More money iof ionn 



Company; Granville Cooperative Company; 

 and Greenfield Farmers' Cooperative Grain 

 Company. 



By G. H. Iftner 



Grain producers in Illinois have at their 



disposal something like 365 farmers eleva- 

 tor companies. At the end of 1944 about 

 one third were operating as cooperatives 

 under the 1923 Cooperative Act. The other 

 two thirds were operating as stock com- 

 panies or according to the 1915 Elevator 

 Act. 



The following is a list of companies that 

 are operating under the 1923 act for co- 

 operatives : Alhambra Grain and Feed 

 Company ; Alta Farmers Cooperative Eleva- 

 tor Company; Altona Cooperative Grain 

 Company; Anchor Grain Company; As- 

 sumption Cooperative Grain Company. 



Bethany Grain Company; Big Rock 

 Farmers' Cooperative Company; Bluffs 

 Farmers' Grain; Bond County Service Com- 

 pany; Bremfield Elevator Company. 



Carrollton Farmers' Elevator Company; 

 Champaign County Grain Association; Co- 

 lumbia Farmers' Cooperative Grain Com- 

 pany; Cooperative Grain and Supply Com- 

 pany of Serena; Cowden Cooperative Equity 

 Exchange; Cruger Farmers' Cooperative As- 

 sociation; and Culver Farmers' Cooperative 

 Company. 



Dillsburg Cooperative Grain Company; 



Eldena Cooperative Company; Earlville 

 Farmers' Cooperative Grain Company; Elm- 

 wood Elevator Company; and Eureka Farm- 

 ers' Cooperative Association. 



Fairland Grain Company; Farmers' Co- 

 operative Association of Varna; Farmers' 

 Cooperative Association of Colfax; Farm- 

 ers' Cooperative Elevator Company of 

 Edwards; and Farmers' Cooperative Grain 

 and Coal of Morton. 



Farmers' Cooperative Grain and Supply 

 of Lisbon Center; Farmers' Elevator Com- 

 pany of Biggs; and Farmers' Elevator and 

 Supply of Morrison. 



Farmers' Elevator Company of Ransom; 



Farmers' Grain and Coal Company of Flana- 

 gan ; Farmers' Grain Company of Kane; 

 and Farmers' Grain Company of Benson 

 and Skelton. 



Farmers' Grain Company of Dalton City; 

 Farmers' Grain Company of Dorans; Farm- 

 ers' Grain Company of Fairbury; Farmers' 

 Grain Company of Gibson City; and Farm- 

 ers' Grain Company of Palmer. 



Ferrin Cooperative Equity Exchange; 

 Ferris Elevator Company; Godfrey Elevator 



Havana Cooperative Grain Company; 



Henry Stark Service Company; Hudson 

 Grain Company; and Jersey County Grain 

 Company. 



Kerrick Grain Company; Kewanee Farm- 

 ers' Cooperative Elevator Company; Keyes- 

 port Equity; LaPlace Cooperative Grain 

 Company; Lee County Grain Association; 

 Lenzburg Farmers' Cooperative Grain Com- 

 pany ; and Ludlow Cooperative Elevator 

 Company. 



Mazon Farmers' Elevator Company; Me- 

 chanicsburg Farmers' Grain Company ; 

 Montgomery County Farmers' Company; 

 Milla Elevator Company; and Monticello 

 Grain Company. 



Morrisonville Fanners' Cooperative Com- 

 pany; Moultrie Grain Association; Mt. Mor- 

 ris Elevator Company; Moweaqua Farmers' 

 Elevator Company; and McNabb Grain 

 Company. 



Newark Farmers' Grain Company; No- 



komis Equity Elevator Company; Orleans 

 Cooperative Grain Company; Ottawa Co- 

 operative Grain Company; Paw Paw Co- 

 operative Grain Company; and Penfield 

 Grain and Coal Company. 



