The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-03-26
SCHEME for the organization
of rural communities for both

appear in the forthcoming Yearbook
of the Department OF Agriculture, and
which has already been printed as
pamphlet for the use of the Depart
ment's office of markets and rural
organization.
The scheme calls for 10 commit
tees, five of which are to deal with
business needs, and five with social
needs. Every member of the organ
ization is to serve on some one of
these committees. In addition, there
is to be a central or executive COM
mittee composed of the president Of
the organization, its secretary, its
treasurer, and the chairman of the
10 other committees. This central
body is to direct the general policy
of the organization, raise all funds
and control their expenditures. The
committees that are to deal with the
business interests of the community
are as follows;
Business Committees.
/. Committee on farm production.
2, Committee on marketing.
8. Committee on securing farm
supplies.
A. Committee on farm finance and
accounting.
5. Committee on communication
and transportation
Social Committees.
Similarly, the five committees that
attend to the community's social in
terests will deal with:
/. Education.
2. Sanitation.
8. Recreation.
4. Beautification.
5. Household economics.
The work of most of these COM
mittees is dicated sufficiently
clearly by their titles; for example,
the committee on production can do
much good by improving the breeds
of live stock in community through
cooperative purchases Of pure-bred
males.
1t can encourage the formation OF
corn, poultry, pig, cattle, canning
and gardening clubs which have al
ready demonstrated their value in the
sections where they have been estab-
lished; and it can carry on useful
studies of the type of agriculture best
fitted to local conditions.
Marketing.
In the same way. the committee
on marketing can secure the stand
ardization of the community's prod
ucts and thus obtain better prices
than are possible when nondescript
goods are dumped upon the market
The committee can also search out
the best markets, make contracts on
large scale which will be more ia
vorable than any individual can Sc
cure for himself, and In many other
ways economic in the selling 1f the
community's goods. Even If coop
erative marketing is not actually re-
sorted to, the information which the
committee collects can hardly fail tC
be of great assistance to the individ'
ual shippers.
Just as the committee on market
ing can facilitate selling, the com
lmittee on farm supplies can econo
mize in buying. Farmers are warned
| however, not to underestimate the
cost of running store or CONNER
cial agency, and not to overestimate
the saving which this can effect. The
cooperative society, Of course, does
away with the necessity Of the stores
making a profit, but somebody mus
manopa the ctora and that SOmehOd
must be paid for his time. His sal
ary, therefore, corresponds in way
to the ordinary stores profit, and il
is not always possible to secure
good man for less than he would bt
able to make in business for him
self.
Purchasing.
There are, however, several meth
ods of purchasing farm supplies CO
operatively, which will be found t.
be of advantage. The simplest Il
the Joint order, in which group o.
farmers can buy given article II
large quantities, thereby effecting 6
considerable saving in the expense o.
handling, commissions, etc. Some
times when this method is adopted {
warehouse is added which is owned
or rented comparatively, and il
which the goods are stored until The
associated purchasers need them.
If these two methods have beer
tried and found successful 1t may
be desirable to carry them out t.
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