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DAIRYMEN EXPECT 



$3.50 MILK IN JUNE 



A STRONG hope of $3.50 a hundred 

 for May and June milk was ex- 

 pressed by Manager Art Lauterbach be- 

 fore 2300 dairymen attending the an- 

 nual meeting of the Pure Milk Associa- 

 tion held March 15 in Chicago. 



If May and June milk remain relative- 

 ly high, dairymen will see extended an- 

 other year of the best prices the industry 

 has ever witnessed, many of the voting 

 delegates and farmer-members conceded. 



Last year the average gross price of all 

 members' milk was $3,929 a hundred for 

 3.5 percent milk compared to $3,079 for 

 1945, Secretary Charles M. Cosgrove said 

 in his annual report. 



Pure Milk Association, cooperative 

 milk bargaining agency for producers 

 who market in the Chicago milkshed, re- 

 ported a record membership of 13,500 

 dairy farmers in Illinois, Wisconsin, and 

 Michigan. 



Members last year paid 5 cents a hun- 

 dred to market milk through the associ- 

 ation but the actual cost was placed at 

 2.2 cents by Walter Win, treasurer. He 

 said the balance of 2.8 cents was saved 

 for investment in plants and for refund. 



Savings made available for refund to 

 members totaled $500,000. 



Lauderbach said he thought the associ- 

 ation would be able "to ride through" 

 this year without increasing the 5 cent 

 fee but warned that they may need more 

 next year — perhaps an additional cent 

 for two or three months if costs do not 

 go down. 



More than 1,645,695,000 pounds of 

 milk were sold through Pure Milk As- 

 sociation, 82 percent in Chicago and 18 

 percent in nine suburban markets. This 

 represents an increase of 2.3 percent 

 more than last year. 



Pure Milk has made an effort, Lauter- 

 bach indicated in an informal address, to 

 break the "feast-or-famine" in the milk 

 industry by proposing to pay a 30 cent 

 premium from August to November, and 

 20 cents a hundred less for May and 

 June milk. So far this still meets with 

 some dealer resistance, he said. 



Turning to resolutions, delegates asked 

 for the establishment of a regular 12 

 week winter short course at the Uni- 

 versity of Illinois similar to those now 

 held at Indiana and Wisconsin. 



ILLINOIS GRAIN 

 ANNOUNCES BUILDING 

 PLANS FOR SUMMER 



Inland and river operating companies 

 of the vast new Illinois Grain Terminals 

 Company are expanding rapidly through 

 direct purchases and elevator construc- 

 tion planned for this summer. 



River sites at Lacon and Hennepin 

 have been surveyed for elevator construc- 

 tion by C. W. Krieling, Havana, en- 

 gineer for the Havana River Grain Com- 

 pany and Prairie Grain Company, river 

 OT)erating affiliates of the Illinois Grain 

 Terminals Company. 



This construction company has also 

 contracted with the Havana River Grain 

 Company to build a 10,000 bushel ear 

 corn crib complete with a sheller and 

 cleaner at their new Havana elevator 

 site. 



Two inland county-wide grain com- 

 panies were organized in Peoria and 

 Ford counties in February and officers 

 and directors were elected recently. 



The Ford cooperative will be known 

 as the Ford County Grain Cooperative 

 and will have its office at Melvin. The 

 Peoria County Grain and Feed Company 

 will headquarter at Peoria. 



The Livingston Grain and Supply 

 Company, also county wide in its scope 



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of operations, recently acquired an ele- 

 vator at Forrest and will operate the 

 elevators of the Saunemin Farmers Ele- 

 vator Company. 



Fred L. Martin, district sales manager 

 for Illinois Farm Supply Company, has 

 been hired as manager of the Livingston 

 Grain & Supply company. He has worked 

 for service companies at Shelby-Effing- 

 ham, St. Qair, and Madison county. 



MARSHALL PUTNAM 

 FARM ADVISER 

 DIES SUDDENLY 



Farm adviser ranks in Illinois suffered 

 a great loss in March with the death of 

 L. J. Hager, veteran adviser of Marshall- 

 Putnam Farm Bureau. 



Mr. Hager died March 12 at St. Mar- 

 garet's hospital. Spring Valley, where he 

 had been a patient for a month. Funeral 

 services were held March 15 at the 

 Henry Methodist Church. 



An indefatigable and aggressive woric- 

 er, Mr. Hager assisted with a multitude 

 of activities for the benefit of the farm 

 population of the two counties. Known 

 as "Doc" by his many associates in farm 

 adviser work and throughout the state, 

 Mr. Hager had an outstanding record, 

 and he was especially interested in 4-H 

 and rural youth activities. Graduated 

 from the U. of I. College of Agricul- 

 ture in 1925 he worked for a short time 

 for a packing company and later as a vo- 

 cational agricultural teacher at John 

 Swaney High School in Putnam county. 

 He joined the Farm Bureau staff as as- 

 sistant adviser and 4-H club leader in 

 1929 and became farm adviser in July of 

 1931. He was born Dec. 14, 1900 on a 

 farm near Altona, the son of Mr. and 

 Mrs. Allen A. Hager. 



In a tribute to the work of Mr. Hager, 

 President Lester E. Leigh, president of 

 the Marshall-Putnam Farm Bureau, said 

 in part, "We will always remember 

 "Doc' as a capable, faithful and conscien- 

 tious farm adviser, and a true friend. It 

 has been a privilege and inspiration to 

 all of us to have been associated with a 

 man of such capabilities." 



At speakart' table during 4-H Club Leaders Recognition Meeting are left to right: The 

 Rev. Richard R. Newhall, First Methodist Church, Springfield; Prof. J. C. Spltler, state iead> 

 or of farm advisers; Mrs. Phil Goodwin, Wilmington 4-H Club leader; George E. Metsger, 

 lAA field secretary; Or. J. O. Christiansen, superintendent of the school of agriculture. 

 University of Minnesota; Prof. E. I. Pilchard, head of Beys' 4-H Chib work. University of 

 Illinois; Mrs. Raymond Hanley, Heme Bureau Federation; Albert iisner, Jr., presWant, 

 Eisner Grocery Company, Miss Anna Searl, head of GIris' 4-H Club work. University of 

 Illinois, and Robert Irwin, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, Springfield. 



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