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(19) ,C7. , maqkexs rArrji cue? . ' ; . . cl11 Growers Sit Sift axd Allow the Crop to Be Sacrificed Thi v .U-Thw 1s What Trill Happen Unless Action Be Taken hnmeV N - Cj X' E. rrowneu West Hate&h, JJ. C. , ' vmnTHSTANDlNG - the-; factfy o ' peanuts,, the : step from h marketing of peanuts tne producer to the consumer-is .al- 1 i tU- . most fnrirphr rm rf i iiit heen uiscusscu wv v-t - uu nf The rrogressive .xiuiuci, . - &, v, wot bluu percent umnL;n will "be risked because: of always going into shelling stock for Seriousness of .the outlook. .There,; eandy, etc. The cleaning stablish- the senoui mt Wtments may he ctmstitiTtA and mi ;;:mOTnthe"4l at cost of from $5,000-. up. acreto anutiSl -.ff r e at eTrffiBlS'Py It is fthan ever before.! my opinion that the best plan is to There Js general; hayc snU- deaning establishments 'complaint"' " pi : a.' scattered over tne peanut territory at. ' poor 3tanUaniong accessible points, nth probably larg- growers ' of - the ; er establishments at uch points as birfre varieties? but 'Petersburg And Suffolk, Va. ' The this does not- nec- smalleT plants noul.d be under the p'warilr mean a small crop With the' same general management as the orice of cotton still below-10 cents- centra plants, which should" act as with a prospect of its' toeing.. much ' dismbntmg pomts. Stock in these lower this fall why: do 'thV peanut Corporations should be put down as 'farmers sit still (when there Js everyw-as i $5 per share, in order, that reason for the peanut trustV taking "sma -'farmers may toe stockholders, the 1915 crop at an -average of. not aa. sale of stock should not be more than two, cents er pound? ' conim-ed to farmers alone. The "one With the bulk of marketable-peanuts man one yote'' plan of Control should grown in a dozen' counties in Eastern Lbe-"; adopted, - and the . organization Carolina and Virginia; ' practically -managed toy, a board of directors el- Mgivingthe growers in those counties -'ectetf by tie stockholders from the control of the liighest priced nuts, Tarioasunties. -why should they wait for tliTe neces-; Such organizations are "not new. sity to force them to forni Tome kind There are numbers of "successful co of marketing organizafton-to handle :,6perat organizations 'their own product ;.a;iijrpuct; which described In .Dr. Qarence'Poes new furnishes one of the toest: oppcftuni- " book, wHow Farmers Cooperate and ties for cooperative marketfngof'any: Double Profits," in wtoich he gives in - m these states? Shall we wait for . detail their plans of organization. and "the organization to to.e toorn nffpor- ;the results." Prominent among those f erty and disappointment" of the pea- mentioned is The Eastern Shore of nut growers? Why: not - profit from ; Virginia-Produce Exchange," an or- ; the experience of " other :fanneTS;;ganization of phenomenal success al- whose product' was" controlled toy Tmost -tn'th-midst of the peanut ; monopolistic methods and make some growers. A: peanut-cleaning organi- arrangement while stiu ratoove ;wa- zation would have considerable ad tcr"? " . " T,i vantage -over this, m that the peanut Time to Get Busy . i is-not-as perishablemcrop as ? the '"' ;i m:.c - -O truck they iandle. Some other mar- COME months --ago theT'was - ketmg associations described toy Dr. meeting in Suffolk, Va.'of repre-' Poe and, worthy of the dose study of sentatives from the :;peaTitrP-growing ; .every "one Interested in -cooperative counties of Virginia and North Cafo- ' nrarketing.are -Tlje Wisconsin Berry nna,.and it wa unammouslyT decided prowers Association, and The.-Ca-to organize and make pHnsHor ban- r tawba Creamery, , TJie latter lias dung the crop. The- organisation wars given Catawba County a national rep perfected, committer appointed, tout . utation, and Jus 'set the cooperative the 1915 season is annroachifrr Avith fmir4t to ine tHl Catawtoa Countv is Ljo farmers', cleaning pfjcrits.in -"sight., ..