The Nevada County picayune., 1915-01-08


 land. The first marketing problem is to raise enough food for the people and to have live stock to consume a good part Of the feedstuffs produced on the farm
 Suggests inspection.
 After this there are the problems of marketing fruits, chickens, butter and esgs and vegfa5les. selling fruits ts, of course, a big question with a natural fruit growing state like Arkan- SIS l would suggest that your com mmitH appoint a delegation to go into the rr.ot fruit districts of Michigan and see how the people there handle their peaches There is pntEug like seeing tust how the other fellow does th, usng neacseful year after year. ! Nj.hJesu is g wonderful ohi. ct lesson a. the value of having hundreds of 1 farmers clubs. all cooperating in 1 systematic plan for marketing their products.
 1 Thc way the people of Iowa handle i their chickens is aoothcr remarkable ! object lesson Nobody need lose money i in marketing chictlss One man said to me that he vas Soius to lose $l,- 0oo in doing it right He should nos 1 eo int9 t Nirh Che idea Of losing ono cent. for there is no necessity of lose 1 lu Iowa he Uiu see how the marketing man fattens the chickens He will l see how the chickens and yaas arc l handled People there make chicken raising and selling q bush. se inst like runuiue a store or oucratnr T manu- ] featuring plant The industry i~ Worth l millions Of dollars every year 1 He win see how butter and milk are sold lie will see how counties and 1 districts are laid out into regular milk routes and how the milk man makcs one route Monday. another on Tues day, another Wednesday and comes back over the first route ou Thursday. ] He will see that creamerieS should not be built unless there are enough 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 dairics
 The Canning Proposition.
 Then there Is the canning propos'- ton Canneries are built and thero is not enough produce to can Result. both the farmer and canner become discouraged and declare there's noth. ing in this diversified farming The cauner must contract with the farmere for SO much produce of a standard quality before he can hope 10 operate successfully. Promises will not worf
 Onlv through contracting and nal, ing absolutely sure that he will have enough vegetables will the conney b, successful Success or failure in moe instances results from starting cih right or wrong. IL Is simple. but it F. a mistake so often made because th. canner did not study his proposition in a district where canning factorio, are operated with profits to the grow CTS and the canners
 Marketing comes easy when start ed right But starting creamc~fas. can ming factories and building elevator without adequate supply means so' backs from which recovery js diHcult Let Us see just how Illinois and low. market all their products without loss
 misunderstanding, delays or uncel tainty and adopt these same practical
 successful method in Arkansas ! Start right-that is the main thina , and the rest will work itself ou ; through the natural sources of suppl . and demand.