milk 



by Wilfred Shaw 



The Chicago, St. Louis and Quad Cities 

 milk markets are operating under Federal 

 Milk Market orders. The following compar- 

 isons of receipts and Class I sales have been 

 computed from the respective market ad- 

 ministrators' reports which are authentic 

 for these markets. 



Milk receipts for each marketing area in 

 May showed the following changes in May 

 1944 compared with April 1944: Chicago 



— plus 6.8%; St. Louis — plus 12.8%; 

 Quad Cities — plus 15%. 



Milk receipts in May 1944 compared with 

 May 1943 were as follows: Chicago — 

 plus 4.5%; St. Louis — plus 9.6%; Quad 

 Cities — plus 9.9%. 



Class I milk sales in May 1944 compared 

 with April 1944 were as follows: Chicago 



— plus 1.8%; St. Louis — plus 5.3%i; Quad 

 Cities — plus 3.5%. 



Class I milk sales in May 1944 compared 

 with May 1943 were as follows: Chicago 



— plus 6.5%; St. Louis — plus 4.3%; Quad 

 Cities — plus 9.6%. 



Several inquiries received indicate that 



there is a lack of familiarity with the OPA 

 regulations regarding permissive prices for 

 milk to producers supplying bottle milk 

 distributors in Illinois. 



OPA authorizes producers supplying bot- 

 tle milk distributors to obtain for their 

 milk a price up to $2.75 per cwt. for 4% 

 milk without any permit or consent from 

 OPA. 



However, if the milk prices to producers 

 supplying bottle milk distributors are at 

 the $2.75 per cwt. 4% basis or above, the 

 milk price to producers cannot be increased 

 to a higher price without specific author- 

 ity from OPA to do so. 



Reports indicate that there are a number 

 of markets in Illinois where milk producers 

 are still receiving less than the OPA per- 

 missive price of $2.75 per cwt. 4% basis 

 for their milk. 



A tentatively approved Federal Milk Mar- 

 keting Order for the suburban Chicago 

 marketing area was submitted by the War 

 Food Administration in early July to the 

 producers affected for a referendum vote. 



The Illinois territory included in the order 

 includes Dundee, Elgin, St. Charles, Geneva, 

 Batavia and Aurora townships in Kane. 

 Cook, DuPage and Will Counties and also 

 the city of Harrington in Lake County, ex- 

 cepting any portion of these areas already 

 covered by the Chicago Milk Marketing 

 Order No. 41. 



The proposed order provided for an in- 

 dividual handler pool; a similar classifica- 

 tion of sales to the Chicago order with a 

 few differences; a pricing arrangement sim- 

 ilar to the Chicago order except that two 

 grades of milk are provided for and no 

 seasonal price adjustment is included as is 

 the case in the Chicago order. 



The outcome of the producers' referen- 

 dum vote upon this order was not avail- 

 able at this meeting. 



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The following are the blended prices re- 

 ceived by producers supplying the respective 

 Illinois markets. All are May prices for 

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

 Chicago) and are for milk meeting the re- 

 spective milk ordinances. 



Bloomington -$2.37 



Canton 2.75 



Champaign 2.75 



Chicago 2.97 



Danville - 2.45 



Decatur .— 2.70 



DeKalb 2.74 



Freeport 2.70 



Galesburg 2.65 



Harrisburg 2.65 



Jacksonville 2.40 



Kewanee 2.55 



LaSalle 2.67 



Moline 2.93 



Peoria D 2.89 



Peoria M 2.89 



Pontiac 2.406 



Quincy 2.36 



Rockford 2.99 



Springfield D 2.725 



Springfield M 2.725 



St. Louis 3.18 



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 April unless otherwise noted : 



Baltimore $3.85 



Boston 3.49 



Chicago (70 mile zone — May) 2.97 



Cleveland 3.33 



Denver 2.87 ,. 



Detroit 3.57 



Evansville 2.89 ^ 



Indianapolis 3.27 ^■ 



Kansas City (May) 3.16 



Milwaukee (May) 3.00 



New York (201-210 mi. zone) 3.67 



Pittsburgh 3.43 



Seattle (May) 2.97 



St. Louis (May) 3.18 



St. Paul, Minn. (May) 2.99 



Washington, D.C. (May) 4.00 



lockers 



By Frank Gougler 



Requests continue to come from Farm Bu- 

 reau leaders for assistance in organizing co- 

 operative locker plants. Since materials 

 have been made availble by WPB more than 

 25 new plants are in various stages of con- 

 struction and many older plants have been 

 enlarged. 



The demands from both cooperatives and 

 private interest have been so extensive that 

 the allocated materials for the year are run- 

 ning short. This year these allocations have 

 been made on a quarterly basis. In order 

 to be able to take care of current require- 

 ments WPB has" moved the "bank of ma- 

 terials" intended for the fourth quarter up 

 to the third quarter to be available July 1st. 



It is reported that this allotment is not very 

 large and because so many applications are 

 on file it will soon be exhausted. No more 

 materials will likely be made available un- 

 til Jan. 1, 1945 it is reported. 



A number of our cooperatives have ap- 

 plications on file and it is hoped they will 

 be approved before materials are all gone. 



For the past several years the Bank for 



Cooperatives of St. Louis has summarized 

 the annual audits of our cooperative locker 

 plants for comparative information. This 

 service has been greatly appreciated by 

 locker officials. This year because of 

 limited help bank officials were unable to 

 give this service. However, with the as- 

 sistance of Fred Ringham, Secretary of the 

 Bank, we are securing the services of S. T. 

 Warrington and Paul Wilkins, both of 

 Farm (Iredit Administration, Washington, 

 D.C, to make the summaries. 



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cream 



By Frank Gougler 



The peak of butter production in Illinois 



this year was reached about the last week 

 of June. For the U. S. as a whole 10% 

 less butter was produced during the week 

 ending June 15 than the corresponding week 

 a year ago. 



Total butter production for the ten mem- 

 ber creameries during the past eight months, 

 October, 1943, thru May, 1944, was 2.51% 

 over the same months a year ago. 



Powder production at the four creameries 

 is far in excess of a year ago. During the 

 past eight months the four creameries mak- 

 ing powder have produced the following 

 amounts : 



Galesburg 127,705 lbs. 



Olney 203,642 



Mt. Sterling 400,838 



Carlinville 744,068 



1,476,253 lbs. 



The federal government still demands a 

 large set aside of this highly concentrated 

 food product. During June 35% had to be 

 set aside and 50% is required during July. 



Set-aside butter requirement for May was 

 45%, June 50%, and July 45%. Butter for 

 set-aside purposes must score 90 or better. 



If present trends continue to the end of 



the fiscal year of the Producers Creamery of 

 Mt. Sterling, September 30. 1944 — this 

 year's business will far exceed last year. 

 Butter production is 5% ahead of last year. 

 May powder production was 110,957 

 pounds and for 8 months was 400.838 lbs. 



The four plants making powder have 

 made more powder in 8 months this year 

 than was produced in 12 months last year. 



Excavation will soon start for the first of 

 two new creameries to serve the Peoria 

 district. One is to be established at Henry. 

 Ample new capital has been provided 

 through the sale of stock to finance the 

 project. 



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