By WHfred Show 

 The following are the blended prices re- 

 ceived by producers supplying the respective 

 Illinois markets. All are January prices for 

 i.i% milk f.o.b. dealers' platforms (except 

 Chicago) and are for milk meeting the re- 

 spective city milk ordinances : 



Bloomington $2.48 



Canton 2.75 



Champaign 2.75 



Chicago 3.24 



Danville 2.45 



Decatur 2.75 



DeKalb 2.74 



Freeport 2.85 



Galesburg 2.65 



Harrisburg 2.50 



Jacksonville 2.85 



Kewanee 2.55 



LaSalle-Peru 2.70 



Moline 3.12 



Peoria 2.89 



Pontiac 2.406 



Quincy 2.60 



Rockford 3.135 



Springfield 2.85 



St. Louis 3.51 



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' platforms (with ex- 

 ceptions noted), as reported by the respective 

 milk cooperatives. These prices are for 

 January unless otherwise noted: 



Baltimore $3.85 



Boston 3.92 



Chicago (70-mile zone) (Feb.) .... 3.24 



Cleveland 3.51 



Denver (Feb.) 3.01 



Detroit 3.61 



Indianapolis 3.44 



Kansas City 3.54 



Louisville 3.53 



Madison 3.01 



Memphis _ 3.60 



New York City 4.14 



Pittsburgh 3.61 



Seattle (Feb.) 3.34 



Sioux City (Feb.) 3.01 



St. Louis (Feb.) 3.51 



Terre Haute 3.05 



Toledo 3.49 



Milk production per cow, however, topped 

 all previous records in February, according 

 to Surratt. 



The 23 milk marketing cooperatives that 

 are members of Illinois Milk Producers' As- 

 sociation marketed 166,832,287 pounds of 

 milk in February, 1946, compared with 171,- 

 707,156 pounds marketed in February, 1945, 

 or a decrease of 2.8%. 



According to A. J. Surratt, state agricul- 

 tural statistician, milk production in Illinois 

 during February was four million pounds 

 less than a year earlier due to a decrease of 

 about 4% in the number of milk cows. The 

 percentage of cows being milked in Illinois 

 herds on March 1 was the lowest for that 

 date since 1931, with the exception of 1944. 



The agricultural committee of the State of 

 Virginia House of Delegates in March tabled 

 a proposed bill for the compulsory enrich- 

 ment of white bread, rolls and flour. 



In New Jersey hearings recently began up- 

 on a similar bill which is being opposed 

 by farm groups. 



In Utah an enrichment bill was re-intro- 

 duced following the governor's veto of such 

 a bill which was passed in the last session 

 of the Utah legislature. 



Northern Illinois evaporated milk plants 



have recently increased their producers 

 milk price from $2.65 to $2.70 per cwt. 



The Mid-West Dairymen's Company, the 



cooperative milk marketing organization of 

 400 dairymen supplying the Rockford mar- 

 ket, held its annual meeting March 26, in 

 the Faust Hotel, Rockford, with 500 mem- 

 bers and their wives in attendance. 



Hugh Mainland, manager, reported that 

 in the year ending Feb. 28, the organization 

 marketed 50,198,405 pounds of milk at an 

 average price per cwt. for 3.5% milk of 

 $3,122 per cwt., for a total return to pro- 

 ducers of $1,566,963. The total amount of 

 milk marketed this past year exceeded the 

 previous year's marketings by 3V2 million 

 pounds, or 7.4%. 



Prof. R. D. Froker of the Wisconsin Col- 

 lege of Agriculture was the principal speaker 

 at the meeting. ■ 



Robert C. Miller was employed as man- 

 ager of the Stephenson County Pure Milk 

 Association effective March 15. 



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SERUM 



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WE HOPE YOU SEE 

 THE POINT! 



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WITH HOGS STILL SELLING AT GOOD 

 PRICES YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO TAKE 

 CHANCES. 



YOU ELIMINATE ONE OF THE GREATEST 

 RISKS INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS OF 

 RAISING HOGS PROFITABLY WHEN 

 YOU VACCINATE WITH FARM 



BUREAU HOG CHOLERA SERUM 



AND VIRUS. 



REMEMBER: 



The smaU*r th« shoal 

 The cheaper the shot 



See Your Farm Bureau 



APRIL. 1946 



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