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Leo Walter, above, pretldent of fhe MtDonough Grain and Milling Com- 

 pany, and his son listen to Arch Elam, manager of the tompany, who 

 stopped b/ the Wa/fer farm of fhe end of day's business. 



The mop of Illinois at the right shows the favorable position of fhe Me- 

 Donough cooperative between the two river elevator companies. 



Irucked to the Havana Hivcr Grain ele- 

 vator. This meant a three-cent per 

 bushel advantage over the local hiil 

 on wheat. Eventually some of the co- 

 operative"? grain will move to the 

 V^'estern Illinois Grain Company ele- 

 vator at Dallas City on the Mississippi. 



The McDonough grain cooperative's 

 ■experiences prove the wisdom of river 

 operations since modern trucking makes 

 it profitable to move grain from a wide 

 area surrounding the river elevators. 

 The McDonough cooperative's elevators 

 ■are also well located as far as rail trans- 

 portation is concerned, as shown by the 

 map on the opposite page. 



As Leo \^ alter, president of the Mc- 

 Donough Grain and Milling Company 

 says. "We have just begun to enjoy our 

 benefits. \^'e have all the facilities now 

 and have just bad one year's use of 

 them. Lots of our farmers don't realize 

 yet what a great thing we have here in 

 McDonough county. They will only 

 realize that as they have a chance to use 

 the services of our cooperative." 



This is the first year of complete op- 

 eration of all four elevators in the Mr- 

 Donough coo[)erative. In the begin- 

 ning, five voars ago. operations were 

 limited to the Rushnell plant and el- 

 evator. Then in September aiul Derem- 

 ber of lO-lfi. elevators were purchased at 

 Blandinsville. Colchester, and Adair. 

 Thus the leaders achieved their goal 



of having four points within the county 

 where members could market their 

 grain cooperatively and also where 

 Service Hrand feeds could be distri- 

 buted. Stock was sold to finance this 

 j)rogram. In addition the Bushnell mill 

 was modernized in 1948 to meet Service 

 Drand requirements, new trucks and 

 equipment were purchased and a new 

 ofTice and scales installed at Bushnell. 



At present, the Colchester elevator is 

 being modernized, warehouse expanded 

 and new sheller equipment installed. 



In addition to all the benefits to 

 members, the county-wide setup of the 

 McDonough cooperative makes for real 

 operating efficiency. For example, the 

 heavy duty trucks used for hauling 

 grain to the river elevators, are also 

 used for hauling feed corn or merchan- 

 dise to farms, or to bring corn into the 

 four elevators of the cooperative. In 

 the same wav. the county- wide setup 

 makes it possible to shift workers from 

 one elevator to another or from one op- 

 eration to another wherever the labor 

 neeil is greatest. 



The cooperative has a fl-'ct of fn^ir 

 heavv dutv trucks for hauling feed to 

 patrons; five large grain trucks: two 

 coal trucks and two pickup trunks. 



Officers and directors of the McDon- 

 ough Grain and Milliner Company in- 

 clude Mr. Yi alter who is also secretary 

 of the Farm Bureau and secretarv of 



the Havana River Company: Ryal 

 Keilhiey. vice-i>resident. .Macomb; Krn- 

 est B. Combs, secretary. Bushnell: J. 

 D. Muri)hy. treasurer. Bushnell; Ralph 

 \^ ilson. Industry; Marion Herzog. 

 Blandinsville; Grover Swigart. Ma- 

 coml); B. H. Swedell. Adair; and Or- 

 ville Cuba. Colchester. 



NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING 



COUNTRY MUTUAL CASUALTY 



COMPANY 



Notice is hereby piven that the an- 

 nual meeting of the members of 

 Country Mutual Casualty Company 

 will be held in the Sherman Hotel, 

 Chicago, Illinois, on Tuesday, the ISth 

 day of November, 1949, at I :00 P..M. 

 to receive, consider and if approved, 

 confirm and ratify the reports of the 

 officers and of the Board of Directors 

 of the Company for the year endinc 

 Oectmber 31, 19-48; to elect directors 

 for the cominu vear and for the trans- 

 action of such further and other busi- 

 ness as may properh- come before the 

 meetins. 



Otto StefTey, Secretary 



OCTOBER, 1949 



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