Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-02-24
Farm Bureau Notes

The Creamery meeting Of District
No.: IS Of the Minnesota Co-operative
CreaMeries Association held Wednes-
day at the city hall was attended by
delegates from six different creamer-
les IN four counties. Fourteen cream
cries in this district are members of
the state association, seven of which
are located in Morrison county
The storm made full attendance inn
possible. but two from Morrison county
attending Attending Motley Motley and Royalton. The
Ward, Pequot; W. T. Love, Hill city;
J: E. Serum. Remer; V. Lockwood,
Motley: j. N. Carnes, Royalton.
'. Lockwood, who is a director Of
the state association and by virtue of
his position is chairman of the district
organization. called the meeting to or
der and after a full discussion of the
purposes Of the meeting, they proceed
ed to elect temporary officers.
W. T. Lowe Of Hill City was elected
yifsprfsident s1tos and J. n carnes' sec.
Of the state association, which will be
held at st. Paul on March {. J. J.
Jacobson of E!mdale was named as al
ternate.
committee Of three, consisting of
}: N. Carnes, V. Lockwood and C. B.
Campbell was appointed to secure by
iaWs for q district organization which
Will be presented at the next meeting,
in March.
Some of the districts already orga-
nized have effected savings amounting
to thousands Of dollars by combining
their butter shipments in carlots and
through the carlot purchase Of sup
plies.
The state association will develop a
selling agency to handle the ship
lnents of Minnesota Cooperative
creamery butter in the principal east
ern markets.
! district to work with the c1eameries
IN improving the quality of the pro-
duct and in routing shipments and the
securing Of supplies in carlots.
The wool market is considerably
stronger according to letter received
by County Agent Campbell from the
National Wool WarehAuse and Storage
GSnapg pgunas 2r of nafa on 'R.ary 8?
blood sold at 2ec and Illinois clothing
at 32c. A pool OF 100000 pounds CON
tanning some Minnesota wool, was sold
ing from 22 to 3sc, according to quail
ity. The bulk Of the 1920 pool sold
from II to Csc early in 1920" states
this company. we were marketing
Suddenly the financial crash came and
wool was the first commodity to fall.
Within two weeks time, the same
wool would not bring 25c Then the
down in Boston at Sc per pound.
The wool growers, the American
Farm Bureau Federation and National
Wool Warehouse and Storage Com
ton. fought for protective tariff on
wool. The measure was delayed un-
avoidably or Intentionally, until May
~. 1921 From January l. 1921. to
May 27, 1921, over 100000 pounds OF
wool per day arrived at our seaboard
or a total Of 227,000,0OO pounds in an
ticipation of the tariff that was to be
ena cted
preferred foreign woods.
Another bearish influence was the
report of the Bureau of Markets in
the spring of 1921 that 1,O15,O ,000
States the equivalent of two
years supply.
The so-cailcd buyers strike" re-
duced the consumption of wool and
| made it almost impossible to secure
favorable prices for wool.
Farmers are realizing the tremen-
dous value of the pooling system for
handling wool and indie ations are
years record.
Those who have wool to sell should
shln at once while the market is still
active: If supplies are reported to
made to pool Morrison county lots.
A two day Farmers Institute will
be held at Upsala March 8 and 10. Di-
rector r. w. Peck Of the Agricultural
"vfe"sicr division will speak there
on the 9Th and arrangements ~
ing r'ade to have a dairy Specialist
| on the 10th. J. J. Jacobson will give
| q tak on the Minnesota sCo-operative
commission Association as q: market
ing agency. Julia o. Newton. state
leader Of home demonstration agents.
wi'l address the women on !, the 10th.
County Agent c. B. Campbell and
susan A. Hough. home demonstration
rufssson e. w. Smith OF the SJJOsala
! schools has abeau WORKING hard to
make the institutesWttraEtive: and has