Pictures above show the oM Equity eievator 

 when if was purchased by the Bond County 

 Service Company in 1945. View at right 

 shows how it leolted after a little fixing 

 and a few coats of paint. 



This Is how the office looked when the Bond 

 County Service Company bought the place. 



This Is how the office loolced after the Bond 

 County Service Company worked It over* 



Success Story 



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Couniy Survia- Company 



H•^;h<.r Brand o/ Service 



-•»va-«i 



()U"\'K often heard it -.aid. "You've 



pot to s|)end money to make 



money. " ^ ouve also got to spend 



money to </\\e your patrons lietter 



service. That's wliat the Bond County 



Service Company has done. Increased 



patronage has heen tlie payolT. 



On March 1. 191.5 tiie IJond County 

 Service Conipanv bought the old F^quity 

 elevator. It had grain storage for 10.- 

 000 Itushels. (iost of the elevator, scale 

 house, fertili/er shed, corn crih. ware- 

 house, two trucks. in\entory. and land 

 totaled Si').02 1.60. 



The hoard of directors spent an addi- 

 tional S.'^o.OOO to modernize the old 

 ele\ati)r. I'he total investment is now 

 S.5>'..000. 



Metier ser\ ice to |)atrons usually 

 means more hu.-iiiess. \\ hat has heen 

 the result? I <t's look at the husiness 

 picture in I ''1.5 wliiri the elevator was 

 iiought. In that \ear »ale> amounted to 

 S12M.202.'.I. Total grain |purchased 

 amounted to 1()5.()<>I husliels. I5v 101!! 

 dollar sales had leaped to .S<).50.'201 .!!() 

 anil ^rain piircha-ed ua» up to l.'!,5..5riO 

 hushels. 



I'or l')l') sales uere expected to top 

 the million dollar iTiark for the first 

 time. For the hrst 10 months tliis year 

 dollar sales were SOTM.riOO and grain 

 purchased stood at 2r.l.072 hushels. 



The greater amount of husiness means 

 higher ]>atronage refunds to Farm 

 Bureau patrons. One of the important 



Shown during o visit to the Bond County 

 Service Company elevator Is farm Adviser 

 George Perisho (right) and' elevator man- 

 ager Spencer 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 

 enter|)rise thus giving the patron the 

 confident feeling that he is trading with 

 an established concern. The ])remises 

 are kept neat and clean and the em- 

 ployees are encouraged to be courteous 

 at all times. 



It cannot be denied, however, that 

 better eijuipmerit means better service. 

 In l')|6 and 19 f7 a griruler with a .50 

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

 feed mill. -V sewing machine was added 

 to sew sacks of .Service Brand feed and 

 a Friedman calculator was [mrchased 

 for the elevator office. 



A year ago work was started on tlie 

 elevator expansion work which added 

 two Korok silos Uix 10 f<rt which made 

 l.S.dOd bushels of additional storage 

 space available. New hoists. legs and 

 convcvors also were added. A new corn 

 sheller was purchased and the unload- 

 ing of grain has been speeded up from 

 1 100 bushels per hour to .^600 bushels 

 |ier hour. Other incidentals have lu'en 

 added, such a.-> a corn cracker, to expand 

 the ser\ ice program. 



They say "It pays to advertise."' and 

 just as important "It pays to deliver the 

 goods and the services." Bv 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 com])any is 

 assured of a successful future. 



I. A. A. RECORD 



