St. Tammany farmer., 1921-12-31

audiences the almost utter neglect
of the marketing facilities which are
available in this parish through our
railway service. He contrasted OI1
lack Of development with the i'm
! provements about Tylertown, Miss,
| from which 500 carloads of veg
! etables have been shipped this last
! season over the n O. G. n. and en-
| phasized the point that the differ
ence is mainly one Of organization
rand lack Of organization. The fact
rof the matter is that the Folsom
branch, said he, does not now pay
the cost of operation, not even the
fuel bill, to say nothing Of wages
and upkeep of road If there is not
an Immediate change. the company
will have to scrap that road. If the
merchants and farmers of the parish
regard this railway Of any value to
them, they must cooperate to in
crease farm production and ship
ments, or else they will soon wake
up to the fact that the railway will
have to quit. t.sls .-- 49,.
Mr.. Bachemin showed how the
|
age for selling together. He said it
is not profitable for them to ATTEMPT
shipping in less than carload lots,
because freight rates are much less
on carload shipments and sales can
be more advantae'eously made By
planting crops at the same time IN
each community. using the same fer
tiliZers, planting the same crops and
same variety Of vegetables, it is easy
to estimate in advance approximate
ly what quantity will be for sale and
just when. Well in advance OF
shipping time, the community Of
farmers should advise themselves
through their organization where.
their produce will be marketable.
They can have exact information
concerning the markets as to market
demands and prices paid at slight
cost by communicating with the Bll-
reau of markets and obtaining its
service "a few days before shipping
time. If possible they should ship
f. o. b. and not by consignment, but
to do this they must very carefully
grade and standardize their products
and be able to ship in carload i'm
mediately on receipt of telegra phic
dispatch. This means cooperation
by binding contartc between the
members of the organization SO that
they may be absolutely sure what
they can depend upon from each
other. But such cooperation will
pay. Instead Of knifng each other
by peddlifg methods. each by CO.
operation will be assured Of a price
which will not only cover cost Of
but fair profit besides
Mr. Briggs was introduced as the
drainage man with whom readers Of
The Farmer are acquainted through |
his weekly articles. He said he
wished to speak of matters in line
with the purpose Of these meetings
as he was glad to hear that most o. |
those present were reading what he |
has to say every week concerning |
farm development in this parish. |
Dur: problem here is how TO turn a |
liability into an asset ITnproduc- |
i've lands are a liability, and taxes
ire chargeab1e interest in less than
en- years time eats un the principal |
Investment the owner has in cut
over lands. Farming development
S the way to make a most valuable |
'sset out Of this growing liability. |
1t the present time the one first
ate thing to be seen which we have /
'uilt in the midst of this wilderness
# charred stnmps are our school I
louses. These constitute one of orr
est opportunities to make for future