MORE MONEY FOR 



GRAIN 



cycles) at 9:00 A.M., 9:40 A.M., 

 R.M., and 12:15 P.M., CST. 



10:44 



Henry Heckens, manager of Farmers 

 Grain Company of Gibson Citv was con- 

 fined to his home because of illness for 

 several weeks during the latter part of July 

 and early August. In his absence, Mrs. 

 Heckens, who manages Guthrie Farmers 

 Elevator Company, supervised afTairs of the 

 Gibson City office. Wm. Rasmussen at 

 Gibson City and Henry Underwood at 

 Guthrie assisted Mrs. Heckens. 



Ed Kazmarek. office manager of Illinois 

 Grain Corporation has been quite busy lately 

 handling the detail necessary in obtaining 

 warehouse receipts and proper papers for 

 grouers on goternment loan wheat. 



Otto Krenz, manager. Farmers Coopera- 

 tive Company of West Brooklyn, and Wm. 

 Eifert, manager. Farmers Grain & Livestock 

 Company at Rushville, were guests at the 

 last meeting of the board of directors of 

 Illinois Grain Corporation. 



The Farmers Cooperative Grain & Supply 

 Company of Canton ranks among the higSfst 

 in service to the community. In additions to 

 handling grain, it carries a complete line' of 

 mill feeds and general sideline equipment. 

 The elevator is equipped for cleaning and 

 grading, or grinding and mixing. There 

 are seven Hoors of bins, grinders, mixers and 

 motors. W. E. Nagle, manager, together with 

 a staff of five men conducts the affairs of the 

 company and makes it a service center for 

 farmers throughout a wide territory. 



C. E. (Charlie) Carrier, organization di- 

 rector of the Macon County Farm Bureau 

 reports that a great many producers in his 

 county would like to have their grain han- 

 dled cooperatively beyond the local station. 

 Charlie is typical of the quotation, "It is 

 not the size of the dog in the fight, but the 

 size of the fight in the dog that counts." 



Grain threshed by machines compared 

 with that harvested and threshed by com- 

 bines is decreasing every year, elevator man- 

 agers report. 



Illinois Grain Corporation opened a 

 branch office at Tuscola on August 9. This 

 office, in charge of Eldon Hufford, former 

 manager of the Moultrie Grain Association, 

 has direct connection with the Chicago of- 

 fice by means of continuous teletype service. 

 Through this branch Illinois Grain Cor- 

 poration provides adequate service to mem- 

 Ders in the Eastern Illinois grain belt. 



Grain market broadcasts are made daily 

 from the Bloomington office of Illinois 

 Grain Corporation over WJBC (1200 kilo- 



A. B. Scheeler, manager of the Graymont 

 Cooperative Association, and Homer Bell, 

 manager of Watseka Farmers Grain Company, 

 were speakers before the grain marketing sec- 

 tion of the 15th annual session of the Amer- 

 ican Institute of Cooperation in Chicago. One 

 Illinois farmer in attendance remarked. "You 

 know, I was downright proud of the way 

 those fellows handled themselves and the im- 

 pression they made." 



The Moultrie Grain Association at Cad- 

 well held its annual meeting on Tuesday, 

 August 22. A net earnings of approxi- 

 mately $3300 were reported. 



LIVESTOCK 



Chairman George Phillips of Boone 



County Livestock Marketing Committee, 

 says: "Conway's Market Service caused me 

 to market my plain steers in March. They 

 sold through the Chicago Producers at 

 $9.75. Without such guidance, I would 

 have carried them into May. On that mar- 

 ket the proceeds would have paid me noth- 

 ing for the two months additional feed 

 bill." 



Martin Kottman of Stephenson County, a 



feeder of long experience, marvels at the 

 many valuable marketing services which the 

 Producers and other Farm Bureau sponsored 

 cooperatives have placed at every farmer's 

 disposal. 



This trucker flies his flag. Boldly lettered 

 on his cab doors is the label, "A. H. Jarger. 

 Agent. Farm Bureau, Farmington. And on 

 his engine hood, "Trucking" on one side, and 

 "Insurance" on the other. When he backs up 

 to the chute at the Peoria yards, it is a good 

 guess his load is going to thv Producers. 



"Jim Clarke's broadcast gives the best 

 livestock market report on the air because 

 it accurately depicts the seller's side of the 

 market," declares a well known old-timer 

 who operates one of the larger inland stock- 

 yards and who is no mean broadcaster him- 

 self. 



"/ taught both my boys to patronize the 

 Producers." says Lewis Floto of Mt. Morris, 

 a retired Ogle County feeder. So his sons 

 Harvey and Charlei. who are regular feeders 

 on near-by farms, are consistent cooperators 

 in the marketing of their shipments. 



One hundred and fifty Winnebago county 



committeemen, township leaders and live- 

 stock truckers banqueted at Winnebago, 

 June 30. Managers Sam Russell of Illinois 

 Livestock Marketing Association, and Dave 



Swanson of Chicago Producers and Farm 

 Adviser "Hank " Brunnemeyer, were speak- 

 ers. County Committee Chairman, George 

 Tullock, presided. 



Harold Whitman of Warren County re- 

 ports a recent test of local and terminal 

 markets on two loads of hogs. Compared 

 with buyers' bids at Galesburg, the hogs 

 which were shipped to the Producers 

 through the Knox-Warren Livestock Asso- 

 ciation, netted more at Chicago the next 

 day on 10 to 15c lower market. 



Leaders in all branches of the livestock 



and meat business took part in four after- 

 noon conferences in connection with the 

 American Institute of Cooperation at Chi- 

 cago, August 7 to 10. New developments 

 affecting the livestock industry; develop- 

 ments in grading of meats; meeting present 

 day marketing problems; and a program 

 for industry cooperation in livestock pro- 

 duction and marketing, were the general 

 subjects. The illumination of many angles 

 during the various discussions by recognized 

 leaders contributed in large measure to the 

 clarification of complex questions involved 

 in present conditions. Far-reaching good 

 to all interests concerned in marketing im- 

 provements should come from this series 

 of conferences. 



Ford County's goal for 1939, set by the 

 livestock marketing committee, calls for 50 

 per cent of the total livestock shipments 

 to be marketed cooperatively. 



Mobilizing our marketing power was the 

 theme of an address by Harry Gehring, at a 

 banquet for 4i Warren county committeemen 

 and local livestock leaders at Monmouth, 

 August 3. Peoria and Chicago Producers. 

 Illinois Livestock Marketing Association, and 

 Knox-Warren Livestock Association, were rep- 

 resented. 



Average weighted milk prices per cwt. 



on major markets for June, 1939. All 

 quotations are delivered prices per cwt. 

 f.o.b. dealers' plants in cities (with excep- 

 tions noted) as reported by the respective 

 milk cooperatives. 



New 'V'ork City (201-210 



mile zone) $1.07-$1.20 



Chicago (70 mile zone) 1.304 



Pittsburgh 1.47 



St. Louis 1.80 



Philadelphia 2.07 



Baltimore 2.20 



Boston (191-200 mile zone) 1.306 



Detroit 1.50 



Milwaukee 1.40 



Minneapolis 1.39 



Louisville 1.50 



Seattle 1.27 



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