MORE MONEY FOR 



By Harrison Fahrnkopj 

 There was an excellent attendance of 

 managers in the Mendota territory at a meet- 

 ing held in Mendota recently. A. E. Bur- 

 wash, president and Frank Haines, mana- 

 ger of Illinois Grain Corporation, also J. 

 E. Pacatte, new manager of I.G.C.'s Mendota 

 office were present. 



Marseilles Grain and Supply Company re- 



ports that the lake local rate uhich hat been 

 in operation some time, has enabled them to 

 ship far more grain by rail than jormerly. 



John Shumacher, manager of Verona 

 Farmers Elevator Company, serves his 

 patrons both as a buying and selling co- 

 operative. The company markets grain and 

 handles lumber and supplies. The lumber 

 business is going good as a result of many 

 new corn cribs being erected. 



Eugene C. Hoerner. manager of Ludlow 

 Elevator Company uai married to Ethel M. 

 Klyver on July 12. A church wedding uas 

 held in Blue Mound, lllinoii. uhere the 

 Reverend Chas. Monser. uncle of the bride is 

 pastor. While the young couple uere enjoy- 

 ing their honeymoon in the east. R. O. Reep, 

 from Paxton managed the elerator. 



Further evidence of speed with which 

 grain is harvested is shown in a report from 

 the Farmers Grain Company of D o r a n s. 

 During wheat harvest the elevator took 

 grain from 31 combines, handled 99 loads 

 through the elevator in one dav. Only 12 to 

 15 of these were brought in with team and 

 wagon, the others by truck. Manager 

 Homann keeps his office work right up to 

 the minute since he has his daughter helping 

 him,. 



Managers and directors of farmers eletators 

 uill find it worthwhile to attend the Ameri- 

 can Institute of Cooperation to he held at the 

 University of Chicago on August 7 to 11, 

 1939. 



"We took wheat from 25 combines and 

 two threshing machines last Monday," said 

 Manager Meyer of the Arenzville-Hegener 

 Farmers Grain Company in Cass Couny. 

 This record appears to equal the pressure 

 exerted on some of our companies in the 

 .soybean territory when that crop is har- 

 vested. Mr. Meyer has been with the com- 

 pany as manager for 26 years. He worked 

 for the company five years before his ap- 

 pointment as manager. 



Uncle Ab says that money is a good ser- 

 vant but a bad master. 



New recognition has been given to the 



work of 4-H clubs with the passage of a 

 law by Congress prohibiting the unauthor- 

 ized use of the 4-H club emblem. The em- 

 blem is in the shape of a green four-leaf 

 clover with a stem, and a white H, or a 

 gold H, in each leaf. 



LIVESTOCX 



By Sam Russell 

 Twenty-eight of the 37 Illinois counties 



marketing 30 or more cars of livestock 

 through the St. Louis Producers the first 

 six months of 1939, showed gains of from 

 one to 29 cars over the same period last 

 year. Eight of the counties showed losses 

 and one tied its last years record. 



The five counties ranking highest in gain 

 in percentage (38.6 to 29 per cent) were: 

 Jefferson, Jersey, Clay, Massac, and Alex- 

 ander. 



The Eranstille Producers showed approxi- 

 mately 100% gain in volume out of Illinois 

 in 19iS over 1937. Despite the packer buy- 

 ing point operating in the center of their ter- 

 ritory Evans ville continues to gain in volume. 

 For the month of June, this association han- 

 dled i2% of the hogs. .57% of the cattle. 

 M% of the calvet and 73% of the sheep 

 going to that market from Illinois. 



"You made me a lot of money," said a 



Fulton County feeder to one of our field 

 service men. Asked "how come," he told 

 about his winter feeding program, in which 

 he followed one of the systems outlined 

 in the feeder outlook meeting at Lewistown. 

 "Those plain feeders bought at $7.35 last 

 November and sold at $9.65 in April sur- 

 prised some of the neighbors who laughed 

 at my cattle when I got 'em," he said. 



Four feedtoi lours in Fulton. Jo Daviess, 

 Peoria and Stark counties during June brought 

 out ISO people. Twenty feedlot tours have at- 

 tracted over 1200 attendance in northern Illi- 

 nois counties \ince March. 



Iroquois and Kankakee county committees 



sponsored successful market tours in June, 

 each of which was conducted in coopera- 

 tion with the Chicago Producers. 



Chicago's first Junior Market Lamb Show, 



June 21 and 22, was a distinct success. A 

 total of 184 lambs were shown by 54 boys 

 from 16 Illinois counties. Competition was 

 keen in ail classes and the lambs sold at 

 prices well above the market top. An in- 

 crease in numbers and gradual improvement 

 in quality of exhibits is predicted for suc- 

 ceeding shows. 



The third annual Peoria Market Lamb 

 Show, June 23, brought out the highest aver- 

 age quality of animals yet recorded. There 

 were }} exhibitors from li counties with 264 

 lambs. Price! realized at the auction sale were 

 encouraging to the exhibitors. 



Manager Wm. Edge of Scales Mound 

 Shipping Association, Jo Daviess County, 

 reported 339 carloads of livestock shipped 

 in 1938, compared with 336 loads for 1937. 



August Events 



Aug. 3 — Warren County Committeemen, 

 Township and Community leaders meet- 

 ing at Monmouth. 



Aug. 7-11 — American Institute of Co- 

 operation, University of Chicago. 



Aug. 12-19 — State Fair, Springfield. 



Aug. 18 — Conference on fall feeders' out- 

 look meetings, Springfield, 



Aug. 23 — McDiinough Co. feeders' out- 

 look meeting, Macomb. 

 DuPage Co. Stockmen's banquet, Wheaton 



Aug. 24 — Hancock Co. feeders outlook 

 meeting, Carthage McDonough Co. Feed- 

 lot Tour. 



Aug. 25 — Hancock Co. and Iroquois Co. 

 feedlot tours 



Grundy Co. feeders' outlook meeting 

 Morris. 



Aug. 29 — Warren Co. feeders" outlook 

 meeting, Monmouth 



Aug 30 — Stark Co. feeders' outlook meet- 

 ing, Toulon 



Aug. 31 — Marshall-Putnam Co. feeders' 

 outlook meeting, Henry, 



(Continued on page 16) 



MILK 



By Wilfred Shaw 

 Average Weighted Milk Prices per cwt. 

 on Other Markets For May 3.5% milk De- 

 livered Prices (with exceptions noted) as 

 reported by Milk Cooperatives. 

 New York City (201-210 mile zone) .. $ .98 



Pittsburgh 1.38 



Philadelphia 2.01 



Baltimore 1.99 



Boston (191-200 mile zone) 1.40 



Detroit 1.48 



Milwaukee 1.56 



Minneapolis 1.38 



Kansas City > 2.01 



Chicago (70 mile zone) 1.37 



St. Louis 1.64 



"On July 3 we sold 1900 gallons of ice 

 cream mix which was manufactured into ap- 

 proximately 3800 gallons of ice cream by 

 our ice cream mix customers. This we feel 

 was a lot of ice cream mix sales for one day 

 and I am pleased to report our sales of all 

 dairy products were excellent in June," says 

 L. W. Kosanke, manager Peoria Producers 

 Dairy. ' 



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