The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-19
CORPORATIONS VALUE
N MARKETING CROPS
d. NJ. Blankenship Tells Farmers OF
State What Eastern Shore Ex-
change Has Accomplished.
SUCCESSFUL MEETINGS HELD
Farmers Institute Train Along Lines
of Chesapeake & Ohio Acquaints
Communities With Improved Me-
thois-How State Aids.

why should the farmer struggle
% increase his production and acre
age of crops il at the same time he
does not increase his strategic adj
vantage in the marketing of these
crops?" asked d. NJ. Bankenship,
field agent of the division of markets
of the state OF Virginia. in address,
ing the crowds that thronged to the
better farming train now being OPP
Grated throughout the state by the
c. & o. railway.
Every line of business with which
the farmer negotiates is completely
organized declared Mr.. Blanken-
ship. but the farmer in most sec
tons continues to do business in the
old way and continually gets the
worst OF it, Mr.. Blankenships ad-
dresses along the way on the ques-
ton OF organization among produc-
ers have attracted much attention.
Meetings were held Thursday in
Beuna Vista and Buchanan: Friday.
at Newcastle and Clifton Forge. and
Saturday. at Covington and Goshen.
The second week will be spent along
the main line OF the c. & o. clear to
the coast
Eastern Shore Exchange
Mr.. Blankenship gave his auditors
some highly interesting examples of
successful organization in Virginia.
He told of the Eastern Shore produce
exchange, one of the first and one of
the strongest organizations of It's kind
in the country. Through their CO.
operative system of collecting, grad
ing. packing and marketing they have
succeeded in raising that section OF
the country from comparative bank
ruptcy to affiuence. And they have
done this, not by raising the price
TO the consumer, but by cutting out
the waste that went with individual
marketing and preventing the ship
ment TO markets already oeer~sttts-
piled
The speaker declared that the prin-
clpal things which the farmer would
gain through cooperation were.
Greater profits from live stock
growing by community breeding and
marketing.
More profits from poultry growing
by standardization Of breeds in ces-
tain communities and uniformity in
the packing and marketing of eggs.
improved social conditions. as 81
result of community meetings and in
terchange 81 ideas.
More results in civic Improvements
and better schools as a result of the
Hnifcation of community sentiment
Economies resulting from the CO.
operative purchasing OF community
necessities, such as farm machinery
fertilizer. pure bred slres. and other
farm necessities.
Xix and Maintain Standards.
The speaker gave an illustration OF
how the farmers OF one neighborhood
10 Virginia gained over two cents -
pound fer their hogs by going to-
gether and shipping in carload lots
IL was also shown that the poultry
association at Wavcrly was getting
afty-ntne cents a dozen for eggs on
fhe New York trarEet when eggs
nerc selling locally for thirty-five
cents. and this WAS accomplished be-
cause this community was enabled
10y cooperation SO establish stand
ard of quality and enforce that stand
ard among its members.
The speaker also told about sue
ass attained by farmers unions IN
Hanover county IN the marketing of
their truck Through their organiza-
lions they collected their produce,
graded il and shipped II in carload
lots. thus being enabled to take ad-
vantage Of other than local markets,
securing the benefit Of carload rates
and better price for their products.
Mr. Blankenship said that the
farmers all over the nation are awak
ing TO the necessity of this community
organization, and predicted that
within few years the farmers OF
Virginia would be reaping the profits
Of such union He said the division
of markets was anxious to be Of ser
vice 10 the farmers in the creation
of these orRaniza tons and the And
ing of markets for the products OF
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