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By WIURED SHAW 



A very acute milk shortage is being ex- 

 perienced by the major Illinois city markets, 

 which started early in September. Al- 

 though milk production for city markets 

 is seasonabljp lower than in June, July 

 and August, milk receipts on these markets 

 are substantially above that of September for 

 recent years. 



The milk shortage currently experienced 

 in Illinois markets is due to the substantial 

 increase in sales of bottle milk, cream, ice 

 cream and other dairy products. Between 

 Aug. 22 and Sept. 1 most of the wartime 

 government restrictions upon dairy product 

 sales, including bottle milk, over 19% 

 cream, were removed and as a result an 

 immediate additional broad increase in sales 

 of milk and dairy products resulted. 



Following are comparisons of milk re- 

 ceipts and sales in some of the markets for 

 August 194) as compared with August 1943. 



The Chicago market received 12.14% 

 more milk in August of this year than in 

 August 1943 and Class I and II (milk, 

 cream and ice cream) sales in August of 

 this year were 8.97% above those of August 

 1943. 



The St. Louis market received 10.46% 

 more milk (local production) in August 

 this year than in August 1943. Class I 

 (milk and cream) sales in August this year 

 were 7.25% above those of August 1943. 



The Quad-Cities market (Rock Island, 

 Moline, East Moline and Davenport, Iowa) 

 received 29.23% more milk in August this 

 year than in August 1943. Class 1 and II 

 sales in August this year were 12.94% 

 above those of August 1943. 



The Rockford market received 16.26% 

 more milk in August this year than in 

 August 1943. The Class I and II sales 

 were 14.24% higher than in August 1943. 



Effective Sept. 1 practically all of the war- 

 time regulations imposed upon the dairy 

 industry by WFA, OPA and ODT were 

 withdrawn except for the OPA price con- 

 trols and ceilings upon dairy product con- 

 sumer prices, and upon producers' milk 

 prices. The bottle milk, cream and by- 

 product quotas upon the larger city markets 

 were withdrawn. The ice cream quotas, 

 butter set-aside, cheese set-aside were can- 

 celled by WFA. The ODT restrictions upon 

 deliveries of milk and upon farm-to-market 

 deliveries are also lifted. 



The following arc the gross blended prices 

 received by producers supplying the respec- 

 tive Illinois markets. All are August prices 

 for 3.5% milk, f.o.b. dealers' platforms (ex- 

 cept Chicago) and are for milk meeting the 

 respective milk ordinances: 



Bloomington $2.45 



Canton 2.75 



Champaign 2.75 



Chicago _ _ 3.11 



Danville 2.45 



Decatur 2.75 



DeKalb 2.74 



Freeport 2.78 



Galesburg 2.65 



Harrisburg 2.50 



Jacksonville 2.65 



Kewanee _ 2.55 



LaSalle 2.68 



Moline 2.857 



Peoria _ 2.89 



Pontiac 2.406 



Quincy 2.36 



Rockford 3.10 



Springfield 2.85 



St. Louis 3.61 



Streatoi _ 2.45 



The following are the gross blended 

 prices paid to producers for milk in the fol- 

 lowing named cities throughout the United 

 States, and are quoted on a 3.5% butterfat 

 basis, delivered f.o.b. dealers' platforms 

 (with exceptions noted) as reported by the 

 respective milk cooperatives. These prices 

 are for July unless otherwise noted: 



Baltimore $3.85 



Boston 3.53 



Chicago (70 mile zone) (August) 3.11 



Cleveland 3.29 



Denver (August) 2.94 



Detroit 3.30 



Evansville 2.85 



Indianapolis (August) 3.18 



Kansas City 3.25 



Louisville (August) 3.42 



Milwaukee _ (August) 3.00 



New York City 3.72 



Pittsburgh 3.30 



St. Louis (August) 3.61 



Terre Haute (August) 2.80 



Washington, D. C (August) 4.01 



The price paid for milk by Northern 

 Illinois evaporated milk companies since 

 September of 1944 has been at the rate of 

 $2.60 per cwt. for 3.5% milk. Effective, 

 however, for the first half of September of 

 this year the paying price for evaporated 

 milk was lowered by several of these com- 

 panies to $2.50 per cwt. 



The legal minimum butterfat standard for 

 ice cream reverted back, in early September. 

 12% minimum butterfat content ice cream 

 standard was by government regulation, 

 and by change in the State law, reduced 

 to 10% butterfat coatent. In Illinois our 

 law governing the minimum butterfat con- 

 tent of ice cream which provides for a 

 12% minimum butterfat content was 

 amended to provide that for the wartime 

 emergency when government regulations 



controlled the ice cream standards that the 

 Illinois minimum be 10% butterfat. Since 

 September 1st and the cancellation of the 

 government regulation, our Illinois ice 

 cream law requires a minimum butterfat 

 content of 12% butterfat. 



Managers of the member milk marketing 

 cooperatives of Illinois Milk Producers' 

 Association met in Chicago at the lAA of- 

 fices Sept. 26. Developments and changes 

 resulting from the elimination of most of 

 the wartime government dairy regulations 

 were considered. Prof. P. H. Tracy, of the 

 dairy manufacturers department of the U. 

 of I. college of agriculture, and Russell 

 Spaulding, of the dairy division of the Chi- 

 cago OPA regional office, addressed the 

 meeting. 





lockers 



By F. A. GOUeUR I , 



Producers' Locker Association of Carbon- 

 dale held its first annual meeting Sept. 21, 

 in the First Presbyterian Church. 



President Heininger presided at the meet- 

 ing and E. D. McGuire, secretary, acted in 

 that capacity. McGuire who also is treas- 

 urer gave the financial report which showed 

 that the association finished its first year 

 with a substantial net profit. 



Manager Harold Brackett reported that 

 all of the 750 lockers installed were rented 

 and that he had a waiting list of ISO. 



President Heininger explained that the 

 board intended shortly to build a slaughter 

 plant if the shareholders approved. This 

 expansion would be of sufficient size so 

 present chill rooms and other space in the 

 locker plant could be converted into a 

 locker room to provide for 300 additional 

 lockers. By unanimous vote, the share- 

 holders approved the expansion project. 



Hancock Frozen Foods Cooperative is 

 expanding its operations. A branch plant 

 has been opened up at Colusa, 111., and the 

 Carthage plant is being enlarged to accom- 

 modate 400 more lockers and to provide 

 ample space for curing and smoking. The 

 20 X 30 room formerly built for a slaughter 

 room will provide space for the above men- 

 tioned services. A new and much larger 

 slaughter room is being built. All of these 

 services will be in the same building. 



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Kendall County Cold Storage Company 

 will soon start construction of a slaughter- 



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