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: By Wilfred Shaw 



Evaporated milk plants in Nonhem Il- 

 linois paid producers for 3.5% milk $2.53 

 per cwt. for the first fifteen days' deliveries 

 in December. Evaporated milk plants in 

 Wisconsin paid an average price of $2,636 

 per cwt. for 3.5"}}- milk for the same period. 



The annual meeting of the Champaign 



County Milk Producers was held Dec. 11, 

 in the Urbana-Lincoln Hotel, Urbana, pre- 

 ceded by a dinner at noon. 



The report of William Maeller, manager, 

 disclosed that the association marketed dur- 

 ing the past year 91/4 million pounds of milk 

 for 252 thousand dollars. Some ^ million 

 pounds were handled through the association 

 plant. The association added 75 new mem- 

 bers during the year and had no cancella- 

 tions of membership. 



Dr. W. L. Burlison of the U. of I. Col. 

 lege of Agriculture was the principal speak- 

 er at the meeting. He spoke on "Chemurgy 

 in Agricultural Products Outlets. " 



The average weighted price for all milk 



marketed by the 23 member cooperatives of 

 the Illinois Milk Producers' Association for 

 the year ending Sept. 30, 1945, was $3,104 

 per cwt. These cooperatives marketed dur- 

 ing the year 214 billion pounds of milk for 

 a total return of approximately 69 million 

 dollars. 20,646 members' milk was handled 

 daily by these cooperatives; an increase of 

 543 members for the year. The average 

 daily shipment per patron. was 295 pounds; 

 an increase of 28 pounds per day over the 

 previous year. The total volume of milk 

 marketed by the 23 member cooperatives 

 was 9.95% above the previous year, and the 

 value of milk marketed increased 8.80% 

 above the previous year. 



The Producers Co-Op Dairy of Ou'iT 



wfll hold its 23rd annual meeting Feb. 11, 

 in the Adams County Shipping Association 

 building in Quincy. 



The annual meeting of the Quality Milk 

 Association will be held Feb. 19, starting at 

 11:30 a.m. in the Consistory Temple, Mo- 

 line, Illinois. 



The McLean County Milk Producers As- 

 sociation will hold its annual meeting Feb. 

 23, in the McLean County Farm Bureau 

 Building, Bloomington. 



The Producers Dairy Company, Spring- 

 field, will hold its annual meeting Feb. 27, 

 at the Abraham Lincoln Hotel, starting at 

 10:00 a.m. 



Annual meeting of the Sangamon Farmers 



Milk Cooperative was held Dec. 14, in the 

 Laurel Memorial Methodist Church, pre- 

 ceded by a dinner. Manager Walter Jones 

 reported upon the year's successful activities 

 highlighted by a substantial year's mem- 



bership increase. Lt. Col. G. Edwin Pop- 

 kess, editor of the Dairyman's Journal, East 

 St. Louis, was the principal speaker, relating 

 his experiences with the Army in Africa and 

 elsewhere overseas. 



Annual meeting of the Peoria Milk Pro- 

 ducers and Peoria Producers Dairy will be 

 held Feb. 8, in the American Legion Hall, 

 Peoria. 



The following are the blended prices re- 

 ceived by producers supplying the respective 

 Illinois markets. All are November prices 

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

 cept Chicago) and are for milk meeting the 

 respective milk ordinances: 



Bloomington $2.48 



Canton 2.75 



Champaign 2.75 



Chicago 3.20 



Danville 2.45 



Decatur 2.75 



DeKalb 2.74 



Freeport 2.80 



Galesburg 2.65 



Harrisburg 2.50 



Jacksonville 2.85 



Kewanee 2.55 



LaSalle : 2.70 



Moline 3.0185 



Peoria 2.89 



Pontiac ., 2.406 



Quincy 2.55 



Rockford 3.155 



Springfield 2.85 



St. Louis 3.66 



Streator 2.50 



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 3.5% 

 butterfat basis, delivered f.o.b. dealers' plat- 

 forms (with exception noted) as reported 

 by the respective milk cooperatives. These 

 prices are for October unless otherwise 

 noted: 



Baltimore $3.85 



Boston 3.89 



Chicago (70-mile zone) (Nov.) 



3.20 



Cleveland 3.50 



Denver (Nov.) 3.O8 



Detroit 3.54 



Indianapolis 3.58 



Kansas City, Mo 3.50 



Louisville 3.79 



Memphis 3.6I 



Milwaukee 3.00 



New 'Vork City 3.86 



Pittsburgh 3.54 



St. Louis (Nov.) 3.66 



St. Paul and Minneapolis 2.94 



Terre Haute, Ind. (Nov.) 3.05 



ANNOUNCE SPECIAL 

 DIVIDEND 



The board of directors of the Illi- 

 nois Agricultural Mutual Insurance 

 Company has declared a special divi- 

 dend of 10 per cent of the premium 

 earned on each policy during the Cal- 

 endar year 1945. 



This special dividend will be shown 

 on the premium notices as they are sent 

 out to the policy holders whose policies 

 are up for renewal beginning March 1, 

 1946 up to and including Aug. 31, 

 1946. 



CHAMPAIGN CREAMERY 

 CHANGES NAME 



Approval of the name "Prairie Farms 

 Creamery ■ to take the place of Pro- 

 ducers Creamery of Champaign and 

 Producers Creamery of Bloomington 

 was given by the boards of directors at 

 the recent annual meetings of the two 

 creameries. 



The change follows the lead of the 

 state organization which authorized the 

 name Prairie Farms Creameries last 

 summer and conforms with the name of 

 the cooperative's most popular product 

 — Prairie Farms Creamery butter. 



Transfer of the management of 

 Prairie Farms Creamery of Champaign 

 from Manager Forrest Fairchild of 

 Prairie Farms Creamery of Bloomington 

 was made back to I. C. Hochstrasser. 

 Bloomington manager Fairchild served 

 as acting manager of the Champaign 

 plant while Champaign Manager Hoch- 

 strasser was on leave in military service. 



Some of the newest developments in 

 dairy manufacturing were described 

 during the Champaign meeting by Dr. 

 G. H. Wilster, chief in dairy manu- 

 factures of the Illinois Agricultural 

 Experiment station. Dr. Wilster de- 

 scribed a self-cleaning cream separator 

 which is being experimented with by 

 his department, better methods of 

 cleaning milking machines, cheaper 

 heaters and coolers, and. cheaper me- 

 chanical refrigeration. '* 



Other speakers on the Champaign 

 program included Frank Gougler, lAA 

 marketing director ; R. B. Trumpy, head 

 of the quality program of Prairie Farms 

 Creameries, and Harold Enns of Bloom- 

 ington, president of Prairie Farms 

 Creameries. 



NEW ROCK ISLAND ADVISER 



Effective Feb. 15, George Reid will 

 leave his post as farm adviser after 10 

 years with the Scott County Farm Bu- 

 reau. Reid resigned to continue his 

 farm adviser work in Rock Island 

 county. He goes to Rock Island with 

 the high esteem and best wishes of 

 Scott county farmers. 



DuPage, Will, Lake, McHenry, Winne- 

 bago, Rock Island, Champaign, Madison and 

 St. Clair were the only counties in Illinois 

 showing increases in population for 1940-45. 



Illinois's meat-packing and soybean proc- 

 essing industries are the largest in the world. 



Any poultry breeder, hatcheryman or flock 

 owner may cooperate in the National Poul- 

 try Improvement Plan by signing an agree- 

 ment and complying with the provisions of 

 the plan. 



I. A. A. RECORD 



