The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-11

ing Big Egg Misunderstanding Straw
berries for Biz Customers.
CONCORD, y. H, June 11.-"The
New Hampshire Cooperative Market
ing association has definitely demon
strated that the public and merchants
are willing to buy all we have to sell,
and they have already inquired for more
agricultural products of all kinds than
we have had to Offer" stated James c.
Farmer, general manager of the associ-
alton, to a Union and Leader CORE
spondcnt Hundreds of bushels of pO-
tatocs, which have been a drug on the
market, have been disposed of at
much higher price than the farmers
could get themselves, he added. The
salesrooms of the associations are in
Railroad square, in close proximity to
the railroad station. Potatoes are ar
irving in carload lots and are being
brought in by truck from the nearby
sections.
Raw wool has been secured in the
different wool growing sections OF the
state and arrangements have been made
for the manufacture of 1000 blankets.
These blankets are being made of the
six pounds. white with blue or pink
border, and have a three-inch binding.
The finished blanket is being offered TOR
SI1 per pair and sales are already be
ing made, in some cases in lots OF lOO.
Rush of Orders.
Orders have been received from eight
or 10 different states, including Ahchl-
gan. Ohio, Nebraska, Montana, Florida,
Arkansas New York, Indiana and the
District of Columbia.
Wool SuitIngS are also being maze as
fast as orders come in, and some OF the
exchanges have already agreed to take
from one to two thousand yards. The
samples are varied in color. beautiful
and fine in texture. The SUitingS are to
he distributed to county farm agents,
farm bureaus and Oranges. 1t Is eN,
pected that over 10000 pounds of wool
will be pooled and handled by the mar
keting association this year.
Seven egg circles have been started
in the state and three more are urder
way "circe" is composed of eight
or 10 farmers who get together and sign
ND to market their eggs through the as
sociatiOn. assorted eggs being from TWO
to four cents above the market price A
brand new name for such eggs has been
selected and is now being copyrighted
The eggs and potatoes are selling aS|
fast as they can be obtained One hun
drcd bushels of potatoes arrived TINS
morning from I1tuilihtI anu an w
sold and delivered in Concord before
Several carloads of hay have been
sold in Manchester and Nashua as well.
Manager Farmer states that the as
ISOLATION is in a position to handle
quantities of strawberries, one customer
stating his willingness to take 10 crates
a day and it is only question OF getting
n supply large enough to take care OF
the demand.
4 farmer in Troy is going to send 80
crates a day to the association He
used to send his berries to Boston, but
he is pleased with the way the Cooper
ative Marketing association handled his
maple sugar, so he is going to send them
his berries.
Corn Sales Arranged.
4 group of farmers in Sullivan county
have agreed to raise at least ID acres Of
sweet corn and two stores have agreed
to take it all. one of them in Concord
and the other in Manchester.
The association Is receiving from %
to 40 cents per dozen for eggs and 60
cents per bushel for potatoes from re-
tailerS in wholesale lots. y charge of five
per cent is received from the sale of eggs
and the association charges 10 per cent
for its services for selling less than car
load lots and per cent in carload lots:
One instance of the varied activity OF
the association is exemplified by its eX-
perience with day-old chicks. \ Dover
farmer called up and informed the man
ager that he had over a thousand that
he could not dispose of. Within an hour
a market was found for all he had and
for many more.
The association is planning to have
certain communities organize in market
ing groups, based upon their geographical
location rather than county or city lines.
This plan has been worked out to great
advantage by the farmers around Haver
hill and ColebrOOk in raising potatoes.
They have banded together, bought grad
ers. shin their potatoes. in car lots and
have established a trade name. Their
product is in good demand by the farm
ers of Long Island and New Jersey,
where they cannot raise seed potatoes.
1t has been found that potatoes properly
graded will bring from - to 30 per cent
more than potatoes not graded.
R0NDVILLE.