MORE MONEY FOR 



GRAIN 



The Hamel Cooperative Grain Company, 



Madison County has put in a new concrete 

 foundation on one side which will widen 

 the elevator driveway. A new lift is also 

 being installed. Walter Leichsenring is 

 the manager. 



J. A. Busby, manager of the Montgomery 

 County Cooperative Grain and Supply Com- 

 pany performs an "all inclusive service." 

 He handles grain through the cooperative 

 elevator as well as sidelines and in addi- 

 tion assembles cream and operates a grocery 

 store which helps meet the needs of the 

 farmer and his, family. 



W. A. Elam, manager of Greenville Equity 

 Union Exchange in Bond county would 

 lighten the burden of the manager during 

 wheat harvest and threshing by having the 

 market just a little higher every day in- 

 stead of a little lower. Not a bad wish. 



White Hall Cooperative Elevator Com- 

 pany is installing a new hammer mill. In 

 19.?8 other extensive improvements were 

 made on the elevator. The company has 

 made excellent progress under the manage- 

 ment of R. L. Davis. 



A new floor and interior decorations adorn 

 the offices of the East Lincoln Farmers 

 Grain Company. S. L. Nutty has been man- 

 ager there for twenty years. "I used to 

 identify the man by his team," Mr. Nutty 

 said commenting on the change from wag- 

 ons to trucks. "Formerly when neighbors 

 changed work and hauled with wagons, as 

 many as 25 or 30 teams were required. 

 Today the grain is moved from farm to local 

 elevator by truck." 



A series of five community meetings on 

 cooperative grain marketing were recently 

 sponsored by the Monroe County Farm 

 Bureau. If cooperative marketing is to pro- 

 ceed on a sound basis every person must 

 be given an opportunity for complete and 

 thorough understanding of the things his 

 cooperative is trying to do. 



Some farmers have been enabled to "take 

 a profit" on their stored wheat over and 

 above the loan price. How fine it would 

 be if we could record a similar experience 

 on corn. ■ . 



Culver Farmers Cooperative Company is 



enlarging its elevator. A fast moving leg 

 has been installed. These repairs have been 

 made in time for handing the '39 wheat 

 crop. 



George Gerdis is the new manager of the 

 Farmers Grain Company of Charlotte in 

 Livingston County. Mr. Gerdis has been 

 an employee of the Charlotte Elevator for 

 more than 20 years. He succeeds Thos 

 Feeley who passed away several month ago. 



Eddie Spear, branch manager of Illinois 

 Grain Corporation at Mendota, since the 

 company began operations, severed connec- 

 tions with the company June 15. J. E. 

 Pacatte, formerly in charge of the Jackson- 

 ville office is taking charge of the Mendota 

 office. W. L. (Joe) Breeding, with many 

 years' experience in the grain business, began 

 work in the Jacksonville office on June 15. 



Edward J. Kazmarek of many years ex- 

 perience in the cooperative grain business 

 and who has been assistant manager of 

 Illinois Grain Corporation during the past 

 year, will assist Manager Frank Haines in 

 handling grain on the Chicago Board of 

 Trade. — • 



The Hillsdale Cooperative Elevator Com- 

 pany in Rock Island County, under the 

 management of Fred J. Reuter, serves the 

 community as an "all around" cooperative. 

 Lumber, feeds and many other needs of 

 the farm are handled, as well as grain. 



The Sterling-Rock Falls Cooperative Mar- 

 keting Association was organized about nine 

 years ago. At that time a new concrete 

 house was built. The company has made 

 very satisfactory progress and today is in 

 excellent financial condition. W. E. Kitz- 

 millers is the manager. 



L. E. Schwartz has been employed as 

 manager of the Carlock Farmers Elevator 

 Company, succeeding the late Wm. Ernst. 



UVESTOCK 



The Boone County Livestock Marketing 



Committee has arranged for a market tour 

 with the Chicago Producers, Thursday, July 

 13. Similar tours to the Peoria market are 

 being planned by the Knox and Mercer 

 County Committees, dates for which are to 

 be announced later. 



Forty JoDaviess County feeders, led by 



Adviser Kearnaghan and County Chairman 

 Stelle, on June 1 visited four outstanding 

 stock farms in the eastern part of the county, 

 O. E. Graves and Charles McPhillips & 

 Sons near Stockton, Franklin Boone near 

 Warren, and George Williams, at Nora. 

 Feedlot and after-dinner discussions were 

 led by E. T. Robbins of the University, 

 Walter Howe of Chicago Producers and 

 Louis Hall of the Illinois Livestock Mar- 

 keting Association. 



Lake County truckers were guests of the 

 County Livestock Marketing Committee at 

 a fried chicken supper at Libertyville, April 

 28. Nine of the ten stock truckmen in the 

 county were present to get acquainted and 

 exchange ideas with the committeemen and 

 other guests, including Farm Bureau of- 

 ficers and directors. Bill King and John 

 Harris of Chicago Producers and Louis Hall 

 of Illinois Livestock Marketing Association. 



Freeport Livestock Shipping Association 

 shipped 135 carloads in 1938 compared with 

 85 cars in 1937. Eighty cars were shipped 

 during the first five months of 1939. Clar- 

 ence Meek is the Manager. The organiza- 

 tion ships to the Producers, recognizes that 

 organized selling at the central market is 

 as essential as local cooperation in collect- 

 ing and forwardng the members* livestock. 



WeiKKia Shipping Association, which 



loads at Leeds, LaSalle County, reported 

 51 carloads consigned in 1938, an increase 

 of 10 cars over 1937. The association con- 

 signs largely to Chicago Producers. Spencer 

 Snyder of Wenona is manager. 



Elmer Hintz was recently made manager 

 of the Geneseo Shipping AssociatioiL Con- 

 signments for May totaled over $20,000 in 

 value. Shipments in 1938 totaled 200 car- 

 loads. 



Curtis Afdahl, manager of the Danville 



Cooperative Stockyards, returned to his 

 duties recently after a long illness. 



Summary repons of Spring cattle survey 

 meetings held during April and May in 

 cooperation with Chicago Producers, shows 

 a total of 35 county meetings with a gross 

 attendance of approximately 3700 in the 

 northern division of Illinois, besides a num- 

 ber of successful meetings in the southern 

 division, 60 in Iowa and several in Indiana 

 and other states. 



Sixty-eight fall feeders outlook meetings 



have been scheduled for August and Septem- 

 ber in cooperation with 75 county Livestock 

 Marketing Committees. Producers Commis- 

 sion Associations and members of the Agri- 

 cultural Economics Department and Exten- 

 sion Service at the University, participated 

 in planning the series. 



Hancock County Livestock Marketing 

 Committemen are cooperating with the Chi- 

 cago Producers in a systematic series of 

 farm calls on feeders in all sections of the 

 county. ■ . • _ ■;* • j. 



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