Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1914-11-12

Dungiow, County Donegal, Ireland
This Ii the story OF how tbs Irish hen
scratches d living for the people oil
Dunglow out ar the desoiats boys and
hillatdes Of County Donegal, The hen
could not do II 80 long ~ the farmers
failed to market probably the egga
she laid She could not do 1t Id
America whore the men who market
the eggs set more ox the selling prica
than docs the farmer who owns the
hens. The Donegal hen ID money
maker for her Donegal owner because
cooperative marketing has made egga
Il profitable produce for thu farmer,
Hens 10 the Rescue.
Throughout the more fertile parts Of
Ireland the American party continual
" saw evidences that cooperation
played an important part In making
possible the prosperity that waa every,
whore apparent II was several times
mentioned 10 uR, however, that II we
wanted co see what cooperation would
do under most adverse conditions We
must 40 to nunglow, In Conaty Done
gal 80 TO Dunglow We came The
adverse conditions are here, ven tbs
people are neither ragged nor starved.
The children are rs happy as Ameri
can children and the first little girl
that we saw In the community had q
store doll In her arna That means
money from some source. for toys visit
Tor the necessities or life. Inquiry
soon revealed that the first source or
income which IL depended upon Ii the
sale OF eggs through the cooperative
society conducted by d native boy,
Paddy Gallagher Ii Ia true that the
soil lii 90 poor and 10 thin that q
living can not he dug from III Hut
the Industrious hens are basily
scratching away where the soil In roc
thin for hoe or spade or plow. For
Inerly no farm product brought good
prices and prior to the organization
or the cooperative society tho local
price for eggs was four To ak cents
less thar the price quoted upon the
nearest market at Strabone or Derry
Generally, too, this price was paid IL
trade at tho store and there was never
any certainty that the merchandise
| delivered was worth the prices
charged. Egg raising was not profit
able and the few eggs produced wsrs
merely 81 incidental hy-prodnct.
/ When the cooperative organization
rThe Ternplecrone Cooperative Agri
cultural society," as III III called. wa
formed. however, there was a change
i The farmers soon learned that II th0s
] furnished good eggs they got goot
prices. They were told how to picl
out good layers, how 10 keep the eggi
fresh ard clean. how often TO gathei
them. how frequently % bring then
60 market They were instructed ii
to testing eggs and breeding egg lar
ers. They hrfng In the eggs. The "a
sociation does the rest.
Good Business Methods.
This Ii how they DO III. Each wsel
the agricultural Wholesale society d
Dublin sends to the local manager
forecast giving the figures that viii b,
obtalnabie for eggs, butter, and pcal
4 try. and stating whore there Iii Mkel,
10 DO d demand FOR eggs.
Each day. ON tho other hand, tn
manager writes to the wholesale 90
ciety telling Just what be has on han,
and what the prospects ara for tn,
next few days. Sometimes they Ms
the telegraph. Then every few day
the Wholesale society writes or tals
graphs definite directions "a 10 wher,
and when the eggs must be- sent. tn.
eggs. however. II should be noted
are not sent 10 Dublin. but are sen
directly I'd the place where they ar,
10 be eaten. There ID no ccmplicata.
machinery. no red tape. no delay, n,
waste. no bad eggs and. best OF I'll
from tha Rfnn fsnxsgnf ~ Sha yx,s.,,, haas