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Livestock Marketing 



Approximately 124,000 carloads of 

 livestock were produced and marketed 

 by Illinois farmers in 1936. If the 

 effect of the cooperative agencies is to 

 increase average price level only 5c per 

 hundred, the additional income on 1936 

 volume would amount to a million and 

 a quarter dollars. What more should 

 the livestock producer expect in the 

 way of dividends? 



In a recent meeting of livestock men, 

 one livestock producer replied in an- 

 swer to the question, "What Do Live- 

 stock Producers Expect From Their 

 Marketing System.'", that "they expect 

 too much." Is that true? What should 

 livestock producers expect from their 

 marketing system? What are the ob- 

 jectives in the cooperative program? 

 Can you answer these questions? The 

 men whose pictures appear here are 

 helping supply the right answers. 



Some men say that cooperative agen- 

 cies should be primarily interested in 

 paying dividends or returning savings 

 to shippers. Others say that the coop- 



eratives should be able to fix prices. 

 Still others believe that the cooperatives 

 should be able to sell their livestock 

 for just a little bit more than they get 

 for anybody else's livestock. None of 

 these answers is true. The real objec- 

 tives of the Cooperative Livestock Mar- 

 keting program are Sales, Service and 

 Savings. .\S .'■•■■ ;....-. ;.■-■:■■, ' ■ ■■ 



These pages are dedicated in honor 

 of County Livestock Marketing Com- 

 mittees. Because of their help and the 

 support of the Farm Bureau, Illinois 

 has become the leading state in volume 

 of livestock marketed cooperatively. 

 Approximately 25 per cent, or one car- 

 load or truck load out of every four 

 goes through cooperative channels. 



Gentlemen, may you live long and 



prosper. The livestock producers owe 



you a debt of gratitude. The RECORD 



takes this opportunity of expressing 



to you the appreciation of Illinois' or- 

 ganized farmers for the work you are 

 doing. 



I. H. Carney 



OgU 



Hia livestock to 



Chicago 



Pioducets. 



Fred Darey 



Sangamon 



President oi the 



Springfield 



Ptoducers. 



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C. H. Osbom 



Rock Island 



A reteran cattle 



feeder. 



Theo. Seibert 



SL Clair 



"4-H Clubs and 



co-op. marketing 



go together." 



A. E. Drennan 



lefferson 



A member oi the 



state board. 



Geo. 



Dauberman 

 Kane 

 A pioneer Pro- 

 ducers patron. 



Carl Lage 



McLean 



His county led 



the state. 



R. Chapman 



Macon 



The veteran 



chairman Irom 



Macon. 



MUo MUler 



Tazewell 



Doing a fine job. 



Chas. Eddleman 



Dnion 



A hog raiser from 



the south end. 



Bert Kellog 



Kendall 



MarkeU 8 to 10 



cors of top cattle 



per year. 



Wm. Householder 

 Livingston 



His com sells on 

 the hooi. 



Norman L. Dorsey 



Madison 



Another St Louis 



Producer patron. 



Sylvester MetcaU 



Massac 



Hia stuff gets a 



long ride. 



Mont Fox 



Vermilion 



Feeds from 2000 



to 3000 sheep. 



Geo. F. Tullock 

 Winnebago 

 A leading feedes 

 Winnebago. 



NOVEMBER. 1937 



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