Producers Creamery 



of Champaign Opening 



The producer may not get a better 

 price by selling his cream through his 

 own co-operative creamery, and non- 

 members who sell to other creameries 

 may show equal returns, but the presence 

 of the co-operative creamery will help 

 all farmers in the community to get a 

 higher average price, John Brandt, presi- 

 dent of the Land O'Lakes Creamery, said 

 in addressing members of the Producers 

 Creamery of Champaign at their opening 

 Oct. 2. More than 600 visitors saw the 

 plant in operation during the morning. 

 They were served crackers and "Prairie 

 Farms" butter. 



Mr. Brandt showed that the Minnesota 

 cream producer averages two cents per 

 pound more for his butterfat than farm- 

 ers elsewhere because the state has a 

 large number of co-operative creameries. 

 Quality, he said, is the most important 

 factor in producing farm products, and 

 butter particularly. Quality improve- 

 ment pays big dividends. 



"It is time the farmer was developing 

 the production, the manufacture and the 

 sale of his products. There should be a 

 fixed surplus price," he said, "and pools^ 

 formed to keep excess products off the 

 markets." ^^ :;: 



The Producers Creamery of Cham- 

 paign opened for business on Thursday, 

 September 18. Thirty-nine truckloads of 

 cream were churned into 1500 pounds of 

 Prairie Farms butter the first day. 



The new co-operative is already prov- 

 ing its value in a big way. A local but- 

 ter manufacturer raised his price four 

 cents per pound for butterfat and sent 

 a truck around calling on members of 

 the Producers Creamery to entice their 

 cream away from the co-op. 



According to reports this information 

 spread rapidly throughout the territory 

 and resulted in the co-operative getting 

 heavier loads than were anticipated. 

 Around Dewey, home of G. C. Williams, 

 president of the Producers Creamery, the 

 co-op. cream truck was forced to return 

 for a second load. 



Land O'Lakes Creameries made more 

 than 100,000,000 pounds of butter last 

 year. Equipment used in the Cham- 

 paign plant was purchased through the 

 supply department of the Land O'Lakes 

 organization which has refunded more 

 than a million dollars to member co-ops. 

 out of the $17,000,000 of equipment 

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The new oreftmery has 1507 patrons deliTeiinf 

 cream to the plant on S9 truck routei from 12 

 counties. More tlian bO% of ■teret in TTrhana and 

 Champaign are now handling Prairie Farms butter. 

 Day and night shifts were necessary the first two 

 weeks to handle the tremendous Tolume. The plant 

 is equipped with stainless steel pasteurizers, 1600 

 lb. chum, 60 H. P. boiler, straight-away can washer 

 and sterilizer and is on^ of the most modem in the 

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Milk Hauling Charges 



at St. Louis Changed 



Charges for hauling milk in the St. 

 Louis area effective October 10 under 

 the AAA license are 16 cents per cwt. 

 within 20 miles from the city hall; 18 

 cents, 20 to 30 miles; 20 cents, 30 to 40 

 miles; and one cent additional for each 

 10 miles beyond the 40 mile zone. 



Under the amendment licensed dis- 

 tributors must pay three cents per cwt. 

 on all milk to the market administrator 

 for supervising weights, tests, market in- 

 formation and maintenance of a reserve 

 fund to proctet farmers against dead- 

 beat or "busted" dealers. 



A. F. B. F. Meet, Nashville 



Gov, W. I. Myers of the Farm Credit 

 Administration who played a leading 

 part in drafting the Administration's 

 $2,500,000,000 rural credit program will 

 be one of the headliners at the coming 

 annual meeting of the American Farm 

 Bureau Federation in Nashville, Tenn., 

 Dec. 10-11-12. 



Chester C. Davis, administrator of the 

 Adjustment Act, who has handled a tre- 

 mendously difficult task with great abil- 

 ity, will speak on future plans for bal- 

 ancing production and raising farm 

 prices to parity levels. 



Prof. M. L. Wilson, Assistant Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture, has accepted an in- 

 vitation to speak on "Land Utilization 

 and Conservation." Dr. Geo. F. Warren 

 of Cornell University, monetary adviser 

 to the President, will be another speaker. 

 His subject will be "The Influence of 

 Gold and Silver Revaluation on Farm 

 Prices." 



Several members of President Roose- 

 velt's cabinet have been invited. Southern 

 states are making a special effort to send 

 large delegations to the convention. The 

 fact that Nashville lies closer to the 

 southern part of Illinois than Chicago 

 will influence many Illinois members 

 from this section to attend the meeting. 



Purchasing power of hogs, including 



benefit payments, was 66 per cent higher 

 during August (75% of fair exchange 

 value) than it was a year ago. 



Federal Licenses Cut 



Spread In Milk Prices 



Distributors' gross operating margins 

 on retail milk delivered to homes in 50 

 big cities of the country on September 

 15, 1934 ranged from 4.41 cents per 

 quart to 8.34 cents per quart with a 

 variation in retail prices from nine to 

 15 cents. Of the 50 markets 21 are 

 under federal license and 14 are reg- 

 ulated by state legislation. 



According to the survey Chicago has 

 the lowest gross margin to distributors 

 at 4.41 cents per quart. The dealer's 

 buying price f. o. b. city for fluid milk 

 is $2.60 per cwt. and the retail price 

 10 cents per quart. 



At St. Louis where dealers paid $2.44 

 for Class I f. o. b. city and retail 3.8% 

 milk for 11 cents, the gross margin to 

 distributors is 5.75 cents per quart. At 

 Cincinnati farmers get $2.35, consumers 

 pay 12 cents and the margin to dealers 

 is 6.95 cents per quart. At Raleigh, 

 North Carolina, farmers get $2.63, 

 charge consumers 14 cents for 4.2 milk 

 and have a gross margin of 8.34 cents. 



In this survey it is sigrnifioant that where there 

 is no official regulation iuoh as Raleifh, Birminff* 

 ham, Little Rock and Ban Francisco, the dealer'a 

 grross margin varies from 7.27 cents upward. Op- 

 position of milk dealers to federal licensing is eas- 

 ily understood. Ttnreasonably high profits and a 

 wide spread in prices which hurts both producer 

 and consumer is less likely to occur where there Is 

 federal licensing.— Editor. 



CCC Uses "Prairie 



Farms" Quality Butter 



The Farmers Creamery Company, 

 Bloomington is furnishing the Civilian 

 Conservation Corps at Mackinaw Dells 

 with "Prairie Farms'' butter. The gov- 

 ernment requires that all butter pur- 

 chased be federally inspected. '^Prairie 

 Farms" is the only brand produced in 

 Illinois under federal inspection. It 

 must score 92 or better. 



, Against Aid To Farmers 



M. G. Van Buskirk, now with Beatrice 

 Creamery Co. and formerly secretary 

 of the Illinois Butter Manufacturers' and 

 Milk Dealers' Associations, is reported 

 to have lobbied against the licensing of 

 downstate Illinois milk markets, at 

 Washington. 



The I. A. A. and the milk producers 

 associations have applied for AAA 

 licenses with the hope of stabilizing 

 market conditions and securing a reason- 

 able price to producers at Peoria, Bloom- 

 ington, Danville, Champaign, Decatur 

 and southern Illinois points. Licenses are 

 expected to be issued Nov. 1. 



Van Buskirfc at one time was pastor of a com- 

 munity church at Oneida in Knox county. He later 

 became president of tb« Knox County Senrioe Com- 

 pany and niinois Farm Supply Company. 



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