The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-02-22
COOPERATIVE PLAN
WORKS WELL IN OHIO
Farmers Are Cutting Out One Of
Curves In Road From Pro-
Queer to Consumer.

Approximately half Of the dairy
products Of Ohio are being marketed
comparatively. according to estimates
compiled by tha Ohio Farm Bureau
federation. Thus 4 large number of
Ohio farmers are cutting out one Of
the curves In the road from the pro
Queer to the consumer. Almost 10000
Ohio farmers belong to one Of the nine
main cooperative dairy sales associ-
ations now marketing or about to mar.
ket cream and milk comparatively.
Nine groups represent an equal num-
Der Of the principal markets. Some
of these organizations specialize In the
handling Of milk, others In cream,
while most Of them handle both milk
and cream. Tho largest huid milk or
ganixations are those supplying the
Cleveland. Pittsburgh, and Cincinnati
markets. The co-operatives furnish q
sixable portion OF the Toledo supply,
but put q larger portion through their
cooperative cream stations and con-
denseries.
Co-operatives are now forming. with
the aid Of =. d. Waid. Of the state
farm bureau, In the Miami. Mus
kingum. and Scioto valleys to supply
the Dayton. Springfield. GAINESVILLE,
and Columbus markets respectively.
The producers sell their products
through . sales committee Of the or
ganixation to which they belong. This
committee dickers with the distribu-
tors for a given volume and Mt price
to run for q certain period. A sliding
scale 10 arranged whereby the pro-
Queer gets a larger price during the
seasons Of restricted production.
Cooperative cream shipping, through
local buying stations. 10 said to have
become particularly popular during the
past two years. the first one having
been started at Centerburg. Knox
county, In December. 1920. Cream Ia
now being sold to approximately SO
local cooperative stations in all parts
Of Ohio. set up by the cooperative Or
ganizations. Each Is handling an av.
erage Of q ton Of butterfat week. In
most small communities there are a
number Of cream buyers. Through
the pooling Of the product. however
one station IL able to handle ..saa vol
ume formerly divided among several
stations. and thus the cost Of local
marketing has been reduced to three
cents a pound" says r. G. Dean Of the
federation.
Through tho cooperative effort and
the supervision which the sales organ
ixations have given, the standard OF
cream has increased In al unusual de.
gree. Buyers formerly had difficulty
In obtaining az much a. 10 to rs per
cent Of No. cream from their private
stations. Now they are getting as
much a. 10 to Is per cent OF No. /
cream through the cooperative sta.
lions.
THE main cooperative organiza.
lions In Ohio at the present time and
the number Of members that they rep
resent are as follows:
"Dairyman's Cooperative Sales com
pany. supplying eastern Ohio and
Pittsburgh markets. $4,000 members
Ohio Farmers Cooperative Milk com
pany. Cleveland. 1000 members
Northwestern Cooperative Sales com
pany, Toledo. and surrounding cities
1900 members. North Central Coop
erative Sales association, In the region
Of Marion and Bucyrus. 1900 members
Lima Equity association. Lima. 1900
members. Miami Valley Cooperative
Milk Producers association. Spring
field, Dayton. and Xenla. 1900 mem
hers. Queen City MIX Producers as
ISOLATION, Cincinnati. 1900 members
Southwestern Ohio Cooperative Sales
associa ton. cream agency for Cler
mont. Highland, Brown and Adams
counties. 1000 members. Scioto Val
Icy Cooperative MIX Producers asso
citation, Columbus territory. 1000 mem
bers. Canton-Akron organization, 4,0O(
nnomherH"