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093_HR0558
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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of
3 the State of Illinois wish to congratulate Furst-McNess
4 Company on 95 years of operation in the State; and
5 WHEREAS, Furst-McNess Company was started in 1908 in
6 Freeport; the company served area farmers and small town
7 people with a quality line of livestock remedies and
8 household products; the company was founded by Frank Furst, a
9 young Freeport lawyer, and Frederick McNess, a pharmacist;
10 and
11 WHEREAS, In the late 1950s, Furst-McNess met farmers'
12 needs for vitamin/mineral premixes to be used in making
13 livestock rations on the farm; midwestern farmers were
14 provided these premixes out of the Freeport plant that serves
15 as the company's headquarters; and
16 WHEREAS, Furst-McNess is committed to being a major
17 independent agribusiness nutrition company serving the dairy,
18 beef, and swine industries with a complete line of McNess
19 mineral and premix products, custom formulated manufactured
20 livestock feeds, wet brewers grain, commodity merchandising,
21 and nutrition consulting; and
22 WHEREAS, Furst-McNess also services the food and beverage
23 industries by establishing a market for their waste streams
24 as economical livestock feeding ingredients; the company uses
25 local business leaders and enthusiastically supports
26 continuous learning throughout the organization by providing
27 staff with superior nutrition training and advanced
28 technology; and
29 WHEREAS, Terrapin Ridge is the specialty foods brand of
30 Furst-McNess Company; Terrapin Ridge produces catsup,
31 mustards, sauces, dry glazes, mustard dressings, mustard seed
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1 oil, sweet condiments, sugars, and garnishing sauce; it is
2 named for Terrapin Ridge, located in northwest Illinois,
3 which was named by Native Americans who believed the terrain,
4 with its scaling ridges, looked like a turtle shell; and
5 WHEREAS, Furst-McNess was the first company to produce
6 trial-size bottles for its products; the company was also a
7 leader in protecting its customers by providing tamper
8 resistant packaging; therefore, be it
9 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
10 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
11 we congratulate Furst-McNess Company on 95 years of operation
12 in the State of Illinois; and be it further
13 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
14 presented to Furst-McNess Company as an expression of our
15 esteem.
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