FRUIT AND VtCFTABlt 

 MARKETING 





Illinois farmers marketed ^9,117 single 

 deck cars of livestock cooperatively through 

 member agencies of the National Live Stock 

 Marketing Association during 1938. They 

 are shooting for over 30,000 in 1939. 



The annual meeting of Mid- West Dairy- 

 men's Company, Rocfcford, was held Tues- 

 day, March 28. Dr. R. W. Bartlett of the 

 College of Agriculture was the principal 

 speaker. 



MILK 



Milk prices on other markets, as reported 

 by the respective oroducers associations 

 were: 

 Minneapolis-St. Paul: The average weighted 



price for 3.5 % milk, f.o.b. Cities in 



February, was $1.42 per hundred weight. 

 Milwaukee: Average weighted price for 



3.5% milk, f.o.b. Milwaukee for February 



was $1.95. 

 Omaha: Average weighted price for 3.5% 



milk, f.o.b. Omaha for February was 



$1.46. 

 St. Joseoh, Mo. : The average weighted price 



for 3.5% milk, f.o.b. St. Joseph for Feb- 

 ruary was $1.95. 

 Sioux City: Average weighted price for 



3.5% milk, f.o.b. Sioux City for February 



was $1.51. 

 Fort Wayne: February average weighted 



price for 3.5% milk f.o.b. Fort Wayne was - 



$1.66. 

 Boston: The average weighted price for 



3.5% milk f.o.b. Boston in the 191 to 



200 mile zone for January was $1.94. 

 New York:. The average weighted price in 



January for 3.5% milk f.o.b. 201 to 210 



mile zone was $1.88. 

 Evansville: The average weighted price in 



January for 3.5% milk f.o.b. Evansville 



was $1.42. 

 Madison, Wis.: Average weighted price for 



3.5% milk f.o.b. Madison in January was 



$1.87. 



Edwin Gumm was recently reelected pres- 

 ident of the Galesburg Pure Milk Associa- 

 tion at the annual meeting March 9 in the 

 Knox County Farm Bureau office. Clifford 

 Johnson was elected treasurer, W. Hanson, 

 vice-president and Lester McKee secretary. 

 The report of Manager Dean W. Ole dis- 

 closed that -the association marketed 5,229.- 

 738 lbs. of milk in 1938, or 94,000 pounds 

 more than in 1937. The association re- 

 ceived $109,581, or 11% less money than 

 they received for a smaller quantity of milk 

 sold in 1937. 



Six cooperative milk marketing associa- 

 tions in Missouri held a meeting at Jeffer- 

 son City, March 7, where plans were dis- 

 cussed and action taken to organize a state 

 milk marketing Association. Wilfred Shaw, 

 secretary of the Illinois Milk Producers As- 

 sociation, attended the meeting and ex- 

 plained the Illinois organization and the 

 activities of that association. 



The proposed state milk control bill, pre- 

 pared by the Illinois Milk Producers Asso- 

 ciation and several independent producer 

 groups of northern Illinois, was introduced • 

 into the House of the Illinois Legislature 

 on Wednesday, March 15, by Rfp's. David 

 Hunter, Jr., Thomas A. Bolger, E)ennis J. 

 Collins, Ray A. Dillinger, Jesse J. Fidler, 

 John C. Friedland, Calvin D. Johnson, Dean 

 S. McGaughey, and Henry J. White. The 

 Illinois Milk Producers Association is plan- 

 ning to have the same bill introduced in the 

 Senate. This bill is supported by the Illi- 

 nois Agricultural Association and the Illi- 

 nois State Grange. ; '^ 



CREAM 



Since Farmers Creamery Company, 



Bloomington, installed a vacuum pan in 

 which to condense buttermilk for live- 

 stock feeding purposes, cream truck 

 drivers in that district have been com- 

 peting in a contest to sell the product 

 to farmers. 



The pan was installed a year ago last 

 October, and at first a rather large sur- 

 plus was accumulated. Since the con- 

 test started last spring, however, stocks 

 have diminished until no surplus is on 

 hand. 



t his system of processing buttermilk 

 makes it available to farmers over a 

 wider area than when it had to be 

 hauled in liquid form, from the 

 Creamery. 



The contest closes the last of April, 

 and winners are anticipating a trip 

 to some interesting point. 



Farm Bureau member cream producers 

 who patronize Producers creameries are 

 much sought after as customers by old line 

 creameries, according to Walter Pollack, 

 member of the Producers Creamery of Mt. 

 Sterling. Pollack recently told the Gales- 

 burg Producers creamery board that he had 

 been approached by an independent cream- 

 ery operating in that territory. The man 

 told me that their experience showed that 

 Farm Bureau members who have been pa- 

 tronizing the cooperatives usually produce 

 high quality cream, said Pollack, and that's 



why he was making a special effort to get 

 Farm Bureau rnembers and members of co- 

 operatives for customers. Pollack decided 

 to stay with his own organization despite 

 the attractive offer. 



Virgil Johnson, matiager of the Producers' 



Creamery of Galesburg has been selected as/ 

 one of the butter judges at a meeting of the 

 National Creamery Butter Makers Associa- 

 tion to be held in Mason City, Iowa, ApHi 

 10, 11, and 12. Butter will be submitted 

 by approximately 400 contestants located in 

 thirty or more cities, and will be entered in 

 the National Cold Storage Contest. 



Mr. Johnson, a native of Iowa, is an ex- 

 pert butter judge and a splendid creamery 

 operator. Last year his costs from farm to 

 market per pound of butter were the lowest 

 of any creamery in the State, and represented • 

 $11.67 per churning of a thousand pounds of ' 

 butter, less than the average of the State. 



More than 25,000 tubs have been pur- 

 chased by Illinois Producers' Creameries and 

 stored at member plants in preparation for 

 the flush season. These tubs, used only 

 once, are being purchased for about one- 

 third the cost of a new tub and will rep- 

 resent a saving of around $10,000 to the 

 creameries. 



Fruits and 

 Vegetables 



A new association recently, organized 



in Williamson county states that their 

 members intend to plant 300 acres of 

 sweet corn, and 85 acres of green beans, 

 tomatoes and cucumbers in the season 

 of 1939. This association will pack and 

 ship from the community shed located 

 on state route 166 east of Creal Springs. 



R. B. Endicott of Pulaski County, 



says "I find from experience that we 

 cannot grow red raspberries in Illinois- 

 unless we follow a good spray program 

 and keep it up. This is necessary for 

 the plants to live and produce good 

 crops of berries." 



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lo some peach orchards located in 



Massac County considerable damage 

 has resulted from low temperatures. 

 Mr. Adkins of the C S. Adkins and 



APRIL 1939 



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