Farmers’ Money 
VV nen farmer dol- 
lars are important enough for commer- 
cial distributors to go after with full- 
size highway poster advertising, they 
are also important enough for the 
farmer to shepherd wisely by spending 
them with his own supply purchasing 
cooperative. In western Pennsylvania 
you can see such poster advertising 
placed there by a hybrid seed corn com- 
pany. Asaclass, farmers are among the 
largest spenders for supplies. 
Feed Outlook 
Wits many eastern 
farming communities still getting feed 
on a hand-to-mouth basis, there’s rea- 
son to wonder why the relatively big 
1945 grain crops have not changed this 
situation completely. From Purdue 
University in Indiana comes a bit of in- 
formation which sheds some light on 
the subject. It seems the university ran 
some swine feeding tests which indi- 
cate that under present price relation- 
ships Corn Belt farmers can produce 
pork out of feeds at hand at a cost of 
$7.08 to $8 a hundredweight. And the 
top Chicago price for pork is $14.85 — 
making good enough reason to keep 
feed on the farms out there and convert 
it to pork. 

The economics of this situation are 
partly real and partly OPA. If the pro- 
gtam runs long enough it will end up 
with its feet well off the ground and 
there will be another emergency screech- 
ing to be fixed up. Meanwhile eastern 
farmers will have anxious days ahead 
trying to make feed supplies match the 
way they ought to farm. 
OFFICIAL CALL AND NOTICE 
TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL MERTING OF THE 
EAsTeRN STATES Farmers’ ExcHANGE 
To the members of the 
Eastern States Farmers’ Exchange: 
Notice is hereby given that the 1946 annual 
meeting of members of Eastern States Farmers’ 
Exchange will, in accordance with the by-laws, 
be held on Tuesday, February 26, 1946, in the 
High School of Commerce, Springfield, Hampden 
County, Massachusetts, at the hour of 10:00 a.m. 
for the purpose of electing directors, a clerk, and 
a treasurer, in accordance with the provisions of 
the by- laws, and to transact such other business 
as may properly come before the meeting, 
including the following: 
To consider and vote upon the recommenda- 
tions of the Board of Directors, contained in a 
resolution adopted February 27, 1945, for sim- 
plification of the corporate structure of the 
Eastern States Farmers’ Exchange through the 
dissolution of Eastern States Cooperative Mill- 
ing Corporation, Buffalo, New York, and the 
transfer of all its assets, liabilities and business 
to the Eastern States Farmers’ Exchange. Steps 
to be taken in connection with this Simplifica- 
tion Plan, which will come before the meeting 
are: 
1. To amend the Agreement of Association 
and Articles of Organization of the Eastern 
States Farmers’ Exchange in the following 
particulars: 
(a) To add the word ‘‘Incorporated’’ to the 
corporate name of the Eastern States Farmers’ 
Exchange. 
(b) To add to the statement of purposes and 
powers to define more fully the same. 
(c) To provide that membership of the East- 
ern States Farmers’ Exchange shall be composed 
exclusively of farmers. 
2. To authorize the qualification of the East- 
ern States Farmers’ Exchange to do business in 
the State of New York. 
3. To take the necessary steps, in conjunction 
with the directors and stockholders of Eastern 
States Cooperative Milling Corporation, to dis- 
solve that corporation according to the laws of 
New York and to transfer its assets, liabilities 
and business to the Eastern States Farmers’ 
Exchange. 
4. To authorize the officers, employees and 
agents of the Eastern States Farmers’ Exchange, 
to take such steps as may be necessary to put the 
proposed Simplification Plan into effect. 
If the foregoing Simplification Plan is ap- 
proved, the meeting will be asked to vote to 
amend Article I of the by-laws to read: 
“This association shall be known as the East- 
ern States Farmers’ Exchange, Incorporated.”’ 
QueNnTIN Reyno ps, Clerk 
February 1, 1946 
OFFICERS 
President, Raymond Taylor, 
Newtown, Pa.; Vice-President 
and Chairman of Executive 
Committee, C. Marsden Bacon, 
Middletown, Ct.; Vice-Presi- 
dents, George Fuller, Deerfield, 
Mass.; Fred J. Nutter, Corinna, 
Me.; Treasurer, Harry L. Lane, 
Springfield, Mass.; Clerk and. 
General Manager, Quentin Rey- 
holds, Springfield, Mass. 
DIRECTORS 
Connecticut — C, Marsden 
Bacon, Sr., Middletown; S. Me- 
Lean Buckingham, Watertown; 
Robert E. Foote, Andover; Tudor 
F. Holcomb, West Granby; Louis 
S. Moseley, Hampton; Edward 
P. Rowland, Seymour; Walter 
C. Wood, New Canaan. 
Delaware — H. C. Milliken, 
Middletown; Alden P. Short, 
Georgetown. 
Maine — Frank B. Day, Win- 
throp; George P. Findien, Fort 
Fairfield; Frank W. Lord, Kezar 
Falls; Fred J. Nutter, Corinna; 
Carl R. Smith, Exeter. 
Maryland — William H. Hollo- 
way, Snow Hill, 
Massachusetts — Charles S. 
Bliss, Attleboro; Clark P. Com- 
stock, Housatonic; Jonathan 
Davis, Sterling Junction; William 
M. Fiske, Easthampton; George 
Fuller, Deerfield; Alfred G. 
Lunn, Halifax; Horace A. Moses, 
West Springfield; E. B. Parmen- 
ter, Franklin; Curtis Peckham, 
Taunton; Floyd Verrill, Con- 
cord, 
Wew Hampshire — J. Ralph 
Graham, Boscawen; W. Thurston 
Whittle, Milford. 
Pennsylvania — C. G. Bucher, 
Lebanon; Wilmer Claar, Queen; 
J. Howard Cliffe, Ivyland; Noah 
Hershey, Parkesburg; Ben W. 
Jacobs, Waynesburg; Frank E. 
McCoy, Emlenton; Floyd M, 
Merkel, Hamburg; John  S, 
Miller, Somerset; James S. 
Nicholson, Muncy; William H. 
Oaks, Greencastle; Clark Pol- 
lock, Marion Center; Francis 
Reiter, Mars; Reuben H. Ringer, 
Schnecksville; Joseph W. Sieber, 
McAlisterville; H. H. Snavely, 
Willow Street; Harry W. Stuart, 
Newville; Raymond S. Taylor, 
Newtown; M. W. Wert, Rebers- 
burg; Mark N. Witmer, Dal-. 
matia. 
Rhode Island — J. W. 8. Lill- 
bridge, East Greenwich. 
Vermont — Henry G. Chamber- 
lin, West Brattleboro; Park H. 
Newton, St. Albans; S. Seeley 
Reynolds, Sr., Middlebury; A. 
Leroy Smith, Barre, 



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