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GRAIN 



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Illinois Grain ( orp,):a:K)n is now an 

 aitivc L'l'ain markt.mc ai;i.n;.v. Ailinittcil 

 to the { hicaco market a tew weeks a^o 

 ami the St. Louis market iiisl List week, 

 arrangements arc now pending tor opera- 

 tion on the l\i)ria market. ^ our loopcra- 

 ti%e is an a.tive ijoini; loneern. 



Irank Haines, wuli more than a ijiiar- 

 ter ol a lentaiy ol ^rain marke.lni; ex 

 perienie. has thar^e ol all i;ram ojer.i 

 tions. I'rank An<.lerson. who has been 

 on the ( hiia_i;o markel since wa\ hack 

 when' and who has worked with our 

 memhersliip tor se\eral years, will ton 

 tinue as floor man in ( haa^o. Harry 

 Adam, well known in the St. Louis ter- 

 ritory will he in eliar^'e ot the otTiee in 



thai niaikcl. I:^]. Kajfin.irc'k ft many yt-aiN 

 expel icncf in haiullini^ all ph.ists i»t (.a>ii 

 grain record work, will Imm iliargc ol thiN 

 same work toi the (.cirporaliun in the CliKa.i;i. 

 otiiie l.<.\ Spear at Mendola and Rex i.a 

 Fleur at BIcKHiiin.uIon arc lla handler^ i^l these 

 suh-biaiitl) lift lies. 



The lentral otiue .iiid the Mih branch (.((ices 

 are etjuipped with cuntiiuittus scivitc tele- 

 typewriter machines. Kacli sub-biaiich ortite 

 has three telephiuies. The nindein equipment 

 allows instant eomiminieation. so essential in 

 ^taiii m.irkettn^' upei.itioiis. 



We reeenil) dro\e to \\ aiseka lo spend 

 the nii:ht. Heti'ie lea\ini; town the next 

 morninj; calls were to he made at the Farm 

 Bureau and the Farmers (:le\ator. To our- 

 selves we said Farm advisers make a lot ot 

 nii;ht meet.ni;s. - the Farm Huieau will open 

 about cij;lit or eij;ht-thitt>. hut that elevator 

 man >;cts around eaily." 



Sure enough. Man,ii;ei Honjei Bell iil \\ .it 

 seka Farmers Grain Co. was on the |ob a lit- 

 tle after seven. 



lump in the car and III show you some ot 

 our tine homes, " Homer said in response to 

 oui coiument about the attractive .grocery stoics 

 on Main street They were there .Several 

 streets ot beautiful residences with r.eat lawns 

 and well arranj;ed shrubbery. Homer touldn t 

 resist the virive ot a mile oi two c»ut to his 

 farm tor a plance at the crow inj; crops. A 

 large tield ot altalta had just been harvested. 

 the corn was iledu with a jsood growth and 

 stand, and the sixty acre held ot wheat was 

 a beauty — thirty bushels or better to the .icre 

 A nice ride and back to the otiice in a little 

 more than thirty minutes, with Illinois Gran 

 thoroughly discussed on the wav 



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lue li.indled more red top seed in 

 the yc.ir eiuim!,' May SI than any year 

 since I9ij. Manager Roy Ciharlton re- 

 jsorted at the aniui.il meetint;. Llora. 

 June Ml 



1 he prewiiliny price was usually 

 trom l^e to U more per lb. in localities 

 where the Lxchanije had active mem- 

 bers than in other sections. " said Man 

 .lyer ( harlton. 



LIVESTOCK 



Says Wayne A. Ciilbert. Stark Coun- 

 ty t'arm adviser: Here's one that will 

 ,t,'ive you a thrill! A local wool buyer 

 has asked it he can pool his wool with 

 us. i^leasc advi.se 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 ^ood wool pool plan to entice a 

 wool biiver to make sikIi an int|uiry 



Says Hariey Price 

 of Toulon 



I market my livestock throu^t;h the 

 Producers sales agencies because I be- 

 lieve the principal of cooperative mar- 

 keting' IS sound and because I regard 

 the men selected as directors and man- 

 agers as men of business ability and 

 integrity capable ol building our own 

 sales agencies to sufficient volume to 

 successfully meet other organized 

 groups with whom we must deal. " 



Curtis Afdahl. manager, N'ermilion 

 (^o. Livestock Marketing Association, 

 reports that the local wool market has 

 been raised from l'>c 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 19.SS wool pool. 



H. W. Trautmann, sales manager for 



Illinois Livestock Marketing Associa- 

 tion with headc^uarters at Decatur, re- 

 ports that the State Association had an 

 increase of 60 decks in the month of 

 May, ly.Ss over May a year ago. 



Bnshnell Producers Start 



The Bushnell Producers Commission 

 C ompany, youngest Illinois cooperative 

 that markets livestock, handled 29^/c 

 of all livestock on the Bushnell market 

 during its first three vv'eeks of opera- 

 tion. This includes 1,12-1 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. inore 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 operating at 

 L'rbana, 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- 

 ninger. Producers Stockyards, Bloom- 

 ington; C. C. Rayburn, Champaign Co. 

 Livestock Mktg. Assn., Urbana; John 

 Lddington. Macon County Marketing 

 Assn., Decatur; Guy V. Storm, Shelby 

 C'o. Mktg. Assn., Shelbyville; Curtis 

 Afdahl, Vermilion Co. Livestock Mktg. 

 Assn.. Danville. 



GREAM 



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 wc 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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