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GRAIN 



A. (Bill) Twenty, the manager reports 

 the business has increased steadily dur- 

 ing the past three or four years. 



H. G. Bjelland, manager of Mili- 



brook Farmers Elevator Company, in 

 addition to his regular chores of oper- 

 ating the elevator, has also been busy 

 supervising repairs. A new approach 

 has been built from the scale to the 

 elevator and a new Fairbanks-Morse 

 scale with type registering beam was 

 installed. The scale platform when 

 completed is to be 28 feet long with 

 top of cement construction. The next 

 improvement scheduled for this fall or 

 early Spring is a new office of modern 

 construction. 



The Moultrie Grain Association held 

 its annual meeting recently. Edwin 

 Dailey of Sullivan is the only new man 

 elected to the board. Mr. Hufford, 

 manager, reported that the company is 

 making excellent progress and had a 

 successful year of operation. 



The Havana Cooperative Grain Com- 

 pany is building a new addition to its 

 cob house. Richard Steging, the man- 

 ager says the flames fly too high in a 

 cob burner to suit him, hence the cob 

 house. 



The Nokomis Equity Elevator Com- 

 pany managed by Roy N. Phillips is 

 serving the community in its various 

 sideline cooperative needs as well as in 

 handling grain. A warehouse for fenc- 

 ing and other materials and facilities 

 for grinding all go to make this service 

 possible. 



Jerome P. Prediger, manager of the 



Lenzburg Farmers Cooperative Grain 

 Company reports a good sideline bus- 

 iness along with his grain activities. He 

 attended the annual meeting of Illinois 

 Farm Supply Company and expressed 

 interest in the patronage earned for his 

 company. 



The Rosamond Farmers Cooperative 



Association handled a large volume of 

 soybeans during the season. Beans 

 were stored for two companies. Marion 



Illinois Grain Corporation had a good 

 month in October when it handled 970,813 

 bushels of grain. The company has been 

 operating at a profit almost from the begin- 

 ning and over the period has accumulated 

 a nice reserve. 



LIVESTOCK 



"T have fed cattle for thirty-five 



years, but just the same I have learned 

 a whole lot from this feedlot tour to- 

 day," said George Adelman of Will 

 County, at the luncheon meeting which 

 concluded a round of visits and dis- 

 cussions on ten cattle feeding farms in 

 the vicinity of Plainfield. County 

 Chairman Jim Patterson and Farm Ad- 

 viser Leonard Braham arranged and 

 conducted the trip. Messrs. Story of 

 Chicago Producers, Robbins of State 

 Extension Service and Hall of lAA 

 were the discussion leaders. 



"Cooperative Marketing is like rais- 

 ing a crop," says County Chairman Har- 

 vey Price of Stark County. "If you just 

 plant the seed and go off and neglect 

 to take care of it, you can't expect much 

 growth. But if the crop is properly 

 cultivated and handled, a good yield is 

 pretty certain." 



A meat-cutting demonstration was 

 featured at the Rock Island County 

 Stockmen's Banquet. H. H. White of 

 National Live Stock and Meat Board 

 captured the interest of both the feed- 

 ers and their wives with his dexterous 

 handling of knives and saw and his 

 explanations of quality, confirmation 

 and finish pertaining to various grades 

 and cuts. Dave Swanson of Chicago 

 Producers and Louis Hall of lAA were 

 the speakers. County Chairman "Char- 

 lie" Osborn and Farm Adviser "Bob" 

 Smith organized the event and Walter 

 Sample of the County Livestock Mar- 

 keting Committee was toastmaster. 



Greene County recently told the Farm 

 Bureau Board and committee he never 

 thinks of marketing only thru the Pro- 

 ducers because he knows he gets more 

 and better service there than any place 

 he could go. Furthermore he believes 

 it the duty of every Farm Bureau mem- 

 ber to support his organization in striv- 

 ing for better prices for livestock. 



FIVE OBJECTIVES OF COOPERATIVE 

 LIVESTOCK MARKETING 



I. — To provide liveBtock producers with 

 their own marketing organization 

 farmer-owned and controlled. 



2. — To iumiah eilicient, economical 

 marketing service. 



3. — To use volume as a constructive 

 force in determining price levels. 



4. — To bring livestock producers accu- 

 rate and understandable informa- 

 tion to aid them in the production 

 and marketing of their livestock. 



5. — To provide a national organization 

 to develop orderly marketing. 



Newton Short, Livestock Committee- 

 man and Farm Bureau member of 



Milk Prices on Other 

 Markets 



New York — Dairymen's League reports 

 $1.83 base price in September (200-210 mile 

 zone) for 3.5% milk. 



Minneapolis-St. Paul — Twin City Milk 

 Producers Association reports a September 

 price of $1.46 for 3.5% milk f.o.b. Twin 

 Cities. 



Kansas City — Pure Milk Producers Asso- 

 ciation report September base price of $2.02 

 and an excess price of $1,125 for 3.5% 

 milk f.o.b. Kansas City. 



Milwaukee, Wis. — Milwaukee Cooper- 

 ative Milk Producers report average price 

 for October of $1.91 per cwt. for 3.5% 

 milk f.o.b. city. 



Detroit, Mich. — Michigan Milk Pro- 

 ducers report September prices for 3.5% 

 f.o.b. Detroit base milk $1.61. Excess milk 

 $1.24. Class 1 price to dealers is $1.90 and 

 Class II price $1.34. 



.Washington, D. C. — The Maryland-Vir- 

 ginia Milk Producers Association report 

 prices on 4% milk f.o.b. Washington as 

 follows: Base milk $3.17. Excess milk $1.05. 



Boston, Mass. — New England Milk Pro- 

 ducers Association report a 3.5% price net 

 to producers in the 191-200 mile zone of 

 $1.66 per cwt. in September. 



Dayton, Ohio — The Miami Valley Co- 

 operative Milk Producers Association report 

 their October 3.5% price to producers as 

 $1.45 per cwt. f.o.b. Dayton. 



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