The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-07-27
WHEAT POOLING A
SUCCESS IN N. OAK.

The Wheat Pooling movement has
progressed with leaps and bounds in
this state, as the result Of the efforts
of interested farmers, organized as
the North Dakota Wheat Growers As
sociation. From humble beginning
March 22nd, 1921, when committee
composed of rs members was in
structed to begin organization work
without continental in the treasury,
the association has progressed stead
lily, until at the present time the
North Dakota Wheat Growers are
prepared to market a pool this fall
that will aggregate from Is to ~
million bushels of wheat, with almost
10000 members signed up. Accom-
plishing this the organization has
| been able to accumulate generous
reserve fund to continue organization
and operating efforts. Twenty coun-
ties are represented in the pool, the
members averaging 260 acres each,
which indicates that the majority of
members are the larger farmers, who
have made a success at farming and
who realize the value of cooperative
pooling as in improved means OF mar
keting farm produce.
The increased enthusiasm for the
movement is not only felt in North
Dakota, but in all the wheat growing
states farmers are getting back OF
their Wheat Growers association, and
bankers and business men as we'll are
giving their aid and support Word
has been received here that E. nj. Nc
Cracker, General Manager of the
Southwest Wheat Growers, assoclat-
ed, operating in Oklahoma and Texas,
has made financial arrangement with
the United States War Finance Cor
poration for loan Of $3,OOO,OOO to
provide advances to the Wheat Grow
ers for their grain until it is market
ed by the central organization. A ST.
milar loan of $25,000,000 has been
provided for use of the North Dakota
and Northwest Wheat Growers.
In Kansas the Wheat Growers have
been officially endorsed by the State
Department of banking, and Heatley
e. Company of London has contracted
for export wheat from that state. The
Laribee Mills have closed deal with
the organization for the purchase OF
| large portion of the 1922 crop, and
have provided storage of several mil
lion bushels for use Of the association.
| On the Pacific coast the Northwest
Wheat Growers have been having re-
markable success for the past two
years. Last year the members re-
ceived 26 cents per bushel over the
current market price with a handling
cost of only eight mills per bushel.
This organization operates in Oregon,
Washington, Idaho, Montana, and re-
Gently affiliated with the North Da-
kota association. Geo. C. Jewett, hte
General Manager of that organization
will arrive in Grand Forks with
staff of workers to take charge OF
marketing the North Dakota pool this
fall, which means that this organiza-
ton will receive the benefits of their
wide experience in pooling and mar
keting wheat.
A large share of the wheat sold by
the Northwest Growers last year was
purchased direct by foreign buyers,
both Eng. and Japan buying literally.
A sales agency has been establish
ed in Minnesota, Minneapolis, where
all the association wheat from North
Dakota and Montana will be marketed
each state to pool separately, to be
sold as a unit.
1t is expected that this movement
in another year will be national in
scope, negotiations already being I'M
der way to begin active operation of
the American Wheat Growers associ-
alton by January 1, 1923, which is an
amalagamation of all the state units,
brought about at a meeting in Den
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