Bert Woodruff 



Adams 



Bert feeds cattle, 



makes 'em good. 



Marion File 



Bond 



His 400 to 600 



hogs per year go 



to the Producers. 



D. Elvin Brown 



Boone 



A sheep feeder 



he. 



Eugene Mey«ra 



Brown 



Corn and hogs his 



specialty. 



^SSf-MBLED on tliiN .md fol 



, UX. lowinq pai^es .ire pictures of 



^^^/ / representative (liairmcn 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, alonij with their respec- 

 tive Ciounty Committees, .ire responsi- 

 ble for outlinini; 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 marketmg 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 five of 

 these committeemen representing the 

 livestocK progr.im. 



The value of livestock marketed by 

 Illinois farmers during f936 was ap- 

 proximately 518^,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 17^,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. 



Guy W. Akin 



Bureau 



"The fellows who 



raise em ought 



to sell them." 



I. E. Edwards 

 Cass 

 A veteran Chair- 

 man. 



lohn R. Sweeney 

 Coles 

 Another Indian- 

 apolis shipper. 



Harold Kincaid 



Crawford 



A wide awake 



Chairman. 



Fred Phillips 

 Franklin 

 A St. Louis Pro- 

 ducers customer. 



Lee Harris 

 Fulton 

 Treasurer. III. 

 Livestock Market- 

 ing Ass'n. 



r 



Eugene Curtis 



Champaign 



Numerous lobs 



Has He. 



Francis M. 

 Sheldon 

 Christian 

 Director 111. Live- 

 stock Marketing 

 Ass'n. 



Carl V. lohnaon 



DeKalb 



He works with the 



young people. 



Andrew Madsen 



DuPage 

 Uses the Pro- 

 ducers' feeder 



service. 



Louis C. Reisch 



Greene 



The two fisted 



chairman from 



Greene. 



Ben Bodecker 



Hancock 



He gets things 



done. 



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