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milk 



Sy WILFRED SHAW 



Twelve Sc Louis inilk distributors who 

 have held back $163,000 in payments to milk 

 producers since Jan. 1, 1944 have been or- 

 dered to pay the dairymen in a decision 

 handed down by U. S. District Federal Judge 

 Rubey Hulen. 



The milk distributors brought legal action 

 against the enforcement of the Amended 

 Milk Order which went into effect Jan. 1, 

 1944 and put the price increases into escrow 

 pending final court action. 



The new amendments provided that milk 

 distributors must give credit of up to 95% 

 of the Class I sales to local producers before 

 they can allocate any milk shipped in from 

 the outside to Class I use. The order also 

 raised the butterfat differential to reflect 

 more nearly current butterfat values. 



Sanitary Milk Producers was the only milk 

 producer group to favor the Amended Order 

 when it was presented to producers for bal- 

 lot. 



The following milk distributors were en- 

 joined: Pevely Dairy Company, Quality 

 Dairy Company, St. Louis Dairy Company, 

 Biermann's Dairy, Inc., Chapman Ice Cream 

 Company, Clover Leaf Dairy Company, Gold- 

 en Rod Dairy Company, Knackstedt Farm 

 Dairy Company, Raskas Dairy Company, St. 

 Charles Dairy Company, Valley Farm Dairy 

 Company and Bailey Farm Dairy. 



Milk production in the Chicago milk shed 



reached a new all-time peak on June 10, 

 according to the Pure Milk Association, 

 when the average production per herd 

 reached 575 pounds per day. This was 32 

 pounds per day above the production per 

 herd on June 10, 1944. 



Milk production in the St. Louis area was 

 8.27% above that of May, 1944 and 4.587f 

 above that of April, 1945. 



Most of the other major milk sheds in Il- 

 linois are reporting similar increases in milk 

 production over a year ago. The wet cool 

 weather has maintained the high production 

 of milk Jater this Spring than usual in all 

 markets of Illinois. 



Gov. Dwight H. Green, in early June, 



proclaimed June as Dairy Month in Illinois. 

 In this proclamation Governor Green said, 

 "Dairy products have a vital place in all 

 well balanced diets and are therefore in con- 

 stant demand. The dairy farmers and the 

 whole dairy industry of Illinois are making 



splendid records of production, despite the 

 handicaps imposed by war. There is need 

 for better understanding of the importance 

 and proper use of dairy products, to the end 

 that the greatest possible food values may be 

 obtained from the supplies that are avail- 

 able." 



The following are the blended prices re- 

 ceived by producers supplying the respective 

 Illinois markets. All are May prices for 



3.5% milk, f.o.b. dealers' platforms (except 

 Chicago) and are for milk meeting the re- 

 spective milk ordinances: 



Bloomington $2.40 



Canton 2.75 



Champaign _ 2.70 



Chicago 2.95 



Danville 2.45 



Decatur 2.75 



DeKalb _ 2.74 



Freeport 2.71 



Galesburg _ 2.65 



Harrisburg 2.50 



Jacksonville _ 2.85 



Kewanee 2.55 



LaSalle _ 2.66 



Moline _ 2.78 



Peoria _ 2.89 



Pontiac 2.406 



Quincy _ 2.36 



Rockford - 2.97 



Springfield 2.85 



St. Louis _ 3.20 



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 35% butterfat basis, 

 delivered f.o.b. dealers' platforms (with ex- 

 ceptions noted) as reported by the respective 

 milk cooperatives. These prices are for 

 April unless otherwise noted : 



Baltimore _ $3.82 



Boston 3.48 



Chicago (70 mile rone) (May) .. 2.95 



Cleveland „ 3.23 



Detroit 3.37 



Indianapolis _ 3.08 



Kansas City 3.34 



Louisville 3.04 



Milwaukee (May) 3.00 



New York City 3.66 



Omaha 2.89 



Seattle 3.04 



St. Louis (May) 3.20 



St. Paul and Minneapolis 2.99 



Toledo 3.18 



Terre Haute, Indiana 2.90 



Washington, D. C 3.95 



A federal milk marketing order becomes 

 effective in the Dayton-Springfield, O., area 

 following the favorable vote upon the same 

 by the producers in the referendum. 



At Columbus, O., where a hearing upon 

 a proposed Federal Order was held early in 

 the year the War Food Administration an- 

 nounced that the hearing was to be re- 

 opened in late June upon the proposed or- 

 der for further testimony upon the proposed 

 order. 



cream 



■y F. A. GOU61ER 



Hiirty-seven states are now members of 



the American Dairy Association, the asso- 

 ciation that was organized about six years 

 ago to promote the dairy industry. 



Dan T. Carlson, president, predicts that 

 when the final deductions for the current 

 year are received by the National Associa- 

 tion, it will approach a million dollars. This 

 money is a voluntary contribution made by 

 individual milk and cream producers at the 

 rate of one cent per pound of butter fat 

 sold during the fir«t fifteen days of June 

 each year. 



Carlson reported that for the year 1944-45 

 only 4%% of the total income was ex- 

 pended for membership work and 5%% for 

 administrative expenses. The remainder was 

 expended for radio, magazine and newspaper 

 advertising. A liberal amount is also ex- 

 pended for research work. 



Those states that have supported the pro- 

 gram from the very beginning, according to 

 Carlson, are now approaching 100% sup- 

 port. A year ago, only 18 states were mem- 

 bers; this year there are 37. 



On hundred thousand pounds of milk 



daily. That's a lot of milk, but that is the 

 peak volume of milk received daily by Pro- 

 ducers Creamery of Carlinville, or 40% 

 over a year ago. Manager F. A. Gourley, 

 reports that this volume has more than 

 taxed the capacity of his plant during the 

 heavy production of May. Through that 

 period it was necessary to send a truck load 

 daily to Mt. Sterling. Furthermore, many 

 producers who wanted to send milk to the 

 creamery could not be accommodated. 



Steps have been taken to remedy this sit- 

 uation. Already, the board of directors has 

 purchased a 7 6/10 acre tract just north of 

 Carlinville at a cost of $3,000, are placing 

 orders for about $60,000 worth of new 

 equipment and are about ready to let a con- 

 tract for a $60,000 new building, making a 

 total investment of approximately $125,000. 

 Priorities have already been granted for this 

 expansion program. 



Producers Creamery of Carbondale is 



progressing according to plans with its dairy 

 expansion program. Recently, a new six-car 

 garage has been completed. At present, a 

 new boiler room is being constructed to ac- 

 commodate two boilers. Likewise, a new 

 boiler, stoker, coal tower, and other boiler 

 accessories are being purchased. 



Additional new dairy equipment being 



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