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

meal and sugar. In one case. for exc
ample. where d rival trader was charg
Ing s3.e7 for seven atone or -four we
were offering the same -four at sz.2s
for the seven stone.
@You may % interested In knowins
about what an average family here
has Tor an income. where be gets n
and what he has TO eat. hare made
out D little statement so ron could
figure that ont To begin with, every
farmer has his own potatoes and Data
Besides thia. his Income IL something
like this:
Esgs and poultry. per week, about
I've shillsnRH 1885 per yeArl.
~Butssr for about 10 or 30 weeks in
surnzDsr, one 10 two shiiiinga ty7 pei
ysar}.
'sSsis 81 snttle possibly In pounds
saSh yeas (se0 psr yeagl.
-Sais Of sheep. one pound lss PEI
year1.
- total oe sfs7 per year.
"Besides this. the women earn q
little something by knitting sweaters
and making lace. cite.
Marketing Esss.
You viii notice that eggs are ous
staple prodnct The average poor
farm family around here gets each
year from IL 20 rs pounds out Of theii
eggs, which Ii generally about halt
of their entire money income. Before
We took hold, however, egg raiaina
was not nc all profitable. There was
no steady market the farmers did moi
understand poultry. and no one had
any ambition to learn anything about
IL. They didn't take care OF theii
eggs well and few were sold.
Previously the local price was two
or three pence less than the prizes
quoted in the nearest market In straw
bane and Derry. Now the prices paid
are from one TO two pence above the
prices quoted liz thaas markets. In
other words. we have increased the
value OF q dozen eggs from three &c
four pence lsix to eight centsl. Foi
the entire district. this amounts tc
quite q sum You must remember
also that while we purchased only
one.tenth OF the eggs sold In this par
ish. the fact that We at Dungiow are
paying the prices which we pay has
made Ii necessary for every other
buyer In the entire parish to pay the
same price.
lrssh Laes and Knitted Goods.
"Our cooperative company looks az
ter . good many things besides sell
Ing eggs and butter. We are helpina
the girls market their lace and knitted
work. Two years ago we asked the
government department to send az ar
instructor To teach the girls to maks
hand-knit sport coats tsweatersl
They sent q man TO look It up. He
talked with some OF the men hers
who were not friendly to this coop
erative movement Nothing was done
Our girls were getting one shilling
MIX pence t3s centsI for knitting 0
dozen pairs of socks. using up from
three and q half 20 four pounds OF
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 than
these buyers. Since they started buy,
ing. the girls get seven shiIiings sin
pence 1851 from the society foi
knitting sweater coat. using only two
pounds OF wool and taking only one
half as long IS dozen pair Of socks
Putting It another way. for she same
amount or wool and the same time
spent In knitting. the girls get II
shillings (s3.751 instead OF one shil
ling six pence t3S centsl. That To, our
society ID paying them ten times what
they used 10 get from the other buy
ers for their knitting. Formerly the
girls who knit lace were bound by .
bargain under which II they sold u
any one privately they were boycott
ted. The buyer told them unless they
sold him MI he would buy nothing
Now we are getting fairly good prices
for the lace, better than they got be
fore and we. on course. permit them &C
sail wherever they can. They IRE
quently have opportunity 60 sell K
tourists and others who come through
here. While we get fairly good prices
Tor the lace. there 10 no steady narkei
for II. az there Ii for the knittet
goods.
Connected With Central society.
"our little local society could moi
stand alone and do what We are try
Ing 20 do. We are helped all the time
hy Sir Horace Plunkettss organization
society and by the Cooperative While
saia society at Dublin. Each weel
the wholesale society sends US fore
cast giving the agures that should b.
obtained for eggs, butter and chick
ems. and stating whether or not ther'
ID 20 be- demand for these products
Each day we write to the WHOLESALE
society. telling them what 80 has,
on hand and what We viii likely have
Sometimes We telegraph. Then thel
may either write or telegraph haci
what they want US 60 send and whes
and where 10 send ~ We send IL. no
to Dablin. but directly TO the places
selected by the wholesale society,
I'm this way we save freight. we savs