Beri Woodrufi 



Adama 



Bert ieeda cattle, 



^akes 'em good. 



Marion File 



Bond 



Hia 400 to 600 



hogs per yeor go 



to the Producers. 



D. Elrin Brown 



Boone 



^ sheep feeder 



he. 



Eugene Meyers 



Brown 



Com and hogs his 



specialty. 



ASSEMBLED on this and fol- 



JlL lowing pages are pictures of 



/^"^-.•^ / representative Chairmen of 

 County Livestock Marketing Commit- 

 tees. The reason they aren't all here 

 is that many failed to send their pic- 

 tures before press time. 



These men, along with their respec- 

 tive County Committees, are responsi- 

 ble for outlining and adopting a program 

 to benefit livestock producers. In each 

 county the Farm Bureau board appoints 

 a committee of interested Farm Bureau 

 member stockmen. There are 90 such 

 counties in Illinois, a total of 2646 live- 

 stock men serving on these committees. 

 The Committees work with the lAA, 

 University of Illinois, Producers Com- 

 mission agencies. County Marketing As- 

 sociations and the Illinois Livestock 

 Marketing Association. 



These leaders are doing more than 

 carrying out marketing programs. They 

 are molding public opinion, building 

 confidence in the farmer's ability to 

 develop his own marketing service. 



Leaders In 



They are establishing contact with 

 others who have not realized the pos- 

 sibilities of achievement through co- 

 operative efforts. In practically every 

 township there are from one to fave of 

 these committeemen representing the 

 livestociv. program. 



The value of livestock marketed by 

 Illinois farmers during 1936 was ap- 

 proximately $185,000,000. It consti- 

 tutes one of the chief sources of income 

 to the Illinois farmer. There are more 

 than 200,000 farms in Illinois. Nearly 

 all have more or less livestock. Thus 

 we have an estimated 175,000 or more 

 Illinois farmers engaged in the produc- 

 tion end of the livestock business, yet 

 in these county livestock committees 

 we have only 2600 who are giving 

 much thought to marketing. These 

 2600 men are giving their time and 

 energy to solve marketing problems. 

 They receive no pay for the time they 

 spend. Their only compensation is the 

 satisfaction they get from supporting a 

 worthy cause. 



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