The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-12-03


that the man would not buy the hogs
outright, but that everyone who
brought hogs to be slaughtered and
cured would be given receipt for his
hog or hogs, and when the product
was finally disposed Of, ne would re-
ceive check for his hog less the ex-
pense of slaughtering, curing and
marketing.
If such cooperative plan we're a.
dopted, and proper advertising cam
paign put on In the larger nearby cit
les, advertising real country sausage
during the winter months, and real
country cured hams and bacon and
honest to goodness pure country lard,
we believe that 1t would be but very
short time until market would be
opened up for the entire hog produc
tion Of this county, but instead Of
marketing the hog In live state and
at loss TO the producer, we would
be marketing our hogs as cured meats
and at good profit. And what an
advertisement such scheme would
be for Mellette county!
Such plan should offer to make
meat shipments 10 the individual con-
sumers via parcel post We would
eliminate every vistage OF the middle
man. We have great faith in the
workability OF such plan. Right
now, if such plan were in operation,
our hog producers instead of accept
ing or 6 cents pound for their
hogs would be getting as much for
their product as they did any time
during the war, and the consumer
would be getting his meat much chea p
er.
We are now passing through peri
I'd Of reconstruction. and before we
have passed entirely through this per
lod there will be many changes take
place, people generally are going TO
earn more and more how to eliminate
| waste and extravaganza. For everal
years now this country has been drunk
with prosperity, we have become a
| nation Of spenders, MASTERS and ex-
travagances. But after every orgy Of
this sort there Is bound to come re-
action, money that once was 30 plenti
ful, becomes scarce and hard to get
Jobs that once went begging are once
more sought. In many homes where
vas plenty there Is bound to be want
Such periods as we are now passing
through, however, bring people to
their senses, and In reality are bless
ing.
We have some other ideas on CO.
perative marketing for the Mellette
county farmer that we may speak of
later through these columns later.
The marketing problem Is one Of the
great problems now confronting the
American producer OF food stuffs. and
cooperative marketing from the farm
direct to the consumer, eliminating
the middleman and the protiteer, to
our mind will not only solve the mark
citing problem, but 1t will puta quiet
us on the protiteer who lives by the
sweat Of anOthers toll, and 1t will also
IN the end, prove to be long stride
in the direction Of once more bring
ing the flow Of population from the
great cities back to the farm. 1t will
make the pred Icer more content with
his lot, as he will Oe receiving the full
benefit Of his efforts.
We would b1 glad to publish any
article from our readers touching on
any plan that would help the market
ing conditions Of the Mellette county
farmer, and perhaps, with the proper
agitation, plan can be agreed upon
and worked out that will prove Of last
Ing benefit to our people.
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