Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-04-25
SHEEP GROWERS
TO JOIN IN POOL
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small lots IN the hands OF Individual
farmers. Inc latter plan meant a
large overhead expense III the vista
ton OF wool buyers TO remote farms
and the accumulation of the wool Tor
Shipment
Mr.. Porter frankly told the sheep
men that they would meet with OBJ
stacles and tnat while at the outset
they would not probably get the sup
port OF more than Az per cent of the
growers, but he believed that they
would repeat the experience of Essex
County, which after three years, has
practically all of the 800 sheep men OF
that section acting together.
He said that this year the Essex
County men were selling their wool
on a consignment plan, that is ship
ping the graded wool to the commis-
sion houses, with an advance of %
cents a pound made on the. deal and
with the proposition that the wool re-
NAMED the property OF the farmers
until it was sold at something better
than 80 cents. All indications were,
he said, that the medium woods would
sell for 60 cents or better They had
netted seventy-one and a half cents
last year, which Shoreham breeders
were almost astounded at in compari-
son with the prices they had received
through individual selling
After a general discussion it was
proposed that the same bylaws that
were used in Essex County be tenn
porarily adopted for The Addison
County Sheep Growers Association,
and that organization be effected. P.
W. Waite of Shoreham, who has
small but fine flock of thoroughbreds,
was elected temporary chairman and
was later succeeded (inasmuch as he
felt he did not have time to serve by
the election of Stowell R. Witherell OF
Shoreham as the permanent president
CT the organization. Frank E. Foote of
Cornwall was elected vice-president,
RAYMOND Osborn, who is managing the
fine flock of $50 thoroughbred Merinos
of the Bissen estate, was elected secre-
tary and treasurer.
The board of directors was made up
of the officers and the following two
additional names Robert Hall of Or
we'll and Fred Rawson of Whiting. A
large number of those present immed
lately became members of the new as
ISOLATION and some who spoke for
the men who were not present declared
that there would be a large number of
others who would join in the pooling
plan 1t was suggested that the CO.
operative marketing might be extend
ed also to include the sale of lamb.
Among those present were ]. A..
Dukett of Bridport, 81 grade Leices-
tiers; Leonard J. Cook of Shoreham, %
grade Shropshires and Hampshires;
Ernest S. Webster of Whiting, l0I
grade Shropshires; L. A Webster OF
Whiting, 20 Rambouilets; Fred C..
Rawson of Whiting, 80 Shropshires;
Robert Wooster of Whiting, % grade
Shropshires; c. O. Church of Whiting,
10 grade Shropshires; Arthur Delano of
Shoreham, large flock thoroughbred
Shropshires; Jonas BirChard of Shore
ham, 20 grade Shropshires; Julius Bak-
er of Shoreham 80 grade Shropshires;
P. W. Waite, of Shoreham, II thorough
bred Shropshires; Raymond Osborn OF
Shoreham, $50 Merinos; Henry Belden
and c. R. Witherell of Shoreham, fig
ures not available; Easton Brothers OF
Shoreham, So grade Shropshires; H. H
Burge of Shoreham, 40 grade Shrop-
shires c. N. North of Shoreham; G..
D. Barber of Bridport, 100 grade Lei
cesters; Howard Stone of Bridport, 30
grade Leicesters; w G. Larabee of
Shoreham, 80 grade Shropshires H. NJ
Delano of East Shoreham % grade
Shropshres; J. w Baker of East
Shoreham, 80 grade Shropshires; ]. E.
Moore of Shoreham. 100 grade Shrop-
shires and DR.. Mary NJ Platt OF
Shoreham, 40 grade Shropshires.
lust before the meeting concluded
c. O. Church of Whiting moved the
meetings. thanks to Mr. Porter and
to the Farm Bureau and County Ag-
ent. and he himself offered to further
the idea of the pool by the free use OF
large storage facilities which he had
in Whiting