The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-04-20
COMBINATION IS,
FARMERS HOPE
CALIFORNIA HAS POINTED THE
WAY TO SUCCESS, ALL MUST
PULL TOGETHER.

DR.. H. w. Collingvood of New
Jersey is trying to interest the East
ern farmers in a cooperative move
ment for the sale of their products.
He says:
"The man with a great area Of
land, producing g. large amount Of
goods, has the capital ard the stock
and is able to put it out and to sell
it the year round. Many New Jersey
farmers tell US they keep from 200
to 400 hens, and have a good supply
of eggs which they will guarantee,
and they are told that the big hotels
in the city will sometimes pay 10 to
Is cents above the market price for
absolutely fresh eggs, and they want
that trade. -.
II have asked hotel men if they
would take eggs from such a farmer,
and this is the reply: No, SIR That,
man will run along and while he has
got the eggs he will deliver them,
hut by and by when the hens don't
ley where are we at? No, we have
got to make a contract with somebody
that will give us from $50 to 200
eggs every day in tie year. Then
we know they are coming, and will
be here at certain time.'
"Let fifteen or twenty farmers come
together, each one of them having
from 200 to 400 hens, and let these
men make their combination and go
to the hotel man and guarantee him
$50 to 200 eggs day. The hotel
man will jump at the chance Of get
ting them.
81 speak of this to show how the
farmers must come together so as
to guarantee certain large proper
ton of the product required. Often
people say: ~
"'Why can't ! go to New York or
Boston end open store?' You can.
I will tell you a man who was an
absolute failure as farmer. He was
on a good farm, but he could not
make go of it, but he was a nat
ural trader. Some Of his neighbors
said theys should send this man to
town to handle their goods.
"They put him in store and sent
him their goods. What was the re-
suit? For the first two or three
months every grocer in town tried to
put him out of business. The towns
folk were getting the cheapest goods
they had ever had in their lives, but
a lot of farmers found they were
not getting as much money as they
had under the old style and they
wanted to draw out. This little man
went to his friends and said, Hang
together. Nothing was ever done
without some sacrifice. You can
make it all up, and it will come out
all right. Trust me- y
"They followed his advice, and by
and by the grocers got tired Of Civ
ing their profits away and wanted to
come back into business methods.
And now that business has been firm
ly established as retail farmers
store. There are opportunities ev-
erywhere. I wish l could get hold
of some of. these younger men and
make them understand the possibil-
tiles there are in the business of
farming.
"They have worked out a combina-
ton and cooperation in California in
wonderous way with their orchard
organization. They came East and
hired a man and gave him $4,000 a
year to go out there and handle that
business. He put it in the shape it
is todays
"There came time when the Cali
fornians found that a big supply of
lemons was coming over from Sicily.
They sent right over there to find
out all about lemon growing. The
railroads wanted to raise the tariff
to $1.15 per 100 pounds. Their man
fought the increase before the COM
mission and had it put back to 81.
Now they are organized just like
any other big business must be or
eanized."