The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-11-16
MINNEAPOLIS CASH GRAIN.
MARKETING OF PRODUCE
DISCUSSED By FARMERS
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the product showing, test, barely
within the limit prescribed by ordin-
ance and that the farmers selling
this milk was being Disseminated
against.
County Agent Dvoracek, also pre-
sent, presented data to the effect that
each percent Of increase in butter-
fat content should demand cent in
crease in the, price secured on the
ground that the food value Of the
milk had been raised-tha much. Va
rious club members described their
difficulties In locating a = profitable
milk market in 'Bemidji and left the
impression that their attempts at the
dairy business have proved most dis
couraging:: 1t was further brought
out that milk Of very inferior quail
ity is reaching Bemidji from some
source, that some of the milk coming
In is from cows not tested from tuber-
culosis, that there is no general at
tempt to standardize the produce be-
fore it. lis put on the local market
and that efforts to raise the standard
of milk furnished are not properly re-
warded in higher prices. = ~ 60
Finally, as all discussion Of mar
keting problems in good Farmers
clubs should, the question of handl-
ing the Whole matter in a practical
manner came up for action. 4
Certain facts had been brought to
light; that the farmer is entitled to
profitable market, that the farmer
is capable OF creating this unaided
thru careful feeding and cooperative
buying and selling, that the CONSUME
err Is entitled to q clean and health
full supply OF milk ana should expect
to pay for what he gets on a basis
of food value and not bulk alone, and
that the farmer has every agency for
successes at hand even to creating of
sentiments'in his own behalf among
consumers thru the press and other
advertising mediums. - 80
There are members of Farmers
clubs who expect to make a profit
selling milk, who buy their supply
of bran, shorts, hay and other. feeds
a sack orea ton at a time in the re-
tail market. These men expect to
receive aprice giving them a profit
on such unbusiness like methods
Their club should. secure, as many
clubs and associations do. the neces-
sary feeds In carload lots. There are
other men who do not pretend to feed
balanced or even sufficient Erations
and yet expect to have a price profit
able in the face of such methods.
Many do not attempt to test the milk
or keep record of each cows pro-
duction and so never know whether
they are boarding the cow or making
a real profit out of feeding her. Now,
he fact is, thattno sort of merchant,
1ealer or consumer, can, with justice,
be asked to provide a market agree
nble to farmers unwilling to cure for
heir ownrhard earned property in a
more careful and busineslike. man
ner than those described above. It
Is trueethat the individual farmer is
often in circumstances that prevent
he buying of feeds at reasonable
prices but there is always the oppor-
tunity for q, club, and certainly no
Farmers club can really, serve it's
community without-e offering tSs
services Ia buying agency. The
Finnish farmers of Upper Michigan
care for these problems thru cooper
alive societies and stores, even to the
point Of furnishing certain credits
and it. is not more possible for these
thrifty people to cooperate aud so
more probably run their business of
farming than it is for the intelligent
and progressive farmer OF Beltrami
county. re --..tcz44sgg u
! 1t is a good thing to have on hand
a man trained in these and It's re-
manned for County Agent Dvoracek
to bring matters to heal Mr..
Dvoracek proposed that 4 Milk Pro-
ducers association be formed among
milk producers around Bemidji,
that this association stan aar,lise0 the
product of the herds, looS after tn.
hGrculin tests. provide accurate cCs:
tables, standardize feeding methods
as scientifically as. possible. /SuaraD :
Tee to the consumer MIX at certain
grades and butterfat content ana 4
clean and wholesome product and es-
tablish and maintain prices to recall
err and consumer based upon the cost
Of careful production AMI n legiti-
mate. profit to the produces. Further,
Mr.. Dvoracek suggested tina. a cam
paign of education be carried on
among consumers revealing, the high
food value of milk. its Importance to
the growing child and its true value
in the every day diet.
The members of the Bemfdji Farm
ers' club indicated their progressive
spirit by at once appointing Alfred