The Arvada enterprise., 1923-02-08
RAbA P0U[TRYMEN FORM
COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION
bother Big Meeting Will be Held Monday
to Perfect Organization. All Interested
Should Attend this Meeting.

other dozen and spread the good
news to her neighbors that she
has found good place to get
fresh eggs. So the buyers for the
most successful stores want eggs of
J. ~ A9io%n en brand, of known quality.
Buyers for hotels must satisfy
most exacting trade. A bad egg for
breakfast might drive good GUS
toner away from the place forever.
Eggs marketed by an organization
known to be perfectly dependable are
worth more to the buyer than eggs of
uncertain quality placed on the mar
ket by various unknown individuals.
California egg producers associa
tions sell $s,00O,OO0 worth of eggs
in New York annually, because they
have established a reputation of de-
livefing the goods.
It costs California poultrymen
$4,000 a year for their New York
manager and $4,000 per year for
their California manager, but this is
paid from an assessment Of one and
one-half cents per dozen on eggs sold
through the association, and makes
the farmers an enormous annual
profit over, what they were receiving
before they organized.
In telling of the California organ
ization, Mr.. Sweet said that it start
ed with gathering of farmers no
larger than the meeting held in Ar
vada Monday night, and has grown
until it includes practically all the
poultrymcn along the Pacific coast.
There are many rules of the Cali
fcrnia organization, which were ex-
planned by Mr.. Sweet and are worth
repeating here:
Poultrymen must agree to gather
eggs twice day, or oftener. There
ere five grades-thc extra, extra pull
lets, small eggs, the dirty extras and
Girty pullets. The different grades
ere put in separate containers by the
producer. At the receiving station
they are gone over again. Possibly
not all the eggs, but producer never
knows Just what day his eggs are to
be checked. Should it be found that
poultryman has sent in inferior
eggs under label of better ernde,
bis attention is called to the matter
and he is given the advantage of the
doubt, but warned that it must not
occur again. The second time this
happens he is heavily fined, and for
the third offense he is suspended
from the organization.
The rigid enforcement Of this rule
makes the poultrymen more careful
and the result is that the high stand
ard Of the product is maintained.
Mr.. Sweet admitted that there are
many organizations started that do
not turn out as well as they should
The Federal Bureau Of Markets has
compiled data concerning the sue
cess and failure of the different or
ganizations. Some fail because Of
inefficient management, sometimes n
treasurer runs off with the funds.
sometimes the members fail to CO.
operate properly and ruin the bust
ness before it gets started. He told
Of case in the eastern part OF the
state where. when he was connected
with the bureau Of markets, he assist
cd in forming an organization. with
thirtv farm women as the members.
They secured a contract to furnish
the Brown hotel in Denver with eggs
at thirty cents a dozen at their sta
tion. where. before. they had onlv
received nineteen cents. Mr.. Sweet
was called to the hotel and shown
that eeps in the shipment from
the association were Of q very In
ferior quality. The eRvs were sent
back TO the association, and they
| called for Mr.. Sweet. He went out
there. and meeting was called. One
Of the women admitted she had not
gathered her s4Es promptly. and that
some Of the eggs shipped for fresh
eens were a. much % ten days old.
The candler for the association had
let her seRs 70 through and the as
soeiation, which he'd begun With such
Q bright future, wss ruined.
In California eRgs are gathered bv
tFuehs ftso Tie asseslot3on head-
quastses, wAieA g assssl - he
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