Smyrna times., 1923-11-07
m GROWERS OF Delaware
n COOPERATIVE MARKETING
,oOc ARE CONTEMPLATED
'hlnO L~,pIE BETTER HANDLING
# Grapes So Successful in
''slI's vo,t !, State May Be Adopted
Ns W Fertilizers and Baskets

Wv G ,' Fertilizers and Baskets
Ha5 .a1.r to assist the Grape Grow
b y 9l1si delaware in the proper fOrma-
y = urOpOsed Association for
.ri1g n their grapes, the State Board I'd
4 ~ ,.,isrIture, thru the Bureau OF
~ has secured direct informa-
..csrding the methods OF some
4. '1 successful Grape Associations
W. York State. There are 10000
Y " # grapes along the Lake sec
d New York, and Of this acreage
j. ,,sociation handles the grapes
:. Unfortunately 10000 acres. The
-soj, \ is' Of this Association were
.TI ...hIly studied, inasmuch as it may
,,r ~rsdered successful having been
sn.ins,s 2S years and still cOntinu-
n crow. This Association in ad-
H. to marketing the grapes, sells
"a farmers fertilizer, posts, wire and
.,tsts. While it does not sell at
4 .-.l cost. but adds a small margin
|, mining expenses, it has been able
materially reduce the cost Of these
s,,jrcts to the farmers. The grapes
n handled on a certain percentage
4 Ne gross sales for marketing, this
,rsrtage is usually from 3 to 4@o
I'M is agreed upon for the year be-
n the season starts. The grower
srovs that he is going to receive the
rual price that his grapes sells for,
sw this cost for marketing. All
uDes are shipped in one of two
rsdss, the first class are shipped
bbsled and the second class are ship
NJ and sold as unlabeled stock. A
hanger is employed at a certain
ssry to run the business of the as
sation and do the selling, and he
responsible for proper. business
sthods and management. A Board
Directors, usually consisting of
Ine men is elected by the growers
nd they employ the manager, the
nanager in turn employs any addi-
ional help that is necessary. No one
an belong to this association unless
e is a grape grower. All contracts
aIe made with the members for a
period Of five years, but with the pro-
sion that any member may with
m from the association at the end
ary one year. The manager of the
@ciatOn employees an inspector
nose duty it is to inspect the grapes
q see that they are loadedproperly.
lGrapes Sold in Pools at Advantage
All grapes are sold in pools of 8
E each, that is all grapes loaded
Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday
pooled, and the grapes loaded or
,lfsday, Friday or Saturday are
1oled and all growers shipping il
aer Of these 3 days receive the
ane price. This year the associa
q advanced the grower $4,000 pel
at the time the grapes were load
me remainder Of the selling price
ho distributed until the pools ar,
nPeled, that is all settlements re
0el and adjustments made. It i
Pe''ed that the average price to tn,
l''eis this year will be about $500
! 'en' althO setlementts are not We
pete, IN any event it will be tn
.a9l selling price of the grapes, les
sused cost for marketing. TIL,
y lof baskets to the members o
association 4 this year was 5000
thousand, and the payment fo
.i'S will be deducted from tn
N ~ settlement to the grower.
'asi Of Fertilizers, Proper Basket
IN among other interesting thing
y ~. was that most of the grower
c.1 SaI section prefer straight Nitrat
;SS sooa iof fertilizer, using from 20
,.D,.s ~ pounds per acre, practically a
salas are set 8lax9 feet. inas
/, a. 'Ie proper time to buy bask
! T.. "a Ia January or February, it
,,'oo 20 early for the Delaware GRAN
'sSls s,S, 70 % begin making their plan.
H. ny y., u the contracts used bv N
/, 'UlA S State Associations is O
,,s.. ], the Office Of the Bureau Al :
n 'n' T'n and Mr.. Wilmer 7. Derrick
s.5 Itl ~. De glad to supply other d,
s5s, -IuOimation IN to the growers an