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Lee County Grain Association held a 



rousing annual meeting in the Community 

 High School, Lee Center, the evening of 

 February 16. Manager Robert Hoyle pre- 

 sented the annual report. C. E. Yale, farm 

 adviser, reviewed the history of the company 

 which was organized by Farm Bureau lead- 

 ers seven years ago. Several hundred pa- 

 trons present learned that the patronage div- 

 idend was being applied on preferred stock. 

 Many were told that they are now holders 

 of preferred stock in the company although 

 they had made no cash outlay for it. The 

 company has 449 members. All out-going 

 directors were reelected. Wesley Attig is 

 president of the company. Richard Phalen, 

 who for nearly five years has acted as co- 

 manager with Robert Hoyle is taking over 

 the management of the Sublette Farmers 

 Elevator Company. Luncheon and folk 

 games followed the business session. 



Fred Herndon, president of Illinois 

 Farm Supply Company, addressed the 

 annual shareholders meeting of Colum- 

 bia Farmers Cooperative Grain Com- 

 pany, February 11. Ray Ammon pre- 

 sented the new program concerning 

 Blue Seal feeds. L. R. Downs, man- 

 ager, gave an interesting report cov- 

 ering transactions of the past year. 

 Music and entertainment was furnished 

 by the Four Musical Martins. This 

 is one of the strong companies of the 

 St. Louis territory and operates houses 

 at Columbia and Prairie Du Rocher. 



George Besore, manager of Williams- 

 field Farmers Cooperative Association 



takes just pride in keeping the elevator 

 and warehouse free from litter and in 

 a neat and orderly manner. In addi- 

 tion to a large volume of grain handled 

 through a new house built a few years 

 ago, the company handles a full line of 

 Blue Seal feeds and also keeps one 

 man busy looking after farm imple- 

 ments which the company handles. 



The Illinois Livestock Marketing As- 

 sociation handled 1,985 decks of live- 

 stock in 1938 compared to 1,652 decks 

 in 1937. Wool pooled in 1938 totaled 

 381,617 pounds compared with 208,- 

 434 pounds in 1937. 



Gallatin county led the list in per- 

 centage of cooperative consignments 

 with 49 per cent. Next in order were 

 Woodford, Menard, McLean, Kendall, 

 Peoria, Stark, Macon, La Salle and 

 Sangamon. 



E. D. McGuire, peach grower and 

 member of the Illinois Fruit Growers 

 Exchange in Jackson County, reports 

 that peach buds on his trees are still 

 dormant and apparently have not suf- 

 fered from any winter damage. R. B. 



Endicott of Pulaski County also reports 

 little if any damage to peach buds in 

 that area. 



Chester Boland of the Edgar County 



Growers Association reports that pros- 

 pects for additional grower member- 

 ship in that Association are better this 

 year than ever before. This association 

 is building a new sales shed at the edge 

 of Paris and expects to have a good 

 berry crpp this coming season. The 

 sale of these strawberries is handled 

 by the Illinois Fruit Growers Exchange. 



Uncle Ab says that a good way to get to 



the top is to get to the bottom of things. 



Hog thieves victiiiiized Charlie £. 



Anderson, Mercer county, three times 

 in the last few weeks. First time they 

 got one shote; last time they stunned 

 or killed several before loading them^n 

 their truck. Last time, too, they left 

 clues which may lead to an early arrest. 



It is none too early to fill out seed orders 



and to discuss with the family the home 

 vegetable garden for 1939. 



Harlan C. Rathe, recent U. of I. ag 



college graduate, became county organ- 

 ization director with the Pike County 

 Farm Bureau and manager of the Pike 

 County Farm Supply Company, Feb- 

 ruary 15. Mr. Rathe was born and 

 reared in Coles county where he and 

 his father, a Farm Bureau director, de- 

 veloped purebred herds of Hampshire 

 hogs anci Jersey cattle. j 



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