Three niinoia youth named Bcrtioncd 4-H 

 champions at recent Club Congreaa are 

 leit to right, Calrin C. Meyer, Will countT< 

 dairr: Glenn Eiaenbremdt, WilL electrifica- 

 tion, and Wallace Deeke. Cook. 4-H yictory 

 garden. Next in line are Leslie M. Parker, 



chairman at luncheon giren for Illinois 

 delegation by Chicago Association of 

 Commerce, Ruth lacquee, Peoria, Girls' 4-H 

 luncheon speaker, and Ray Thompson. 

 Kendall, boys' representative. 



butterfat hauled over a year earlier. He 

 said, "Our trucks are old and costly to op- 

 erate." I 



Producers' Creamery of Mt. ScerlinK 



chalked up its best year in history. The 

 new venture of investin/? about $30,000 ad- 

 ditional capital so that powdered milk could 

 be processed proved profitable. The year's 

 operation resulted in a net profit of $1),- 

 775.69. Present volume shows a slight /jain 

 over a year ago, but it is expected that more 

 milk will be received durin;; 1944 than 

 1943. 



Union County Farm Bureau at its annual 

 meetinj; Dec. 10, discussed the promotion of 

 a cooperative locker plant. Local leaders 

 are of the opinion that Anna and surround- 

 in/? territory will support a 500 to 700 

 locker plant. An organization is being 

 projected to sell $30,000 worth of stock to 

 finance the project. 



Monday, Dec. 13, Farm Adviser L. E. 



McKinzie of Edgar county called a meeting 

 of local Farm and Home Bureau leaders to 

 discuss the subject of a locker plant to be 

 located in Paris. The group voted to under- 

 take the project. This makes the 15th unit 

 to undertake such a project since material 

 has been made available for building locker 

 plants. Several old plants are being ex- 

 panded. 



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Producers' Creamery of Olney is planning 



to increase its outstanding capital stock so 

 that additional facilities can be added for 

 handling increased volume of milk. During 

 November, 1943, 41.2% more butter was 

 manufactured than the same month last year. 

 This increase is due largely to increased 

 volume of milk received, rather than cream. 



It appears that in this area there is a 

 general trend on the part of producers to 

 sell milk in preference to cream. . This 

 condition at the present time is being aug- 

 mented because of the fact that the federal 

 subsidy for milk is 35c per 100 pounds to 

 the producer and only 4c per pound butter- 

 fat for cream sold. 



The expansion program provides for re- 

 placing the present small roller dryer with 

 one double its capacity. A larger roller 

 makes it necessary to provide more boiler 

 capacity, as well as additional receiving and 

 storage milk equipment. 



Producers' Creamery of Carlinville, Dec. 

 4, held its sixth annual meeting with the 

 largest attendance in history. Rev. A. R. 

 Grummon, pastor of the First Methodist 

 Church of Springfield, discussed "We Can 

 Build for A Permanent Peace." 



Patronage dividends amounting to $10,000 

 were distributed at the close of the meeting 

 and a like amount was added to surplus. 

 Manager Gourley reported that the Cream- 



ery at the time of the meeting was serving 

 400 milk producers and 800 cream partons. 

 Harold Enns, president of Illinois Producers' 

 Creameries, attended the meeting and 

 brought greetings from the state association 

 and the other nine associated companies. 



Fanners Creamery Company of Blooming- 

 ton held its annual meeting Nov. 13 with 

 four hundred patrons in attendance. Man- 

 ager Fairchild reported the Creamery manu- 

 factured 1,250,757 pounds of butter during 

 the year. President Harold Enns reported, 

 "that the two financial highlights of the year 

 were the fact that the Creamery was able 

 to pay a patronage dividend of 2c per pound 

 to patrons and that the mortgage indebted- 

 ness on the new building was reduced from 

 $44,700 to $10,200.11." 



Producers Creamery of Champaign held 

 its annual meeting Nov. 9. This plant is 

 also managed by Forrest Fairchild. High- 

 lights accomplished at this creamery were 

 the liquidation of the creamery's mortgage 

 and the payment of two year's dividends on 

 company stock. 



Producers' Creamery of Carbondale made 

 slightly less butter than a year ago, but net 

 profits were much greater, being more than 

 $12,000. At the present time, volume has 

 increased 10.11% over last year. New im- 

 provements are being completed which will 

 provide additional cooler space for storing 

 as much as three cars of butter and addi- 

 tional refrigeration equipment is being 

 added to take care of the expanded cooler 

 room. 



la his aimual report. Manager Cli£F Hup- 

 pert of Producers' Creamery of Moline 

 showed that during the year just closed 383,- 

 236 pounds of butter and 210,752 pounds of 

 cheese were produced. The cheese output 

 represented 44.24% of total milk receipts. 



Fieldman Kenneth Shields reported to the 

 annual meeting that during the year cream- 

 ery trucks traveled 160,171 miles and that 

 truck maintenance costs were 2c per pound 



Mortgage Burning Ceremony: Manager 

 Ellis Kugler of the Champaign and Rantoul 

 Cooperative Locker Plants reported to his 

 patrons recently that the last of the in- 

 debtedness on both of these plants has been 

 paid. A mortgage burning ceremony will be 

 held some time in the future. 



The Champaign plant has 910 lockers 

 and the Rantoul plant 415 lockers — all 

 rented. Sufficient funds have been raised 

 and the necessary lockers have been rented 

 to meet federal requirements for a 300 lock- 

 er plant at Fisher. Dan P. Zehr is Chair- 

 man of the Fisher Unit. 



A fourth unit is now being promoted at 

 Sidney, Champaign county. Manager Kug- 

 ler is satisfied that in a short time the lead- 

 ers in this rural community will sell the nec- 

 essary stock and rent the required number of 

 lockers. 



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E. E. Houghtby, Shabbona, who retired 



from the board of directors oi the lAA at 



the 29th Annual Meeting. He was not a 



candidate for re-election. 





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