HONEST TESTS AND WEIGHTS 

 Farmers Creamery Manager Forrest Fairchild, extreme left, 

 shows young folks from McLean, Tazewell and Fulton coun- 

 ties the first steps in making^ 92 score Prairie Farms butter 

 at the Bloomington plant. 



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Three Illinois Producers creameries. 

 BlooiTiinuton, Mt. Sterling and Olncv. 

 were hosts to IH younu men .ind women 

 from nine counties in July. On the tour, 

 sponsored by the lAA and county l\irm 

 Bureaus, youn^ folks had an opportunity 

 to .learn more about modem cream and 

 epc marketing' methods used by coopera- 

 tives in the state. 



On the three tours went IVank Gouu- 

 ler, I.AA director of proiiuce marketmt:. 

 to point out metiiods retjuired to produce 

 tine butter and tjuality c;l:j:s. 



Said he. Illinois is cainin^' a reputa- 

 tion as a producer of cjuality butter and 

 Ciip.s. We in\ited you to see how it is 

 possible to improve equality even more. 



•EVERy ONE A GEM!" 

 C. W. Simpson, manager at 

 Olney. proudly displaying a case of 

 white extra firsts. Eggs are stored 

 in a special basement room, tem- 

 perature and humidity are con- 

 trolled. 



END OF THE ROAD FOR BAD EGGS! 

 Brown. Macoupin and McDonough county delegates cand- 

 ling eggs at Mt. Sterling. 



Below: EVEN BUTTER TUBS HAVE A WEIGH 

 Pretty leanette Nixon, Macoupin, almost helping Roy 

 Mays. Mt. Sterling plant manager. 



Below, right: "STEP LIVELY. BOYS. 

 — there's another truck waiting to unload." Rural youths 

 lend a hand at the Farmers Creamery. Bloomington. 



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lUST NOSING AROUND 

 Odor and taste tell Clyde Hamlin. Bloomington. a story of 

 quality in butter but his smiling audience seems to doubt it. 



Below: FROM CHURN TO TUB TO CHICAGO 

 Genevieve Bower and Eugene Banks. Williamson county, 

 tubbing butter to be sent to Producers' central cutting plant. 

 Viewing the interior of the churn is Rolan Moellcr. Jasper 

 county. 





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