PLAN 



By G. H. IFTNER 



Acting Manager Illinois Grain Terminals 

 Company 



McDonough, Macoupin, Champaign, 

 and Moultrie. 



County service companies own and 

 operate grain marketing facilities in 

 the following counties: Henry, Stark, 

 Knox, Montgomery, Bond, and Frank- 

 lin. 



In four counties, Coles, Schuyler, 

 Monroe, and Jersey, the local elevator 

 companies have already reorganized 

 and become Farm Bureau sponsored 

 organizations. All of them operate 

 one or more grain marketing facilities. 



In La Salle and St. Clair counties 

 local elevators have reorganized and 

 become Farm Bureau sponsored or- 

 ganizations at Serena, New Athens, 

 Lenzburg and Summerfield. 



Regional operations have been or- 

 ganized on the Mississippi and Illinois 

 rivers. Western Illinois Grain Com- 

 pany was organized two years ago and 

 has been operating a river sub-terminal 

 at Dallas City and, in addition, oper- 

 ates three inland elevators. 



Other regional operations may be 

 developed on the Mississippi at a later 

 date. 



The second river sub-terminal proj- 

 ect to get underway was the Havana 

 River Grain Company at Havana which 

 serves an area comprising most of 

 seven counties, namely. Mason, Fulton, 

 McDonough, Schuyler, Cass, Menard 

 and Logan counties. This company 

 has been operating since July 1, 1946. 

 It has constructed a new 70,000 bushel 

 elevator and is remodeling the old 

 20,000 bushel elevator which it ac- 

 quired from the Havana Farmers Ele- 

 vator Company. A large corn crib 

 with shelling equipment is nearing 

 completion in connection with the 

 project. 



The Havana River Grain Company 

 was organized in conjunction with a 

 development at Decatur, Ala., a project 

 of the Indiana Grain Cooperative. 

 Much of the high grade corn marketed 

 from Havana will move by barge down 

 the Mississippi, up the Ohio and down 

 the Tennessee rivers to Decatur, Ala., 

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OCTOBER. 1947 



Best buver. 



