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GRAIN 



Shareholders of Kerrick Grain Com- 

 pany, McLean county, voted to re- 

 organize under the Illinois Agricultural 

 Cooperatives Act in a recent special 

 meeting. Roy C. Bates, manager, is 

 secretary of the company and A. C. 

 Lanz is president. 



Illinois Grain Corporation opened a 



sub-branch office at Jacksonville, Mor- 

 gan county, July 5, with J. E. Pacatte 

 as manager. IGC members in this ter- 

 ritory are actively supporting coopera- 

 tive marketing as is shown by the con- 

 sisently large volumes of grain being 

 handled cooperatively, says Harrison 

 Fahrnkopf, director of grain marketing 

 with the lAA. 



Relationship problems of Illinois 



Grain Corporation and members were 

 discussed at a recent meeting of IGC 

 member-company managers with Frank 

 Haines, manager and Cfiicago floorman, 

 F. M. (Andy) Anderson, at Mendota. 



To Florida early in July went A. B. 



Scheeler, manager at Graymount, Liv- 

 ingston county, and Jerrold Potter, 

 former manager at Putman. Left at 

 home for two weeks were problems of 

 grain elevator management. 



LIVESTOCK 



I support cooperative livestock market- 

 ing because I like the feeling of the pro- 

 tection it affords, says August Reichert, 

 Jr. of Pulaski county. I know that when 

 I ship a load of livestock I will receive 

 exactly what the market allows for that 

 day. The fact that I am supporting a 

 cooperative that is alert in protecting my 

 interests, and one that counteracts col- 

 lective buying of livestock, also appeals 

 to me. 



Farmers who do not support coopera- 

 tive livestock marketing have never given 

 it much serious thought or have never 



had a thorough explanation of the ob- 

 jectives. There is often also a natural 

 hesitancy to make a change. A man who 

 for years has sold thru private agencies 

 develops a habit that may be difficult to 

 change. If he has been the recipient of 

 personal back-slapping and numerous 

 gifts, the habit lingers longer. 



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Brings the Best Returns 



I am a firm believer in cooperative 

 marketing because in this system of 

 marketing the farmer follows his own 

 product clear through the marketing 

 stage. 



Today, marketing is just as impor- 

 tant as producing and by selling 

 through our own marketing setup we 

 are assured of a more direct and ef- 

 ficient system of marketing. Our co- 

 operative agencies are always endeavor- 

 ing to improve the marketing practices 

 and methods of handling livestock 

 and have made many changes in the 

 system to the benefit of the producers. 



All farmers can ever expect to get 

 for their products is the fair share of 

 what the consumer can afford to pay 

 and by selling a large volume through 

 their own agency they will get the 

 greatest returns. 



It seems to me the reason more 

 farmers do not ship to the cooperative 

 agencies is because they dislike to break 

 away from firms which have been 

 friendly to them. Also they do not 

 understand the objectives and setup of 

 the co-ops. 



Many firms play up to the vanity of 

 their customers, and who doesn't like 

 a little praise? This is likely to make 

 some shippers feel that they are fav- 

 ored friends of the firm and tends to 

 strengthen the connection with the 

 firm. 



Many farmers do not realize that 

 the co-op is set up as a service organiza- 

 tion and not merely for profit to a 

 few. 



Continued satisfactory and efficient 

 service will eventually reach a majority 

 of the producers. 



A. J. EntwhistU, Whiteside county. 



"Our association, we believe, is the 

 oldest in Illinois in continuous opera- 

 tion," says James Montavon, secre- 

 tary - treasurer of the DeKalb Milk 

 Producers' Association. Organized in 

 June, 1924, DeKalb was one of the 

 first to join the Illinois Milk Producers 

 Association. At the recent annual meet- 

 ing, Wm. O' Malley was reelected 

 president; James Montavon, secretary- 

 treasurer ; and Joe Kintz, a director to 

 succeed himself. 



C. G. Huppert, manager of Quality 



Milk Association, Moline, reports that 

 members in a special meeting, July 2, 

 voted to cooperate with dealers in 

 financing a Dairy Council to advertise 

 milk and milk products in the Quad- 

 Cities. The association will spend up 

 to one cent per hundredweight of 

 milk sold. Chas. F. Deysenroth, Milk 

 Foundation of Chicago addressed the 

 meeting. 



Manager and directors of the seven 



cooperative dairies that are members 

 of the Illinois Milk Producers' held 

 an all-day conference in Springfield, 

 July 22. 



A threatened strike of all dairy plant 

 workers and route men at Peoria, re- 

 sulting from denial by plant operators 

 to increase wages, failed to materialize 

 July 1, reports Ryland Capron, presi- 

 dent of the Producers' Dairy. 



R. D. McPheeters, Moultrie county, 



has been employed as manager of 

 the Decatur Producers Dairy, succeed- 

 ing Floyd Worman, who resigned to 

 accept a position with a feed concern. 



Four hundred and fifty members of 

 the Mid-West Dairymen's Company at- 

 tended a special meeting, June 30, in 

 Rockford to discuss milk prices and 

 suggested changes. Milk production 

 in June was five per cent lower than in 

 May which was the highest of any May 

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