Illinois 



Producers Creameries 



Sprinj;hikl. 111. [an. J6: Illinois I'm- 



ductrs' Crcamirits have- takiii a step tor 

 ward ill the maikttini; of farm proihiits by 

 procurmj;, protcssinj; and iiiirthandisinj; 

 biitttr under lliiir own brand, lAA Gtmral 

 (:i>unMl Donald Kirkpatrick told the "idO 

 Ntockholdtrs wIki attiiukd ilic annual nicit- 

 ini; of tilt state cv>-op here to^Iay. 



While he urijed Farm iSure.iii nunibeis to 

 patronize their own inoperative'^. Kirk- 

 patrick pointed out that the lo op must 

 justify its position by sellini; the producer s 

 .yooils to better ad\anta,ue than other com- 

 panies. A return of more than three C]uarters 

 iif the consumers tloll.ir tti proilucers is re.i- 

 son enouuh for dairymen to p.itroni/e tlui. 

 I re.imeries. Mr. Kiikpatrick said. 



I. h. Countiss, IPC salts mana.uer. dis 

 closed that about six and oneh.ilf iiiillioii 

 pounds or 10 per cent of all the creamery 

 butter churned in the state in iy^" w.is pro- 

 sluced by die ei.uht Producers' C'.reame'ies. 

 'Ihis butter was sold for more than S::,18t).- 

 ()()() of which Sl,66i,0()0 or "6 i per cent was 

 returned to cream producers. No other 

 commodity produced in the state returned a 

 greater shaie of the consumers doll.ir. he 

 said. 



The sales record was made by puttinj; 

 nothinj; less than '.)() score butter in c.irtons, 

 Karini; the co-op brand name, by cuttinj; 

 costs throu.uh the operation of a central 

 butter cuttint; plant in which tub butter is 

 reduced to pmind rolls, prints and ijuarter 

 pound packa.yes. and by reilucini; manufac- 

 turing and procurement costs 



t)f the scllin.i; price of the butter pro- 

 duced by the co-op. nine per cent was used 

 to pay manufacturin.i; costs. 8.2 per cent for 

 procurement of cream, s." per cent for gen- 

 eral administration and 2.8 per cent for 

 sales costs. 



General Manager F. A. Gougler unfolded 

 plans for increasing the volume of cream 

 handled by the co-op. during l'>sS. He 

 proposed courses of study for salesmen that 

 will increase their efficiency, 



Harold Enns, Minier, vice president of 

 Illinois Producers' Creameries, reported that 

 the nine creameries closed their fiscal years 

 on September 30. He pointed <iut that the 



HOW MUCH SPREAD? 

 Manager Frank A. Gougler explains 

 price differences brought about by co- 

 operation. 



tiiange w.is m,ule to .itfoid .1 b.isis for uni- 

 form comparisons ot oper.itions ,imong the 

 meinber creameries. 



Secretary William Hismark. Geneseo, re- 

 ported changes in operations of the cream- 

 eries and their central butter cutting plant 

 in Chicago that brought about substantial 

 savin.gs to producer members. 



One director was elected from each 

 creamery district and one trom the lAA. 

 They are: Harry Gehring, Galesburg dis- 

 trict; Claude Nfartin, Peoria; Harold Fnns, 

 BUmmington ; (). P. Hanim, Cdiampaign; 

 J. C. Piper. Olney ; Frank Easterly. Car- 

 bondale; Thad Loveless, C^arlinville ; Walter 

 Scott. Mt. Sterling; Wm. Bismark. Moline. 

 and E. Harris, lAA, Officers will be elected 

 later, 



Milk Producers 



Sprin.ctield, III, Jan. 26: — More tlian 

 I,6-)S,0(io,(M)0 pounds of milk produced by 

 si.s2~ organized dairymen tiowcd to Illinois 

 consumers' tables through cooperative chan- 

 nels last year, Wilfred Shaw, secretary of Il- 

 linois Milk Producers' Association, told 

 stockholders ir. the annual meeting of the 

 organization in the Leiand Hotel here last 



night. The meeting, attended by ~5 dairy- 



DIRECTORS OF ILUNOIS PRODUCERS CREAMERIES 

 Standing, left to right: I. C. Piper, Olney district; William Bismark, Moline: Frank 

 Easterly, Carbondale; Claude Martin, Peoria; Thad Loveless, Carlinville. Seated, left 

 to right: Harold Enns, Bloomington: Ebb Harris, Lake county, lAA; Harry Gehring, 

 Galesburg; and Walter Scott. Mt. Sterling. 



men repiesmting 20 of 22 cooperatnes. was 

 the first to be held in connection with the 

 .iniiual coincntion of the Illinois Agiiculture 

 Associ.ltion here this week. 



