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SIX HUNDRED patrons attended ojsen house in early August at 

 Illinois Farm Supply Gjmpany's new fertilizer plant at East St. 

 Louis, Illinois. Illinois Farm Supply G>mpany is an affiliate of 

 the Illinois Agricultural Association. 



The new fertilizer plant was completed recently. At capacity 

 It can produce about 1 20 tons of superphosphate and 200 tons of mixed 

 fertilizer per eight hour shift. At capacity the bagging machines can 

 sack 750 bags per hour. 



Total storage of the mill includes space for approximately 7,200 tons 

 of materials for mixed fertilizers, 7,200 tons of finished materials, and 

 6,000 tons of superphosphate. 



The East St. Louis building is 125 feet by 380 feet and at its highest 

 point is nine stories high. The plant has an additional 3,250 square 

 feet of space for the production of superphosphate by the acidulating 

 process. This involves the action of water and sulphuric acid on raw 

 phosphate rock to produce superphosphate. 



Patrons visiting the plant during the open house were shown the 

 various processes of the factory in action by Manager Kenneth D. Wohl- 

 ford and Plant Superintendent Jesse Barnes. 



The plant at East St. Louis was built to provide Illinois farmers with 

 the best possible value in fertilizers with a minimum movement of inert 

 materials. The product of the plant is moved by a fleet of trailer trucks 

 with a capacity of 18 tons of material each. The loading dock is built 

 to accommodate nine trucks simultaneously. 



The 600 people attending the open house and representing 60 dis- 

 tributor outlets included large delegations from Adams, Macoupin, 

 Montgomery, Menard, Sangamon, and Morgan counties. 



The fertilizer plant at East St. Louis is one of the most modern in 

 the country. Installation of labor-saving machinery enables the product 

 to be processed, mixed, and sacked with a minimum of handling. 



Much of the machinery is automatic and the modern pneumatic- 

 controlled valves on the mixing bins enable one man to mix a ton of 

 plant food at one time with semi-automatic controls. 



SEPTEMBER, 1949 



A grovp of viMltor* l»d by frank 

 Hynn, (waarlng tailor straw), 

 Morgan county, a mamber of ffc* 

 IHInolt farm Supply board of dl- 

 racfort, wafch the operoHon of 

 the fertf/lzer mixing velvet which 

 ara tontrolled by air and arm 

 teml-aufomafic. 



Moving along to the bagging departmmni, 

 fhe vitltort wafch Joseph Colombara oper> 

 ate the machinery which can tack 35 fons 

 of fertilizer In an hour. Corner of bagt 

 facing camera contain a telf-sealing tieove. 



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