Offer Wool Services 



Grower Can Sell His Clip Through lAA Marketing 

 Co-op on ( 1 ) Basis of Grade and Quality or 

 (2) Simply Sell Outright at Shearing Time 



Two WOOL marketing services for 

 the 1949 clip year are being offered 

 by the lUinois Wool Marketing Associa- 

 tion, an affiliate ot the Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association. 



First, the grower who wishes to mar- 

 ket his wool on the basis of grade and 

 quality may do so; and second, the wool 

 grower who wishes to sell his wool out- 

 right at shearing time may do so. 



Under the first or consignment method, 

 the grower delivers his wool to the rep- 

 resentative of the Illinois Wool Market- 

 ing Association in the county where he 

 lives. This man will weigh the wool, 

 mark it for shipment and will then issue 

 a receipt covering the weight of the 

 wool. It is then shipped to the Associa- 

 tion's warehouse at Paris in Edgar county 

 where it will be graded. 



Following grading, an advanced pay- 

 ment will be mailed direct to the grower. 

 When the wool is sold the grower will 

 receive a final payment representing the 

 full sale price of the wool less the As- 

 sociation handling charge. All wool 



marketed by this method is completely 

 covered by insurance protecting against 

 loss from fire, theft, water damage, etc. 



The Association also will furnish wool 

 bags and twine free of charge to farmers 

 who market their wool through the lAA 

 affiliated wool marketing organization. 

 This latter method of marketing assures 

 the grower full market price for his wool 

 based upon grade and quality. 



Under the second or purchase method 

 there is provided a daily cash market for 

 ■wool based on average market quotations 

 prevailing at the time. These prices are 

 subject to change at any time and will 

 be based upon clear, native fleece wool 

 with discounts applied to wools carrying 

 burrs, chaff, haystems, and seeds, black 

 and gray wools, and the short staple lamb 

 and fed wools. 



The grower using this program will de- 

 liver his wool to the county representa- 

 tive of the Illinois Wool Marketing As- 

 sociation which will inspect the wool, 

 weigh it and pay for the wool based upon 

 that inspection and weight. 



Sam Sorrells Retires 



Sam Sorrells, Ass*t Secretary of Marketing, Retires 

 This Month After 27 Years with lAA 



WHEN farmers and Farm Bureau em- 

 ployees refer to someone as "one 

 of the old-timers in Farm Bureau" you 

 can bet they say so with reverence and re- 

 spect. Because it was these men, battling 



discouraging odds, who did so much to 

 make Farm Bureau the strong champion 

 of agriculture it is today. 



One of these organization pioneers in 

 the middle years (early twenties to early 



Sum Sorrells (Ml) 

 drops In to see Sam 

 HuMMell, lAA director 

 of (ivestock market- 

 ing, before retiring 

 from 27 years of 

 service w/fh fhe lAA. 

 They are shown dis- 

 cussing their favorite 

 subject — livestock 

 marketing. 



thirties) of Farm Bureau was Sam Sor- 

 rells of Montgomery county who retires 

 this month after 27 years association with 

 the Illinois Agricultural Association. 



Sam has done a little of everything in 

 Farm Bureau from serving as an lAA 

 director to traveling the southern part 

 of the state as a livestock fieldman. His 

 latest title was assistant secretary of 

 marketmg. He operated a farm at Ray- 

 mond now being run by his only son, 

 Merrill. 



As a charter member of the Mont- 

 gomery County Farm Bureau he helped 

 organize and served on the board of his 

 county shipping association. In 1922 he 

 was asked by the lAA to go to Wayne 

 county to help set up a shipping associa- 

 tion. Two years later he was elected to 

 the lAA board on which he served 

 until 1937. 



He helped organize the Illinois Farm 

 Supply Company and served on the first 

 board of directors besides serving 14 

 years on his own county service company 

 board. 



In 1924 he helped organize the Illi- 

 nois I'arm Bureau Serum Association and 

 served on the first board of directors from 

 "24 until '35 as director and president. 



He helped organize the Illinois Live- 

 stock Marketing Asscxriation and served 

 as its president from 1931 until 1937. 

 He was also a member of the board of 

 the National Livestock Marketing As- 

 sociation for two years. 



Sorrells was elected to the St. Louis 

 Producers' board in 1931 and was a mem- 

 ber until 1940. He also served on the 

 board of the old Illinois Soybean Market- 

 ing As.sociation and was chairman of the 

 marketing committee of the lAA board 

 from 1926 to 1937. 



On March 1, 1940, Sam joined the 

 field staff of the lAA livestock marketing 

 department until several months ago 

 when he became assistant secretary of 

 marketing. During his career as live- 

 stock fieldman, he covered 34 southern 

 Illinois counties and became one of the 

 best known lAA men in the area. 



Complimented on his long years of 

 service and on his contribution to Farm 

 Bureau, Sam said "It's been a great ex- 

 perience working for the good of Illinois 

 agriculture, but to tell you the truth, I 

 believe I got more out of Farm Bureau 

 than Farm Bureau got out of me." Sam 

 said he will take things easy for a while. 

 He had no definite plans for the future. 



ILLINOIS PLANT FOOD 



Last year Illinois farmers spread 

 about a million tons of rock phos- 

 phate, enough to treat about one 

 million acres, used 5.3 million tons 

 of limestone, and 1 1 .000 tons of 

 potash, all the fwtash that was 

 available. 



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