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New York City — Average weighted price 



3.5% milk 201-210 mile zone for April 



$1.05 per cwt. 

 Boston — Average weighted price 3-5% 



milk f.o.b. city $1.60 per cwt. 

 Indianapolis — Average weighted price 



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

 Pittsburgh — Average weighted price 3.5% 



milk fob. city April $1.42 per cwt. 

 Philadelphia — Average weighted price 



3.5% f.o.b. city Aprl $2.05 per cwt. 

 Baltimore — Average weighted price 3-5% 



milk f.o.b. city April $2.17 per cwt. 

 Milwaukee - — Average weighted price 3.5% 



milk f.o.b. city May $1.56 per cwt. 

 Minneapolis-St. Paul — Average weighted 



price 3.5% milk f.o.b. city May $1.38 per 



cwt. 

 Madison — Average weighted price 3.5% 



milk f.o.b. city April $1.70 per cwt. 



Retail milk prices were reduced June 12th 



by St. Louis dealers from 13 to 10 cents per 

 quart. Gallon jugs of milk delivered are 

 now 32 cents, Vi gallon jugs 18c. Cream 

 prices were not reduced, reports Art Lynch, 

 manager of Sanitary Milk Producers. No re- 

 duction in the Class 1 price to farmers has 

 been made from the $2.20 per cwt. set by 

 the A.A.A. milk marketing order. 



A U. S. Department of Agriculture hear- 

 ing upon an A.A.A. milk marketing agree- 

 ment for the Chicago market is to be held 

 June 26-2"' and 28 in the Stevens Hotel, 

 Chicago. The request for this agreement in 

 which minimum prices to producers are to 

 be set was requested by Pure Milk Associa- 

 tion and the Chicago Milk Producers 

 Council. 



A beauty contest featuring dairy cows was 



held in Chicago recently to launch Dairy 

 Month. It was sponsored by the Agricul- 

 tural Club. Holstein, Jersey, Guernsey, 

 Brown Swiss, Ayshire and Milking Short- 

 horn cows were on display in the Stevens 

 Hotel lobby and visitors voted for the 

 cow they thought the most beautiful. The 

 Brown Swiss "lady" won. 



House Bill 483 (State Milk Control) was 

 defeated in the House of Representatives 

 June 15th by a vote of 57 for and 59 against 

 a motion to suspend the rules to permit a 

 direct vote upon passage of this Bill. Repre- 

 sentatives Hunter of Rockford and Bolger of 

 McHenry led the forces favoring the bill 

 and Representatives Crowley of Peoria and 

 Granata of Chicago led the opposition. 



meeting June 14th, that the Dairy had com- 

 pleted its largest and most successful year 

 of business. Chas. Alexander, manager of 

 the Dairy, Claude H. Jewsbury, manager 

 of the Morgan-Scott Service Co., and Wil- 

 fred Shaw of the I.A.A. addressed the meet- 

 ing. This Dairy, in business less than four 

 years, owns its own buildings and property 

 and has one of the best equipped cooperative 

 plants in the State. 



Milk production in the U. S. on June 1 



was estimated !o be 2% higher than a year 

 ago. Dairy cow numbers also were 2% 

 greater. Nationally the peak of milk produc- 

 tion was expected shortly after June 1st 

 while in Illinois according to the Illinois 

 Producers' Association milk production 

 reached its peak about May 25th and is now 

 declining. , 



Chicago milk prices were reduced June 



1st from 53 cents to 35 cents over conden- 

 sery price for base milk. Excess milk price 

 was increased 10 cents per cwt. on the 

 same date. Reason for this reduction was 

 reported by A. H. Lauterbach of Pure Milk 

 Association as due to cut price milk dealers 

 seeking Chicago outlets that forced com- 

 petitive prices lower. 



The American Institute of Cooperation is 



to be held the week of August 7 on the 

 University of Chicago campus. Milk mar- 

 keting cooperative leaders from throughout 

 the United States will attend the sessions 

 on milk marketing. 



Fruits and 

 Vegetables 



Increased strawberry acreage and more 

 members resulted in a greater volume of 

 strawberries marketed for the Edgar County 

 Growers Association by the Illinois Fruit 

 Growers Exchange this season. Extreme 

 drought during the early part of the grow- 

 ing season together with the frost injury 

 resulted in rather poor quality berries. How- 

 ever volume was good and approximately 

 16,000 cases were marketed. Due to rather 

 poor quality and large tonnage from all 

 parts of the midwest at the same time, 

 prices generally were low ranging mostly 

 from $1.50 to $2.00 per case fob. Paris. 



President Aufdenkamp of the Jacksonville 

 Producers Dairy reported at the annual 



A few scattered LCL shipments of Trans- 

 parent apples were made from Southern 

 Illinois starting about June 12th. How- 

 ever the carlot and commercial movement 

 started from Anna and Cobden (Union 

 county) about June 20th. Most orchards 



have a medium to good sized crop. A 

 few growers shipped some of their first 

 pickings in one-half bushel baskets and 

 realized good prices. 



Strawberries were marketed in the Anna 

 district during the latter half of May and 

 first few days of June. The quality was 

 unusually good and prices, altho low from a 

 heavy supply, were better than in most 

 other districts. The Illinois Fruit Growers 

 Exchange marketed about 10,000 cases of 

 berries for growers and members in that 

 section. 



On June 6, Frank Clark of Sesser, Frank- 

 lin county, fruit grower and member of the 

 Illinois Fruit Growers Exchange, was struck 

 by lightning and instantly killed while 

 working in his peach orchard. He was as- 

 sociated with his father, Walter Clark, in 

 fruit growing. 



More recent examination indicates that die 



Kieffer pear crop in Illinois will be almost 

 a failure this season. More damage was 

 done to the pear crop by frosts and rains 

 during bloom period than was at first anti- 

 cipated. 



Karl Merkel, sales manager for the IlKnois 



Fruit Growers Exchange during the ship- 

 ping season for a number of years, is again 

 on the job in the Carbondale office. Con- 

 siderable field work is being done for mem- 

 bers by the Exchange staff. 



Growers near Creal Springs, Williamson 

 County have planted a large acreage of 

 cucumbers and sweet corn. E. G. Laney has 

 planted 60,000 hills of cucumbers for har- 

 vest this year. 



loo much rainfall throughout Southern 



Illinois during the past few weeks has caused 

 concern to growers of varieties of apples 

 that are susceptible to blotch. According 

 to Harry Allen of the Fruit Exchange Sup- 

 ply Company, most growers are using copper 

 sprays to prevent spreading of this disease. 

 Other growers report cedar rust on apples 

 resulting from weather conditions favorable 

 to its spread. 



Due to the Wage and Hour Act, the cost 



of packages and baskets which Illinois fruit 

 growers will use in pa<:king their peaches 

 and apples is considerably higher than last 

 year. Thus far the difference is about 21c 

 per dozen on bushel baskets. Undoubtedly 

 the Wage and Hour Act will provide for 

 raising the price of fruit in order to take 

 care of this additional cost. The cost of 

 other items such as paper to be used in 

 packing, remains about the same as that of 

 last year. 



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