T»*tlng plant food* at tha tati St. Lovl* {•rtlltfr plant laboratory 



are James Seymour (left), chemist, and J. L. Barite; procan 



*vp«rvisor. 



OUAlin FIRST! 



Rigid Quality Controls Are Maintained 

 on All Illinois Farm Supply Company 

 Products By A Chain of Modern 

 Laboratories 







OUALITY is the keystone of success. 

 Ask any customer. He'll tell you 

 he buys the same product over 

 and over again because he knows 

 it will be the same fine product it 

 was last week and the week before. 

 Illinois Farm Supply Company, the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association's largest 

 affiliate, has long known that Illinois 

 farmers demand quality products. By 

 setting up quality control laboratories Il- 

 linois Farm Supply has maintained and 

 protected its high quality standards. The 

 rapid expansion and success of Farm Sup- 

 ply in the past several years is proof of 

 the importance of quality control. 



Joining the chain of quality control 

 laboratories at Farm Supply processing 

 plants is the laboratory recently installed 

 at the new fertilizer plant in East St. 

 Louis. 



This new laboratory is fully equipped 

 with the finest apparatus needed in mak- 

 ing accurate analysis tests on material for 

 their nitrogen, phosphorous, and potash 

 content. The men entrusted with this 

 work are trained chemists. 



The new lab at East St. Louis is one of 

 five needed for a complete quality control 

 program. The other four are the petro- 

 leum testing laboratories of the Pana Re- 

 finery, and the Premier Petroleum Com- 

 pany at Fort Worth, Tex., the feed test- 

 ing laboratory at the Benton mill, and 



the new feed laboratory being set up at 

 the new Mendota feed mill. 



The new quality control program has 

 been reorganized over the past year and 

 has resulted from the need for expanded 

 facilities to keep pace with Farm Supply's 

 research and testing program. 



For many years the quality control 

 work on all products distributed by Farm 

 Supply had been done at the Naperville 

 laboratory. The functions of the Naper- 

 ville laboratory were transferred to the 

 other quality control centers in May. 



Illinois Farm Supply Company is en- 

 gaged in a wide scope of activities. In 

 addition to distribution, purchasing and 

 transportation, the organization is en- 

 gaged in the manufacturing of feed and 

 plant food, and the refining of petroleum 

 products. 



All activities are under capable super- 

 vision to provide Illinois Farm Bureau 

 members with the best in service and the 

 highest quality products to assure full 

 value for money spent. 



Experienced men are in charge of pur- 

 chasing all raw materials used in the feed 

 mills, fertilizer plants, and refineries. 

 Experienced buyers also purchase paints, 

 insecticides, weed killers, steel products, 

 tires, and other automotive accessories. 



Many Illinois farmers are feeding Blue 

 Seal or Service Brand feeds. Others are 

 using Grow Crop fertilizers on their 



crops. There is an interesting story of 

 research and quality control behind the 

 development of these products. 



Committees from Illinois Farm Supply 

 operating personnel, with staff members 

 or the College of Agriculture, University 

 of Illinois, acting in a consulting and ad- 

 visory capacity, spent several years study- 

 ing and experimenting with many kinds 

 of ingredients and formulas before it was 

 felt they had the best finished products 

 of their kind. Hundreds of laboratory 

 tests were made on raw materials and on 

 experimental formulas. 



From this work. Blue Seal and Service 

 Brand feeds and Grow Crop fertilizers 

 were developed. It was comprehensive, 

 but it's this kind of work which makes it 

 possible for Illinois Farm Supply Com- 

 pany and its member companies to offer 

 the best in feeds and plant foods to Illi- 

 nois Farmers. 



The same program functions in the 

 development of fuels, motor oils, greases, 

 paints, tires, insecticides, and other prod- 

 ucts. 



Thus Illinois Farm Supply Company 

 emphasizes quality products for Illinois 

 Farm Bureau members. This farmers' 

 organization is constantly working to- 

 wards making better feeds, plant foods, 

 and petroleum products — products 

 which farmers can use with the maximum 

 of pocket-wise economy. 



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left: Dale Greenwood runt a protein analytl* fe*f on Blue Seal 

 feed at the Benton mill. Center: S. f. Oraham (left) and C. 

 Monti (right), petroleum themltlt, talk over flash testt on fuel* 



which they are conducting. Man In background It an unidentified 

 laboratory worker. Right: An unidentified technician at the tart 

 Worth, Tex., laboratory runt through an oil tetl. 



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