Successful 



Cooperation 



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replied, "I don't know. We all worked 

 together; we improved the service; we 

 added new services where they were 

 needed and the first thing we knew, the 

 debt was wiped out." 



The directors come to the office often 

 and hold regular meetings. They study 

 carefully the summary of their business 

 prepared annually by the Illinois Ag- 

 ricultural Auditing Association. They 

 know their problems and are ever alert 

 for sound solutions for them. Many 

 of the directors have served for 20 

 years but there is new blood on the 

 board, too. 



The directors are John D. Young, 

 president : Homer Dean, George Logan, 

 Ernest Robinson, Elmer Griffith, J. F. 

 Herche, and W. J. Thompson. They 

 supervise the operation of a $20,000- 

 plant which does a business of $300,- 

 000 a year. 



"One of the wisest moves we ever 

 made was to take on Blue Seal feed," 

 Manager Eifert said. "Since we started 

 with Blue Seal our feed sales have in- 

 creased 50 per cent. It's a real, high 

 quality product and we are performing 

 a service by handling it." 



Livestock shipping has always been 

 a major service. Patrons are charged 

 a straight 45 cents a hundredweight. 

 Less than truckload lots are booked in 

 advance. As soon as a truckload is 

 scheduled the shippers are asked to 

 bring the stock to Rushville. The com- 

 pany's truck takes the stock to the St. 

 Louis Producers. 



"When we first shipped livestock it 

 was sold through an old-line firm," 

 Bill recalled. "They objected to less 

 than carlots. We have shipped to the 

 Producers ever since they organized. 

 We always get fair treatment, and they 

 are glad to get our business." 



No matter if they only want to drink 

 of cold water, Schuyler countv farmers 

 like to get it at the Rushville Grain 

 and Livestock company — a 100% co- 

 operative. 



It will pay you to pick a winter 

 wheat variety resistant to mosaic disease 

 when seeding your 1940 crop. Wiscon- 

 sin Pedigree 2 and Ilred are two good 

 ones for north central Illinois. In 

 Southern Illinois, Fulhio, Nabob, Ful- 

 caster, Wabash and Thorne are accept- 

 able varieties. Wheat affected with 

 mosaic looks yellow in the spring and 

 grows poorly. It is found in 34 counties 



BOAT CUTS WOOL MABKETING COSTS 

 Stevedoraa loading 150,000 pound* oi wool on the ATHABASCA <rt Chicago's 

 municipal piar, July 10. The cargo, trucked to the lake irom 40 counties, went to the 

 Boston market. G. W. Baxter, lAA transportation expert, says Illinois Livestock Market- 

 ing Association saved 9c per cwt. by this method oi shipping. 



Improvement 



By John Spencer 



eWA 



The Gittings Limestone Company in Hen- 

 derson County reports "A very good spring 

 limestone business." The Fred F. Mc- 

 Kenzie quarry said — "Our Agstone busi- 

 ness twice as good as last spring." Thomas 

 and Lukins Quarry operators said "Since 

 August I, 1938, we could have sold four 

 times as much limestone as we produced." 

 Limestone prices at several pints in Hen- 

 derson County dropped from |1.2J per ton 

 last year to $1.00 per ton this year. 



Limestone source booklets for 1939 were 

 sent to county Farm Bureaus early in July 

 by the lAA soil improvement department. 

 They contain information about 140 quar- 

 ries from which Illinois farmers secure 

 limestone. 



An acre of good pasture will produce 



from 150 to 500 pounds of meat a year 

 which gives such pasture a value of $7.50 

 to |25 per year even with animals at only 

 $5 a hundredweight, says E. T. Robbins, 

 state livestock extension specialist. 



Farm Adviser Cutright, Effingham county, 

 had 21 exhibits of alfalfa hay at the county 

 fair. Prizes totaling $20 were given by Le- 

 high Stone Company. Limestone prices at rail- 

 road points in the county are 10 to 13 cents 

 per ton below last year's prices. 



The Baughman Mfg. Co. at Jerseyville is 

 a beehive of industry. Their product: lime- 

 stone spreaders. 



Feed warm milk from clean pails for 

 the best results in raising calves. 



The Martin & McCIure quarry of Mc- 

 Donough County said recently "The spring 

 limestone business was exceptionally good. 

 The A.A.A. has helped." Glen Franklin 

 Quarry of Brown County stated "I had all 

 the business I could handle, working two 

 shifts. Rain interfered some." 



■"We have had three excellent years on 

 lime dust business," said the Spencer Indiana 



quarry of Midwest Rock Products Com- 

 pany. 



The Elmer Porter Quarry, Winnebago 

 County said "Our winter and spring busi- 

 ness was quite heavy." "The best spring for 

 Agstone business in ten years ' said Ed List 

 of the Casey Lime and Stone Company, 

 Clark County. 



Ira Reed, of McHeiuy County found twice 



as much hay and a better growth where 

 rock phosphate had been applied on alfalfa 

 as compared to the untreated check strip. 



Pike county has 20 or more locally- 

 owned quarries where agricultural lime- 

 stone is produced. Prices range from $1.15 

 to $1.40 per ton. Extensive deposits of the 

 high calcium Burlington limestone are ac- 

 cessable in most parts of the county. 



Greene County's Farm Adviser Pumell 

 estimates 22,000 tons of limestone have 

 been used in the county this year. Less 

 than 15,000 tons were used last year. 



A chart in the Clay County Farm Bureau 



office shows 2,000 tons of limestone spread 

 in the county in 1936; 2,500 tons in 1937; 

 7,071 tons in 1938. Says Farm Adviser 

 Wise: Increase is due to more work in 

 soil improvement and to the operation of 

 additional local crushers. 



Farm Adviser T. W. May, Madison coun- 

 ty, finished a series of 16 community soil 

 testing meetings in August. Over 2400 acres 

 were tested. There are two railroad car 

 unloading devices in the county, one at Al- 

 hambra and one at Marine, in addition to 

 two commercial quarries at Alton. 



Don't forget!! The AAA Soil Conserva- 

 tion program year ends Sept. 30, 1939, one 

 month earlier than last year. Therefore, it 

 will be necessary for all cooperating farm- 

 ers to complete all soil building praaices, 

 such as seeding and spreading of limestone 

 and phosphate, prior to that time. 



The Shiloh-O'Fallon district in Mad- 

 ison-St. Clair counties has 18,000 acres 

 in the erosion control project. A peti- 

 tion has been submitted to add 29,000 

 acres more to the project. 



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