Imperial Valley press., 1921-12-14
PRODUCERS OF
MARKET Hay
Of 7 E." BUST"
CONTINUED from Page II


Of il and naturally they want t. run
rs little risk as possible in doing so.
The dealer knows ,ha, If he stocks up,
beyond his current requirements, in
The early part Of the principal mar
keting season ana his competitors af-
tefwards buy for less, he viii los,
money. The dealers therefore hold
Ell, auylng a snarirgly as possible
curing the time Of tbs heaviest selling
pressure; this brings prices down.
and they then continue kcepina of
buying utnil they consider that price.
have gone down to where they cannot
80 any lower. This means that prices
als forced below the legitimate value
y t2e hay, usual. below the cost Of
production; this happens every year
regardless of underlying crop coud:-
tons After the larger part OF the
production has thus been sold below
Is legitimate value. and has gone out
ii the hands Of the grower. prices
usually not alone 90 up, but are apt
% go to the Other extreme.
AS long as these marketing condi-
lions are not changed, the production
u marketing hay is bound 10 remain
4 losing business, even more so in th,
tatule than in the past. because it has
no talone ceased to be the poor
mans farming" but has become a
business requiring even more capital
,han ordinary farming. At present
prices Of land, water. labor, taxes and
everything else connected with II,
business, q high production per acr,
a minimum cost is absolutely nee
assary. This result can only be ob.
AIMED by the spending of a great deal
Aoie in MONEY and work han for
merly, on the preparation of the
and; whore in the old days Of cheap
land and Of eontouc:ne or rough level
ing and checking. the land could be
prepared and planted to alfalfa for
scout fifteen to twenty-five dollars
5er acre, prop,r preparation now
tosts in most cases from SO an acrc
up, in some cases as high as $3.50, and
n addition it requires of course con
.leraoe ma~e work.aq capital than
formerly.
BIT all this increased expense and
effott does rot do the ave!ace grow
9 any Good as long as the old sys-
,em Of marketing continues. The So
luton can only be found in firmly cs-
iablishing market system which
@;Te> the grower far show. This
9f course means coo0erativc market
inc and the result will be- fayorahe
n degree according to the strength
II the association.
To bo,h old and new growers asking
toF cur advice. We can therefore only
sly that It altogether depends on the
saturc strength Of the association if
a strong association is assured we
10 not hesitate to recommend to the
0a growers to continue and we al-o
encourage the putting in Of new acr,-
age on a conservative scale provided
IF cou>e that in the Individual case
conditions are right as regards cost
of production, location for shipping
" local market, etc. Without sucb
9 strong association, the average
grower is bound to come to grief;
what he makes in one year he VIII
lose in another, and more too.
Whether the association will h,
strong enough in future we do not
know, as this depends on what ca,a
individual grower decides to do and
what the result is in the ageregat.. :.
II is up to each individual grower to
d. his part in the struggle for his ex-
is.sacr as an alfalfa grower; he can
1a- expect his neiehbor or anybody
else 10 Do it for him; the association
- nothing but an aggregation of
rl"Wcr-, formed, owned and operated
9y them jointly. III other words, the
@HoTcls are the association and its
arcr-s depends on the number Of its
members, who thus form partner
lio, and on the loyalty and active
ass stance Of each and off al these
partners.
As regard the probable changes in
the marketing acreage next year, it
+ 700 carly to make definite est
nate; generally speaking the indica-
tons aro that larger acreage than
ASIA. viii to plowcd up on account of
taiug Iun down or, in the fruit grow
ing sections, in order to be developed
into orchards or vineyards. As re-
gans new paintings, there is 50 faI
lass activity than uuaI at this time
of the year.
There we've 90 tons Of grain and ~
+aifa r,,. reruivnd an tho nc AnUo