February y 1932 



THE I. A. A. RECORD 



Page Eleven 



Buy Enough Serum to 



Vaccinate 1 .500,000 Pigs 



Farm Bureaus Co-Operate ta Pro- 

 , tect 1932 Hog Crop Against 

 Cholera 



ILLINOIS farmers bought enough an- 

 ti-hog cholera serum and virus co- 

 operatively during 1931 to vaccinate 

 1,500,000 hogs, it was revealed at the 

 7/ annual meeting of the Illinois Farm Bu- 

 reau Serum Association at Rockford. 



"During the 12 months' period end- 

 ing November 30, the association pur- 

 chased for its 73 member counties a 

 /' total of 49,321,245 cubic centimeters 

 of anti-hog cholera serum and hog 

 cholera virus," stated the annual report 

 of Ray E. Miller, secretary- treasurer of 

 the organization. "In addition to pur- 

 chasing this large volume of serum and 

 virus, the association secured prices from 

 manufacturing companies on other bio- 

 logic supplies and instruments. 



"The 1931 volume represents an in- 

 crease of approximately 5 per cent over 

 the best previous year. Prices paid for 



the serum, which was practically all of 



the clear concentrated variety, are the 

 lowest ever obtained for supplies of this 

 \ quality. 



"The quality of the serum is proved 

 by the fact that less than 200 trouble 

 cases from all causes were reported dur- 

 ~~ ing the year in spite of the widespread 

 cholera outbreaks in the state. In other 

 words, the ratio of trouble cases re- 

 ported to total herds treated was about 

 ; six-tenths of one per cent." 



In April the association was re-incor- 

 ' porated under the Agricultural Co-oper- 

 ative Act of Illinois, so as to give mem- 

 ber counties control and ownership 

 through the issuance of common and 

 preferred stoc4c proportional to the 

 amount of business done by each county. 

 Contracts for 1932 supplies of serum 

 and virus totaling 38,785,000 cubic 

 centimeters have already been awarded 

 the two successful bidding companies at 

 prices substantially lower than those in 

 effect during 1931. 



Market 23,463 Cars Live 



Stock Co-operatively 



Annual Report Reveals Trends in 

 Marketing During 193l.;i -^i; v 



TheHe ivomen served a line oyster «te-w 

 at the annual meeting of the Tulior 

 IDelVltt county) ShipiiiUK AHsocintion 

 recently, wrtteti G. E. Mlddleton of the 

 Indianapolis Producers. 



of the best years the organization has 

 gone through, Mr. Cherrill said. Total 

 net earnings for the ten years approxi- 

 mate $600,000 and more than $385,000 

 have been refunded. About one-third 

 of all the livestock received in Indian- 

 apohs during the, past ten years Has been 

 handled by this co-operative agency. 



Indiana Farm Bureau 



Buys a Serunri Plant 



Co-Operative Ass*n. Buys Ware- 

 house and Office Buildings 



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Indianapolis Producers 

 -Earned $45,000 in 1931 



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Net earnings of the Producers Com- 

 mission Association at the Indianapolis 

 stock yards during 1931 were $45,000, 

 according to Sid Cherrill, field repre- 

 sentative of the I. A. A. in Hvestock 

 marketing, who spoke at the annual 

 meeting of the Producers January 26 at 

 Indianapolis. ■,■. '>■'.■ 



Since the organization started ten 

 years ago cash refunds to member pa- 

 trons have been 25 per cent of the com- 

 mission fees. The year 1931 was one 



THE Indiana Farm Bureau operates 

 the only plant in Indiana, which 

 manufactures anti-hog cholera serum 

 under government inspection, acc9rd- 

 ing to a recent statement. The Farm 

 Bureau recently took over the plant op- 

 erated by the Swine Breeders Pure^lSrurh 

 Company and began manufacturing 

 serum shortly after the first of the year. 



This company has been providing 

 anti-hog cholera serum and virus to 

 swine raisers of Indiana and other states 

 for sixteen years. Approximately 3,000 

 Indiana farmers are interested in the 

 plant either as stockholders or users of 

 its products. The new plant, valued 

 at $120,000, has an annual manufactur- 

 ing capacity of 20,000,000 c. c. of 

 serum and a relative amount of virus. 



The manufacture of tankage will be 

 carried on in connection and also the 

 making of soaps for household uses. 



Farm Supplies Also 



Co-operative purchasing of farm sup- 

 plies in Indiana is proving to be one of 

 the most thriving projects of the state 

 Farm Bureau. The operating facilities 

 of the company, known as the Indiana 

 Farm Bureau Co-operative Association, 

 now includes three buildings in Indi- 

 anapolis. A large volume of business 

 has been developed in mixed feeds, field 

 seeds, farm machinery, fertilizer, oils 

 and greases and other farm supplies 

 which figure in the cost of production. 



The plant of the state co-operative is 

 located near the entrance to the Indi- 

 anapolis stock yards, which makes it 

 convenient for livestock truck drivers 

 to haul supplies back to their home 

 communities on return trips. .^ 



THE outstanding developments in 

 livestock marketing in 1931 were 

 the expansion of trucking and the in- 

 crease in the movement of livestock di- 

 rect from country points to packers, 

 according, to the annual report of Ray E. 

 Miller, director of livestock marketing. 



"Both of these factors have resulted 

 in a further decrease in the number of 

 active livestock shipping associations in 

 the state," Miller states, "and have made 

 it imperative that producers develop a 

 different type of machinery to assemble 

 and ship livestock. 



"The larger marketing units, or coun- 

 ty marketing associations, have proved 

 successful because they are able to make 

 frequent and regular shipments, to prac- 

 tice greater selectivity in moving live- 

 stock of different grades and weights 

 to the market where it is in most de- 

 mand, and to broaden the market out- 



let,". : 

 1^ •*; Seven County Ass'ns. 



Seven county marketing associations 

 are in . operation in Macon, Vermilion, 

 Shelby, Iroquois, Champaign, McDon- 

 ough, and Coles counties, and units of 

 the state association are being organized 

 in Edgar, McLean, Knox and Warren 

 counties. Miller said. 



The Illinois Livestock Marketing As- 

 sociation was organized to serve as a 

 parent organization for these county 

 units, to correlate their operation, to 

 standardize their methods, and to pre- 

 vent as far as possible competition be- 

 tween county associations. 



Illinois farmers marketed co-operat- 

 ively 23,463 carloads of livestock dur- 

 ing the year. This was a decrease in 

 volume in comparison with the previous 

 year, but was a larger percentage of the 

 receipts at the markets due to a decline 

 in total receipts. Eighty Illinois Coun- 

 ty Farm Bureaus now have livestock 

 marketing as a major project. 



Kane Co. Service Co. 



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Kane County Service Company has 

 called our attention to an error in the 

 article about their company in the 

 January issue of the I. A. A. RECORD 

 wherein it was stated, "The regular 7% 

 preferred stock dividend and a 10% 

 patronage refund have been declared, 

 payable at a later date." This should 

 have read, "The regular 7% preferred 

 stock dividend and a 10% patronage 

 refund have been paid, and another 5% 

 patronage refund has been^ declared, 

 payable at a later date." ;....• 



