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NEWS 



"Our truck salesmen have brought in 

 181 new producers," reports Chelsea Wil- 

 liams of Carbondale. "For the month of 

 May over April, we have had an increase of 

 a little better than 50% in volume. Our 

 volume so far this year over the same period 

 last year shows an increase of nearly 20%. 

 Prairie Farms butter sales have increased 

 30% during May, in spite of the fact that 

 we raised the price one cent. The quality 

 of the butter has improved considerably, 

 due to the fact that we are getting out of 

 the onion season." 



The first five months of 1937 showed a 



I2V2 per cent increase in volume of butter 

 over the same period in '}6, reports J. F. 

 Randolph of the Producers' Creamery of 

 Peoria. "In May, 1937, we had a gain of 

 23 Vi per cent over May, 1936. We will 

 have three insulated trucks gathering cream 

 twice a week in our territory by July 1." 



Mt. Sterling Creamery Salesman's Contest 

 in May was won by Ernest Ransom who 

 picks up cream in Scott and Cass Counties. 

 He brought in 162 more cans of cream than 

 in April. Elmer Beckman of Adams was a 

 close second with I6I cans increase. Ray- 

 mond Cecil of Hancock County was third 

 with an increase of 150 cans. Others who 

 increased enough to qualify in the contest 

 were Glen Egbert, Herman Lewis and James 

 Metternich. With Tuttle tasting butter and 

 Cate cracking eggs around the plant, the 

 quality program is getting underway at a 

 rapid rate, says Manager T. H. Hafer. 



The Producers' Creamery of Galesburg has 

 just completed its largest month's produc- 

 tion. During May 108,500 pounds of Prairie 

 Farms Butter were churned which exceeded 

 the previous record for one month by over 

 2,000 pounds. Volume for the first five 

 months of 1937 shows an increase over the 

 same period of 1936 by 12% although the 

 actual production per patron is somewhat 

 lower than last year. 



June production will undoubtedly exceed 

 that of May by at least 10,000 pounds as 

 pasture conditions are almost ideal and pro- 

 duction is still increasing, reports Forrest 

 Moberg, Galesburg. Government buying for 

 relief purposes is taking the slack out of the 

 market and keeping it in a firm position. 

 The quality of cream received has steadily 

 improved. Prairie Farms is recognized as 

 the highest quality butter sold in this com- 

 munity and local sales are increasing. Forty 

 cream cooling tanks have been installed so 

 far and many more are inquiring about them. 



Increased interest in the production of qual- 

 ity cream suitable for making Certified 92 

 score Prairie Farms butter has been stimulated 

 by the summer premium of 2c per pound but- 

 terfat, says Farmers Creamery Co., Bloom- 

 ington. "This premium became effective May 1 

 and will likely continue into September. 



Through a campaign direct to prospective 

 door patrons Farmers Creamery Company of 

 Bloomington showed a marked increase in 

 door business during the six weeks follow- 

 ing May 8. During this period the number 

 of deliveries of cream brought to the door 

 was 30% greater than for the same period 

 a year ago. 



Pounds of butterfat sent by various coun- 

 ties during May of this year compared with 

 the month previous show the following in- 

 creases : Macoupin-Greene, 40.28% ; Logan, 

 37.79%; Livingston, 33.12%; LaSalle, 

 31.24%; McLean, 30.99%; Grundy, 30.37%; 

 Macon, 30.27%; DeWitt, 26.62%. 



Three counties show a definite increase 

 over a year ago. Namely, Logan, McLean 

 and LaSalle. These counties are listed in 

 order of their percentage gain. 



Farmers Creamery is now handling a small 

 volume of eggs which are graded into three 

 grades and offered to merchants in case lots. 

 This plan of grading has stimulated markets 

 for higher quality eggs and already one 

 chain store has expressed a desire to sell 

 Prairie Farms eggs in cartons as soon as they 

 are available. The creamery expects to en- 

 large its volume before launching such a 

 sales program. In the meantime it will 

 continue to experiment with the quality of 

 eggs received. One noticeable improvement 

 is in the cleanliness of eggs received now as 

 compared with when the purchase of eggs 

 was begun. 



Producers' Creamery of Mt. Sterling made 



74% more butter in May than in April. 

 Plenty of rain and green pastures, and the 

 addition of 121 new patrons made this 

 possible. 



A truck driver who recently drove 



his 730,000th mile without any kind of 

 an accident advises other drivers to 

 "stay far enough behind the car ahead 

 so you will have both time and room 

 if he does the unexpected." 



Marketeering stockmen who sell dieir 

 livestock direct are costing producers 

 millions of dollars a year in lower price 

 levels, says H. H. Parke, president, 

 Chicago Producers Commission Associ- 

 ation. 



Sanitary Milk Producers paid $1400 

 in quarantine benefits to 60 members 

 when their milk was shut off from the 

 St. Louis market by health authorities 

 because of contagious diseases in the 

 families. Clinton county, with 12 

 claims, benefited by |300. 



A PAGE FROM ILLINOIS HISTORY 

 Monro* county Young PeopI*, Jun* 12, 

 dr«m«tii*d th* l!f» of Commandant Soueiar 

 who built H. Chartrat in 1719. 



V. D. Evans, farm adviser in Effing- 

 ham county, has accepted the appoint- 

 ment as adviser in LaSalle county to 

 succeed C. E. Gates. Gates is planning 

 to go into the hybrid seed corn busi- 

 ness with his father, H. L. Gates, in 

 Douglas county. 



The Frendi Chamber of Deputies 

 voted recently 357-215 to fix the price 

 of wheat. Committees to control pro- 

 duction and sale will be set up through- 

 out France. 



Successful cream drives have been made 

 in Logan, McLean, Livingston and Grundy 

 counties recently with the splendid coopera- 

 tion of county leaders. In every community 

 the co-op creamery is looked upon with favor. 

 Producers accept and recognize it as the most 

 logical market for their butterfat. 



Speaking of putting things end to end, the 



Producers Creamery, OIney handled 5 miles 

 of eggs — 11,484 dozen — during April, re- 

 ports C. W. Simpson, mgr. The May volume 

 of cream will exceed the best month of '36. 

 Since Mar. 1, 119 new cream patrons have 

 been added. In the prize "set of dishes" 

 contest, one set has been delivered and seven 

 more women have qualified, says Simpson. 



Director K. T. Smith represented the lAA 



at the state-wide Anti-Weed Campaign com- 

 mittee meeting in Springfield recently. Clin- 

 ton and Randolph counties, K. T. says, have 

 done some excellent work in cleaning grass 

 and clover seeds to remove weed seed. The 

 new Rice Cleaner is said to remove plantain 

 and buckhorn seed from clover. 



JULY. 1937 



