plant and facilities formerly operated by the 

 Producers Creamery of Moline. 



Directors re-elected were: Arthur E. Mey- 

 er, Albert T. Johnson, Walter Mose, Rob- 

 ert McKnight, Harold Peterson, Carl Geig- 

 er, Vernon Tyler. L. A. Schnekloth was 

 elected director to fill the vacancy of Elmer 

 Kuhl, who resigned. James Holtz was 

 elected director at large, replacing Mollis 

 Boardman. 



Wilfred Shaw, lAA director of milk mar- 

 keting', was the principal speaker. Reports 

 were given by Julia Dearch, of the Quad 

 City Dairy Council, and E. H. McGuire, 

 Quad City market administrator, on the 

 federal milk marketing order. 



The following are the blended prices re- 

 ceived by producers supplying the respec- 

 tive Illinois markets. All are January prices 

 for 3.5% milk, f.o.b. dealers' platforms (ex- 

 cept Chicago) and are for milk meeting the 

 respective milk ordinances: 



Bloooiington $2.48 



Canton 2.75 



Champaign 2.75 



Chicago 3.10 



Danville 2.45 



Decatur 2.75 



DeKalb 2.74 



Freeport 2.75 



Galesburg 2.65 



Harrisburg 2.60 



Jacksonville 2.85 



Kewanee 2.55 



LaSalle 2.69 



Moline 2.96 



Peoria 2.89 



Pootiac 2.406 



Quincy 2.36 



Rockford 3.07 



Springfield 2.85 



St. Louis 3.40 



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 December, unless otherwise 

 noted : 



Boston (191-200 mile zone) ..$3.82 

 Chicago (70 miletzone) 



-... (Jan.) 3.10 



Cleveland 3.51 



Dayton (Jan.) 3.06 



Denver (Jan-) 2.87 



Detroit 3.57 



Evansville 2.94 



Indianapolis Can.) 3.44 



Kansas Qty U^Q-) 3.52 



Milwaukee _ 3.00 



New York City 



(201-210 mile zone) 4.08 



Omaha _ 3.00 



Seattle (Jan.) 3.10 



St. Louis (Jan.) 3.44 



St. Paul and Minneapolis 



Oan.) 3.00 



Washington, D. C 3.99 



The Producers Co-Op Dairy of Quincy 

 held their 22nd annual meeting in Quincy 

 Feb. 12. 



The reports of management disclosed this 

 past year to have been the largest year of 

 business and of earnings since they started 

 operations in 1922. 'Total sales for the 

 year were $450,117, or 12% above the year 

 previous. A return of stock investments to 

 producers of $14,900 was made in 1944, in 

 addition to dividends upon patronage and 



stock of $4,399, or a total of $19,299 re- 

 turned to patrons and stockholders. All 

 capital stock has now been returned and 

 the dairy is operating upon a revolving fund 

 basis. The net worth of the dairy on De- 

 cember 31, 1944 was $131,412.74. 



All directors were re-elected for the com- 

 ing year. The directors all have Quincy ad- 

 dresses, and are Anthony Grawe, Lawrence 

 Brinkman, R. B. Putnam, Wilbur Coe, Fred 

 Lewis, Eldon Knobloch, Alfred Dedert, 

 Henry Summers and Wilmer Cornwell. 



Mrs. Laura Johnson is office manager and 

 M. B. Crocker is plant manager. 



Ed Gumm of Galesburg, president of Il- 

 linois Milk Producers' Association, and Wil- 

 fred Shaw, lAA director of milk marketing, 

 addressed the meeting, which was held in 

 the Adams County Livestock Shippers build- 

 ing. 



By John R. Spencer 



According to Farm Adviser F. H. Shuman, 

 Whiteside county applied 85,000 tons of 

 agricultural limestone in 1944 and this is 

 an increase of approximately 10,000 tons 

 over the previous year. About half of the 

 samples thus far tested in the Whiteside 

 county soil laboratory shows a definite need 

 for limestone and thus it would appear the 

 liming job is a long way from complete. 



