Marketing News 



service," President A. E. Burwash 



(ConliaueJ from 

 pages 12-13) 



H. O. Acom, Macon County Farm 

 Bureau member for 21 years, celebrated 

 his 91st birthday in June. 



Fruits and Vpgetables 



Owners and shareholders of the Rainbow 

 Orchard Company located near Carterville 

 recently received $37,000 from the govern- 

 ment for their 240 acre peach and apple 

 orchard. This orchard was 12 years of age 

 and had about 5,000 apple and 3,000 peach 

 trees. It is in the Crab Orchard Lake Pro- 

 ject being built by the Soil Conservation 

 Department of the U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture. 



Golden Delicious apples appear to he mak- 

 ing an excellent crop in southern and west- 

 ern Illinois. The fruit is clean and most 

 growers are thinning in order to secure size. 

 If this fruit is left on the tree long enough 

 to secure proper maturity, quality wilt be 

 ahoie average. 



Frank Jacobson, Sesser, Franklin County 



says that in the early frost periods last 

 spring temperatures averaged two to three 

 degrees lower in parts of the orchard 

 where air circulation was poor. Frank says 

 he spent about $700 for coal, hay, oil and 

 kerosene smudging for protection against 

 frost. He has a crop which he esimates 

 will yield about 9,000 bushels. 



Conditions for fruit tree growth have 

 been unusually good this season. Clyde 

 Adams, Bonnie, Jefferson County reports a 

 five foot twig growth on his young peach 

 orchard. This orchard has about 4,000 

 trees. There are a few peaches on young 

 trees this year. 



Due to the Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion and others interested, hills were passed 

 during this last session of the Legislature to 

 set up legal machinery within Illinois to 

 handle complaints concerning unfair trade 

 practices in the fruit and vegetable industry. 

 This is good legislation and will he the means 

 of laving considerable money for shippers, 

 dealers and receivers. It is our sincere hope 

 that the Governor will sign this Bill and that 

 it will become a law. 



LIVESTOCK 



Lamb shows for juniors at St. Louis and 



Springfield attracted considerable interest. 

 The majority of prizes at St. Louis went to 

 Missouri exhibitors and the majority of the 

 lambs were consigned to old line firms al- 

 though the principal winner was a Producer 

 consignor. A high percentage of Illinois 

 lambs were handled by the Producers at 

 both markets. 



Approximately 300 patrons of Farmers 



Creamery Co. in Dewitt county attended a 

 picnic arranged by cream salesman, Fred 

 Lawlor. Lawlor and his two daughters 

 furnished the music and arranged the pro- 

 gram. 



Fulton county farmers on a feedlot 

 tour, June 29, wondered why County 

 Livestock Marketing Chairman Lee 

 Harris didn't attend. But Lee was in 

 Chicago on. his honeymoon. He and 



Irma Robbins of East St. Louis were 

 married, June 28. They will complete 

 their honeymoon at the New York 

 World's Fair this month where they 

 will sing with the Illinois State Chorus. 



Bernice Smith, Greene county home 

 adviser, resigned July 1 to accept a posi- 

 tion as home demonstration agent in 

 Hawaii. She is succeeded by Lucile 

 Hieser of Minier. 



urain — Illinois Grain Corporation 

 flosed another year of service to coopera- 

 tive elevators, June 30. A six per cent 

 dividend was declared on capital stock. 

 "Although the cash grain situation 

 was bad, generally, Illinois Grain made 

 a creditable showing and is in a position 

 to give member elevators even greater 



CHICKENS — John A. Ritchuk. y. Bellwuod 

 was seized as one of a pair of chicken thieves near 

 Libertyville. Lake county July 21. Policemen found 

 2"^ chickens in his car, estimated that Ritchuk 

 and his partner had stolen approximately ^.000 

 chickens. Ritchuk told otiicials he and his partner 

 cruised about the county diagramming farms, 

 placed the chickens in a special concealed coop in 

 the car. 



