from member elevators was 5.439,522 

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

 soybeans .sy6,12(). other grains 39.229 

 bu. 



1 he ten hi^h companies for the year 

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

 cola, 1,849,906 bushels; Gr.iymont, 1,- 

 814,752 bushels; Anchor, 1,464.937 

 buslKjIs; Colfax, 1.370,825 bushels; Lee 

 County Gr. Ass n, 1,298.S81 bushels; 

 Cissna Park, 1,292,795 bushels; Serena. 

 l,2'>">,8ii bushels; Champaign County 

 Gr., 1,0 19,303 bushels; Farlville. 1,037, 

 HV^ bushels. 



The ten high counties were: McLean. 

 6,900.000 bushels; LaSalle, 5,427,00 

 bushels; Livingston, -1,680,000 bushels; 

 Mason, 4,584,000 bushels; Champaign. 

 3,784,000 bushels; Lee, 3,396.000 bush 

 els; Logan, S, 369,000 bushels; Peoria. 

 3, 03'^. 000 bushels; Grundy, 2,7(i().()()n 

 bushels; Knox. 2.i<;3.0no bushels. 



Companies shipping lOO'^r of their 

 grain through the Corporation during 

 1937 were: Alliamhra Grain iv; Feed 

 Company, (diampaign C ounty Grain As 

 sociaiion. I'armers Cooperative Ciompany 

 of Colfax, Covell Farmers Grain Com- 

 pany. C olumbia I'.irmers Coop. Gr. Co, 

 Ferrin Cooperative Fijuity Exchange. 

 Fidcliiy Cooperative Grain C'o., Godfrev 

 Ele\ator Company, Hudson Grain C'om 

 pany Jersey C^ounty Cirain Comp.mv, 

 Keyesport Cooperative Equity Exchange. 

 Rosamond I-armers Cooperatrve Ass'n . 

 Summerfield Cooperative Grain Co., 

 Thawville Farmers Grain Companv. 

 Greenfield F'armers C"ooper.itive Gr Co 

 Active in Field 

 Frank [). Barton and F. M. Becker 

 were active in the held during the year. 

 Falirnkupf reporteil. calling on the :(>() 

 member elevators and helping them dt 

 velop sales and service and in many m 

 stances to reorganize under the coopcr.i 

 tive .ut of Illinois. The lAA legal de 

 partment handled an immense amount 

 of work getting local elevators to c]ualify 

 under the cooperative act. About ')'' 

 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 loni 

 panics. Patronage dividends of $3.00'>.5~ 

 were returned. 



Fahrnkopf called attention to the f .u t 

 that Illinois Grain Corporation had re 

 funded back to member elevators some 

 $80,000 in cash covering stock sub.scrip- 

 tions and patronage dividends .above a 

 year ago, that this represented almost S^ 

 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 



THE GRAIN BOARDS COMMITTEE OF 3 

 Chas. Schmitl. Arthur E. Burwash. and 

 Eugene Curtis. 



dropped oiii leaving 198 members today 

 ( hief speakers at the meeting wcri. 

 larl C . Smith, president of the lA.A who 

 spoke for nearly an hour on the new 

 agricultural adjustment program while 

 larmcrs 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 lounly presidents & .id 

 visers. 



Donald Kirkpatrick, legal counsel, out 

 hncd the principles of the proposed grain 

 marketing program involving the finan- 

 ling ot facilities and machinerv lor han- 

 dling grain in 19^8. I.. R. .Marchant 

 talked briefly about the sideline business 

 and the cjuality of Blue Seal feeds and 

 fencing being supplied the elevators 

 through Illinois Farm Supply Co. 



Directors elettcd were F. F. Stevenson. 

 Streator; Carl Johnson, Varna; Geo. I. 

 Potter. Pontiai . Sam Yerglcr, C issna 

 Park (for unexpired one-year term). 

 Chas. Schmitt. Beason; Arthur F. Bur 

 wash. Champaign ; H. P Joy, Chapin 

 Direitors at large eleitcd are A. O. Eck 

 cri. Bellexillc. Fugene Curtis. C!ham 



HERE'S THE NEW SLATE 

 Henry T. Marshall, Serena Chr., Creden- 

 tials Committee gets nominations tor di- 

 rector. 



paign, C. NL Smith, Eureka. Holdover 

 directors are E D. Lawrence, J. Fred 

 Romine, C;has. Haller. Geo. J. Ihier, 

 Fred Zimmerman. 



At the first meeting of the new board 

 Arthur Burwash was chosen president, F. 

 E. Ste\enson, vice-president, and Chas 

 Schmitt, secretary. 



Illinois Grain Corporation marketed 



1.008,090 bu. of grain through F'atmcrs 

 National Grain Corp. during the 

 month of January 1938. This is only 

 slightly under the bushclage handled 

 the same month a year ago. Mason 

 t ounty kd with 75 carloads fcllowed 

 by McLean 5i and Grundy M. Col 

 (.\\ elevator led with 31,711 bu., Bca 

 son next with 2J,915, Cissna Park 21,- 

 "33. 



New lAA Limestone 



Commission Plan 



•3 program covering Agricultural lime 

 stone disiount of special interest to Farm 

 Bureau members has been developed by 

 representatives of interested organiza 

 tions in the last few months. 



Cooperating limestone comp.inies will 

 pay to the C ounty Farm Bureau quarterly 

 (every 3 months) a commission of 10c 

 per ton on all orders pLued through the 

 Farm Bureau provided the order is paid 

 tor within 15 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 t/iJer from his Farm Bu- 

 reau which he will si-nd to the limestone 

 lompany. 1 he practice heretofore fol- 

 lowed cannot be continued because of the 

 limitations of the Robinson-Patman Act 

 governing trade pr.icticc-s and discounts. 



The names of cooperating limestone 

 lompanies. with order blanks, will be 

 supplied County I'arm Bureau otTites on 

 .March 1st, when the plan will go into 

 o[->eration. Members will help strengthen 

 their organization by placing all their 

 limestone orilers through the County 

 Farm Bureau, both rail anil truck ship- 

 ments. 



L'ncic Ab says the best piece of advice 



IS not to give anv 



Have you planned your long-ruw 



farm garden ? 



Ear-mark your spring pigs. It's the 

 best guide to selecting gilts that will 

 produce large litters of thrifty, easy- 

 feeding pii.'s 



The outlook for substantial wheat ex- 

 ports is good this year says the 

 US DA The 1938 i.rop is expected 

 to be .iboM domestic needs 



MARCH. 1938 



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