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all distributors contracts, calltcj a strike 

 Many of the producers kept their milk 

 at home, others brought milk to the 

 surplus plant where it was separated 

 and the cream sold and some of tlie 

 milk went to cheese plants. Milk in 

 Peoria was scarce. 



Two weeks later the .second largest 

 dairy in the city renewed its contract 

 with the Producers. 



In October, the Producers formed 

 the Peoria Producers Dairy, bought a 

 small plant and began to distribute 

 milk. Later, a price war developed. 

 Consumers were soon buying milk for 

 six cents a cjuart delivered. The whole- 

 sale price tlropped to four cents 



1 he entire Producers membership stuck 

 loyally to their guns and took their losses 

 unflinchingly. They had just begun to 



The Peoria Milk Producers has LSSO 

 members who furnish more than half 

 the milk sold in Peoria and surround 

 ing territory. It is a living tribute to 

 the value and power of orderly, or- 

 ganized marketing. 



1 he two Peoria dairy organizations 

 arc members of the Illinois Milk Pro- 

 ducers Association, a state federation 

 of milk marketing co-ops. It has 33,- 

 32"' producer members who sold 1.6-4H.- 

 599.«6l pounds of milk for $37,509.- 

 220.33 between December I, 1936 and 

 November .^0. 1937. The following 

 are brief sketches of bargaining coop- 

 eratives, which are members of the 

 IMPA. 



Peoria Milk Producer^ A^MKiation. Or 

 ganized 1925, started operations October 1. 

 1926. Serves 1880 producers in Peoria. 

 Tazewell, Woodford, Marshall, McLean. 

 Fulton, Stark counties. Handled 25,386,145 



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 >'>'^ efcuiii^ f^<^ Golden Eggs of ^ 



A TOAST TO SUCCESSI 

 More than 800 dairymen assembled, Bloomington. Dec. 11. ior the joint annual 

 dinner of the McLean County Milk Producers Association and the Farmers Creamery 

 Company, to close a successful year. Left to right are I. Ben McReynoIds. secretary of 

 the creamery and treasurer of the Producers'; Harold Enns. creamery president; H. D. 

 Allebach of Pennsylvania, speaker; Forrest C. Fairchild. manager of both organizations^; 

 Marion Stubblefield. Producers' president and Alex McPhedran. president. Illinois Milk 

 Producers Association. The beverage — chocolal'? milk. 



fight. And the fight to them meant tak- 

 ing less than a dollar a hundredweight 

 for milk to establish their organization as 

 a major factor on the market. 



The third largest dairy renewed its 

 contract with the Producers in Febru 

 ary, 1934, and the tide of battle turned 

 Other dairies came back later. 



The Producers came out of the strike 

 with a paying retail business and the 

 respect of distributors and consumers 

 Now the Peoria Producers Dairy is a 

 thriving concern with IfS delivery 

 trucks 



pounJi i)t milk last year valueii at $146. 

 6^0.96 Officers and directors arc; Ryland 

 Capron. pres and nianaj;er; Jus. P. Stieglitz. 

 v.-prt-s. ; John Hajjenstoz. secy ; Edward 

 Hem/, trcas.; Chas. Cameron. Carl Hisele. 

 Waller Neal. Quality of milk sold i'' 

 equal to the best in the state Testing com 

 mission, operated jointly with dealers, elim 

 mates petty squabbles about weights and 

 tests. Has increased prins siibst.iiiti.illy tn 

 producers. 



DeKalb Milk Producers Association. Oi 



ganized and started operating Nov 1925 

 Has ss members all in DeKalb county 

 Sold 2.8^0.101 pounds of milk in MM" worth 

 $52.('^1 t 0" Officers .ind diu-tiorv .ir< Wpi 



OMalley. pres.. Hoyd Webster, v-pres.; 

 James Montavon. secy .-trcas. and manager. 

 Jos. Kicntz, V. A. Peterson. Has protected 

 market for members; protects consumers 

 from inferior milk; works hand in hand 

 with dealers to maintain quality and mar- 

 ket. 



