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Danville Producers Sell 

 Milk Direct To Con- f^ 

 I suniers Thru Depots 



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Plans to organize the Producers 

 Dairy ©f Danville as a subsidiary of 

 the Danville Milk Producers Associa- 

 tion were completed at a meeting in 

 Danville on March 16. Fifty per cent 



. of the necessary operating capital to 

 establish retail outlets for milk was 



'raised at this meeting, according to J. 

 B. Countiss, director of dairy mar- 



The Association recently took over 

 the plant of the former Blue Banner 

 Dairy where it is pasteurizing milk 

 delivered by members of the Associa- 

 tion who were kicked off the market 

 by the distributors. Most of this milk 

 is high-quality Guernsey milk. Two 

 milk depots have been set up and more 



; will be added. The stations now op- 



^ erating are doing an excellent business 

 selling milk to consumers at seven 

 cents per quart. One station increased 



- its sales from six to 52 gallons in a 



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/ Sanitary equipment and refrigera- 

 tors have been installed and sales of 

 milk and other dairy products are 

 growing. All business is strictly on a 

 cash and carry basis. As volume of 

 sales increase it will be possible for 

 the Association to pay its members a 

 constantly increasing price. 



7^' Organized dealers have refused to 

 work with the producers who believe 



■■^ they are entitled to a larger share of 

 the consumers' dollar. In the mean- 

 time many of the members are con- 

 tinuing to sell milk to the distributors 

 at $1.40 per cwt. for four per cent 

 milk. The delivered price at Danville 

 is 10c per quart. 



The Reporter Almost Gets 

 A Story From Kelker 



With corn loan insurance applica- 

 tions deluging the offices of Farmers 

 Mutual Re-insurance Company, it was 

 difficult to get J. H. "Jack'' Kelker, 

 manager, to take time off to quote a 

 few figures. But persistency on the 

 part of this reporter managed it. 



"So far, we have had applications 

 for a grand total of around $1,350,000 

 corn loan insurance. Of this amount," 

 said Mr. Kelker, "I find that around 

 $1,000,000 is for fire insurance on 

 sealed corn, and $350,000 is for pro- 

 tection against wind. This amount in- 

 creases from day to day. 



"No," said Mr. Kelker, "I can't say 

 offhand what the ultimate amount of 

 corn loan insurance carried by this 

 company will be but I can say this — " 



The Battering Ram Will Make An 

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Roosevelt Request For 



Tariff Power Not New 



; Tariff bargaining power requested 

 by President Roosevelt is similar to 

 that held by Premier Gaston Doumer- 

 gue of France. The American tariff 

 policy has been a one-duty policy con- 

 taining no provision for barter or bar- 

 gaining. Since France has been on a 

 barter basis for a long time, permit- 

 ting trade only under rigid quota ar- 

 rangements, American commercial ac- 

 tivity with France has been reduced to 

 a minimum. American business leaders 

 and officials in Paris are hopeful that 

 President Roosevelt will be given the 

 powers sought. v^^^^:^ :« ^ ^• 



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Farm Bureau Serum Assn, 

 Contracts For 1934 Supply 



The Illinois Farm Bureau Serum 

 Association has contracted to buy ap- 

 proximately 40,000,000 c.c. of hog 

 cholera serum and virus in the coming 

 season. Under the serum code stand- 

 ard prices will be charged by the co- 

 operatives as well as private distrib- 

 utors. Co-operatives are privileged, 

 however, under the code, to make pa- 

 tronage refunds at the close of the 

 year to their members. There are 77 

 County Farm Bureaus in Illinois hold- 

 ing membership in the Serum Associa- 

 tion. - ■•••-•/•-.•■. V :■■ .■ ■ 



and here he leaned close to this re- 

 porter's ear and rattled off some 

 amazing figures. : 



"But you can't announce it yet," ad- 

 monished Mr. Kelker, shaking his fin- 

 ger under this reporter's nose. "I'll 

 be ready to give out those figures be- 

 fore long. And will Farm Bureau 

 members swell up with pride when 

 they see them." 



; It will be a swell story when it 

 comes out. Watch for it. 



I. A. A. Record— April. 1934 



Baseball Leaders Meet 



To Prepare For Season 



Looks Like Farm Bureau League 

 Will Have a Good Year 



CHAB. S. BLACK 



Preliminary plans for starting the 

 1934 baseball season were made at the 

 spring meeting of the Illinois Farm 

 Bureau Baseball League held in the 

 Illinois Hotel, Bloomington, March 19. 

 President Chas. S. Black of Jackson- 

 ville presided. Delegates from 11 

 counties responded to the call in spite 

 of heavy snow, ice and bad driving 

 conditions in the 

 central and west- 

 ern parts of the 

 state. 



Slight modifica- 

 tions were made 

 in the eligibility 

 rules so as to bar 

 players who are 

 or have been 

 members of a 

 team in a recog- 

 nized professional 

 or semi - profes- 

 sional league after July 1 of the cur- 

 rent playing season. To be eligible for 

 the semi-final or final games of the 

 Farm Bureau League a player must 

 have been eligible to play in one or 

 more of the preliminary games with- 

 in the division. Any County Farm Bu- 

 reau may enter two or more teams in 

 the League provided such teams are 

 distinctly separate, represent given 

 geographical lines, and there is no in- 

 terchange of players. 



It was voted to open the playing 

 season on Saturday, May 19, and that 

 preliminary schedules be closed on or 

 before Saturday, August 11, in prep- 

 aration for the semi-finals. ..../■'^'" 



Names of umpires used in semi- 

 final and final games must be sub- 

 mitted to opposing teams five days be- 

 fore the scheduled game. The League 



voted to use the new raised seam 

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The exe utive committee will redis- 

 trict the state as soon as all counties 

 have fully decided whether or not they 

 will bring out teams. At least one and 

 possibly two more divisions will be or- 

 ganized according to present indica- 

 tions. Adams county is planned to or- 

 ganize a team, also Madison, Cook, 

 Fulton, and possibly others, i ; , 



W. J. "Jim" Clarke of the Chicago 

 Producers Commission Association is 

 assisting Ray E. Miller, director of 

 livestock marketing, temporarily, in 

 field work. During the past two weeks 

 he has met with a number of livestock 

 marketing committees and addressed a 

 number of livestock meetings. , 



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