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One hundred ninety-eight Henry County 

 4-H Club members toured the Peoria stock- 

 yards and other points of interest as guests 

 of the Peoria Producers April 6. Com- 

 petition in judging market grades, weights 

 and prices produced a strenuous contest 

 among the boys. Manager Booth of the 

 Union Stock Yards explained the operation 

 of a modern livestock market. Armour's 

 new packing plant was an eye-opener to the 

 youngsters and decidedly so was the Cater- 

 pillar tractor factory where the afternoon 

 was spent. Messrs. Herrmann of the Pro- 

 ducers, Hall of the lAA and Farm Adviser 

 Danforth of Henry County summed up the 

 salient points. Asst. Farm Adviser Ralph 

 Taylor helped organize the tour. 



Thirty-five livestock truckers and thirty- 

 five county and township committeemen dis- 

 cussed mutual problems at a banquet in the 

 Oregon Municipal Hall under the auspices 

 of the Ogle County Livestock Marketing 

 Committee, March 31. Messrs. Howe and 

 King of Chicago Producers and Hall of lAA, 

 together with members of the Farm Bureau 

 staff, took part in the program. County 

 Comittee Chairman John Dummer presided. 



New York City: February average weighted 



price for 3.5% milk f.o.b. 201-210 mile 



zone, $1.76 per cwt. 

 Philadelphia: February average weighted 



price 3.5% milk f.o.b. city $2.22. 

 Baltimore: February average weighted price 



3.5% milk f.o.b. city $2.16. 

 Minneapolis: February average weighted 



price 3.5% milk f.o.b. city $1.42. 

 Boston: February average weighted price 



3.5% milk fob. 191-200 mile zone $1.99 



per cwt. 

 Pittsburgh : February average weighted price 



3.5% milk f.o.b. city $1,655. 

 Evansville, Ind. : February average weighted 



price 3.5% milk f.o.b. city $1.42. 

 Toledo, Ohio: February average weighted 



price 3-5% milk f.o.b. city $1.76. 

 Oklahoma City, Okla.: March average 



weighted price 3.5% milk f.o.b. city $1.80 



per cwt. 

 Fort Wayne, Indiana: February average 



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



$1.60 per cwt. 

 Indianapolis: February average weighted 



price 3.5% milk f.o.b. city $1.70 per cwt. 



Harry Fenton and Swen Jacobsen were 

 elected directors of the Mid- West Dairymen's 

 Company of Rockford, for three year terms, 

 at the annual meeting on March 28. Harold 

 Crandall and A. E. Nelson were reelected. 

 The two retiring directors were George 



Pepper and Alvin Hansen. More than 800 

 attended the meeting. Average price per 

 hundredweight in 1938 was $1.56 compared 

 with $1.89 in 1937. The Rockford associa- 

 ton collects all money for milk sold to 

 dealers and pays members with association 

 checks. 



Effective April 1st, all milk and cream 



used for fluid consumption in the Peoria 

 market was required by the City Health 

 Commissioner to come from farms meeting 

 the U. S. Public Health Service Standard 

 Ordinance. Ryland Capron, president of the 

 Peoria Milk Producers', says that the asso- 

 ciation had sufficient milk to meet require- 

 ments of their dealer customers although 

 some non-cooperative buyers had to ship 

 in milk from other markets. 



The State Milk Control Bill, known in 



the House as H. B. 483, and in the Senate 

 as S. B. 248, 249, 250, prepared by the 

 Illinois Milk Producers Association, is being 

 bitterly opposed by the Illinois Milk Dealers' 

 organization. This proposed legislation has 

 the backing of the Illinois producer cooper- 

 atives and independent producers groups, 

 as well as the support of the Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Association, the Illinois State Grange 

 and the Illinois Natural Milk Producers' As- 

 sociation. Prairie Farmer has also recom- 

 mended its passage in their legislative re- 

 view. Hearings upon this bill are being 

 held this month at Springfield. 



Ralph Lundquist, manager of the Stephen- 

 son County Pure Milk Association of Free- 

 port, was recently operated upon at the 

 St. Francis Hospital. Mr. Lundquist is re- 

 ported to be recovering satisfactorily. 



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During the last six months, Pro- 

 ducers' Creamery of Olney has dried 

 all its buttermilk and skimmilk. Even 

 with increased production of dried milk 

 solids the creamery has been unable to 

 supply the demand. 



Farm Bureau representatives from the 

 Olney creamery district held the second 

 of their quarterly meetings at the cream- 

 ery on April 7, at which time Manager 

 Adams gave a complete report on the 

 business since the first of the year. 

 Frank Gougler of the lAA gave a gen- 



eral report on operations of the nine 

 member creameries. Reports on the 

 progress the counties are making since 

 the new cream procurement program 

 has been in effect were made. The next 

 meeting will be held in August. 



The past six months of normally low 



production has brought an increased num- 

 ber of patrons to the Producers Creamery 

 of Moline. Fewer of the veteran patrons 

 went out of production this year and more 

 new patrons were added. The net result 

 was more than 25 percent increase in the 

 number of patrons as compared to a year 

 ago and approximately a 60% increase in 

 the volume of butterfat handled. This is 

 the second largest increase in volume of 

 any number IPC plant for the same period. 



Fruits and 

 Vegetables 



Five directors were elected at the annual 



meeting of the Illinois Fruit Growers Ex- 

 change, April 16, at Carbondale as follows: 

 A. O. Eckert, John A. Gage, R. B. Endicott, 

 Talmage DeFrees and Nelson Cummins. The 

 business of the meeting consisted mainly of 

 an address by President DeFrees, reports from 

 Manager Harry W. Day and Field Secretary 

 Logan N. Colp, together wth address by 

 George E. Metzger of the Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association. 



Damage to peach buds ranging from 10 to 



75%, depending on location and elevation, 

 with probably a sufficient amount of buds 

 left for a fair crop provided no further 

 damage occurs, was reported by growerk at- 

 tending the annual IFGE meeting. Some 

 growers report considerable damage to pear 

 buds, others report sufficient quantity left 

 for a crop. 



There probably has been no damage to 



strawberries except in the Villa Ridge area. 

 R. B. Endicott reports about 25% of buds 

 killed in that area. There was some damage 

 to early varieties of apples, particularly 

 Transparents, Duchess and South Carolina 

 Summers. The exact amount of this damage 

 is yet undetermined. Thruout Southern and 

 Western Illinois there has also been some 

 damage to early fall varieties such as Jon- 

 athans, Red and Golden Delicious apples. 

 Adviser John Allison reports that in Cal- 

 houn County there is an approximate dam- 

 age of 30 to 40% to apple buds with most 

 damage to Willow Twigs. 



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