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Attending the annual meeting of the Sani- 

 tary Milk Producers in East St. Louis. Ian. 

 17 were, left to right: Alden Snyder, Mont- 

 gomery county iarm adviser; Charles Whit- 

 lock, chairman. Producers Creamery. 



Carlinville; Pat Regan, University o< Mis- 

 souri dairyman; C. S. Rhode, University 

 of Illinois dairyman: and O. O. Mowery. 

 Macoupin county farm adviser. More than 

 1.600 attended meeting. 



ANDERSON TELLS MILK PRODUCERS 

 HE S FOR HIGHER PRICES 



To MEET the 1946 national production 

 goal of 120.5 billion pounds of milk, 

 Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. An- 

 derson recommended higher prices or a 

 continuation of subsidy, when he spoke 

 in East St. Louis Jan. 17 at the l6th 

 annual meeting of Sanitary Milk Pro- 

 ducers. 



Anderson said the government at one 

 time intended to remove food subsidies 

 in April but that the continuing high 

 food prices made it highly improbable. 



He emphasized the bright outlook for 

 the dairy industry because of the grow- 

 ing desire among consumers for more 

 dairy products. He pointed out, how- 

 ever, that the demand would continue 

 just so long as people have jobs and 

 money to spend. 



President R. D. Pennewell of Palmyra, 

 Mo., stated that the association has asked 

 for a federal milk hearing to obtain fair 

 prices for milk. 



Manager A. D. Lynch reported an 

 average price of $3.44 per cwt. for 1945, 

 a decrease of five per cent from the 

 previous year. Total production was 

 358,895,080 pounds valued at $12,364,- 

 042.03. 



Among the speakers on the program ^^CGIIHQ 

 was Wilfred E. Shaw, lAA director of 

 milk marketing and secretary of Illinois 

 Milk Producers Association, who also 

 presided at the election of directors. 



Directors elected from the Illinois dis- 

 tricts of the association were: (1) J. J. 

 Antenen, Marine; (2) Orville Plocher, 

 Highland; (3) John Voss, Breese; (4) 

 August Dieckmann, Lebanon; (5) Emil 

 Klingenberg, Okawville; (6) Russell 



Haye.s, Sparta; (7) Sumner Wilson, But- 

 ler; (8) Frank Tracy, Jerseyville; (9) 

 Clem Bierman, Wheeler; (10) Julian 

 Ray, Vandalia; (11) B. J. Schumacher, 

 Altamont. 



Officiating at sessions of the 24th annual 

 meeting of the Peoria Producers Com- 

 mission Association in Peoria, Ian. 9 

 were, left to righb President George Wil- 

 son, Toulon: Secretary-Treasurer Seaton 

 Moon. Hermon. and General Manager T. 

 M. Smythe, Peoria. 



Peoria Producers 

 Hold Annual 



A total of 247,901 head of livestock 

 valued at $10,440,491.76 was marketed 

 cooperatively through the Peoria Pro- 

 ducers Commission Association last year, 

 according to the report made by Man- 

 ager T. M. Smythe at the 24th annual 

 meeting of the association in Peoria, Jan- 

 uary 9. 



Smythe told the assembly that the aver- 

 age organized farmer cannot be expected 



to patronize cooperatives through loyalty 

 alone. To serve the farmer, he said, 

 our cooperatives must be aggressive and 

 must continually explore new and better 

 services if they are to conunand the re- 

 spect of the farmer. 



Other speakers on the program in- 

 cluded George Metzger, lAA field secre- 

 tary; Sam F. Russell, lAA director of 

 livestock marketing, and H. J. Gramlich, 

 North Western Railway agricultural 

 agent. 



It was also the 17th annual meeting 

 of the Peoria Livestock Marketing Com- 

 pany, whose directors are the same as 

 those of the Peoria Producers. The ma- 

 jor activity of this company is the pur- 

 chase of cattle in the west to fill mid- 

 western feeder orders. During 1945, the 

 company filled orders for 6,364 feeder 

 cattle and 14,596 feeder lambs. 



Directors re-elected to Peoria Producers 

 Commission Association were President 

 George Wilson, Stark county; Vice Presi- 

 dent J. Frank Felter, Woodford county, 

 and C. W. Ackerman, Tazewell county. 



Manager Smythe declared he expected 

 the outlook on government restrictions 

 to improve in the coming year but that 

 the near future would appear to be more 

 difficult due to the lower production and 

 strong competition. .- , 



Farm Supply Barge 

 Damaged By Fire 



An Illinois Farm Supply Company 

 oil barge was badly damaged by fire in 

 early December near Helena, Ark., 

 when it drifted untended down the 

 Mississippi river after having accidently 

 been set afire. 



Damage, covered by insurance, was 

 estimated at $4,000 to the barge and 

 $1,500 to the cargo. No one was in- 

 jured. 



According to witnesses, the Farm 

 Supply barge was tied up at the dock 

 with another company's barge which 

 was being loaded. Suddenly the barge 

 being loaded burst into flames and the 

 fire .soon spread to the Farm Supply 

 barge. 



Witnesses do not agree as to whether 

 the tie lines were cut or burned, but 

 the Farm Supply barge was soon set 

 adrift. The barge was taken in tow a 

 few hours later, after it had drifted 

 40 miles down the Mississippi, by an 

 Illinois Farm Supply Company boat 

 coming upstream from New Orleans. 



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Bang's disease causes great economic loss, 

 not only from infected cows which become 

 sterile, but also from dead and weak calves 

 and lowered milk production. 



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