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from member elevators was 5,439,522 

 bu., wheat 2,541,133, oats 2,219,617 bu., 

 soybeans 896,120, other grains 39,229 

 bu. 



The ten high companies for the year 

 were: Beason, 2,051,025 bushels; Tus- 

 cola, 1,849,906 bushels; Graymont, 1,- 

 814,752 bushels; Anchor, 1,464,937 

 bushels; Colfax, 1,370,825 bushels; Lee 

 County Gr. Ass'n, 1,298,381 bushels; 

 Gssna Park, 1,292,795 bushels; Serena, 

 1,259,843 bushels; Champaign County 

 Gr., 1,049,303 bushels; Earlville, 1,037,- 

 833 bushels. 



The ten high counties were: McLean, 

 6,900,000 bushels; LaSalle, 5,427,00 

 bushels; Livingston, 4,680,000 bushels; 

 Mason, 4,584,000 bushels; Champaign, 

 3,784,000 bushels; Lee, 3,396,000 bush- 

 els; Logan, 3,369,000 bushels; Peoria, 

 3,039,000 bushels; Grundy, 2,700,000 

 bushels; Knox, 2,493,000 bushels. 



Companies shipping 100% of their 

 J grain through the Corpxjration during 

 1937 were: Alhambra Grain & Feed 

 Company, Champaign County Grain As- 

 sociation, Farmers Cooperative Company 

 of Colfax, Covell Farmers Grain Com- 

 pany, Columbia Farmers Coop. Gr. Co., 

 rerrin Cooperative Equity Exchange, 

 Fidelity Cooperative Grain Co., Godfrey 

 Elevator Company, Hudson Grain Com- 

 pany, Jersey County Grain Company, 

 Keyesport Cooperative Equity Exchange, 

 Rosamond Farmers Cooperative Ass'n., 

 Summerfield Cooperative Grain Co., 

 Thawville Farmers Grain Company, 

 Greenfield Farmers Cooperative Gr. Co. 



Active in Field 



Frank D. Barton and F. M. Becker 

 were active in the field during the year, 

 Fahrnkopf reported, calling on the 200 

 member elevators and helping them de- 

 velop sales and service and in many in 

 stances to reorganize under the coopera- 

 tive act of Illinois. The lAA legal de- 

 partment handled an immense amount 

 of work getting local elevators to qualify 

 under the cooperative act. About 95 

 companies in Illinois are now operating 

 this way. 



Twenty-six carloads of wire fencing 

 and wire products were handled and 102 

 carloads of feeds through member com- 

 panies. Patronage dividends of $3,005.57 

 were returned. 



Fahrnkopf called attention to the fact 

 that Illinois Grain Corporation had re- 

 funded back to member elevators some 

 $80,000 in cash covering stock subscrip- 

 tions and patronage dividends above a 

 year ago, that this represented almost $3 

 for every $1 actually paid in cash stock 

 subscriptions to the company. 



Reviewing the history of the company, 

 he showed that Illinois Grain's business 

 had grown from 31 elevators in 1930 to 

 215 members. Due to mergers and dis- 

 solutions etc., 17 member elevators 



MARCH, 1938 



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THE GRAIN BOARD'S COMMITTEE OF 3 

 Chas. Schmitt. Arthur E. Burwash. and 

 Eugene Curtia. 



dropped out leaving 198 members today. 



Chief speakers at the meeting were 

 Earl C. Smith, president of the lAA who 

 sjKike for nearly an hour on the new 

 agricultural adjustment program while 

 farmers listened with rapt attention. A 

 summary of the new AAA is published 

 elsewhere in this issue. Mr. Smith de- 

 livered a similar talk the day before at 

 the meeting for county presidents & ad- 

 visers. 



Donald Kirkpatrick, legal counsel, out- 

 lined the principles of the proposed grain 

 marketing program involving the finan- 

 cing of facilities and machinery for han- 

 dling grain in 1938. L. R. Marchant 

 talked briefly about the sideline business 

 and the quality of Blue Seal feeds and 

 fencing being supplied the elevators 

 through Illinois Farm Supply Co. 



Directors elected were E. E. Stevenson. 

 Streator; Carl Johnson, Varna; Geo. L. 

 Potter, Pontiac ; Sam Yergler, Cissna 

 Park (for unexpired one-year term), 

 Chas. Schmitt, Beason ; Arthur E. Bur- 

 wash, Champaign; H. P. Joy, Chapin. 

 Directors at large elected are A. O. Eck- 

 ert, Belleville; Eugene Curtis, Cham- 



"HERES THE NEW SLATE" 

 Henry T. Marshall, Serena Chr., Creden- 

 tials Committee gets nominations ior di- 

 rector. 



paign; C. M. Smith, Eureka. Holdover 

 directors are E. D. Lawrence, J. Fred 

 Romine, Chas. Haller, Geo. J. Thicr, 

 Fred Zimmerman. 



At the first meeting of the new board 

 Arthur Burwash was chosen president, E. 

 E. Stevenson, vice-president, and Chas. 

 Schmitt, secretary. 



Illinois Grain Corporation marketed 



1,008,090 bu. of grain through Farmers 

 National Grain Corp. during the 

 month of January 1938. This is only 

 slightly under the bushelage handled 

 the same month a year ago. Mason 

 county led with 75 carloads followed 

 by McLean 54 and Grundy 44. Col- 

 fax elevator led with 31,741 bu., Bea- 

 son next with 24,915, Cissna Park 24,- 

 733. 



New lAA Limestone 



Commission Plan 



A program covering Agricultural lime- 

 stone discount of special interest to Farm 

 Bureau members has been developed by 

 representatives of interested organiza- 

 tions in the last few months. 



Cooperating limestone compjanies will 

 pay to the County Farm Bureau quarterly 

 (every 3 months) a commission of 10c 

 per ton on all orders placed through the 

 Farm Bureau provided the order is paid 

 for within 1 5 days from date of invoice. 

 The earnings out of this commission will 

 then be available for a patronage divi- 

 dend distribution. 



When purchasing limestone a member 

 should get an order from his Farm Bu- 

 reau which he will send to the limestone 

 company. The practice heretofore fol- 

 lowed cannot be continued because of the 

 limitations of the Robinson-Patman Act 

 governing trade practices and discounts. 



The names of cooperating limestone 

 companies, with order blanks, will be 

 supplied County Farm Bureau offices on 

 March 1st, when the plan will go into 

 operation. Members will help strengthen 

 their organization by placing all their 

 limestone orders through the County 

 Farm Bureau, both rail and truck ship- 

 ments. 



Uncle Ab says die best piece of advice 

 IS not to give any. 



Have you planned your long-row 



farm garden ? 



Ear-mark your spring pigs. It's the 



best guide to selecting gilts that will 

 produce large litters of thrifty, easy- 

 feeding pigs. 



The outlook for substantial wheat ex- 

 ports is good this year says the 

 U.S.D.A. The 1938 crop is expected 

 to be above domestic needs. 



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