M»wbT« of fh« new l/llnol* livestock Produtan AuotMlon beard of iflroctori peio for a 

 p hi mu during thair first msefing In Chlcoso. Lmff to rfght: (teatmd) Marlon try, lasfar 

 f. Martin, Carl M. Johnson; William Tample, Ofto Sfeffey, and Rcqf Ihrig; (tttmding) Sam 

 tpmrlu, J. P. Kedman, Clark I. Wl»e, R. D. Armstrong, H. L. Combs, trank P. Nerrlth, and 

 iMawrlce Holmes. Not present wat 1. E. MalherM who was In Stolland judging a Shorthorn 



contest. 



Coordinated Marketing 



Netv Illinois Livestock Producers 

 Association Ready to Adopt Bylaws, 

 Elect Officers, Employ Manager 



THE NEW Illinois Livestock Pro- 

 ducers Association will meet 

 March 11 to adopt bylaws, elect 

 oflFicers, and employ a manager. 

 The new organization will, in 

 e£Fect, be an association of Illinois' six 

 liTcstock marketing cooperatives de- 

 signed to (1) Strengthen present live- 

 stock marketing cooperatives; (2) es- 

 ttblish additional markets or agencies 

 where needed or where desirable, and 

 (3) coordinate selling. 



Chief purpose of the new organiza- 

 tion will be to develop a unified market- 

 ing system among the six livestock 

 marketing co-ops operating in Illinois 

 to assure the farmer the most eflFicient 

 and most economical methods of mar- 

 keting and thereby assure him highest 

 money returns. 



Boards of directors of the six pro- 

 ducers' agencies met in Chicago last 

 October and approved of the plan of 

 coordination in the interests of the live- 

 stock producer. 



Contracts will be entered into with 

 each of the six livestock co-ops in the 

 state and membership agreements will 

 be drawn up. 



Financing of the new organization 

 will be done through a checkoff of a 

 certain fee to be agreed upon against 

 each carload of stock marketed. 



The new organization also will 

 gather and disseminate marketing in- 

 formation among its agencies coordi- 

 nate feeder and stocker sales, and con- 

 duct an analysis of hog marketing 

 throughout the state. This analysis will 



be used as a basis for efficient and eco- 

 nomical hog marketing on a statewide 

 basis. 



Each of the six livestock marketing 

 co-ops will retain its identity and con- 

 tinue its present operations but all will 

 be guided and advised by the new state- 

 wide agency. 



The board is to be made up of 15 

 members. Eight, from eight districts, 

 represent the Farm Bureaus. They are : 

 William Temple, La Salle county, Dist. 

 1; Frank P. Norrish, Whiteside, Dist. 

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

 3 ; L. E. Mathers, Mason, Dist. 4 ; Lester 

 E. Martin, Morgan, Dist. 5; Clark E. 

 Wise, Champaign, Dist 6; J. P. Red- 

 man, Alexander, Dist. 7; and Marion A. 

 Frey, Dist. 8. 



Six represent the six producers' agen- 

 cies and one represents the Illinois Ag- 

 ricultural Association. The lAA repre- 

 sentative is Otto SteflFey, Henderson. 

 Representatives of the Producers' agen- 

 cies on the board are : Springfield, Sam 

 Sparks, Logan ; Chicago, Carl M. John- 

 son, DeKalb; Peoria, Maurice Holmes, 

 Peoria; Bushnell, Henry L. Combs, Mc 

 Donough; Illinois Livestock Marketing 

 Association, Ray Ihrig, 'Adams. The St. 

 Louis Producers representative was ex- 

 pected to be namecl in early March. 



Prof. Spitler Plans 

 To Retire Sept 7 



PROF. J. C. SPITLER, associate direc- 

 tor of the Illinois Extension Service 

 and state leader of farm advisers, will 

 retire from active service Sept. 1. 



Prof. Spitler received an award for dis- 

 tinguished service to Illinois agriculture 

 at the Illinois Agricultural Association 

 annual meeting last November. 



A graduate of the university in 1907, 

 he joined the Extension Service as an as- 

 sistant state leader of farm advisers in 

 September, 1919, ^fter having helped to 

 establish a statewide food production 

 program during World War I, 



Map above shews dl*lrltt$ from which eight 



membert to the livestock board have been 



chosen fe ruprotmnl county Farm Buroau*. 



fSee story for namo»). 



Announce 4-H Club 

 Delegates to Washington 



FOUR Illinois 4-H dub members who 

 will represent this state at National 4-H 

 Club Camp in Washington, D. C, next 

 June have been announced. 



They are: Dorothy Giese, 19, Peru, La 

 Salle county; Pauline McMillan, 18, 

 Pleasant Plains, Sangamon; Robert W. 

 Builta, 18, LeRoy, McLean, and Lyle P. 

 Schertz, 19, Benson, Woodford. 



The state delegation was selected by 

 the 4-H dub staff at the university on 

 the basis of demonstrated qualities of 

 leadership, outstanding 4-H achievements, 

 and participation in project and com- 

 munity activities. 



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