Arizona republican., 1922-05-30
FIRST REPORT Of GRAIN
ASSOCIATION SHOWS BIG
RETURNS To GROWERS
Profit of More Than 100000 With an Ex-
pense of Less Than $1,000 ShoWn-Urge
Larger Representation of Gro.Uers in Future
To Effect Bigger Savings to Producers

The first annual report of the Ari-
zona Grain Growers association. one
of the first farmer cooperative mar
keting associations formed in the
valley, will be found of interest to all
ranchers, especially in view of the
recent drive to form hay, grain, dairy
and cotton organizations Of a similar
nature.
The report shows, among other
things, how pooling of the grain re-
suited in a. financial profit of more
than 100000 to the producers of the
valley at a gross expense of less than
$1,000. The committee membership
follows:
S. C. Miller, chairman, Palo Verde;
M. W. Faherty, Madison; L. Care
sche, Pendergast; t. C. McReynolds,
Laveen; John Orme, Cartwright; c..
H. Miller, Glendale; Will Mcclure,
Murphy, George Peterson. Gilbert:
E. W. Hudson, Tempe: w. w. Dob
son, Mesa; John Dobson. Chandler;
Nate Sanders, Liberty; U. B. Davis,
Peoria; Cliff Armstrong. Cashion; F..
A. Reid, Tolleson, and Dwight b.
Heard, Roosevelt. This committee
will be custodian of the Arizona
Grain Growers association for the
year 1922.
lie dSSOCldllOA ICROt 40l sSAO OOA
ending in April. last. follows:
s.The success of this cooperative
association depends absolutely on the
cooperation of the grain growers. II
proper support is given this move
ment it will enable the farmer to
get 100 per cent value for his grain:
it should enable the committee to Sc
cure finances from the war finance
corporation at the very attractive
rate of 81 Il per cent (for the grow
ersl. 1t will enable the farmer to
secure bags and twine at a reasonable
figure and will also enab BILE the farmer
to develop an export market for their
grain and we do earnestly solicit the
fullest support of every grain grower
and his friend and his friends friend,
to the end that we make this 100 per
cent successful.
In the following paragraphs we
have attempted to outline Is closely
as possible the activities of the Ari-
zona grain growers during the past
year.
1T is an a~iom of successful CO.
operative marketing that there must
be a considerable volume of business
in order to make it pay to conduct
such an organization. yet it is inter-
esting to note the very low expense
Will WHICH Tic SDld1l pun was SeA1 :
ried out last year.
"The grain actually pooled consist
ed of 2.609,024 pounds. 1t was han
died for total expense Of $S62.71, or
for less than one and one-half per
cent of the sales price. To put in
another way, the pool netted about
so cents per hundred more than the
growers were offered and on the
basis of profit alone in pooling this
small quantity, the cost was only
about 6iz per cent on the profit.
Through the indirect efforts Of the
grain committee. 100000 pounds
were exported to Mexico at s2.25 per
hundred pounds. f. o. b. Phoenix.
The total crop for Maricopa coun-
ty was 20,000,000 pounds which these
figures are based upon. The crop
required 10000 bags. which were to
have cost 131a cents each and
through the efforts of the grain COM
mittee this was cut to S15 cents. a
saving on this item alone of $1,000.
The mills were to offer only s1.15
per hundred weight when the crop
was harvested. but this was increased
and held up by the efforts of the
pooling committee until, as a final
average result. s2.25 per hundred
was-received. another saving or profit
of 100000, or a total profit from the
operations OF the committee of al
least s107 900 to the growers in this
county and all at the nominal ex-
pense of less than $500.
IF results like this can be secured
by a few men cooperating in more
or less limited way, what are the pos
sibilities OF a real cooperative han
ding of grain on the proven principle
of the 100 per cent pool and the other
proven principles of real cooperative
marketing?
These questions are timely and
should be considered with great care
by every grain grower in the district
For the farm bureau is now organ
izing a. real cooperative marketing
association to handle the sale of it;
members grain, on the same basi:
that has proven so successful witt
the Northwestern Grain Growers ant
a large number of state grain grow
ers' associations.
The remarkable showings made by
other grain growers organizations il
other states might be cited but thi.
local example, by the same organiza
tion that has provided the plan fol
the grain growers association, is righ
at home and the growers who par
ticipated in the pool are right here
where they can be interview.
THE proposed grain association
plan is the result of the most inten
sive study and work possible on thu
part of the committee appointed b,
the grain growers themselves wh'
have for months worked with th
farm bureau attorney. Fred j. Elliott
studying and investigating various
plans for cooperative marketing ant
have arrived at the conclusion tha
the plan adopted is the best that ex
perience in other districts and il
other organizations has developed.
THE contract approved by tn
committee after months of study I
in all essential and fundamental fea
lures the same plan under which a.
the successful grain growers organ
izations have functioned. It is tn
same plan under which the TeXa
Farm bureau, the largest farm bu
reau in the world, has organized thei
grain growers. their melon growers
their sweet potato growers. tomat
growers and other associations.
1t is the same contract unde
which the cotton growers OF Texa!