''Let's Co!'* Say 



Grain Men 



End«»r»ie l*r<»;£rnni Al lllin«»i»i 4*rain 



~" ror|»orali4»n^>leefin;£. IKIooniin^loii. 



V Y--jF,ARLY ^00 farmers' prain eleva- 

 ^i—l tor officials, directors, man- 

 ^_/ £ acers. and patrons meeting with 

 Illinois Grain Corporation. lAA and 

 County Farm Bureau representatives in 

 Bloominu'ton. May 23. voted almost 

 iin.mimously to po forward in marketing 

 gr.iin under the program as finally 

 adopted. The meeting was marked by 

 enthusiasm and determin.ation to start 

 handling grain at the earliest jiossihle 

 date. 



All that is necessary to initiate the 

 marketing of grain under the name Illi- 

 nois drain Corporation is for member 

 elcwitors to complete the subscription of 

 capital stotk which the lAA and ( ountv 

 |-.irm Bureaus have agreed to match dol- 

 lar tor dollar up to SM).()()0. 



Representatives of a large number of 

 elc\aiors and County Farm Bureaus 

 stepped forward at the close of the meet- 

 ing, signed tontracts and paid or pledged 

 cash subscriptions. As we go to press 

 the response of elevators has been 

 such that the corporation anticipates no 

 dilticulty in reaching its goal of SIOO,- 

 0(10 paid in capital, all furnished by 

 fanners - through their organizations. 



A Modest Start 



Arthur V:. Burwash. president of Illi- 

 nois Grain Corporation, explained that 

 the new set-up did not provide for going 

 into business with a top-heavy personnel 

 and overhead. "We do not contemplate 

 gram merchandising operations at the 

 start," he said. "That may come later 

 when volume and demand justifies it. 

 We do intend to end up with a balance 

 on the right side of the ledger. We 

 think it is wiser to start mocJestly and 

 expand as the business warrants." 



Service will be established at Chicago 

 and downstate points, also at St. Louis. 

 Mr. Burwash pointed out that the suc- 

 cess of the new program will depend on 

 the support of the elevators and good 

 management. He said that the Farm 

 Bureaus could be expected to give farm- 

 ers elevators more active backing under 

 the new set-up than ever before. 



II we all work together, I believe the 

 program will succeed," Earl C. Smith, 

 president of the Illinois Agricultural As- 

 sociation said. The degree of enthusiasm 

 and determination of grain producers to 

 m.irket grain cooperatively as reflected by 



elevator directors and managers. Mr. 

 Smith pointed out. will ultimately deter- 

 mine the degree of success of the com- 

 pany. There is no desire on the part of 

 anyone officially connected with the lAA, 

 so far as I am informed, to control or 

 super-impose views in grain marketing, 

 he continued. We must rise above per- 

 sonalities and think of the institution. 



All will agree. I believe, that past ex- 

 perience shows we cannot be too careful 

 in throwing safeguards around all busi- 

 ness enterprises to serve farmers. We 

 are determined that this one shall sue 

 ceed. It is not easy to make an outstand- 

 ing success in cooperative grain market- 

 ing. There is keen competition in the 

 grain business. If member elevators al- 

 ways insist on getting a belter deal from 

 their own cooperative than they can get 

 elsewhere, then they are asking the im- 

 possible, Mr. Smith emphasized 



All that Illinois Cirain <,orporation 

 can rightfully ask is that the member 

 elevators give their cooperative company 

 the breaks when price and all other con- 

 siderations are ecjual, Donald Kirk- 

 pat rick. lAA counsel, suggested. There 

 is no legal obligation on the part of any 

 elevator, nothing in the contract to force 

 any member elevator to market its grain 

 through the Illinois Grain Corporation 

 regardless of price. 



Harrison Fahrnkopf explained the 

 stock set-up, method of financing, voting, 

 and other features of the plan. 



Headc^uarters of the Corporation will 

 be in Chicago where it will have a seat 



on the grain exchange and be in posi- 

 tion to furnish bids and service to eleva 

 tors. It is contemplated that service will 

 be avail.ible at St. Louis in time to handle 

 the Southern Illinois wheat crop. It has 

 not yet been decided where branch of- 

 fices will be opened downstate. 



SOIL BUILDER BUILDING SOIL 



W. C. Johnson. Logan county, plows un- 

 der a rank growth of sweet clover (or corn. 

 May 3. "This is one of the best soil im- 

 provement practices we have." scrys lohn 

 R. Spencer, director of the lAA's soil im- 

 provement department. 



An increase in the import duty on 



Polish h.ims and other jjork imports 

 introduced in the House by Congress 

 man C hestcr Thompson of Moline, III., 

 was vigorously supported by the Illi 

 nois Agricultural Associ.ition. The 

 policy of the Farm Bureau is to protect 

 American farmers against imports of 

 farm products so long as domestic 

 prices arc below parity. 



This Is Recdly Funny 



Merle Crane of Bri>adlands, had Iwo gal- 

 lons <if ticim whiili he ilivulcil e<|iially 

 He ^enl one to . Cre.im StatiDi) aiij 



f.ol 42c for it. The other gallon he sent 

 to the Producers' Creamery of (Champaign 

 and got 8k. This was merely to see what 

 happened 



It's the 



Cj. A. Foste 

 to the 



at Mahomet, 

 test the cream 

 next can I toi 

 she gave me a 



He then inq 

 for the Froduc 

 whether he o 

 Producers' Cre 

 Producers' ('re 

 was 51. 



Mr. Foster > 

 lest of 2H at 

 station." 



Test That Counts 



r, .Mahomet, look his cream 

 C>eainery Comp.tny station 

 He said, "I did not see them 

 hut got a test 4)f 2\. The 

 k I watched the tester, aod 

 test of 2S." 



uired of Bob Atvis, salesman 

 ers Creamery of Champaign, 

 luld send his iream to the 

 iinury. His first test al the 

 •imery was 55, while the next 



aid, "I had to watch to get a 

 Creamery Comp.iny 



Put down (eckl*lt drivin', too. My 0(ond<Kildren don'l b«li«v« 

 IVo Qd *l m mc." 



Ill remove sums liiused by butter, fats, and nils; 



spi'i-t tlie s[^'>l with . jrbon tetrai hli>ri.tc it the 

 injtcrul 1^ ti.il washable. 



JUNE, 1938 



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