The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-02-09
LIGHT DRAWS AN AlLuRiNG PIC
TURE
Reddick, Feb. ,. 1917.


To the Editor Ocala Banner:
| have talked with quite a number
of the members OF the First Farm
Loan bank of Marion county, head
quarters at Reddick. Florida, about
inviting the Farm Loan banks of
Ocala and Alachua county to join us
in forming a cooperative buying and
selling committee tb help US buy or
sell our goods. They all think we'll
Of the proposition.
The Reddick association has now
nifty members who have applied for
loans, signed application for charter,
have had the properties appraised
The loans wanted amount to SIl5,00O
| believe that Alachua and Marion
county wants will exceed 100000
and others want to change our
farms into many fields so that we will
be better able to go into the stock
business.
This will call for much Wire fenc-
ing. and having an agent to do the
buEing for all OF us would save US
about 10 per cent. on these invest
ments
and others are going into the bust
ness OF raising mules 7 want to buy
FIVE good, heavy mares 1have now
severn and with others get one Of
the best Jacks that money can buy.
Say my twelve mares would raise
me eight mules per year investment
about $4,000 in ten years would
have about eighty mules valued at
$4,000 each or would have $4,000.
$4,000 earning $4,000 in ten years
time and the government FURNISHING
me the money to start the business at
8 per cent interest and principle
VIII it pay me? VIII it pay you?
1t will pay me to have some good
man buy for me. 1t will pay you to
have the right man buy for you.
Let us join together, then it will
cost US less and, most likely we can
get better bargains
If | could get $4,000 in ten years
in the mule business by an invest
ment of $4,000. could not thirty or
forty of US in Alachua and Marion
counties combine and make a big sue
cess of the effort?
It will pay us to combine in buying
the right kind of bulls and boars,
so that we can get such stock as sells
for the best price in the markets.
and could buy collectively much bet
ter and get better stock.
1t would pay to buy collectively in
feeding Of beef cattle
There would be more profit to us in
collective selling than in collective
selling than in collective buying
Should the members of the loan as
ISOLATION of Alachua and Marion
counties combine in selling their hogs
and cattle that we have for sale and
raise a better grade of stock. | be-
Iieve we could get 800 per carload
more than If we went it alone. and
should we have for sale 200 carloads
per year it would save US 100000 per
wear and in 20 years would save us
100000 or as much as we borrowed
from the government
There are many things that We
raise could be sold collectively.
Cooperative buying and co-opera-
tive selling has made Denmark the
richest country in the world as icul-
turally.
| do wish we could gel the very
best business talent in the two coun-
ties to join with US in move of the
above kind and make it a success.
Cooperation among the labor or
CARNATIONS have surely been a help
10 the labOrer.
Cooperation among the farmer in
some sections of the world has prov
cd 4 great success.
Fellow farmer, whai do you saw
Fellow farmer, what will you do to
help this move?
Alachua and Ocala associations.
what do you think of the above?
Yours truly.
l.. 5. LIGHT