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year. The price to Sept. 1 was $2.05 per cwt, 

 for }.5% fluid milk. After Sept. 1, price 

 was raised to $2.25. Officers and directors; 

 Daniel Connell, pres. ; Bart Wolfe, v-pres. ; 

 W. E. Swift, secy-treas. ; Glen Tombaugh, 

 manager; U. S. Sass, Ralph Holmes, Frank 

 Barron. Elmer Emm, Walter Eddy. 



LaSalle-Peni Milk Producers. Organized 

 1929. Serves 90 members in LaSalle and 

 Bureau counties. Last year sold 5,046,46} 

 pounds of milk valued at $108,906.90. Offi- 

 cers and directors: Alex McPhedran, pres. 

 and manager; O. H. Ryan, v-pres.; Carl A. 

 Neureuther, secy-treas.; Marion Kays, Char- 

 les Mudge, Jr., Sam Sack, Barney Cyrus, 

 Julius Mosbach, Arthur Tobler, John Mason. 

 Outstanding activity: Adoption of the base- 

 pool plan wherein distributors pay the 

 co-op for the base and surplus milk received 

 «nd the co-op portions out the base to mem- 

 bers and pays them accordingly. Says Presi- 

 dent McPhedran, "This plan makes our or- 

 ganization truly cooperative as any market 

 condition affects all members proportion- 

 ally. • 



Sanitary Milk Producers, St. Louis. Or- 

 ganized April, 1929, started operations Oct., 

 1950. Serves 5,801 members in 51 Illinois 

 and Missouri counties. Handled 338,434,- 

 722 pounds of milk last year valued at 

 $7,302,717.75. Manager, A. D. Lynch, for- 

 mer lAA director of milk marketing. Of- 

 ficers and directors: E. W. Tiedeman, pres.; 

 Robert E. Brown, v-pres.; A. D. Lynch, 

 secy.; J. King Eaton, treas.; V. B. Baxter, 

 H. P. Wicklein, Orville Plocher, Theo. 

 Miessner, M. E. Bone, Alfred Westerhold, 

 B. J. Schumacher, Bliss E. Loy, Chas. Whit- 

 lock, Martin Ehmler, Charles Harpstrite. 

 Jr., C. Monte Craft. Outstanding activities: 

 (1) Check-testing. (2) Watches credit rat- 

 ing of buyers. (3) Puts out reliable market 

 information. (4) Advertises to increase milk 

 consumption. (5) Passes out market informa- 

 tion, production and sales trends, and pre- 

 sents helpful recommendations in more than 

 500 local meetings per year. Says Secre- 

 tary Lynch, "We have exact figures on the 

 amount per hundredweight gained by SMP 

 through collective bargaining. In the seven 

 years of operation ending Sept. 30, 1937, 

 the average net gain was 19 cents per hun- 

 dredweight over condensery price which was 

 the basis for payment to fanners before 

 SMP was organized. The total dollars gain 

 made by the association for the seven year 

 period was $5,572,217.85. Spread over an 

 average membership of 10,000, this total 

 represents a gain of $55"' per producer." 



Decatur Milk Association. Organized Nov. 

 1929, started operations June, 1930. Serves 

 500 members in Macon, Piatt, DeWitt. 

 Moultrie, Christian, Sangamon, Logan and 

 Shelby counties. Handled 5,235,815 pounds 

 of milk valued at $115,079.00. Manager, M. 

 Wilkerson. Officers and directors: Ray H. 

 Miller, pres.; J. Arthur Carr, v-pres.; D. H. 

 Wells, secy.; D. J. Blickenstaff, treas.; Roy 

 T. Collenberger, R. E. Walker, L. H. Trum- 

 mel. Recently organized distributing plant. 

 Decatur Producers Dairy. 



Quality Milk Association, Moline. Or- 

 ganized 1930. Serves "'40 members in Rock 



E. E. ZOSS OF WOODFORD COUNTY unloads a ecu of limestone at Washburn. He 

 applied four cars of limestone on his 330 acre farm last ialL "I grow sweet clover and 

 aet excellent results by plowing it under as a green manure." he said. 



