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ILLINOIS Livestock Marketing As- 

 sociation made the most rapid growth 

 this year of any of the lAA-affiliated 

 cooperatives. 



Sales of livestock through the as- 

 sociation were doubled. It handled 478, 

 283 head of livestock, mostly hogs, 

 valued at $29,074,515 through its sales 

 ofFice in Decatur. 



This rapid progress was reported by 

 Mont Fox, Vermilion county, president, 

 and H. W. Trautmann, manager, during 

 the annual meeting of the marketing as- 

 sociation held recently in Chicago. 



Fox pointed out that the increase in 

 sales was made possible by adding new 

 outlets and expanding old ones. Seven 

 new member companies were organized 

 this year. 



In a discussion of the hog market in 

 1948, Trautmann said that this year was 

 one of erratic markets caused by high 

 prices. 



"Throughout the year the hog market 

 was very sensitive to supply. Packers 

 continued to operate on a current cut 

 out basis," Trautmann said. 



"Any slowing of consumer demand 

 was immediately reflected in prices paid 

 to farmers. The wave of consumer 

 strikes against high prices which occurred 

 in the summer had the eflFect of checking 

 a price rise which might have exceeded 

 previous high marks."' 



He said that during February and 

 March with corn at $2 a bushel, and up, 

 many heavy hogs and packing grades 

 sold well below the government support 

 level. 



The tie-up in the major packing plants 

 during April and May prolonged a dis- 

 tressed market, but as soon as the strike 

 was settled prices rose rapidly, Traut- 

 mann said. An all-time high of $31.45 

 was registered on the Qiicago hog market 

 on Aug. 16. 



The Illinois Livestock Marketing As- 

 sociation is rapidly becoming one of the 

 largest cooperative order buying com- 

 panies for hogs in the country. 



In the last few years it has established 

 a number of buying points in the heavy 

 hog producing areas in Illinois. The 

 points are organized on a county-wide 

 basis. 



Hogs are bought and paid for in cash 



by the Illinois Livestock Marketing As- 

 sociation at these county concentration 

 points. Orders for hogs are taken for 

 all the points by the state sales office in 

 Decatur. 



Throughout the areas where the county 

 points have operated, prices on hogs 

 have increased by 25 to 50 cents a hun- 

 dred from the savings resulting from 

 this kind of cooperative and large-scale 

 handling. • 



Farmers say they like the service be- 

 cause they can learn the current hog 

 quotations by calling their local yards, 

 and what they will be paid, before their 

 hogs leave the farm. 



New buying p>oints were organized 

 this year at BlufiFs in Scott county, Rush- 

 ville in Schuyler, Cambridge in Henry, 

 Erie in Whiteside, Princeton in Bureau, 

 Elizabeth in Jo Daviess, and Camp Point 

 in Adams county. 



Other buying points are located at 

 Bloomington, Champaign, Decatur, Ale- 

 do, Danville, Shelbyville, Paris, Strong- 

 hurst, Elvaston, and Freeport. Shelby- 

 ville maintains a branch at Effingham, 

 and Freeport a branch at Lena. 



Two other county groups, Ogle and 

 Boone- Winnebago, were organized after 

 the close of the association's fiscal year 

 on Sept. 30. 



In keeping with the general policy of 

 all the subsidiaries of the lAA, Illinois 

 Livestock Marketing Association sur- 

 rendered its letter of exemption from 

 income tax at the beginning of its fiscal 

 year. 



Federal taxes paid by the Illinois Live- 

 stock Marketing Association for the cur- 

 rent fiscal period amounted to $2,244.08. 



Members of the Illinois Livestock 

 Marketing Association not only buy di- 

 rect but also ship to producer agencies on 

 the terminal markets. 



This year they shipped 6,947 cattle, 

 3,188 calves, 9,129 hogs, and 8,694 

 sheep to the Producer agencies. 



A number of animals were sold at 

 home by local managers to locker plants 

 or to producers for further feeding or 

 breeding: 2,229 cattle, 815 calves, 12,- 

 392 hogs, 966 sheep. A total of 522,- 

 643 head of animals were handled by 

 the combined units. 



ANEW livestock marketing coop- 

 erative is being organized in Illi- 

 nois under the proposed name of 

 the Illinois Livestock Producers 

 Association. Its purpose is to 

 develop a unified marketing system 

 among the six existing livestock market- 

 ing cooperatives in Illinois. 



The organization of the Illinois Live- 

 stock Producers Association has been 

 recommended by a committee appointed 

 by President Charles B. Shuman of the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association to work 

 out a plan to coordinate the activities of 

 the various cooperative marketing associa- 

 tions in Illinois. 



Their recommendations have been ap- 

 proved by the boards of directors of four 

 of the five Producer agencies operating 

 in Illinois, as well as the board of di- 

 rectors of the Illinois Livestock Market- 

 ing Association and the Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Association. 



In announcing this new coordination 

 program. President Shuman emphasized 

 that each of the agencies will retain its 

 own identity and will continue its present 

 operations, but all will be guided and 

 advised by the new statewide company. 



The first step in the creation of the 

 new company is now being carried out 

 in the selection of a board of directors 

 by the various groups concerned. 



The first board will consist of 1 5 mem- 

 bers. A director will be selected from 

 the board of directors of each of the 

 Producer livestock marketing cooperatives 

 at Chicago, Peoria, St. Louis, Bushnell, 

 and Springfield. One director will be 

 selected also from the board of the Illi- 

 nois Livestock Marketing Association, 

 and one from the board of the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association. In addition, 

 one director will be elected from each 

 of eight districts representing all counties 

 in Illinois. 



Several of the Producer agencies al- 

 ready have picked a member to represent 

 their group on the governing body of 

 the new cooperative. A board member 

 from each of the eight districts will be 

 picked by the counties after the program 

 has been explained fully. Each county 

 will have equal vote. 



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