MORE MONEY FOR 



COtaiN 



"How about the profit on those 



oats?" a customer inquired of the man- 

 ager wko was figuring the customer's 

 account for settlement. "I was at first 

 stumped," said the manager, "and then 

 I remembered." The customer had 

 bought some oats for feeding. He 

 bought them 'on time.' No money 

 changed hands and no oats were taken 

 out of the elevator. The price was up 

 a little and as the manager put it, 

 "he decided to take a profit on our cap- 

 ital and accommodations." 



A nunibet of county-wide meetings 



in the interest of cooperative grain 

 marketing have been held recently. Di- 

 rectors and managers of farmer ele- 

 vators and directors of the county 

 Farm Bureau attended. It is whole- 

 some to reflect that both local grain 

 marketing and farm organization rep- 

 resentatives are meeting together to 

 discuss each other's problems. 



In attendance at the grain marketing meet- 

 ing during Farm and Home Week at the 

 State University were many farmer elevator 

 managers including: W. H. Allen, Morris; 

 E. S. Apple, ARiambra; Sam B. Baer, Sum- 

 merfield; J. A. Busby, Butler; L. R. Downs, 

 Columbia; C. E. Holtkamp, Prairie du 

 Rocher; I. W. Larrick, Stonington; Eldon 

 HufFord, Cadwell; R. E. Lyon, Altona; Leo 

 Windish, Oneida; Harold B. Steele, Fisher; 

 Laurel Truman, Ridgefarm. 



At a meeting of elevator and Farm Bureau 



representatives in Ford county, it was re- 

 vealed that there are sixteen grain shipping 

 points with a total of 25 elevators in the 

 county. 



Frank Haines, manager of Illinois Grain 



Corporation, attended the annual meeting 

 of the Farmers Grain Dealers Association 

 of Iowa. 



A number of companies have made in- 

 quiry relative to the date of the annual 

 meeting of Illinois Grain Corporation, which 

 in times past has been held in February. 

 The fiscal year of the Corporation is now 

 July 1 to June 30, and the annual meeting 

 will be held sometime next Fall. 



The Farmers Grain Company of Seymour 

 held its annual meeting recently. There 

 were no changes in the Board of Directors. 

 D. H. Thomas is the manager. 



More than SO percent net over an order 

 buyer's offer was realized for a cow recently 

 shipped to the Chicago Producers by the 

 Knox-Warren Livestock Association. Man- 

 ager Paul McQueen reports the member was 

 offered $45.00 at the farm for the animal. 

 The net return on the sale after deducting 

 freight and charges was $69.83, a gain of 

 $24.83. Does cooperative marketing pay? 



LIVESTOGK 



Approximately 700 attended the 10th an- 

 nual meeting of the Champaign County 

 Livestock Marketing Association at Urbana, 

 January 5. President Eugene Curtis and 

 Manager Cecil Rayburn told an inspiring 

 story of service to 1800 members for whom 

 more than 32,000 hogs, cattle and sheep 

 were shipped last year. The members bought 

 more than 870 tons of Blue Seal feeds. 

 Sales and purchases since the organization 

 started total over six million dollars. Secre- 

 tary Blackburn of the American Farm Bu- 

 reau Federation was the principal speaker. 



Loss of a loyal leader is mourned with 



the death of William H. Hummermeier of 

 Stephenson county on Christmas Day. Chair- 

 man of the Building Committee under whose 

 supervision the new home of the Stephen- 

 son County Farm Bureau was built, and for 

 some years chairman of the result-getting 

 Livestock Marketing Committee, "Bill" 

 Hummermeier leaves an enduring record of 

 faithful service. 



Pe<5ria Producers annual meeting January 



7 was attended by about 175 members. 

 Manager Hembrough's report of 1938 busi-' 

 ness showed gratifying growth. Of total re- 

 ceipts at the Peoria stockyards, the Producers 

 handled approximately 24 percent of the 

 hogs, 19 percent of the cattle, 19 percent of 

 the veal calves and 55 percent of the sheep 

 and Iambs. Over 5,000 head of western 

 stocker cattle and close to 14,000 feeder 

 lambs were furnished to patrons. 



Knox- Warren Livestock Association 



shipped more than $170,000 worth of stock 

 equivalent to 149 rail decks during the year 

 ending December 1 — an increase of nearly 

 15 percent over the preceding year. Edwin 

 Gumm, Galesburg is president, Harold 

 Roberts, Oneida, vice-president, Ralph Okey, 

 Monmouth, secretary and Lee O'Hern of 

 St. Augustine, treasurer. Paul McQueen is 

 Manager and Cecil Palmer handles the truck- 

 ing from farms to loading point at Gales- 

 burg. Besides its regular rail consignments 

 to the Chicago Producers and occasional 

 truck loads to Peoria Producers, the Asso- 

 ication furnishes feeder cattle and lambs, 

 live stock loans, market information and 

 other services to feeders in the Galesburg 

 area. 



Maurice Holmes of Dunlop, extensive 

 feeder and active member of the county 

 livestock marketing committee, was elected 

 to represent Peoria county on the Peoria 

 Producers board for a three year term. 



The volume of Butter manufactured 



by the Producers' Creamery of Gales- 

 burg continues to run far ahead of the 

 production of last year. December 

 showed a 221/^ per cent gain over De- 

 cember of 1937. This increase is due 

 entirely to 187 additional patrons since 

 the pounds of butterfat delivered per 

 patron is approximately the same as 

 last year. 



MILK PRICES IN OTHER STATES 



AS REPORTED BY COOPERATIVES 



IN THOSE MARKETS 



Detroit, Michigan — December 3.5% milk 

 f.o.b. Detroit: Net base price $1.68 per 

 cwt., net excess price $1.37 per cwt. Class I 

 price to dealers $1.90, Class II, 15c over 

 condensery $1.42. Retail delivered 10- 

 11c, store price 8-9c per quart. 



Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn. — December 

 averages weighted price to producers 

 f.o.b. cities for 3.5% milk was $1.52 per 

 cwt. Retail delivered lie, store price 

 lie per quart. 



Des Moines, Iowa — December average 

 weighted price for 3.5% milk f.o.b. city 

 was $1.76 per cwt. 



Indianapolis, Indiana — December average 

 weighted price for 3.5% milk f.o.b. city 

 was $1.82 per cwt. 



Dayton, Ohio — December average weighted 

 price for 3.5% milk f.o.b. Dayton was 

 $1.74. Retail delivered lie, store price 

 lOe per quart. 



Milwaukee, Wisconsin — December aver- 

 age weighted price for 35% milk f.o.b. 

 city was $2.09 per cwt. Retail price 12c 

 delivered. 



Oklahoma City, Oklahoma — December 

 average weighted price for 3.5% milk 

 f.o.b. city was $1.80 per cwt. Retail price 

 per quart delivered 12c per quart. Store 

 price lie. 



Pittsburgh, Pa. — November average 

 weighted price for 3.5% milk f.o.b. coun- 

 try plants was $1.84 per cwt. Retail 

 price per quart delivered 13c, store price 

 13c. 



Cleveland, Ohio — November average 

 weighted price for 3.5% milk f.o.b. Cleve- 

 land was $1.93 per cwt. Retail price per 

 quart delivered lie. Store price lOc-llc 

 per quart. . . . i ' . 



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