JZutJ YOUTH 



\^^^^OLKS didn't have any place 

 ^"^;;^^ to hang their wraps when 



^J^ they attended the Farm Bu- 

 reau community meeting at Pleasant 

 Valley, McHenry County. Coats, hats, 

 and boots took up too much space — 

 so the Rural Youth members took 

 steps 'to remedy the situation. John 

 Schuett and committee remodeled the 

 coal bin and now hats and coats hang 

 in style. New drinking cups and a 

 radio were also provided. 



Your Farm Bureau community meet- 

 ing room may need some repairs — 

 maybe your Youth Group could help. 



Christian county "Talk Fest" went 



over with a bang. They learned to 

 "think on their feet" when Ted Miller, 

 chairman, got them into action. Ten 

 topics relating to Marketing, Organiza- 

 tion, and Rural Youth, were placed in 

 a hat and each participant drew a sub- 

 ject. Each talked for three minutes. 

 They said it was "both hard work and 

 fun, depending on how you entered 

 the Test' part of the Talk Fest'." 

 Copies of the "Talk Fest" outline may 

 be secured from the lAA. 



Glenn Martin, president of the 



Young Men's Agricultural Association, 

 Livingston county, reports that they 

 have been asked to serve 2,000 box 

 lunches for the Farm Bureau annual 

 meeting. Box lunches will contain 

 baked beans, applesauce, cheese and 

 meat sandwiches, pickles, cake, choco- 

 late milk, and ice cream. Last year 

 48 boys served and cleaned up after 

 1,750 people in 35 minutes time. 



Young people will have their say in 



the lAA convention Rural Youth Con- 

 ference, Monday afternoon, January 30. 

 "Equiping Ourselves for Farm Bureau 

 Leadership," will be the theme. Merle 

 Hall, LaSalle county, Dale Maxwell, 

 DeWitt county, Catherine Sullivan, 

 Knox county, and Loy Freeland, Fay- 

 ette county met at the lAA offices, 

 December 19th and planned the pro- 

 gram. Each county is urged to have 

 at least two delegates represented. 



The R.E.A. in Jasper County will 



have 150 to 300 lines of live wires 

 when the project is completed. While 

 this construction is going on 150 Rural 

 Youth "live wires" will be trying their 

 hand at writing one act plays showing 

 the value of electricity on farms. When 

 completed, the winning plays will be 

 given in 18 different communities. 

 These activities are bound to contribute 

 to the success of the R.E.A. project. 

 Two hundred attended the November 

 l6th meeting when Clois Britton an- 

 nounced the contest. 



caping was done at the water works, 

 the school, the church, and a vacant lot 

 by the bank. One year, 100 tulip bulbs 

 were set out. 



"Home Bureau keeps up the shrubs 

 on these plantings," Mrs. Springer 

 said. "Each year they are gone over. 

 If they are too thick, or if any need 

 replacing they are attended to right 

 away. We did attempt bird baths and 

 some concrete benches. The boys on 

 Hallowe'en found these too tempting 

 so we only have a few concrete benches 

 left now." 



Home and church and Home Bureau 

 is the way Mrs. Springer finds the 

 order of her interests. She feels that 

 they are all dependent upon the other. 



— N.F.G. 



Marketing 



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McLean County Milk Producers marketed 



more than 21,000,000 Ib.s. milk for $389,52^ 

 last year. Average price $1.42 for 3.5% 

 test or 40.5c per lb. butterfat, reports man- 

 ager Forrest Fairchild. 



Bushnell Producers Commission Company, 

 newest of the livestock co-ops in Illinois 

 haftdled 38% of the hogs on that market or 

 a total of 2,361 head in October. Receipts 

 of livestock at Bushnell show a steady in- 

 crease since the co-op began operations last 

 June. 



An AAA hearing upon a revision of the 



Milk Marketing agreement in the St. Louis 

 Market was held Wednesday, December 14, 

 at the Chase Hotel, St. Louis, reports A. D. 

 Lynch, Secretary-Manager of the Sanitary 

 Milk Producers. The result of the hearing 

 will not be known until later when the AAA 

 rules on the requested changes in the present 

 agreement. 



A. H. Lauterbach, manager of Pure Milk 



Association, Chicago, addressed a joint meet- 

 ing of the McLean County Milk Producers 

 and Farmers Creamery Company members 

 and stockholders in the Bloomington Con- 

 sistory Building. Over 1,000 were in at- 

 tendance at this meeting and heard Mr. 

 Lauterbach discuss the problems of coopera- 

 tive marketing associations. 



Jack Cornell, of St. Louis, was employed 



as manager of the Sangamon Farmers Milk 

 Cooperative, effective Dec. 1. Mr. Cornell 

 was with Sanitary Milk Producers for six 

 years prior to assuming his new responsibil- 

 ities. 



Professor Frank G. King, head of the 

 Animal Husbandry Department, Purdue Uni- 

 versity, was principal speaker at the LaSalle 

 County Farm Bureau annual stockmen's ban- 

 quet, Ottawa, November 21. Prof. King 

 laid special stress on adapting feeding pro- 

 grams to market trends as they affect pr'ces 

 and margins on the various grades of stock. 

 The banquet, attended by 150 feeders, old 

 and young, was sponsored by the county 

 livestock marketing committee of which 

 William Temple is chairman. 



Last month a series of 12 one-column 

 advertisements for the nine Illinois 

 Producers Creameries, similar to the 

 one shown, were produced by the lAA 

 Department of Information. A new 

 one will appear each month in the 

 RECORD and 65 Farm Bureau papers 

 in counties served by the creameries. 

 Watch for them. 



305,709 check tests were made during the 



past year by Sanitary Milk Producers As- 

 sociation testers reports A. D. Lynch, Sec- 

 retary-Manager. 2061 adjustments in tests 

 were made and 1542 sets of scales were 

 checked of which number 22 were found 

 faulty and were corrected. 



VI 



"Too Cold for the Cream 



Truck?" 

 "Why No; He Never 



Missed a Trip Last Win- 



ter. 



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nilinois Producers Creameries 



Galesburg 

 Bloomington 

 Champaign 

 CarbondaU 



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Carlinville 



Peoria 



OIney 



Molina 



Mt. Starling 



Your Producers Creamery 



Is Your Insurance of 



Better Prices. 



JANUARY, 1939 



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