ElGi:\l-: V. STADKI.. Jo Davi.ss 

 county larm atK iscr. lias hctii 

 liired as manager of tlu' Illinois 

 Livestock I'lodiiccrs" Association, 

 newly organized afTiliate of the Illinois 

 Agricidtural Association set-up to co- 

 ordinate coo|)crali\e Ii\cslock niarkcling 

 in Illinois. Sladel is scheduled to take 

 over his new joli Dec. 1. with hea<l- 

 quarters in (Chicago. 



Aiuiual meeting of the Illinois Li\e- 

 stock Protlucers" Association will he 

 held at !■ p^ni. .Monday. \ov. 14 in the 

 Hotel Sherman in conjunction willi the 

 annual meetings of the Illinois .Agricul- 

 tural Association and .Associated Com- 

 panies. L. L. ('olvis. secretary of mar- 

 keting for the r\A. will he the main 

 s])caker on the I'roducers' program. 



The Livestock Producers' .Association 

 will work closely with Illinois' si.x live- 

 stock marketing coo|)eratives to achieve 

 three ohjectives: (1) strengthen ])res- 

 ent marketing cooperatives: (2) eslah- 

 lish additional markets or agencies 

 where needed or where desiralde. and 

 (Si co-ordinate selling. 



The five cooperative agencies and 

 their representatives on the Producers 

 Association hoard are: Chicago Pro- 

 ducers" Commission .Association. Carl 

 M. Johnson. DeKalb county: Peoria 

 Producers' Commission .Association. M. 

 F. Holmes. Peoria: Springfield Pro- 

 ducers" Livestock Commission Co.. Scott 

 Irwin. Sangamon: and Illinois Livestock 

 Marketing .Association. Hay Ihrig. 

 Adams; Bushnell Proihicers" Commis- 

 sion Companv. Ilcnrv L. ("omhs. Mc- 

 Donough. Otto Steffey. Henderson 

 county, is the lAA representative on 

 the board. 



Map shows distrUfing for representation on Illinois Livestock Producers' Association board 

 of directors. Added to the eight directors on the board from the eight districts on map 

 are representatives from each of the associated producer agencies shown as dots on map. 



Producers' Livestock 

 Manager Named 



Eugene V. Stadel, Jo Daviess Farm 

 Adviser, To Head Association 

 Six Livestock Marketing Co-ops 



hu<k. (iKik 

 \e\ermaini. 

 and C. C. 



Light other hoard inendiers are 

 elected from eigiil di>lrict> in which the 

 state is divided for representation ]iur- 

 po>e> and are as follows: <listriet I. 

 William Temple. La -Salle county: <li.~- 

 trict 2. Frank P. \orrish. Whiteside: 

 district 1. Ivohert .Armstrong. McDon- 

 ough: district I. I.. L. Matiier-. Ma^oii: 

 district rt. Letter L. 

 Martin. .Morgan; 

 district ft. Clark E. 

 W ise. (!lianipaign; 

 <listri(t 7. vacancy 

 caused hv death of 

 J. P. H.dman. Alex"- 

 ander: district ". 

 Marion A. F r v. 

 Shelby. 



Ollicers are: John- 

 son. |)rcsident: 

 -Arnislroiig. \ i c e - 

 president: I h r i g. 

 sccrelarv. and A. I'. S 

 countv. treasurer. W . J. 

 DuPage. is as>istant treasurer. 

 (Jiapclle. (!ook. comptroller. 



Stadi-i. tiie new manager of lln- Illi- 

 nois Livestock Producers" Association, 

 lias a long record of I- arm liureau work 

 in Illinois. A nati\e of Mar-hall countv. 

 .'^(adel x^as graduated from the I tii\ci- 

 sitv of Illinois College of Agriciillure 

 in I'Ml. He worked as dairy her<l iin- 

 |)rovement association milk tester in 

 lirowii. Schuvler and Adams countie- 

 iii ]y">l: as assistant farm adviser and 

 organization director in Marshall- 

 Pulnam counties from ]')'>(') to I'll.'): 

 and as assistant farm ad\i-er and 

 organization director in W iniiebai^o 

 counlv. in 10,!y and lOH. He served 

 three and one-half vcars in the Arinv 

 and was a first lieutenant uheii he \\a~ 

 discharged in l')ir). He has been farm 

 adviser in Jo Daviess countv since Oct. 

 L 1016. He is marri<'(l and has 1v\m 

 children. 



The five member aiii-neies of the Illi- 

 nois Livestock Producers" Association 

 during .August handled 92.612 Uri<j>. 



21.()2; cattle. 2.'.(Hl (alves aiul 10.(tfif> 



-ilcep. 



Illinois Li\e>|o(k Marketing A-socia- 

 lion. one of the agencies. Iian<ll<-d 1.S.175 

 hot;~. anil ( liicago Producers (.oinmis- 

 sion Association haiiilled l.'I.'i.'i'J cattle 

 iluriiiL' Auiiu-t. Chieagii Producers also 

 handled 22.'' I '> hog^ in ilial month. 



Farm Bureau Joins 

 Campaign To Promote 

 Sale of Pork Products 



Till, larni IJiinau. both state and 

 national. i~ joining with other rcp- 

 leM•ntali^e^ (»l the livestock industry in 

 a cain|)aign to boost the -^ale of pork 

 and pork products during hea\ v pro- 

 duclion period>. Hog marketings are 

 ixpeeled to rea< h iheir peak in Decem- 

 bi'r and earlv part of Januarv. 



1\\ PresidenI Charles I!. Shuinari. 

 Ileiniun (.. Aaberg. Al l!F livestock de- 

 partment director. P. ( (. Wilson, man- 

 a'jcr oi the National Livestock Fro- 

 diKcr- Assoiiation and I niversily of 

 Illinois specialists. Dr. L. F. Card and 

 Dr. .1. L. Krider. attended a conference 

 oi the live-lock indu-trv in September 

 to study the pork joulilcm. 



riic Illinois Xi^iicullural \--o(ialion 

 and eouiilv larm liuieau- are expected 

 to support publi<ilv and promotion to 

 aid in the sale of pork. 



National magazine advertising fea- 

 turing ii(Miri>hing pork will appear in 

 -ui li tiiauazinc- a- Lite. Look. Ladies 

 Home Jiiuiiial. Woman- Home Com- 

 jiaiiioii. and Cood llou-ekeeping in Dc- 

 eenilMT and Jatuiarv . .Al tin- same time. 

 ni'u-paper advertising will lie run in 

 more than 2.^0 daily newspapers in l.'il 

 eitie> throughout the countrv. The ad- 

 vertising jnogram will be directed by 

 the \merican Meat In-lilute. 



Sweet clover is a vigonmslv crowinc pl.int 



hut is sensitive to sliort.i.ucs ,.i Jcrtilitv ele- 

 ments in soils. 



NOVEMBER, 1949 



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