Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-05-29
Teaching Danish Agricultural Handle Horse
COOPERATIVE BACON FACTORY


years cooperation has been in sue
cessful operation In Denmark, no CO.
operative society can count upon the
absence of rivalry and competition
from private dealers. Earlier in the
game more than one cooperative So
ciety was sadly hindered in being out
bid In its efforts to purchase the
products of it's members. 1t is hard
indeed for the farmer to realize that
he should accept $40 per hundred for |
his pigs from a cooperative society |
while the outside dealer is Offering |
him $11 per hundred. The private
dealers here played the game that they
are playing in America. Whenever
any cooperative concern started do
ing business the private dealer at
once outbid it, Here as in America
the farmers sometimes abandoned
their cooperative society and sold to
the highest bidder Occasionally the
cooperative concern was pushed to
the wall and went out of business.
Here as in America the private deal
er Immediately dropped his price and
the farmer was where he was before
getting whatever price the dealers
agreed upon among themselves.
No Selling to Rival Dealers.
1t did not take the organizers OF
the cooperative movement long to
realize that this could not go on Con-
sequently, when new organization is
started now the matter Is fully ex-
planned to the prospective members.
They are told that unless they expect
to give unlimited loyalty to the con-
Germ. unless they are willing to agree
to bring all of their output to the so
ciety even when the society is outbid
by private dealers, there is no use in
starting a society at all: 1t Is fully
explained to them that the high prices
which may be offered can only be
temporary and that the permanent
welfare of the community demands
that the cooperative concern be or
ganized and be Loyalty supported. The
matter thus fully before them the
Danish farmers do not hesitate to en-
ter into a contract to deliver all their
product to the local cooperative So
Cl6IY. Inc u6IuDOTb VI IhAS boSOAA
factory here are under absolute agree
ment to deliver pigs to no other deal
err, although any member may OF
course use such hogs as he needs for
his own use. Here is the contract:
I'VE, the undersigned herehT pledge
| ourselves to deliver to the --
cooperative bacon factory which 1t is
| proposed to establish, all the pigs OF
weight between 100 and 200 pounds
: which we may produce for sale. Such
/ pigs will be delivered on conditions
| decided by the shareholders of the
: society, and that we shall receive
5 such amount in payment of such de
: livered swine as may be realized fol
2 them by the factory less preliminary
r expenses incurred in the organization
Y of the society and the annual install
ments on loan for building and plan
0 payable during a period of about tel
!. years. together with current WORKING
L expenses"
e If a member delivers pigs to an!
r dealer he lis penalized. He has gon'
$ into this agreement with full knowl
L edge of its purpose. AS result M
g one seems to be in the least dissat
h isfied, although occasionally competi
L tors offer prices that are indeed tempt
s ing. The manager told US, however
It that repeatedly he had farmers no
o only express satisfaction over tn
n profits which they were receiving, bu
o when in addition to a fair price the
10 have been paid dividend they hav
D. repeatedly demonstrated that
s. seemed to them they were gettin
of more than they should out of the cor
d Germ.
c Sixty Thousand Pigs Per Year.
ID I'VE handle from sixty thousand {
seventy thousand pigs each yea
said the manager. During parts {
10 the year two thousand pigs per wee
lg win come in. These all are nearl
is of the game age and size. PRACTICAL
n. all being between twenty-four an
es twenty-eight weeks old and weighin
Id from $50 to 200 pounds. They hav
ut been fed almost the same food an
d. have been raised upon conditions tht
is are absolutely uniform. Slight diffe
u ences occur in the individuals, SON
ID. being a little fatter than their mate
n. others differing in the quality
og meat. although it would take g
rs expert to detect these differences. Oh
At annual turn over OF bacon amounts
vn about million and half dollars "
to send out some fresh pork. Our lea
ut Ing article is cured side bacon wit
or ham ard shoulder attached. We ser
he out also lard. sausage. homeless ha
as and a number Of by-produets. W
he will note as you go through the ia
he tory that every product which v
he send out is marked with a cover
cy ment stamp with the number 3
Sc, which is the number OF this factor
ed Utilizing All Except the squeaI.
"All the waste from the factory
rty carefully cared for. We do not d