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Abova Is a bird's eye view of the largest 

 at Fort Worth, Texas, and has a capacity 



of the Fremier Oil Company refineries. It If 

 of 7000 barrels of petroleum products daily. 



Farm Supply Company 

 Introduces New Low 

 Pressure Auto Tire 



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HE first Blue Seal extra low pres- 

 sure tire has been manufactured 

 and delivered to the Illinios Farm 

 Supply Company. 

 The extra low pressure tire employs 

 a revolutionary new principle of desit;n 

 which provides greater riding comtort, 

 extra safety, and longer mileage than 

 the conventional tire. 



The tire carcass allows for extra air 

 space, which permits operation at lower 

 air pressures. Its new design also em- 

 ploys a narrower but flatter tread, 

 which actually puts more working rub- 

 ber on the road than the regular or con- 

 ventional tire. 



The new tire can be used successfully 

 on regular rims, and is made to fit all 

 cars using 15" to 16" rims. This makes 

 it possible to use the tire on the regular 



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Farm Supply Manager 

 C. H. Becker (seated) 

 gets look at new Blue 

 Seal low pressure tire 

 shown to him by 

 Clarence Carrison, 

 Farm Supply tire buy- 

 er. Others are John 

 Rowlings, supplies 

 department, and L. 

 H. Nesemeier, retail 

 sales manager. 



or conventional type rims commonly 

 found on older cars. 



The maximum advantage from im- 

 proved ride and car handling is gained 

 only when all four wheels are equipped 

 with extra low pressure tires. On the 

 other hand, when either the front or 

 rear wheels are equipped with these 

 tires, there is a noticeable improvement 

 in car performance. 



This new tire will soon be available 

 at all Farm Bureau service companies 

 and service stations. 



Farm Supply Buys 

 Texas Refineries 

 With Other Co-ops 



THl: Illinois Farm Supply Companj 

 togetlicr with two regional coop- 

 erati\es. the Farmers Union Cen- 

 tral Exchange. St. Paul, and Mid- 

 land Cooperative Wholesale. Minneap- 

 olis, have purchased the Premier Oil 

 Refining Company of Texas. 



The total capacity of the refineries is 

 about ISO million gallons a year ot the 

 type of petroleum products used by 

 farmers. 



This will mean that ultimately Illi- 

 nois Farm Supply Company will add 

 between 60 and 70 million gallons an- 

 nually to the supply of fuel available 

 to Illinois farr.'. people. 



Four of the refineries owned by the 

 company are in Texas and one in west- 

 ern Louisiana. Headquarters are in 

 Longview, Texas. 



The gallonage from this new com- 

 pany in addition to the output of the 

 Pana refinery acquired by Illinois Farm 

 Supply in January of this year will 

 furnish about one-half of its needs. It 

 will continue to purchase the balance 

 of its needs under contract from other 

 refineries. 



A. M. Ault. comjitrollcr for the Illi- 

 nois Farm Supply Comj-iany. will trans- 

 fer to the newly act|uired company as 

 director of finance and treasurer. The 

 refinery employs about 500 persons, 

 and will be opcr.ited under the same 

 name and with the same personnel as 

 previously. 



Ault started his association with Illi- 

 nois Farm Supply Company in 1934 as 

 manager of the Jo Daviess Service Com- 

 pany. Two years later he went to 

 Marshall-Putnam county as manager of 

 their service company, and in 1939 

 joined the field staf? of IFS. 



In 1942 he came into the Chicago 

 office to head the petroleum division 

 and was promoted to assistant treas- 

 urer of the company in 1946 and later 

 to the position of comptroller. 



Seed Co-op Sales Top Half Million Dollar Mark 



The Producers' Crop Improvement 

 ■•• Association of Piper City, hybrid 

 corn growers, announced at its annual 

 meeting held recently that sales volume 

 last year amounted to $519,152.18. 

 Most of the sales, 91.4 per cent, were 

 made to Farm Bureau members in the 

 more than 60 Illinois counties where 

 the company operates. 



According to the company's annual 

 report, a total of S39,907.11 was dis- 

 tributed to members as a six per cent 

 dividend on first preferred stock, four 

 per cent dividend on second preferred 

 stock, and a refund of 75 cents a bushel 

 in second preferred stock. Total div- 

 idends and patronage refunds distrib- 

 uted since the company was organized 

 now total $286,315.17. 



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