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Show totaled 70 and 50 cars, respectively. In addition, three mixed shipments were made. The Illinois Fruit exchange was organized or-ganized In 1021 by county farm bureaus In co-operation with the fruit and vegetable veg-etable marketing department of the Illinois Agricultural association. Counties Coun-ties now having local organizations are: Adams, Clay, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Marlon, Massac, Pulaski, St. Clair, Union and Williamson. The work of directing the carlot sale and distribution Is done at tha headquarters In Centralla, 111. Assembling of the products was accomplished ac-complished through the local organizations organi-zations In the various counties. A majority ma-jority of these locals had their own packing houses, including in their equipment, modern sizing machinery. Standardization and grading of the fruit was done at the local warehouses according to accepted Illinois and government gov-ernment regulations. Adoption of the special trade brand "Illlnl," which appeared on trademarks trade-marks on all the fruit shipped by the exchange, gave distinction and valuable valu-able advertising to the fruit shipped and a good name was made by the product In all markets where shipped. Wide distribution of products Is one of the big reasons attributed to the success of the exchange during 1922. Formerly It was the practice of the majority of growers to consign to Chicago, Chi-cago, causing a flooding of that market, mar-ket, and consequently low prices. With such a distribution system as was built up, fruit was kept away from Chicago, preventing that market from being flooded. In one vicinity, the growers belonging belong-ing to the local sold strawberries for a net average of $2.52 per crate while a large grower in the vicinity, not selling sell-ing through the exchange, sold his product for $1.97, or 54 cents less per crate. Many new locals are being organized In southern Illinois, and a most successful suc-cessful outlook for 1923 Is apparent ILLINOIS EXCHANGE DOES BIG BUSINESS Report Shows That 1 ,052 Cars of Fruit Were Distributed During Dur-ing Season of 1922. J. B. Leeper, manager of the Illinois Fruit exchange, has Just, made public the report of the business handled by the exchaage In 1922. The report shows that 1,052 cars of fruit were marketed during the season, representing represent-ing an aggregate value of $000,000. One or more cars of fruit found market mar-ket In at least 116 points In 24 states and four Canadian provinces. Affiliation of the Illinois exchange with the Federated Fruit and Vegetable Vege-table Growers, Inc., promises an even wider distribution during the season of 1923. Apples, peaches, pears and strawberries straw-berries were the fruits handled by the exchange during the year. Apples head the list with 501 cars shipped, closely followed by peaches with 432 cars. Strawberry and pear shipments |