YESSIR ! It was a great day in Carlin- 

 ville when Prairie Farms Creamery 

 held its open house and folks came 

 from miles around to see the most 

 modern dairy plant in the country. 



It was Saturday, Aug. 2, and the old 

 mercury was pushing past the 100 mark 

 outside and close to 11 8 inside, but that 

 didn't keep the crowds away. Registra- 

 tion topped the 3000 mark and there were 

 many who never got to register. Count- 

 ing those who only saw the outside of 

 the plant, a conservative estimate of the 

 total number of visitors would be from 

 5000 to 6000. State police estimated that 

 from 500 to 800 cars were parked in the 

 plant vicinity. 



The local newspapers gave a real boost 

 to the event with special editions carry- 

 ing congratulatory messages from Carlin- 

 ville business firms. The story of the 

 opening was told with banner headlines 

 and numerous pictures of the new plant's 

 facilities. 



And naturally the loyal farmers who 

 have been supporting their cooperative 

 creamery since its start back in 1938 were 

 just a little bit proud. In 1938 the 

 creamery started from scratch. Today it's 

 a $2,000,000 business. It's the biggest 

 industry in the progressive community of 

 Carlinville. Dividends to patrons last 

 year were more than $25,000. 



Three of the present board members 

 of the Carlinville creamery have served 

 since the cooperative was started. They 

 are Thad Loveless, vice-president, Macon 

 county; C. L. Whitlock, president, Mont- 

 gomery; and Fred Heepke, Madison. 



President Charles B. Shuman of the 



Illinois Agricultural Association in his 

 address at the open house program em- 

 phasized that Illinois farmers look upon 

 their farm cooperatives as essential farm 

 tools. This is in contrast to the use 

 made of cooperatives in other countries 

 and even in some parts of America where 

 they are looked upon as instruments for 

 social or political reform, he said. 



"Among several factors contributing to 

 the success of our cooperatives," Presi- 

 dent Shuman said, "whether purchasing 

 or marketing, have been the emphasis on 

 quality of product, efficient management, 

 large volume operations, financing by pur- 

 chase of stock by farmers and a close tie- 

 in with the Farm Bureau organization." 



President Shuman lauded the Carlin- 

 ville creamery for its past record of serv- 



Haadlbi* illuftration thaw* Hi* baoutlfwl 

 layout af th* n«w Prairia Farms Creamary 

 at Carllnvin*. Th* ftranga-leoking stnit- 

 tur* at for right Is th* caoltng towar whidi 

 cools wator which In tvm cools milk. 



ice and asserted that the future success 

 of the cooperative would be judged by 

 farmers in a number of ways. It will be 

 judged by its ability to provide greater 

 bargaining power to the farmer, by its 

 assistance in eliminating wide and un- 

 justified price fluctuations, by its reflec- 

 tion of proper price premiums for qual- 

 ity, by its creation of new methods and 

 economics resulting in cash savings to the 

 members and by the extent to which it 

 becomes an integral part of the Farm Bu- 

 reau movement in Illinois, working with 

 all groups for better long-time levels of 

 farm income," he concluded. 



Visitors to the modern Carlinville 

 plant saw some of the latest equipment 

 in the dairy business. They were im- 

 pressed by the ultra-modern laboratory 

 with its stainless steel cabinets. Here 

 milk and cream are tested and the compo- 

 sition of manufactured products of the 

 plant are analyzed. 



They saw huge stainless steel vats for 

 cooling and pasteurizing, two storage 

 tanks of the same material that will hold 

 nearly 90,000 pounds of milk, three auto- 

 matic compressors capable of developing 

 70 tons of refrigeration every hour, a 

 milk drying machine that processes ap- 

 proximately 3000 pounds of milk per 

 hour, 211,000 pounds per hour separa- 

 tors, and a churn that churns 2000 

 pounds of butter at one time. 



The Carlinville creamery building con- 

 tains approximately 21,000 square feet of 

 floor space, and without a doubt is one 

 of the finest dairy buildings in the coun- 

 try. 



M*mb*rs of fh* Prairl* Farms Craomary of Corllnvlll* board of dlracters 

 ara, from laft to right, F. A. Gourlay, manogar; B. H. Wagahaft, traasurar. 

 Christian county; Bart Ruyla, Macoupin; Ta hw o g a Dafraas, sacratary. Bond; 

 Frad Haepka, Madison; Waltar Suhllng, CaUioun; Gus Hanaghan, Jarsay; 

 J. W. Martin, Graana; Thad Lovalass, vlca-pr*sldant, Macoupin, and C. L 

 Whitlock, chairman, Montgomary. 



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