within its own territory. To get this 

 new coofjerative going, Fred Herndon, 

 president, and G. W. Bunting, director 

 of purchasing, represented the Illinois 

 Farm Supply Company as incorporating 

 directors. The other incorporating di- 

 rectors are M. J. Briggs and Frank Beall 

 of Indiana; W. A. Bergeron and A. H. 

 Roffers, Midland ; Curtis Hatch and J. C. 

 Green, Wisconsin. 



According to Herndon, this new de- 

 velopment has come about because of 

 the increased demand for plant food and 

 also because of the inadequacy of the 

 present manufacturing facilities, both 

 private and cooperative. Herndon says 

 the new program will permit the farmer 

 to have what he wants, either straight 

 plant food ingredients such as super 

 phosphate, or mixed materials such as 

 high analysis grades which have been 

 available heretofore. 



Herndon said, "Within the last five 

 years, the commercial fertilizer tonnage 

 in Illinois has more than doubled. Illi- 

 nois farmers used better than 100,000 

 tons in 1943, and 1944 will, in all prob- 

 ability, top that figure with demand con- 

 tinuing to grow." 



This demand, according to Herndon, 

 comes from the fact that more and more 

 Illinois farmers are supplementing their 

 soil management program to meet the 

 soil needs brought on by hybrid corn. 

 He wished to make it clear, however, 

 that there was no thought on the part of 

 Illinois Farm Supply Company, nor Co- 

 operative Plant Foods, Inc., to push this 

 program too fast, as these ingredients 

 and mixed fertilizers are used as sup- 

 plements, and every effort, he empha- 

 sized, will be used by the organization 

 to continue its support of the Illinois 

 Plan for permanent soil fertility using 

 limestone, legumes, and good soil man- 

 agement practices as recommended by the 

 U. of I. College of Agriculture Exten- 

 sion Service. He points out further that 

 for the past year the Illinois Farm Supply 

 Company has been collaborating with 

 representatives of the Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association, University Extension, 

 and Farm Advisers Association in devel- 

 oping an acceptable plant food policy for 

 Illinois. 



Herndon believes that Illinois par- 

 ticipation with Cooperative Plant Foods, 

 Inc., is just the beginning. From all 

 indications, Illinois farmers are going 

 to increase their use of supplements for 

 their soil, and more than likely a larger 

 and larger percentage of this type of ma- 

 terial will move through cooperative dis- 

 tribution channels because of their policy 

 of vigilantly safeguarding quality, ren- 

 dering better service, and their tremen- 

 dous influence in lowering the cost of 

 distribution through means of large 

 volume buying and patronage dividends. 



Set Up Statewide Company 

 To Market Bean Oil. Meal 



A further step toward farmer-owned 

 and directed soybean processing units 

 was taken at the regular monthly 

 meeting of the Illinois Agricultural As- 

 sociation board of directors when it 

 authorized the establishment of an lAA 

 statewide affiliate, the Illinois Milling 

 Company. 



With a number of counties contem- 

 plating the building of local soybean 

 processing units as priorities on ma- 

 terials are secured, the Illinois Milling 

 Company was authorized for the pur- 

 pose of marketing the oil and any ex- 

 cess meal produced by the affiliated 

 county units. Business advisory service 

 also would be afforded by the state 

 company as well as direction in estab- 

 lishing uniform systems of office pro- 

 cedure and accounting. It is also con- 

 templated that the statewide company 

 would be able to furnish engineering 

 service to the county member units 

 through the hiring of a qualified man 

 with background and experience in 

 operating soybean processing units. Re- 

 lationship of the state company to the 

 county units would be somewhat simi- 

 lar to that existing between the Illi- 

 nois Producers Creameries and the 

 member creameries throughout the 

 state. 



First county unit to be established 

 is the Morgan Milling Company, 

 which has been organized by the Mor- 

 gan County Farm Bureau. The Mor- 

 gan unit has purchased a 12-acre tract 

 of land on the Chicago & Alton Rail- 

 road, southeast of Jacksonville. Plans 

 are under way to construct a plant with 

 a solvent type extractor of 10 ton per 

 day capacity, concrete storage bins of 

 75,000 bushel capacity, and other ne- 

 cessary buildings. The Morgan Mill- 

 ing Company has solicited more than 

 $100,000 pf capital through sale of 

 class "A" preferred stock, 6 per cent 

 cumulative. 



The Illinois Milling Company has 

 been incorporated with the board of 

 directors made up of the chairmen of 

 the lAA standing committees, and H. 

 P. Joy, president of the Morgan Mill- 

 ing Company. 



As more member county process- 

 ings units are set up, it is contemplated 

 that the board of directors of the state- 

 wide company will consist of represen- 

 tatives from the local units with some 

 representation from the lAA board. 

 The board of the Illinois Milling Com- 

 pany at present consists of Mr. Joy; 

 Talmage Defrees, Smithboro, lAA 



vice-president, and chairman of fi- 

 nance; Otto Steffey, Stronghurst, or- 

 ganization-information chairman; K. 

 T. Smith, Greenfield, public relations 



W. F. Coolidge, Morgan county iana ad- 



yUer. and H. P. Joy stand on building cit* 



oi Morgan Milling Company. 



chairman; Lyman Bunting, Ellery, bu- 

 siness service chairman; and A. O. Eck- 

 ert, Belleville, marketing chairman. 



Rock Island Farm Bnrean 

 Moves Into Its New Home 



Rock Island County Farm Bureaji was 

 scheduled to move into a new hottie on 

 July 7 at the corner of 1 6th Street and 

 19th Avenue in Moline. The Farm Bu- 

 reau offices have been located at 1852 

 l6th Street. 



Many modern features have been in- 

 corporated into completed office space 

 for the Farm Bureau and its affiliates in 

 the newly remodelled building. The main 

 entrance is of Bedford limestone. Just 

 inside the entrance are two attractive 

 fluorescent lighted display cases. In the 

 main lobby are built-in display cases, bul- 

 letin board and comfortable chairs. 



The finish throughout is light buff 

 walls with light green woodwork. 



Office space in the new home will be 

 occupied by the Farm Bureau, farm ad- 

 viser's office. Rock Island County Pro- 

 ducers Supplies, lAA Insurance Service, 

 Blackhawk National Farm Loan Associ- 

 ation, Blackhawk Soil Conser\'ation Dis- 

 trict, Monmouth Production Credit As- 

 sociation, and Rock Island County Farm 

 Labor Office. 



Seven hundred land owners of Wayne 

 county were signed up in 15 days for the 

 organization of a soil conservation dis- 

 trict, reports L. B. Kimmel, farm adviser. 



lUlY-AUGUST. 1944 



