Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-10-04
FARM BUREAU

Last Thursday evening at Paulick's
hall n l1usc0da aDout 135 men, pa
t ons of at least % cheese factories
gathered to hear the cheese fedora
ton plan explained
The meeting was called to order by
F. J. Kolar. president of Muscoda
township Farm Bureau He attri-
buted the calling Of the meeting to the
interest in and necessity of better
marketing of cheese.
Mr.. Nordman OF the Department of
Markets spoke on the Importance of
marketing, the absolute necessity of
the farmer getting cost of production
plus some returns on his investment
He also stated the percentage of
renters are steadily on the increase
about l per cent per year.
In the discussion Of the tobacco
pool, a state wide cooperative place of
marketing the tobacco crop, it devel-
oped over so per cent of this years
crop has been contracted to the pool.
The department of markets expects
the cooperative marketing to stabilize
the price, giving all farmers the same
price per pound, quality considered,
and through orderly marketing to
maintain fair average of price the
entire year.
Mr.. Nordman claims cooperative
marketing is not to boost the years
average price but to maintain the
price at or near the average through
out the year, and to get for the pro-
Queer a larger share of the consum
er's dollar
Mr.. Swoboda in explaining the
cheese federation plan spoke of OPP
position to all that is new, the reluc
lance of the old established lives to
admit possibility of good coming out
from anything that changes the old
established customs. He asked his
audience to first study this matter
deeply, second, to consider both sides
of the question, third remember their
past experiences in selling cheese,
and fourth to determine if the new
plan with it's successful work, espec-
tally in coming out of wartime slump,
is not worth a trial. Heretofore pro-
ductlon has been the whole aim Of the
farmer. Yet large production does
not constitute successful farming,
large production does not mean large
income unless there is a shortage
over the country.
This years large potato crop Mr.
SwobOda predicts will not bring the
cash returns last years moderate crop
brought in.
Quality product well marketed is
and will be far more renumeratlve
than bumper crops dumped in the
markets without careful grading.
Using the potato crop again as an
example 1t has not been many years
since the Wisconsin potato on the
Chicago market was to be avoided be-
cause of poor quality and mixed
grades. Now due to the department
of agriculture st the university on de-
veloping better and standard seed and
to their urging of more careful grad
ing and to department of markets in
spection the Wisconsin potatoes COM
mands a price second only to the
California product.
There was a meeting in Milwaukee
recently to discuss the ways and the
means of more widely advertising
Wisconsin dairy products. Farmers
will be asked to devote the value of
one days milk production to pool
to be expended in judicious advertis-
ing of dairy products.
The one vital part Of this program
is when and after this advertising has
been started to have sufficient quanti-
ty diary products to satisfy the de-
mand.
Quality plus sensible marketing is
one solution of our farmers prob
lens The idea of the cooperative
marketing system is in no way social
istic.
Why should not a farmer market
his products the same as shoemaker
markets his shoes or Henry markets
his ForIs. The farmer at present is
the only unorganized worker.
Nearly all money we spend for ne
cessities goes to organization, as the
money for a railroad ticket.
All vehicles or machinery that the
farmer bitches his team to are pro-
ducts of organizations. All manufac-
turers and most labOrers are well Or
ganized. Farm organizations have
less failures than other businesses.
Mr.. Swoboda states that IS per cent
of privately owned businesses have
been reorganized. Also most farm
organization failures where there has
not been gross mismanagement or in
some cases worse, have been because
of uncalled for dissunionism and lack
of pulling together and helping out at
a critical time.
If a farmer had a team with as lit
tie faith in pulling as farmer has in
his own organization, he very likely
would demonstrate to that team with
a neckyoke.
The farmers of the United States
have received some legislation bene-
fetal to them some good results in CO.
operative marketing, more the last
two or three years than ever before.
This is not haphazard but the result
of organized. effort of a comparatively
few progressive and far seeing farm
ers working together.
Coming back to cheese federation,
their aim is to do for cheese industry
what California fruit growers have