Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-01-06
Says Bis Saving In Cooperative
Markctin"

Jan. 4:-Cne cooperative marketing
enterprise sponsored by the Minnesota
=. sners $4,000 in less than five months,
w. A. McKerrow, manager of the Cen
tral Co,operatiXe Commission asAocia-
vention of the farm bureau in session
at the state capitol today. /
The commission association opened
for business on the South st. Paul
since that time has done gross bust
ness of s5,O0O,0Oo Mr.. McKerrow said.
A quarter Of a million animals have
been handled by the organization, he
asserted, at commission charges ap-
proximately 25 per cent lower than
those fixed by private firms.
tion delegates were told the farmers
central sales agency has accumulated
a surplus of $4,000, to be returned to
and has saved the producers at least
$4,000 in cash by handling stock at
lower commission rates:
:'Within & few months. the farmers
will place their own -controlled
and farmer managed firms on the lead
ing livestock markets Of the. U IN lee!
States" Mr.. McKerroW sald: nneir
s SGhe farmers of the country at this
moment are carrying; the heaviest nuio
den laid upon any class OF pe erad IN
driven from the country to the city,
until "a per cent of the population is
producing the food for the other 1T per
1.-The time has come when the o o. : IAN :;
ization Of centralized agricultural al
marketing agencies is a necessity III
be assured of protection and their in
Gustry saved from complete democrat
zation. The state and national farm
bureau federations are making rapld
strides, and livestock marketing is one
nf the major projects to which they
are devoting their attention.
"A comprehensive study of live
stock marketing and production has
been made by the Committee of FIFTEEN
appointed by the American Farm Bu-
reau federation, their work has re-
Quilted in a plan for a cooperative mar
keting structure on national scale
Interviewer with this plan is a schesne
for the development, o. orderly :narys
ektn and tht ahe gf feed 0s St Snef 9s Pc
velopment in railroad TRANSFORMATION
and the, estsbli:hsnaeht ~ fSrm ne: gen
tro1ied copsraissii ssS sa iyes te eed
the great terminals of the country:
The most successful pl l fsgg5eck enter s
p pr9na Sl at South ST. e Paul is madt
up of 800 local shipping associations
with total membership q nearly 6O,
the individual farmer in, his centra
selling company does not exceed Al
cents. =.
~ + Since August 8, TINS agency Nd
handled approximately 10 per cent a
the cars Of livestock arriving at SouNl
st. Paul. It handled 442 cars in the las
three weeks of August, ISL in septem
Der, LOO in October, 1892 in Novem
Der, and 534 in the first half OF De
cember. - :
F.. 1.-The stocker and feeder department
Of the association takes the place Z, g
the speculator. On a bad market, thl
department may buy the stockers an
feeders II there is no other satisf actor:
outlet for them. paying the highes
Drice it feels justified in paying. Thi
II department is used only when nsces
gary; in most cases, such cattle arezsol
direct from the farmer producer t
@ the farmer feeder. The associa ton ha
sf shipped out IA 40 head Of cattle in fou
ION some days. the association Ia
IA handled {. 900 hogs. q to g pei. Ger
6 all, the hogs on the m 1 g l "
kefs. stimulating the local comp tito
an1ong buyers and giving the afarnnel
sf TIP northwest the benefit of th