The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-31

A uecaQe ana hair ago we were scared by the rearing of tile heads or the mighty commercial trusts. We had forgotten the terror that seized the public mind when the corporation took possession of the industrial world 8 generation before. A corporation means cooperation among individual business men for greater commercial efficiency. A trust Is cooperation among corporations for greater com mercial efficiency. It Is the same prin- ciple clear through. Who will risk the assertion that the mammoth incor- porated business concerns, rightly reg ulated, have not been blessing to the public and of great financial ad- vantage to the individual business men in the organization?
 Cooperative methods for disposimg Of the output of our countless Amer ican poultry yards are along exactly the same lines. We are simply begin ming to do the thing that practical ly every other business is doing. The farmer has seen the light at last. There are literally thousands of pur- chasing as well as marketing organt- zations in the United States to bring to the farmer the benefits of this great modern movement.
 The truth is poultry culture Is just now coming to a consciousness of It. self We have discovered that we are. The world war shake-up has jarred us into conviction of the fact that we are colossal, but wholly un- organized. mass. We see the picture now. little time, little inspira- ton, good deal of education, and we VIII pull ourselves together. We'll be an organized army instead of the bab- bling multitude that we are today.
 WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT
 Some one must take the initiative Get the Circle" the Association" the cooperative organization of whatever Kind or name, started in your commun- ity or your county. There are 40 poul- try associations for the marketing of eggs in the state of New Jersey alone In the middle west an international poultry federation is being organized under the management Of 10 or a dozen of the fore- most men in the country. California saved her life few years ago by or ganizing for the marketing of her man. moth fruit crops. Now she has taken up cooperative organizations for the selling of her large poultry product. It is up to every state and county and community to get busy for greater sell ing efficiency.
 Send a postal card request to the de- partment of agriculture, Washington, D. C.. for Farmers Bulletin 656'' This gives sample constitution and bylaws for the local circle and forms for egg receipts, together with brief instructions as to the organization.
 Organization will be much easier in some localities than in others Where the rural population is dense and poultry culture is extensively followed 1t should be an easy matter to form an efficient society. The utmost care should be talk en in the selection of the selling agent. He should be man of experience, bus mess ability, and above all things of unQuestioned honesty. He Is to be the one middle man between the producer and the consumer He must assume most of the responsibility for the re- ceiving station at some central point in the district. He must also attend to the vital matter of making the sales throughout the year at the best possible price, and in the best markets that can be reached. It will be for him so to rep resent the cooperative enterprise that every member shall be able to realize well on every egg of whatever color or size. The Circle" as he handles it's prod- uct, should quickly make for itself a rep utation that will command the trade that is hardest to- please best able to pay the top prices, and that insists on constant and unvarying quality the whole year through. This can be done by right men and methods.
 Artificial incubation means artificial prooding and now is the time to plan for this equipment. Don. wait until your chicks are matched. Learn about your equipment in advance. Next weeks article will bc a discussion on the different kinds of breeding appar- atls.