The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-10-26

consumer.
This farmers organization sells
their wheat to the millers and export
ers directly, thereby eliminating the
profits Of six middle mel and return.
ing these profits to the members OF
the association.
The organization doing this is the
WHEAT GROWERS ASSOCIATION
The North Dakota unit of the Asso-
citation is now affiliated with the
North West Wheat Growers Associa-
tion, comprising the states of Wash
ington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana,
which is part of the National Asso-
citation which also includes Kansas,
Nebraska, Oklahoma, Colorado and
Texas.
The National Wheat Growers Asso-
citation is operating and organizing
under the same plan that the Pacific
Fluit Growers Association has so
successfully operated, used for the
last 26 years.
Last year the farmers of the North
West Wheat Growers Association re-
ceived from 19 to SO cents per BUSH
el more for their wheat than those
who remained on the outside. AS re-
suit of this the Wheat Growers AS
sociation has grown by leaps ard
bounds. There is more than 2O0,O0O,-
900 bushels in the pool now. The in
fant of two years ago has grown into
a giant today.
The Wheat Growers and the u. S.
Grain Growers have now joined hands
and any one possessing receipt Of
membership in the U. S. Grain Grow
ers can join the Wheat Growers free
without paying an initial membership
fee.
The Wheat Growers Association has
a scientific marketing agency that
sells direct to the consumer. The mil
ler and exporter buy their wheat on
the milling qualities or the gluten
test, which is the real tests of wheat,
as to it's flour making qualities. The
miller pays a premium for wheat
which has a high gluten percentage.
The Association tests all it's wheat for
it's clutter. percentage and thus re-
ceives the best possible price from
the miller.
A few days ago a member of the
North Dakota Growers living at Flax
ton, N. D. had some wheat which
would only grade No. 5 at the local
elevator and he would realize 65 cents
a bushel on it if he sold it at the 10
cal market. This farmer loaded his
wheat on car and shipped it to Min
neapolis to be sold by the Associa-
tion for immediate delivery. The AS
sociation tested this wheat and found
it very high in gluten and sold it to
the millers FOR s1.0s1h a bushel. The
farmer thus received S1.o81s a BUSH
ell plus 31s cents a bushel the asso-
citation pays the members, If they load
it or the cars themselves, instead of
IS cents at F'laxton. Deducting the
freight on his grain Mr.. Farmer was
80 cents ahead by being a member of
the wheat growers association. An
other instance showing the benefit to
be obtained by the cooperative mar
keting of grain, as conducted by the
Wheat Growers Association, was apt
ly illustrated the other day at Ojata,
N. D. A carload of Amber Durum No.
4 shipped from Ojata, N. D. brought
$1.0O1A, while local buyers did not pay
more than so cents a bushel for the
same quality of grain. Another case
was where car load was shipped
from the same local point and graded
as No. 8. The grain was cleaned at the
association warehouse and then grad
ed No. 1.
The shipper was then credited
with $45.00 return for the sale of
screenings as we'll as getting a fancy
price for his grain. This shows how
the N. D. farmers are getting more
for their wheat by being members of
the Wheat Growers Association.
The Wheat Growers ultimate aim
is to get control of the market and
set a fair and profitable price on
wheat. Farming has been a drudgery
and should be a business that gives
a fair profit like other legitimate
business enterprise. Mr.. Rex. E. VII
lard of the Fargo Agricultural Gel
lege compiled the average cost per
bushel of wheat raised by 127 farm
ers of North Dakota which was $1.43
a bushe.. re farmer has utilized all
his grains, Drawn ana backbone .y-
clusive!y in production and has let
the marketing of his wheat long
enough to the other fellow. Is it not
time that the farmers cooperate and
club together and all work as one man
to obtain better price for their grain? ?
This can only be done thru organiza-
ton.
The Wheat Growers Association is
an organization of wheat growers CO.
operating on an national basis, for
the one specific purpose of selling
wheat in a real cooperative way.
It is a business marketing orgaui-
zation composed only of actual wheat
growers, operating directly by and for
the growers thru the best technical
wheat experts that money can en-
ploy.
1t is not a social or fraternal or
der. It is not a dues collecting club.
Il is a strictly business organization.