Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-01-14
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from private dealers. Earlier Ia the
game more than one cooperative so
ciety was sadly hindered In being out
bid tn 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 cooperative society
while the outside dealer lii offering
him $11 per hundred The private
dealers here played the game that they
are playing hi America. Whenever
any cooperative concern started do-
Ing business the private dealer ut
once outbid II. 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 az In America the private deal
or Immediately dropped bis 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 60 on. Con-
sequently, when new organization IL
started now the matter Id 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 ID ontbid
by private dealers, there is no uSe In
starting a society at ell, IT 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 q contract TO deliver all thcir
product to the local cooperative SO.
ciety. The members OF this bacon
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.
RI member delivers pigs to any
healer he Ii penalixed, He has gone
into this agreement with fun knowl'
edge Of Its purpose. As result no
enc seems to be IN the least dissat.
isiied, although occasionally eornpett.
tors offer prices that are indeed tempt,
Ing, The manager told us, however,
that repeatedly he had farmers not
only express satisfaction over the
profits which they were receiving. but
when In addition TO fair price they
have been paid q dividend they have
repeatedly demonstrated that IL
seemed 60 them they were getting
more than they should out of the con
| Germ.
Sixty Thousand Pigs Per Wear.
I'VE handle from sixty thousand To
seventy thousand pigs each year
said the manager, During parts oil
the year two thousand pigs per week
win come in, These all are nearly
OF the same age and sire. practically
all being between twenty.four and
twenty.eight weeks old and weighing
from $50 to 200 pounds. They have
heen fed almost the same food and
have been raised upon conditions that
are absolutely uniform. Slight differ.
ences occur IN the individuals. some
being liftle fatter than their mates,
others differing I'm the quality oil
meat, although II would take an
!, expert 10 detect these differences. Our
annual tsrn over or bacon amounts to
about million and q half dollars, We
send out sorne fresh pork. Our lead.
lng article Ii cured side bacon with
ham and shoulder attached Wa send
out also lard, sausage. homeless ham
and q number or byproducts, You
will note as you 90 through the Tao.
tory that every product which We
send out h marked with govern
naenl stamp with the number 50.
which ID the member or this factory,
Utilizing All Except ths sqaeai
All the waste from the factory Ii
carefully cared for We do not de-.
stroy particle OF material thar comes
ri. Some one has said that the only
thing We have not been able TO make
money out oh ID the squeal FOR ex.
ample. we manufacsare bone meal for
chicken feed We turn the hood into