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VIEWS 



$100,000 in premiums will be given 



at the 1938 International Live Stock 

 Exposition and Grain and Hay Show in 

 Chicago, November 26 to December 3, 

 announces Manager B. H. Heide. 

 Entries for individual livestock classes 

 will close on November 1, for the grain 

 and Hay Show November 9, and for 

 carlots of livestock, November 19. Free 

 premium lists are ready. 



The National Corn Husking Con- 

 test, to be held near Sioux Falls, South 

 Dakota, November 3, will be broadcast 

 by NBC at 11:30 A.M. 



More than 100 of the 370 charter 

 members of the Knox County Farm 

 Bureau celebrated the 20th anniversary 

 of its founding at a banquet, Sept. 1. 

 Harry Gehring, one of the founders 

 and president of the organization, was 

 toastmaster. E. M. D. Bracker, the first 

 farm adviser, and L. R. Marchant, ad- 

 viser from 1923 to 1929, were among 

 the speakers. 



A loan of 57 cents per bushel on 

 1937 corn is available to farmers who 

 cooperated in the farm program of 

 1937 and 1938, says H. R. ToUey, AAA 

 administrator. 



ANIMUAL FARM SUPPLY 



JUEETII\G m OCT. 18 



The Twelfth Annual Meeting of 

 Illinois Farm Supply Company will be 

 held in the K.C. Building, Springfield, 

 Tuesday, Oct. 18. The meeting will 

 be called to order at 10:00 A.M. by 

 President Fred Herndon who will de- 

 liver the President's annual address. 

 Lloyd R. Marchant will present the 

 annual report of the management to 

 the stockholders. Chief speaker will 

 be Earl C. Smith. Total volume of 

 business for the past fiscal year is ex- 

 pected to exceed the $13,000,000 record 

 retail sales of the years previous. Dis- 

 tribution of some $1,300,000 of divi- 

 dends to Farm Bureau members this 

 year will bring total dividends paid out 

 during the life of the company to ap- 

 proximately $8,000,000.00. 



Directors whose terms expire are: 

 Fred Herndon, Macomb; L. A. Abbott, 

 Morrison; Jesse L. Berry, Cerro Gordo; 

 C. H. Buzzard, Altamont; Geo. Chap- 

 pie, Dwight; Frank J. Flynn, Murray- 

 ville; H. A. Keele, Chesterfield, Chas. 

 Keslinger, LaFox, and H. P. Sauer, 

 Murphysboro. 



January 1, 1919. 



The undersigned promises to pay the sum of One 

 Hundred Dollars ($100), each year, for a period of three 

 years, to the Treasurer of the Illinois Agricultural Asso- 

 ciation. 



It is distinctly understood that the above sum or any 

 part thereof is to be paid whenever called for by said 

 Association to defray any deficit in the Treasury of said 

 Association caused by the payment of the legitimate ex- 

 penses of said Association. It is further understood that 

 the undersigned shall not be required to pay more than 

 One Hundred DoUar^LSlOO) in 00^ one year, 



Name 



Address 



MORE THAN 100 FARM BUREAU PIONEERS ATTENDING THE lAA CONVENTION 

 at Peoria in January 1919 signed these pledges. The notes were oil returned to the 

 signers the following year when the Association had a large membership and cash 

 balance from dues. 



JULY. 1938. MILK PRICES (3.5%) 



Paid By Member Associations to Producers 



ILLINOIS MILK PRODUCERS' ASSOCIATION 



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Bloomingfon (I) 38% TSZ 44% L24 18% 1.13 1.29 .03 lie 



Canton 32% 1. 85 68% 1.05 1.45 .03 lOc 



Champaign (2) 1.47 .03 12c 



Chicago (3) 85% 1.98 15% 1.35 1.89 I0-I2c 



Danville (4) 1.40 .04 9-1 Oc 



Decatur (4) 1.55 .04 12c 



DeKalb 49% 2.01 34% 1.20 34% 1. 10 1.63 lie 



Fre8por+ 71% 1.80 29% 1.08 1.53 .04 lie 



Galesburg (5) 1.62 .037 12c 



Harrlsburg 40% 1.90 31% 1.23 29% .88 1.39 .02 I2e 



Jacbonvllle (*) 



LaSalle-Peru 45% 2.25 55% 1.14 1.64 .04 I2e 



Molina (6) 1.41 .03 lie 



Peoria— M 51% 1.62 49% 1.00-1.06 1.21 Il-I2c 



Peoria— D 27% 1.62 73% 1.00 1.16 .04 Il-I2e 



Pontiac (•) 



Quincy 43% 1.90 22% 1.58 45% 1.12 1.67 .05 lOe 



Roelcford 34% 1.95 66% 1.18 1.39 .04 lie 



Springfield (4) 1.77 13c 



St. Louis (7) 58% 2.10 42% 1.38 1.82 I2-I3c 



Streator (8) 2^05 L85 U3 .04 12c 



(•) Prices not received. 



(1) Base price includes an average temperature premium of 3V2%c per cwt. 



(2) Class percentages and prices: Class 1, 35.8% @ $2.23, Class 11, 8.5% @ $1.91, Class III. 

 27.7% @ $1.13, Class IV, 28% @ $1.03. Base price paid producers $1.81. Surplus price paid 

 producers $1.16. 



<3) All prices repotted f.o.b. dealers platform in Chicago. To obtain prices f.o.b. country plants, 

 deduct an average of 27c per cwt. Base price paid producers $1.98. Excess price $1.35. 



(4) Flat price for all milk received. 



(5) Flat price plus a premium of 10 cents per cwt. for Grade A milk. 



<6) Percentages by classes and prices: Class I. 35% & $2.10. Class II, 12% @ $1.27, Class III, 

 18% @ $1.18, Class IV, 37% @ $1.11. Base price paid producers $1.71. Excess price $1.02. 



(7) Prices reported are f.o.b. dealers platforms St. Louis. Country receiving station prices 20c per 

 c^vt. less. Number producers reported is for June. 



(8) Class percentages and average weighted price not available. 

 M = Milk Producers Association. 



D = Producers Dairy. 



Mim'mum Condensary Code Price $1,178 



Average Fluid Price E.N.C. States -^ _ $2.0} 



Average Condensary Price E.N.C. States _... _ JflAt 



Average 92 Score butter Chicago - .2539 



Average 90 Score butter Chicago „ .2508 



OCTOBER, 1938 



