The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1922-10-13
EGG MARKETING
THOMAS KEMP TO MANAGE UNIT NO. |
- TO CONTROL 100000 LAYING
HENS.

The campaign for the establish
ment of cooperative egg-marketing
Unit No. /, under the Maryland State
Poultry Association Inc, which will
include the counties of Carroll and
Frederick and backed by producers
controlling a minimum of 250,000 lay
ing hens. was opened with great sue
cess at the Fireman's Hall, Westmin-
ster. last Saturday night. At this in
itial meeting more than 10000 hens
up on the preliminary survey cards.
AT meeting of the board of direc-
tors of the State Association held in
Baltimore. Monday, October 1St, the
Market Bureau of the organization
was placed under the management uf
President Thomas w. Kemp. with full
power to organize Unit No. l as we'll
as similar units throughout the State.
The following were selected to COM
pose the operating committee to adj
minister the affairs of Unit No. l: j.
+. Stoner, Westminster; Elmer X.
Remsburg, Broderick; Walter &. Low
ell. Westminster: Frank VI. Payne,
Frederick: Robert f. Day. Sykesville.
ID. F.. Shipley. Jr., will be retained
as secretary to the operating commit
tee and H. J. Jones will act as field
agent.
The meeting last Saturday evening
was revelation of the cooperative
spirit that existed among the pOul-
trymen and indicated that the sup
port of the movement would speedily
make it possible to obtain the reQui-
site number of laying hens. Altho the
regular operation of this unit will not
be put into execution until the requir-
ed number of hens are signed up,
marketing operations will begin i'm
mediatelv and eggs under the liable
OF the Maryland State Poultry ASso-
citation. Inc, will be in the markets
of New York. Washington and Balti-
more in few weeks.
IL poultrymen and farmers who
wish to participate in this unit are
urged to get in touch with the Office
which is in Room 3, Times Building,
Westminster. Manager Kemp is now
in New York arranging for market
ing facilities at that nOint and eX-
Derts are at work making arrange
ments 10 open up the toltimore and
WASHINGTON markets. Both farm and
hennery eggs will be carefully grad
ed and candled if necessary and only a
guaranteed product will be put under
the label. While the increase returns
to the producer can only be estimat-
ed at this time it is safe to say that
il will Immediately he shown that this
cooperative movement will net the
participants considerably more than
they received under the old system
of marketing their product. The Mary
land State Poultry Association. is a
non-prOfit corporation charteded un-
der the laws of the state and under
it's charter every cent received thru
it's operation after the costs are eX-
tracted, must be returned to its men,
berS.
Among those who spoke at the
Westminster meeting was Mr.. II.
Simpson Jennings. of Vineland. y. j.,
chairman of the finance committee of
the New Jersey Poultry Producers
Association that maintains their own
sales room in New York. Mr.. Jen-
nings told of the movement inaugu
rated hv his organization to bring l.
000. 900 hens under one banner from
all the states nearby the New York
market and expressed the hope that
Maryland would participate in this
amalgamation when the time came.