MULES — Two midget mules measuring V inches 

 hijih were recently bouKht by Ralph Henson. live 

 stock buyer of Farmer City from a livestock grower 

 in Edgar county. Dam of the mules is a Shetland 



pony. 



ILLINOIS MILK PRODUCERS' ASSOCIATION 



Wilfred Shaw, SecretarY 



MAY 1939. MILK PRICES 



3.5% Milk Paid by Member Associations to Producers 

 Market 



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Bloomington (1) 43.64 1.38 1.10 1.00 120 10c 



Canton 46.00 1.85 1.08 1.47 10c 



Champaign (2) 1.36 lie 



Chicago (3) 83.40 1.8" 1.24 1.765 9-1 Ic 



Danville (4) 1.40 8-lOc 



Decatur (5) 150 12c 



DeKalb 45.88 2.00 1.19 .97 1.48 lie 



Freeport 46.00 1.80 1.00 1.27 He 



Galesburg (6) 150 12c 



Harrisburg 40.00 1.90 1.16 .81 1.31 12c 



Jacksonville 82.90 123 lie 



LaSalle-Peru 43.00 1.94 1.05 1.57 12c 



Moline (7) . 1 356 lie 



Peoria-D (8) 38.39 1.6" 1.07 ll-12c 



Peoria-M (9) 55.00 1.67 1.07 1.40 ll-12c 



Pontiac (10) 66.00 1.75 1.56 10c 



Quincy (10) 36.00 1.81 1.58 1.51 10c 



Rockford 3-'.00 1.65 1.09 1.25 10c 



Springfield-D 68.00 1.65 1.14 1.49 12c 



Springfield-M (*) 



St. Louis (*) 



Streator (11) 2^0 TOl I'c 



(•i Reports not received in time to include in report. 



(1) Correction on April report: Bloomington average weighted price should have been $1.26 per 

 cwt. instead of 11.29 as reported. 



(2) Class prices and percentages of milk in each class: Class I *0% @ $1.84, Class II 12% (it 

 $1.47, Class III 37% ^r $1.07, Class IV 11% (il $89. Base price paid $1.61. Excess price 

 paid ill. 06 per cwt. *- 



(}) Chicago prices are quoted f.o.b. dealers plants in Chicago. To obtain prices f.o.b. country 

 plants deduct approximately 27c per cwt. from the prices quoted. 



(4) rlat price for all milk received. 



(5) The Decatur retail price was reduced from 12c per quart to lie per quart June 1st. The June 

 price to producers has not been agreed upon as yet. 



(6) Flat price for all milk. However for milk grading "A" a 10c per cwt. premium was paid 

 over the price quoted. 



C) Quad-City class prices and class percentages for the month were: Class I 34% *?? $2.10, Class 

 11 12% r« $1.16. Class III 39% *i: $1.0^, Class IV 15% #1 $1.00. Base price paid $1.-9. 

 Excess price $.91. 

 (8t All milk purchased which was in compliance with the V. S. Ordinance on the Peoria market 

 Was paid for at $1.67 per cwt. with a 3.5c B.F. Differential. All non-compliance milk was 

 paid for at $1.07 per cwt. with a 3c B.F. Differential. Only Class I milk or compliance milk 

 can be used in Peoria for milk or cream. The non-compliance milk Class II was manufactured 

 and condensed. 

 (<>) Peoria Milk reports the following: 55% of milk sold to dealers was milk complying with 

 the Peoria U. S. Standard ordinance and brought $1.6'' per cwt. with 3.5c B.F. Differential 

 above or below 3.5% milk. 45% of milk sold was non. compliance milk of which 10% 

 brought $1.25 per cwt.. 60% brought $1.0" per cwt. and 30% brought $.97 per cwt. 

 (10) Not all class prices were reported. 

 I in Class percentages not reported. 



Actual Condensary Code Price $1.0'' ^ 



Minimum Condensery Code Price 1.10 i 



Average Fluid E.N.C. States 1.85 



Average 92 Score Butter Chicago .2276 I 



Average 90 Score Butter Chicago .2230 f 



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