Island and Henry counties and Scott county, 

 Iowa. Last year sold 28,917,384 pounds of 

 milk worth $543,488.40. Manager, C. G. 

 Huppert. Officers and directors: H. M. 

 Sheesley, pres. ; H. D. Parmele, v-pres. ; H. 

 O. Klawonn, secy.; E. T. Phillips, treas.; 

 A. E. Meyer, Robert McKnight, L. A. 

 Schneckloth, Julius Paustain, Wm. Buckley. 

 Accomplishments: (1) Recognized as bar- 

 gaining agency for producers. (2) Maintains 

 surplus plant to aid bargaining power. (3) 

 Works for better quality milk and greater 

 consumption. Manager Huppert declares, 

 "The loyality of the membership during the 

 three cent price war in 1932 was outstand- 

 ing." He says the value of the association 

 to members is at least 20 cents per hundred 

 pounds of milk. 



Galesburg Pure Milk Association. Organ- 

 ized Nov., 1931, started operations June. 

 1932. Serves 85 members in Knox, Warren 

 and Fulton counties. Last year handled 

 5,162,114 pounds of milk valued at $114,- 

 774.48. Manager, Dean W. Ole. Officers 

 and directors: Edwin Gumm, pres.; Leiand 

 Ryan, v-pres.; Leslie McKie, secy.; Clifford 

 M. Johnson, treas.; Bert Roscnberry, Clyde 

 Olinger, Carl Munson. Manager Ole es- 

 timates that the price per hundredweight 

 was increased 50 cents in 1937, not counting 

 the increase resulting from corrections in 

 weights and tests. Outstanding service: 

 Quality improvement. 



Mid- West Dairymen's Company, Rockford. 

 Organized 1924. Reorganized 1932. Serves 

 635 members in Boone, Ogle and Winne- 

 bago counties. Manager Delos H. Lang- 

 holf. Officers and directors: W. E. Sawdey, 

 pres.; H. W. Mainland, v-pres.; W. A. 

 Newman, secy.; H. A. Stevens, treas.; Os- 

 car Youngberg, George E. Pepper, Edwin 

 Holmes, Jos. A. Johnson, A. E. Nelson, R. 

 M. Greenlee, Harry Barrick. President W. 

 E. Sawdey reports, "Because of the loyal 

 spirit of cooperation of the members, the 

 following activities were possible: All pa- 

 trons, dealers and haulers are under con- 

 tract. Money due producers is collected 

 from dealers and members and haulers are 

 paid by the association. Framers hire their 

 own tester. Dairies are sold only the milk 



they need for fluid milk and cream; the sur- 

 plus is sold through the condensry. Dealers 

 are permitted to change their milk orders 

 from day to day." Last year Mid-West Dairy- 

 men's Company sold 51,859,859 pounds of 

 milk for $981,307.95. 



Canton Milk Producers Association. Or- 

 ganized 1936. Last year 1,372,587 pounds 

 of milk were handled. Serves 54 members 

 in Fulton county. Manager, Burl McPheei- 

 ers. Officers and directors: Jesse J. Fidler, 

 pres.; Wm. Pollitt, v-pres.; T. C. Taylor, 

 secy-treas.; Delbert Freeman, Arthur Abbott, 

 Melvin Strode. President Jesse J. Fidler 

 reports that in addition to gaining new 

 markets for milk, members are getting about 

 25 cents per hundredweight more for their 

 milk and a steady market has been provided. 



With more lambs on feed than usual 



and poor consumer demand for meats, 

 the spring seasonal advance in lamb 

 prices is likely to be less than in 1937 

 says the U.S.D.A. 



With shearing time near, Illinois 



wool growers face a weak market. 

 Large supplies of wool are ready for 

 mill consumption in all parts of the 

 United States. There is little to indi- 

 cate that the mills will use it during the 

 first six months of 1938. 



The Shelby County Rural Electric 



Cooperative has had its project for 

 279 miles of rural lines approved in 

 Washington by the REA examining 

 committee. The line would serve 823 

 customers already signed with prospects 

 of 340 additional customers. The co- 

 operative has applied for $295,000. No 

 funds have been ailoted. The Shelby 

 County Farm Bureau is sponsor of the 

 project. County chairman is V. N. 

 Shutt. 



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