The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-01-25

better than their homeopathic
neighbors, for the 1900 cars sold for
a premium of 100000 increase
above the prices paid by spectators
to non-members, prior to and at
opening of the season.
The slogan of the federated is
"Organize, Standardize, Merchan-
disc, ADVERTISE"
The National committee of twenty
one appointed by the American
Farm Bureau Federation spent more
than year in a study of the prob
lem Of marketing perishable farm
crops on a national and interna-
tional basis. The Federated Fruit
! e Vegetable Growers was then
| formed as an outcome Of these in
vestigations and reports. The
acquisition of the North American
was one of the first important steps
taken to crystalize the work into
concrete practical form.
The organization is firmly COM
mitted to the policy of commodity
organization at the shipping point
That S, the potato growers organize
local potato associations and ex-
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separate commodity organization
for apples in each district. These
commodity organizations federate
into central exchanges, thus apply
ing specialized methods to the
proper Standardization and assembl-
ing of their crops. After these vari
GUS commodities are put aboard the
cars, the national selling problem is
taken care Of by the federated sales
organization, including domestic
sales and export. Very few COM
modities have twelve-month ship
ping season. Some of the more
highly perishable commodities such
as Strawberries, tomatoes, etc., are
actively in the market only a few
months in the year, and such groups
of growers would be unable to
maintain an efficient twelve months
sales machine; therefore the inter-
commodity idea has been applied
very successfully in this situation.
The federation has twenty-one
directors, who are elected at the an
nual meeting by the members. AMI
executive committee of five directors
exercise the powers of the board be-
tween board meetings. A commod
ity committee permits the group of
potato associations to have special
committee in the board to look out
for their particular problem. The
apple growers, likewise, have COM |
mittee, the deciduous fruit growers, |
the vegetable growers, and others, |
organization is centralized, it is
IL = ~, al - oh afx1
the concentration necessary upon |
the problems of each commodity in
national marketing. The organiza-
ton is a cooperative, non-proft,
membership concern.
Marketing at Cost
Marketing will be done for mem
bers at actual cost. A retain, or
estimated amount of cost, is de-
Quoted currently from the proceeds
Of sales thru the year, and at the
close of each year, the results of OPP
erations are ascertained, and any
surplus above cost is credited back
to the members in proportion to the
amount each member has paid in to
the operating pool after the board
first shall have determined the
amount to be held as reserve fund.
A revolving fund, similar to that
used by California CO.
operatives has been provided to take
he place of what would be called
capital" in the average profit
The financial backing Of the
North American organization Is
likewise available to the federated
Turing the period of building the re-
1olving fund. l.