The counties of the 21st congressional dis- 

 trict (Christian, Macoupin, Montgomery and 

 Sangamon) used more than 165,000 tons 

 of limestone last year .which came from 

 eleven different quarries outside of the area. 

 There are no producing quarries in the four 

 counties. 



On most cultivated land nitrogen scarcity 

 is a bottleneck in the production of high 

 yields of corn and grain, states L. B. 

 Miller, assistant chief, soil experiment fields, 

 U. of 1. College of Agriculture. 



Alfalfa is especially efficient as a host 

 plant because, in addition to producing a 

 nitrogen-rich top growth which can be 

 plowed under, it also fills the soil to a 

 considerable depth with roots which are 

 high in nitrogen. The growing of alfalfa, 

 even when large crops of hay are removed, 

 usually leaves a favorable nitrogen balance 

 in the soil. Miller added. 



Disappointing yields of corn or other 

 crops following several years of alfalfa may 

 be due to potash deficiency and can be 

 overcome by using barnyard manure or 

 other potash-rich fertilizers. 



The sales manager of a company having 

 five producing quarries said recently "We 

 are behind on orders over 500 car loads of 

 agricultural limestone and have turned down 

 twice that much business." 



cream 



. ' By Frank Gougler 



In normal times, average aiuiual per cap- 

 ita butter consumption in the U. S. is about 

 17 lbs. This year it will not exceed 10 

 lbs. Butter production during 1944 was 

 10% under 1943. It is estimated that 1945 

 production will be 10% under last year. 

 Draining more farm labor from our dairy 

 farms may result in a much greater reduction. 



If a farmer who operates a rather large 

 farm and milks many cows has his help 

 taken from him, and other help cannot be 

 employed, about all he can do is to dispose 

 of his herd. Weather conditions may be an- 

 other very important factor that will have 

 a bearing on 1945 butter production. 



Military and lend-lease needs for butter 

 appear to be much greater this year than 

 formerly. Last year the early spring butter 

 production up to April 1 was left free for 

 civilian use. This year lend-lease is taking 

 20% of the make in February and 25% in 

 March. 



Late last year, it was expected that 1945 

 would begin with much smaller needs of 

 food products to meet military and lend- 

 lease requirements. Instead, we are starting 

 out with the most stringent rationing of 

 the war years. 



Manager F. A. Gourley of Producers 



Creamery of Carlinville asks the question, 

 "When is a truck worn out?" Then he re- 

 ports this interesting experience with trucks. 

 Before the war he followed the practice of 

 trading in trucks annually. Now he has 

 trucks on the road that were bought in 

 1941. The mileage on them ranges from 

 175,000 to 200,000 miles and they are still 

 going strong. 



The 200,000 mile truck has been driven 

 by Olen Crayne for the past year. It was 

 considered ready for the junk heap when 

 he took it over, yet during the past year 

 it has had the lowest operating mileage of 

 all trucks. Gourley gives Olen a lot of 

 credit for the longevity of this truck. 



Equally good results have been secured 

 with a truck which has been driven 175,000 

 miles by James England. This truck is 

 bringing in the largest load of milk coming 

 to the plant. 



Russell Meyers, butter salesman, has 

 driven his truck more than 150,000 miles 

 and its appearance and performance would 

 lead one to believe that it has not gone 

 more than 40,000 miles. Manager Gourley 

 concludes, "It appears to us that with the 

 best drivers behind the wheel, you can ex- 

 pect long and continuous service from many 

 trucks regardless of make. Conscientious, 

 careful and considerate drivers are a val- 

 uable asset to the creamery. 



If com is checked on sloping land and 

 cultivated both ways, try to "lay it by" 

 across the slope to reduce erosion. 



Watering cows twice daily providing 



water heated from 50 to 55 degrees will 

 increase milk production five per cent to 

 10 per cent. 



MARCH, 1945 



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