Milk handled by the statewide network 

 of m.iiketing coops w,is valued at $s-.S09,- 

 220 Sv The V, due was based I'li i.^ per cent 

 butteit,it list iiisf..id of the higher aitual 

 test luuUr whiih the milk was sold. 



The total membership of the oiganiza- 

 iKiii at the closi- of I-;-.^ t.msisrid of 21 milk 

 marketing loopeiatives. IS of which arc 

 b.irg. lining agencies assoiialions. The other 

 si\ ae loopciative distributing companies,' 

 Shaw said. 



A se\ciitli .'istiibuling gioiip w.is added 

 duiing tlu meeting when the ilireilors of 

 the I.MI'A voted to accept ji\ applic.ition 

 tor iiKnibei-hip from iIh Pr,.diiceis' Dairy 

 of .'spriiigtuld. OIK- of the oldest and largest 

 coopiiatm milk distributing .igenciis in 

 the sMte riu- ,,ddition of the lu w member 

 will maliii,dly improve the effectiveness of 

 the St, ire ■■: -aiii/jtioii, Seirit,iry Shaw be- 

 lieves. 



Repoiiiii.; il.f AssiH iation's gu.itest year 

 of i;i.iwth since if was tounded six years 

 .!L-o, Sli,'w said. Dining l'>S- four milk bar- 

 gaining co..per,itnes were acct pi< d into 

 membeiship, namely: Pure Miik Asso- 

 ii.iti..n. (hicago; Sanitary Milk Producers, 

 M l.ouis; Siepheiisoii County Puie Milk As- 

 sociation. Freeport; .md Cinton Milk Pro- 

 ducers. C.inton. 



Ihe ,ifiiliation of the Pule Milk Associa- 

 tion ot ( hicago and the Saiiitaiy Milk of 

 St. I.oiiis. two of the largest nvlk bargarning 

 coopei.itiMs in the middlewest, greatly 

 strengtluns the effectiveness of the IMPA " 



The following dairymen win eleititl di- 

 rectors of the IMPA to seive during l'H8: 



less( Fuller, fanton .Milk I'roducers; |ohn 

 F Mc( ahe. Champaign ( C Milk Producers; 

 I. Cioh Morton. Danville Piodiicers D.iiry; 

 Rav H Miller. Decitiir Milk Association; 

 Archie Mcintosh. Decatur Producers Dairy; 

 W .lliam OMalley, DeKalb Milk Pi.iducers; 

 Cjlen lonihaugh. Farmers Cnion Milk Asso- 

 ciation; Edwin Gumm. G,ileshurg Pure Milk 

 Associ.ition ; How,ird Mepheiison. Eukson- 

 ville Producers Dairy; Alex McPhedran, I.a- 

 Salle Peru Milk Producers; Marion ,StubbIe- 

 tield. Mcl.e.n Co. Milk Producers; W E. 

 Sawdey, Mid-West Dairymen s Company; 

 Ryland Capron. Peoria Milk Producers; Jo- 

 seph Stieglitz. Peoiia Produteis Dairy, 

 James J McCabe, Pontiac Milk Pro.lucers; 

 >X'alter Mugge, Pioduceis Dairy of Harris- 

 burg; Ci H. Ekhoff, Pure .Milk Association; 

 Albert Heckle, Quincy Coop .Milk Pmdu- 

 cers; A. F. Meyer, Quality Milk Associa- 

 tion; Bliss E Liiy. Sanitary Milk Producers; 

 Roy l.ong, Stephenson Co Pure Milk and 

 I. F. Greenwood, Springfield Producers 

 Dairy. 



Jn the absence of President Alex Mc- 

 Phedran, \ icepiesidcnt Ryland Capron pre- 

 sided. 



Ill a contercncc this morning, Dr R W. 

 Bartlett, University of Illinois, discussed 

 ways and means for cutting costs of milk 

 distribution and the outlook for dairymen. 

 He pointed out that with a smaller than 

 average number of cows in the state and 

 with low feed costs, the future for dairymen 

 appears bright. 



F. R. Bachman. director of the Scioto 

 Countv (iiiip Milk Producers' Association, 

 described cooperative milk marketing in 

 Ohio. F. W. ^X'hitmore. Inivcrsity of Il- 

 linois, discussed improved efficiency as a 

 means of cutting production costs of milk. 



Other discussions invcdved filled milk, the 

 ciuiipetition of milk and butterfat with soy- 

 bean and cottonseed oils, consumer advertis- 

 ing and the policy of basing the price for 

 class one milk on condensery prices. 



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