-almost -competing .with .Denmark in a nc trouble was the .1914 crop-sold -'cooperative enterprises. .There is the for what was considered a fairprice United Fruitgrowers' Association of un?er the drcumstantxs, -' and tne ' Western'- - .North Carolina, lor. in growers forgot their Suffolk .resola--, stance with a charter so broad as to nons. . It does seem that nothing allow It 'to do anything, from making snort of the sacrificing of "a "few pea- 'apple butter to writing insurance, "ux crops will force us to action. fltas Ccgrh Fidfcj Terr rccr-br-i: H-j tnhla ckifl t .. . MM MKT MUy VWlOkfi. Tbt sen .r"0"1 130 Yotacetante decadent rh!.Ip- TL tDd 70UX ton ao d.he mxfcvfa tvmiuS naolitter. loukectilcwurM. , . The Beutfait fanot VtlMher,., It doqgt end the atr jart ine nnt from tbt bm u REQUIRES ONLY Fran 4 to G H. P S ..... . :. - ' V- ia t; e'k .'Use i,' tfss-i'iV' M&V ,"' ..... ... . ft1 OelkatdrjM kowotSncea. Tkt ttr it tared lac feed, . adrenal lur h tfce onl -of alU&k Ineadf reads. ' far 10 r 12 a R4 the tan " thallaced only fiam 4ts6 Ito-iimaimnh.- , . .BENTH ATT. ENGII1B ilio Benthdl Co. CCO Stoop trMl SUFFOLK The Belted Mortgage 'Lifter Althougk a nev hoe, th Hamptbire huJwcome a favorite wherever forage feeds are plenty. ' H i Hampshire has become t market topper in every market If you -would Uke free information and lit , enrture on the Hampshire Hoe, address CC STONS, Secretary, Hampshire Record Association. 703 C Nebr. Ave FEOrtlA. ILL. PilaFS Mill Colegc uaes. way : eoaior uUalofirandaskom Apart in the hula, ten miles from a railroad, Grew 412 young men and women last rear iimk.1i 3cuu iw vaimug aim asu our paxrons. LENOIR COLLEGE F(n vmjG en and wo:.ietj. Standard high. Expense low, An ad. is inadequate get a Catalog! I,. FRITZ, President, HICKORY, N. C IJITLETON COLLEGE A well-established, weU-equipped, end yeiy prosperous school for girh and young women. - Fall terra begins September 22, 1915. For catalogue, address , K J.T.I.HII017E3, Utfletoilttl. C. MONEY IN SQUADS.; Squabs from our carneau weigh a pound at four weeks old. Largest squabs, easy to raise, his profits, best pigeon known. Write for parftcu lars. RIVERSIDE SQUAJ AtE3. OarUand. Va. knfornHUfcm nd adin for InveBtors. aocAK a. aoATH, 7fmtwtMM,o.o The Pro greaslve Farmer Advertlaera are guaranteed. W Can Do as peanuts depends almost entlrelx upon :HESE -iruit growers associations we varieties grown. Out in Texas' tbe &-3iave lor their purpose the grading ?3nL grown almost excHsively, - and packing of.the farmeTs, products, and there the crop is handled through -and' then -the intelligent, distribution t iolfl?lants' hichcost fromHOOO . of the iame.so.as to avoid tbe glut- ' W),000 for building and. equipment thrg of markets. :This is practically nese plant's shell and ' grade :the ;Wbat peanut -cleaning establishments wts most of the wort being done 1y .would hayrto do, while dealing with machinery. They also nave- attach-"" a .product Xhat majr.be stored and Kitfs for making peanut' butter, a-' held 12 months -or more till the mar st palat able and nutritious food- - iet will take it . : ' tha C ,nutntious pound -for pound' There' is every reason wby tbe pea ttent cm They also " v " atticb- "nut groweT -should get together now, mak L r Extract3ng tW- oil .and and not wait till they iiave to .give whir? P-e,amit a-"Stock:' food' away, a few. crops and thus have no traS S th lhe behest concen-"" money witli .whick to capitalize; an ' ,: ; . - " .organization. By placing -shares of Farmers Should Own 1- i . "stock: at,$5 or 410, and putting a live PU.Tf af2 man in the fieM to solicit stock right trrT, . .","- a-wiiv ?t nnssihie to eet readv to-4oJ sect S 1s 0f the SPan"n peanut "imsineis this JalL- Of course, as sug- these r,i?Sf uld ind operate gested,in'a former article it may fanners tv, tlemsclves.". The,oest. require sacrifices, but sooner or later r. . wno only Trnrfin -r rt ToA.fn mnkp; sar.ri- Fe croi) fn e 7 elseOPrepare Jfices with no ultimate good to he ac- lhalf-Wav K consumeriare onlx. complkhed bylhe sacrifice.. - Mv ciL ?u!lness men attheirlest. ' The ooint has been raised that the allow eJ Producer be -satisfied, retailers,, would ,not jbuy Jrom' new Pe has nn , 7 LorPratlon in which "concerns, but would stidc to pe oia Pn Ms crnn i; -t0 was much, established houses; A little invest pnsumer L u tprePang it for the gation on the part ot . the writer in . - " . .