dling the equipment; (2) Ours for buy- 

 ing unguarded machinery; (3) The farm 

 machinery manufacturer for selling his 

 bread winner equipment less safe than 

 it's possible to make it. 



Whose blame is the greatest is of 

 little moment .... what is of importance 

 is the fact that our own attitude of care- 

 lessness in using mechanical equipment 

 and our own timidity in demanaing that 

 farm equipment keep pace with the safe- 

 ty refinements found on other products 

 offered the public are two costly weak- 

 nesses. 



Condensed Buttermilk 



The Producers' Creamery of Cham- 

 paign sold 58,000 pounds of "Pro- 

 ducers" condensed buttermilk i n 

 March, a record since the beginning of 

 condensing operations last September. 

 During this period much technical 

 work has been done on improving the 

 quality of the product, states Manager 

 C. C. Burns. 



Manager Frank Bott, Danville Pro- 

 ducers Dairy, reported at the annual 

 meeting held April 11, that 78.98% of 

 the consumer's dollar received by the 

 dairy was returned to producers for 

 their milk during the past year. 



Secretary A. D. Lynch of Sanitary 



Milk Producers, St. Louis, reports that 

 during February $165.02 was paid in 

 quarantine benefits to members whose 

 milk was shut off because of conta- 

 gious diseases. Benefits are paid 

 amounting to 60% of the value of un- 

 sold milk. For the year 1937 a total of 

 $610.22 was paid to 19 Sanitary Milk 

 members under this service plan. 



Credit Union Organized 



A credit union, affiliated with the 



state and national credit union move- 

 ment, has been established by em- 

 ployees of the Producers Creamery of 

 Champaign. The union has 25 mem- 

 bers. 



A meeting, attended by Directors of 



the Champaign County Milk Producers, 

 Champaign-Orbana, with distributors, 

 and the Champaign-Urbana Health of- 

 ficials was held April 12th at Cham- 

 paign. The meeting was held to dis- 

 cuss changes in the present milk ordin- 

 ance. 



The Danville Producers Dairy held 



its annual meeting April 11 in the 

 Vermilion County Farm Bureau office. 

 The report of Manager Frank Bott 

 showed that sales increased 43% over 

 the preceding year. Treasurer Cole 

 Morton reported that dividends were 

 paid to all preferred stock holders. It 

 was a highly successful year. R. R. 



TWO DEAD 

 What a price to pay for a moment's corelesaness. The train is the Ann Rutledge on 

 the C & A near Boute 66 in Will county. 111. 



Bookwalter, president, spoke of future 

 plans for the dairy. Wilfred Shaw, 

 Secretary of the Illinois Milk Producers 

 Association, attended the meeting and 

 addressed the group. 



Uncle Ab says you can improve the 

 mind by exercise just as you can im- 

 prove the muscles. 



Cool the Cream 



With hot weather just ahead, now is 

 the time to begin water cooling of 

 cream to preserve its natural flavor, 

 creamery men agree. 



The Ohio Milk Producer, official publi- 

 cation of the Ohio Milk Producers Associa- 

 tion, devoted nearly half of its last issue 

 to the annual report and convention of the 

 Illinois Milk Producers Association which 

 was attended by F. R. Bachman of the Ohio 

 organization. 



"Other creameries are raising their prices 



again in a desparate attempt to keep ahead 

 of the Producers," says a report from the 

 Producers Creamery of Mt. Sterling. "They 

 know that more patrons coming to the 

 Producers means lower operating costs and 

 therefore higher prices paid for cream . . . 

 These other creameries are paying a price 

 four, five, and six cents higher than they 

 used to pay compared to the orice at which 

 they sell their butter." 



New Manager 



Clifford Hageman was selected manager 



_^__ ° f ' '^ * Henderson 



HB^^fV Service Company 



^F" j^^^ April 6th. He 



H mP'^l irom Prairie City, 



H ^ where he made an 



V V^VIHI^^ outstanding record as 



■ ^^^^^^^^H truck salesman for 



■ ^^^^^^^^1 McDonough Service 

 ^^^■^IH^^^H Company. Hageman 

 ^H^^^H succeeds L. H. Nese- 

 ^^H^K^^^^V who became 

 ^^^^^^^^^^K| manager Kendall 

 ^^^^^^^^^^" Farmers Oil Company 



Cliiford Hageman on April 11th. 



Aid Tornado Sufferers 



Tazewell county Home Bureau mem- 

 bers have extended a helping hand to 

 their sister members of the South Pekin 

 unit, who lost their homes in the recent 

 tornado. 



At a meeting of the executive board, 

 it was decided to pay the dues of all 

 South Pekin members for one year. A 

 collection will be taken at each unit 

 meeting during the month. If a sufficient 

 amount is not collected, funds will be 

 taken from the county treasury. 



Seven members living in South Pekin 

 had their homes either entirely or partial- 

 ly destroyed by the tornado. Many of 

 the members were injured. Mrs. Homer 

 Sellers was killed. Work is going on 

 now to repair and rebuild the homes. 



There are 18 members of the Sand 

 Prairie unit, which includes those in the 

 district surrounding South Pekin. 



Fletcher Gourley, manager of the Pro- 

 ducers Creamery of Carlinville, reports 

 that dairymen in the St. Louis milk 

 shed are becoming interested in selling 

 cream instead of milk. Reason : a strict 

 milk ordinance which requires sub- 

 stantial barn and milk house improve- 

 ments. This trend may increase the 

 potential volume of the creamery from 

 500,000 pounds of butter to nearly one 

 million pounds annually. 



The American Farm Bureau Federa- 

 tion will hold its 20th annual conven- 

 tion in New Orleans early in December. 



During the recent drive for more patrons 

 in Hancock county, the Producers Creamery 

 of Mt. Sterling nearly doubled its volume 

 of butterfat from that county. 



The reason Iowa and Minnesota farmers 



receive higher prices than Illinois farmers 

 for their cream is (1) better quality cream, 

 and (2) they market approximately 75% 

 through their cooperatives. 



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