doubled with 4,476 in 1937 as compared 

 to 2,664 in 1936. 



Marketings of cattle, calves and sheep 

 increased with few going direct. Volume 

 for the year was 4,504 cattle, 5,995 calves 

 and 10,349 sheep. Total head of all 

 species handled by the six units was 118,- 

 055 in 1937 as compared to 91,178 in 

 1936. 



H. W. Troutmann, sales manager of 

 Illinois Livestock Marketing Association, 

 reported that 50 per cent of the hogs sold 

 in Illinois were slaughtered in the state. 



"Local markets are gaining in impor- 

 tance. In 1937, 55 per cent of all hogs 

 killed under federal inspection were 

 bought at local markets. For this reason 

 we should give more thought to the 

 establishment of local cooperative mar- 

 kets in 1938," Troutmann declared. 



The ten highest counties in percentage 

 of livestock marketed cooperatively in 

 1937 are: Gallatin, 42 per cent; Stark, 

 41; Menard, 40; Champaign, 39; Wood- 

 ford, 38; McLean, 37; Sangamon, 37; 

 Macon, 36; LaSalle, 36, and Effingham, 

 34. There were ten other counties with 

 percentages above 30. 



Ten High G>unties 



The ten highest counties in decks of 

 livestock marketed cooperatively were: 

 McLean, 1051 decks; Sangamon, 910; 

 LaSalle, 855; DeKalb, 844; Henry, 824; 

 Champaign, 698; Peoria, 628; White- 

 side, 617; Fulton, 601; Ogle, 592. 



Wabash county made the greatest gain 

 in percentage of livestock marketed dur- 

 ing the year. County Marketing Chair- 

 man J. R. Schrodt reports that 31 per 

 cent of livestock was sold cooperatively 

 as compared to 14 last year. The 17 

 point gain won the grand performance 

 prize of $100 awarded each year by the 

 Association for the largest percentage of 



gain- 

 Counties winning prizes for the great- 

 est improvement in performance and 



ARRIVING DELEGATES 

 Th«y braved a blixtarcL 



P. O. WILSON 

 "Orderly marketing resulted. . ." 



their county chairmen were: Boone, D. 

 Elvin Brown ; JoDaviess, J. D. Steele ; 

 Marshall- Putnam, William Burroughs; 

 McLean, Carl Lage; Sangamon, Fred 

 Davey; Brown, Eugene Meyers; Ran- 

 dolph, Arthur Weber; Moultrie, Charles 

 Ekiss and Wabash, J. R. Schrodt. 

 Wool Marketing Gains 



The volume of wool marketed coopera- 

 tively in 1937 showed a substantial in- 

 crease over that of 1936. The Associa- 

 tion handled 212,563 pounds during the 

 year as compared to 164,828 in 1936. 

 The five leading counties in wool han- 

 dled were: Vermilion, 20,923 pounds; 

 Knox, 13,460; Livingston, 13,442; Hen- 

 derson, 11,362, and Champaign, 8,849. 



Directors elected were: Daniel Smith, 

 Shelbyville; Mont Fox, Oakwood; Lee 

 Harris, Vermont; William Temple, Ser- 

 ena; W. E. Taylor, West Brooklyn; 

 George Broman, WoodhuU; F. H. Shel- 

 don, Sharpsburg; Fred Phillips, Adair; 

 J. R. Fulkerson, Jerseyville; William 

 Sandrock, Ashton and M. Ray Ihrig, 

 Golden. 



A resolution asking the U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture to make a survey of 

 the amount and percentage of livestock 

 sold direct to packers was adopted. 

 — L.A.P. 



A proposal to adopt a one-house leg- 

 islature in Ohio is being opposed by 

 the Ohio Farm Bureau. Under the new 

 plan, 13 counties, comprising the eight 

 thickly populated metropolitan areas of 

 the state, would elect 56 legislators. 

 The remaining 75 counties would be 

 represented by 38 persons. This would 

 place agriculture under the domination 

 of strong political forces in the few 

 large urban centers, says the Farm 

 Bureau. 



VIEWS 



A 20-year history of the progress of 



organized agriculture in Whiteside 

 county was presented at the annual 

 Whiteside County Farm Bureau meet- 

 ing, Feb. 26. 



Earl Wenzei, DeKalb county organ- 

 ization director, reports that a recent 

 one-day drive netted 71 new members. 

 "We had a rousing report meeting and 

 a turkey dinner in the evening. We 

 are hoping to be among the first coun- 

 ties in the state to make their 1938 

 new member quota, ' he said. 



Seventy-five LaSalle County Farm 



Bureau members cooperated with coun- 

 ty organization director Robert Hughes 

 on Feb. 7 in a one-day drive when 92 

 new members were signed. Jay Com- 

 isky, Wenona, signing five new mem- 

 bers, was the high man for the day. 



The old routine of butchering on 



many Illinois farms has been altered 

 during the past few months. Instead 

 of finishing the joh out on the farm, 

 patrons of the new cold storage locker 

 plants are taking the dressed carcasses 

 into the lockers where they are aged, 

 cut, frozen and stored. 



Kendall, DeKalb, Henry and White- 

 side counties have recently opened new 

 plants. 



Com exports from the United States 



this year have been the heaviest since 

 1928-29. 



Few eggs are being produced and 



fewer consumed. Hence, the outlook 

 until mid-spring is for egg prices below 

 those of 1937. During the remainder 

 of the year, reduced production result- 

 ing from smaller flock size is likely to 

 bring a gradual price advance above 

 1937, says the Bureau of Agricultural 

 Economics. 



Higher hog prices in the next few 



months are predicted by Bureau of Agri- 

 cultural Economics. Increased demand is 

 expected in view of probable seasonal 

 reduction in slaughter supplies and 

 present small storage holdings of pork 

 and lard. The supply of hogs for 

 slaughter next summer probably will be 

 larger than the small supply last sum- 

 mer. 



MARCH, 1938 



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