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PLANTS BOUGHT by henry-stark service CO. 





ON MAY 1, Henry Stark Service Com- 

 pany purchased two feed mixing 

 plants and elevators at Osco and 

 Orion in Henry county. These plants 

 were formerly owned by Wakey Brothers 

 who have been operating them for the 

 past 13 years. By this purchase the 

 service company acquires the former 

 owners' trade name, their protein bases, 

 and their good will, plus all physical 

 assets. Henry-Stark now finds itself 

 serving Farm Bureau members as grain 

 marketer, grain supplier, feed manufac- 

 turer, feed merchandiser. 



Quoting the board of directors in 

 their recent announcement in the Henry 

 County Farmer, it was explained that 

 "Under the present plans of your board, 

 the operation of these plants will be 

 continued in much the same manner as 

 they have been operated in the past. 

 This will apply to both the feed mixing 

 and grain handling. Patrons of these 

 plants may be assured that present local 

 mixed feeds will be continued so that 

 their feeding programs "may continue 

 with the least possible interruption dur- 

 ing this transition period." 



Henry-Stark Service Company now also 

 becomes distributor for Blue Seal feeds 

 in Henry county. They have been dis- 

 tributing Blue Sieal feeds in Stark county 

 for the past three years. Through this 

 Blue Seal franchise, they will distribute 

 the regular line of Blue Seal high pro- 

 tein supplements. 



Henry-Stark Service Company in this 

 venture becomes a pioneer in setting up 

 a new type of program for local feed 

 manufacturing. The Henry-Stark Serv- 

 ice Company board has entered into a 

 manufacturing agreement with the Illi- 

 nois Farm Supply Company to locally 

 mix Service Brand feeds. The fundamen- 

 tal purpose of this is to establish a high 

 quality local mixing service with the 

 same laboratory controls and manufac- 

 turing supervision as is enjoyed by big 

 mills. The formulae of Service Brand 

 feeds have been prepared by the For- 



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mutation Committee of the Illinois Farm 

 Supply Company. 



Here's how the Service Brand feed 

 program will work. Let's suppose that 

 we are going to make a growing mash. 

 We will start with 200 pounds of Blue 

 Seal "Fre-Mix" which is a precision-made 

 product comprising animal proteins, 

 trace minerals, and essential vitamins. 

 This is the vital part of any feed and re- 

 quires expert handling to assure bal- 

 anced nutrition. To this the local com- 

 Eany adds the correct proportions of soy- 

 ean meal, bran, middlings, ground No. 



Feed mixing has been one of Wakey's 

 services and it will be continued and ex- 

 panded to include a comprehensive "Serv- 

 ice-Brand" program. 



2 yellow corn, ground No. 2 white oats, 

 and feeding limestone. 



To some it may appear that the Blue 

 Seal and "Service Brand " feeds programs 

 may be in controversy. Someone may 

 ask: "Which is the better.'" There can 

 be no one answer to this question because 

 much depends on the personal prefer- 

 ences and the feeding programs of 

 individual buyers. Some feeders (poul- 

 trymen particularly) may prefer to have 

 their feed prepared in a large, modern 

 mill, the formula including a wide 



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Ross Wakey, right makes final check oi 



inventory before turning the plant over to 



A. Grossman, manager of the Henry-Stark 



Service Company. 



Here is the elevator and mixing plant at 

 Osco, Henry county, recently purchased 

 by the Henry-Stark Service Company 

 from Wakey Brothers. 



JUNE, 1944 



