Smyrna times., 1923-08-29
EIP[lI1DN Of FARMERS :IlS..
| aIS WHEREVER ORGANIZED
r,pr MUST COMPETE
lll1n OTHER 9TH APPLE CENTERs
SurUasses All States In Its
'Dsla'aIs as. Of of Trees Per Square Mile,
NnnUeI y I'll and Location

cnrDasses All States In Its
DslasaIs lI.'5s, Of Of Trees Per Square Mile'
N1TDsa GIirsts, e. Soil and Location
Cnn,a "S+ber startling to find that
i ,.,rasrs ! 's,. who are the most pros
J.. lsiin' u the United States are those
i sG.i California 70 and the sial South, ana ~, IN
\ S',,lS eases they are thoroughly o5: or
.p,,.sd. NJ The fruit growers ,,,;an5 OF Ganl
ns'0, are especially well organized
i.ina 7 =. 'tr know that the cotton and to-
7. ..,1 growers of the South are or
a1U .i os thew never were before.
gaa.a Esl,.'t tTo groups are relatively pros
ns~ ~. We also find that the most
s.Dsrous .i..s, groups of the East are
ls.ss which are organized such as the
O..r .'' COUNTY Horticultural Union OF
St"rcsop Syr- Bay, Wisconsin, the or
s,rissiI ssniss5 grape growers of New York,
p.nrsvIvania, Ohio and Michigan and
ill., 'lii,I organizations. Too often we
:njgs jl,,s, cooperative movement by the
.ss .sS i+s members receive for their
E-ojurts I in a single year. We forget
ssst tbe best Standardization work
S.rs IN America has been done by the
,o.oueratives. We forget that they
have been the leaders in National dis
.rBrtiOn. What would the great
rtrus industry of Florida and Cali
ionia have done without their CO.
orsratiye bodies which have made it
Do,sibe TO distribute 100000 cars OF
sitrs fruit in one year? What will
MI fruit growers of the United States
Al without such organizations as the
Federated Fruit and Vegetable Grow
ey which will give them a diStribu-
bon such as they never before hoped
for! What organizations other thar
Me- cO-operatives are really doing con
structiye advertising which is aiding
il the consumption of fruit and frui
products? Very few indeed are con
trbuting other than those which re
present the organized fruit interests
Not only do we get the work of stand
ndzatiOn, distribution and advertis
ing but it is interesting to note tha
nearly every strong cooperative ha
contributed something worth while t
oT industry. Thus the Californi
Rach Growers adopted the process c
EmOving the fuzziness from drie
peaches, thereby making them easie
70 sell. The California Walnut grow
sS developed machine for hullin
Eanuts, and methods for picking OF
ellls and utilizing the shells and a
other products. The Organized Bern
GrOTers, developed the idea of pacl
ing IN iced barrels for the baker
lade. The Cotton Growers of Il
S0uth have been able to step over Il
aeads Of four or five middlemen al
oslFer their cotton directly to Il
manufacturer. The work accomplis
q oy cooperative movements in a
n'ulture could not be duplicated
ny other way and full credit shou
gwen to these bodies for their We
ESSENTIAL steps they have taken in t
@Oefly marketing Of our agricultul
products.
NSsd Of Cooperation in DeIawar
Inc need Of cooperative marketi
carnations is great if Delaware
compete with the other apples
y. ,.e market. Apples are grown in I
AZ west, north and south. De
Sa'e surpasses all States in the nu
!. = d vt trees per square mile, numb
y, ~. New York is second W
"a ihe trees are here, the climi
~ saJlllOns are ideal, soil is good !
!. IVA .USauOn Is the best being near
s1 %gest population centers of
T-'.. -,su states. The fruit growers
T!. TV!omlng' Camden, Bridgeville
tSsr .,s1u y could well organize locals
5s.. ~ nave the necessary number
s, ~ and grow excellent fruit =
o,sss. ' growers of Kent County h
stso1,a sa1lled in order that thew \
t5s 4ssulze S. their pack and step @
rr,Da y neads 4 Of the middlemen.
H. s,sps industry of this State retu
Tsn growers tidy sums and witt
t5s'. % organized cooperative !,
no,s growers hope to make If .
i'rk State. 'u'H as that Of J
W., make Delaware Fam
ps d n H. together S3s.i r and make the
he ps..S .se state famous as once
most ''Tcn Ora. and be classed among
tso,s Prosperous p farmers S sncS
Tbs d.ia-. q the South and CaIifo, aGff,
AZ Valty. Toly;.s grain and poultry 4alro, rro1
shasipvv pv'Slng king. in a cooperative Se''
laySss Dasis' buying their dairv Cai
Rssts,, mash as and fertilizer thy,
Qsass Qsia States Farmers Ilrss' Exnha ,nIu !
IL ma saving was accomnlisbn, IHIlia
ID M III. last year for those ''llI,,e' wbO
70 thoaa a,S !. year the saving will Ti'o ~
apd fertilGiIn.t n On the outside as "1 the -
ststss. . . Compete with S''l tho lower F.,
tut v,s.1. farmers Exchange see Tet Lal
eSsnpl,sII l,I'sfs take a lesson from