McLean County Milk Producers. Bloom- 

 ington. Organized 1921, started iiperations 

 Dec. 1. 192" Has 5"5 members mostly 

 in McLean county. Sold 18.162,986 pounds of 

 milk valued at S58S. II6.='9 last yt.ir. Manage:. 

 Forri-.t C. F.iircliild, Officers and directors; 

 Marion G. Stubblctield. pres.; Wm. L. Mays 

 v-pres.; E. H. Orendorff, secy.; J. Ber 

 McReynoIds. treuN ; Clarence Ropp, Merriti 

 Hensley. F. D. Mason. George W. Pitts. 

 W'.ilter Risser. Recently gained contracts 

 with dealers which allows Producers to 

 settle monthly with members giving them 

 all the same price instead ot dealers paying 

 producers directly. 



Pure Milk Association, Chicago. Organ- 

 ized 1926. started operations 1929. Has 

 12.500 members. Sells more than $2,000. 

 000.00 of milk monthly. Sold 1.0-'3.28-1.8-- 

 pounds of milk valued at $26,65", 530. 06 

 last year. General Manager, J. P. Case 

 Officers and directors: G. H. Lkhoff. pres.; 

 C. Vi'. Schmaling. 1st v-pres.; G. L. Morgan. 

 2nd v-pres.; C. M Cosgrove, secy.; F.. I. 

 Houghtby. treas.; L. A. Markham, J. P. 

 Case. L. M. Mullooly. E. E. Powell, Ole 

 Stalheim. Walter E. Winn, W. J. Swaver. O 

 H. \Xennlund, H. C. Klett. H. H. Meyer. 

 A. P. Brucker Milk comes from 2500 

 square miles, or 33 counties in Ilinois, Indi 

 ana and Wisconsin. Bargaining for a fair 

 price, quality improvement. educational 

 work in schools promiiting use oi milk; 

 publicity campaign to identify Pure Milk 

 Farms; laboratory check testing, watching 

 credit rating of buyers are among chief 

 services to members. 



Pontiac Milk Producers Association. Of 



ganized Sept. 21 25. 192". Has 33 member- 

 all in Livingston county. Sold 1.8"'',6l*' 

 pounds of milk valued at $33,319-34 last 

 year. Officers and directors: Mattie No 

 Ian. pres.; Ray O Husted, secy-treas. and 

 man.iger; Alb' ri Mi.ifer. Clyde Schneeman 

 George Schopp. Delbert Ruff. James J. 

 McCabe. Has assured producers (.f a steadv 

 market ai a stipulated price. 



Stephenson County Pure Milk Association. 



Frecport. Organize<l 1928 Has 64 mem 

 bers Sold 6.008.968 pounds of milk val- 

 ued at S106.254.86. Officers and director- 

 are; T. T. Meek, pres.; F.d Stukenberg. 

 v-pres,; H H. Stahl. secy.; Roy C. Long, 

 treas.; Dillman S Gingrich. Orlo Brobst. 

 Reuben Metz. Outstanding service to mem- 

 bers: testing, sampling and supervision of 

 weights; improving quality of milk; friend 

 ly relationship with dealers, and ability to 

 use bargaining power to maintain fair prices 



Champaign County Milk Producers. Or- 

 ganized and started operations 1928. Serve- 

 423 members in Champaign, Vermilion. 

 Piatt and Ford counties. Handled 14,19".- 

 008. pounds of milk valued at $299,438.15 

 last year. Manager. Angus Taylor. Officers 

 and directors: John F. McCabe. pres.; Vin 

 cent Esry. v-pres.; Walter C. Wood. sec\ 

 treas ; Howard F l.ove. Dewey Prather. 



Strcalor Milk Producers Association. 



Stie.itor. Oigani/ed March 10. l')2S. Serve- 

 I -6 members m Livingston and LaSalle coun 

 'lis H.indled 4.503,85s pounds of milk last 



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