milk 



By Wiifred Shaw 



June Dairy Month is to be observed this 

 year as it has been for many years in the 

 past. However, this year June Dairy Month 

 is not to be a sales promotion pro>;ram as it 

 has been in previous years. Instead the ob- 

 servance of Dairy Month will stress the im- 

 portance of increased production of milk 

 and of the nutritional value of dairy prod- 

 ucts. The observance of June Dairy Month 

 is sponsored by the National Dairy Council 

 with producers and handler groups cooper- 

 ating? as in the past. 



Funds for the American Dairy Associa- 

 tion's 1944-1945 program are to be obtained 

 by a one cent per pound butterfat deduction 

 upon milk and cream marketed during the 

 period June 1-15 in Illinois and 17 other 

 principal dairy states throughout the United 

 States. The producers' contribution to this 

 program of the American Dairy Association, 

 upon the one cent per pound of butterfat 

 marketed during this 15 day period, will 

 cost an average of about 10 cents per cow 

 per year. The American Dairy Association 

 carries on a program of promotion for the 

 dairy industry in merchandising, advertising, 

 and research. The funds in Illinois are col- 

 lected by Dairy Products Promotion, Inc. 

 which is the Illinois affiliate of American 

 Dairy Association. :. ,.. 



The Office of Price Administration has 

 announced the following permissive pro- 

 ducer and retail price increases in milk for 

 the following Illinois cities; 



Springfield, effective May 8. Price to the 

 producer for 4% milk $3.05 per cwt. with 

 a butterfat differential of 5c per tenth of a 

 per cent added above 4% and 4c per tenth of 

 a per cent deducted below 4%. No change 

 in retail prices. 



Decatur, effective May 12. Price to the 

 producer for 4% milk $305 per cwt. with 

 a butterfat differential of 5c per tenth of a 

 per cent added above 4% and 4c per tenth 

 of a per cent deducted below 4%. No 

 change in retail prices. 



Jacksonville, effective May 23. Price to 

 producer for 4% milk $3.05. Butterfat dif- 

 ferential 4c per tenth of a per cent to be 

 added or deducted above or below 4%. Re- 

 tail price of quarts of bottled milk increased 

 from 13c to I4c. 



The rates of government dairy production 

 subsidy payments have been announced on 

 milk and cream shipments made by pro- 

 ducers through March 1945, provided Con- 

 gress provides the administrative expense. 



The amount of the subsidy is as follows 

 for Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and Indiana: 



May through August 1944 — 35 cents per 

 cwt. on milk, 6c per lb. butterfat on cream. 



September through March 1945 — 60 

 cents per cwt. on milk, 10c per lb. butterfat 

 on cream. 



llie following are the blended prices re- 

 ceived by producers supplying the respective 

 Illinois markets. All are April prices for 



JUNE. 1944 



3.5% milk f.o.b. dealers platforms (except 

 Chicago) and are for milk meeting the re- 

 spective milk ordinances: 



Bloomiflgton _ 42.44 



Canton 2.75 



Champaign 2.75 



Chicago 2.98 



Danville 2.45 



Decatur 2.70 



DeKalb - 2.74 



Freepon — -— 2.72 



Galesburg 2.65 



Harrisburg 2.60 



Jacksonville 2.40 



Kewanee 2.55 



LaSalle 2.69 



Moiine 3.01 



Peoria 2.89 



Pontiac - 2.40 



Quincy 2.36 



Rockford - 3.02 



Springfield _ 2.60 



St. Louis 3J5 



Streator - 2.40 



The following are the gross blended 

 prices paid to producers for milk in the 

 following named cities throughout the 

 United States, and are quoted on a 3.5% 

 butterfat basis delivered f.o.b. dealers plat- 

 forms (with exceptions noted) as reported 

 by the respective milk cooperatives. These 

 prices are for March unless otherwise noted : 



Baltimore $3.85 



Boston 3.73 



Chicago (70 milk zone — Apr.; 2.98 



Denver (April) 2.87 



Detroit 3.63 



Evansville 2.5>8 



Indianapolis ..._ 3.28 



Kansas City 3.58 



Milwaukee (April) 3.00 



New York (201-210 mi. rone) 3.77 



Pittsburg 3.52 



Seattle 3.10 



St. Louis (April) 3.29 



St. Paul (April; 3.01 



Washington, D. C. (Dec.) . . 4.06 



lockers 



By Fran': Gougier 



During the past four years Mr. and Mrs. 

