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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



January, 1933 



^DAIRY 



The Producers' Milk Company, a 

 subsidiary of the Mid-West Dairy- 

 men's Company, Rockford, was in- 

 corporated recently with authorized 

 capital stock of $40,000. This move 

 was made following action of lead- 

 ing dealers in reducing the price 

 from $1.50 per cwt. for base milk 

 to a flat butterfat price. J. B. Coun- 

 tiss, dairy marketing director, is as- 

 sisting the producers at Rockford. 

 The organized producers who 

 number more than 400, immediately 

 raised $5,000 in notes and cash at 

 ■■: their initial meeting. Approximately 

 . 400 new membership contracts were 

 signed providing for a check-off of 

 five cents per cwt. and a differential 

 to Farm Bureau members. 

 The plan provides for a plant and 

 '; equipment to handle all members' 

 ' milk. Producers volunteered to de- 

 liver their own milk from door to 

 , door with their own horse-drawn 

 conveyances until more satisfactory 

 equipment can be obtained. 

 ' As we go to press negotiations are 

 ;! underway leading to a reconsidera- 

 tion by the dealers of the price of- 

 fered producers. 



Co-op Creamery Soon 

 To Open At Bloomington 



The Farmers' Co-operative 

 ' Creamery is expected to open early 

 in January at 413 N. Center street, 

 ^ Bloomington. 



Equipment is now being installed 

 to handle an annual output of ap- 

 proximately 1,710,000 pounds of but- 

 ' ter. The maximum capacity of the 

 ^ plant is reported at 5,700 pounds of 

 butter daily. 

 The plant will have a maximum 

 • storage capacity of 1,800 gallons of 

 ■ cream and will require 800 regular 

 f patrons to keep it running. Six em- 

 ployees will be necessary to operate 

 , the machinery and office. 



The building is located directly 

 north of the Farm Bureau office. 

 Butterfat from co-operative cream 

 ; marketing associations in DeWitt, 

 ; McLean, Woodford, and Livingston 

 : counties will be processed as well 

 , as surplus milk not otherwise sold 

 by the McLean County Milk Pro- 

 ducers' Ass'n. The Farm Bureaus 

 of these counties are co-operating in 

 getting this project under way. 



Congressman Joins Rocic 

 - Island Farm Bureau 



Congressman-e lect Chester 

 Thompson of the 14th congressional 

 district signed up in the Rock Is- 

 land County Farm Bureau recently, 

 reports Farm Adviser John H. Spen- 



DIRECTORS OF MID-WEST DAIRYMAN'S CO., ROCKFORD 



Left to right. Front Rofvs Grant Wentphal, Hugh Mainland, frlce-prea., Wil- 

 bur Sa\irdey, preaident, Clayton Hoi«ingrton, secretary, Harry Fenton. 



Bacic Ro'w: Mauritx Nystrom, Harry Stevenii, Wilkle Liee, Abel Laraen, Geo. 

 Johns, Jr. Directors Wm. NlcholNon and Harold Crandall were not present. 





New minimum weights of 10,000 

 pounds on straight or mixed loa,ds 

 of livestock from country points to 

 Chicago on the Rock Island, Illinois 

 Central, and C. B. & Q. railroads 

 were recently secured by the I. A. A. 

 Transportation Department. Pre- 

 vious minimum weights were 17,000 

 pounds. 



Following this reduction the Chi- 

 cago Producers announced a cut in 

 commission charges to conform to 

 the new freight minimums. The 

 new schedule of charges placed on 

 file with the Packers and Stock 

 Yards Administration reduces the 

 minimum charge on cattle from $17 

 to $10 per car. The schedule states 

 when the car contains less than 20 

 head the commission charge will be 

 nine cents per cwt, with a maxi- 

 mum of $17 and a minimum of $10. 

 When a car contains less than 50 

 head of calves the charge shall be 

 35 cents a head with a minimum of 

 $10 compared with the old charge 

 of $17. 



If the car contains less than 50 

 hogs the commission charge is nine 

 cents cwt. with a minimum of $10 

 compared with the old rate of $15. 

 In case of mixed livestock of single 

 ownership the minimum was cut 

 from $16 to $10 per car and in the 

 case of more than one owner of un- 

 mixed stock the minimum has 

 been reduced from $14 and $18 to 

 $10. And on mixed cars from $17 to 

 $10. 



Orderly marketing during the 

 next six weeks and the holding of 

 many steers that can be profitably 

 fed into the late winter was recom- 



mended by the Research Depart- 

 ment of the National Live Stock 

 Marketing Association on Dec. 14. 

 A general recovery of prices is 

 expected in the late winter as a gap 

 in supplies is expected at that time 

 coupled with support from feeding 

 demand and a relative scarcity of 

 butcher stock. Recovery is expected 

 in the hog market by late winter, 

 although little improvement is indi- 

 cated in the next four to five weeks. 

 The trade generally expects reduced 

 supplies for February and March. It 

 seems advisable to continue to feed 

 all lightweights and market only 

 hogs that are well finished. Weight 

 is not yet penalized. Early fall pigs 

 will feed well for the late winter or 

 early spring, and many late spring 

 pigs can be steered for later mar- 

 keting. The situation does not war- 

 rant any increased breeding for 

 next spring's pig crop. 



The lamb market continues to 

 hold most of its advance and is in 

 a rather strong position as sup- 

 plies are expected to show further 

 reduction as the fed -lamb season 

 advances. Shortest marketings are 

 expected in January. Supplies are 

 not expected to be particularly ex- 

 cessive any time, but it will be well 

 to go slow in taking out feeding 

 lambs during the next 60 days. 

 Lightweights might do well for late 

 April or early May. 



inois Corn To Europe 



Farmers National Grain Corp. 

 loaded 60,000 bushels of Illinois No. 

 2 yellow corn at New Orleans re- 

 cently. The corn was bound for 

 Liverpool and Manchester, England. 



This was one of the first export 

 shipments via barge from this state. 

 Additional consignments are booked 

 by Farmers National for export dur- 

 ing the first half of January. 





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