Creamery Co-op Pioneer 

 Sees Dream Come True 



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creameries and brought their conclusions 

 to the attention of lAA leaders. Shortly 

 thereafter the first of the Prairie Farms 

 Creameries was purchased at Moline and 

 the purchase and construction of others 

 followed. Thus was established a Farm 

 Bureau cooperative that performed a mar- 

 keting job clear from the farm to the 

 consumer, and gave cream producers real 

 bargaining power. 



Enns sees a bright future for Illinois 

 farmers' creamery cooperatives although 

 he would be the last to overlook the 

 many obstacles that strew the path to 

 success. He doesn't think our creamery 

 cooperatives can operate economically 

 handling farm separated cream only, and 

 therefore sees a trend toward the han- 

 dling of more and more fluid milk. 



When asked if he thought the cream- 

 ery co-ops should branch out into the 

 production of most dairy products, Enns 

 answered prudently that he believed our 

 creameries should go as far as efficiency 

 and profit dictates. 



He admires efficiency and modern 

 methods and believes one of the first 



Enns studies his iarm records in dining 

 room of his home. Records ore a daily 

 account of efficient and profitable manage- 

 ment. 



steps in this direction is the improve- 

 ment of rural schools. He has backed 

 a proposal for consolidation in his dis- 

 trict and hopes it will come soon enough 

 to benefit his son, Howard, 7. 



Mr. and Mrs. Enns also have two 

 daughters, Margery, 23, a home eco- 

 nomics teacher at Blue Mound, and Mil- 

 dred, 19, a freshman student at Illinois 

 State Normal University. Both girls have 

 been prominent in 4-H Club work. 



For a number of years, Enns kept a 

 splendid set of records of his farm opera- 

 tions and particularly of his fine herd of 

 Guernseys which showed a herd average 



of 443 jxjunds of butterfat until he dis- 

 continued the records on the cows a 

 few years ago. He is especially proud 

 of a handsome Guernsey bull weighing 

 close to a ton which he bought recently 

 from an artificial insemination association. 



Enns admits he is partial to Guernseys. 

 "Have had nothing else all my life," he 

 said, then laughed as he recalled some- 

 thing. "I take that back, I once had a 

 Holstein, but it was given to me." 



As methodical in the use of his 160 

 acres as he is at record-keeping, Enns has 

 his land laid out in four large fields for 

 his four-year crop rotation scheme. On 

 the four fields he raises corn, oats, clover 

 and soybeans, each field carrying each 

 crop in the above named rotation. 



He is careful of his soil and keeps a 

 sharp lookout for erosion, building up 

 the fertility with applications of lime- 

 stone (three tons to the acre) and phos- 

 phate (one-half ton to the acre). 



He pointed out that the records show 

 greater financial income to the farmer 

 selling to Praire Farms Creameries, where 

 he is assured of honest weights and tests. 



The direct advantages of cooperation 

 — service, higher prices and patronage 

 payments — are more easily understood, 

 he said, and these we will try to main- 

 tain or im.prove for the benefit of all 

 our farm patrons. 



MR. 5 ADD . . . "Well, you 

 see if ^as this vfay — f 

 never had any cholera 

 among my pigs and so I 

 thought I'd save a few 

 dollars and skip the vac- 

 cinating this year. But-oh 

 my-oh my! 



S^e Your 

 Farm Bureau 



M 



R. GLADD .... 

 "f protected all my pigs 

 with Farm Bureau Hog 

 Cholera Serum again this 

 year and didn't lose one. 

 With the present mar- 

 ket prices, I can't take 

 chances." 



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