Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1913-06-03

as in all other forms of cot operative
endeavor, one failure will do more TO
injure the movement than can be
remedied by a number of successful
organizations. Immediately the price
of all kinds of live stock goes up and
the local dealers buy on a very close
margin in order to get the farmers
TO desert their own organization and
have it fall for want of enough live
stock TO ship n carload at a time.
This plan of undermining local as
sociations is generally resorted TO
and if the farmers desert their own
institution for the sake of II little
higher price temporarily, the asso-
citation cannot thrive and market
conditions will be poorer than pre-
vious to the cooperative movement.
Also, il results in making the organ
izing of another association difficult.
The organizing of one of these as
sociations requires no capital, rs the
farmers are not paid for their live
stock until the returns are received
from the central market. II is only
necessary to adopt constitution
and set of by laws, and elect n board
of directors who will appoint man
ager to handle the business. The
success or failure of the enterprise
depends to large measure upon the
manager. lie must be an up-to-date.
honest and energetic man, who is II
good Judge of live stock and also
has u general knowledge of business.
The manager is required to give II
suitable bond acceptable to the Board
of Directors for the faithful dis
charge of his duties.
After the organization has been
perfected. the place from which the
live stock is To be shipped and the
time for shipping each week is decid-
ed upon by the Board of Directors or
by the Association AT the general
meeting. IL is better Ia ship during
the fore part of the week. 81 ~ ia
get the stock on the market when
most of the purchasing is done for
the weeks Strengthening. Onc day u
week is generally set aside ~ live
stock day. In ease there is not stock
enough 10 warrant the shipping of Il
ear each week, the shipment is de
ferred until the next week. The rra-
son for this j. that it does not pay
10 ship II ear that is not loaded Ia
It's capacity, ~ IN such eases the
freight rate is considerably higher
per hundred pounds than where the
ear is loaded 10 its maximum In
most places there is very little trou-
bile about getting one carload of stock
that is ready for market each week.
unless il is during the busy season,
such n spring and summer. During
the winter. most of the associations
have more than one ear for each
shipment. Such association fire.
quently ship as high rs five or six
ears per week during the shipping
season of the fall The manager III
charge Of the marketing doe not
drive out INTO the country T." -nlict
the stock as is the ease under the
old system of marketing, but the
farmers report to him by telephone
or letter when they have stock ready
for market. When reporting stock.
they state the kind, and the approx
mate weight of each kind 80 that the
manager can get an estimate of the
amount that he will have To ship and
enable him to order ear of the pro-
per size To accommodate his ship
I W'hA' Az ldilu'lS ult tAItfltu W
report their stock at least one day
prior Ia the date set aside for mar
ketiug. On the day set aside for de-
livery the manager and his helper are
III the stock yards Ia receive and
weigh the stock for each patron
Each man gets receipt made out
in duplicate for the number of ami
mails delivered, the weight on deliv.
cry and the rumber or mark used in
marking his stock. Where all midi
vidualS are marked. il means that
each mans stock can be easily idrn-
titled when sold on the market
4 uniform system of marking eat
tie. veal and sheep ha, been adopted
by these associations. Roman nu-
merals are clipped on the right hip
of cattle and veal calves. These
numbers are clipped with a pair of
small shears and is usually done be-
fore the stock is unloaded from the
wagon or driven from the scales.
A record is kept of each mans mum
Der and all stock delivered by him
that day is branded by that same