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"I have been manager of an elevator 



in this county for several years and the 

 Farm Adviser has never been in my 

 office," said a manager in a recent con- 

 ference of elevator and Farm Bureau 

 representatives. That remark started 

 something. "Resolved that Farm Bu- 

 reau officials and Adviser call upon and 

 get acquainted with farmer elevator 

 officials and managers" said a resolu- 

 tion unanimously adopted by the con- 

 ference. 



A total of 19,500 bushels of soybeans 

 over the scales from combines in one 

 day at the peak of the soybean season 

 is reported by Manager Larrick of 

 Stonington Cooperative Grain Com- 

 pany, Christian county. 



"What do I hear?" — "ninety" — "ninety- 

 one" — "ninety-two" — - "three — "three" 

 — "Three 'n a half" ■ — "four" — "four 'n 

 a half" — "five" — "five" — "ninety-five" 

 ■ — once — twice, etc., etc. Not football 

 signals but an auction of a few shares of 

 stock sold at the annual meeting of the 

 West Brooklyn Farmers Co-Operative Com- 

 pany in Lee county. Directors who have 

 stock "offered in" on account of death of a 

 shareholder, removal from the community, 

 or for other reasons will find the auction a 

 fair and satisfactory manner in which to dis- 

 pose of it. Otto Krenz, manager of (he 

 company reported a good year and an at- 

 tractive net profit. The three outgoing di- 

 rectors whose terms expired were re-elected. 



At a recent meeting of elevators and Farm 



Bureau representatives a manager made this 

 Statement: "We have a fellow in our com- 

 munity who, if he ran out of gas, would 

 push his car past all other filling stations un- 

 til he came to a Farm Bureau station. He 

 is just that loyal, but he never gives the 

 farmers elevator a chance to buy his grain. 

 He goes to the other fellow." 



Cbas. Schmitt has been reelected as direc- 

 tor on the St. Louis Farm Credit Board. 

 Mr. Schmitt recently completed one three- 

 year term on this board. He is now secre- 

 tary of the Illinois Grain Corporation and 

 for many years has been president of the 

 Board of Directors of the Farmers Elevator 

 Company at Beason and Skelton. He also 

 served a number of years as president of the 

 Logan County Farm Bureau. 



The Summerfield Cooperative Grain Com- 

 pany had an excellent attendance at its an- 

 nual meeting in November. The company 

 paid a patronage of $1,005.56 on Blue Seal 

 Feeds and $''29.45 on grain. Sam Baer is 

 the manager. 



A study in Champaign county reveals that 



there are grain elevators at 47 stations in 

 the county with 62 elevators at these 47 sta- 

 tions. There are 20 farmers' elevators in 

 the county. 



An example of cooperative grain market- 

 ing in reverse is the reported sale of the 

 Weldon cooperative elevator (DeWitt coun- 

 ty) to the manager. 



News we like to hear — "seven cars con- 

 signed to Illinois Grain Corporation from 

 one company today," said Frank "Andy" 

 Anderson when he returned from the Board 

 of Trade floor. 



The Anchor Grain Oimpany, McLean 



county closed its fiscal year with a net earn- 

 ing of $'',ri4.35. Clarence Willke is the 

 manager. 



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The EIi2abeth Shipping Association, 



Jo Daviess County, annual meeting, De- 

 cember 9, was high-lighted by Manager 

 Francis Keverns' report showing 169 

 carloads shipped during the fiscal year 

 ending December 1 . Seventy-two per cent 

 of the Association's business was con- 

 signed to the Chicago Producers. The 

 previous year, 159 cars were shipped, 

 70 percent of which were sent to the Pro- 

 ducers. President Charles E. Williams, 

 presided. 



William H. Hummermeier, former 



chairman of Stephenson County's live- 

 stock marketing committee is convalescing 

 at his farm home from a major operation 

 at Rochester, Minn., this fall. 



Meat animals are the principal source of 



farm income in the United States. For 13 

 years, 1924-1936, the average percentage of 

 income from various sources was: meat ani- 

 mals 24, dairy products 18, grains 13, cotton 

 and cottonseed 13, fruit and vegetables 14, 

 poultry and eggs 8, and various other sources 

 10 per cent, according to E. T. Robbins, 

 livestock extension specialist, University of 

 Illinois. 



C. W. Moffet of Macoupin County says — 



■ 1 support cooperative livestock marketing 

 because I believe that when the marketing of 

 our livestock is kept in our own hands we 

 will soon find ourselves with the price set by 

 the processors. We should make a strong 

 effort to maintain our central markets and 

 our cooperative selling agencies on these 

 markets. At the same time we should give a 

 great deal of study to the control of our live- 

 stock marketing if our central markets break 

 down • — as they now seem to be doing. I 

 believe that eientually we uill hate to g,o 

 much jurther than marketing if ve are to gel 

 our share of the consumers dollar, 



"Many farmers fail to support cooperative 

 marketing because they don't understand 

 the principles involved. Friendship for a 

 commission man, influence by a trucker, just 

 plain selfishness on the part of a few who 

 know better but ship direct or to an old line 

 firm because they save the commission or get 

 special favors are some of the reasons." 



"Farmers should be interested in coopera- 

 tive livestock marketing to: (1) maintain 

 price levels; (2) favorably affect and influ- 

 ence marketing processes; (3) secure reliable 

 and timely market information; (4) influ- 

 ence orderly marketing; (5) secure the larg- 

 est possible share of the consumers' meat 

 dollar for producers," according to the 

 report of a recent joint meeting of Edgar 

 County Farm Bureau directors and live- 

 stock marketing committee called by A. E. 

 Staley, Farm Bureau president. 



"This is conclusive evidence that farmers 

 are studying ways and means for making 

 their marketing co-ops more efficient and 

 effective. They are aware of the problems 

 that must be solved to get their fair share 

 of the consumer's food dollar," says Sam 

 Russell, lAA director of livestock marketing. 



Milk Prices on Other 

 Markets 



Dayton, Ohio — The Miami Valley Co- 

 operative Milk Producers Association report 

 an October net average price of $1.41 for 

 milk f.o.b. Dayton of 3.5% butterfat con- 

 tent. 



Springfield, Ohio — The Miami Valley 

 Cooperative Milk Producers Association re- 

 port an average October 3.5% net price to 

 members of $1,735 per cwt. 



Minneapolis-St. Paul — The Twin City 

 Milk Producers Association reports an Oc- 

 tober price to members for 3.5% milk f.o.b. 

 Twin Cities of $1.46 per cwt. 



Kansas City, Missouri — The Pure Milk 

 Producers Association report October prices 

 to members for 3.5% milk f.o.b. the city 



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