The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-03-26
Marketing Of Livestock
BY STOCK EDITOR.
TILE satisfactory results obtaine

ny the various cooperative as
soclatlons in marketing grain
and fruits, leads many to believe
that something might be accom-.
pllshed through the use of like meth.
ods In marketing livestock. But up
TO the present little of thorough
nature has been attempted. One as
ISOLATION in Wisconsin seems to have
been successful and is able to show
some satisfactory and tangible re-
suits. On 43 cars of stock shipped
ny them net gain of 10c to 15c
per hundred can be shown over SELL
ing at home.
The grain and fruit organizations
have for their object the control of
the entire output and, ultimately. the
dictatlon Of the price. With the
livestock growers and feeders au-
other object is in view at least for
the present.
Livestock is marketed the whole
year through. Stock is put on feed
10 be finished at certain definite
time and when that time comes and
the stock is finished there is Just one
thing to do and that is to sell, The
problem to solve under these condi-
tions is to get the last possible dol
lar at that time on the open market.
Ihat market will be governed by
demand and supply.
Getting to Market.
To many the steps in getting to
market are familiar, but to thou
sands of small feeders it looks like
big undertaking AS matter of
fact it is simple. In the first place.
get in touch with the market. Get a
weekly market letter Then as the
time approaches write to your COM
mission firm, describing your stock
and saying what you expect to ship.
They will gladly give reliable infor-
nation and advice. The next thing
then is to order the car for a GER
tain date When that day comes
load the stock and consign it to the
firm that is to handle it. Get in
the caboose and go with it.
You will find upon arrival that
the railroad has advised the firm
handling the stock as to when it will
arrive. They will be there to re-
ceive it and care for it from that
time on. Men with daily experience
will feed and water in way to get
the best possible results as to the
fill. Finally, they will be sold by
an expert in their particular line. A
man who knows their worth and,
what is more, who needs them and
who will pay most. When sold the
stock Is driven to the scale and
weighed by disinterested party.
But one thing remains, then, and
that is the check. The commission
firm will deduct all charges and issue
the check.
Now it seems that with matters so
simple there is no good reason why
any man should not ship his own
stock. He can. and eventually he
will. Then why the shipping associa-
tion? An association will serve two
purposes.
Way to Cooperate.
First-It will provide for a man
at nominal expense to accompany
each load to market, and thus save
time for those who are too busy to
go.
Second-It will provide for the
small producer, the man with but a
few head who, under any other plan
must sell to speculator His stock
can go along with that of his neigh
Dor and realize for him its actual
worth.
An association of this kind needs |
no hard and fast organization-sim
ply an effort among individuals to
get together for better results. The
next time you have part of car
of stock to market, call up your
neighbors and see how long 1t will
take to find plenty of stock of some
kind to fill in. You will be surprised |
to find how many of them are anx-
ious to take advantage of any op-
portunity to get full market value
for what they have produced. 1t be-