The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1922-12-22
TO ORGANIZE
MARKETING
ASSOCIATION
AT THE FARM BUREAU BANQUET
HELD LAST TUESDAY
EVENING.
GEO. A. LINE, PRESIDENT, ACTED
AS TOASTMASTER FOR
THE EVENING.


tage Hotel, occurred one of the most
important meetings, if followed up,
that could bring untold prosperity to
the Snake River valley.
The meeting was in the form of
Farm Bureau Banquet and was pre-
sided over by George A. Line, Presi-
q snt of the Bureau.
About Is farmers, merchants, bu~i-
ness and professional men were pr 49,
ent. Mr.. Line who had charge of the
meeting opened with the statement
that I'VE are here because Of the un'
satisfactory conditions that confront
us today, we want 20 talk over our
problems and decide upon program
we can all get behlnc." The ques-
tion of marketing the different COM
modities Of the county being the u
permost thing in everybody's mind,
and the wonderful success attained
by the Grimm Alfalfa Seed Growers
Association in the past two years,
was the outstanding feature. M.
Kennedy, manager Of the Grimm ".s.
sociation, was called upon for a few
remarks as to how the success Of
this association had been obtained.
Mr.. Kennedy dwelt some time on the
possibilities Of the cooperative mar
keting Of the different commoditi %
Of this county, and stated it was the
zone best method Of protecting the
interest of the farmer" The Grimm
Association have 1872 members, and
control 80 per cent Of the Grimm
Seed in Idaho, and 70 per cent Of the
worlds supply. He said what b I'd
been accomplished with the Grimm
Seed could be done with the othr
commodities of the county"
Frank Bergman, cashier of the
Standrod Bank, was the next speaker
called upon. Mr.. Bergman said mar
keting associations were big help
to the banking institutions. In that it
was possible for producer to borrow
money ON his warehouse receipt, and
the bank was always on the safe side
as the association stood behind these
receipts. He also cited the success Of
the Grimm growers, in that there
never is an over supply, and the asso-
citation had increased the standard Of
their seed. and that this year the
members of the association would
net soc per pound for their seed.
while the non-members would receive
zoe, making 10c per pound this year
for the members over those who had
sold outright, with the same cost to
the consumer.
The commodities in the county tina:
need the associations Of the producers
as called by Mr.. Line are: Potatoes
Live Stock, Red Glover Seed. Lettuce
Beets, Poultry, Hay, and some others
Mr.. Line, who had just returned from
Chicago, had on display potato he
had bought while in Chicago recent
~ at a restaurant which had sign
10 feet long across the front on which
was painted the following:
IDAHO BAKED POTATOES, 15c
Hot from the oven every Is minutes
Grown in the lava beds.
James Pendlebury Of the Potato
Growers Association, was the mex
speaker called upon. Mr.. Pendlebury
dwelt some little time on the loss tt
the producers through the consign
ment plan Of marketing the potatoe:
this year. He made the statement
that the consignment plan had cos
the producers Of Blackfoot alone this
year over $20,000.00. He stated 4
cost the growers last year $1S.000.0l
for the buying OF potatoes. with 81
many buyers in the Held and through
an association could be done for $50
per car. leaving enough money from
the buying end alone TO pay for Al
Office in several Of the large citie
where the idaho potato could b.
handled and sold at a big saving Il
the producers,
E. J. Fjeldsted spoke On ct-opera
tive marketing OF live stock and MAD
the statement that butter Cat Was 10
q pound higher IN the Nampa distric