Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-11-23
PINTO BEANS ARE
CLEANED BEFORE
GOING TO MARKET
New Mexico Organization Is
Doing Much to Create a
Demand in the East for One
of States Standard Crops

That the activities of the New Mex
leo Bean Growers association are be-
ginning to bear fruit IS Evidenced at
the headquarters of the organization
on the ground floor of the Chamber
of Commerce building, where w. A.
Field, secretary treasurer of the or
ganization, has on exhibition samples
of pinto beans grown IN the state this
year II will he recalled that when
the government last year attempted
to market New Mexico ninto beans
they met with a rather cool reception
in the east for the reason that the
beans contained pebbles, dirt and
other foreign substances not intended
for human consumption. This open
ed the eyes of the producers in this
state to the fact that they must have
some kind of an organization to look
after the cleaning and grading of
beans so it would be possible to place
them upon the market in as good
condition as beans grown in other
states. The outcome was the organ
iZation of the New Mexico Bean
Growers association.
Beans Properly Cleaned.
Samples of beans in the possession
of Mr.. Field show them to be remark
ably free of all foreign matter, while
the split beans do not average up
more than / per cent per pound,
which is considered a low average
The New Mexico Bean Growers as
ISOLATION now has about thirty locals,
scattered throughout the bean pro-
ducing sections of the state Each
local has a president vice president,
secretary treasurer and five directors.
The state association has the same
number of officers, except that there
are seven directors. The object of
the organization is not merely for the
purpose of seeing that the beans are
cleaned and graded before being put
on the market, but aids members in
dsposing Of their beans and in many
other ways is of assistance to pro-
ducers is one of the states leading
crops.
Thorough Check Possible.
The ASSOCIATION has devised
scheme b. which unsatisfactory
beans can be traced back to the pro-
Queer. Each member of the state
association is assigned a number and
whenever carload of beans is ship
ped each mans number is stamped
on the sacks For instance. car of
beans contains approximately 600
sacks. Six farmers might ship 100
sacks each. Each shippers number
would be stamped upon the sacks
containing his beans. If for any rea-
son the beans in any particular sack
were found unsatisfactory even after
they reached the hands of the retail
ers a report rendered to the asso-
ciatfon giving the sack number con-
tanning the beans. would enable the
officials ut this end of the line to tell
exactly from whose farm the beans
came and enable them to take steps
to apply the necessary corrective
measures to prevent a repetition of
the case.
The government has recently con
tracted for 20,000,000 pounds of pinto
beans, but the New Mexico growers
sold only one carload Uncle Sam Of
fered cents per pound (. 0. b. ship
ping points, which would net the
growers in the neighborhood of 6
cents. The farmers in this state,
however, believe they can get cents
net later in the season and refuse to
sell at present prices.
Furthermore, the producers here
are not anxious to sell to the gov
eminent for the reason that such
This is an added expense which the
producers must bear.
The first carload of sacks contain
ing the new emblem adopted by the
bean growers several weeks ago
reached here yesterday. There were
$4,000 sacks in the shipment,