November, 1932 



THE I. A. A. RECORD 



Page Fifteen 



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Grain Marketing 



• (Continued from page 13) 



program is sound, it is a going con- 

 cern, it is adequately financed. Your 

 only worry is the efficiency and in- 

 tegrity of its management. 



"That you have with your local 

 elevator. The whole program is set 

 up in such a way that this problem 

 is always in the hands of the pro- 

 ducer who elects directors for his 

 elevator. The elevator directors con- 

 trol the regional, and the various 

 regionals elect directors for the Na- 

 tional." Mr. McClintock explained 

 that the grain stabilization was no 

 longer a factor in the market, that 

 the last held by the Red Cross would 

 be consumed by May, 1933. 



Alibi Worn Out ' ,V 



One of the party remarked how 

 funny it was that the trade had 

 contended that grain would be 25 

 cents higher if it wasn't for the 

 wheat held by the farm board, and 

 that all grains had dropped con- 

 tinuously in price since it was known 

 that the board's wheat was gone. 

 Another said, "We don't hear so 

 much about 'government in busi- 

 ness' s:nce everybody knows what 

 the government has loaned to banks, 

 insurance companies, railroads, etc." 



O. D. Brissenden, field representa- 

 tive of the Illinois Grain corpora- 

 tion, accompanied the party on the 

 tour. He explained how every legiti- 

 mate objection to membership had 

 been met. He said that no capital is 

 required by the member elevator, 

 that dividends were based on patron- 

 age, that no elevator was required to 

 market its grain through its own 

 organization, unless it could give a 

 net price equal to or more than the 

 other fellow and that all questions 

 of management are left to the local 

 board. 



Now More Volume 



Mr. Brissenden said: "On this trip 

 today we have seen the system in 

 successful operation. We are assured 

 by the audits of the national asso- 

 ciation that it is making substantial 

 profits. We know from its set-up 

 that these profits will be returned to 

 the producers But its ultimate suc- 

 cess will depend on volume. There is 

 a greater hope for this movement 

 than to return a part of the handling 

 charge to the producer. Its great 

 purpose is to control sufficient vol- 

 ume to affect the price paid for 

 grain. 



"Should a lack of patronage cause 

 the failure of this ultimate purpose 

 it would be another generation be- 

 fore there could be built another or- 

 ganization with the promise that 

 Farmers National offers. The sup- 

 port of this movement, or the lack 

 of it, will set a policy for the next 

 generation to follow. Shall they have 

 faith and carry on the co-operative 

 movement because their forefathers 

 paid the sacrifice necessary and 



through it worth enough to go on 

 with the next big job?" 



The Illinois Grain Corporation 

 handled 1,131 cars of grain in Sep- 

 tember making a total of 6,503 cars 

 shipped during the first nine months 

 of the year 1932. The state regional 

 now has 100 member elevators and 

 grain co-operatives. Four new ele- 

 vators became members during Sep- 

 tember. 



During the first nine months of 

 the year the Illinois Grain Corpora- 

 tion handled well over 11,000,000 

 bushels of grain which is in excess 

 of the volume handled during the 

 entire calendar year of 1931. 



Milk Prices 



^DAJKY 

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The first payment on butterfat to 

 members of the Quality Milk Associa- 

 tion was a net price of 22 cents per 

 pound after all operating expenses 

 were paid. This price is higher than 

 the Chicago market, and returned 

 the producers more for 100 pounds of 

 milk than they received previously 

 for the surplus sold to distributors 

 at Rock Island, Davenport, Moline. 

 and E. Moline. 



Market Cabbage For 



Whiteside Co. Growers 



The Illinois Fruit Growers Ex- 

 change during the past season found 

 a market for approximately 85 car- 

 loads of cabbage for Whiteside 

 county growers around Morrison, 

 Fenton, and Oliver Siding. Most of 

 the cabbage was shipped to southern 

 markets such as New Orleans, Mo- 

 bile, Nashville, and Memphis. Al- 

 though prices obtained were very low 

 the growers were fortunate to get a 

 market at all since home grown sup- 

 plies this year were unusually heavy 

 at most markets. 



