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MARKETING \M 



(Continued from pages 10 and 11) 



LIVESTOCK 



In the first six months of 1939 the county 

 shows a gain at Evansville of 2'' cars or 46 

 percent over 19?8 a reduction at St. Louis 

 of 14 cars a total net gain of 13 cars for the 

 first six months. 



Three times as many feeder cattle and calves 

 have been shipped by the Chicago Producers 

 to fill members' orders this season as were 

 handled during the same period last year, says 

 Manager Dave Swanson. 



Future farmers of Tazewell County 

 with their ag teachers studied livestock grad- 

 ing, cooperative marketing and meat packing, 

 under the guidance of Peoria Producers on 

 October Uth. County Chairman Milo Miller 

 and Peoria Producers Director (also Farm 

 Bureau President) C. H. Ackerman, organized 

 and led the group and were host at a lunch- 

 eon discussion meeting. 



Production and marketing problems 

 got a good "going over" at the DeKalb County 

 Stockmen's Banquet October 12. Dr. W. E. 

 Orroll, Animal Husbandry chief at the State 

 College spoke on pig rearing and hog feeding; 

 Manager Dave Swanson of Chicago Producers 

 on market conditions, and Louis Hall of Illi- 

 nois Agricultural Association on organised 

 marketing. County Committee Chairman Carl 

 Johnson presided and was ably assisted by 

 Farm Adviser Roy Johnson. A total of 115 

 stockmen were present de:t)ite the fact that 

 com picking was in full swing. 



McLean County Livestock Marketing Com- 

 mittee is backed up by a group of carefully se- 

 lected township leaders totaling 100. County 

 Chairman Lage. Advisor Rodman and Man- 

 ager Henninger are sold on this system of 

 countyuide cooperation. 



MILK 



Reports of officers and managers of 

 Sangamon Farmers Milk Cooperative, Spring- 

 field submitted at their annual meeting indi- 

 cated a satisfactory first year's operation. A. 

 H. Lauterbach, manager Pure Milk Associa- 

 tion, G. E. Popkess, East St. Louis and Wil- 

 fred Shaw of the I. A. A. addressed the meet- 

 ing. Directors elected were J. D. Allen. R. 

 Mendenhall. D. Lenhardt, L. Fleck. E. Engel, 

 H. Nash, L. Kern, O. Sweet, and Charles 

 Perry. 



The St. Louis A.A.A. milk hearing in early 

 October continued for three days, reports Art 

 Lynch, secretary-manager of Sanitary Milk 

 Producers. "We requested an increase in 

 Class I price from $2.20 to S2.30 because of 

 higher feed costs and also for clarification of 

 provision! in the present order." reports Mr. 

 Lynch. The hearing record was left open un- 

 til October 21. 



A MEETING OF DIRECTORS AND MAN- 

 agers of the six cooperative dairies who are 

 members of the I.M.P.A. was held in the 

 Dunlap Hotel, Jacksonville, October 24. F. E. 

 Ringham of the St. Louis Co-op Bank was 

 one of the speakers. 



FRUITS and VEGETABLES 



60c; Red and Golden Delicious 85c to 95c; 

 Winesaps 85c. 



perienced little difficulty in selling apples 

 of good quality, size and pack at prices 

 in line with market conditions. Only a 

 small percentage of Exchange members' ton- 

 nage has gone into cold storage. 



A temporary reduction in freight rates 

 which went into effect early in September 

 and will expire on November 30, helped 

 western Illinois orchardists move their apple 

 crop. This reduction affected shipments into 

 Western Trunk Line territory and helped 

 the sale of a large number of cars into 

 markets in that territory. Demand was also 

 fair in Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi 

 where bulk grades of red varieties are most 

 popular. 



Dry weather caused a sweet potato crop 



failure. Miss Thea Sando, manager of the 

 Pope County Growers' Association, reports. 



CREAM 



MT. STERLING — Brown county 

 went over the top in fulfilling its annual 

 butterfat quota for the Producers Creamery 

 with a record of 182,772 pounds in the year 

 ending Sept. 30. Its quota was 178,000. 

 Volume was nearly 50,000 lbs. greater than 

 that of the previous year. Brown county 

 Farm Bureau directors have accepted a quota 

 of 200,000 lbs. for the coming year. 



