After twelve yean of successful operation 



Marshall-Putnam Oil Company has made a 

 new record. Within the past two years the 

 business has increased 76 per cent and the 

 patronage dividends paid to Farm Bureau 

 members 126 per cent, according to Man- 

 ager, A. M. Ault, who reported at the com- 

 pany's annual meeting Saturday night, Oc- 

 tober 23 in Henry. 



The sum of $27,494.90 was distributed to 

 members from earnings on the past year's 

 business, an average of $32.08. Included in 

 this amount was the patronage dividend 

 from Illinois Farm Supply Company which 

 was equivalent to $5.10 per member. The 

 patronage dividend on rural sales ranged 

 from 12 per cent to 20 per cent, and H 

 per cent on service station and dealer sales. 



Marshall-Putnam Oil Company has dis- 

 tributed $197,566.28 in cash to Farm Bureau 

 members during its twelve years of opera- 

 tion. The distribution of these earnings 

 and the various amounts paid to different 

 Farm Bureau members was featured in a 

 children's pageant as a special number on 

 the annual meeting program. 



L. R. Marchant, manager of Illinois Farm 

 Supply Company, was the speaker. The 

 board of directors was increased from five 

 to six members. John E. Bonges of Hen- 

 nepin was the new member elected. 



Cass Fanners Oil Company has made 

 rapid improvement the past six months un- 

 der the management of Fred E. Ziegler. The 

 fiscal year of the company closed August 

 31, showing very satisfactory returns. Seven 

 per cent preferred stock dividends and 7 

 per cent patronage dividends were declared 

 from the earnings on the year's business. 



George £. Metzger of the Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Association and Fred E. Herndon, 

 president of Illinois Farm Supply Compahy, 

 were the speakers at the company's annual 

 meeting, held Wednesday, October 27, in 

 Virginia. 



A new all-time high in sales and dividends 

 was attained by Macoupin Service Company 

 the past year. Patronage dividend checks 

 averaged $24.66 per Farm Bureau member, 

 and dividends totaling $20,530.90 were dis- 

 tributed at the joint annual meeting of 

 Macoupin County Farm Bureau and Macou- 



pin Service Company, held at Carlinville, 

 November 13. Some 1500 people were in 

 attendance. 



V. Vaniman, organization director for the 

 American Farm Bureau Federation, and L. 

 . R. Marchant, manager of Illinois Farm Sup- 

 ply Company, were the speakers. 



John Dorward, who resigned his position 

 as manager of Macoupin Service Company at 

 the close of its fiscal yea^, September 30, to 

 accept a position with Illinois Farm Supply 

 Company, gave the management report. 



Ninety-two per cent of the Farm Bureau 

 members patronized the company and were 

 responsible for 79.9 per cent of the busi- 

 ness. Lee V. Hauter is the present manager 

 of the company. 



Adams Service Company closed its seventh 

 fiscal year on August 31. The annual meet- 

 ing of the company was held in Quincy on 

 Wednesday, October 27. C. H. Becker was 

 the speaker. 



Patronage dividends totaling $13,000.00 

 were distributed to Farm Bureau members. 

 The rates of dividend were 18 per cent on 

 motor oil and grease, 12 per cent on gaso- 

 line and kerosene, 15 per cent on paint, tires, 

 and other rural sales, and 9 per cent on 

 service station and dealer business. 



J. M. Eyman has been manager of the 

 company the past year and a half. 



On August 31 Pike County Service Com- 

 pany of Pittsfield, closed its most successful 

 year. The company was organized in 1934 

 but was operated jointly with Adams Service 

 Company of Quincy until May 1936 when 

 Earle Johnson, the present manager, was 

 selected to manage the comfjany. 



At the annual meeting of the company, 

 held Thursday, October 28, dividend checks 

 totaling $4,616.00 were distributed. 



C. H. Becker was the speaker. 



For the fiscal year ended August 31. Mont- 

 gomery County Farmers Oil Company de- 

 clared patronage dividends in the amount of 

 $11,341.48 with 77 per cent of the Farm 

 Bureau members patronizing the company in 

 its twelfth year of operation. 521 checks 

 were issued. These averaged $20.61 each. 



W. R. Ogg, secretary of American Farm 

 Bureau Federation, and Fred E. Herndon 

 spoke at the joint session of the Farm Bu- 

 reau and the service company held at Hills- 

 boro, Saturday, October 23. 



NO TIME WAS LOST 

 Three huaky Service Company men 

 speedily changed irom lugs to Gillettee 

 for the next test. All tractors were 

 equipped in both tests with pneumatic 

 tires in front. 



Rubber Tires 

 Beat Steel Lugs 



Rubber tires proved their superiority 

 over steel lugs for tractors in a plowing 

 demonstration staged November 10, near 

 Lanark by the Guroll Service Company. 



Seven tractors with steel wheels used" 

 in the test included a Case (3 plows), 

 John Deere, models A and B; McCor- 

 micfc^Deering models F20 and Fl2, Al- 

 lis Chalmers-WC, and Oliver "70." All 

 motors were warmed-up before the trac- 

 tors were parked on the starting line. 

 All gas tanks were drained and the 

 motors run until the fuel was exhausted. 



Each tractor was allotted a quart of 

 Magic Aladdin gasoline and the drivers 

 were instructed to plow as far as they 

 could before their tractor motors stalled. 

 All tractors plowed in second gear in 

 the first test which " was run on steel 

 wheels. 



After the judges had measured the dis- 

 tance each tractor plowed, the test was 

 conducted again with all conditions the 

 same except that all tractors were 

 equipped with pnuematic tries. A com- 

 parison of the distance plowed in the 

 second run with the distance in the first 

 run revealed that rubber tired tractors 

 traveled an average of 15.8 per cent 

 farther. 



A third test in which all tractors 

 plowed in the next higher gear showed 

 how rubber tires can increase the effici- 

 ency and work-speed of farm tractors. 



Vincent Olson, manager of Carroll 

 Service Company, arranged the tsS, se- 

 cured tires and wheels and provided 

 judges. Local tractor dealers cooperated 

 in supplying tractors. I ■" 



GAS FOH THE WHOLE TEST 

 Vincent Olson, manager, of the CteroII 

 Service Company, checks the supply. 

 More than SOO farm folks saw rubber Urea 

 triumph. 



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