Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-08-24
Aelsu Marketing Making Many
Men Mach Nosey.


this year v y vast improvement on that
in usc heretoeose aud seems to provide
against efross Of all kinds. Each mem.
ber Of the Rocky Ford association IL pro.
Sidsd with tablet Of blanks on whici, To-
make bills against the associsiiou for
each days crates. Each bill has the
shippers number 10 bold type. When
delivering cantsloupes ut the platform
he mAkcs out one OF the bills, sivps his
name. The inspector marks it q. X.
and the bill IL taken to dcsk where Mr..
Wctxel has n clerk. A record VI the
growers number and tho number OF
crates delivered Is made in book, to.
gether with the number of the car in
which the crates are TO be shipped. The
grower 10 given receipt which contains
all the facts recorded in tho book. From
the book of stubs Mr.. Wetxel's book.
keepers make careful entries and keep
track of the business in such way ti,ns
any error Is discovered ut once and recti.
fed. each OF tho various entries being a
check on the other. The bills 10. which
the grower attaches his signature when
heidclivers the crates are placed IN lock
box on the platform from which u mes.
senRer takes them to MIR. Ebbert's Office
each hour. As bookkeeper for the Rocky
Ford association he Keeps til. books post.
Ell right up to the hour nnd has correct
account with each member ut all times.
As fast MS the deferred payments come in
they are added to each growers account.
The daily payments which have been
made for the past two weeks are now
superseded by weekly payments, accord.
ing to the bylaws. The above refers
mainly tn the Rocky Ford association
but the business OF all others is transact
ell IN substantially the same manner.
Every day MIR. Wetzel gives the yari.
GUS associations checks for all goods de-
livered that day. As soon us the goods
nre sold Mr.. Wetzel gives a check for
half the profits rs per contract. Thus far
the business has worked very smoothly
and the associations have had very con-
siderable sums Of money on hand not
called for.
The bills which the growers make out
for each lot Of cantaiovpes brought are
the suggestion Of w. u. Ebbert and have
proved q most useful ambition to the
bookkeeping system.
Monday, checks were mniled to over
100 members OF the Rocky Ford associa.
tion aggregating s593, for the balances
due them for the daily shipments. This
money had been on hand for week or
more but not called for. Next Wednes-
day morning at . o'clock checks will be
ready for growers for all advances re-
ceived on all melons delivered this week,
and for ali deferred payments which
have been collected. Shipments being
made all over the west as well us east,
and some purchasers being little slow
in making payment, the deferred pay-
ments will string along for week or ten
days after the goods have been delivered
ut the platform and the advance pay
ment received.
Wetzel's first N. Y. car netted the
growers ~ IL cents for both large aud
small crates probably IS cents for the
small and 81 for the large crates.
The independent buyers are becoming
scarcer day by day.
Newdale is shipping car daily OF
both cantaloupes and watermelons.
The splendid business system OF the
Western Poultry & Game Co. is now
working admirably in placing melons all
over both the east and west The present
outlook is that growers are going to be
highly pleased with the results Of Mr.
Wetzefs skilful management. He is CO.
lug to get the very highest possible
prices.
II. L. Brannon is shipping some ex-
eellent watermelons and says that Grand
Valley is going to supply the New York
ers with the finest cantaloupes of the
season.
Six cars Of cants were shipped yester-
day.