The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-07-17
H0vERSTAD HAS.
A COOPERATIVE
. MARKETING PLAN
State Agricultural Expert Will
Submit System to Farmers
at an Early Date.
MOVE IS N0N-POunChL
Statewide System Likely to Be In
troduced May Be Largest Under
taking Of Its Kind in the.
United States.

United States.
Fargo. n. D.-That North Dakota
farmers may soon enjoy the benefits of
the largest and most complete CO.
operative marketing system ever or
g:lnized among agricultural producers
in the United States is the belief of
many who have examined Il plan
recently made public by Professor Il.
A. @lloverstad. of this city, state agri-
cultural expert, TO whom the task of
formulating Il workable plan was
recent assigned.
Plan Is to Be Cooperative.
The task just completed by Prof.
Hoverstad was placed before him un-
der the direction Of DR.. T.. Il. Ladd.
president of the Agricultural college,
to whom the natter was entrusted BY
the state industrial commission under
the provisions of Il law enacted at the
last session of the legislature appro-
priating funds to be used for this
| purpose.
Move Is Biggest of Its Kind.
Probably V before has IL state
wide movement of this kind been
projected under circumstances which
appeared to give SU great promise of
Its success on Il large scale and from
the START. In the present instance.
the proposed system has been most
carefully worked out. but is subject to
review and approval by the farmers at
a state meeting to be called for that
purpose before it is put into operation.
In other words. it is Il plan to be pre-
stnted to producers to assist them in
forming their own cooperative mar
ke1lnS enterprises. either under the
system as offered or under any modi-
fic:'tion of. it which may best accord
with their demands.
Made Careful Study of Plans.
Prof. Hoverstad has spent consider
able time during the past year in Il di-
rect study of marketing systems used
elsewhere. particularly with Il view to
organizing this system and avoiding
any errors which others may have. 1t
Is doubtless to his credit that he has
been able to present IL suggested plan
OF organization worked out even to
many of it's minor details, so that it
is ready for adoption or modification
as the producers may direct. While
there is no assurance that the plan
Will be accepted as laid down. it is
conceded that the development of a
weli-artlculated system of organiza-
tons in advance will be most helpful
to intended users when they get to-
gether to form the various local,
county and state bodies under control
of which the work will naturally fall.
A comprehensive account of his sys-
TEN, IN his own words, is given here
with:
Task Was a Double One.
II have really been assigned two
taSks-to outline Il preliminary mar
ketlng organization and to outline a
permanent statewide association. The
hrst program c%ontemplates Il series
OF o5 conferences for the organization
OF county. agricultural organization
societies. Each of these So county
conferences is to elect Il delegate to
q state marketing convention when
the plans already outlined will be pre-
sented and experts will be consulted
and out of the wishes and opinions
OF the delegates. the experience and
knowledge of experts and the plans
already outlined the final system of
marketing for the whole state will be
evolved by the convention.
This will give the people of North
Dakota a marketing system that they
Will democratically choose and or
ganiZe themselves and will in no
sense be an attempt to impose a sys-
tenn on them by one man or the in
dustrial commission.
whatever plan is adopted by the
state marketing convention will be
referred back to the county agricul-
turai organizations for ratification. If
1t is ratified by the county organiza-
tons steps will be taken Immediately
to put it into operation. This cOnsti-
.tutes the first part of the plan as if
has been worked out.
Outline Of Main Features
AS to the actual plan l have work
ed cut and have offered to the people
of North Dakota to adopt or reject or
amend or change to suit themselves
the following are the main features:
"firSt. Local warehouse %associn-
tons. These should be composed of
those growers Of farm crops who are
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