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DOLLAR VOLUME 



IMPA HANDLES 2.3 BILLION 

 POUNDS OF MILK THIS YEAR 



Now 



H^ ORKING together as dairymen 

 j in Farm Bureau we will show as 

 much progress as we have in 

 fields of farm legislation because 

 Farm Bureau has the strength to 

 deal in big issues and in big pro- 

 grams. 



This was the message brought to dairy 

 farmers at the annual meeting of the Illi- 

 nois Milk Producers Association by John 

 R. Hanson, director of the dairy depart- 

 ment of the American Farm Bureau 

 Federation. 



Praising the record of this large federa- 

 tion of Illinois milk producers, Hanson 

 said the American Farm Bureau Federa- 

 tion through its commodity program is 

 Strengthening state- wide dairy groups by 

 working on the problems that overreach 

 state boundaries. 



The Illinois Milk Producers Associa- 

 tion is a statewide federation of milk 

 bargaining and marketing cooperatives 

 that supply fluid and manufactured milk 

 products to most of the larger cities in 

 Illinois. It is associated closely with the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association. 



In his report to members President Ed 

 Gumm of Galesburg said that farm co- 

 operative groups in Illinois were banding 

 even more closely together. He cited the 

 McLean County Milk Producers Associa- 

 tion which has consolidated with the 

 Prairie Farms Creamery of Bloomington. 

 This has also been done in Moline. 



As further evidence, Gumm pointed 

 out that this fall Prairie Farms Cream- 

 eries of Chicago became a member of the 

 Illinois Milk Producers Association on 

 behalf of its 10 member plants. 



Gumm reported that the association 

 this year marketed 2,373,209,190 pounds 

 of milk for its farmer patrons which 

 was valued at $97,569,761, highest vol- 

 ume and value in the association's history. 



He said the daily average number of 

 shippers of member cooperatives during 

 the past year had increased to 21,625 

 from the 20,961 of last year. 



Ed Cumm, Knox county, (standing), rotiring prosidont of the lllinoii Milk Prod» c or i 

 Association and Illinois Millc Producers Supply Company, chats with members of the 

 IMPS board in St. Louis. Left to right: O. H. Ryan, La Salle; Harry Gehring, Knom; 

 Thad Loveless, Macoupin; and Cliaries Cameron, Peoria. 





Milk produced by these farmers sold 

 at retail prices per quart delivered to 

 homes as follows in September: Bloom- 

 ington 19c; Canton 18c; Champaign 

 20c; Chicago 211/2C; Danville 19c; De- 

 catur 19c; DeKalb 17c. 



Freeport 18c; Galesburg 17c; Jackson- 

 ville 18c; Kewanee 17c; La Salle-Peru 

 18c; Moline 18c; Peoria Dairy 21c; 

 Peoria Milk 21c; Pontiac 15c; Quincy 

 I6c; Rockford 191/2^; Springfield Dairy 

 20c; Springfield Milk 20c; St. Louis 

 2II/2C; Streator I7I/2C. 



The producer associations located in 

 these cities together with Prairie Farms 

 Creameries comprise the membership in 

 the Illinois Milk Producers Association. 



Farmers received for the past year an 

 average weighted price of S-4.11 a hun- 

 dred for 3.5 per cent butterfat. Highest 

 prices were received at Peoria, S4.50- 

 S4.52, and St. Louis, S4.44, with lowest 

 prices at Streator, S3.47, and Jackson- 

 ville, S3. 54. The latter two, however, 

 are not grade A markets. Chicago paid 

 S4.06 and handled the most milk, 1,719,- 

 899,122 pounds. 



In commenting on milk prices Gumm 

 said there is a nc-ed for a more even sup- 

 ply of fluid milk for all seasons of the 

 year. 



During recent years, he said, fluid milk 

 markets have faced shortages of quality 

 milk during the fall months and were 

 faced with burdensome surpluses during 

 May and June. 



Fr. Leo C. Brown, professor of eco- 

 nomics at St. Louis University and a 

 member of the St. Louis District Dain,' 

 Council, in a short talk said he sup- 

 ported the farmers contentions that 



changes must be made m the St. Louis 

 Health Department to correct "arbitrar) 

 interpretations" of the health code. 



This has resulted in dissatisfaclion 

 among farmers, he said, and a short sup- 

 ply of milk for St. Louis consumers. 



In discussing the outlook for 1948. 

 J. P. Mason, assistant director of dair)' 

 marketing, Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion, said that demand, production, and 

 prices probably will remain the same 

 as this year. 



"The trade expects that consumer in- 

 comes will remain high and consumption 

 of fluid milk and cream should remain at 

 near 1947 levels," Mason said. 



"Dairj-men may suffer some because 

 of a more unfavorable milk-feed ratio 

 and because ot other costs which may be 

 higher. 



"Any changes that arc likely to Occur 

 in the export of dairy products due to the 

 Marshall plan should not affect prices 

 much for dairy farmers." 



At the annual meeting of the Illinois 

 Milk Producers Supply Company Mason 

 reported that though the company was 

 organized originally to serve as a buy- 

 ing agent for members of the Illinois 

 Milk Producers Association and this 

 year it was expanded to include purchas- 

 ing operations for Prairie Farms Cream- 

 eries. 



The volume of sales increased to 

 SI 87.802 this year from S43.6'il in 

 1945, its first year, and S98.S32 for 

 last year. Its net income from operations 

 this year amounted to Si 3, ''1 5.31 of 

 which S9.'^64.8'' was returned as patron- 

 age refunds. 



To Control Milk Surpluses Later - Shuman 



JANUARY, 1948 



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