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(Continued from page 12) 



CREAM 



troms of the Producers Creamery of Peoria in 

 Stark, Tazewell and Peoria counties. 



GALESBURG — The Producers Creamery 

 of Galesburg became a million-pound plan( 

 this year with a production of 1,024,661 

 pounds of butter. This represents a gain of 

 7.75 per cent or 73,691 pounds more than 

 a year ago. Biggest factor in the gain was 

 the addition of 119 new patrons during the 

 year, Manager V. K. Johnson reports. 



A new liOO-pound Cherry-Burrell churn 

 was installed in October to more efficiently 

 handle increasing volume. Interior of the 

 plant, too, was refurbished with Soyoil flat 

 white and enamel paint. 



CARBONDALE — Sales of butter made 

 in the Caibondale creamery increased 9.25 

 per cent during 1939, Manager Harold Brack- 

 ett announced at the fifth annual meeting, 

 Nov. 9. Local sales doubled during the year 

 with greatest gains reported for October. 

 Donald Kirkpatricic, lAA legal counsel, was 

 the principal speaker. 



More than 200 patrons and stockholders 

 attending the meeting approved a pool plan 

 of payment for cream. Under this system 

 patrons get two payments. The first, based 

 on market price is oaid when cream is re- 

 ceived at the creamery. The second, based 

 on earnings of the creamery, is paid at the 

 end of each month. 



Newest members of the cream sales force 

 are Earl Mclntyre, who operates the route in 

 Jacison and Perry counties, and Paul David- 

 son, whose route lies in Union, Alexander 

 and Pulaski counties. 



OLNEY — Manager George Adams re- 

 signed Nov. 16 at the regular monthly meet- 

 ing of directors. He and C. C. Burns, 

 former manager at Champaign, will operate 

 a dairy at Carmi. Dave Smith, manager of 

 the IPC butter cutting plant in Chicago, will 

 be temporarily in charge of the plant until 

 Adams' successor is named. 



George E. Metzger, field secretary of the 

 lAA, was principal speaker at the annual 

 meeting, Nov. 28. 



CHAMPAIGN — L. C. Spears, book- 

 keeper with the Creamery since 1934, recent- 

 ly accepted a position with a Chicago account- 

 ing company. 



Guests of honor at a pot-luck supper 

 last month were Agnes Richnow and Mr. 

 Reynolds of the creamery force whd were 

 recently married. Agnes is now Mrs. Hem- 

 burger and Reynolds' bride is Louise Ivan- 

 brand of Champaign. A floor lamp was pre- 

 sented to Hemburgers while the Reynolds re- 

 ceived electric ironing equipment. 



Pitchford and McDuffee, cream salesmen, 

 are the Nimrods of the Champaign crew. 

 They bagged their limit of quail while on a 

 one-day hunting expedition. 



BLOOMINGTON — Township cream 

 marketing committeemen in Logan and DeWitt 

 counties keep informed about their coopera- 

 tive creamery. Dinner meetings for these 

 men were held in both counties this month. 

 Manager Forrest Fairchild reported creamery 



progress. George E. Metzger, lAA field sec- 

 retary, and Dr. Frank Gougler, IPC pro- 

 curement manager, discussed cream marketing 

 as local, county and state-wide projects. 



William Provin, member of the DeWitt 

 county cream committee, reported that all his 

 cream has been marketed through the Farm- 

 ers Creamery of Bloomington since the day 

 the plant opened. 



JuDE P. Mason, fieldman, is studying 

 agricultural economics at the University of 

 Illinois in addition to his duties with the 

 Farmers Oeamery and the McLean Milk 

 Producers Association. Jude is working to- 

 ward a master's degree. 



FRUIT and VEGETABLE 

 MARKETING 



(Continued from page 11) 

 At a recent Board meeting, directors 

 of the Illinois Fruit Growers Exchange au- 

 thorized redemption of the original outstand- 

 ing preferred stock. The Exchange was or- 

 ganized in 1921, has been reorganized twice 

 and has changed its program several times to 

 meet conditions. All of the original preferred 

 stock has been redeemed in full and interest 

 has been paid up to the time of redemption. 

 These shares of stock were redeemed from 

 the earnings of the organization. 



Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Endicott of Villa Ridge 

 recently took a trip thru the New England 

 States. At Salem, Massachusetts they saw a 

 pear tree which was planted in 1633 by Mark 

 Endicott. Bob reports that he picked one of 

 the pears off of this tree and altho he did 

 not know the variety, the pear itself was hell 

 shaped and green colored. The tree consists 

 of two main branches about 10 inches in 

 diameter and about 1} feet high. 



