The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-25
FARMERS FALLING INTO LINE.

FARMERS FALLING INTO LINE.
Following the lead of California
fruit growers and Kansas wheat
growers the cotton growers of Okla
homa are organizing a state body
known as the Oklahoma Cotton
Growers association, to be composed
exclusively of the cotton farmers of
that state. The management of the
association will be in the hands of a
board of directors of IL members, 10
to be elected and the eleventh mem
Der an appointee of the president of
the Oklahoma State Board of Agri-
culture. The association has the en-
dorsement and support of the Okla
homa Agricultural and Mechanical
college thru it's extension service, the
Oklahoma State Board of Agriculture,
the Oklahoma Farmers Union, the
Oklahoma State Grange and the Okla
homa Bankers association. It is also
said to be endorsed by the United
States Department of Agriculture.
The cotton association has only one
purpose-to sell the cotton of its
members comparatively in even run
ming pools, by grade, class and staple,
as directly as possible to the spinners.
This will eliminate several speculative
profits. and therefore will get for the
grower, in addition to the price he has
been paid by the local buyer, the
money that heretofore has gone to
others in speculative profits and sew
eral unnecessary handling costs.
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the cotton of its members. The Okla
homa Plan is based on the same
principles which have brought pros
perity to the farmers of California.
The permanent organization of the as
ISOLATION will be effected and definite
preparations made for selling the 1921
Oklahoma crop on cooperative
plan as soon as the necessary 500. ooO
bales of the 1919 crop basis have been
signed up for marketing thru the as
ISOLATION.
The association had more than
100000 bales signed up on March 1,
and will in all probability begin bust
ness this year, handling between AGO.
600 and 100000 bales. Out of the So
being pushed In "A, and seven out of
ten farmers approached are declared
to be signing the contract.
Following the success of the state of
Oklahoma in inaugurating this plan
of cooperative marketing for cotton,
the hackers of the association believe
the idea will spread rapidly to other
states. with Texas probably in the lead
and Mississippi and North Carolina
following in order.
The contract signed by the cotton
farmers is a formidable document.
the essential features of which are as
follows:
The grower agrees to help carry out
the aims of the association, which are
cooperative marketing, elimination of
speculation and waste and the stab!li-
zation of the cotton market in the in
terest Of growers and public alike.
The association agrees to buy and
the grower agrees to sell all of the
cotton produced by the grower dur
ing 1921-1922
The grower agrees that the crop has
not been contracted to anybody else.
The grower agrees to deliver all of
his cotton as early as possible, and to
abide by the rules of the association
in regard to grading, pooling, selling,
etc.
The association agrees to pool all
cotton of similar grade and staple and
to sell each grade separately.
The association agrees to sell all
cotton delivered to it, and to pay the
grower the average price received for
the grade he produced, minus the cost
of operating the association.
The association agrees to pay a
substantial advance to the grower at
the time the crop is delivered and to
distribute the proceeds as rapidly as
possible turnout the year, final pay
ment to be made to the grower when
each annual pool Is closed
The association is allowed to sell
the cotton when and where it deems
fit, under such conditions as will best
serve the grower and the public.
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