DAIRYMEN BOOST 

 MILK PRODUCTION 



That dairy farmers are responding to die 



war request and demand for more milk pro- 

 duction is evident with the followfng facts 

 obtained from reports of the respective co- 

 operatives and milk market administrators 

 upon these markets. 



Milk receipts upon the Chicago market 

 for April 1945 were 8.32% above those of 

 April 1944, and this milk was produced by 

 approximately 1% less dairymen. April 

 1945 milk production was 5.65% above 

 March production. The tremendous increase 

 in milk production in the Chicago milk 

 shed is shown by the fact that milk receipts 

 on the Chicago market for March 1945 as 

 compared with March 1940 were 33.84% 

 greater. The number of producers for this 

 same period of 5 years was only 5V2% iireat- 

 er, or an increase of 917 dairymen. For the 

 same period (March 1940 as compared with 

 March 1945), Class I sales in the Chicago 

 market (bottled and wholesale milk) in- 

 creased 44% while Class II sales (cream) 

 decreased 3'/2%, and Class III and IV sales 

 (evaporated, condensed, dry milk and 

 cheese) were 61% greater. ' 



In the St. Louis marketing area, local milk 

 production in April 1945 as compared with 

 April 1944 was 12.99% greater. April 1945 

 production was 6.47% greater than March 

 1945. The April 1945 production was 16.- 

 79% greater than that of April 1943. Class 

 I milk sales in the St. Louis market in 

 April 1945 were 6.10% above April 1944 

 and 7.78% greater than in April 1943. 



In the Quad-Cities marketing area (Dav- 

 enport, Moline, Rock Island, East Moline), 

 April 1945 milk deliveries were 14.78% 

 above those of April 1944 and 9.914% 

 above those of March 1945. April 1945 de- 

 liveries were 27.06% above those of April 

 1943. The number of milk producers sup- 

 plying the milk for the area in April 1945 

 was 7.105% above April 1944 and 10.65%) 

 above April 1S>43. Class I milk sales in the 

 area (bottled and bulk milk) were 6.27% 

 higher in April 1945 than in April 1944 and 

 15.25% higher than in April 1943. 



April 1945 milk production in the United 

 States totaled 10.8 billion pounds, exceeding 

 that of April 1944 by 470 million pounds 

 and exceeding the ten-year April average 

 production by 1.5 billion pounds. April 

 1945 milk production was the largest pro- 

 duction ever recorded for that month. 



Almost 65 billion pounds of milk was 



sold wholesale in 1944, compared with 44 

 billion pounds in 1939, according to the 

 Bureau of Agricultural Economics of the 

 U.S.D.A. In 1944 66% of all milk was 

 sold as whole milk from farms, as compared 

 to 52% of sales as whole milk from farms 

 in 1939. 



Total cash farm income from dairy prod- 

 ucts in 1944 was $2,969,361,000. In addi- 

 tion dairy farmers received production sub- 

 sidies amounting to $384,418,000 and the 

 value of dairy products used in farm house- 

 holds was $557,336,000. This makes the 

 total dairy return for 1944 of $3,911,115,000. 

 In 1939, the lowest year in the past ten, 

 total returns were $1,686,824,000. 



PORK PRODUCTION 



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 B L V E S E A L ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 



Summer Hog Supplement 



Keep pigs away from lots in wfaicfa 

 cockleburs are found growing in the small 

 two-leafed stage, in this stage of growth 

 they are poisonous to pigs. 



WITH GOVERNMENT requirements set- 

 ting the pace for pork production, every 

 farmer will want to use the best pro- 

 duction methods in getting his hogs to market as 

 cheaply as possible. We support the "Illinois 

 Plan" as being the answer to this problem. 



If you have been following this plan, you 

 should be about ready to put your hogs on pasture 

 and supplement. ' If you haven't followed this 

 plan, now would be a good time to start. 



Blue Seal Hog Feeds are formulated to work 

 with the "Illinois Plan." Blue Seal Summer Hog 

 Supplement contains 40% protein and is an ideal 

 supplement for hogs on legume pasture. 



Now is the time to start feeding Blue Seal 40% 

 Summer Hog Supplement and get your hogs on 

 the road to market. . • , 



See your ■''■--'■',- 

 ' Blue Seal Feedman 



IIBiKHs Farm Supply Coe 



608 S. Dearborn St., Chicago 5, Illinois 



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ILLINOIS PLAN 



The "Illinois Plan" for swine 

 feeding is a syBtem of feeding 

 developed at the university. 

 This plan, as explained in the 

 "I.A.A. Record" of May 1944, 

 is based on feeding four dif- 

 ferent supplements. 

 I. A protein supplement to 

 be fed during the gesta- 

 tion and lactation periods. 

 A protein supplement for 

 pigs from two weeks old 

 to 75 pounds weight, fed 

 in the creep. 

 in. A protein supplement for 

 drylot fattening of pigs 

 from 75 pounds to market 

 weight. 



A protein supplement for 

 growing -fattening pigs on 

 pasture from 75 pounds to 

 market weight. 



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