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Co-operative Livestock 



Marketing Gains 



ALMOST •>.()()() iiioif ..irlo.i.U ol 

 Illinois livcNtoik went lo ni.irkit 

 I he (u opL-ralivi. v\.iy in \')^<) tli.in in 

 ivS*^, Samuel Sorrclls. prtsidtnt, toM 

 the I'^O niemhers and share liohlers 

 ot Illinois lavestoik Marketini; As 

 soiiation who attenJed the annual 

 meetint; of the association at the l\re 

 Martjuelte Hotel, Peoria, I'ebniary l>). 



'I'iie etjuivalent of" IJ i.6<;H earloails oi 

 livestock was marketed I rom Illinois 

 last year as lompared lo ill.Hsf) c.ir 

 loails the year helore. Ol this total vol- 

 (iine 22.7 jier cent was sold through co- 

 <)j->erative channels in I'Js^ as lonipared 

 to 21. y per cent the year helore 



Market outlets continued to increase 

 throut;liout the state diirini; the year. 

 Sorrells leixjrled. With li\estc)ck hanilled 

 in In county auctions, p.uker owned 

 luiyini; points .ind In small |->.ickers, plus 

 numerous sales to country buyers It 

 IS evident that li\eslotk m.irketin^ in 

 Illinois IS heini^ decentralized It is 

 he-ioniini; increasinuly ililtieull lor 

 l.irmeis to ilevelop the most elleiti\e and 

 the most elficient marketing; methoils 

 u hen the tendency on the sellint; side is 

 luw.ird decentrali/eil m.irketin;:. 



Approximately 70 per cent ol' leder.illy 

 ins|''ecled slauuhter ot me.it anim.ils is 

 done hy tour lari;e |^.ukers which shows 

 lh.it the huyini; is still heini; done hy con- 

 lenlrated htiyini; jMivcer. I his ,ilso in 

 cie.ises the problem ot m.iint.iimni; ettei 

 ti\e and elTicient m.irketiiii: methods, 

 the presiilent s.iid. 



Three Point Program 



I'rodiiiersol livestock must look lurth- 

 er alie.id than they h.ive in the past il 

 they are to buiKI a marketint; system 

 over which the tanners will have reason 

 .ible eontrol, was the vcarnini; sounded 

 by the associations head. II the pro 

 eliicer is to maintain a lair price level and 

 is to ;^et a lair share ot the consumer s 

 dollar, the Illinois Livestock Marketint; 

 Association must place more eiiiph.isis 

 on lon^ term objectives 



"Hie asscxiation has three ma|or |->ur 

 poses. I'irst, to conduct .m educational 

 and informational field work prouram 

 in eo-operalion with the county larm 

 Hureaus, the Illinois Agricultural Asso- 

 iiation and cooperating marketint; a- 

 yencies. .Second, to maint.im a sales 

 service lor the atfiliated county market- 

 ing associations. Third, to jirovide a 

 market outlet for wool through co-opera- 

 tive channels," Sorrells explained. 



MARCH, 1937 



Ihrou^houl the ve.ir held service wuik 

 w.is carried on by I.. D. Hall in the 

 northern section ot the st.ile .iikI bv S 

 r. Simpson m the southern section. Nat 

 iirally the ty|H.- of wc)rk they diel varied 

 with local conilitions. Anionic the most 

 popular activities ueie m.irkel tours, leed 

 lot tours, outlook mectmcs lor Iceders. 

 and local meelincs 



The increased volume ol business 

 hanilled durini; the year shows th.it .in 

 elfective s.iles service lor altili.ited coun 

 ty m.irketinu associ.itions was maintained 

 While .McLean counlv led the state in 



lor the entire amount ot wch>I sold, in 

 eludini; .til grades, was s." eeiils |x i 

 pound. Aceordini; (o the T. S Depart 

 ment ol At;riciilliire, the .ivei.i.nc lounlry 

 price which prevaileil m Illinois through 

 out the year was .!6. i cents j^er pound. 



'I.i?ewell eountv led the st.ile in vol 

 lime ol wool soKl c o ojxratively with 

 I ''."'''' pounds knox, Livingston, 

 < li,iilip,iii;n, ,inel Jersey counlns lolloweel 

 in order with II,!"*-.; Il.ll~. H.'Jl'^. 

 ■ ind S.-jci pounds respeitucK. 



I'. ( ). \\ ilson, in.in.ii^er of the N.ilicin 

 al Lnesloik .Market in;,' AsscKialion pre 

 seiiled the program of I he N'.iliun.il 

 .issoi i.ition. He named the obieitivcs 

 .iild elc scribed the si ope ol si r\ |. c-s 

 leiideicd to the 's member .iL;<iuies. His 

 dis, usMoii iniludcd the lollowini; [HHnls: 

 rcse.uih ,uid m,irkel news. lr.ins|M)il.ilion, 

 fiii.iiice. conlaits .ind |'ioniolion, pub- 

 III itv. oru,ini/alicMi, .iiid Ic L;isl.itii>n 



\\ I li.iM .1 lot ol men who .ire lH)r 



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SECRETARY RAY E. 

 Uncle Joe" Fulkerson, 



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Seated left, J. H. 

 Sorrclls. of ILMA. 



volume ot livestock iii.irketed coopera- 

 tively, St. irk county m,irketed .i ^'re.iler 

 percentage ol li\estoik produced, co- 

 c)|ier.iti\ely. 



NX'ool growers in lerrilories where the 

 co-o|''er,itioii ot local ,ii.'eiuies li.is Ixen 

 secured, prolited I roiii the hii;her price 

 levels established through c<j oper.itive 

 sellini,'. During' the ve,ir the asscj. i.ition 

 marketeel !">'), II v pounds ol wool on ,i 

 trailed weight b.isis which provides tor 

 returns to ijrcjwers in ,i;cord.ince with 

 the ciuality ot wool each produces. 



The average net returns to growers 



(FILLER STANDING 



preslcJent St. Louis Producers. President Samuel 



rowini; monev throiiijh our subsidiary 

 orL;.ini/atKjns, ii.iiiiely: National le-eder 

 ind lin.mie < omjiany and six re^'ionals. 

 I here ,ire nearly SI M (»()('». DOO outsfand 

 uii; 111 loans. Wilson reported. 



He pointccl oul that the ass<niali<)n is 

 iiol 111 the lo.iii !>iisiness except ki have 

 .1 sulticienllv lari;e oruMiii/ation that can 

 li.ive somethiiie Icj say alKiiit interest 

 r.iies on feeder loans. Last year the 

 ( redii Assod.ilion paid siiiistantial ijivi- 

 .lends .ind h.id .imple reserves left. 



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