MARKETING NEWS 



(Continued 

 from pages 12-13) 



LIVESTOCK 



Public hearings on livestock pick-up ser- 

 vice operated by railroads, were held by 

 the Interstate Commerce Commisson at 

 Rock Island on June 6 and 7, G. W. 

 Baxter represented the lAA and lined up 

 witnesses to oppose efforts by an Iowa pack- 

 ing company to interfere with rail trucking 

 service. Several shipping associations lo- 

 cated in northwestern Illinois submitted 

 testimony regarding the benefits of the 

 truck-rail farm-to-market transportation plan 

 which was introduced by several railroad 

 lines about three years ago. 



Feedlot tours successfully competed with 

 corn planting in six northern division 

 counties during May. DuPage, Grundy, 

 Henry, McLean, Marshall-Putnam and Mer- 

 cer county feeders turned out for these 

 trips in their respective localities with a 

 total attendance record of 460. June tours 

 were held in Fulton, Jo Daviess, Kendall, 

 Peoria and Stark counties. 



The 86 member counties of Illinois Farm 



Bureau Serum Association have used 13,798,- 

 100 cc of serum and 1,180,025 cc of virus 

 for the first five months of 1959. This ex- 

 ceeds the five year average for the same peri- 

 od by more than five million cc. In addition, 

 }1,126 treatments for Equine Encephalomy- 

 elitis have been distributed to the member 

 counties. Farm Bureau members participate 

 in patronage refunds from this company. 



Cooperative wool marketing, as conducted 

 by the Illinois Livestock Marketing Asso- 

 ciation, is holding up prices paid farmers 

 for wool all over the state. Due to ac- 

 tivities of the wool pool and a strong 

 market, some farmers have received as high 

 as 28c per pound for their wool. While 

 the volume will not be as large as last 

 year, farmers who have pooled their wool 

 in 1939 stand a good chance of receiving 

 more than those who sold locally. 



CREAM 



IMew Manager 



V. R. Kiely of Omaha, Nebraska, became 

 manager of the Producers Creamery of 

 Champaign, June 19. He relieved Virgil 

 Johnson, manager of the Producers Cream- 

 ery of Galesburg, who helped directors 

 operate the Champaign plant following the 

 resignation of former manager C. C. Burns. 



Mr. Kiely was formerly manager of an 

 Omaha dairy serving 20,000 families with 

 milk, cream, butter and other dairy products. 

 During the five years he was there, he su- 

 pervised the manufacture of nearly a million 

 pounds of sweet cream butter annually. 



Born and raised in a dairy community 

 near Mason City, Iowa, Kiely studied at 

 Iowa State College at Ames where he re- 

 ceived a bachelor of science degree in 

 dairy industry and a master of science degree 

 in dairy economics. He is married and has 

 a son, 7. 



Heifers and bulls from dairy herd im- 

 provement association tested dams bring 

 more money than offsprings of untested 

 cows. 



The method of marketing livestock 



influences the general price level, ac- 

 cording to information recently devel- 

 oped by Prof. Henning in Ohio. He 

 compared hog, lamb and calf prices 

 at Dayton and Cincinnati, Ohio from 

 1930 through 1935. The study showed 

 that hog prices at Dayton ranged from 

 45 to 21 cents below the larger Cin- 

 cinnati market. Lamb prices ran from 

 141 to 62 cents below and calves sold 

 77 to 36 cents lower. The two markets 

 are but 55 miles apart. 



Sales of U. S. wheat and flour for 



export totaled approximately 112,500,- 

 000 bushels from July 1, 1938 to May 

 31, 1939. 



Milk producers at Dubuque, Iowa, 

 recently voted 160 to 21 for an 

 amended federal milk marketing agree- 

 ment which was put into force on June 

 16. , 



Trucks brought 46,319 single decks or 

 45.8 per cent of the livestock handled on the 

 Chicago market during the first nine months 

 of 1938. 



There are 2078, or 20 per cent of all farm- 

 ers' cooperatives in the U. S., more than 

 25 years old. 



Growing conditions have been unusually 



good for peaches and prospects are for an 

 excellent Illinois peach crop. The Elberta 

 peach crop is short in Georgia but house- 

 wives will be able to secure an ample sup- 

 ply from Illinois during August. Thus far 

 there has been little disease or insect in- 

 jury. Growers are making every effort to 

 produce a quality crop. 



ILLINOIS MILK PRODUCERS' ASSOCIATION 



Wilfred Shaw, Secretary 



APRIL 1939, MILK PRICES 



3.5% Paid by Member Associations to Producers 

 Market 



V S 



Bloomington 



Canton 



Champaign (1) 



Chicago (2) 



Danville (3) 



Decatur (J) 



DeKalb (*) 



Freeport 



Galesburg (4) 



Harrisburg 



Jacksonville (5) 



LaSalle-Peru (•) 



Moline (6) 



Peoria-D (7) 



Peoria-M (7) 



Pontiac 



Quincy (8) 



Rockford 



Springfield-D 



Springfield-M (*) 



St. Louis (9) 



Streator (10) 



(•) 



(U 



(2) 



(3) 

 (4) 

 (5) 

 (6) 



(7) 



(8) 

 (9) 



III 



Reports not received in time to include in report. 



Class prices and percentages : Class I 43.8% ® J1.84, Class 11 12.8% @ J1.47, Class 

 31.1% @ 11.05. Class IV 12.3% @ $.81. Base price paid $1.61. Excess price $1.11. 

 Chicago prices are quoted f.o.b. dealers plants in city. To obtain prices at country receiving 



flants deduct approximately 27c per cwt. from these prices, 

 lat price for all milk received. 

 Flat price for all milk plus an additional 10c per cwt. for milk grading under local standards. 

 Class prices not quoted. 



Class prices and percentages: Class I 40% @ $2.10, Class II 15% @ $1.12. Class III 26% 

 @ $1.03. Class IV 19% @ $.96. Base price paid $1.77. Excess price paid 88c. 

 Peoria milk prices reported Class 1 compliance milk $1.63, Class II condensery $1.30'$1.03. 

 Class III .92c per cwt. Paid producers for compliance milk $1.53 per cwt. Paid non com- 

 pliance milk $1.01 per cwt. Differential on compliance milk 3.5c per point and on non 

 compliance 3c per point. 



Class percentages by class prices on 3.5% basis averages $1.43 per cwt. 

 Prices reported are f.o.b. St. Louis. Country plant prices are 20c per cwt. lower. 

 (10) Class percentages not reported. 



Actual Condensery Code Price $1,051 



Minimum Condensery Code 1.10 



Average Fluid E.N.C. States 1.85 



Average 92 Score Butter Chicago .2195 



Average 90 Score Butter Chicago .2184 



Evaporated milk companies paid $1,037 per cwt. for 5-5 milk until Apr. 15 when the code price 

 to condenscrics was pegged at $1.10. Chicago butter price in April averaged $.2195 for 92 score. 



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