Bredc Ground for New 



FARM SUPPLY 

 MIXING PLANT 



Work Also started on 

 $500,000 Milling Plant 



WORK on the new 80,000 ton ca- 

 pacity Illinois Farm Supply fer- 

 tilizer plant at Fairmont City 

 started recently when President 

 Fred E. Herndon stepped into the cab 

 of a power shovel and scooped up the 

 first bucket of dirt. 



The new plant, one of the most mod- 

 ern superphosphate acidulating and fer- 

 tilizer-mixing plants in the midwest, is 

 being built on a 12-acre tract at the in- 

 tersection of U. S. Highway 40 and the 

 Alton and Southern Railroad, east of 

 Fairmont City. 



The fertilizer-mixing section of the 

 new plant will have a capacity to mix 

 40,000 tons annually. The acidulating 

 portion will produce an equal amount 

 of superphosphate. 



Rock phosphate will be shipped in 

 either from Florida or western deposits 

 and treated with sulphuric acid to pro- 

 duce superphosphate. About half of 

 this will be sold to farmers. The other 

 half will be used by the fertilizer-mixing 

 section of the plant. Here it will be 

 processed and other plant food elements, 

 as nitrogen and potash, will be added to 

 produce high analysis Blue Seal crop 

 fertilizers. 



This new plant will be used to supply 

 member distributors in the southern two- 

 thirds of Illinois. The Hartsdale, Ind., 

 plant will furnish the plant food for the 

 northern third of Illinois. 



The Fairmont City plant is the first 

 wholly owned and operated by the Il- 

 linois Farm Supply Company. The Harts- 

 dale plant is operated jointly with the 

 Indiana and Wisconsin Farm Bureaus and 

 the Midland Wholesale Cooperative. 



Plans are under consideration for in- 

 creasing Illinois Farm Supply Company 

 ownership in the Hartsdale plant. 



New Milling Plant 



Construction of a second new plant 

 was started by the Illinois Farm Supply 

 Company last month when ground was 

 broken at Mendota in LaSalle county 

 for a $500,000 milling plant. Work- 

 men are now building the office and 

 general merchandise warehouse. 



The plant will blend and mix live- 

 stock and poultry feeds. 



The plant is being built on a 15-acre 

 site south of Mendota on Highway 51 

 adjacent to the Chicago, Burlington, 

 and Quincy Railroad. Grain and proc- 



essed feed can be moved into the plant 

 both by rail and truck. 



The general merchandise warehouse 

 will measure 100 feet by 100 feet. The 

 mill house will be four stories high. The 

 storage capacity will be between 50,000 

 and 60,000 bushels. 



Next to the mill building 12 storage 

 tanks 60 feet high will be constructed. 

 Space is being saved for nine others to 

 be built later. In addition, a 15,000 

 gallon molasses tank will be built. 



It is estimated that the plant, which 

 will employ about 25 men, will take 

 from nine months to a year to complete. 



AFBF OFFERS $500 

 IN THRIFT CONTEST 



FOR the best statement supporting 

 thrift and sound investments as a way 

 to control inflation the American Farm 

 Bureau Federation will pay a first prize 

 of $300 in savings bonds, a second prize 

 of $150 in bonds, and a third prize of 

 a $50 bond. 



Statements should be limited to 500 

 words and should stress the wisdom 

 of farmers using their money wisely 

 during high prices and protecting their 

 future with sound investments. Your 

 statement might well be based on per- 

 sonal experience in saving through gov- 

 ernment bonds. 



The wining entry will be published 

 in The Nation's Agriculture. Submit 

 contest entries to the Department of 

 Information, American Farm Bureau 

 Federation, 58 E. Washington St., Chi- 

 cago 2, 111., not later than July 4, 1948. 



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Earth moving equipment swings Into action as ground Is broken for tlie Illinois Farm 

 Supply Company's new fertilizer plant at Fairmont City near East St. Louis. 



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