)|AA livestock Marketing Cooperative 



EXPANDING from six members 

 into a booming statewide market- 

 ing cooperative in two years 

 marks the Illinois Livestock Mar- 

 keting Association as the most 

 rapidly growing cooperative affiliated 

 with the Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion. 



Its most recent expansion has moved 

 Its marketing service into the two north- 

 ern tiers of counties in Illinois. 



New points have been organized in 

 recent months at Elizabeth in Jo Daviess 

 county, Lena in Stephenson, Byron in 

 Ogle, and at Perryville in the Boone- 

 Winnebago area. 



Sales through the state office at De- 

 catur have doubled in the last year. In 

 1948 the Decatur office handled 478,283 

 head of livestock, most of which were 

 hogs, valued at $29,074,515. In 1946, 

 before expansion, 183,680 animals were 

 handled. 



Throughout Illinois where competi- 

 tion from its local buying points are a 

 factor, the price of hogs sold locally has 

 been increased from 25 to 50 cents a 

 hundred. This is the report from farm- 

 ers in county after county where points 

 have been established. 



As the accompanying map indicates, 

 21 buying points have been established 

 by county marketing associations and 

 operate under the state sales office at 

 Decatur. 



All of the buying points operate on 

 a cash basis in buying hogs and veal 

 calves, paying farmers for their stock as 

 soon as it is weighed in at the local 

 yards. Not all points buy veal calves. 

 Cattle and sheep are shipped for patrons 

 to terminal markets but are generally 

 not purchased outright. 



If you want to sell direct you can get 

 the day's quotation on hogs by phoning 

 the yard nearest your farm. Most of 

 the hog and veal calf sales are made by 

 phone, and are bought according to 

 weight and quality. 



If you have hogs to sell, and have not 

 already tried this new kind of market- 

 ing service, here are the towns with es- 

 tablished yards: Elizabeth, Lena, Free- 

 port, Perryville, Byron, Erie, Cam- 

 bridge, Princeton, Aledo, Stronghurst, 

 Elvaston, Camp Point, Rushville, Bluffs, 

 Bloomington, Champaign, Danville, 



Pans, Shelbyville, and Effingham. Many 

 purchases of hogs are made from farm- 

 ers living outside the county. (See map) 



The triangle symbols on the map in- 

 dicate that Winnebago and Ogle coun- 

 ties have organized points but have not 

 yet started buying. Since the map was 

 drawn both points have started han- 

 dling livestock and buying hogs. 



One of the most recently organized 

 county points is located at Elizabeth in 

 Jo Daviess county. Manager Russel 

 Philbrick said the Jo Daviess yard 

 bought more than 4,000 hogs its first 

 month of operation, in November. 



They are buying veal calves one day a 

 week, on Monday, and also ship cattle 

 and sheep on a consignment basis for 

 their patrons. 



The lAA is also helping to organize 

 a new marketing cooperative under the 

 proposed name of the Illinois Livestock 

 Producers Association. This new agency 

 would have as members all the coopera- 

 tive groups, including Illinois Livestock 

 Marketing Association. 



The purpose of this new cooperative 

 will be to develop a unified marketing 

 system among the six livestock coopera- 

 tives operating in Illinois. 



The first step in the creation of the 

 new marketing cooperative has been 

 completed by the selection of a board of 

 directors by the various groups con- 

 cerned. 



It consists of 15 members picked 

 from the boards of each of the Pro- 

 ducer agencies at Chicago, Peoria, St. 

 Louis, Bushnell, and Springfield; one 

 director each from the boards of the 

 Illinois Livestock Marketing Association 

 and the Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion ; and one director each from eight 

 districts representing the county Farm 

 Bureaus in Illinois. 



At its first meeting the new board is 

 expected to select a manager. After a 

 manager has been appointed, a complete 

 analysis of all types of livestock market- 

 ing in Illinois will be made. Special 

 emphasis will be placed on the market- 

 ing of hogs. 



The new company will permit farm- 

 ers the choice of selling on a terminal 

 or country market on a cooperative 

 basis. - 



It has been empowered to carry on ■ 

 statewide information and acquisition 

 program among livestock producers to 

 get more livestock moving through co- 

 operative marketing channels. 



After a complete study and analysis 

 has been made, the new organization 

 has been granted the authority to pro- 

 ceed with any program that would ben- 

 efit the livestock farmer. 



In short, the first purpose of the new 

 cooperative will be to coordinate hog 

 marketing in Illinois, and then to con- 

 sider the marketing of other species of 

 livestock if conditions warrant change. 



The new agency will help to develop 

 the stocker and feeder cattle program in 

 Illinois. This program has been under- 

 way for several years. 



It will also gather current market in- 

 formation for the benefit of its members 

 but will not duplicate the work being 

 carried on by the National Livestock 

 Producers Association. 



In announcing the new cooperative. 

 President Charles B. Shuman of the 

 lAA, emphasized that each of the ex- 

 isting groups would retain its identity 

 and would continue its present opera- 

 tions, but that all would be guided and 

 advised by the new statewide agency. 



The new company will be financed by 

 the payment of a fee on a per car basis 

 on livestock handled by members. 



The rate will be |l for a single and 

 11.50 for a double-decked car shipped 

 by rail, and an equivalent fee for stock 

 shipped by truck. This should make 

 available annually about |40,000. 



Board members for the new coopera- 

 tive from the eight Illinois districts are: 



William Temple, La Salle county, 

 district 1 ; Frank P. Norrish, Whiteside, 

 2; R. D. Armstrong, McDonough, 3; 

 L. E. Mathers, Mason, 4; Lester E. Mar- 

 tin, Morgan, 5 ; Clark E. Wise, Cham- 

 paign, 6; J. P. Redman, Alexander, 7. 

 Marion A. Fry, Shelby, 8. 



Members from the Producer agencies 

 are: Carl M. Johnson, DeKalb, Chi- 

 cago Producers; John Stout, Sangamon, 

 Springfield Producers; and Maurice 

 Holmes, Peoria, Peoria Producers. 



Ray Ihrig, Adams county, has been 

 selected to represent the Illinois Live- 

 stock Marketing Association. As we go 

 to press, the Producer agencies at Bush- 

 nell and St. Louis, and the board of di- 

 rectors of the Illinois Agricultural As- 

 sociation have not yet named a member 

 to represent their organizations on the 

 board of the new cooperative. 



FEBRUARY. 1949 



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