lockers 



By F. A. 60U6LER 



Citizens of Ursa, Adams county, and 

 vicinity will have a. locker plant to service 

 their community or they are going to know 

 the reason why. Some time ago a small 

 group of leaders undertook to collect ad- 

 vance locker rentals and $10 membership 

 fees with the understanding that REA would 

 assist in financing the project. After nearing 

 their goal, they were advised that REA funds 

 could no longer be used to assist with financ- 

 ing locker plants. 



The Adams County Farm Bureau was 

 called upon for assistance and a meeting was 

 held after which it was agreed to finance 

 the project through the sale of stock. The 

 committee is of the opinion that facilities 

 should be provided for a complete locker 

 plant at Ursa, including slaughter facilities. 

 Also branch plants should be established at 

 Lima, Mendon and Lorraine. To properly 

 finance this complete project will require ap- 

 proximately $75,000. 



The Cooperative Locker Service of Cham- 



paign county held its annual meeting Sept. 

 28. The association operates plants at 

 Champaign, Rantoul and Fisher. A new- 

 plant is to be constructed soon in Sidney. 



The new board of directors and officers 

 are Howard Love, Sidney, president; Bur- 

 dette Griffith, Dewey, vice-president; Bert 

 Grindley, secretary-treasurer, Champaign. 

 Other directors are F. W. Jordan, H. G. 

 Scoggin, William Zenke, John Ehmen. 



Manager Ellis Kugler in his report showed 

 the total poundage handled by the three 

 plants to be as follows: Champaign — 428,- 

 853 pounds; Rantoul — 204,000 pounds; 

 Fisher — 176,881 pounds. The Fisher plant 

 had operated only eight months. 



The various products handled by each 

 plant is as follows: 



Champaign Rantoul Fisher 

 Pounds 



Beef 151,586 86,245 66,562 



Pork 133,476 82,491 57,250 



Mutton 682 179 294 



Veal 1,639 1,375 166 



Poultry 13,795 7,462 3,366 



Fruits & 



Vegetables 25,640 6,795 3,366 



Meat Cured 52,691 16,089 19,361 



Lard Rendered .. 23,245 7,992 9,766 



Scraps Sold 24,732 15,740 10,283 



Miscellaneous .... 1,347 191 131 



Thursday evening, Oct. 29, the Edgar 

 County Locker Service held its first annual 

 meeting. A good attendance was had of both 

 men and women. 



President Leo Swinford gave a brief re- 

 port on the accomplishment of the associa- 

 tion during the past year. He stated that 

 the association had expended approximately 



$55,000 for a new building and equipment. 

 Some 912 lockers were already installed and 

 in use. Another 112 will be installed shortly, 

 making a total of 1024. These additional 

 lockers will not accommodate the waiting: 

 list. The President also reported that a 

 location had been secured for a slaughter 

 plant. 



Secretary David B. Lon/; reviewed the 



various actions taken by the board during the 



. 30 some odd meetings held during the year. 



Manager C. W. Allen gave a very inter- 

 esting report of the operations of the plant 

 from its start, July 25, 1945, to date. 



Leo Sharp, assistant farm adviser of 

 Macoupin county since June 1943, has 

 assumed his new duties as farm adviser 

 of Massac county. He attended South- 

 ern Illinois university at Carbondale 

 from 1938 until 1941 before enrolling 

 in the University of Illinois college of 

 agriculture from which he graduated 

 in 1942. 



Charles E. Twigg, Clinton county 

 farm adviser for the past 10 years, re- 

 signed his post effective* Nov. 1 to 

 take employment in Michigan. Mr. 

 and Mrs. Twigg were given a farewell 

 party by their Farm Bureau friends at 

 the American Legion hall in Breese, 

 Oct. 2. Both were presented with gifts 

 by the Farm Bureau and Home Bureau 

 memberships. 



THREE STEPS % 



For eff ideal pig production and more profits it is 

 sound planning to have a well-defined program based 

 on these points: 



1. Feed a balanced ration of grains and supple- 

 ments with pasture in season and green alfalfa in 

 winter. 



2. From now until next spring sanitation is doubly 

 important. Keep quarters clean, dry and free from 

 drafts. 



3. Vaccinate all pigs at an early age with fresh, 

 potent Farm Bureau aoti-bog cholera serum and virus. 



Progressive hog raisers are following the abo\e 

 recommendations and are banking more dollars. 



The smaller the shoot 

 The cheaper the shot 



REMEMBER: 



SEE YOUR FARM BUREAU 



EARLY 

 VACCINATIOM 



SANITARY 

 QUARTERN 



PROPER 

 FEEDING 



NOVEMBER. 1945 



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