Testing plant foedt at the fas' St. Loult fertllher plant taboratory 



are James Seymour (left), chemUt, and J. I. Barnet, process 



iupervisor. 



QUALin FIRST! 



Rigid Quality Controls Are Maintained 

 on All Illinois Farm Supply Company 

 Products By A Chain of Modern 

 Laboratories 



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OLAI.I I ^' ]-. tlic kLANtoiic ot sim.cs>>. 

 Ask any i.ustoincr. He'll tell you 

 he huys the s.ime product over 

 .uid over a!;.m) because he knows 

 it will be the same due product it 

 was last week and the week before. 

 Illinois I'arm Supply Company, the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association's largest 

 affiliate, has loni; known that Illinois 

 farmers demand cjuality products. Hy 

 settiiiij up ciLiality control laboratories Il- 

 linois I'arm Supply has maintaincii ami 

 protected its hi^h cjuality standards. 1 he 

 rapid expansion and success ot I'arm Sup- 

 ply in the pa.st several years is proof ol 

 the importance of c|uality control. 



loinint; the chain of cjuality control 

 laboratories at Farm Supply processins: 

 pl.xOts is the laboratorv retentlv 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 nitroeen. phosphorous, and potash 

 content. The men entrusted with this 

 work are trained chemists. 



The new lab at Hast St. Louis is one ol 

 five needed for a complete cjuality control 

 program. The other tour 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 laboratorv Ixiiig set up at 

 the new Mendota feed mill. 



The new cjuality 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 cjuality control 

 work on all products distributed by I'arm 

 Supply had ixen done at the Naperville 

 laboratory. The functions of the Naper- 

 ville laboratory were transferred to the 

 other cjualitv control centers in NIay. 



Illinois Farm Supply C^omjiany is en- 

 gaged in a wide scope of activities. In 

 addition to distribution, purchasing and 

 transportation, the organiz.ition is en- 

 gaged in the manufacturing ot feed and 

 plant food, and the refining of petroleum 

 products. 



All .utivities are under capable super- 

 vision to provide Illinois Farm Bureau 

 members with the best in service and the 

 highest cjuality products to assure full 

 value (or money spent. 



Experienced men are in charge ot pur- 

 chasing all raw materials used in the feed 

 mills, fertilizer j-ilants, and refineries. 

 Fxjierienceii buyers also purchase jiaints, 

 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 



(. rojis. There is an interesting s(or\ ot 

 research and cjuality control behind (he 

 development of these |->rodLicts. 



CJommittees from Illinois Farm Suj'ijily 

 operating personnel, with staff memlx-rs 

 of the College of Agriculture, University 

 of Illinois, acting in a consulting and ad- 

 visory capacity, sjient several years study- 

 ing and experimenting with many kinds 

 ot ingredients and formulas before it was 

 telt they had the best finished products 

 of their kind. Hundreds of laboratory 

 tests were made on raw materials and on 

 experimental tormulas. 



From this work. Blue Seal and Service 

 Brand feeds and Grow C!rop fertilizers 

 were developed. It was comjirehensive, 

 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 I'eeds 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 I'arm Suj-iply Company 

 emphasizes quality products for Illinois 

 F\irm 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 Greentvood runs a protein analysis test on Blue Seal 

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

 Monti (right), petroleum chemists, talk over Hash tests on fuels 



wh/ch they are conducting. Man in background is an unidentified 

 laboratory worker. Right: An unidentified technician at the fort 

 Worth, Tex., laboratory runs through an oil test. 



