Marketing 



H. W. Trautmann, Sales Manager, Illi- 

 nois Livestock Marketing Association, has 

 just completed a two weeks trip through 

 the east. This trip was made to contact 

 eastern packers that might be prospective 

 buyers of hogs regularly assembled at con- 

 centration units of the Illinois Livestock 

 Marketing Association. Mr. Trautmann re- 

 ports, "As a result of this trip, two carloads 

 of hogs are leaving tonight for buyers with 

 whom we have done no business for a con- 

 siderable period of time." 



To keep pace with its increasing 



business the Peoria Producers Dairy is 

 building an addition to its plant pro- 

 viding for additional office facilities, 

 space for a condensing pan, a larger 

 storage cooler and for a larger boiler 

 room. 



A survey of the quality improvement 

 achieved on the Rockford market under 

 its present milk ordinance and the cost 

 of administering the ordinance is being 

 made by Dr. R. W. Bartlett of the 

 College of Agriculture. It is believed 

 the study will show that the costs of 

 administration, considering results, will 

 show a much lower cost per capita than 

 the Standard or U. S. Public Health 

 Milk Ordinance. 



Representatives of the Quality Milk 



Association, and dealers of the Moline, 

 Rock Island, Davenport and Silvis mar- 

 kets, have selected a Dairy Council 

 manager for their market. The Coun- 

 cil will promote the sales of milk and 

 dairy products. Producers and dealers 

 are sharing the expense equally. 



Agrieulturist Editor 



Delmar E. Gurley, Ford county, was 

 appointed editor for 1938-39 of the Il- 

 linois Agriculturist, 

 student magazine of 

 the U. of I. ag col- 

 1 e g e. Harold D. 

 Bergman, Cook 

 county, was ap- 

 pointed business 

 manager. 



Prior to entering 

 college, Gurley was 

 Delmar E. Gurley ^^e first State cham- 

 pion in 4-H Club 

 work in Ford county. He was also the 

 first in his community to receive the State 

 Farmer degree of the Future Farmers of 

 America. This summer, Delmar is at 

 Fort Sheridan with the University's 

 R.O.T.C. Coast Artillery unit. 



ILLINOIS EXPORTS CORN 



Fannera of Rock IslancL Mercer, Hendermon and Warren coun- 

 ties have been selling com for the export market in large quan- 

 tities during recent months. Because it is possible to ship the 

 com to New Orleans by water, farmera have been getting a little 

 better price than at other terminal markets. 



In the picture is seen one oi the large river barge elevators 

 being loaded at the Oquawka elevator. The barge was loaded 

 with 50,000 bushels oi com in two dcrys, valued at more than 

 $25,000. The lower photo is oi the center hold in the barge. More 

 than 10,000 bushels oi shelled com is in this hold. Eeithsburg. 

 Oquawka, Muscatine and Burlington have shipped 2.000,000 

 bushels since May 1, to Belgium, Italy and England. This country 

 has exported nearly 100,000.000 bushels of the 1937 crop. 



George Adams, formerly plant super- 

 intendent, was elevated to manager of 

 the Producers Creamery of Olney fol- 

 lowing the resignation of Manager C. 

 W. Simpson. 



Uncle Ab says that a man's character 

 cannot be injured by anyone but him- 

 self. 



According to Harr>' C. Allen of the Fruit 



Exchange Supply Company, most peach 

 growers are giving their peach orchards 

 the proper fall care this year including PDB 

 for peach borers. A number of growers 

 are applying fall fertilizers and plans are 

 being made to apply the proper dormant 

 sprays. 



Activities at the American Farm 

 Bureau Federation convention will be 

 heard over the NBC-Blue network dur- 

 ing the week of Dec. 12. 



Cooperatives that are prospering today are 

 the ones that remained young. 



R. J. "Sunshine" Ash, fieldman for 



the Producers Creamery of Mount 

 Sterling, resigned September 1 to be- 

 come organization director for the 

 Morgan County Farm Bureau in Jack- 

 sonville. Ash is well known in western 

 Illinois as a leader in Farm Bureau and 

 farmer cooperative enterprises. 



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