Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1914-11-05

AaNAb anu A0kaEt IN puS GdS1s HDK 49,
ample. where q rival trader was charg
ing Ss.eT for seven stone OF -four we
we're offering the same four at s2.26
for the seven stone.
You may be interested In knowin8
about what an average family here
has TOR an income. where he gets n
end what he has 10 eat. have made
out i iissie statement 80 ycu could
figure that cut. To begin with. every
farmer has his own potatoes and cats.
Besides this. his Income 10 something
like this:
sEsza and poultry. per week. about
Eve shillfngs 1855 per ysarl.
'sattsr for about 10 or 30 weeks In
sunnsv. one 10 two shiiiings CO.. pa
yasrD.
ssAls 81 eatsas possibly Ia pounds
ea0h yesr ts6e per year).
sale Oh sheep. one poune tss per
ysar).
n total 81 sfs7 per year.
sBesides this, the women sarn o
little something by knitting sweaters
and making lace. etc.
Marketing Eggs.
You VIII notice that eggs are our
staple product. The average poor
farm family around here gets each
rear from IL 70 is pounds out of their
eggs. which Id generally about hall
OF their entire money income. Bsfors
We took hold. however, egg raisins
was not at all profitable There was
no steady market. the farmers did moi
understand poultry, and no one had
any ambition to learn anything about
it. They didn't take care OF their
eggs web and few were sold.
Previously the local price was two
OF three pence less than the prizes
quoted In the nearest market In Straw
bane and Derry. Now the prices paid
ara from one TO two pence above the
prices quoted In these markets. In
other words. we have increased the
value OF d dozen eggs from three tc
four pence tsix 10 eight centsl. FOR
the entire district, this amounts &c
quite . sum. You must remember
also that while we purchased only
onetenth Of the eggs sold In this par
ish. tbs fact that we NJ Dunglow are
paying the prices which we pay has
made Il necessary for every otheI
buyer IN the entire parish to pay the
same price.
IrIsh lace and Knitted Goods.
Our cooperative company looks at
ter good many things besides sell
ing eggs aad butter. We are helping
the girls market their lace and knitted
work. Two years ago we asked tbs
government department to send as ar
instructor to teach the girls to makt
hand-knit sport coats (sweaters)
They sent q man to look II up. He
talked with some Of the men here
who were not friendly To this coop
srative movement Nothing was done
Our giris were getting one shilling
sfx pence t36 centsl FOR Knitting q
dozen pairs OF socks. using up from
three and half to four pounds oil
wool These socks were purchased OF
the Women by an agent OF whole
sale trader.
"The cooperative society decided
they could do better by the girls thar
these buyers. Since they started buy
Ing. the girls get seven shiliings 81,
pence tsl.sTl from the society fol
knitting o sweater coat, using only two
pounds OF wool and taking only one
half as long an dozen pair OF socks
Putting II another way, for the same
amount OF wool and the same time
spent In Knitting. the girls get II
shillings tsST5l instead OF one shii
ling ak pence CSC centsl. That In. our
society IN paying them ten times what
they used to set from the other buy
srs for their knitting. Formerly the
girls who knit lace were bound by q
bargain under which IL they sold te
any one privately they were boycott
ted. The buyer told them unless they
sold him all he would buy nothing
Now we are getting fairly good prices
for the lace. better than they got be-
fore and We. OF course. permit them &c
cell wherever they can. They ire
quently have opportunity TO seil DC
sGMAk1sH @AA 8stNtN VINO C0aAfu AkkAVA&k
hsrs. White we get fairly good prices
for the lace. there Is no steady market
for n. az there lie Cor the knitted
gnods.
Connected With Central Society.
Our little local society could noa
stand alone and do what we are try
tng 60 DO. Wa are helped all the time
hy SIR Horace Pianketts organisation
aocsaty and by the Cooperative While
sala society at Dublin. Each weel
tina wholesale society sends as q fore
cast giving the figures that ahould be
obtained for eggs. butter and chick
ems. and stating whether or not there
= 70 be- demand for these products
Each day We write 10 the wholesale
society. telling them what ne have
On hand and what We will likely have
Sometimes We telegraph. Then they
may either write or telegraph bach
what they want rs Co send and wher
and where TO send &C We send II. MOI
70 Dublin. but directly to fhe places
selected by the wholesale society.
In this way we save freight. IRE sAvs