The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-06-24
Peck. Talk To Farmers'

In community cooperative effort i
strong marketing comm ttse is
necessary 10 look after tie sale Of PRO.
ducts Of the community and in The
purchase If supplies in quantity. IT,
stead Of opening a new cooperative
store, if there is successful honest
merchant 10 businesslin the community,
it will be found more practical and pro-
iitable 10 arrange with him to act AZ
your representative. You can agree on
the percentage Of the volume Of business
be il to have for bic services. He can
afford to serve you for the same or less
than sou could without long experience
in business. You could show him the
voIome Of quality prOdnct you woaId
have to be marketed, and also what
you would require in The way Of sup
plies. Naturally he would realize that
bic income would be more secure than
it would b. In entering on scramble
to bold bis customers.
Community cooperation will sue.
coed only When the citizenship Of that
community appreciate the fact that
their greatest success and prosperity
are dependent on NE prosperity Of the
community as whole.
have 20 patience wilh the view ex-
pressed BY some that Increased prices
can be secured by reducing acreage in
cultivation. Keep every acre busy: d.
versify your crops ;.produce on the farm,
80 nearly as Won can, everything you
consume. BY 6iversification you can
solve the problem Of over-production Of
some crops and under-production of
othere. II has been repeatedly stated
that we consume in Tennessee three
bushels Of Irish potatoes for every one
we produce; that we have shipped into
the State far more fruit than we mar
ket Of the homegrown product while
it 10 well-established fact that we have
soil and climate conditions unsurpassed
for the production Of these necessaries
TX lie.
/ Farmers In community should get
together and determine what crops and
what breeds Of live stock are best
suited to their particular localities,
producing as nearly as possible enough
for home consumption of everything re-
quired on the farm; then agree on the
kind of crops and live stock they will
produce for market, 50 they may have
quantity and quality product.
We have wide range OF soil types
and elevation that we can successfully
produce In Tennessee anything that can
be produced in any Of the southern
States. except Florida and we lean sl-
80 successfully produce many things
grown in the Northern States.
Profitable markets cannot be develop
ed in q day. Buyers have their estab-
lished sources Of supply. We have
been dumping our products on the mar.
ket without regard to condition.
Dealers have been buying it ct tier
own prices and have added to the cost
to the consumer in the majority of
cases far more than the price paid to
the producer for grading it and prepar-
ing it for the retail msrket-a service
that should have been attended to By
the producer. through co operative eff
fort. with very little increased cost.
thereby increasing bis profits at least
50 percent.
Community co operative effort in
producing quantity, quality and variety
product, with practical business methods
Of marketing the product will solvs the
financial problem for the farmer and
In reasonable times Will We cooper
ate OF will We drift.