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set of fruit has gradually dropped off leav- 

 ing a very light crop of this variety. A 

 satisfactory crop of Jonathans and Stayman's 

 Winesaps is indicated. 



A. O. Ecken of Belleville, St. Clair county, 



reports that their prospect for peaches seems 

 to be quite good. A satisfactory outlook 

 on certain varieties of apples is also indi- 

 cated. 



Dr. M. J. Dorsey, of the University of 



Illinois, calls attention to the results ob- 

 tained in thinning blossom clusters. One 

 limb of Transparent apples which Dr. Dor- 

 sey brought into the exchange office at 

 Carbondale showed exceptionally good re- 

 sults. In several instances this breaking 

 off of the blossom cluster apparently stim- 

 ulated growth of another bud on the spur 

 and caused a luxuriant growth of foliage 

 with indications that fruit buds might be 

 expected on this twig for next years crop. 



H. P. Sauer of the Murphysboro Fruit 



Growers Association reports that he has a 

 good prospect for apples. Winesaps, Trans- 

 parents, and Golden Delicious all promise 

 good yields. He is attempting a program 

 of fertilization with his Transparents in 

 an effort »o bring about increased size. 



Wm. E. Williams of Alma reports pros- 

 pects for a 20 per cent to 25 per cent crop 

 of pears in that vicinity. 



The Pautler Orchards at Waterloo, Mon- 

 roe county, have a satisfactory prospect for 

 peaches, according to Mr. Payne, one of 

 the partners. Apple production will be 

 a good deal lighter, he says, due to poor 

 pollination. 



Harry C. Allen of the Fruit Exchange 



Supply Company reports a heavy demand for 

 fertilizers during the first two weeks in May. 



Market conditions, livestock classes and 



grades, market practices and services of 

 the Producers were studied by a group of 

 76 stockmen and truckmen from Effingham 

 County at the St. Louis Market April 20, 

 reports S. T. Simpson of ILMA. 



The delegation was headed by E. R. 

 Richards, chairman of the county livestock 

 committee, and assigned by Clint Cutright, 

 Farm Adviser, and seven truckmen. Mrs. 

 Cutright made the statement that in trying 

 to do the job alone he had failed on two 

 occasions to secure satisfactory groups. Pre- 

 ceding this tour livestock committeemen and 

 truckmen were called together and each 

 made responsible for furnishing transporta- 

 tion to the livestock growers from his ter- 

 ritory. Out of the 76 present only seven 

 had been on previous tours. Seven truck- 

 men. Otto Hanfland, Sigel; Wilbert Woolf, 

 Mason ; Ray Matlock, Edgewood ; A. W. 

 Richards, Dieterick, Edgar Woolf, Altamont 

 and Winner Bros., Altamont; were active 

 in developing the tour. 



Earl Haffey is the nc* manager of the 



Shelby County Livestock Marketing Asso- 

 ciation at Shelbyville. Earl is taking the 

 place of Guy Storm, a true believer in co- 

 operative marketing, who for serveral years 

 was manager of the organization. 



IF FARMERS ORGANIZED 

 "C 998 would sell at $2 per dozen, 

 E* milk at 60 cents a quart, steak 

 at S3 per pound if all dosses of labor 

 were paid as much as building 

 tradesmen receive! I estimate that 

 the cost of food would be lour times 

 higher than current prices provided 

 every one taking part in its pro- 

 duction were paid the high wages 

 received by painters, carpenters, 

 bricklayers, etc. I earnestly hope 

 that farmers will never organize and 

 ruthlessly boost their prices. But 

 giving union workers a little of 

 their own medicine might bring 

 labor to its sensesi" — Roger Babson 



Company is remodeling its elevator facilities 

 by enlarging the house and installing a 

 3,000 bushel per hour leg and a new ten 

 bushel automatic scale. Harry Scott, able 

 manager, recently remarked, "This day of 

 combined beans and sealed corn calls for 

 fast-moving equipment". 



time. The NBC will broadcast from the 

 4-H club camp at Washington on June 21. 



Sales of separators took a sudden jump 



at Champaign in April due to the increased 

 interest of dairymen in producing cream 

 rather than milk at low prices. Many 

 producers are coming to the conclusion that 

 they are giving away the skim milk or even 

 paying to have it hauled away. Skim milk 

 is the most valuable food for pigs and 

 chickens that a farmer has. 



The DeWitt County Cooperative Grain 



Leaders in cream, livestock and grain 

 marketing in Champaign County recently 

 spent an evening together and found they 

 had many problems in common. The meet- 

 ing was called by Champaign County Farm 

 Bureau. Geo. E. Metzger of the lAA ad- 

 dressed the group. 



"Nothing like having your own toes, even 

 though you do get them stepped on occa- 

 sionally", said C. B. Kommeyer, manager 

 of the Brimfield Elevator Company, Peoria 

 County, when telling of an accident he had 

 in the elevator several months ago. He 

 argued the doctor into saving his toes and 

 they were saved. 



Mr. Kornmeyer believes a community can 

 do a great deal toward building a coopera- 

 tive when elevator shareholders. Farm 

 Bureau members and all work together. 



The national wheat acreage allotment 



for 1940 will be 62 million acres which is 

 7,000,000 larger than the 55 million of 

 1939. The total wheat supply estimated for 

 July 1, 1939 is 974 million bu. which com- 

 pares wih 1,085 million bu. July 1, 1938. 



The American Farm Bureau Federation 

 will be on the air over the NBC chain on 

 June 10 at 10:30 A. M. central standard 



ILLINOIS MILK PRODUCERS' ASSOCIATION 



Wilfred Shaw, Secretary I 



MARCH 1939, MILE PRICES ' 



3.5% Paid By Member Associations to Producers 

 Market 



it c 

 ■■A'— 



Bloomington 



Canton 



Champaign (1) 



Chicago (2) 



Danville (3) 



Decatur (3) 



DeKalb 



Freeport 



Galesburg (4) 



Harrisburg 



Jacksonville 



LaSalle-Peru (•) 



Moline (5) 



Peoria-D (6) 



Peoria-M 



Pontiac (6) 



Quincy (6) 



Rockford 



Springfield-D 



Springfield-M (•) 



St. Louis (7) 



Streator (8) 



(1) 



(3) 

 (4) 



(6) 



(7) 



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Class pcrcentagts: Class I 44.9%. Class II 13.8%. Class III 25.7%. Class IV 15.6%. Class 



prices not reported. Base price to members $1.66. Excess price $1.16. 



Prices quoted are f.o.b. Chicago. Producer prices f.o.b. country plants are approximately 27c 



Per cwt. lower, 

 lat price for all milk. 

 Price quoted is subject to an additional 10c per cwt. for milk gradin/E "A". 

 Class prices and percentages: Class 1 41% @ $2.10, Class 11 14% @ $1.20, Class III 26% 

 @ $1.10, Class IV 19% @ $1.04. Base price paid producers $1.81. Excess price to producers 

 95c. 



Class prices not reported. 



Prices quoted are f.o.b. St. Louis for inspected milk. Prices f.o.b. country plants are approxi- 

 mately 20c per cwt. lower. 

 Class percentages not reported. ... - 



Minimum Condensery Code $1,104 ] •■ , 



Average Fluid E. N. C. States 1.87 



Average Condensed E. N. C. States (Feb.) 1.18 



Average 92 Score Butter Chicago .2374 



Average 90 Score Butter Chicago .2365 



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