

rARM PRODUCTS^ 



Class 1 prices are based. Retail prices were 

 reduced only in Chicago and St. Louis. 



Milk production in St. Louis area 

 was 16% lower than in April 1937 and 

 bottled milk sales 3.9% below April, 

 1937, according to Fred Shipley, Milk 

 Market Administrator. 



Milk prices have declined sharply 

 due to the lowered butter and cheese 

 markets. Producers supplying fluid milk 

 markets, condenseries and cheese factories 

 are all affected. Milk production is some- 

 what higher than a year ago and retail 

 sales are lower in most of the larger 

 Illinois markets. 



The 1923 Filled Milk Act, upheld by 

 the United States Supreme Court recently, 

 prohibits the interstate shipment of filled 

 milk. The largest manufacturer of this 

 product is the Carolene Company of 

 Litchfield, Illinois. 



Nearly 20% more milk was evaporated 

 in 1936 than in 1924 according to the U. S. 

 Bureau of Agricultural Economics. A large 

 part of the increased sales of condensed milk 

 are at the expense of bottled sales. 



Wisconsin's 1935 Oleo Law, recently 



upheld in the Court, provides a 15 cent 

 per pound tax on butter substitutes, re- 

 cjuires manufacturers to pay a $1000 

 license, wholesalers $500, and retailers 

 $25.00. 



The Illinois Milk Producers' Association 



recently purchased a film strip talkie machine 

 with a series of programs for the use of 

 members in promoting the sales of bottled 

 milk. 



Charles Alexander has been employed 



as manager of the Jacksonville Producers 

 Dairy. Anderson, formerly an employee 

 of the Quincy Cooperative Dairy is well 

 fitted for his new post. 



Archie McPhedran of Oglesby, former 

 President of the LaSalle-Peru Milk Producers, 

 and of the Illinois Milk Producers Associa- 

 tion, is recovering from a serious illness 

 which made necessary his resignation from 

 both offices. 



Marion Stubblefield, Bloomington, is 

 JUNE. 1938 



out and around again after six weeks' 

 confinment due to illness. Mr. Stubble- 

 field is president of the McLean County 

 Milk Producers and a member of the Illi- 

 nois Milk Producers' Association board of 

 directors. 



A meeting of milk producers in Mor- 

 gan County was recently called by the 

 Farm Bureau to discuss the desirability of 

 organizing a cooperative milk bargain- 

 ing association of producers in that area. 



Retail milk prices in St. Louis were 



lowered from 14 to 13 cents a quart in 

 April. 



I. C. ("Ike") Hochstasser recently 



has been employed as manager of the 

 Champaign County Milk Producers As- 

 sociation. "Ike" is a graduate of the 

 College of Agriculture and while there 

 specialized in marketing. He has been 

 field representative of the McLean Coun- 

 ty Milk Producers of Bloomington for 

 several years and prior to that was em- 

 ployed by the St. Louis Milk Market 

 Administrator, Fred Shipley. 



FRUIT and VEGETA- 

 BLE MARKETING 



40 YB. OLD PEACH TREE 

 A peach orchard, given proper care, 

 can be mointamed for a long period in 

 Illinois. This Elberta peach tree was 

 planted by John Gage, Texico, Jefferson 

 county in 1898. The tree bore IV2 bu. of 

 fruit in 1937. 



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Fruit Crop Prospects 



Prospects for the production of tree 

 fruits in Illinois have declined in the past 

 30 days according to Harry Day, Direc- 

 tor of the Fruit and Vegetable Marketing 

 Department. The apple crop in Illinois 

 looks as though it will be short due to 

 unfavorable weather during bloom pe- 

 riod. This condition appears to be gen- 

 eral throughout southern and western 

 Illinois. The Kieffer pear crop, particu- 

 larly in the Centralia and Alma area is 

 very short, and in many cases there are 

 no pears. The crop that has the best 

 prospect at this time is the peach crop. 

 Peach trees are growing, foliage looks 

 good, and the fruit on the trees is un- 

 usually large. The Illinois peach crop 

 will not be large but should approximate 

 that of last year. Frost as late as May 

 12, injured strawberries that were nearly 

 ready to be harvested. 



Severe frost and freezing in competing 

 areas also reduced crop prospects. Re- 

 ports from Michigan indicate that in the 

 southwest part of the state freezing tem- 

 peratures on May 11 and 12 completely 

 wiped out strawberries, apples, peaches, 

 pears, and cherries. With this condition 

 Illinois fruits of good quality are expected 

 to command favorable prices. 



H. P. Sauer, Jackson county, says that the 

 outlook in his apple orchard is very satis- 

 factory for most varieties, with a promising 

 showing of Winesaps. 



William Clapp, Franklin county, says that 



in most peach orchards less thinning will 

 be required to reduce the crop and improve 

 quality on the trees. The outlook is excel- 

 lent for a peach crop. 



Harry Allen of the Fruit Exchange Supply 

 Company reports that peach growers are be- 

 coming much concerned over appearance of 

 Oriental fruit moth in orchards. The sever- 

 ity of infestation seems to vary with the 

 locality. Codling moth also is a serious 

 menace since the crop of apples will be 

 short, which will make control difficult and 

 expensive. 



In 1931 Illinois had approximately 3,000,- 

 000 peach trees of bearing age, according to 

 Logan Colp, secretary of the Illinois- Fruit 

 Growers Exchange. He states also that a 

 recent census indicates that we now have 

 only about 1,035,000 peach trees of bearing 

 age. 



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