Kick In Milk 



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year. Ihc pim i.. Stpt l w.i\ SJ o^i pt-r ml. 

 for h.y/, fliiij milk After Sept 1. price 

 was rjiscil to SJ 2S. Officers and Jircctors: 

 Daiiiil f^iinntll. priN ; H.irt %'iilft. v-prcs. ; 

 W. I- Swift. \ecy-tre.is ; Glen Tiinihaii>;h, 

 lBan.ij;ti ; T. S Sass. Ralph Holnns. Frank 

 Barrim. Flnur Fimni, Vi'alter r.Ktv 



LilSallc-Heru Milk Producers. ()r>;anize<i 

 1929. Serves VO numhers in I.aSallc and 

 Bureau counties. Last year sold 5.0 16.46 ^ 

 pounds of milk valued at S10S,9<)6.90 OfFi 

 ccrs and directors: Akx McPhcdran, pres 

 and ni.m.i^-cr; O H. Ryan, v-pres. ; (..ul A. 

 Neurcutlier. sca-treas. ; Marion Kays, Char- 

 les Miidue. Ir . .Sam S.uk, Barney Cyrus. 

 Julius Mosbach. Artliui Tohkr. John Mason 

 Outst.indiii.i; activity Adoption of the base- 

 p<H>l pl.m wherein distributors pay tin 

 co-op for the bast and surplus milk receivcii 

 and the co-op portions out the base to mem- 

 bers and pays them accordinjily. Says Presi- 

 dent McPhidran. This plan makes our or- 

 ganiz.ilion truly cooper.itive as any market 

 comlition .iffctts .ill members proportion- 

 alK 



Saiiiiar> Milk Producers, Si. I.ouis. C)i 

 ganized April, lo.'y. .started operations Oct.. 

 19^0. Serves 5.8')l members in 51 Illinois 

 and Missouii counties Handled ssR. ivi.. 

 72J pounds of milk last year valued at 

 $'.s(l.'.-|--5. Mana.uer. A D. Lynch, foi 

 mer lA.A iliiector of milk marketing. Of 

 (icers and diiectors: li. >X'. Tic-deman. pres ; 

 Robeit ¥ Broun, s-pres ; A. D. Lynch, 

 sen . I. Kint Laton. Irtas ; V. B. Baxter. 

 H. P Wicklein. Orsille Ploiher. Theo 

 Miessner. M. L Bone. Alfred Westerhold. 

 B. J. Sihumacher. Bliss i:. Loy, Chas. Whit- 

 lock. Martin l-hmler. Charles Harpstrite. 

 Jr.. ( Monte (raft Outstanding activities; 

 ( 1 ) (luck-tcstini; ( 2 ) Watches credit rat- 

 ine of buyers {^) Puts out reliable market 

 information, (i) Advertises to increase milk 

 consumption ( S ) P.issesJ out market infoima- 

 tion. piodmtion and sajes trends, and pre- 

 sents helptui rccommentjations in more than 

 50(1 loci! nicetinjjs per year. Says Secre- 

 taiy Lynch, Vie have exact fisures on the 

 amount per luindredweipht pained by SMP 

 through collective barcaininp. In the seven 

 years of operation ending Sept. .sO, 1 9s". 

 the average net gain was 19 cents per hun- 

 dredvieighl over condenscry price which was 

 the b.isis for payment to farmers before 

 SMP was organizeil The total dollars gain 

 made by the ass<tciation for the seven veai 

 period was $5.5"2.2I~.S5 Spread over an 

 average membership of 10,000, this tot.il 

 represents a gain of 55^" per produfei 



Decatur Milk AsMxiation. Organized Nov. 

 192'>. si.irted operations June. 19S0. Serves 

 50(1 members in Macon, Piatt. DeWitt. 

 Moultrie. (Christian. Sangamon. Logan and 

 Shelbv counties. Handled 5.2.^5.815 pounds 

 (.f milk valued at $I15.0"9.00. Manager, M 

 Wilkcrson. OfTutrs and directors: Rav H 

 Miller, pies.; I Arthur Carr. v-pres.; D H 

 Wells, secv.; D I. Blickenstaff. treas. ; Roy 

 T. (olleiiberger. R. F. Walker. L. H Trum- 

 mel. Recently organized distributing plant, 

 Dic.itur Proiluccrs Dairy 



Quality Milk AsxHialion, Moline CJr- 

 g.ini/ed 19^0. S<ives "1(1 members ir, Roik 





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E. E. ZOSS OF WOODFORD COUNTY unloads o cot oi limestone at Washburn. He 



applied four cars of limestone on his 330 acre farm last fall. "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 28,91", .^84 pounds of 

 milk worth $545,488.40. Manager, C. G. 

 Huppert Officers and directors: H. M. 

 Sheesley. pres.; H. D. Parmelc. v-pres ; H. 

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

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

 Schncckloth. Julius Paustain. Wm. Buckley. 

 Accomplishments; (1) Recognized as bar- 

 gaining agency for producers (2) Maintains 

 surplus plant to aid bargaining power. (3) 

 Vi'orks for better quality milk and greater 

 consumption Manager Huppert declares. 

 The loyalily of the membership during the 

 three Cent price war in 19^2 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 AsstKiaiion. Organ- 

 ized Nov., 1931. started operations June. 

 1932. Serves 85 members in Knox. Warren 

 and Fulfon counties. Last year handled 

 5. 162. 1 14 pounds of milk valued at $114,- 

 7"4.48. Manager, Dean W. Ole Officers 

 and directors: Edwin Gumm, pres.; Leiand 

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

 M. Johnson, treas.; Bert Rosenberry, Clyde 

 Olinger, Carl Munson. Manager Ole es- 

 timates that the price per hundredweight 

 was increased 50 cents in 193". not counting 

 the increase resulting from corrections in 

 weights and tests. Outstanding service; 

 Quality improvement. 



Mid-VC'est 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-prcs.; W. A. 

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

 car Youii.cberg. 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 arc sold only the milk 



they need for fluid milk and creain; 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, .30". 95 



Canton Milk Producers AsscKiation. 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 tor their 

 milk and a steady market has been pjrovided 



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 193" 

 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 



Cloopcrative 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 310 additional customers. The co- 

 operative has applied for $295,000. No 

 funds have been alloted. The Shelby 

 County Farm Bureau is sponsor of the 

 project. County chairman is \' N 

 Shutt. 



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