Arizona republican., 1922-05-10
EXPLAINS PLANS FOR
MARKETING HAY CROP
Of VALLEY FARMERS

Initial steps in a movement looking
to the formation OF a cooperative
marketing organization have been
taken by hay growers Of the valley
through the appointment of a hay
committee. This committee has been
charged with the perfection of plans
for such an association.
Regarding the work of the hay
committee. Henry Scott. it's secretary.
has the following to report:
AT a meeting of the Maricopa
County BARN Bureau February II,
last. hay committee was named.
Your committee at once took up the
work with one object in view. namely.
to market our hay orderly and for the
farmer to get a fair price for his
product
THE need of such an organization
must be apparent to those who give
the subject thought when you con-
slider we have 10000 acres in hay this
year. not counting $4,000 acres in pas
Nture. BY allowing four tons to the
acre for the season and $12 per ton,
the hay crop valuation approximates
$4,000, 900.
THE committee has found the hay
dealers of the valley more than will
ing to co operate. After a series Of
meetings. the hay dealers and the
committee have agreed and signed
agreements to pay the following uni
form prices:
"No. ! alfalfa. sl2 per ton on the
southside and s14 per ton on the
northside or any point on the north
side that takes Phoenix freight rates;
the price for standard alfalfa will be
ST. less per ton; the price for straight
No. oat hay will be $12 per ton on
either side of the river; the price for
oat and alfalfa mixed will be $11 per
ton on the southside and $12 per ton
on the northside; the price for barley
or barley and alfalfa has been fixed
at SO per ton on the southside and
$40 per TON on the northside. This
agreement holds until May IS of this
year. All growers are urged to notify
the committee of any deviations from
the above quoted prices.
Prices quoted above are free on
board cars at shipping points.
"A l.niform price for baling also is
being worked out by the committee.
AS most ranchers know, the baling
fee varies widely in different sections
of the county and when price is
agreed upon, it will be given full pub
lication. The committee can see no
reason for such range of prices
labor and other conditions being
practically the same in all parts Of
the valley
1--WE want to remind the farmer Of
what Eugene Meyer, jr., director of
the war finance corporation, had to
say on the subject of cooperative
marketing, when he recommended in
his report: "A frank recognition of
the need for the orderly marketing of
agriculture products in a more grad
ual way over a longer period
What we are striving for. as your
hay committee. is a chance to put
this co cooperative marketing scheme
over. Nothing short of 80 per cent
of the signatures of growers will be
satisfactory. Persons of small
should not hold the opinions
that the meetings are for the large
growers only. They are for all of the
growers.
The following meetings have been
arranged. to be held at the regular
meeting places in the respective
communities:
Murphy IaVeen.
Thursday, May II: Glendale, Peoria,
Alllambra.
Friday. May II: Chandler. Mesa,
Tempe. Lehi. Gilbert.
.All meetings will be called
promptly at s o'clock in the evening.
"One or more of the four hay COM
missioners will be on hand at each of
these meetings to answer questions
the cooperative market
ing plan. Remember. it is up to the
hay growers of this valley whether
such an organization can be made a
success