SmP Sets New Record 



Sales Volnme In 1943 



Total sales of the Sanitary Milk Pro- 

 ducers for 1943 amounted to more than 

 $11 million and there was an increase in 

 the average price over 1942 of 65 cents 

 per cwt, according to the report made by 



A. D. Lynch, secretary-manager, at the 

 annual meeting held in St. Jacob. 



More than 700 attended the meeting 

 and heard the reports of their oflficers and 

 guest speakers. President J. King Eaton 

 urged a membership program to increase 

 bargaining power, emphasized the neces- 

 sity for adequate reserve and a study of 

 milk transportation. Treasurer H. P. 

 Wicklein reported that the net worth of 

 the association had increased and that 

 the association was in good financial 

 shape. Total assets were reported at 

 $108,689.57. 



Addresses were given by Roger B. Cor- 

 bett, AFBF secretary ; George E. Metzger, 

 lAA field secretary ; Owen Richards, man- 

 ager of American Dairy Association; 

 Marie Harrington, educational director, 

 St. Louis Dairy Council; W. C. Eckles, 

 market administrator, and Rev. George J. 

 Hildner, Villa Ridge, Mo. 



Directors from the fcJlowing districts 

 were re-elected: (1) J. King Eaton, Ed- 

 wardsville; (2) Orville Plocher, High- 

 land; (3) John Voss, Breese; (4) Aug. 

 Dieckman, Lebanon; (6) H. P. Wick- 

 lein, Evansville, 111.; (7) Summer Wil- 

 son, Butler; (8) Frank Traty, Jerseyville; 

 (9) C. Monte Craft, Pevely, Mo.; (11) 



B. J. Schumacher, Altamont; (13) R. D. 

 Pennewell, Palmyra, Mo.; (14) Tom 

 Creech, Troy, Mo.; (15) Anthony Bo- 

 land, New Haven, Mo., and (16) Arthur 

 Kelpe, Cape Giradeau, Mo. 



Emil Klingenberg, (5) Okawville; 

 Julian D. Ray, (10) Vandalia, and Clem 

 Bierman (12) Wheeler, are three new 

 members on the board. 



Some 283 new members joined the 

 association during 1943. 



Christiansen To Address 

 PMA Meeting on March 14 



Dr. J. O. Christianson of the Univer- 

 sity of Minnesota will be the guest speak- 

 er at the 1 9th annual meeting of Pure 

 Milk Association March 14 in the Hotel 

 Sherman, Chicago. His subject will be 

 "Get Your House in Order for the De- 

 pression." 



This is election year for directors of 

 the even-numbered districts in the PMA 

 and the following are scheduled for 

 election to 2-year terms on the board: 

 district 2, Lee Cartier, Whitewater, Wis. ; 

 district 4, John Voelkering, Burlington, 

 Wis.; district 6, Walter Winn, Rich- 

 mond; district 8, Harvey Norem, New- 

 ark; district 10, John P. Case, N^r- 



ville; district 14, W. M. Kimmelshue, 

 Manteno; district 16, Fred Hiigli, Union 

 Mills, Ind.; district 18, Whitney E. 

 Kline, Culver, Ind., and Earl Whitaker, 

 Elkhart, Ind., to fill the term of Albert 

 P. Brucker who died in December. 



By Wilfred Show 

 The 22nd annual meetinj? of the Producers 



Cooperative Dairy of Quincy held Feb. 14 

 revealed the past year to have been one of 

 the largest in volume of sales ever experi- 

 enced .as well as in net income. In addition 

 to the current year's dividend payments upon 

 capital stock a patronage dividend to mem- 

 bers of 4% upon producers' patronage 

 for the year and an additional dividend of 

 5% upon patronage of producers for Octo- 

 ber, November and December were declared. 

 Total dividends paid out amounted to $8500. 

 All capital stock held by non-members of the 

 cooperative were called in during the year 

 and redeemed. 



