The Springdale news., 1915-01-08


 poultry are more easily marketed than faW= products. They are the best buyers of corn, hay and silage Sell ing live stock and poultry, butter and eggs Is selling the finished products" and this system brings the highest re- turns and restores the fertility to tho land. The first marketing problem is to raise enough food for the people ana to have live stock to consume q good part CT the feedstuffs produced on the farm.
 Suggests Inspection.
 After this there are the problems Of marketing fruits, chickens. butter and eggs and vegetables. Selling fruits Is. Of course, big question with a natural ffuitgrowing state like Arkan. sas.Zl would suggest that your com munity appoint a delegation to 20 into the great fruit districts of Michigan and see how the people there handle their peaches. There is nothing like seeing just how the other fellow does the thing successful year after year Michigan is wonderful object lesson of the value of having hundreds of farmers clubs, all cooperating in a systematic plan for marketing their products.
 The way the people of Iowa handle their chickens is another remarkable object lesson Nobody need lose mone> in marketing chickens One man said eo me that he was going to lose s1. GOO in doing it right He should no go into il with the idea of losing ona cent, for there is no necessity of lose In Iowa he will see how the marketing man fattens the chickens. He will see how the chickens and eggs arc handled. People there make chicken raising and selling a business just like running g. store or operating a manu. featuring plant The industry is worth millions of dollars every year.
 He will see how butter and milk are sold. He will see how counties and districts are laid out into regular milk routes. and how the milk man makes one route Monday, another on Tues
 
 back over the first route on Thursday He will see that creameries should not be built unless there are enougn cows cared for under suitable conditions ito keep the creamery going Some communities in the South have lost money in starting at the wrong end, having the creameries before they had enough COWS and dairies.
 The Canning Proposition.
 Then there is the canning proposf ton Canneries are built and thern fs not enough produce to can. Result both the farmer and canner become discouraged and declare there's noth. ing in this diversified farming. The canner must contract with the farmers Tor so much produce of a standard quality before he can hope to operate successfully. Promises will not work
 Only through contracting and mak- ing absolutely sure that he will have enough vegetables will the canner be successful. Success or failure in most instances results from starting either rlght or wrong. It Is simple, but if Is mistake so often made because the canner did not study his proposition in district where canning factories are operated with profits to the grow CTS and the canners.
 Marketing comes easy when start e right But starting creameries, can ming factories and building elevators without adequate supply means set backs from which recovery is difficult Let us see just how Illinois and Iowa market all their products without loss misunderstanding. delays or uncer. tainty and adopt these same practical successful method in Arkansas. Start right-that is the main thing. and the rest will work itself ont through the natural sources of supply and demand.