doubled it would not have been too large 

 for its first year of operation. 



The Fruit Growers Exchange has had 

 three managers during the year. L. L. 

 Colvis, who served for nearly six years 

 as general manager of the Exchange as 

 well as director of the Fruit and Vege- 

 table Marketing Department of the lAA, 



IREFLECT GENERAL 

 FARM PICTURE 



resigned Feb. 1 to become Secretary of 

 Marketing of the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association. 



He was succeeded by T. L. Davis who 

 remained as general manager through the 

 heavy end of the 1947 marketing season 

 and upon his resignation Oct. 1 was 

 succeeded by R. S. McBride, sale man- 

 ager for the last two years. At the same 

 time Dudley Klamp, assistant sales man- 

 ager, was promoted to sales manager. 



The Fruit Exchange Supply Company, 

 a subsidiary of the Fruit Exchange, was 

 expected to sell more than $700,000 

 worth of supplies this year. 



Under the management of Fred B. 

 Bierer, the supply company last year de- 

 clared patronage dividend rates to mem- 

 bers of 4 per cent on fertilizers, 4 per 

 cent on blaskets, 7I/2 per cent on spray 

 material, and 10 per cent on miscella- 

 neous items. The supply subsidiary was 

 organized in 1942. 



n 



STUDY NEW METHODS 

 TO RETAIN QUALITY 



A new study to find new and im- 

 proved ways to avoid loss of quality in 

 poultry meat and eggs has been 

 launched by the U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture. 



A second study will seek to develop 

 news ways of preparing and processing 

 cooked poultry meat, especially turkey 

 meat, and find more accurate methods 

 for isolating microorganisms that might 

 be present in eggs or egg products. 



C.O.D. TO OPEN STORE 



Raymond Montavon, for 10 years 

 organization director for Lee county, 

 has resigned to operate a grocery store 

 he bought recently in DeKalb. 



When your livestock end poultry have to spend 

 their time and energy scratching end fighting 

 lice, mites and other insects, they're NOT 

 scratching for YOU! 



Stop this threat to health and waste of energy 



BLUE SEAL 



DRY DIP 



Easy to use and harmless to livestock and poul- 

 try. Especially voluable during winter season 

 when liquid dips would be harmful. 

 Ask your Blue Seal Trucksalesman. 





For 





HORSES and CATTLE 



Simply sprinkle Blue Seal Dry Dip 

 into the hair, using plenty along 

 the bock of the animal from head 

 to tail, as this is where the lice ore 

 found in largest numbers. On cat- 

 tle, be sure to sprinkle around 



base of horns and in depression 

 at the base of the tail. . . . Also, 

 sprinkle bedding with Dry Dip. 

 Animals must be kept dry for at 

 least 48 hours after applying 

 Dry Dip to body. 



For 



HOGS and POULTRY 



Hog house should be cleaned of 

 all litter. Sprinkle new bedding 

 with Blue Seal Dry Dip. Brush into 

 hair of hogs thoroughly and re- 

 peat frequently. Blue Seal Dry 

 Dip is too strong to use directly 



on lousy hens, without mixing first 

 with about two parts of rood dust 

 or ashes. Clean hen houses and 

 sprinkle full strength around the 

 roosts and in the nests. 



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