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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



June, 1931 



State Live Stock Ass'n. 

 — Holds First Annual Meet 



Two Hundred Attend Meeting at 

 Bloomington May 28 



TWO hundred livestock farmers from 

 practically all sections of the state 

 met at Bloomington, Illinois, on Thurs- 

 day, May 28, for the first annual meet- 

 ing of the Illinois 

 Livestock Marketing 

 Association, Officers 

 chosen were: Samuel 

 Sorrells, Raymond, 

 president; Sam Mc- 

 Clugage, Peoria, 

 vice-president; G. F. 

 Tullock, Rockford, 

 treasurer, and Ray 

 E. Miller, Chicago, 

 secretary. 

 Samuel Sorrells j^^ following di- 



rectors were elected: District No. 1, 

 William Temple, Serena, LaSalle Coun- 

 ty; District No. 2, W. E. Sawdey, 

 Rockford, Winnebago County; District 

 No. 3, Harvey Herndon, Adair, Mc- 

 Donough County; District No. 4, Carl 

 Lage, Saybrook, McLean County; Dis- 

 trict No. 5, Mont Fox, Oakwood, Ver- 

 milion County; District No. 6, Dudley 

 H. Myers, Mendon, Adams County; 

 District No. 7, J. R. Fulkerson, Jersey- 

 ville, Jersey County; District No. 8, 

 C. F. Oaks, Assumption, Shelby Coun- 

 ty; Chicago Producers, H. H. Parke, 

 Genoa; St. Louis Producers, A. E. 

 Crum; Peoria Producers, Sam McClu- 

 gage; Indianapolis Producers, O. B. 

 Goble; I. A. A., Samuel Sorrells and 

 George F. Tullock. 



The meeting was called to order by 

 Henry H. Parke, who introduced the 

 speakers on the morning program. Ray 

 E. Miller, director of Livestock Market- 

 ing discussed the plans and purposes of 

 the State Association. D. L. Swanson, 

 manager, Chicago Producers, spoke on 

 "The Illinois Livestock Marketing As- 

 sociation and the Cooperative Sales 

 Asrencv on the Terminal Market." P. 

 O. Wilson, secretary-manager National 

 Live Stock Marketing Association, 

 talked on "The National Livestock Mar- 

 keting Association and Its Program." 



The afternoon session consisted of a 

 general discussion and election of offi- 

 cers and directors. The purpose of the 

 Illinois Livestock Marketing Association 

 is to correlate the activities of Illinois 

 livestock farmers and livestock market- 

 ing organiz.^tions in one program for 

 the most economical and effective mar- 

 keting of Illinois livestock. The opera- 

 tion of the Association will be correlated 

 with the National Live Stock Marketing 

 Association and its member aeencies. 



Left to right are Fred Gumm, ship- 

 ping association manager, and his broth- 

 er, Zeis Gumm; Zeiss Jr. of Paris, Ed- 

 gar county, and C. M. Love of Charles- 

 ton, Coles county. 



This picture was taken when they 

 visited the Indianapolis Producers sev- 

 eral weeks ago. 



Anniversary Cele- 

 bration at Urbana 



The Champaign County Livestock 

 Marketing Association will hold its first 

 anniversary on Wednesday, June 17, in 

 Urbana. 



This association was the first in the 

 state to market hogs direct to the 

 packer. "The association has raised the 

 price of livestock to the farmers of the 

 county, and has built up a good net 

 profit," says the Champaign County 

 Farm Bureau. 



Dave Swanson of the Chicago Pro- 

 ducers and Sid Cherrill of the I. A. A. 

 were scheduled as speakers. 



Wool Pools Organized 



In Several Counties 



County wool pools have been organ- 

 ized in Shelby, Champaign, Adams, 

 Piatt, Iroquois, LaSalle, Knox, Henry 

 and Sangamon counties, according to 

 information received by Ray E. Miller, 

 director of livestock marketing. Other 

 counties which will handle wool at lo- 

 cal points include Lee, Henderson, 

 Brown, DeWitt, Pike, Wayne, Wabash, 

 Jackson, Johnson, Stark, White, Rock 

 Island, Bond and Warren. 



Miller announces that all shipments 

 mvist be billed in accordance with the 

 following instructions: 



Ship all cars on straight bill of lading 

 to the National Wool Marketinsr Cor- 

 poration, Boston, Massachusetts, stop at 

 Chicago, Illinois, Crooks Terminal 

 Warehouse, Belt Line Railway, for stor- 

 age in transit. Mail the original bill 

 of lading of weights to Boston office; 

 memorandum bill of lading and copy 

 of weights to Crooks Terminal Ware- 

 house, 5967 W. 6 5th Street, Chicago, 

 Illinois. 



Each bag of wool should be plainly 

 marked with the name of the shipper, 

 county and lot number. A mixture of 

 lamp black and kerosene applied with a 

 small brush is useful in marking bags. 



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3. 



AT ITS last meeting in Chicago on 

 May 22, the Illinois Field Service 

 Committee went on recoid recommend- 

 ing that: 



L The duties and functions of the 

 Illinois Field Service Committee 

 be assumed by the Illinois Live- 

 stock Marketing Association. 

 2. That the Illinois Livestock Mar- 

 keting Association assume the ob- 

 ligations and i-esponsibilities in 

 carrying out the field service, 

 educational and organization pro- 

 gram now being carried out by 

 the Field Service Committee. 

 That surplus funds now to the 

 credit of the Field Service Com- 

 mittee be turned over to the Illi- 

 nois Livestock Marketing Associa- 

 tion, in consideration that Illinois 

 Livestock Marketing Association 

 assume the obligations and duties 

 of the Field Service Committee. 

 That the present members of the 

 Illinois Field Service Committee 

 enter into agreement with the 

 Illinois Livestock Marketing As- 

 sociation under the terms of 

 which the latter would assume 

 substantially the same duties as 

 are now being discharged by the 

 Illinois Field Service Committee. 

 That the following resolution be 

 sent to members of the Illinois 

 Field Service Committee for their 

 information and action together 

 with a suitable agreement to be 

 executed between such member 

 and the Illinois Livestock Mar- 

 keting Association. 

 That Field Service Committee be 

 terminated and the funds to the 

 credit thereof be disposed of as 

 above upon the adoption of the 

 following resolution by a majority 

 of the members of the commit- 



5. 



tee. 



During May the Indianapolis Pro- 

 ducers handled a total of 849 carloads 

 of live stock, representing 31.19% of 

 the receipts. This was 600 carloads 

 more than the next largest firm on the 

 market. Indiana patrons sent in 651 

 carloads and Illinois 198. 



Edgar county led all others for the 

 month with a total of 2 3 cars. Douglas 

 county was second with 22, Coles 

 county third with 19 and Vermilion 

 county fourth with 15 cars. 



The following Illinois counties in- 

 creased their business to the Indianapolis 

 Producers over May last year: Cumber- 

 land, Edgar, Macon, Piatt, Sangamon 

 and Vermilion. 



