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CREAM 



By Frank Gougler 

 Annual Meetings of Producers Creameries 

 Carbondale, Nov. 9; Moline, Nov. 24; 

 Olney, Nov. 28; Champaign, Nov. 29; Carlin- 

 ville, Dec. 8; Galesburg, Dec. 12; Peoria, 

 Dec. 14; Bloomington, Dec. 15; Mt. Sterling, 

 Dec. 19; Illinois Producers Creameries, Jan. 

 30, 1940. 



CHAMPAIGN — The creamery force 

 enjoyed a picnic and weiner roast at Hassel 

 Park, Sept. 20. 



A series of country-wide cream marketing 

 meetings were held during September and 

 October in cooperation with Farm Bureaus 

 in each county. 



Painting and general housecleaning has 

 had the creamery in an uproar. "We want 

 it bright and cheerful during the winter," 

 Manager Kiely says. 



Mr. and Mrs. Kiely are just getting 

 settled in their new home. Houses were 

 scarce and even after they rented one their 

 furniture had to be moved from Omaha. We 

 hope they'll like Illinois now that they are 

 at home again. 



John Emerson of the Emmetsburg (Iowa) 

 Cooperative Creamery joined the Champaign 

 plant force Sept. 22. 



LaRue Newman started his duties in the 

 plant oflFice Oct. 2. 



OLNEY — Sales of Prairie Farms print 

 butter for August were the highest for any 

 month since the creamery opened in No- 

 vember, 1934, manager George Adams re- 

 ports. The reason is that oil developments 

 have increased population in the district. 



Farm advisers keep up with cooperative 

 cream marketing progress in the state by 

 attending quarterly meetings at their Pro- 

 ducers Creameries. The fall meeting, held 

 in the Olney creamery September 8, was 

 attended by all farm advisers in the district. 



CARBONDALE — Extreme drouth 

 caused a decided decrease in cream volume 

 in excess of the usual seasonal drop, says 

 Manager Brackett. Acute milk shortages 

 prevail in several nearby towns. 



Despite advancing price, Prairie Farms 

 butter sales in the district are increasing. 

 Folks know they are buying a quality 

 product and the few additional cents more 

 means little. 



Donald Kirkpatrick, general counsel for 

 the lAA, will be the principle speaker at 

 the annual meeting of the Producers Cream- 

 ery of Carbondale, November 9. 



Peoria, Dec. 14 and of the Farmers Cream- 

 ery, Bloomington, Dec. 15. 



Harold W. Enns, president of Illinois 



Producers Creameries, ruled as King Corn 

 at the Corn Belt exposition in Bloomington, 

 October 16 to 21. Much of Mr. Enns' 

 corn is marketed as butterfat through the 

 Farmers Creamery at Bloomington. 



Uncle Joe Fulkerson of Jersey county and 



J. B. Countiss sales manager, Illinois Pro- 

 ducers Creameries will share the rostrum at 

 the second annual meeting of the Producers 

 Creamery of Carlinville, December 8. 

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John Brandt, president of Land O'Lakes 



Creameries, is scheduled to speak at the an- 

 nual meetings of the Producers Creamery of 



By Wilfred Shaw 

 Average weighted milk prices per cwt. on 

 major markets for August, 1939, except where 

 indicated. All quotations are delivered prices 

 per cwt. f.o.b. dealers' plants in cities (with 

 exceptions noted) as reported by the respective 

 milk cooperatives. 

 New York Oty (201-210 mile zone) ....$1.95 



Chicago (70 mile zone) 1.56 



Pittsburgh 1.90 



St. Louis 1.81 



Philadelphu 2.23 



Baltimore 2.24 



Boston (191-200 mile zone) 1.77 



Detroit 1.58 



Milwaukee (September) 1.78 



Minneapolis _ 1.63 



Louisville (September) 1.75 



Seattle (September) 1.61 



Mr. Guthrie Lester of Kewanee was 

 recently employed as check tester for the 

 Kewanee Milk Producers Association. 



The second annual meeting of Keuanee 

 Milk Producers uas held October 6 at Ke- 

 wanee. Secretary Dean Radford reported that 

 88% of the producers supplying the market 

 are members. 



Cliff Huppert, manager Quality Milk 

 Association, Moline reports that 121 new mem- 

 bers joined during the past two weeks. Total 

 membership is 842. 



Another A.A.A. milk hearing was held 

 at Rock Island, October 18-19. Consideration 

 of a new marketing agreement or order for 

 that market is under consideration. 



Art Laulerbach, manager Pure Milk Asso- 

 ciation recently addressed the National As- 

 sociation of State Milk Control Agencies at 

 their annual meeting in the Ctaypool Hotel, 

 Indianapolis. 



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FRUIT and VEGETA- 

 BLE MARKETING 



By Harry Day 



Effect of the European situation on the 



fresh fruit market is unknown. We know, 

 however, that if war prevails, our exports 

 on apples will be limited. While most of 

 us feel that war in Europe is remote and 

 does not affect us, food distributors have 

 leased part of the Fruit Growers Exchange 

 building in Carbondale in which they have 

 stored thou.sands of cases of canned goods 

 in anticipation of higher prices. This is 

 also a part of a campaign by some food 

 distributors in an attempt to stabilize food 

 prices. 



Fruit Exchange Supply Company distrib- 

 uted more than the usual amount of fertil- 

 izers to general farmers and fruit growers 

 for fall application. Raw rock phosphate, 

 sulphate of ammonia and nitrate of soda 

 were the leading kinds used. Prices on 

 nitrate of soda are not likely to increase 

 until after June 1, 1940, fertilizer com- 

 panies say. 



A program for purchasing surplus apples, 



sponsored by the Federal Surplus Commod- 

 ities Corporation, is operating in Illinois 

 and several other Mid-Western states where 

 commercial apple production is important. 

 Illinois growers requested such a program 

 on August 31. It was started in Illinois 

 October 9. During the first week of op- 

 erations, the FSCC offered to buy 40 cars 

 of Illinois apples of U. S. No. 1 grade or 

 U. S. Combination grade. Most commercial 

 varieties are included in the program. Sales 

 may be made by any grower or grower's 

 agent who has diverted an equal amount 

 into channels other than for fresh apple 

 uses. 



Early estimates indicated a 4,700,000- 

 bushel commercial apple crop. Later, ex- 

 treme heat, drought and additional codling 

 moth infestation resulted in a somewhat 

 smaller crop. 



With a crop larger than normal and a 



limited demand caused by excessive heat 

 during harvest, prices on Illinois apples have 

 been very disappointing. Early fall varietiesy 

 such as Jonathans and Grimes, could not 

 all be sold and a good portion of these 

 apples are now in cold storage. A high 

 percentage of the mid-season and later va- 

 rieties has been sold. Price levels on U. S. 

 No. 1 2Vi-inch Jonathans ranged from 70c 

 to 85c per bushel; Grimes Golden 50c to 

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NOVEMBER, 1939 



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