H. W. Day, director of fruit and 

 vegetable marketing, states that a 

 short apple crop has resulted in 

 higher prices than obtained last 

 year. Apples are retailing at from 

 75 cents to $1.50 a bushel. 



Sell Apples To Truck 



Men From Central Point 



The Illinois Fruit Growers Ex- 

 change is assembling apples on route 

 10 a mile east of Jacksonville where 

 sales are made to truck buyers from 

 all sections. The same practice was 

 followed last year and results from 

 the experiment justified its con- 

 tinuance this year. 



The Illinois apple crop is much be- 

 low normal this fall and actual yields 

 are falling under estimates made 

 early in the season. It will be ap- 

 proximately a 25 per cent crop when 

 harvested, .r ■■■ r ...y ■.:■■■ ■:■<-■■ 



(For September, based on 3.5% milk 

 unless otherwise specified.) 



St. Louis — Sanitary Milk Producers 

 announces Class I basic $1.35 f.o.b. 

 country; Class II 71c f.o.b. country; 

 Class HI 58c f.o.b. country. 5c has 

 been deducted for check-off. Aver- 

 aged weighted price to producers all 

 milk 93c. Retail 10c. 



Indianapolis — Central Indiana 

 Dairy Association announces Class I 

 $1.60 f.o.b. city. Class II $1.00 f.o.b 

 city. 



St. Paul — Twin City Milk Pro- 

 ducers Association announces Class 

 I basic $1.24 delivered Retail 8c. 



Cincinnati — ^The Cooperative Pure 

 Milk Association announces weighted 

 price per 100 pounds $1.21. 



Detroit — Michigan Milk Producers 

 Association announces Class I basic 

 $1.60 delivered; Classes II and HI 

 85c. Averaged weighted price to pro- 

 ducers all milk $1.51 f.o.b. city. Re- 

 tail 9c. 



Cedar Rapids — Cedar Rapids Co- 

 operative Dairy Company announces 

 Class I basic $2.00 delivered. Aver- 

 aged weighted price to producers 

 $1.10. Retail 10c. 



New York — Dairymen's League Co- 

 operative Association Inc. announces 

 Class I basic $1.79 delivered; Class n 

 $1.26 and Class III $1.15. Retail 12c. 



Bloomington — McLean County 

 Milk Producers announces Class I 

 basic $1.70 f.o.b. city. Class II de- 

 livered $1.10. Class III 84c. Averaged 

 weighted price to producers all milk 

 $1.13. Retail 10c. 



Champaign — Champaign County 

 Milk Producers announces Class I 

 basic $1,831/2 f.o.b. city; Class n de- 

 livered $1.15 V2; Class III 78y2C. Av- 

 eraged weighted price to producers 

 all milk $1.34V2. RetaU lie. 



Chicago — Pure Milk Association 

 announces Class I basic $1.85 f.ob. 

 city. Class II delivered 73c. Retail lie. 



Galesburg — Galesburg Pure Milk 

 Association announces Class I basic 

 4% milk $1.85 f.o.b. city. Retail 9-lOc. 



Peoria — Illinois Milk Producers' 

 Association announces Class I basic 

 $1.65 f.o.b. city. Class II delivered 97c. 

 Class III 69c. Averaged weighted 

 price to producers all milk $1.19. Re- 

 tail 9-lOc. 



Springfield — Producers Dairy Com- 

 pany announces Class I basic $1.40 

 f.o.b. country. Retail 9 1/lle. 



Many a turkey grower can develop 

 a profitable local market and a repu- 

 tation for his flock by advertising in 

 his local newspaper. 



A hen that does not lay is not even 

 a fair risk any time; and now^a-days 

 she is a greater liability than nsuaL 



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