Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-18

| lied system. He said that he had
taken stock in the Britain Cooper
alive Packing Company of MARSHALL
| town. and that last Saturday he had
visited the plant. and found that every
| statement made 10 him by the repre-
sentative of the company, were verified
I by his investigations and that he was
exceptionally well pleased. and advised
| his friends and neighbors to join
! hands in furthering the biggest prop
osition ard movement which has ever
( been made possible for the stock raisers
! to share in the profits and enjoy
proper compensation for the cattle and
hogs which they produce. This result
can only be gained thru co-opera ton.
The first speaker was Mr.. r. A. Hall.
Of Marshalltown. who is vice president
Of the Britain Cooperative Packing
Company. Mr.. Hall spoke of the
various benefits of cooperation and
its successful operation in various
states in this country and in Europe,
and showed where the farmer was re-
ceiving bigger price for the product
which hep reduced and in addition TO
that, also shared in the profit made by
his CO. operative company. Some very
Of which was the price received for
butter. The farmer is getting, at the
present time. thru his cooperative
creameries. IS, %. so and 81 cents per
pound for butter fat. And figuring the
retail price of butter. he receives about
50 cents on every dollar of butter re-
tail. while the middleman gets but 20
cents. and the farmer don't have 70
churn the butter. With the present
method OF handling livestock the far
ner receives, after figuring shrinkage,
ahout ~ cents on every dollar OF meat
retail, while the niddl emen gets 50
cents And this If after figuring the
sbrinkage in killing and curing the
meat He also Went into detail IN eN-
planning the organization Of the Brit
tain Cooperative Packing Company.
and how the profits would be returned
10 the stock holding producers pro rata
based upon the amount OF raw material
sold 10 the plant. And also gave de-
tailed description of the Britain X
Cos packing plant Of Marsha sltown.
which s 10 bet aiken over by the new
Britain Cooperative Packing Com
pany
The next sneaker introduced was Mr. !
W J. Ray. Of Colo, Iowa who IS secre-
tary Of the Iowa State Grain Dealers .
Association. MIR. Ray gave very in
Jeresting history OF the association !
which ne represented, and which IS one
Of the largest and most beneficial or ,
CARNATIONS the farmers were Identified
with in Iowa. And said in part, that
thru the farmers allied efforts they
had practically put TO route the system
Il old line elevator companies who
H. - y -I,a. - Sp-a q
me price 10 be paid for grain in every
elevator company operating IN the
country But those DAYS. thank God, +
have passed. end that he hoped TO see
me present success OF the farmers ele-
vators followed up with farmers
ter-7fra: elevator Mr.. Ray went on
to say that the most important move
,nert before the farmers Of Iowa was
the establishing OF his pork packing
slant. where he could get little OF
the fat or easy money. as we'll IS the
gan and hard earned money.
Mr.. G F. McCar-oll, of Clemons,
Iowa formerly III the employ Of the
-nited States department of animal n
fustry. followed with an interesting
talk on hog raising. Mr.. McCarroll IS
? graduated veterinary and gave some
sound advice 20 the farmer. 70 keep
his hogs out Of the prepared hog mud
hole and FIJI the Mole Up with sanG
and no, 10 overload his hogs with
whole corn. which Is an unnatural
food for hogs He told them 20 dedi-
cate a portion az their farms 20 the
hogs. and plant therein roots. such as
potatoes. carrots. beets. paTsrips ard
1rtichokes. And let the hog Go The
digging and not put a baroed ware wing
N their noses. and if You must feed
,orn 10 Your hogs. then crack 4 first
ard soak II wall before feeding. Give
,o,l- nczs !otz e good water. and the
so-calIea cholera viii disappear from
your farm He also advised the farmer
rot 10 try and make a 2year-old hog
in the months Give them eighteen
70 grow and YOU will have net
ter results and more money and fewer
5ead hogs. He also advised the farmers
to get together and push and not stand
back and expect the other fellow To
10 ali the work And If you want 70
see the real circus. pay Your NoneE
ike a man and come in thru the MAN
entrance and let the other fellow sneak
under the canvas if he must see the
show.
Several questions were asked by the
audience present which were al an
swered satisfactorily. II Is the pur-
3ose Of the new co-opera tive packing
company to hold meetings il the sur
territory for the purpose OF
creating a clearer understanding be-
tween the farmers and The company
in the near future. Britain Cooper !
ative Company.