Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-27
|HEN NECK TO NECK WITH
NATIONS WHEAT CROP
Products Valued by Depart
mcnt OF Agriculture at $780,
Al 100000 Per Year.
EcEssITY or COOPERATION
Movem cnt Presents
Poultry mans Greatest Oppor,uni-
ty--Coinmunity, County, state
!. and National Organizations.
81 u. II. SalirH.
tuihpr and Practical rmiitryman.

i sThs world war has turned nearly every
Business topsy-turry. Poultry euitur~
,S has taken its share 81 This confusion
n ;trd, dtacouraisemcn The final npshot
10 certain to hc good. Thousands have
eccn put out OF action. bu; rc-alisn-
4 anNn: OF forces is bound 20 result.
Ayhcn this is'done There viii be launch
{. III the michticSt offensive in the his
& ahpry OF the business. This is said with
Ehc utmost confidence after a careful
ssi UIs or conditions.
The United States department a.
+ Agriculture informs us that the yearly
product OF poultry and osss in THIS
& Country is worth more than SGea, O1o.-
{ 1900. This puts the hon neck 10 nacn
Z with the wheat crop as n national food
1 asset. We poultry raiscrs represent
bnc o. the la"Gcs; and most valuable
good producing industries OF the world.
AYE are here to stay.
Ncccssit. OF Co-Oncrntion.
y. Our crisis is m economic hoid-up.
We were not prepared. Every poultry
pan "A law unto himself" We
Z awcre like atoms unrelated. We were :.
crowd instead OF army. No wonder
The shocit or abnormal conditions could
hot be sustained. We see it now. We
must get together.
h \ The product OF tho poultry industry
Is peculiar. Corn will keep indefinite.
l.. So will wheat. These are not
Acrshablc. Eggs arc extremely sen
tsitive to- their surroundings They
4 must be handled with great care Sor
they arc very breakablc The fimsies;
/. rHaw sends the egg TO the compost
heap. Two days Of temperature among
lthe Seighties should pat question
mark after the quality OF any fertile
egg. frosty temperature is equally
sblighting.
These facts put premium on the
hight kind Of methods for marketing
eggs. About s per cent or the entire
ssgs outpu, OF the United States is lost
'betwccn the hcnhousc and the con
sumner. Defective methods IN market
ing this valuable food product a:e re
ssponsihlc for this amazing waste
IL Nothing short OF cooperative meth
nds of selling can stop the leak. We
dpust get together. work together and
stay together. Denmark. Australia.
Canada and other sections of tho world
have long since beaten us to this goa!
4su; VIC are on our way. That means
ahat something unusual for The pou'-
Hrym2n Will happen on this continent,
Nc are convinced of.the necessity or
ttc .co-operativc system.
Movement Is On.
Ynu mus, have heard OF II, mean
the Community Egg Circle" You viii
ilnd i III many places Al! over the land.
J'oH'iyr' On are beginning to take 10
themselves the meaning OF tho old say
ing. in union there is strength"
Washington is sending out Informing
builctna On the subject. 30 arc all
~ shc really worth while sources oi
rSlltry Information and inspiration.
~ Il"ge nre so many. tricks about the
Il fia6r % marketing Ores. in just the
Nricnt Way that very few producers can
90 thor hes; work alone. y large
lstircic" of thcm hay" the advantage
/, ~ storaEe, larger shipments. attractive
ana uniform packages. frequent Sa les.
1rut cct.on against heat and cold, cash
s.ics II highest prices on account OF
sref Sc. - a-f.s ~ AL
reliable market throughout tn" year.
: Every lncmhtr OF the circle also has
Inc advantage OF tho advertising cam
'l,"lGn that Us conducted under the
powerful auspices OF tho orEanizatiou
fhe higher standards set by such co.
4 Operative selling are sure to lie or
s!aycc benefit 10 each member, Better
toWlS. better eggs. greater zeal FOR the
4husineSs and larger vision are certain
II come 10 every member Of such . CO.
operative combination.
81 These things are working out III
/ sagtlai practice. Like other selling
I sssc"! cations OF like nature, these COM
Is 'tiyiunity, STATE and county organizations
K for mutual benefit are rapidly lifting
i thc business OF producing and market
J afnE eggs 10 much Asafshcif level OF
! tfTicicncy. The daUg.-rS,-roIn SchemiuE
M .ddlcmcn are eliminated altogether or
Teduced 10 their lowest possible limit.
sfhe aim is co-opers t!on III the best
and fullest sense OF the word.
Il. This means that there IS close and
Y fN.arin ana condential sympathy all
i along the line between producer and
gYonsumcr. 1t results from the well
assured fact that expenses in distribu-
iion are reduced TO the minimum and
i that the most direct route possible IS
pSoilowed from the hen which laid the
sGGS 10 the man who eats il. Not least
among the advantages o! the move
Il ineat = tho confidence sprinrins up III