MORE MONEY FOR 



GRAIN 



Illinois Grain Corporation is now an 

 active grain markeang agency. Admitted 

 to the Chicago market a few weeks ago 

 and the St. Louis market just last week, 

 arrangements are now pending for op>era- 

 tion on the Feoria market. Your coopera- 

 tive is an active going concern. 



Frank Haines, witti more than a quar- 

 ter of a century of grain marketing ex- 

 perience, has charge of all grain opera- 

 tions. Frank Anderson, who has been 

 on the Chicago market since "way back 

 when" and who has worked with our 

 membership for several years, will con- 

 tinue as floor man in Chicago. Harry 

 Adam, well known in the St. Louis ter- 

 ritory will be in charge of the office in 



that market. Ed. Kazmarek of many years' 

 experience in handling all phases of cash 

 grain record work, will have charge of this 

 same work for the Corporation in the Chicago 

 office. Ed. Spear at Mcndota and Rex La- 

 Fleur at filoomington are the handlers of these 

 sub- branch offices. 



The central office and the sub-branch offices 

 are equipped with continuous service tele- 

 typewriter machines. Each sub-branch office 

 has three telephones. The modern equipment 

 allows instant communication, so essential in 

 grain marketing operations. 



We recently drove to Watseka to spend 

 the night. Before leaving town the next 

 morning calls were to be made at the Farm 

 Bureau and the Farmers' Elevator. To our- 

 selves we said Farm advisers make a lot of 

 night meetings, — the Farm Bureau will open 

 about eight or eight-thirty, but that elevator 

 man gets around early." 



Sure enough, Manager Homer Bell of Wat- 

 seka Farmers Grain Co. was on the job a lit- 

 tle after seven. 



Jump in the car and I'll show you some of 

 our fine homes," Homer said in response to 

 our comment about the attractive grocery stores 

 on Main street. They were there. Several 

 streets of beautiful residences with neat lawns 

 and well arranged shrubbery. Homer couldn't 

 resist the drive of a mile or two out to his 

 farm for a glance at the growing crops. A 

 large field of alfalfa had just been harvested, 

 the corn was clean with a good growth and 

 stand, and the sixty acre field of wheat was 

 a beauty — thirty bushels or better to the acre. 

 A nice ride and back to the office in a little 

 more than thirty minutes, with Illinois Grain 

 thoroughly discussed on the way. 



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The Egyptian Seed Growers Ex- 

 change handled more red top seed in 

 the year ending May 31 than any year 

 since 1932, Manager Roy Charlton re- 

 ported at the annual meeting. Flora, 

 June 30. 



"The prevailing price was usually 

 from l/^c to Ic more per lb. in localities 

 where the Exchange had active mem- 

 bers than in other sections," said Man- 

 ager Charlton. 



LIVESTOCaC 



Says Wayne A. Gilbert, Stark Coun- 

 ty farm adviser: 'Here's one that will 

 give you a thrill! A local wool buyer 

 has asked if he can pool his wool with 

 us. Please advise whether or not this 

 is possible under the Commodity Credit 

 program this year. If so, what pro- 

 cedure should be followed.' We must 

 have a good wool pool plan to entice a 

 wool buyer to make such an inquiry." 



Says Harvey Price 

 of Toulon 



"I market my livestock through the 

 Producers sales agencies because I be- 

 lieve the principal of cooperative mar- 

 keting is sounci and because I regard 

 the men selected as directors and man- 

 agers as men of business ability and 

 integrity capable of building our own 

 sales agencies to sufficient volume to 

 successfully meet other organized 

 groups with whom we must deal." 



Curtis Afdahl, manager, Vermilion 

 Co. Livestock Marketing Association, 

 reports that the local wool market has 

 been raised from 15c to 21c per pound 

 on good wool due to the efforts of the 

 local marketing association and the Il- 

 linois Livestock Marketing Association 

 in conducting the 1938 wool pool. 



H. W. Trautmann, sales manager for 

 Illinois Livestock Marketing Associa- 

 tion with headquarters at Decatur, re- 

 ports that the State Association had an 

 increase of 60 decks in the month of 

 May, 1938 over May a year ago. 



Busbnell Producers Start 



The Bushnell Producers Commission 

 Company, youngest Illinois cooperative 

 that markets livestock, handled 29% 

 of all livestock on the Bushnell market 

 during its first three weeks of opera- 

 tion. This includes 1,124 hogs and 200 

 head of cattle and calves. Floyd Den- 

 nis, (formerly with the Kansas City 

 Producers) the new manager, is getting 

 off to an excellent start. 



A packer buyer on the Bushnell mar- 

 ket stated that since the Producers 

 started operations hogs cost him 12c 

 per cwt. more on the average than be- 

 fore the Producers started. 



In addition to the Bushnell market, 

 the Illinois Livestock Marketing Asso- 

 ciation has five local units op>erating at 

 Urbana, Bloomington, Decatur, Shelby- 

 ville and Danville. It would pay you 

 to get acquainted with the managers of 

 these local units. They will help you 

 to get the highest dollar for your live- 

 stock. The Managers are: L. H. Hen- 

 ningcr. Producers Stockyards, Bloom- 

 ington ; C. C. Rayburn, Champaign Co. 

 Livestock Mktg. Assn., Urbana; John 

 Eddington, Macon Coimty Marketing 

 Assn., Decatur; Guy V. Storm, Shelby 

 Co. Mktg. Assn., Shelbyville; Curtis 

 Afdahl, Vermilion Co. Livestock Mktg. 

 Assn., Danville. 



Bloomington 



Red Long, truck salesman for the 

 Farmers Creamery of Bloomington, re- 

 cently picked up such a big load of 

 cream that he exceeded the legal load 

 limit and was fined $7. 



Said Manager Forrest "Doc" Fair- 

 child, "We will pay fines and buy 

 trucks, but we ■will not allow any other 

 member of Illinois Producers Cream- 

 eries to take our sign, 'The Largest Co- 

 operative Creamery in Illinois,' either 

 legitimately or otherwise." 



The Bloomington creamery bought 

 five new trucks in June to replace old 



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