Page Twelve 



THE I. A. A. RECORD 



January, 1932 



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(For December, based on 3.5% milk unless 

 otherwise specified.) 



Baltimore — Maryland State Dairy- 

 men's Association announces Class I 

 basic $2.84 per cwt., f. o. b. city. Re- 

 tail 12c. November Class II price was 

 19c per gallon, 4% milk, f. o. b. city. 



Milwaukee — Milwaukee Co-Opera- 

 tive Milk Producers announces Class I 

 basic $2.20. Retail 9c. Cash and carry 

 6c. Price of fluid milk reduced from 

 $2. JO to $2.20 effective Dec. 1, 1931. 



Pittsburgh — The Dairymen's Co- 

 operative Sales Co. announces Class I 

 basic $1.70 del'd, $1.10 country pt. 

 Class II manufactured $1.44 del'd, 

 $1.0 J country pt. Retail 9c, Cash 

 and carry 7c. 



DeKalb — Milk Consumers Associa- 

 tion announces Class I basic $2.32 

 del'd. Class III butter 92 Chicago score 

 market. Retail 1 1 '/4 c. Cash and carry 

 10'/4c» All customers subject to a 1Q% 

 discount if accounts are paid on or be- 

 fore the 27th of each month. 



Quincy — Quincy Co-Operative Milk 

 Producers Association announces Class 

 I basic $1.95. Retail 10c. Cash and 

 carry 8c. • 



Rock Island and Davenport — 

 Quality Milk Association announces 

 Class I basic approximately $1.85. 



Chicago — Pure Milk Association an- 

 nounces Class I basic $2.32 country 

 pt. Retail 13c. Cash and carry 8c. 



NOVEMBER PRICES 



Philadelphia — Inter-State Milk Pro- 

 ducers' Association announces Class I 

 basic $2.96. Class II, all milk in ex- 

 cess of basic, $1.78. Retail lie. 



Peoria — Illinois Milk Producers As- 

 sociation announces Class I basic $2.13 

 f. o. b. Peoria. Class II manufactured 

 $1.46. Class III surplus $1.04. Retail 

 9 and 10c. Cash and carry 10c. Pro- 

 ducers received the following net prices 

 after deducting Illinois Milk Producers 

 Association dues for 3.5% milk in No- 

 vember: Basic $2.08 — surplus $1.21. 



Bloomington — McLean County Milk 

 Producers Association announces Class 

 I basic $1.70 del'd. Class II manufac- 

 tured $1.56. Class III surplus $1.48. 

 Class Ila $1.67. Retail 93/^c. 



Pontiac — Pontiac Milk Producers As- 

 sociation announces Class I basic 

 $1,925/2. Class II manufactured $1.26. 

 Retail 10c. Cash and carry 8c. 



Decatur — Decatur Milk Association 

 announces Class I basic $1.86 del'd. 

 Class II manufactured $1.49. Class III 

 surplus 92c del'd. Retail 10c. Cash 

 and carry 8c. 



Champaign and Urbana — Cham- 

 paign County Milk Producers an- 

 nounces Class I basic $2.18 f. o. b. city. 

 Class II manufactured $1.68. Class III 

 $1.44. Class IV butter mfg. $1.05. 

 Retail and cash and carry lie. 



Chicago — Pure Milk Association an- 

 nounces November Clasis II $1.26. 



Class III $1.04. '':>:... ;'-.--r:-: -y-:-.:!-' A''- 



Milwaukee — Milwaukee Co-Opera- 

 tive Milk Producers announces $1.14 

 for all surplus Class II manufactured. 



New^ York — Dairymen's League Co- 

 Operative Association, Inc., announces 

 a basic net pool price of $1.71 per 100 

 lbs. for 3.5 milk at the 201-210 mile 

 zone. 



Railroads Want More 



Cash for Livestock Haul 



I. A. A. Will Oppose Increase When 

 Case Conies Before State Com- 

 merce Commission 



Farm Bureau Membership 

 Holding Up Well: Meteger 



INCREASED Farm Bureau member- 

 ship in many Illinois counties dur- 

 ing 1931, in spite of low farm prices, 

 was reported by Secretary George E. 

