the Illinois Farm Supplv ( om 

 pany. 



A Vi.H''( net sales and a 2.^.8'i increase 



111 net income en.ibled Heiiilirson Si-rvici 

 Company to return $■>. Id') in p.ilri>na.i;e divi- 

 dends to Farm Bureau numbers durini; tlie 

 past year, L. H. Nesemeier. m.inaj;er reported 

 durinj; the aniui.il meeting December 12th 

 at Biggsville More than ~6' J of total sales 

 were m.ide to F.irm Bureau members whose 

 dividend chicks .nera.ued SI6 "iO I'dg.ir 

 Rochel was elected to the board of diiictors 

 ( H. Bilker spoke 



One good reason (Champaign (aiunty Farm 



Bureau won the distinction of having the 

 l.irgest p.iiil-up membership in the I'nited 

 States IS the performance of Champ,iign 

 County Service Caimpany The 6th annual 

 mieting of thi lomp.iiu w,is helil in I'rbana 



iiig I.. R Marchant spoke. 



The sum of Sl,ld^.^^ in preferred stock 

 diMdeiids and S ly.S'JO.SO in patronage divi- 

 ilends was distributed among I l')l members. 



I'at 



ronage c 

 rding to 



links 



R c;. St 



d $^s ly each, ac 

 Fighty 



sec en per cent 



ewart, manager. 

 it the F.irm Bure.iu member 



patroni/id the company duiini; the past yeai, 

 ,ind their purchases represented ,S6.2 per cent 



i.f th. 

 iper.ition memh 

 III p,itronage divi 



During the six years 



lends 



lave receiveif 



ot 

 J160,d(»0 



jw amount equivalent 



to eight times the capital slock investment. 

 iip,iign (auiiity Service (!ompaiiy w .is 



Ch, 

 high among the Illinois Fa 



panics 

 second 



in Sovoi 



Ih. 



I P 



.lint 

 il 



id 



apply 



le motor oil contest the past year 



gre.ise s.iles an 

 t thi 



d 



Fourteen truck s.ilismeii reported their fi; 



lure orders for motor oil .it "iJ.dOd g.i 

 the tl.iy ot till meeting 



111 



Thirteen hundred farmers attended the '>ih 



.iiiiui.il iiuiting ot l.ogan-M.ison Service 

 Company and F.iim Bureau at Lincoln No- 

 vember I". During the past year sales in- 

 creased S"J.Odd over the previous period 

 with the percentage of .iccounts reCiiv,ibli 

 the lowest on record, reports revealed. Divi- 

 dend checks totaling $2(1. (S4.'-)2 were dis- 

 tributed to the stockholders. Frank Cope- 

 land. Mt. Pulaski. lohn Danaher. Athens, 

 and Roy Ransom. Kilbiiurne were elected 

 directors. C. V. Ciregory. eilitor of Prairie 

 F. inner, was principal speaker and W B 

 Peterson represinieil the Illinois Farm Sup 

 plv ('iMiip.inv. 



N. J. XX'elsch of Waterloo, fornierlv book- 

 keeper .iiid s.ilesman at Ntonroe Service C om 

 p. my. has been employed to manage the Clark 

 Service Company. 



The Vl'innebago Service Company em- 

 ployed H.iiold Q Frey on Decimbei " .is 

 manager. He was manager of Rock Island 

 Service Caimpany since its organization in 

 l')v(. 



Mitre than l,-f<lli,iH)() gallons of gasoline 



and other petioleum products were dis- 

 tributed through the ^l.lCon■Piatt Service 

 Company to Farm Bureau members of these 

 two counties. Man.iger 7. \X'. \X'elcli re- 

 ported at the Sth annual meeting in Decatur, 

 December M. Patronage dividends of Sl'>.- 

 3sv2'i were returned to the members, A. J. 

 Stoutenborough. president of the company 

 spoke The Illinois Farm Supply Company 

 was represented by Fred F Herndon 



NOTICE 



Illinois Agicultural Association 

 Election of Delegates 



Noti.c- is htrtby i;iv(.n that in mnntt tmn 

 » ith tilt .mnu.ll nKftini;s at all ( ounty 

 F.inn HurtJu'i to he lieM JuririK the month 

 ot l-thruarv. IM^". at tlie hour an<l pLue to 

 Ih ilelcrniined hv the Bo.ird ot Direi tots ot 

 i-.u h rcspet (i\e Clountv Farm Bureau, the 

 mtinluis m j;imh1 standing: ol suili ("ount\- 

 I'.itni Bureau, aiul who .ire also t)u.ilifiej 

 % lit ink: mem hers of Illinoi'i A^rn ultuial As- 

 souation, shall tiett a Jilej^ate or Jtle.cates 

 to lepieMtit su» h members ot Illinois Ai:ri- 

 t ultui.il Assfn iation .uui vote on .tli mat- 

 ters he to re the next annual meeting or .my 

 speu.il meetim: tit tJie Association, irii luJini; 

 the tkttion nt iitfuers aiui ihrei tors as pto- 

 Mcied for in the H\ I-.iws ol the Ass... i.itioii . 



Durini: February, annual me'C'lin^js will be 

 held in ( hamp.itt:n. DeKalb, Dou^his. I.aki'. 

 tNtonrttf and \\ ill Cjiunites. 



(Sitnedi Paul f. Mathias. 



Corporate Sevretarv. 



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