Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-10-18

principles OF their system OF business |
and if the agricultural association
goes no further, it has justified it's
existence in the establishment of the
farmers exchange, in creating, an
open market, establishing a cash bus
mess. promoting intelligent business
practices, and giving an opportunity
for wide margin of profit.
COOPERATIVE SELLING
The Farmers Exchange is plan
ming for the marketing of Orleans
county products, and are at the pres
emit time marketing apples, and ex-
pect during the coming month to- mar
ket a few carloads Of potatoes, and
| plan for the selling of maple syrup
and sugar this coming season. There
are a good many details to be worked
out and cooperating with the county
agent have plans pretty well under
way. The state department of agri-
culture will be asked to grade the
produce and cooperate in finding a
market as they have done with the
seed-potato business.
MILK SITUATION
The milk situation, which is the
largest problem of the county, has de-
veloped to such point that it will un-
doubtedly be crystallized in the near
future. The main point of contention
at the present time is the gathering
problem. The dealers say they will
be glad to pay the price the farmers
demand if they were relieved of the
delivery problem. That it costs them
so much to gather the product that
they cannot meet the farmers price.
There seems to be, according to their
statement, Wanton extravaganza
and duplication of labor in this sys-
tenn. When it requires from 20 to
80 cents hundred pounds to gather
milk it seems to be entirely out of
reason. If the farmers were organ
lied and controlled the milk situation
this milk could be gathered for about
half the expense. There are today
from two to five teams hauling milk
and cream past practically every farm
in the county Their loads are light
and thus it is an expensive system.
This could be entirely done away with
and the farmers have the benefit of
this reduced cost of delivery The
| New England Producers association
have an organization and officers and
with the directors instructed to for
mulate some plan to meet the present
, conditions, and this organization
should be in a position and willing to
give the use of it's facilities to those
officers in carrying out their plans
| for a more efficient organizing of the
2 milk problem and whatever other
= features the producers association
2 deem advisable for improving the
price of milk to the farmers. This
= will mean considerable time and out.
2 lay, but will be nothing compared
5 with the results obtained.
= Another very urgent need of the
D farmers is bank assistance in fnan.
4 cling some of their problems. The
farmer should be able to borrow mon
= ey on his sugar crop so that he viii
not be obliged to sell at the time the
, sugar is made and thereby lose from
two to three cents pound on his
sugar. 1t seems reasonable to be-
= lieve that the banks would cooperate
: in this way if they realized the situa
s ton and knew of such a demand
f This will be one of the things which
f the organization will attemp pit to de
e this coming winter and place the mat
f ter before the farmers in such a way
a that they will clearly understand wha
: such an arrangement will mean tx
r them. This principle can apply tx
e other crops besides the sugar crop
e cially if it combined with it's dairy {
cash crop. We are now making {
small beginning in the seed-potatt
business and in one or two cases the
n banks have been willing to loan mon
: ey on the prospects of this crop. A
e cash crop can be easily converted in
S to money before it is delivered under
S ordinary conditions and at the same
), time practically not reduce the dairy
: capacity of the farm.
: In this report we have taken up The
: important features of the organize.
0 ton as they now appear. There il
h much work at hand and many details