Penrose Elevator Company; Peotone 

 Farmers' Elevator Association ; Pierson 

 Grain and Supply Company; Pisgah Co- 

 operative Grain Company; Pontiac Farm- 

 ers' Grain Company; and Putnam Grain 

 Company. 



Richland Cooperative Elevator Company ; 

 Rosamond Cooperative Association ; Rush- 

 ville Farmers' Grain and Livestock; Sadorus 

 Cooperative Elevator Company and San 

 Jose Cooperative Company. 



Savoy Grain and Coal Company; Shef- 

 field Farmers' Grain Company; Shirley 

 Farmers' Grain and Coal Company; Shields' 

 Cooperative Elevator Company of Benson; 

 and Stark County Service Company. 



Sterling Rock Falls Cooperative Market- 

 ing Association; Stonington Cooperative 

 Grain Company; and Summerfield Farmers' 

 Cooperative Grain Company. 



Towanda Grain Company Cooperative; 

 Trivoli Farmers' Cooperative Company; 

 Tuscola Cooperative Grain Company; and 

 Ursa Farmers' Cooperative Company. 



Victoria Farmers' Elevator Company; 

 Villa Grove Farmers' Elevator Company: 

 and Virden Grain Company Cooperative. 



West Lincoln Farmers' Grain Com|jany; 

 White Hall Cooperative Elevator Company; 

 Williamsfield Farmers' Cooperative Asso- 

 ciation; and Woodson Farmers' Elevator 

 Company. 



Farmers' Grain Company of Charlotte; 

 Belleville Cooperative Grain Company; 

 Farmers' Square Deal Grain Company of 

 Morris; McDonough Grain and Milling 

 Company; Secor Elevator Company; and 

 Paxton Farmers' Grain Company. 



to actual needs; pay patronage dividends to 

 producers on grain and supplies; and in 

 case of liquidation provide that after stock 

 and dividends are paid for, the balance be 

 distributed on a patronage basis. 



The legal department of the Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Association prepared the reorgan- 

 ization papers for practically all of the 

 above companies and at present is assisting 

 at least 12 other elevator companies with 

 reorganization procedure. 



Farmers' companies contemplating reor- 

 ganization should contact the director of 

 grain marketing of the lAA or their local 

 County Farm Bureau office. 



By F. A. Gougler 



The four plants manufacturing milk 



powder are showing splendid increases over 

 last year. During the past seven months, 

 these increases have been: Galesburg, 13.- 

 55%; Mt. Sterling, 39.70%; Carlinville, 56- 

 45%; Olney, 115.08%. 



Ninety percent of this powder is being 

 sold to the War Food Administration. All 

 of it is Government Graded and during 

 April, all powder graded Extras except one 

 lot. 



Butter quality of all member plants con- 

 tinues to improve. The fact that more 

 cream is being churned from separated 

 whole milk in addition to gathered cream is 

 improving butter quality. During the past 

 7 months of the total butter received at the 

 Central plant, 9.3% graded 92 or better and 

 86% graded 90. Producers Creamery of 

 Mt. Carroll leads all plants in the produc- 

 tion of high quality. At this plant, no but- 

 ter scores less than 90 and nearly half of the 

 butter made during the past 7 months has 

 scored 92 or better. 



Practically 100% of the Illinois dairy in- 

 dustry is committed to the national adver- 

 tising program promoted by the American 

 Dairy Association. This association derives 

 its funds exclusively from milk and cream 

 producers through a deduction based on but- 

 terfat sales. From June 1 to 15 inclusive, 

 every buyer of milk or cream deducts Ic 

 per pound of butterfat from each producer's 

 sales. Last year, Illinois dairymen contrib- 

 uted nearly $45,000 toward this fund. Total 

 fund received by ADA amounted to approx- 

 imately $500,000. 



Cooperative elevator companies limit 

 stock dividends to 8 percent; limit surpluses 



Prairie Farms Creamery of Henry signed a 



contract recently with a construction com- 



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