ScuuiaMf Milk P^ioduce44. 



RefU^ A/a Sid/ifUui Mdk 



With the volume of Class I milk 

 sales once more ranging upward and 

 milk prices for the year averaging 51 

 cents per cwt. more than the conden- 

 sery code price of $1.25 per cwt., mem- 

 bers of Sanitary Milk Producers enthu- 

 siastically endorsed efforts of their co- 

 operative at the 9th annual meeting of 

 the association, O'Fallon, Feb. 23. 



"During 1938, SMP marketed 306,- 

 602,221 pounds of milk valued at |5,- 

 897,044.42. Production of eligible 

 milk again decfined 11 per cent from 

 the previous year. In fact, since 193^ 

 there has been a steady yearly decrease 

 in production of inspected milk from 

 10 to 11 per cent from each previous 

 year," A. D. Lynch, manVger, said. 



"The money received for 1938 milk 

 was 18 per cent less than the year 



Erevious. The income per producer, 

 owever, was greater in 1938 than in 

 1937 because the year's milk was fur- 

 nished by 1500 fewer producers." 



Ten years ago there were about 12,- 

 000 dairymen selling fluid milk on the 

 St. Louis market. This is contrasted 

 with the 3500 producers, 70 per cent 

 of them SMP rti^ipbers, who now sup- 

 ply the market. A major factor re- 

 cently contributing to the reduction of 

 producers was the application of the 

 federal health ordinance to-^the market 

 two years ago. 



"The sharp decrease in number of 

 dairy farmers shipping to St. Louis has 

 eliminated the surplus problem. This 

 problem will again face us unless we 

 can quickly adopt some form of regula- 

 tion aimed at more even production," 

 President E. W. Tiedeman said. 



"During several months of the late 

 summer and early fall of 1938 the mar- 

 ket was short of milk and milk dealers 

 were importing supplies from distant 

 , points. If this tendency continues, 

 there will again be more producers 

 shipping to St. Louis than are needed." 



ANNUAL MEETING 



CHICAGO PRODUCERS 



COMMISSION ASSN. 



Tuesday, March 7, 1939, 10:00 A.M. 



La Salle Hotel Chicago, Illinois 



President Tiedeman stressed the need 

 for selling more milk by reducing 

 prices and by advertising. He also 

 pointed to a need for reducing dis- 

 tributing costs to permit lower retail 

 prices. 



That lower retail prices increase con- 

 sumption was shown in Manager 

 Lynch's report. Class I milk price was 

 cut to |2.10 in April which resulted 

 in increasing Class I sales later in the 

 year. 



Treasurer J. King Eaton reported an 

 increase in the net worth of the asso- 

 ciation of $1271.68. Total net worth 

 /t the end of November 1938 was 

 $32,354.85. Despite decreases in in- 

 come, savings in operating expenses of 

 some $3200 resulted in an increase in 

 net income of more than $600. 



10,000 Sec lilA 



Film In February 



After a single month's run, it was esti- 

 mated that at the end of February more 

 than 10,000 persons had viewed the lAA 

 sound movie, "Shoulder to Shoulder." 

 Some 40 counties have shown or will 

 show the film by the end of March. Five 

 16 mm prints and one 35 mm print a^e 

 being used. 



Other pictures in the lAA film library 

 are: 



The Plotf That Broke The Plains: 

 Alaska's Silver Millions. ' TRAVEL- 

 OGUES — Sahara: Exotic Egypt; HU- 

 MAN INTEREST SHOTS — Dog 

 Show; Water Sports; Snow Thrills; 

 CARTOONS — Rip Van Winkle: Bean- 

 stalk Jack; Pandora: U. S. D. A. FILMS 

 — Muddy Waters: I Pledge My Heart; 

 Life of Plants; Dangerous Dusts: The 

 Cicada. The only cost to Farm Bureaus 

 using Library prints is 45c a reel service 

 charge. 



Edgar County Supply Company distributed 



$23,635.41 in patronage dividends at the an- 

 nual meeting in Paris, January 17. Dividend 

 checks averaged $32.83 per Farm Bureau 

 member patron. Hassil Schenck, president 

 of Indiana Farm Bureau addressed some nine 

 hundred people in attendance. 



MARCH. 1939 