 Metzger, following a recent state-wide 

 check-up. Approximately 50 counties 

 held membership campaigns during the 

 year. 



The LaSalle County Farm Bureau re- 

 cently signed up 923 members within 

 a few days through the efforts of 200 

 volunteer solicitors. Mr. Metzger esti- 

 mated that membership in the county 

 would surpass last year's total when the 

 campaign is completed. 



Farm Adviser S. G. Turner reported 

 that a supplemental membership drive 

 in Livingston county had brought in 

 120 new members. In Montgomery a 

 similar campaign resulted in a 110 per 

 cent increase in one township and 100 

 per cent increases in several others, H. 

 H. Walker, district organization mana- 

 ger, reported. More than 60 members 

 were added in Edgar county. In White- 

 side county early returns showed 5 54 

 members signed with 12 townships still 

 incompletely canvassed. 



Seventy-three of the 94 County Farm 

 Bureaus in Illinois are now on the con- 

 tinuing membership plan. Under this 

 plan membership in the organization 

 continues indefinitely until the member 

 cancels by giving notice in writing dur- 

 ing the last 60 days of the year. 



"The broad service program of the 

 Farm Bureau in Illinois is being appre- 

 ciated more and more each year," said 

 Mr. Metzger. "The development of co- 

 operative activities has been such that 

 members not only receive the indirect 

 benefits which come from having a 

 strong and vigorous organization to 

 fight for their rights, but also the many 

 direct savings and cash returns which 

 more than equal the small annual mem- 

 bership fe«." 



L. J. Q,ua8ey 



PROPOSED increases in rail rates on 

 livestock in 30 western and northern 

 Illinois counties would place an addi- 

 tional freight burden estimated at more 

 than half a million dollars on livestock 

 producers annually in that territory. 



"This proposal is entirely out of line 

 with current livestock prices and will 

 be opposed by the 

 Illinois Agricultural 

 Association when it 

 comes before the Il- 

 linois Commerce 

 Commission for a 

 hearing," said L. J. 

 Quasey, director of 

 transportation. 



"Present freight 

 rates which have re- 

 mained unchanged 

 while Hvestock prices 

 have declined 50 per 

 cent or more since 1929, are equiva- 

 lent to an increase in rates. Where, in 

 1929, the farmer paid a little over two 

 per cent of the sales price for freight, 

 the proposed increase coupled with the 

 present price level would take between 

 six and seven per cent of his receipts." 

 The counties affected by the proposed 

 increase are north and west of the line 

 from Chicago to Pekin, from Pekin to 

 Ferris, and from Ferris to Burlington. 

 This includes many of the leading live- 

 stock producing counties in the state 

 and would cost some counties as much 

 as $25,000. 



"It is doubtful if the railroads would 

 benefit from the increase even if the 

 state commerce commission should ap- 

 prove their petition," said Mr. Quasey. 

 "A large amount of Hvestock is already 

 being trucked out of this area. We are 

 of the opinion that any addition to rates 

 would tend to increase trucking rather 

 than increase the revenue of the rail- 

 roads." 



Following are figures from five rep- 

 resentative shipping points showing pro- 

 posed increased charges per carload of 

 livestock shipped to Chicago: from 

 Aledo, Mercer county, an increase of 

 $15.40 per car on cattle, $10.73 on 

 hogs, and $3.60 on sheep; from Gales- 

 burg, Knox county, $14.30 on cattle, 

 $10.73 on hogs, and $3.00 on sheep; 

 from Stronghurst, Henderson county, 

 $16.50 on cattle, $12.38 on hogs, and 

 $5.40 on sheep; from Annawan, Henry 

 county, $14.30 on cattle, $9.08 on hogs, 

 and $1.80 on shep; from Monmouth, 

 Warren county, $15.40 on cattle, 

 $10.73 on hogs, and $3.60 on sheep. 



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