, 1873-03-10


Purchase of mpleme1ats---EuyinE
Cash, and How Nt is Donc---A> Cheese
and Butter Es1ctory aT:,ntcd~--tTcck-
" n5eetings---Ths Patron W.. Ear
mcra, CIubs---Somo Things to Ise
Considered.
From. Our Agricultural Co'rtspondenf-
CHAMPAIGN, ILL, March 8, 1873-
TIE FARM AND GARDEN
has had 80 many letters Of inquiry in regard to
the
AND MASAoEMEsr OF FARMERS
CLUBS,
from new subscribers to Tile TRIBUNE, that it is
under the necessity OF repeating some things
TINT may be quite familiar to old subscribers
In the first place, the officers required are
President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treas
urer. The Secretary keeps record OF the pro-
ceedings, Intends to the correspondence, and, in
case of need, is the purchasing agent. The
club is governed by the usual parliamentary
rules. There is no need of !long list Of by
laws md rules beyond these, for there is moth
ing peculiar in regard to the proceedings that
makes them differ from ordinary deliberative
bodies.
Thore are three farmors' clubs in this county
that have been pro-eminently successful, tho
Farmers Clubs of Sidney, philo, and Savoy.
WI oLlE1a bllaI4t4 ouk Us ho6plAhI1o1ot ~ I'D ~
operative organizations, with common fnud;
but neither Of these have proved satisfactory, 30
far as can learn and one Of these, at least, has
been quite unfortunate in its operations.
THE SAVOY FARMERS CLUB,
with which tho writer is connected, is nov in its
second year, and has, from the beginning, proved
highly useful institution. From the beginning,
it has made no war on any class Of business mon,
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ecoundrel on those with whom it hns had deal
ings. It has accepted the laws OF supply md do
1naud to be the arbiter Of prices and fair dealing
to be the policy Of all, whether railroads,
mid1le-men, dealers, manufacturers OF
farmers It has never .aaked the man
ufacturers to sell its members single
implements at Wholesale prices, or the railroads
to carry single sack of grain at car-rates. In
all respects, it has been law-abiding, and has
looked for the Legislature and the courts to set
tic the question OF reasonable freights and fares
It holds that ali laws should be oboyed until re-
pea1ed or pronounced unconstitutional but, i'll
case they are not, it docs not propose to enforce
them by mob-law, but insists upon it that tho
proper authorities shall do their duty without
delay It is unanimous In the opinion that
cheap ratios OF travel and low freights would be
to the advantage Of the roads,-for At present,
and Tor the year pasI very 10" Ac" aol Ii ou,4"~
Jugs or improvements have been made, and thoy
are waiting for reduced transportation.
In regard to the purchase OF
AGRICULTURAL 1MpLENESTs
The Club has found it to its advantage to pur-
chase OF the regular houses, and always on the
basis Of cash in hand. Such manufacturing
houses as Deere j. Co., Forst g. Bradly, and
others, have made satisfactory rates with tho
Club through the local dealers, and which hare
prored mutually beneficial. Tho Club hns been
to- br,1y H. rms 5fnan9a with the sid
of middle-men, dealers, or conmisslon-men
An agent Of itB own appointment, however hon
est he may be, will needs be educated somewhat
in the several branches Of trade in order to
enable him to compete with those accustomed to
business and posted in the wants OF tho commu-
nity. For this reason it has proposed to look to
the organized business departments for assist
ance rather than to destroy and build up some-
I'd 10 enable the Club to reduce the cost OF these
commissions, it makes up list Of hogs and beef
cattle, or quantity Of grain, to be shipped, and
ships the whole to one house. Ihl5 lnsufos
them better attention and better facilities, not
on1y from the railroads, but all others inter
ested It thus sells in tho aggregate, yet each
man delivers his produce, and it ia forwarded IN
his name and the roturns come to him direct
This cuts of any chance for some irresponsible
agent to fob the proceeds, for it does not come
through the hands of others, and thus tompta-
tions are kept out Of the way. The cooperative
associations have he'd too much trouble under
this head; and, if the Patrons Of Husba ndry are
not little more cafetni, thle Is a roSA upon
which they may split, symptoms OF which more
than cropped out ut the meeting OF the last
grand affair OF tho order. 49,
The members OF tie Club arc shipping about
two carloads of corn daily, that goes to one
over the rates per single car. This is arranged
by the Secretary, who advises the commission
house OF tho shipment, and to whom to make
returns. ooo
worth Of machines and implements has been
ourchasod by members Of the club. with cash in
hand among them, two 8-horse-poWer corn
shelters; and these have come mainly through
| tho regular houses, at an average saving OF 2o
ner cent. ranging from 10 to s. per cent as e1-
| fremes, The exceptions have been for three or
| four cultivators sent direct from the shopa at
wholesale rates but tue e1tra freight made the
| cost about the same as those purchased for cash
tho regular nSat is called n ss tho Rsoci
| down condition, the difference in freight
! IA yery great. Say from four to six times !;
that is, q cultivator the freight OF which is e.
| SINGLE is not over so cents when IN CARLOADS ;
vLile On wagons, tho difference is simply ruin
Gus A lumber wagon is rated at more than p;
double irat-class rates, if shipped single, while,
| in carloads, it is third or fourth-class: This
| shows that the dealer who shipped by car.
loads is enabled to sell at chop rates. and 1relSnt
| ratcs Of single implements, for cash,-the diff
ference in freight making him good profit.
Wien members have not tho ready money
! with which to make their purchases. they have
borrowed of the banks, paying, in some cases,
! per cent per month for tho use OF the money.
4 walking cultivator, that had been usually sold
on timc at S35, has been current at 500, cash
! down, or . saving Of SO.
| The result Of this has been the greater care OF
indictments after purchase, and closer scrutiny
before purchase. It may bo stated that the saw
| ing to the Club, on the last years. pur-
chase Of implements, has beep,. directly,
| at least s2Q0, aud indirectly, more
| than $500. Many persons have rented
| nIantera and other implements, and thus
made a saving in capital. A planter that costs
| s75 viii plant fifty to aevcnty-dre acres week
m an average, tlroueh the whole season and
the man who LAS fifty acres to plant, had better
nav 81 day for the use Of his nolghhor's plan
| ter. or ten cents acre, than to purchase one
| Let US see how thls is;.
Interest on <75 1,aiI for planter. 5ot
| Deterioration Of implement. Ia
Total annual coats.. e.'o'
| To this must be added the cost Of housing
| The above is on the supposition that tue lmple:
moat will only last ten years. But, II . gqoe
ono. and we'll cared for, it will last enough BE-
,nrd That period to nav for housing and repairs