New livestock Unit Elects 



Illinois Livestock Producers Association ■:■ ' 



Elects Officers, Adopts By-Latvs At 

 Organization Meeting 



IATEST step in the plan to develop 

 an improved statewide cooperative 

 I livestock marketing program for II- 

 M linois farmers lias been the election 

 of officers and adoption of by-laws for 

 the new Illinois 

 Livestock Producers' 

 Association. 



This is the new 

 organization that has 

 been set up to ( 1 ) 

 strengthen present 

 livestock marReting 

 cooperatives; (2) es- 

 tablish additional 

 markets or agencies 

 where needed or 

 Seo/» Irwin ^.^^^^ desirable and 



(3) organize selling on an efficient basis. 



just so you won't get confused, this 

 new Producers' Association is a different 

 organization than the Illinois Livestock 

 Marketing Association which has its head- 

 quarters at Decatur. The latter organiza- 

 tion is one of the agencies cooperating 

 ■with the Producers' Association in im- 

 proving a statewide marketing program. 



Other agencies cooperating and their 

 representatives on the Producers' Associ- 

 ation hoard are the Chicago Producers' 

 Commission Association, Carl M. John- 

 son, DeKalb; Peoria Producers' Com- 

 mission Association, M. F. Holmes, 

 Peoria; Springfield Producers' Livestock 

 Commission Company, Scott Irwin, San- 

 gamon; Illinois Livestock Marketing As- 

 sociation, Ray Ihrig, Adams; Bushnell 

 Producers' Commission Company, Henry 

 L. Combs, McDonough. Otto Steffey, 



Off/cers ond tnembert of the executive 

 commUiee of the llllnoli llvestotk Pro- 

 ducers Atsotlaflon following a recent or- 

 ganlzaflon meeting are: front rovf, left to 

 right: Treasurer Otto Steffey, Henderson 

 county; Setretary Kay Ihrig, Adams; Presi- 

 dent Carl M. Johnson, DeKalb; Vice-Presi- 

 dent Robert Armstrong, Warren, and L. t. 

 Mathers, Mason. 



Henderson county, is the lAA representa- 

 tive on the Producers' Association board. 

 Irwin was named since the first meeting 

 and was not in the picture in the March 

 lAA RECORD. 



Eight other board members are elected 

 from the eight districts in which the state 

 is divided for representation purposes. 

 District 7 is without a representative as 

 the result of the recent death of J. P. Red- 

 man, Alexander county. Other district 

 representatives are: dis. 1, William Tem- 

 ple, LaSalle; dis. 2, Frank P. Norrish, 

 Whiteside; dis. 3, Robert Armstrong, 

 Warren; dis. 4, L. E. Mathers, Mason; 

 dis. 5, Lester E. Martin, Morgan; dis. 

 6, Clark E. Wise, Champaign, and dis. 

 8, Marion A. Fry, Shelby. 



Elected officers at the organization 

 meeting were: Johnson, president; Arm- 

 strong, vice-president; Ray Ihrig, secre- 

 tary, and Otto Steffey, treasurer. W. J. 

 Neverman was named assistant treasurer 

 and C. C. Chapelle, comptroller. Math- 

 ers was named a member of the execu- 

 tive committee. 



The executive committee was scheduled 

 to meet May 18 to work on three jobs: 

 to work out contract forms between the 

 Producers' Association and the five co- 

 operating marketing agencies; to figure 

 out car fees and to seek a manager. The 

 entire board was scheduled to meet May 

 27. 



One of the first projects expected to 

 be started by the Producers' Association 

 is a study of hog marketing in Illinois. 

 This study will be used as a basis for 

 developing efficient and economical hog 

 marketing on a statewide setup that will 

 be of the greatest benefit to the livestock 

 producer. 



For the first three months of 1949, 

 there were 9,693 carloads of livestock 

 marketed cooperatively from Illinois 

 counties, compared with 9,^31 for the 

 same period in 1948. 



This is Illinois farm Supply's new fertilizer 

 plant at tast St. Louis, III., which recently 

 started the production of plant food for 

 distribution through your local service com- 

 pany. Illinois farm Supply Is an alflllafm 

 of the Illinois Agricultural Association. 



Illinois Farm Supply 

 Company's Fertilizer 

 Plant Is Operating 



ILLINOIS Farm Supply Company's new 

 fertilizer plant at East St. Louis, III., 



is now in operation and shipping plant 

 food to member company distributors, 

 according to J. J. Lanter, director of pro- 

 curement. 



The plant commenced full-scale opera- 

 tions several days ago in the production 

 of superphosphate and the recommended 

 grades of higher analysis mixed fertiliz- 

 ers. The new plant is under the man- 

 agement of Kenneth Wohlford. The 

 first truckload of 18 tons of 3-12-12 

 Grow Crop fertilizer was shipped to the 

 Montgomery Service Company at Hills- 

 boro. 



Production for several weeks, said 

 Lanter, was to be confined to this one 

 grade. By this a larger volume was 

 made available to Illinois farmers in the 

 short period before corn planting time. 

 It is expected that the plant will be able 

 to bag, load and ship about 150 tons 

 daily, or approximately 2,500 tons of 

 3-12-12 fertilizer this spring. 



When fully completed and in operation 

 the plant will have an annual production 

 of 40,000 tons of mixed fertilizers and 

 20,000 tons of superphosphate. 



This new plant is but a part of the 

 complete plant food program of Illinois 

 Farm Supply Company. Through the 

 member company distributors Illinois 

 farmers are now receiving over 175,000 

 tons of rock phosphate, potash, triple 

 superphosphate and ammonium nitrate 

 per year. These straight carriers of plant 

 foods are in additin to the 40,000 tons of 

 mixed fertilizers and superphosphate dis- 

 tributed. 



By having their own fertilizer plant, 

 Illinois Farm Bureau member patrons 



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