The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-09-28
l,oprsENTATIVE TO BE HERE
p ASK FOR COTTON PLEDGES

Istou Rouge, September 2'.-com-
NJ plans for the intensive drive t"
g.sre hedges of 10000 bales of cot
for the commodity marketing plan
mo Louisiana Cotton Association
- formulated at a meeting of the
,ntirp committee Of the state farm
,.,eau federation at Monroe. La, re-
.tr Schedules were arranged for
Ase meetings to be held in 40 par
IN Of the state during the four days
s.,nning Tuesday, October 3.
sgolIowing the general meeting at
.,ch marketing experts from the
.,os Of Arkansas and Texas and from
y American Cotton Growers EX-
.doo will address the farmers on the
h Its Of the commodity marketing
the bureau workers will hold
h .birlwind series Of meetings in each
dsh during which it is expected
g, the quota Of $1,000 bales will be
bbled.
lnong the ou'-or-state workers who
m, assist in the first week of the
,,ve Bradford Knapp, dean Of the
,,ssnsas college Of agriculture, John
n fldridge. secretary of the Arkansas
caton Growers Exchange, c. O.
/ uospr, secretary Of the American Cot
= Growers Exchange. and WeltOn
pptst, commodity director Of the Tex
/ vhrm bureau,
+ VR. Dods0n. dean of agriculture
y
AIS. T.. W. r. Perkins, director of
alepsion work for Louisiana, and
Mry F. Kapp. secretary manager OF
In Louisiana Farm Bureau will also
! smkt In the drive. An itinery has
En arranged for the speakers as fol,
III:
Egi @. Moser, secretary American Cot
~ Growers Association, Dallas, will
Mansfield. Tuesday, October 3,
EiD D. H.; Coushatta, Wednesday.
|iltober 4, 1 80 p. M; Minden, Thurs
wv, October ). 1 80 p. M; Homer
Friday, October 6. 80 p. III. and
FiRCADIA, SAT-, OCTOBER It'll at
Ei30 p. IN.
The $4,000 bales required to place
Eie Louisiana association on a func-
Ebning basis approximately one-third
IN the state cotton crop, estimated
Ebm 1921 production. This has been
Ikea by the bureau workers as the
] minimum number of bales required to
kA& 1nrn A.,
i pledged by January l, 1928, II the
xanization is to function next year.
louisiana is the last of the southern
slton growing states to be organized
Imder the commodity marketing plan
q nine other states of the cotton belt,
10000 farmers have enrolled to mark
. their cotton under the farm bureau
,lan for 1923, pledging 100000 bales
Y approximately one-fourth OF the ell
he 1929 cotton crop for the south
his will place the control Of prices in
Ne hands of the farmers themselves,
1EOrding to marketing experts, as this
ttton will be placed in warehouses,
koperly graded and pooled according
IS grade and staple, and sold by pools
Il the market demands.
/ IN the experience of Texas, Missis
|1Vpi and Arkansas cotton associations
e greater part Of the cotton sold
ler the pooling plan has gone direct
/ |on the producer to the spinner
Ininating the wasteful methods OF
E1mpling and selling haphazard IN
ali lots. Agents of the spinners
Ike expressed a willingness to pay
J premium for cotton sold under the
polling plan because they are enabled
mder this plan to secure exactly the
4umber of bales Of given grade that
key desire.
: Sales under the Texas association
Zktted the grower more than $11 a
NE above the street buyers prices,
|lcOrding to statistics compiled by the
ate bureau, while In Mississippi the
5foft was still greater. In the lat.
lkr state thousands Of bales were made
up Of samples after the season was
over, and the proceeds from the bales
were turned over to the farmers in
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