populations to accept not less than a 

 proportional share of the- pork cuts and 

 products which are in less demand as 

 is required of our civilian population." 



There has been considerable specu- 

 lation as to whether the government 

 will lower the price support on hogs 

 from $13.75 to $12.50 on Oct. 1, as 

 originally announced. 



The Price Control extension act di- 

 rects that the President shall take "all 

 lawful action" to maintain prices to 

 producers at the higher of parity or the 

 highest level obtaining during the first 

 nine months of 1942, and it is pointed 

 out that a reduction of the hog sup- 

 port price to $12.50 would be a viola- 

 tion of this mandate. 



The swine subcommittee includes 

 Francie Johnson, Iowa, chairman of 

 the AFBF National Livestock Commit- 

 tee; Ted Anderson, Missouri; William 

 Yungclas, Iowa; C. L. Farrington, In- 

 diana; R. B. Evans and P. O. Wilson. 

 Herman Aaberg, director of the AFBF 

 livestock department, also accompanied 

 the committee to Washington, in the 

 place of F. G.. Ketner, committee mem- 

 ber, who was unable to make the trip. 



lockers 



By Frank Geugler 



During the past year 13 of our locker 



companies have expanded their operations 

 through the establishing of new plants. 

 Eleven new companies have been organized 

 by county Farm Bureaus and one independ- 

 ent cooperative has been organized making 

 a total of 25. In addition several companies 

 have expanded present plants. 



By early July all allocations of material 

 for locker plant construction were ex- 

 hausted. This means that a number of ap- 

 plications that have been filed must wait 

 until new allocations of material are made 

 available. This very likely will not be done 

 until early 1945. Applications are still be- 

 ing received by WPB, and when material is 

 available' they will be considered in the 

 order received. 



On Aug. 10 Producers Locker Association 

 of Carbondale had "Open House." This was 

 a sort of emergency opening. Peach harvest 

 at this time was at its peak and many locker 

 patrons were eager to utilize their lockers 

 for storing peaches. 



The locker plant chill room, processing 

 room and curing department are just being 

 completed. The locker room, however, was 

 ready, therefore the board and management 

 saw no reason for not accommodating pa- 

 trons who wanted to put fruit, vegetables 

 and poultry into their lockers. Pork and 



beef cannot be processed until the chill and 

 curing rooms are completed. 



Opening day and the following two days 

 were indeed busy days for all of the em- 

 ployees, for there was a constant flow of 

 patrons into the plant with products to be 

 stored. 



This plant when fully occupied will ac- 

 commodate 750 patrons and present interest 

 indicates it will soon be filled. 



sociation, Cadwell, to Atwood, and Har- 

 low Boyd, Sullivan, moves to the Moultrie 

 Grain Association. Dale Bunney is the 

 new manager of the Farmers Cooperative 

 Elevator Company, Maroa, Macon county, 

 and the board of the Hudson Grain Com- 

 pany, McLean county, is looking for a suc- 

 cessor. 



Architects and engineers have completed 



plans for Edgar County Locker Service's 

 850 locker plant. The original plan proyided 

 for complete slaughter facilities as a part 

 of the plant, but the Paris City Council ob- 

 jected to slaughter facilities within the city 

 limits. 



R. V. Graves, manager of the Elmwood 



Elevator Company, Peoria county, bought an 

 elevator in eastern Illinois leaving a va- 

 cancy at Elmwood. Richard Lovingfoss, 

 Philo, has been named manager of the Sa- 

 dorus Cooperative Elevator Company, Cham- 

 paign county, to fill the vacancy caused by 

 the death of H. W. Holl. A new manager is 

 being sought for the Godfrey Elevator Com- 

 pany in Madison county. Ellsworth Turley, 

 assistant at the Greenville Equity Elevator, 

 Bond county, succeeds J. M. Daniels who 

 resigned recently. 



By e. H. Iftner 



Information accompanying the 1944-45 soy- 

 bean processors' contract points out that 

 an additional cent a bushel has been pro- 

 vided in the processors' margin to enable 

 processors to pay country storage contrac- 

 tors an additional cent a bushel to cover 

 increased risks incurred by handling and 

 storing a product of higher value. 



TJie country elevators contracting storage 

 will have to find a way to collect this extra 

 allowance for OPA holds that it is an in- 

 crease in rent. The Illinois Agricultural 

 Association holds that it is not a rental 

 proposition at all. Rather it is a just pay- 

 ment for increased risks involved in han- 

 dling and storing a product of higher value. 

 The lAA will make an effort to secure the 

 extra cent a bushel for the country elevator 

 storing soybeans. 



Members of the Illinois Grain Corpora- 

 tion are looking forward to the melon slic- 

 ing which will distribute $100,000 in cash 

 and three times that amount in patronage 

 stock. 



The Eminence Grain and Coal Company, 



Logan county, is the first new member to be 

 signed in the Illinois Grain Corporation since 

 the reorganization period of 1937-38. The 

 Eminence Grain and Coal Company marketed 

 grain through Illinois Grain Corporation 

 during the intervening years, but never was 

 a member. Ray Thompson is the manager. 



The books of the Rushville Farmers Grain 



and Livestock Company, Schuyler county, 

 would prove discouraging to an old line 

 grain company for this cooperative has only 

 Illinois Grain Corporation on its account 

 list. Manager William Eifert says, "There 

 is no use in having an Illinois Grain Cor- 

 poration if you don't use it, so I just use 

 it 100 per cent." 



There has been considerable turnover in 



management recently. Sam Bane moves from 

 the Atwood Grain and Supply Company, 

 Douglas county, to the DeWitt County Co- 

 operative Grain Company at Clinton ; Walter 

 Henkel moves from the Moultrie Grain As- 



cream 



By Frank Gougler 



Butter production by the end of July this 



year for the United States was approximately 

 one biHion pounds, but 11 per cent under 

 the same period for last year. The north- 

 east central states which includes Illinois 

 also showed an 11 per cent decrease. Drouth 

 conditions are largely responsible for the 

 decrease. 



The ten member Producer Creameries dur- 

 ing the past ten months purchased 1.47% 

 more butter than during the same months 

 last year. Since a number of our creameries 

 purchase whole milk and some of the cream 

 is sold as such, the butter made does not 

 represent total fat purchases. Total fat 

 purchases by the ten member creameries is 

 20.3% above last year. 



Producers Creamery of Moline leads all 

 plants in increased butter made over a year 

 ago. The gain amounts to 29.03%. This 

 plant also leads in the production of 92 

 score butter. Despite the hot weather dur- 

 ing July. 91.61% of all the butter received 

 from member plants scored 90 or better, 

 and n.5% scored 92%. 



By Aug. 1, the four creameries making 

 powder, Galesburg, Mt. Sterling, Carlinville 

 and Olney, will have manufactured two mil- 

 lion pounds of skim milk powder since Sept. 

 30, 1943. Half of this powder has been sold 

 to the government at 14 cents per pound 

 and the remainder to local buyers. 



During the past year the number of milk 



patrons of Producers Creamery of Carlinville 

 has increased from 80 to 500. This growth 

 measured in another way is in the value of 

 business done. The first full year that the 

 company operated it had a $73,000 business. 

 This year the total value of all products will 

 be $750,000. 



During June, 28 new patrons were added 

 to the creamery. 



William Knetzer, who for a number of 

 years was in charge of the cream department, 

 has entered the armed service^ ?nd is suc- 

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