IN EXTENSION OF STATE 



FEED PROGRAM 



ration, was organiEed in 1921, and reor- 

 ganized as a true cooperative in 1930. It 

 has a branch house at Prairie Du Rocher 

 in Randolph county. The two plants han- 

 dle from 360,000 to 400,000 bushels of 

 grain per year. List of officers and di- 

 rectors of Columbia are: William Reger, 

 president; Peter Rau, vice-president; 

 Christian J. Diehl, secretary; William V. 

 Mueller, treasurer; Herman Mehrtens, 

 William Schaefer, Arthur W. Hoffman, 

 and Charles E. Holtkamp, directors. Wal- 

 ter Reichert is manager. 



Latest conversion reported is that of 

 the Rushville Farmers Grain and Live- 

 stock Company, Schuyler county, on April 

 14. Rushville Farmers Grain was one of 

 the earliest Blue Seal feed distributors in 

 the state and was a pioneer in the first 

 local manufacturing program of country 

 mix conceiurates. On April 14, the stock- 

 holders certified changes in the articles of 

 incorporation making it a Farm Bureau- 

 typ)e cooperative. Present common stock- 

 holders will retain their membership 

 rights during their lifetime. New stock- 

 holders will be limited to Farm Bureau 

 members. 



Rushville Farmers Grain was organ- 

 ized in 1919 and reorganized under the 

 1923 Cooperative Act in 1937. It han- 

 dles approximately 300,000 bushels of 

 grain annually and does an extensive busi- 

 ness in feed, coal, fence, fertilizer, seeds, 

 etc. It also has a trucking service, haul- 



ing livestock to the Chicago and St. Louis 

 nurkets, and operates a large grinding 

 and mixing business. It is a charter mem- 

 ber of Illinois Grain Corporation. It 

 plans to extend its Service Brand feed 

 program on a countywide basis. 



William Eifert is manager of Rush- 

 ville Farmers Grain and officers and di- 

 rectors are: John D. Young, president; 

 Robert Nelson, secretary-treasurer; Ho- 

 mer Dean, Elmer Griffith, J. F. Herche. 

 George Logan, and Ernest Robinson, di- 

 rectors. 



In several other counties. Service Com- 

 panies have purchased elevators to carry 

 on grain marketing services and the sale 

 and manufacture of Service Brand feeds. 



In Cass county, the Service Company 

 has purchased the Baujan elevator prop- 

 erties at the intersection of routes 67 and 

 125. The properties are on the B.&.O. 

 railroad. Ultimately the Service Company 

 plans to manufacture Service Brand feeds. 



In Bond county, the Service Company 

 has purchased the Greenville Equity Ele- 

 vator Company. This elevator became a 

 cooperative in 1940. It is a charter mem- 

 ber of Illinois Grain Corporation since 

 the beginning of the elevator. It han- 

 dles some 100,000 bushels of grain an- 

 nually and carries a line of feed, coal, 

 fence, and fertilizers. The Service Com- 

 pany plans to set up a grain marketing 

 service for the county, together with facil- 

 ities for the local manufacture and dis- 



tribution of Service Brand feeds. These 

 plans have the approval of the Bond 

 County Farm Bureau. 



Montgomery Service Company has pur- 

 chased Montgomery County Cooperative 

 Grain and Supply Company elevator at 

 Butler. These facilities will provide for 

 the marketing of Farm Bureau members 

 grain, and as soon as priorities can be ob 

 tained, additional facilities will be added 

 for the manufacture of Service Brand 

 feeds. The Montgomer)' County Grain 

 was organized in 1936. It handled ap- 

 proximately 200,000 bushels of grain an- 

 nually. The Montgomery elevator com- 

 pany is a charter member of Illinois 

 Grain. 



Many Illinois farm families are planning 

 to remodel their homes, and one of the 

 first steps should be a thorou/;h study of 

 their needs and a well-or/janized house plan, 

 says Keith H. Hinchcliff, assistant professor 

 of agricultural engineerinK, tJniversit\' of 

 Illinois ColIe/5e of A>{riculture. 



This "House Planning; Game" is avail- 

 able for just the cost of blueprintinc — 1<» 

 cents — and may be secured by writing the 

 Extension Editor s Office, University of Il- 

 linois College of Agriculture, Urbana 



The replacement cost of the average sei 



of farm buildings in Illinois was well over 

 $6,000 at IWO prices, and costs have gone 

 much higher in the last four years, it was 

 disclosed this week in a report by D. G 

 Carter, professor of farm structures. Uni- 

 versity of Illinois College of Agriculture. 

 Typical costs of farm buildings in 1940 

 and 1941 by units of accommodation were 

 listed : poultry laying house, $3.00 per hen ; 

 central hog houses, $100 to $150 a pen; 

 individual hog houses, $25 each ; grain 

 storage, small grain, 15 cents a bushel: corn 

 cribs, 25 cents a bushel of ear corn; silo' 

 $5.00 per ton capacity; barns, 6 to 10 cent"; 

 a cubic foot volume; sheds and shelters for 

 cattle, machinery, etc., ''5 cents a square foot. 



These are the properties oi the Fanners' 

 Grain oi Doran. Top center is the Doran's 

 oliice and feed warehouse. Left is main 

 north elevator and mixiog unit. At the 

 right is the south elevator purchased re- 

 cently. It is a Farm Bureau-type co-op. 



MAY. 1945 



