

NEWS 



Sales of the Carroll Ser\itc Company in 



I <>"' totalled $179,921. an incre.is(- of II.) 

 per cent over tlie previous vejr, it w.is revealed 

 It the ei>;hth annual meeting. Mt. Carroll, Feh 

 1-. Net income increased 16^ per cent; 

 patronage dividends of $21,282 93 v^ere paid 

 •o "19 member patrons Charles Hombcrger 

 «as elected director. 



Cieor.ue Scheef. former manager of the 

 i>chuvIcr-Brown Service Company, bc-canie 

 manager of the Livingston .Service Company. 

 Feb. 1. He succeeds E. C. Campbell Ralpii 

 O. Almgrecn. assistant manager of the Peona 

 County Service Company, was appointed to fill 

 r!ic vacancy left by Mr, Scheef. 



Two hundred-fifty Farm Bureau members 

 of Clark County attended the third annual 

 meeting of their service company, Marshall, 

 January' 19. 



Afan.iger Voelkel repoited gains on all 

 products. President Behner announced plans 

 tor a wider service and increased sales in 

 1938. 



A total of J 10 patron.ige dividend checks 

 imounting to $5,080 00, were distributed 

 Dividends ranged from 6 to 13 percent, 



C. H. Becker of Illinois Farm Supply Com- 

 pany was the speaker, and J. G. Dorward. 

 presented the tilm strip Illinois Farm Supply 

 Companv — Eleven Years of Amazing 

 Growth Officers and directors were re- 



elected 



More than 2,000 Farm Bureau members 



.ittcnded the annu.ii meeting of Shelhy-Effin,i;- 

 ham Service C^ompany, Sliclbyville, January 

 -O. Thice hundred or more were turned 

 iviav at the door due to lack i<( standing room. 



Patronage diviilend rates ran.ued from 10 

 to 15 percent. A total of $30,150 was dis- 

 'ributed at the close of the meeting. The 

 average dividend per Farm Bureau member 

 ■A-as $19.22. Manager Foley reported an in- 

 crease of $13,000 over last year's business. 



C. H. Becker represented Illinois Farm Sup- 

 ply Company and .gave the address of the day 

 I. G. Dorward, held representative of, Illinois 

 Farm Supply Companv for the Egyptian Di- 

 vision, presented the film strip ' llliniiis Farm 

 Supply Company — Eleven Years of Amazing 

 Growth." All directors were reelected and 

 f H. Buzzaid was reelected president. 



Fayctie Service Company held its second 



iiinual meeting January 18. 19^8. More 

 han 300 Farm Bureau members and their 

 ramilies attended. President Harpster was 

 -nthusiastic about progress made and William 

 Cole, manager, reported substantial gains all 

 iU>ni^ the line. 



At the dose of the meeting 286 patronage 

 lividend checks were distributed, totaling $1.- 

 18". 00. C. H. Becker was the speaker and 

 I G Dorward. field representative for the 

 I gyptian Division, presented tlie him strip 

 Illinois Farm Supply Company — Eleven 

 ^■ears of Amazing Growth." All directors 

 *ere reelected. 



After one year ot operation the marine 



'ermina! .it Shauneetown has pioveil practical 

 md profitable. Manager Morris Crandall re 

 riorted to 20110 persons who altende.l the 



20 LIMESTONE TRUCKS IN THIS CARAVAN IN 



Livingston county ready to haul "soil sugar' from quarry to field. About one- 

 third of the trucks are equipped with spreaders. 



The snapshots above were taken by John Spencer ot the lAA two Jays 

 belore Christmas when the j:round was frozen and fit tor spreading limestone 

 direct from heavy trucks ec|uipped with spreaJini: ilcvices. The top view shows 

 the back end of a truck with spreader all ready lor action. 



The operators of tliis quarry near Pontiac supplied last year i 3 1. ()()() tons 

 ol limestone or about l()'"f of the l.2'50.()0() tons used in the state .Ml ship- 

 ments from this i|uarrv are bv truck since thev li.ivc no rail connection 



seventh annual meeting of the >X'aKish \'.dle\ 

 Seivice Conip.my. Giayville. Jan. 21. 



Patronage diviiknds paid fiom the terminal 

 earnings were as follows Egyptian Service 

 C'ompany. 5^0-1.00 ; Fruit Belt Service Com- 

 pany, Sll6 8(); Rich-Law .Servne Con-pany. 

 S5 19.60; Twin County ."serviie Company. 

 SI86.00; Wabash Vallev Service ('onipany. 

 $2.51360 The termin.il was opciatel only 

 ten month- of the year due to the tlood 



Pation.ige dividends of Sis. 105 00 weie 

 distributed to 1.625 members of the Wabash 

 Valley Service Company Georue Gabel was 

 elected director. 



Kandolph Scrv ice Companv closed its 



seventh year Nov. s() Ivs"; held its annu.il 

 inecting, Chester. Jan. 22. 1938, It was re- 

 ported to the 200 shareholders present th.ii 

 the total sales liad exceeded $125,000. Patron- 

 age dividends of $ls,060, or an average of 

 SP.yo per inembei. were distributed. The 

 company trans,ivted 85 pei cent of it- busi- 

 ness with Faim Bureau niemhers ; 96 per cent 

 of the Farm Bureau members in the counrv 

 Were regular patrons of the compam . Patron- 

 .i,ue dividend i.ites ranged from 11 to II pel 

 cent. 



During the |oini annual nieeling of the 

 .Meicer Count) Earn) Bureau .i '.d the Mercei 

 Service Company. Aledo. Jan. 20. President C 

 H l.tckson reported i 1^2 per < ent incre.ist 



in s.ilts i>t the scrvKC company as eumparcd 

 •o a \e.it .igo Patron.ige dividends of $",. 

 1 ~s 110 wele distributed. 



I he I ruit Bell Service Company held 



Its titth .innual nieetinc. V^jenna. Januarv 21 

 Thiee lu.ndied fifty Farm Bureau members 

 .ind then families attended. 



Net business increase.! S2s.ii(>0 or sH per- 

 teiit. \^hlle net income increased Ss.Ioo or .86 

 percent. Manacer Paul Faik lepoitcd 



At the Jose of the meeting $l.'2sO0 «as 

 distributed in the form ot preferud .old 

 pation.ige dividends 



I he Rock County Service (.oinpanv iif 



Janesvillc. \X'isconsin. closed its fiist fiscal 

 vear after rive n.onths of operation, .November 

 "sO. While the Rock County Service Company 

 IS not a member of Illinois Farm Supph' Ciom- 

 pan\. ir Has been using the buvn;; and ad- 

 Ms. ii) stivnes. 



A tell pc-ice lit paiion.ii;^ doi.leiKi. p.uablt 

 to .ill ii.eiu'txis in O'od sf.indmg. amounicl to 

 >!,0S2 12 Fled I. Heindon was the priiuipal 

 speakei rhiee htiiulied-tifte members at- 



lende.l 



By proving 96 of the l.dOl dairy 



sires in tj-.e I nited States elurini; !V3~. 

 Illinois ranks tiiirel among states, ac 



cording to a l 



-lustrv report 



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MARCH, 1938 



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