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requested. Lines in Adams, Schuyler & 

 Brown Counties. 

 Coles-Moultrie Electric Cooperative, Sullivan 

 John G. Waggoner, Project Supt. 333 

 miles, 995 customers. Lines in Coles and 

 Moultrie Counties. Allotment received 

 but not ready for bids. 

 Corn Belt Electric Cooperative, Blooming- 

 ton 



Now organized. Includes Woodford, 

 McLean and Tazewell Counties. This is 

 to cover about 1,000 miles serving around 

 3,000 customers. 

 Eastern Illinois Power Cooperative, Paxton 

 T. M. Brady, Project Supt. 1225 miles, 

 4000 customers. Lines in Iroquois, Ford, 



■ parts of Livingston, McLean and Ver- 

 milion Counties. Application has recent- 

 ly been submitted for almost double the 



■ amount of mileage. Partially energized. 

 Receiving energy from the C. I. P. S. 

 Company. 



Edgar Farm Electric Service Company, Paris 

 O. J. Bandy, Secretary-Treasurer in 

 charge. 277 miles, 808 customers; Bids 

 not yet let. 



Farmers Mutual Electric Company, Geneseo 

 Walter O. Parson, Mgr. 70 miles serv- 

 ing 173 customers. Lines in Henry and 

 Whiteside Counties. Lines energized. 

 Receiving service from the Municipal 

 Plant, Geneseo. Application has been 

 made for an additional 30 miles to serve 

 150 customers. Allotment has been made 

 for those additional lines. 



Hancock Electric Cooperative, Carthage 

 Organized but no allotment received. 200 

 miles, around 600 customers. 



mini Electric Cooperative, Champaign 

 Vernon C. Green, Project Supt. 190 

 miles, 500 customers. Lines in Cham- 

 paign, McLean, Piatt and Ford Counties. 

 Under construction; contract to supply 

 service from the C. I. P. S. Company. 



Illinois Rural Elertric Company, Winchester 

 Frank M. Tirre, Mgr. Original 622 miles 

 serves 2326 customers. Now in opera- 

 tion. Receiving energy from their own 

 cooperative generating plant. Lines in 

 Pike, Greene, Scott, Calhoun, and Morgan 

 Counties. Additional application for 600 

 miles serving 1800 customers has been 

 asked for. 



McDonough Power Cooperative, Macomb 

 Organized. 271 miles, 930 customers. 

 Lines in McDonough, Knox, and Warren 

 Counties. Ray Grigsby, Project Supt. 



Menard Electric Cooperative, Petersburg 

 A. E. Becker, Project Supt. Original 

 project — 306 miles serving 908 cus- 

 tomers. Receiving service from the Mu- 

 nicipal plant at Springfield. Another ap- 

 plication being filed for 200 miles to serve 

 600 farms. Lines in Menard, Cass, Logan, 

 Sangamon and Mason Counties. 



Monroe Electric Cooperative, Waterloo 

 Project Superintendent's name not avail- 

 able. 232 miles, 850 customers. Or- 

 ganized but allotment not received. Re- 

 ?|uest made for additional 250 miles, 750 

 arms. 



Rural Electric Convenience Cooperative 



Company, Divernon 



Charles Masters, Project Supt. Energized; 

 receiving service from Springfield Mu- 



' nicipal plant. Original project 453 miles 

 serving 1450 customers. Additioiul re- 

 quest for 100 miles to serve 300 farms. 



. Lines in Sangamon, Morgan, Macoupin, 

 Christian and Montgomery Counties. 



Shelby Elertric Cooperative, Shelbyyille 



Lester Boys, Project Supt. 181 miles, 363 

 customers. Lines in Shelby, Macon and 

 Moultire Counties. Now under construc- 



• tion. Energy to be received from the 



. C. I. P. S. Company. 



Spoon River Electric Coopetative, Cmnton 



Recently organized. Allotment not yet 

 received. Lines in Fulton and possibly 

 Knox County. Project is to cover around 

 200 miles serving 600 customers. 



Wayne- White Counties Electric Cooperative, 



Fairfield 

 C. W. McCullough, Project Supt. Orig- 

 inal project covered 389 miles serving 

 1714 customers. Energized and receiving 

 service from the C. I. P. S. Company. Re- 

 quest is to be made for an additional loan 

 to cover 200 miles to serve 600 customers. 

 Some development work is being done in 

 Jackson and Randolph Counties, also in 

 Jasper County, but no steps have been 

 taken as yet to orgtin'ze. 



Montgomery Boi^s Win 



Three high school boys from the 

 Farmersville Community High School in 

 Montgomery county, all students in voca- 

 tional agriculture, won the Illinois State 

 Fair Vocational Livestock Judging Con- 

 test held in the coliseum on Friday Au- 

 gust 19. 



The boys were Harold Fuchs, Bernard 

 Fuchs and Vernon Fuchs all cousins. 

 The team was coached by Fred Wake- 

 land, principal and agriculture instructor. 

 About one hundred teams were entered 

 in competition. The boys were required 

 to judge horses, hogs, beef cattle and 

 dairy cattle. 



A new fleet of one-ton pickup trucks 



sails around the Galesburg territory 

 these days, gathering cream for the Pro- 

 ducers' Creamery. "They mean better 

 and faster service for members at a 

 lower cost of operation," writes Virgil 

 Johnson, manager. 



Pitchers Erdmeir and Cheeseman of 

 the Carroll County Farm Bureau base- 

 ball team struck out 92 men in six 

 games played this season in Division I. 



CHAMPION 4-H IXnX^ES 



Out for nationed icrt ■tock induing hon- 

 ors at the Intemcztioncd LiTaatock Exposi- 

 tion. Chicago, first week in December will 

 go (left to right in upper photo) lay Long- 

 ford. Wayne Young, Harold Wallace and 

 Marion Guither of Bureau County. With 

 them is their coach. C. M. Holland. 



Beady to try for notionol goals at the 

 Notional Dairy Show, Columbus. Ohio. 

 Oct 8 to IS is the dairy judging team from 

 Winnebago county. Left to right: Donald 

 McAllister, ossistani farm adviser ond 

 coach; Lawrence Greenlee, William Brown 

 and Hubert Brown. Both teams won state 

 titles at the recent 4-H contests. University 

 of Illinois. 



Uncle Ab says success in fanning re- 

 quires three things: good soil, good 

 weather, and a good farmer. 



Rock phosphate improves lawns more than 



any other treatment, says L. A. Barrow, Ford 

 county. 



>RD 



NOVEMBER. 1938 