-the fact that tney were very muca Ul tne- larger ,va-' handicapped, by tne- monppoiu case methods ' of the peanut 4 trust and would be only too glad to buy from . independent concerns could they get a reliable product. ' ' , . By having a cooperative marketing organization with careful and well trained inspectors and graders, spe "ofal brands could soon be establish-v ff d and with the distribution oi, cus , tomers dividends, after the paying of stociholdeTVividends it' would be only a few years before the organiza tion could control the crop, -This company could the tC do educational work in the establishing of tbe best varieties, and the placing of a prem ium on fancy stock. With the -ease with which peanuts '-can "be grown, the large acreage of soil adapted to their production, their logical adaptation to sane rotation systems in the cotton belt, their won derful food value for both man and beast, there is every reason to ejepect. a rapid increase in the number of acres devoted to ''the goobe,', and it is right that it should be so. . The fact that growers will not take a sane, I sensible step for their own protection should not be used to hinder the de velopment of a great crop. The world wants peanuts, and "the South can produce peanuts. If they become so plentiful that the "price paid by the consumer is such as not to allow-the : vgrower.'profit enough on the one op-' eration of growing them, then they, win lo the wise thing and add to this -small growers' profit the deaners profit and keep on growing peanuts. ""Why should we fear overproduct ' ion? -ySee what some other farmers , have done. Quoting from' "How Easmers Cooperate arid Double Prof its," "20 years ago overproduction of oranges was feared in California with only 5,000 carloads of oranges to market annually. The California Fruit Growers' Exchange' was or-, ganized, the largest business organi zation of -, growers in the : United : States; now they experience no diffi culty in distributing 45,000 carloads of oranges annually" With all these examples of cooperative marketing to guide us, should the peanut grow .ers of Virginia and North Carolina stand still and let the peanut trust ' take the crop at from one and a half ; to two cents per pound? Every State Shonld Have a Marketing Durcsa T7ACH state should have a commis- sioner ot markets and marketing; and he in turn should be in constant touch with the National Bureau. It is absolutely necessary that the farm ers in every state should be kept in close touch with market conditions. Many crops are wasted each year, because no adequate market : condi-" tions exist and no intelligent systefti of distribution has yet been devised. To illustrate, fine, peaches in some counties ot Pennsylvania sold this year at, 40 cents j per bushel .at the. orchard, while, in other counties the consumer was paying $150 per busheL Again we are" not fully protected by law in our efforts to do cooperative buvincr and sellinsr. There are too many wholesale jobbers and business houses that refuse to' sell any organi zation f that 1 conducts a cooperative business. ; This is clearly an attetiipt to restrain trade and ought not to be tolerated in ra government of the, people, for the people and by the people.w--E; B. tforsett, Mansfield, Pa. ;In a letter. just received, Jlori. G. W; Koiner, Xommissioner -of : Agri cuiture ; of r Virginia,; saysp Please state that we are Very much inter ested in the subject of marketing and are anxious to do everything in our power to help the farmer in this most,: important , matter ; connected with his work,' and it is a fact that farmers . are learning better h&w to row croos than to market them." " "MADE IN U. S. A." - Wild-eyed CusUnverI want a quarter' of carbolic acid. ' -. Clerk TWa la a hardware -store. But we have er a JBae line ot ropes,; revolvers, and : razors.' Yale Record.
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