La Junta tribune., 1914-02-28

ample. Nnefo ., TlvM ltao0S was CuNI8
ing 1s.07 for seven stone Of -four we
wers Offering the same -four at e1.16
for the seven stone.
You may be interested In moving
about what an average family here
has for an income. where he gets It
and what he has To eat. have made
out little statement 20 you couA
figure that out. To begin with. svesy
farmer has his own potatoes and oatA
Besides this. his Income 10 something
like this:
"ExEs and poultry. per week. about
Ave shillings (es6 per year).
Butter for about Is or 20 weeks II
summer, one to two shillings (e7 pee
year).
sale Of cattle possibly II poasds
each year (teo per year).
Sale Of sheep. one pound (H ~
year,.
"A total Of ti37 per year.
"Besides this. the women earn .
little something by knitting sweaters
and making lace. etc.
WSFNetino e0oo.
"You viii notice that eggs are cur
staple product. The average poor
farm family around here gets each
year from 12 to l5 pounds out Of their
eGEs. which IL generally about half
OF their entire money income. Before
We took hold. however, egg raising
was not At all profitable. There was
no steady market. the farmers did not
understand poultry. and no one had
any ambition to learn anything about
II. They didn't take care Of their
eggs well and few were sold.
Previously the local price was two
or three pence less than the price
quoted In the nearest market In Straw.
bane and Derry. Now the prices paid
are from one to two pence above the
prices quoted In these markets. In
other words. we have increased the
value Of . dozen eggs from three 70
four pence txix to eight cents). For
the entire district. this amounts :"
quite . sum. You must remember
also that while We purchnsed only
one-tenth Of the eggs sold in this pa
ish. the fact that We at Dunglow arr
paying the prices which We paw hss
made II necessary for every othes
buyer in the entire parish to pay The
same price.
Irish Lace and Knitted Goods.
Our cooperative company looks A.
ter 4 good many things besides SELF
Ing eggs and butter. We are helping
the girls market their lace and knitted
work. Two years ago we asked the
government department to send us a.
instructor to teach the girls TO make
hAnd.knit sport coats tsweatersi
They sent . man to look II up. He
talked with some OF the men herr
who were not friendly to this co-oy--
erative movement Nothing Was done.
Our girls were getting one shilling
six pence (36 cents) for knitting =
dozen pairs OF socks. using up from
three and . half to four pounds OF
wool. These socks were purchased ~
the women By an agent OF Q Who'll.
sale trader.
The cooperative society decided
they could do better by the girls thar
these buyers. Since they started bu,
Ing. the girls get seven shillinEs 81,
pence ttI.s7) from the society fo'
knitting sweater coat. using only tive
pounds Of wool and taking only ons
half ~ long ~ . dozen pair Of socks
Putting II another way. for the same
amount OF wool and the same time
spent In knitting. the girls se, !!
shillinEs (e3.76) instead Of one shil
ling six pence t3s cents). That is. og'
society IL paying them ton times wha'
they used to get from the other buy
ers for their knitting. Formerly th.
girls who knit lace were bound by a
bargain under which n they sold &c
any one privately they were boyoo'
ted. The buyer told them unless the!
sold him all be would buy nothlns
Now ws are getting fairly good prices
Tor The lace. better than they got be
fore and We. Of course. permit them -
ssal whersvse they can. They fire.
qssatly have opostunity 70 sell to
i'tessists and others Who come through
hsfe. While we get fairly good prlces
for ths lace. there 10 no steady markst
for n. - tAsse 10 for the kni,teS
goods.
ceNWeeted WIN Central Society.
-Oss little joeal society could nos
staad alone and Do what va ere TIP
ias 70 70. We are helped all the time
By 0tr Horace Piunketts orsaniHatioe
soeis<y asd By the COOPERATIVE whils
sale society q Dublin. Each ~ese
The Wholesale society sends Us a 'oro
cast siviaS the Agurss that should -
oetains1 foe eGes. buttsr and ehice
sas, aal statiag whether or not thses
= - - . 6e0asl for these products
DaaA ~ ~ vsits 70 the wholesaSs
soe1sty. tel1iag tAsn what We hsvs
- hasl ~ vhst we viii likely have
oe0s1oss " telegraph. Then tAeS
~ slthss vStts q telegraph bose
vhae thsy vast ~ 70 sad and vheo
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