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By Harrison Fahrnkopf 

 ■Hindsight is useful in operating an eleva- 

 tor says Manager Hank Morel of the Co- 

 operative Grain and Supply Company 

 AT Serena. In a recent meeting attended by 

 patrons of the company. Manager Morel pre- 

 sented facts from audits of former years con- 

 cerning margins realized on various sidelines 

 with special reference to farm machinery 

 which has been handled by the company over 

 a long period. 



The phrase "out of debt" carries no magic, 

 but directors and Manager Benscoter of 

 PoNTiAC Farmers Grain Company know 

 that it carries a thrill for them. They can 

 now use it in its truest sense, thanks to loyal 

 patrons and good management. 



C. E. Barclay, McLean county farmer utho 

 uias president of the Covell Farmers Grain 

 Company for many years, passed away re- 

 cently. 



Farmers, elevator directors, managers and 

 commission men from afar and near came to 

 Shirley, McLean county, August 30 to see 

 the first steel bin for Commodity Credit Cor- 

 poration being erected. Shirley Farmers 

 Grain and Coal Company were hosts. 



Processors are courting Sally Soybean. 

 This is evidenced by the erection of a new 

 plant at Decatur and by others increasing 

 storage capacity at Decatur and Champaign. 

 In Gibson City, Central Soya Company is 

 erecting storage facilities. 



Bert M. Wise is the new manager of the 

 Moultrie Grain Association at Cadwell. 



The Farmers Elevator Company of 

 DoRANS has recently been treated to a new 

 coat of aluminum paint. Extensive repairs 

 are being made. The Company has added 

 an electric moisture tester to their equipment. 



Savoy Grain and Coal Company, Champaign 

 County is erecting three 20 x 70 ft. concrete bins 

 for the storage of grain. They plan to operate as 

 a Class "C" warehouse and use these bins for the 

 storage of Commodity Credit corn this year. All 

 bins are being equipped with a thermometer sys- 

 tem to enable kcepmg the grain in condition at 

 all times. This is one of the 6rst if not the first 

 country elevator to equip their bins with this 

 terminal warehouse storage device. 

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Andrew Homan, manager. Farmers Grain Com- 

 pany. Dorans, Coles County, and C. Y. Miller, 

 manager. Farmers Cooperative Company. Colfax, 

 McLean County, were guests at the regular meet- 

 ing of Illinois Grain board Sept. 21. 

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Unde Ab says that most of what we 

 call inspiration or genius is no more 

 than the result of hard work. 



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One hundred percent increase in seven 

 years. That is the achievement of the Kendall 

 County Livestock Marketing Committee, as 

 shown by the record of cooperative shipments 

 compared with total livestock production in 

 the County. Progress from 21 percent co- 

 operative in 19}2 to 42 percent in 1938 strik- 

 ingly proves the possibilities of a carefully 

 planned program consistently carried forward. 

 Bert Kellogg, chairman, is strongly backed by 

 President Dana Cryder and Adviser Walter 

 Miller of the Kendall County Farm Bureau. 

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Average price of $11.50 per cwt. was 

 paid for 47 club calves at the 4-H Club calf 

 auction at the Peoria market, Sept. 6. ,Top 

 at $16.00 was brought by the Hereford calf 

 of Virginia Jones, who won grand champion- 

 ship at the Peoria County 4-H Show. A large 

 majority of the calves were consigned to the 

 Peoria Producers. Farm Adviser Whisenand 

 and Bill McManus of the Peoria Producers 

 were active in getting out a large number of 

 buyers. 



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Oakwood High School Ag class led by 

 Instructor Taylor, joined the feedlot tour 

 sponsored by the Vermilion County Livestock 

 Marketing Committee, Sept. 8. Leo Richard- 

 son of Chicago Producers and E. T, Robbins 

 of the University Extension Service led the 

 way. 



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Carl Herrmann of Peoria Producers 

 spent a "busman's holiday" on his annual 

 vacation by hovering the whole time about 

 the Denver market and other points in the 

 western lamb producing territory. Orders 

 for feeder lambs from Producer patrons were 

 thus filled to best advantage and further fall 

 business facilitated by the contacts incident to 

 Carl's trip. 



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Losing a right forearm in a corn cutter 

 might stop some men but not Will McMaster 

 of Knox County. He recently went through 

 that ordeal with the fortitude of a seasoned 

 soldier. A few days under enforced hospital 

 care, and he was back home supervising fall 

 work, including the feeding of 114 steers 

 from the Kansas City Producers. Will's fav- 

 orite theme is uniform system of meat grading 

 for the mutual benefit of producers and con- 

 sumers. He considers this project one of real 

 importance. 



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Fall Feeders Outlook meetings are 

 drawing large groups of interested feeders. 

 Tazewell county committee invited the feeders 

 to bring their ladies to a banquet at which 

 17 i folks heard the livestock situation dis- 

 cussed. McLean county combined the outlook 

 discussion with the annual livestock banquet. 



at which Professor W. L. Blizzard of Okla- 

 homa Agricultural College was principal 

 speaker. 



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 Lee County township committeemen 

 were guests of the County Committee at a 

 supper preceding the feeders' outlook meeting, 

 Sept. 6. Sixty committeemen sat at the sup- 

 per table and the feeders meeting registered 

 an attendance of 105. Will Taylor is county 

 chairman, 



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An intensive survey and canvass of 

 Afton Township, DeKalb County, is being 

 carried out by the township leaders. The 

 County Committee headed by Chairman Carl 

 Johnson, Farm Adviser Ray Johnson and Louis 

 Hall of the State Organization are assisting 

 in the project. 



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W. H. Tammeus will become manager of 

 the Shelby County Livestock Marketing As- 

 sociation on October 1, His exoerience, both 

 in the field of organization and cooperative 

 livestock marketing, should enable him to 

 render an effective service to producers of 

 livestock. Tammeus, former manager of the 

 Sullivan Livestock Shipping Association, and 

 Organization Director for Moultrie County, 

 also had charge of the state wool marketing 

 program in 1937, • i 



CARLINVILLE — Prairie Farms butter 

 sales increased 25 per cent in August as 

 compared with July, reports Manager 

 Fletcher Gourley. 



Holders of preferred stock in the PRODUCERS 

 Creamery of Carlinville recently received 

 dividends of seven per cent. 



Charles Peters of Gillespie succeeded 

 Lester Painter as buttermaker recently. Mr, 

 Painter resigned to accept a position with Illi- 

 nois Farm Supply Company at Pekin, 



PEORIA — Leonard Maple is the cream 

 salesman in charge of a new route in south- 

 west Peoria county. Since Mr. Maple 

 started, Leslie Colvin and Dave Clancy, 

 county organization directors report signing 

 12 new members on the route. 



Herb Baughman, Table Grove, has taken 

 over the cream routes formerly operated by 

 Richard Burroughs. 



Winners in a recent cream procurement 

 contest are Richard Burroughs, Fred Larson 

 and Melvin Meyers. Their prizes were $6, 

 $6, and $3 respectively. ;. . 



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