

HENRY CREAMERY 

 HIRES MANAGER 



PRAIRIE Farms Creamery of Henry has 

 employed H. F. Mullooly as the man- 

 ager of the company. "Bert", as he is 

 commonly called by 

 his colleagues and 

 associates, is a native 

 of Wisconsin, is 

 married and has four 

 children. He is a 

 graduate of the dairy 

 school at the Uni- 

 versity of Wisconsin 

 at Madison and has 

 had splendid train- 

 ing and experience 



H. F MuUool ^°^ '^^ position 



which he holds. He 

 has operated a number of dairy plants, 

 both in Wisconsin and Illinois, and dur- 

 ing the past six months has been em- 

 ployed as quality fieldman for Illinois 

 Producers' Creameries. The splendid 

 work which he has done in this capacity 

 made him the logical choice for this 

 position, which will afford him greater 

 opportunities to put his experience to 

 practice. 



More than $65,000 worth of Class 

 "A" stock has already been purchased by 

 producers in this area and within the 

 near future it is anticipated that build- 

 ing operations will be started on this 

 plant in Henry. This creamery will serve 

 Peoria, Stark, Marshall-Putnam and Bu- 

 reau as well as Woodford counties, offer- 

 ing complete dairy marketing service in 

 these counties both for fluid milk and 

 separated cream. The cream routes for- 

 merly operated by the Producers' Creamery 

 of Peoria in this territory are now being 

 operated by the Prairie Farms Creamery 

 of Henry and the cream is temporarily 

 being churned at the Producers' Creamery 

 of Galesburg. 



The Producers' Creamery of Peoria is 

 now in the process of liquidating all of 

 its assets and current financial statements 

 show that each of the holders of stock 

 in this company will receive par value 

 for their stock plus a 7% cumulative divi- 

 dend to the date of redemption, which 

 was February 1, 1945. The Peoria plant 

 manufactured more than 13 million 

 pounds of butter since it was organized 

 in 1933. In addition to rendering twice 

 a week pick-up service at the farm and 

 raising butterfat prices to farmers, it has 

 paid more than $64,000 on patronage 

 dividends to its members. Much of the 

 equipment used at this plant will be used 

 at the Henry plant, but in addition to 



these butter operations, other needed 

 equipment of the very latest type and 

 design will be purchased and installed 

 for the handling of milk and cream in an 

 efficient and economical manner. 



Priorities have already been approved 

 in Washington for the purchase of the 

 needed equipment as well as the con- 

 struction of a modern sanitary dairy plant. 

 A site has been purchased and the archi- 

 tects now have detailed plans prepared 

 which will be used by the bidders for the 

 construction of the proposed plant. 



The board of directors of the Prairie 

 Farms Creamery of Henry are as follows : 

 H. J. Schumacher, president, Marshall- 

 Putnam county ; Ray T. Snyder, vice-pres- 

 ident. Bureau county; Joel Wilson, secre- 

 tary-treasurer, Stark county; Joseph Rahn, 

 director, Peoria county ; and Peter Schertz, 

 director, Woodford county. 



Farm Bureau Radio 

 :. Program 



First of the Farm Bureau's pro- 

 grams over NBC on the "America 

 United" series is scheduled for Sun- 

 day, April 15, and is to originate 

 from studios in Memphis, Tenn. 

 Farm Bureau and National 

 Grange will alternate for 10 weeks 

 on the "America United" series 

 heard every Sunday at 1:15-1:30 

 p.m., EWT. The Grange will give 

 the first of the agricultural pro- 

 grams on April 8. 



Tentative schedule for other 

 Farm Bureau broadcasts is: 

 April 29, Des Moines, Iowa; 

 May 13, San Francisco; May 

 27, New York City, and June 

 10, Washington, D. C Speak- 

 ers and topics will be an- 

 nounced later. 



A sustaining feature of the Na- 

 tional Broadcasting Company, the 

 "America United" program enables 

 organized labor, business and agri- 

 cultural groups to discuss their mu- 

 tual problems before a vast audi- 

 ence. It is the hope of Frank Mul- 

 len, NBC vice-president and gen- 

 eral manager, who first suggested 

 the series, that the groups may reach 

 improved understanding which may 

 lead to coordination of their re- 

 spective efforts to improve the na- 

 tional welfare. 



JUuioniice 1945 Program 

 Statewide Co-op Wool Pool 



The board of dirertors of the Illmois 

 Wool Marketing Association in meeting 

 March 28 approved the following plans 

 for the 1945 wool pool. 



1. Wool will be assembled through 

 county wool pools organized and 

 controlled by county Farm Bureaus. 



2. Farm Bureau to appoint county wool 

 pool managers with the approval of 

 the state organization. 



3. County Wool Pool Manager to re- 

 ceive, weigh and make cash advances 

 on wool according to recommenda- 

 tions of the Illinois Wool Market- 

 ing Association; to store wool in a 

 safe, dry, clean place until given 

 shipping instructions ; and at the re- 

 quest of the state association to re- 

 weigh wool at the time of shipment 

 to warehouse; to supply wool bags 

 and twine to members only. 



4. For these services the Illinois Wool 

 Marketing Association will pay to 

 the county Farm Bureau the sum 

 of Ic per pKXind on all wool so han- 

 dled on the graded weight basis at 

 the warehouse ; the county Farm Bu- 

 reau to be paid three-quarters of 

 this Ic per pound at the time the 

 wool is shipped to the warehouse, 

 the balance to be paid after wool is 

 weighed and graded at the ware- 

 house. 



5. The state organization will furnish 

 the necessary marketing agreements, 

 weight tickets, tags, and other 

 necessary material, as well as re- 

 port forms, for conducting said 

 wool pool, without cost to the coun- 

 ty- 



The following advances also were ap- 

 proved: clear medium wool, 35 cents per 

 pound; fine and fed wool, 25 cents, and 

 rejects, 20 cents. 



Wool growers desiring further infor- 

 mation may contact their local Farm Bu- 

 reau or address inquiries to the Illinois 

 Wool Marketing Association, 608 South 

 Dearborn Street, Chicago 5, 111. 



Dairy Month 



Dairy Month this year is being staged for 

 the ninth time. As in the past, it will be 

 spear-headed by the National Dairy Council 

 with the cooperation of all branches of the 

 industry. 



TJie plans, purposes and program of 

 June Dairy Month will be geared to gov- 

 ernment needs as outlined by War Food Ad- 

 ministrator Mar\'in Jones. In a letter to 

 President Milton Hult of the National 

 Dairy Council, Administrator Jones states: 

 "May I ask that your organization and the 

 entire dairy industry again make Annual 

 Dairy Month the occasion for a special effort 

 to impress upon everyone the importance of 

 dairy products in our war effort." 



APRIL 1945 



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