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Producers' Market 



After War Depends 



On High Consumer 



Income — Pollock 



LIVESTOCK producers will have a 

 good postwar domestic market for 

 their product if consumer income is 

 maintained, R. C. Pollock, general mana- 

 ger of the National Livestock and Meat 

 Board, declared at the annual meeting of 

 the Illinois Livestock Marketing Associa- 

 tion in the Hotel Sherman, Chicago. The 

 meeting was held in conjunction with 

 the 30th annual meeting of the lAA. 



"Meat will hold its own and advance 

 in the postwar battle of foods," he said. 

 "I am sure that neither synthetic steaks 

 nor so-called meat substitutes will replace 

 it in the postwar diet." 



Pollock was not optimistic, however, 

 concerning the potential European de- 

 mand for meat. He quoted Dr. Karl 

 Brandt of the Food Research Institute of 

 Stanford University, who reports that the 

 actual decline in farm output of the war- 

 ring and the ravished countries during 

 the war has been less than anticipated. 



Brandt's report points out that in con- 

 tinental Europe, excluding Russia, the 

 cattle and the sheep population has been 

 reduced only about 7 per cent. The re- 

 duction in hog numbers has been greater 

 — about 30 per cent. 



The report also indicates that if peace 

 and order are restored in Europe at the 

 close of hostilities, agricultural produc- 

 tion will probably recuperate rather 

 quickly. The United Kingdom will need 

 meat, but has already made plans to buy 

 from Argentina, and will also likely 

 secure supplies from Canada and New 

 Zealand. 



Belgium, Switzerland, Norway, Den- 

 mark and Holland — • with a revival of 

 their fishing industry and increased pro- 

 duction of domestic food products, will 

 not need much meat from outside 

 sources. Russia's food supplies hive 

 been depleted to a considerable extent, 

 but in Dr. Brandt's opinion, Russia will 

 import little or no food. 



Pollock reported that livestock pro- 

 ducers of the United States have per- 

 formed an outstanding job in furnishing 

 supplies to our forces and those of our 

 Allies. Meat production is far outstrip- 

 ping World War I totals. The margin 



R. C. Pollock 



over the 1917-19 period is 9V2 billion 

 pounds, and in the 1941-43 seasons 3 

 million more cattle, 20 million more 

 hogs, and 10 million more sheep and 

 lambs were marketed annually than dur- 

 ing World War I. Yet, he added, there 

 are nearly 4 million fewer people on 

 firms than during the first world conflict. 



Illinois farmers and livestock men lo- 

 cated in the heart of the nation's major 

 corn and meat-producing area have 

 played an important part in this all-time 

 production record. Pollock said. Last 

 year Illinois ranked second among all 

 states in the production of pork, 8th in 

 the production of beef and veal, and 

 20th in the production of lamb. 



In his annual summary of business for 

 the Illinois Livestock Marketing Associa- 

 tion for the year ending Sept. 30, 1944, 

 H. W. Trautmann, manager, reported 

 171,910 hogs handled. Total value of 

 all animals handled was $5,996,543.13. 

 Some $4,871.53 from the Association's 

 earnings was refunded to affiliated units 

 on a patronage basis. Patronage refunds 

 from 1940 to 1944 inclusive were re- 

 ported at $28,157.97. 



LaRue Tice, Shelby county, is a new direc- 

 tor on the board of the Illinoia Litrestock 

 . Marketing Association. 



Report Elections 

 Of lAA AsscKiated 

 Company Directors 



Directors elected at annual meetings 

 of the following associated companies 

 of the Illinois Agricultural Association 

 during the 30th annual convention of 

 the I AA are as follows : 



Illinois Grain Corporation: Carl O. 

 Johnson, Varna; A. E. Burwash, Cham- 

 paign ; Chas. Schmitt, Beason ; E. E. 

 Stevenson, Streator; Arthur Bertsche, 

 (replaces G. L. Potter) Pontiac; John 

 Butterfield, Pana, (replaces Frank Gar- 

 wood) ; A. O. Eckert, Belleville; Dwight 

 Hart, Taylorville ; Chas. Lauritzen, Red- 

 dick, (replaces Ronald Holt). 



Illinois Wool Marketing: William 

 Temple, Serena; A. L. Doubet, Wil- 

 liamsfield ; Escol Oxford, Elizabeth- 

 town; August Eggerding, Red Bud; 

 Lyman Bunting, EUery. 



Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Co.: J. 

 M. Becket, Blue Mound; Geo. F. 

 Hayes, Galva and J. E. Miller, St. Jacob. 



Illinois Farm Bureau Serum Ass'n: 

 R. V. McKee, Varna; Ray Cunning- 

 ham, Alvin; William Stockley, Earl- 

 ville; Ben Bodecker, Sutter; Everett G. 

 Reynolds, Jacksonville; Jesse E. Tuttle, 

 West York; K. T. Smith, Greenfield; 

 C. E. Yale, Amboy. 



Illinois Agricultural Auditing Ass'n: 

 Frank Easterly, Carbondale; B. W. 

 Horan, Reynolds; Roy Edwards, Cham- 

 paign (replaces A. E. Staley) ; R. H. 

 Voorhees, Jerseyville; Carl A. Lage, 

 Saybrook. 



Illinois Cooperative Locker Service: 



Dana Cryder, Minooka; Carl Bates, 

 Kewanee; Earl Wenzel, Kirkland; C. 

 Ray Ward, Cropsey (replaces P. 

 Ropp) ; Paul Rosentroter, Carlinville. 



Illinois Milk Producers Association: 



John Hagcnstoz, (replaces Rylan Cap- 

 ron) ; Earnest Reed, Canton, (replaces 

 Earl Richardson) ; Ray H. Miller, De- 

 catur; Edwin Gumm, Galesburg; Dean 

 H. Radford, Kewanee; William L. 

 Mays, Bloomington ; Chas. H. Cajneron, 

 Peoria ; Anthony Grawe, Quincy : Fred 

 Patterson, Harrisburg; A. E. Meyer, 

 Moline; Lowell Coomber, Freeport; B. 

 J. Schumacher, St. Louis; Geo. I. Max- 

 well, Champaign, (replaces J. C. Pen- 

 nell); J. Warren Ellis, Danville; Wil- 

 liam O'Malley, DeKalb; Harold Kamm, 

 Jacksonville; O. H. Ryan, Tonica; W. A. 

 Newman, Rockford : Mattie Nolan, Pon- 

 tiac; Chas. W. Krell, Springfield; W. J. 

 Swayer, Chicago; J. D. Allen, Spring- 

 field; Glen Tombaugh, Streator. 



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