MORE MONEY FOR F 



GRAIN 



A loud speaker system installed by 



Manager W. E. Munson at Savoy Grain 

 and Coal Company, Champaign coun- 

 ty, enables him to talk with his men 

 in the elevator, lumber yard, or mill 

 and is a great time saver. 



The property of the Bethany Grain 

 Company, Moultrie county, is the 

 bright spot of the town. All buildings 

 have been covered with a new coat of 

 aluminum paint. 



Manager C. H. Willke of Anchor 



Grain Company, McLean county, re- 

 ports the lumber business of the com- 

 pany a worthwhile adjunct to its al- 

 ready sizeable grain business. 



LIVESTOCK 



Forty-nine 4-H club members from 



Warren County and 36 from Mercer 

 county, recently made a tour of the 

 Peoria livestock market led by Farm 

 Advisers Walworth and Peterson. Carl 

 Hermann of the Peoria Producers con- 

 ducted grading demonstrations. Wil- 

 bur Hembrough made a general talk 

 and Harry Booth of the Peoria Union 

 Stock Yards Company welcomed the 

 boys and girls. The group then made 

 a tour of the Caterpillar Tractor Plant. 

 L. D. Hall, fieldman for Illinois Live- 

 stock Marketing Association assisted in 

 organizing the tour. 



L. H. Henninger, manager. Produc- 

 ers Stock Yards, Bloomington, handled 

 328 decks of livestock the first seven 

 months of 1938 compared to 268 decks 

 for a similar period of 1937. Under 

 his efficient supervision a gain of 25 

 per cent was experienced. 



Manager Curtis Afdahl is also show- 

 ing a nice increase for Vermilion 

 County Livestock Marketing Associa- 

 tion at Danville. 



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BOARD OF OmECTORS ILLINOIS PRODUCERS' CREAMERY 

 Left to right: Thad Loveless, Walter Scott, I. C. Piper, William A. Bismarlc Harold 



Enns, president. Ebb Harris, Frank Easterly, Harry Gehring. 



In the background are: Sales Manager Jack Countiss and General Manager Frank 



Gougler. 



J. E. Trauber, Stonington, is a firm 



believer in the supporter of coopera- 

 tive livestock marketing. S. T. Simp- 

 son, fieldman of the Illinois Livestock 

 Marketing Association for the southern 

 half of Illinois, called on Mr. Trauber 

 and found that he was feeding 25 

 steers that weighed around 950 pounds. 

 Mr. Trauber stated that he was unde- 

 cided where he would ship these cattle, 

 but wherever they go, they will be sold 

 by a Producer Agency. 



CREAM 



creamery business like any other enter- 

 prise. Cream truck drivers for the 

 Bloomington plant have been consis- 

 tently gaining business during the sum- 

 mer this year by establishing a quota 

 for themselves one month and over- 

 shooting it the next. Manager Forrest 

 Fairchild found himself making good 

 on a promise to take the drivers to a 

 big league baseball game if they made 

 their quotas in July. True to form, 

 "Doc" picked a bargain, for the game 

 selected was the 15-inning Cubs and 

 Giants tussle. "Dave" Smith from the 

 IPC Central Cutting Plant acted as 

 guide while the party was in Chicago. 



Farmers Creamery Company board 



of directors set the date of their annual 

 membership meeting for December 17. 

 The meeting will be held in Bloom- 

 ington and will be an all day affair 

 according to Harold W. Enns, presi- 

 dent. 



One thing leads to another in the 



With a larger number of patrons 



sending cream to the Farmers Cream- 

 ery, all hands and some of the equip- 

 ment were taxed to capacity this sum- 

 mer. A change in the refrigeration 

 system is calculated to increase its 

 efficiency by about 10%. The refrig- 

 eration machine as it was formerly set 

 up would deliver enough cold to oflF- 



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