 Herr of Jacksonville have operated a locker 

 plant at Waverly, Illinois, Morgan County. 

 Recently Mr. Herr entered the service and 

 Mrs. Herr has been teaching in Jackson- 

 ville. Under their circumstances they felt 

 it best to sell the plant. Because of their 

 many year's interest in Farm Bureau aaivi- 

 ties it was their desire to see it taken over 

 by a cooperative. 



Accordingly the Farm Bureau organized 

 the Waverly Locker Company, and the fol- 

 lowing temporary board of directors -and 

 officers have been selected : S. P. Campbell, 

 president; Elmer Huyear, vice president; J. 

 C. Tummons, secretary; Byron Sheppard, 

 treasurer; and Carl Duewer, director. 



The plant is located in a new brick build- 

 ing 38 X 56 feet including a separate brick 

 building at back for curing, smoking and 

 rendering. It also has a slaughter house. 

 At present 380 lockers are installed and ad- 



ditional room can be refrigerated so the 

 building will accomodate 500 lockers. 



The plant was purchased by the Board for 

 $22,500. ^The capital for purchasing the 

 plant has been raised through the sale of 

 stock. It was taken over June 1. At pres- 

 ent applications for a manager are being 

 considered. . 



Randolph County Farm Bureau has or- 

 ganized the Randolph Locker Service. This 

 new organization has plans underway for 

 establishing one or more plants in the coun- 

 ty. 



At present promotional work is being car- 

 ried on in the Steelville community. Al- 

 ready a sufficient number of lockers have 

 been rented to assure a 300-locker plant at 

 Steelville. The board thinks a goal of 500 

 can be reached. 



The project is being financed through the 

 sale of stock. 



The County Locker board is composed of 

 the following members: Louis Uchtnamm, 

 president; Ernest Fulton, vice president; 

 Harold Runge, secretary-treasurer ; Louis 

 Guebert, Howard Hecht, Elmer Uchtmann, 

 B. L. Neager. 



The last two named directors are also 

 members of the Randolph County Farm 

 Bureau board. 



Manager Harold Brackett and the direc- 

 tors of the Producers Creamery of Carbon- 

 dale are having a large spare room in the 

 creamery converted into a modern locker 

 plant. When completed it will accomodate 

 more than 700 lockers. 



The total cost of this project will be be- 

 tween $20,000 and $25,000. The unit will be 

 a complete plant in every respect. An addi- 

 tional building, large enough for curing, 

 smoking and rendering lard will be con- 

 structed outside the creamery building pro- 

 per. 



The room that is being converted into the 

 locker plant was formerly used for storing 

 trucks. A new building will be built to 

 house trucks and for servicing of trucks. 



The creamery will furnish the locker 

 plant with heat, water, lights and power, 

 and space for office management and book- 

 keeping. 



U. of I. Offers Coarse 



In Farm Appraisal Work 



A farm appraisal case-study course is 

 scheduled for July. 10 to 22 under the 

 joint sponsorship of the U. of I. College 

 of Agriculture and the American Insti- 

 tute of Real Estate Appraisers, according 

 to W. L. Burlison, head of the college 

 department of agronomy and chairman 

 of the local committee on arrangements. 



The course will consist of a minimum 

 of 30 hours of lectures, actual detailed 

 and thorough appraisal of farm proper- 

 ties, field trips, group conferences, etc. 

 No university credit will be given, but 

 examinations will be given at the end of 

 the course for all who wish to qualify 

 for membership in the American In- 

 stitute of Real Estate Appraisers. 



There is still a fair supply of shallow 

 well pumps, but deep well pumps are 

 more critical. Supplies of both, how- 

 ever, will be greater than in 1943. 



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