The following were re-elected directors 

 for a three year period: Lawrence Brink- 

 man and Wilmer Cornwell. Alfred Dedert 

 was elected a director succeeding Charles 

 M. Eaton, and Henry Summers was elected 

 a director for the unexpired term of Albert 

 Heckle, who resigned because of his retire- 

 ment from the farm. At a directors' meeting 

 after the annual meeting the following 

 were elected officers for the coming year: 

 Anton Grawe, president ; Wilbur Coe, secre- 

 tary; Lawrence Brinkman, vice president; 

 and Ben Putnam, treasurer. 



"The dairy industry could well take a leaf 



from the automobile industry and eliminate 

 its protection of inefficient dealers and leave 

 in business only those who can meet com- 

 petition," R. W. Bartlett, professor of agri- 

 cultural economics, declared during Farm 

 and Home Week. 



Hope for reduction in the milk loss from 

 mastitis in Illinois lies in an effective control 

 program such as the one being carried on 

 through cooperation of the state department 

 of agriculture and the U. of I. department 

 of animal pathology, Dr. Robert Graham, 

 head of the latter department, reports. 



A recent bovine mastitis survey in 121 

 herds in 11 Illinois counties showed six 

 herds free from the disease while 108 were 

 infected. Seven herds were classified as 

 "suspicious." Figures in this survey in- 

 dicate that production of 539 cows in every 

 county of the state would be required to 

 offset the milk loss resulting from this 

 disease. 



George A. Fox of die state department of 



agriculture reports that 34 Illinois counties 

 are now qualified and are doing area work 

 in Bang's disease control. Twelve other 

 counties are making plans to carry on this 

 work. 



named cities throughout the United States, 

 and are quoted on a 3-5% butterfat basis 

 delivered f.o.b. dealers' platforms (with ex- 

 ceptions noted) as reported by the respective 

 milk cooperatives. These prices are for 

 December unless otherwise noted: 



Baltimore $3.85 



• Boston 3.93 



Chicago (70 mile rone) (Jan.) 3.14 



Milwaukee (Jan-) ^-^ 



New York 



(201-210 mile rone) 0«n-) 3.98 



Pittsburg _ 3.60 



Seattle (Jan.) 3.10 



St. Louis (Jan.) S.-© 



St. Paul Oan.) - — - 2.96 



The following prices are the blended 

 prices received by producers supplying the 

 respective Illinois markets. All are January 

 prices for 3-5% milk f.o.b. dealers' plat- 

 forms (except Chicago) and are for milk 

 meeting the respective milk ordinances: 



Bloomington $2.44 



Canton 2.55 



Champaign _ 2.75 



Chicago 3.14 



Danville - - 2.28 



Decatur - 2.70 



DeKalb - 2.74 



Freeport 2.79 



Galesburg _ 2.63 



Harrisburg 2.60 



Jacksonville 2.38 



Kewanee _— 2.55 



La Salle-Peru 2.50 



Moline Rock Island-Davenport 3.14 



Peoria - 2.89 



Pontiac _ 2.41 



Quincy _ 2.58 



Rockford 3.10 



Springfield 2.60 



St. Louis - 3.49 



Streator 2.40 



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The following are the gross blended prices 

 paid to producers for milk in the following 



cream 



Frank Gouglar 



The dairy industry in cooperation with 

 U. of I. Extension specialists recently com- 

 pleted a series of meetings intended to 

 stimulate increased milk production. This 

 program is nationwide in scope. It is recog- 

 nized that there are three serious handicaps 

 to increased milk production — namely, in- 

 sufficient suitable labor, insufficient equip- 

 ment, and inadequate suitable dairy feeds. 



In spite of these handicaps, it is believed 

 milk production can still be increased 

 through good management. Throughout 

 these meetings, an eight point program was 

 stressed as follows: 



1. Grow more legumes, both hay and grain. 

 Prof. C. S. Rhode stressed the importance 

 of balancing rations according to quality 

 of roughage available and to feed each 

 cow in relation to the amount of milk 

 produced. 



2. Fertilizers applied to pasture lands have 

 proven profitable. Prof. J. C Hackleman 

 discussed this subject ably. 



3. Avoid summer slump in milk production. 

 Summer pasture of sudan grass and silage 

 are very helpful during the usual dry 



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