The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-06-05
su,sJSS N UO-OPERATIoN
DEPENDS On ITTIGIINGA

NMf |N'AfE " any CO.. nfNNMilNN
marketing enterprise will depend on
the efficiency with which IL t. able
to render the marketing services, aud
not on monopoly control, as Is some
times supposed, The consumer Is
sometimes made To believe that when
the farmer becomes thoroughly or
Ennlxcd he VIII be able 10 set "a price
on his products so high as to make
living cost a burden "a the consumer:
and. on she other hand, the farmer
Is led % believe that he will be able
10 set the price 10 high as 90 make his
farming operations unduly profitable.
This Il placing FALSE fears In the minds
Of consumers and false hopes la the
minds OF producers.
Past experience has shown that
success in corporation depends al
mort entirely ON the efficiency with
which u renders certain services that
are necessary In the marketing pro-
cess. IS properly preparing their
product FOR market BY grading and
Standardization. and eliminating mid
dlamgn and WaHtcfui methods OF mar
kctinE. aud la some cases sharp praC-
tees, n because Of the greater ell
ficicncy of collective action, the farm
~ Ia able TO decrease the coft % mar
keting and reap an additional profit
because OF this fact.
In some cases unfair advantage may
be taken OF a temporary monopoly
control but no true friend OF co-opcra-
ton Justifies this and such practices
will no doubt be short lived aud In
the end against those who take
advantage Of them. The only sound
basis on which 10 build corporation
IL on "a basis Of efficiency and In the
long run the conHumcr as well ns the
producer will be benefited thereby.
Preparing the seed bed for growing
a crop Of ripe onions from sets should
De done the same az when the crOI
IL grown by the tranEplantcd or seed
method Sets are placed by hand
right side up, three or four inches
apart Ia the row, and twelve inches
between tho rows. The tillage. irri'
CATION and general care Of the croI
are the same as whcn the onions art
produced by the other two methods
Onions belong 10 tho cold season
crops and make their greatest growtl
during the cooler parts of the season
They also require constant surface
moisturU. consequently In the lowe
and warmer valleys particularly. ire
qucnt ana light %irrigatious are bette
than heavy irrigatiOna given at loni
] Intervals. A the New Mexico cAprri
mout station. best results have beef
obtained when the irrigations hav0
hCcn given every twelve 10 nfteci
days during the growing season, %
up 10 the time the tops begin 10 ripcn
Reta are grown hy sowinE tho scot
la the spring or early summer, Set
from onc-hnlf TO thrco-fourths incl
in diameter are better for planting
as they DO not form many seed stalk.
~ largo. oNcrTroWn sets are used
many ~ them produce seed. IN arm
Z iuE seed for raising onion sets, M
rows may De- twelve Inches apart Tn
, seed is planted very thick. Man.
growers use from 80 to 90 pounds "a
seed 20 the acre. The onion sets ar
harvested as soon as tho ncrks hoEil
. 20 lose their mtp although % top
may be somewhat green aud erect.
Not "a single hank In New MoXic
. has refused q lend money 20 boys an
girls In Junior Fitrm Bureau wurl
/, 10 carry on their club projects.
Most farmers are not expecting
: profitable season. They have com
2 to the conclusion that prices will re
main low on farm products ana the
fare therefore reducing their eNpendI
tures and iowering The cost Of produs
ton.
We should not caii them pcssimis
rltlc They are simply facing cond|
2 fious a. they exist Today.
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