
Gee whillikers! We plumb forgot to mention it before, but your Eastern States Informa- 
* tion Service was awarded top honors among advertisersin the United States and Canada 
for the best 1943 direct mail advertising campaign involving use of a house magazine. 
Naturally, we are thrilled at this recognition for it places your EASTERN STATES Coop- 
ERATOR right up front as Number One among private magazines used for special pro- 
motional functions. The competition was sponsored by the Direct Mail Advertising 
Association and big and little businesses of every kind were represented. Picture shows 
your editor, Kenneth Hinshaw, looking at the award plaque presented to Eastern States 
last October. 


a 
ve STIMULATION to produce bet- 
ter pasture and hay is an added benefit 
which Paul Coates of Coatesville, 
Pennsylvania, has received from par- 
ticipation in cooperative activities of 
Eastern States Farmers’ Exchange. 
Mr. Coates attributes his relatively 
low feed costs to production of an 
abundance of high quality feed on his 
own acres plus judicious use of East- 
ern States Supplement 28%. 
With an average of 403.6 pounds of 
butterfat, the Coates’ herd of grade 
Jerseys led the Avon Grove Cow Test- 
ing Association this past year. There 
was an average of 34.9 cows milking 
during the test year. While the aver- 
age Coates’ cow produced $313 worth 
of milk during the year she called for 
only $48.24 worth of purchased grain 
feed. Value of roughage, including 
pasture, raised the total feed cost to 
only $101.22 for the year. Feed cost 
per 100 pounds of milk was $1.29 and 
for every dollar of feed consumed 
$3.10 worth of milk was produced. 
vx BAG PRICE CHANGE —On 
and after January 31, 1944, the price 
of all Eastern States branded Osnaburg 
bags will be reduced to the prices paid 
for Eastern States branded heavy 
cotton bags. 
sx THANKS —I should be thank- 
ing you for accepting this order ra- 
ther than for you to be thanking me 
for placing it.”’ 
This statement was recently made 
by a Pennsylvania member of Eastern 
States Farmers’ Exchange to the field- 
man and local representative who 
were on his farm for advance seed 
and fertilizer orders. He told his two 
visitors that he was very much 
pleased with the money he had made 
and saved in recent years and attrib- 
uted his success partly to the type of 
farm supplies used. 
yy PLEASE ASSIST your local repre- 
sentative in making up a carload order 
of Eastern States Fertilizer for shipment 
in January or February. Members who 
truck from plants are also urged to 
take their fertilizer early — in Jan- 
uary, if possible. That may seem like 
rushing the season but with present 
manpower and transportation prob- 
lems it is absolutely necessary for the 
fertilizer plants to stretch their ship- 
ping season over more weeks this 
year. Not only are you sure of your 
fertilizer by accepting delivery ear- 
lier than usual, but Eastern States 
also offers you a financial advantage 
to do so. See your representative or 
warehouse for details. 
yy RESTRICTIONS on the use of 
rotenone products (Eastern States 
Insect Dust and Insect Fungus Dust) 
have been liberalized. Representa- 
tives and warehouses have details on 
the variety of uses now permissible. 
yw PLEASE TELL your local repre- 
sentative or warehouse BEFORE Feb- 
ruary 1 how many bags of what va- 
riety of Eastern States Seed Potatoes you 
will want for planting in 1945. Those 
potatoes must be grown in 1944 and 
your Eastern States Cooperative must 
know now about how many carloads 
it must grow to meet your 1945 needs. 
yy TO SPEED returns in some areas, 
Eastern States has appointed a third 
authorized bag house. It is the Gen- 
eral Bag and Burlap Company, 1617- 
25 North Second Street, Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania. Representatives now 
have tags to be used in shipping bags 
to this new house. 
yw CLOSE attention to directions 
will pay well in using Eastern States 
Breeder Concentrate Pellets. Many flocks 
are now being shifted from a market 
egg to a breeder basis. Concentrate 
Pellets permit all-year use of Eastern 
States Egg Mash. 
Eastern States Turkey-Starter will 
again be available on cars shipped 
after February 1. 
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