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 «vh*n {f wat purthoMmd by th» Bond Coonfyl 

 Service Company In 1945. View at rlgMj 

 ffcoMTS how It looked aftor a llttio Oxln^ 

 and a few coots of painf. 



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Success Story 



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Bond County Service Company 

 Attracts More Farmers for 

 Higher Brand of Service 



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rhit b how rbe office loekerf when the Bonil 

 Covnty Service Company ho«(ht fhe placeJ 



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rhia h how fhe offlc* foolce<f offer fho Bond 

 County Service Company worked It over, 



YOU'VE often heard it said, "You've 

 got to spend money to make 

 money." You've also got to spend 

 money to give your patrons better 

 service. That's what the Bond County 

 Service Company has done. Increased 

 patronage has been the payoff. 



On March 1, 1945 the Bond County 

 Service Company bought the old Equity 

 elevator. It had grain storage for 10.- 

 000 bushels. Cost of the elevator, scale 

 house, fertilizer shed, com crib, ware- 

 house, two trucks, inventory, and land 

 totaled $19,921.60. 



The board of directors spent an addi- 

 tional $38,000 to modernize the old 

 elevator. The total investment is now 

 $53,000. 



Better service to patrons usually 

 means more business. What has been 

 the result? Let's look at the business 

 picture in 1945 when the elevator was 

 bought. In that year sales amounted to 

 $329,202.31. Total grain purchased 

 amounted to 165,691 bushels. By 1948 

 dollar sales had leaped to $950,201.80 

 and grain purchased was up to 185,580 

 bushels. 



For 1949 sales were expected to top 

 the million dollar mark for the first 

 time. For the first 10 months this year 

 dollar sales were $979,660 and grain 

 purchased stood at 281,672 bushels. 



The greater amount of business means 

 higher patronage refunds to Farm 

 Bureau patrons. One of the important 



Shown during a vhit to fhe Senif County 

 Service Company elevator Is farm Adviser 

 George Perisho (right) and elevator man- 

 ager Spenter Johnstone. 



factors in the Bond county success story 

 is the attitude of board and manage- 

 ment. Under Manager Spencer John- 

 stone this attitude is contained in the 

 belief that better buildings and better 

 machinery alone won't do the job. 



Manager Johnstone feels that the 

 Bond County Service Company should 

 look and act like a successful business 

 enterprise thus giving the patron the 

 confident feeling that he is trading with 

 an established concern. The premises 

 are kept neat and clean and the em- 

 ployees are encouraged to be courteous 

 at all times. 



It cannot be denied, however, that 

 better equipment means better service. 

 In 1946 and 1947 a grinder with a 50 

 h.p. motor was installed and a one-ton 

 feed mill. A sewing machine was added 

 to sew sacks of Service Brand feed and 

 a Friedman calculator was purchased 

 for the elevator office. 



A year ago work was started on the 

 elevator expansion work which added 

 two Korok silos 16x40 feet which made 

 13.000 bushels of additional storage 

 space available. New hoists, legs and 

 conveyors also were added. A new corn 

 sheller was purchased and the unload- 

 ing of grain has been speeded up from 

 1400 bushels per hour to 3600 bushels 

 per hour. Other incidentals liave bten 

 added, such as a corn cracker, to expand 

 the service program. 



They say "It pays to advertise," and 

 just as important "It pays to deliver the 

 goods and the services." By following 

 this simple fact the Bond County Serv- 

 ice Company has grown and prospered. 

 By continuing to follow this philosophy 

 of sales and service, the company is 

 assured of a successful future. 



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