Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1921-05-18
PLAN ADOPTED BY
MARKET COMMITTEE

for a Marketing Association. The
committee decided that single COM
munity or County organization would
| get nowhere. 1t would do no good
for Mason Valley growers to combine
and fix hay price. If the price was
higher than that existing in other
valleys in Western Nevada they could
not maintain it, but would be forced
to reduce it to the common price level
i'll order to sell. Accordingly plans
were adopted along the lines of form
ing a Western Nevada Cooperative
Marketing organization. The COM
mittec believes unless we can organize
strongly enough to start with mem
bership and income sufficient to fl
nance strong organization there is no
use attempting to do anything.
The success of such an organiza-
ton depends on large membership
and sufficient funds to make it sue
cess. On such a plan the operating
cost of the central organization would
be twenty to twenty-five thousand per
year. Therefore the plan is not to
attempt anything unless a large
enough membership is secured to war
rant it. The organization would be ac
complshcd through the community
centers OF the Farm Bureau The plan
will first be brought up there and as
many signatures obtained as possible.
at each meeting. Then each commu-
nifty center will appoint committee
to canvass their district.
Lyon County's quota would be at
least $50 members If we go over
the top in a membership drive i'll this
County the same can be done in the
other Counties. The preliminary
agreement farmers will be asked to
sign, calls for at least $50 signatures
before any attempt is made at organi-
cation, signatures to be secured il
Lyon. Churchill, Washoe, Pershinl
Humboldt and Douglas counties.
The intent will be to go over the
top in each county and if possible i'll
stead of $50, secure 1000 members
After the desired number of sigma.
lures is secured meeting Of five
delegates from each cooperating
County will be held at Reno, at
a time and place designated by the
President of the State Farm Bureau
at which meeting the permanent or
ganization will take place. At thi:
meeting constitution and by laws will
be adopted, the association incorpor-
atcd. annual dues. prescribed within
limits OF the original preliminary
agreement.
The proposed agreement is given be
low:
STATE OF NEVADA,
COUNTY OF LYON
Preliminary Membership Roll Pro
posed Farmers Cooperative Market
ing Assertion.
The Undersigned Nevada Farmers
Hereby subscribe our respective
names as favoring the organization OF
a cooperative marketing association
for the better marketing OF our farm
products;
We hereby certify our Willingness.
purpose and intent to join the same
and to pay our equitable shares OF the
operating cost thereof when such as
ISOLATION is duly organized, as fol-
lows:
(a) When not less than seven
hundred and fifty farmers in Western
Nevada have signed like Preliminary
Membership Roll, meeting OF five
delegates from each cooperating
county shall be held at Reno. at 4"
time and place to bc d'sigaatcl by
the President Of the Sta 9 Farm l'1-
reau, at which meeting the permanent
organization OF such association shall
be perfected;
90 That the amount OF the mem
bcrship dues or other costs Tor the
support of such association the first
year, for which we individually shall
be liable, and as prescribed by such
association shall be within the limits
of $1,000 minimum and not exceed
ing a maximum OF one per cent OF the
value of our marketable farm pro-
ducts, to be apportioned so far as prac
ticable on some basis of relative bene-
fits;
We hereby agree. when such organi-
cation is perfected as aforesaid. that
this Preliminary Membership Roll
shall become Charter Membership
Roll of such association, and
\Ma Lereh1, further agree within ten