The Neshoba Democrat., 1922-12-21
S0Rt fAg1s ABOUT EXTENSION
WORK IN THE COUNTY
50

Now we have come to the last week
of another Big Active Campaign tina,
Is being conducted in The Hill Coun.
ties of Mississippi for the signing uT
of Cotton into the Mississippi Farm
Bureau Cotton Association. This ID
for the benefit of Cotton Growers and
for men who have cotton grown on
their place. We gladly say that this
is one of the Biggest aud create st
Problems that has ever confronted
the People of the Southland and es-
pecially the cotton growers, for this
is the Establishing of Cooperative
Cotton Marketing Association, for
the Orderly selling of their cotton
upon Grade and Staple direct to the
Cotton Mill, Export trade, or any
where for the best possible price, a
price that will give the grower fair
profit above Cost of Production which
is perfectly right that we should have
but which has beetP denied them
several times under the old method
of selling Cotton, Not SELLING,
BUT AUCTIONING THE COTTON
OFF TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER.
When are we People going to wake
up to this old wasteful system and es-
tablish real sales end to our cotton.
Ever industry in the Country has
two sides to their industry wherever
they are prosperous Wis Producing
and Selling. The Cotton growers are
beginning to wake up to this kind OF
business ana when they do we will
have a more prosperous cou ltry in
general. The Cost of this Selling the
cotton direct to the Mills or to Export
trade through the Cotton growers as .
sociation, on an average of the [Nine1
8 Associations that are operating
successfully today, is Around 2 PEI
cent, this includes all over head ex-
pense such as, storage and insurance.
freight rates, cotton salesmans, grad
ers. etc, and all cost of operation
from grower to the trade. The most
economical wayiof selling any prod
uct under the sun is through the Co.
operative Association of this kind.
because they sell Direct and under
the old System The United States
Government Estimates that every
bale of Cotton Is sold on an Average
Of 80 times before the cotton reaches
the manufacture. WHY GO THRU
ALL OF THIS WASTE OR IN. Eff
FICIENT WAY OF MARKETING
THE SOUTHLANDS GREATEST
COMODITY. When we have found
and established more economical
way Of inarketing the Cotton This
is not an experiment for it has work
ed successful in 8 of the cotton states
out of the whole amount of IL cotton
States and Louisiana has just COM
pleted her cotton association. Making
the total of 10 out Of II.
THIS WEEK HAS BFEN SET
ASIDE FOR CLEAN UP WEEK
and every member of the Cotton AS
sociation is especially urged to secure
at least one additional member by the
Close of this Week which is the End
OF the Active Campaign on the 23rd
Of this Month. We hope Neshoba
County Farmers Will take her part
in Ibis Great Movement for the Pros
perity Of the Country but we like
about 600 or seven hundred bales OF
having our Allote Quota. signed up
bnt it Is not too late, Come in and see
me or stop Me any where and l will
be Glad TO explain the system to You,
Then line up with several farmers OF
Miss. and help push the organization
over the top.
Yours for service and more pros,
porous County and Country.
ID. f. McWilliams, County Agent