Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-29

stroy particle of material tnar comes
in. Some one has said that the only
thing we have not been able to make
money out of is the squeal. For ex-
ample, we manufacture bone meal for
chicken feed. We turn the blood into
special quality of fertilizer, most
of which is shipped to Germany and
Holland and used largely upon their
famous tulip beds. We burn moth
ing. Most of the 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 adj
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 a
question Of quality, and it is because
of our quality that we have these
standing orders"
Fixing Prices.
Each of the factories has a local
price-fXing committee, consisting of
the president of the local society, a
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 prevf.
GUS shipments, the state of the mar.
ket and its trend whether up or down.
After providing for a small profit
which goes to the sinking fund and
allowing quarter of cent per pound
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 tc
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 recommenda
tions; that is to say, if five loca
committees recommend 45 ore pei
| nd xr-1i f,1 10 f7er
ures at 46, the general committee sets
it at 45k.
II Pays the Farmer.
I'VE are now paying a little ovel
fifteen dollars per hundred weight
Other private dealers pay the same
price, but with the private dealer tht
first return is all the farmer will eve
get for his pigs. Each year we la,
aside something for our reserve fund
and something to pay off what we Dor
rowed at the bank. After we hav'
done this we declare an annual divi
dend, which amounts to from $1.2
to s1.50 on each hog that has beel
delivered to US. You see, also tha
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each farmer has a share in our estah
lishment here which may be terme,
an additional price for his pigs. Ur
der our system each farmer has al
interest in this concern, when it
finally paid for, in proportion to tn
number of pounds of pork which h
has delivered to us during all thes
years. We figure that the averag
amount, which has been laid asid
and invested in this plant, is abou
twenty-five dollars per member. w
do not pay this in cash to them, bu
issue certificate which is evidenc
that they own a share in this plan
and in the business which we are dc
ing here. This is not closed col
poration, but any farmer who wishe
to join 1t can do so by paying th
estimated value of membership.
Standing Together.
There are 43 cooperative baco
factories in Denmark. We have ceI
trail organization, which is rather
voluntary association for the mutus
J benefit of the various cooperative b;
con factories. The Office is in Col
, enhagen. Weekly reports come !
! from each factory giving the amour
J killed and sold, the expense of tn
, business and the market returns r.
, ceived. The heads of the various fa'
: tories meet from time to time to tai
. over the best business methods an
: possible improvements in our way.
/ handling bacon. We give each othe
: the benefit of our experience an
! think of every way possible to hel
/ each other We do not feel that W
, are, in any antagonistic sense, rival
We fully believe that every factor
Z is helped by the success of the othe
: factories. The success Of each d
pends upon the fact that all of til
, factories are putting out goc
: product and are dealing in an hone:
: business-like way with the foreign r
: tailers who take our products. VIII;
hurts one of US hurts all OF US. W
t are anxious, therefore, to help eac
: other in every way, since in helpin
t others we are helping ourselves.
7 You will find that there is the san
2 spirit among our members that thel
is between the heads of the factorie
: The members do not feel that the
are competing with each other, b'
feel that they should help each oth'
to increase the quality of the POI
) produced. You will find them a vel
;. friendly lot of people.
f Our agricultural schools and OF
( government departments help u
y particularly upon all scientific pro
7 lens They help us along the tee
nical side of all our work. They mai
: experiments and give advice and c
e operate with US generally in tho
! sand ways"
t Possibly the most striking thir
: about the factory is that a group
e farmers should run a concern tni
), rivals in efficiency and bushes
f methods the largest and best privat
n ly owned packing houses of Il
r world. We expect farmers to far