The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-29

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stroy particle Of material that Gomez
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 Sloed 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 onal 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 a fair market price
upon what we send them. With these
who want good bacon, however II 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.
] Eaab nf the fortavf., yooot
price-Gxing committee, consisting Of
the president of the local society a
well-known farmer who is not a direc-
tor of the society, and the manager
4 Of the factory. The manager of course,
! produces the latest market reports.
kilograms and all other information
obtainable as to the results OF prevl-
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 a quarter Of cent per pound |
for working expense the committee /
decides upon the prices which should |
be paid and which II 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 COMMITTEES first learns the
views Of all the local factory com.
mittees in the district and sets the
prices according to their recommends
tions; that is to say. if five local
committees recommend 45 ore per
pound while five others place the fig
ures at 46, the general committee sets
it at 4515.
It Pays the Farmer.
I'VE are now paying 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 Dor.
rowed at the bank. After We have
done this we declare an annual divi-
dend, which amounts to from S125
to Sl.5O 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. Tn.
der our system each farmer has an !,
interest in this concern, when it is .
inally 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 -
md invested in this plant, is about
twenty-five dollars per member We
10 not pay this in cash to them, but
ssue certificate which is evidence
hat they own a share in this plant al
nd in the business which we are do. ri
ng here This is not a closed cor r.
Grafton, but any farmer who wishes da
o Join it can do so by paying the so
value of membership da
Standing Together. re-
There are 43 cooperative bacon sf
actories in Denmark We have a cen. 50
raj organization, which is rather a ba
association for the mutual
eneft of the various cooperative ba- II
on factories. The Office is in Cop. tht
nhagen. Weekly reports come in ev
'om each factory giving the amount 7
illed and sold. the expense Of the ne
lsiness and the market returns re. rul
lived. The heads of the various fac. sal
ries meet from time to time to talk me
yer the best business methods and the
ossible Improvements in our way of Gu
lndling bacon. We give each other cU
le benefit of cur experience and nv
ink of every way possible to help lie,
ch other We do not feel that We boz
e, in any antagonistic sense, rivals me
e fully believe that every factory thi
helped by the success of the other ant
ctories. The success Of each de 5os
nds upon the fact that all of the me-
ctories are putting out a good Mil
oduct and are dealing in an homes
siness-like way with the foreign re .hr,
llers who take cur products. Wha' rec
rts one Of US hurts all of us. We ,art
2 anxious, therefore, to help each
ler in every way, since in helping
hers we are helping ourselves. u
You will find that there is the same pen
rit among our members that there par
between the heads of the factories asA
e members do not feel that they AM
, competing with each other, but
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