El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-07-09
BIC WAREHOUSE
HERE FOR ALL
SOUTHWEST HAY
Crop Would Be Held Until
Reasonable Prices Were
Paid to Growers.

Citizens OF Clint are preparing for
the entertainment Of several hundred
delegates on August IS 10 the cOnEen-
ton OF the Federated ASSOCIATION OF Al
falfa Growers Of the southwest
If the outcome is all that Is expected
at present, the meeting IS going 10
bring delegates from Arizona New
Mexico and western Texas ana VIII re
suit in making FL Paso the nay market
Tor the entire southwest
The association is composed OF al
IaIfa growers from all OF these states
but the growers Of the SAT- RIVER val
ley in Phoenix have selling associa-
ton of their own II IS the desire OF
the officers Of the Southwestern assn
citation to have this merged with the
Southwestern association and market
all alfalfa through FL Paso, the logical
hay center of the southwest It IS 10
Gated as near the center Of the alfalfa
belt as it could possibly be, with the
Pecos valley of Texas and New Mexico
on one side, the salt River and ella
valleys on the other and the Texas and
New Mexico hay valleys OF the Rlo
Grande above and below.
Had Its Origin Here.
The association was formed IN FL
Faso two years ago and met last year
IN the PecOs valley. II has been grow
ing in strength and Importance since
that time and the meeting this year at
Clint is expected to bring at least 100
II not more delegates. Several SPECIAL
NdL4DdQS OF QE4EEdAEE Will AE ~ NAAe5 II Z
from Balmorhea. Pecos, BarstoW, Carls-
bad and Roswell alone and the Mesilla
valley is expected to have big dele
cation.
The convention will be in session one
day at Clint and the members viii then
be brought to FL PasO as guests OF the
FL PasO chamber Of commerce Tor
luncheon on Thursday, the goth OF
August.
Big Warehouses Here.
II the association unites upon FL PasO
as the selling center for alfalfa, II VIII
mean the purchase OF. leasing OF a large
section of ground and the erection Of
big warehouses here. 1t Is virtually
settled that the association viii estab-
lish such warehouses; the only doubt
is as TO whether the salt River valley
viii affiliate and market its product
here, too. II is believed that IL viii,
for, il is argued. there is everything in
favor of such a plan since, with all the
hay growers amalgamateu into one as
ISOLATION, they can get better prices
than If several associations are bidding
against each other for contracts.
What Wool Men Have Done.
The MOhair growers Of the south
west are cited as the best example OF
what such an organization can accom-
plish. They have warehouses at Boston,
where all their wool is shipped and
stored. classified and sold by experts Of
the association None can be bought
except through the association and the
-
prices or do without In the case OF
that organization the various members
draw money at stated intervals IN pro-
portion to the amount Of wool they
have deposited for sale. One man $
crop is not sacrificed and another held
If one man has 10000 pounds OF wool
and another 1000 pounds in storage, the
former will draw 10 times as mucn as
the latter at the end Of each month
when the sales are totaled and the
cash prOrated among the members
No Sacrifice Sales
Whether this will be the plan fol
lowed by the alfalfa dealers is not
known. but one similar to this Will like
" be adopted There is no competition,
il is cited, for southwestern alfalfa, be
cause of the high freight rates from
other alfalfa growing communities,
hence the buyers here would nave 10
pay the association price-within rea-
son, Of course-if all pooled their crops
and sold through one association No
grower would be bidding against a
brother grower in the sale Of his. pro
duct and instead Of the growers being
at the mere Of the buyers, the matter
would be largely reversed