A ttattOy Hnm of trucks moved to th« 



Southern Illinois Orain Company's elevator 



at Benfon, franklin county, during the peak 



of the wheat harvest late In June. 



Southern Grain's 

 New Elevator 



Does 



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IT \XAS a hot day and the trucks 

 were lined up for quite a way on 

 the road leading up to the elevator. 

 The wheat harvest was in full swing. 

 Some of the farmer truckers were 

 comparing yields, but there was no 

 complaint about the waiting. Quite the 

 contrary. 



"This is one of the greatest services 

 we've got. I don't know how we got 

 along without it." one of the waiting 

 truckers said. 



Such is the feeling of the patrons 

 of the Southern Illinois Grain Compa- 

 ny which has an 18,000 bushel capacity 

 elevator at Benton in Franklin county. 

 The elevator serves not only Franklin 

 but the nearby counties of Jackson, 

 Williamson. Saline, Jefferson, Hamil- 

 ton and Perry. 



On June 23 and 24. the elevator 

 handled more grain than during all 

 of the wheat season of 1946, the first 

 year of operation. More than 30,000 

 bushels of wheat were handled on each 

 of the two days in June. 



This is the first year of operation for 

 the Company's new elevator structure. 

 Previously the Company used the near- 

 by Illinois Farm Supply Benton mill 

 elevator facilities. 



So far this year, the elevator has 

 handled 275,000 bushels of wheat and 

 probably will pass the 280.000 bushels 

 handled by the company last year. In 

 1948 the elevator also handled 220.000 

 bushels of soybeans. 



Net profit for Southern Illinois Grain 

 Company last year was $12,000, and a 

 patronage dividend was paid of two 

 cents per bushel. 



Present officers and directors of the 

 elevator are Fred Phillips, president; 

 Nealy Bryant, vice president; W. C. 

 Hobbs. secretary-treasurer; Gilbert Gal- 

 loway, Theodore Liberard, Everett 

 Lance and Audra Bennett, directors, all 

 of Franklin county. All but Liberard 

 and Lance were members of the incor- 

 porating board. 



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Robert Miller, (nearest camera} manager 



of the Southern Illinois OraIn Company, and 



O. P. Cravens, elevator manager, were kept 



busy during the peak of harvest. 



lAA Director Albert Webb of Cwing v/atts 

 In line with a truckload of wheat ready to 

 unload at the elevator at Benton. He rep- 

 resents Southwestern Illinois on lAA board. 



Serum Association Makes 

 $5,000 Grant to Fight Disease 



Money Will be Used in Research 

 By College of Veterinary Medicine 



UNDER the terms of a $5,000 

 grant from the Illinois Farm Bu- 

 reau Serum Association a two- 

 way attack on swine brucellosis 

 will be launched in September 

 by the University of Illinois College 

 of Veterinary Medicine. The Illinois 

 Farm Bureau Serum Association is an 

 affiliate of the Illinois Agricultural As- 

 sociation. 



The studies to be made through the 

 Illinois Agricultural Experiment station 

 of the University of Illinois College 

 of Agriculture will be aimed at pre- 

 vention through vaccination or cure 

 through the use of chemicals or anti- 

 biotics. President Russell V. McKee 

 of the serum association said further 

 grants may be expected although the 



present board cannot commit future 

 boards of directors. 



The grant was made for the study 

 of swine brucellosis in particular but 

 for other swine diseases as well. It 

 also includes a service to herd owners, 

 on request, in the study of any unusual 

 swine disease which may arise. 



Brucellosis in swine causes abortion, 

 weak pigs, and sterility in sows and 

 boars. Sulfonamides, antibiotics, and 

 vaccines have been effective in the 

 treatment of many diseases of domestic 

 animals but no cure has been found for 

 swine brucellosis. • 



Swine brucellosis costs Illinois farm- 

 ers millions of dollars annually and is 

 also a common source of undulant fever 

 in humans. 



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