Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-05-29

stroy a particle Of material that comes
In. Some one has said that the only
thing we have not been able to make
money out of is the squeaI. For ex-
ample, we manufacture bone meal TOT
chicken feed We turn the blood into
a special quality OF fertilizer, most
Of which is shipped to Germany ana
Holland and used largely upon their
famous tulip beds We burn moth
ing. Most of tie offal goes back to
the farms of this region as manures.
There is no more profitable use for
it. The very water with which we
flush out our slaughter rooms Is USED
as a fertilizer
Each Friday we send out quotations
of prices which will prevail during
the coming week. About one-half OF
our output, however, is sold in ad-
vance on standing orders from Eng
land They direct us to send them
so many hundred pounds at the rul-
ing price They understand, of course
that we will fix fair market price
upon what we send them. With these
who want good bacon, however, It Is
not SO much a question Of price as
question of quality, and it is because
of our quality that we have toese
standing orders"
Fixing Prices.
Each of the factories has a local
price-fixing committee, consisting OF
the president of the local society.
well-known farmer who is not direc-
| tor of the society, and the manager
of the factory. The manager of course,
produces the latest market reports,
kilograms and all other information
obtainable as to the results of previ-
Gus shipments, the state Of the mar
ket and It's trend whether up or down
After providing for a small profit
which goes to the sinking fund and
allowing a quarter Of cent per pound
4 for working expense the committee
decides upon the prices which should
be paid and which it will recommend
to the general district committee.
The district committee OF the Fed
Grafton of Bacon Factories meets once
a week to fix the prices which are to
prevail for the following week. This
general committee first learns the
views Of all the local factory com.
mittees In the district and sets the
prices according to their recommends.
tons; that is to say, II five local
committees recommend As ore per
pound while five others place the tg
ures at 46, the general committee sets
1t at 45h.
It Pays the Farmer.
I'VE are now paying a little over
fifteen dollars per hundred weight.
other private dealers pay the same
price, but with the private dealer the
, first return Is all the farmer will ever
, get for his pigs. Each year we lay
aside something for our reserve fund,
and something to pay off what we bor-
, rowed at the bank. After we have
done this we declare an annual divi-
dend, which amounts to from $1.25
to $1.50 on each hog that has been
delivered to us. You see also that
at the end OF the ten years period
!. each farmer has a share in our estab-
lishment here, which may be termed
an additional price for his pigs. I'm.
der our system each farmer has an
interest in this concern, when 1t is
: finally paid for, in proportion to the
!, number of pounds of pork which he
: has delivered to us during all these
! years. We figure that the average
= amount. which has been laid aside
: and invested in this plant, is about
: twenty-five dollars per member. We
: do not pay this in cash to them, but
issue a certificate which is evidence
: that they own a share in this plant
/. and in the business which we are do
. ing here This is not a closed cor
!, poration, but any farmer who wishes
to join 1t can do so by paying the
! estimated value of membership.
IF Standing Together.
'r There are 40 cooperative bacor
factories in Denmark. We have cen
se trail organization, which is rather 6
= voluntary association for the mutual
Is benefit of the various cooperative ba
or con factories. The Office is in Cop
g. enhagen. Weekly reports come II
N from each factory giving the amount
as killed and sold, the expense of thC
lie business and the market returns re
We ceived. The heads of the yalious fac
e. tories meet from time to time to tall
or over the best business methods ant
ry possible improvements in our way o
IN handling bacon. We give each othe
H. the benefit of our experience anC
mt think of every way possible to hell
en- each other We do not feel that W,
lg are, in any antagonistic sense, rivals
We fully believe that every factor,
ny is helped by the success of the othe
ne factories. The success of each dc
vi ponds upon the fact that all of tn
no factories are putting out a goo
at product and are dealing in an homes
I'll business-like way with the foreign re
pit tailers who take our products. VIVA
er, hurts one of us hurts all OF us w
lot are anxious, therefore, to help eac
he other In every way, since in helpin
nut others we are helping ourselves
ey You will find that there is the sam
We spirit among our members that Their
II is between the heads of the factoriei
ng The members do not feel that the
on are competing with each other, bu
feel that they should help each othe
to increase the quality of the por
to produced. You will find them a YER
ar, friendly lot of people.
of Our agricultural schools and ~