The total increase in volume from all 

 counties at Producers creamery was 106,451 

 lbs. last year. All counties in the district 

 except Morgan and Cass showed an increase. 

 An all-day picnic and fish fry was held to 

 celebrate the achievement on Oct. 8. The 

 Steak Eaters defeated the Bean Eaters 

 (losers) in a soft ball game, score 15 to 7. 



ILLINOIS MILK PRODUCERS' ASSOCIATION 



WUiied Shaw. Secretary 



SEPTEMBER, 1939, MILK PRICES 



3.5% Paid by Member Aasociotions to Producers 

 (PRELINnNARY) 



Market 



The Illinois Fruit Growers' Exchange ex- 



S8 is 

 lAu. (ja. 



Bloomington (1) 



Canton 60.0 



Champaign (2) 



Chicago (♦) 



Danville (3) 



Decatur 



DeKalb 55.2 



Freeport 64.0 



Galesburg (4) 



Harrisburg 53.0 



Jacksonville 92.0 



Kewanee 70.0 



LaSalle-Peru (*) 



Moline (5) 



Peoria-D (6) 



Peoria-M (7) 



Pontiac 9^.0 



Quincy 47.0 



Rockford 50.0 



Springfield-D (*) 



Springfield-M (*) 



St. Louis (8) 76.5 



Streator (9) 



Ob: 

 1.85 



2.00 

 1.80 



1.90 



1.72 



1.75 

 1.81 

 1.85 



2.20 

 2.00 



(J a. 



1.19 

 1.22 



1.225 



1.30 



1.575 



1.31 



1.40 



1.47 



1.12 



1.17 



1.00 



1.05 



1.085 



AUGUST PRICES NOT INCLUDED IN 



DeKalb 



Kewanee (10) 



LaSalle 



Peoria-D (11) 



Springfield-D 



Springfield-M 



Streator (12) 



,., - • 



50.8 



47.0 



2.00 



2.25 



1.19 



1.02 



1.07 



(1) 



(5) 

 (4> 



(6l 



r) 



(8) 



(9) 

 (10) 



in) 



Reports not received in time to include in this report. 

 Class percentages and prices: Class I 53.91% @ $4^60. Class II 

 III 0.95% @ $1.16. Class IV 0.19% @ 96c. Base pm $1.49 per cwt. 

 Class peecentagcs and prices: Class I 46% @ $1.84. Class II 13% @ $1.47. Class III 

 36% @ $1.24. Class IV 5% tf? $1.06. Base price $1.66 per cwt. Excess price $1.21 per cwt. 

 Flat price of $1.40 per cwt. for all milk. 



Flat price for all milk. An additional premium was paid on milk grading "A". 

 Class percentages and prices: Class I 44% @ $2.10. Class II 15% @ $1.35, Class III 

 31% @ $1.29, Class IV 10% @ $1.20. Base price — $1.87 per cwt. Excess price $1.10 

 per cwt. 



57.3% of all milk received bv the Peoria Dairy was Grade '*A" milk which brought $1.89 

 per cwt. 42.7% of the milk was non-Grade "A" milk for manufacturing purposes, for 

 which they paid $1.29 per cwt. 



65% of all milk received by Peoria Milk Producers was milk in compliance with the 

 Peoria ordinance, or Grade "A" milk, and this brought $1.89. 35% of the milk was non- 

 Grade "A" milk and brought an average price of $1.28. 



All prices quoted are f.o.b. St. Louis. Country plant prices would be 20c per cwt. lower 

 than those quoted. 



Class percentages and average price were not received. 



Base price paid producers $1.92. Surplus price 95c. Class percentages and average price 

 not reported. 



53.7% of alt milk received by the Peoria Dairy was Grade "A" milk which brought $1.'^1 

 per cwt. 46.3% of the milk was non-Grade "A" milk for which they paid $1.11 per cwt. 

 Class percentages and average price not reported. 



Condenscry Code Price $1,292 92 Score Butter — Chicago 0.274 | :* 



Average Fluid E.N.C. States 1.89 90 Score Butter — Chicago 0.2611 ' 



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