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MARKETING 



FAlilT PRODUCTS G^ 



manager of the Wenona Shipping Associa- 

 tion for many years and as one well versed 

 in all phases of marketing. Axel is ex- 

 ceptionally qualified to know whereof he 

 speaks. 



Prices of SSVc milk on other markets as 

 reported by the respective cooperatives: 

 Chicago — Average weighted price for April 



f.o.D. country plant $1,355 net per cwt. 

 Pittsburgh — Average weighted price for 



March f.o.b. City $1.50 per cwt. 

 New York City — Average weighted price 



for March f.o.b. 200 mile zone $1.30 per 



cwt. 

 Philadelphia — Average weighted price for 



March f.o.b. city $2.13 per cwt. 

 Madison, Wisconsin — Average weighted 



price for March f.o.b. city $1.''7 per cwt. 

 Omaha, Nebraska — Average weighted price 



April f.o.b. city $1.44 per cwt. 

 Milwaukee — Average weighted price April 



f.o.b. city $1.55 per cwt. 

 Minneapolis, St. Paul — Average weighted 



price April f.o.b. Twin Cities $1.34 per 



cwt. 

 Toledo, Ohio- — Average weighted price 



March f.o.b. city $1.75 per cwt. 

 Boston, Mass. — Averaee weighted price 



March f.o.b. 200 miles zone $1.80 per 



cwt. 



Eight hundred milk producers attended 



the hearing on the State Milk Control Bill 

 held May 11 at Springfield. Milk coopera- 

 tives at the following markets had delega- 

 tions at the hearing: Canton, Champaign, 

 Danville. Decatur, Galesburg, Jacksonville, 

 LaSalle-Peru, Bloomington (McLean), Rock- 

 ford (Mid-West), Peoria, Chicago, Moline, 

 Quincy, St. Louis, Freeport, Streator, Spring- 

 field, Union, Woodstock, Chicago Milk Pro- 

 ducers Council. 



Those speaking for the bill were Earl 

 Smith, president, and Paul Mathias, sec'y.. 

 I.A.A., Eugene Eckert, president. 111. State 

 Grange, A. H. Lauterbach,* manager. Pure 

 Milk Ass'n. Chicago, E. W. Tiedeman, presi- 

 dent. Sanitary Milk Producers, St. Louis, and 

 Wilfred Shaw, Secretary, Illinois Milk Pro- 

 ducers Association, Chicago. The bill is on 

 second reading in the House. 



"The Danville Producers Dairy closed the 



most successful year of its operations both 

 as to volume of sales and operations," 

 R. W. Brookwalter, president, reported at 

 the annual meeting May 1. Manager Frank 

 Bott said that the Dairy returned producers 

 74^ of the consumer's dollar last year. 



by President Capron as one of the principal 

 problems facing the Peoria Milk Producers 

 at a meeting of local unit officers and the 

 Farm Bureau Advisory Committee May 12. 

 Directors were instructed to develop sev- 

 eral plans for promoting an even production 

 and submit to local unit officers and mem- 

 bers at a future meeting. 



Seven hundred and fifty milk producers in 

 McHenry, Kane, Lake and Boone Counties 

 attended a milk meeting at Woodstock, May 

 9. Frank Green of Woodstock presided and 

 was addressed by Arthur Hartman Hamp- 

 shire, a member of Lieutenant-Governor 

 Stelle's Milk Investigating Committee, A. 

 H. Lauterbach, manager of Pure Milk, 

 Frank McCarthy of Elgin, and Wilfred 

 Shaw, Secretary of the Illinois Milk Pro- 

 ducers Association. Conditions in the Chi- 

 cago milk shed and State and Federal regu- 

 latory legislation were the topics discussed. 



The "filled milk bill" S. B. 239 was re- 

 ported out of the Senate Agricultural C<""" 

 mittee by a favorable vote of 10 to 4 May 

 17. This Bill is sponsored by the Illinois 

 Milk Producers Association and supported 

 by the I. A. A. It places a one-cent occupa- 

 tional tax upon the manufacture of filled 

 milk. Filled milk is condensed milk in 

 which the butterfat has been removed and 

 cocoanut oil substituted therefor. 



The Producers Creamery of Carlinville 



celebrated its first anniversary' May 12, by 

 completing its biggest month since operation 

 began. 



"During the year, we manufactured 365,- 

 000 pounds of butter and are looking for a 

 50% increase during the next year," Man- 

 ager Fletcher A. Gourley said. "We are 

 constantly adding new patrons and have pur- 

 chased three new trucks to pick up the in- 

 creasing volume of cream." 



The need for an even production program 



on the Peoria milk market was discussed 



One of the most important items of 

 cost in cream marketing is transportation; 

 and this item is paid by the producer either 

 directly or indirectly. 



In order to preserve the quality of the 

 product, member plants of the Illinois Pro- 

 ducers Creameries have developed the truck 

 route pick-up system which enables cream 

 producers throughout the state to market 

 their cream twice a week. 



Wherever a fleet of trucks is operated, 

 there arises the question of whether it is 

 more economical to have the trucks owned 

 by the driver or by the company. Many 

 persons question whether or not a driver 

 will take as good care of a company-owned 

 truck as he would if it were his own. 



In the case of Farmers Creamer)- Com- 

 pany (Bloomington) drivers this question is 

 answered in the following excerpt from 

 a truck dealer's letter. 



". . . For your information, . . . the 

 trucks that were traded in by your com- 

 pany are the most well-cared-for trucks 

 that I have seen in a long time, traded in 

 by any company or individual." 



Producers' Creamery of Olney sold ap- 

 proximately 20,000 pounds of dried milk 

 solids during May. There is still difficulty 

 in supplying the demand, says Manager 

 George Adams, but it is hoped that in- 

 creased milk production in the near future 

 will supply enough of the product to fill 

 all orders. 



Records show that the quality' campaign 

 being carried on by Producers' Creamer>' 

 of Olney is getting good results. During 

 April, 1038, 30 per cent of the entire vol- 

 ume of cream received graded less than 

 ninety score, while in April, 1939. only 

 8 per cent of the volume graded less than 90. 



Fruit crop prospects in Southern Illinois 



have not changed materially during the past 

 thirty days. In spite of some frost damage 

 early in April, most peach orchards should 

 produce at least a fair sized crop. A pros- 

 pective shortage of Elbertas in Georgia should 

 improve the price prospect for Illinois 

 growers. The pear crop was reduced by 

 early freezes to perhaps 25 per cent of 

 normal. Most varieties of apples had a 

 heavy bloom but with some frost damage 

 and with some fungus diseases, apple pros- 

 f)ects are not quite so good as they were 

 thirty days ago. 



Ruel Hindman of the Illinois Fruit Grow- 

 ers Exchange says the first cases of straw- 

 berries was received at Anna on May 12th 

 and by the time this issue reaches the 

 readers, the harvest will be in full swing 

 in the Anna district. Prospects are bright 

 for a good berry crop in Union and Pulaski 

 counties. 



E. S. Harriss with orchards at Pinckney- 



ville. Perry county reports that he has an 

 extremely light set of Winesap apples. 

 What at first appeared to be an adequate 



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