At a recent directors meeting of the 

 Illinois Fruit Growers Exchange, three direc- 

 tors were unable to be present on account of 

 illness. Chester Boland has just recovered 

 from an attack of the flu. Les Anderson was 

 suffering from a severe cold while Harry 

 Fulkerson is confined to the hospital in Alton. 



Recently we visited Chester Boland 

 at his home near Paris. Chester showed us 

 around his strawberry beds. He does quite 

 a lot of experimenting. One practice which 

 he thinks will be helpful to strawberry grow- 

 ers is the use of Sudan Grass. This year he 

 planted Sudan Grass the early part of August. 

 In spite of dry weather, it made a growth of 

 about three feet. Frost of course kills the 

 growth and this growth then falls over as a 

 partial protection to the plants during the 

 winter. Th:S protection will reduce the 

 amount of straw necessary for mulch. If the 

 growth is heavy enough, it may entirely re- 

 place the use of straw as a mulch. 



UVESTOCK 



"New $10,000 Stockyard" headlines 

 the Stronghurst Graphic of October 19. A 

 16-page illustrated issue of this progressive 

 local paper fittingly features the completion 

 of up-to-date facilities constructed by the 

 Santa Fe Railway primarily to meet the needs 

 of the Stronghurst Livestock Shipping Asso- 

 ciation. Covered pens provide space for 20 

 carloads of stock. Outside yards will ac- 

 commodate about 12 carloads more. Main- 

 spring of the business, which brought about 

 such deserved recognition from the railroad. 



is Shipping Association Manager Clarence A. 

 ("Buck") Hartquist, whose tireless and pains- 

 taking efforts, backed by a capable board of 

 directors, have built up a volume of livestock 

 shipments which ranks first among similar 

 organizations operating along the Santa Fe 

 lines. 



Lyman W. Ross, Henderson county, exten- 

 sive and successful feeder, loyal cooperator, 

 and member of the livestock marketing com- 

 mittee, is recuperating from severe injuries 

 he sustained by being drawn into the trans- 

 mission gears of a corn-crib elevator. 



Fred Swickard of Knox Co. is a prac- 

 tical feeder of long and successful experience 

 and is well known as a good judge of cattle. 

 "But," Fred says, "I want an expert to do 

 my feeder buying for me." He figures that 

 the small fees he pays the Producers for that 

 service saves him hundreds of dollars. 



Charles Quivey, active manager of the 

 Adrian Shipping Association, received the 

 congratulations of a host of friends on his 

 81st birthday anniversary November i. Young 

 in spirit as he is mature in years, "Charlie" 

 is chiefly responsible for the continued healthy 

 condition of the Adrian Association, to which 

 he has given efficient service for many years. 



1940 project programs will be planned 

 during December by a number of county 

 Livestock Marketing committees in order to 

 get a running start on next year's work. 



Uncle Ab says that it is easier to talk 

 sense than to act it. 



Dale Nichols, one time Nebraska farm 

 boy who made the art drawings for the new 

 Farm Bureau memo book and the I. A. A. 

 annual report was recently appointed Pro- 

 fessor of Art at the University of Illinois. 



Parental worry has a bad effect on both 

 parents and children, say child guidance 

 specialists. Worry is a form of fear, and 

 to overcome it, search for and remove its 

 cause. 



1 

 TAFFY APPLES 



Taffy apples are a wholesome sweet for 

 children that appeals the year-around. Here 

 is a good recipe :- 



Taffy Apples 

 1 cup of sugar 



% cup of water 



% cup of white corn sirup 

 6 medium-sized red apples 



12 cinnamon drops for flavor and color 

 6 wooden meat skewers (obtained from 

 the butcher shop) 



Wash and dry the apples and insert the 

 skewers. Mix the sugar, sirup and water, and 

 cook the mixture, stirring it until the sugar 

 is dissolved. Then add the cinnamon candy 

 and continue the cooking, without stirring, 

 until the "hard crack" condition is reached 

 (when a little piece drooped in cold water 

 forms a hard piece that cracks easily). 



Put the pan of sirup in a pan of boiling 

 water to keep the sirup from thickenmg, then 

 quickly dip each apple into the sirup, with- 

 draw it, and whirl it on the skewer until the 

 sirup covers the apole smoothly. Stand the 

 apples where they will touch nothing until 

 they are cool. To do this, the skewers may be 

 placed in the mesh of an elevated wire cake 

 rack. 



Taffy apples should be eaten the day they 

 are made. 



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