Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-06-21
WHEAT MARKETING
MEETINGS PLANNED

In accordance with the county
extension program. there will be
series of three meetings held in tht
county on the 5th and 9th of July
to discuss important problems per
tanning to the wheat marketing ST.
tuation for 1928. Mr.. Z. ]. Bell OF
the Agricultural Economics Depart
ment at the Montana State College,
who has made a study of the wheat
marketing problems in the state,
will lead the discussions ST these
meetings.
On July 9Th there will be a meet
ing of all the the elevator managers
and directors of farmers elevators
held at the County Extension Office
at Plentywaod at 2 o'clock 2. M.
AT this session the problems of
handling wheat on the protein basis
and direct shipping will be dicussed
from The grain buyers viewpoint.
On July 9th. at 100 P. NJ. there
will be a meeting at the theatre
building at Medicine Lake for the
farmers in the southern part of the
county.
Arrangements had been com
pleted TO have a similar meeting at
Outlook on July 7th, but ii has
been necessary to change this date
to the evening of July 9th at 5
o'clock at the Legion Hall.
Some matters to be considered
at the Medicine Lake and Outlook
meetings. according to Mr.. Bell
are: results of direct shipping of
wheat, means by which protein pre-
miums are reflected to growers Dy
local elevators, causes and effects
of premium fluctuations, low cost
methods of sampling and testing
wheat, and the handling of COM
bined grain.
Montana farmers must pay more
attention to markets and marketing
problems if they are to get the full
benefit of efficient production. 1t is
not good business for a farmer to
spend an entire season in hard
work and diligent effort to produce
his crop and then toturn it thought
lessly in to the channels of trade,
trustfully hoping that it will bring
the proper return.
Constant changes in marketing
systems make careful study on the
part of the wheat grower all the
more important. The introduction
of the protein test has brought on
an entirely new set set of problems.
and machinery and methods OF
marketing in use a few wears ago
no longer are to be recommended.
Mr.. Bell has spent the past two
years in studying the wheat market
Ing situation in Montana and has
been able to gain an intimate knowl.
edge of the operation of privately
owned and comparatively managed
marketing organizations. He has
studied the problems connected with
storage of grain on farms and in
elevators, direct shipments, ship
ments through elevators, sampllng
grain for testing costs of harvest
Ing, hauling and marketing. His
observations will be the basis of his
discussions on July 5tb and 9th.
On Thursday and Friday of last
week, the first of a series of aeri.
cultural economic meetings was
held at Homestead and Reserve.
Mr.. Ben Alvord, Farm Manage
ment Specialist from the Montana
State College, was here at that time
and assisted County Agent Ferguson
is conducting these meetings. The
purpose of these economic meetings
is 10 bring out some of the important
facts relating to agricultural prac-
tees on different types of farms
which will be used in developing an
AGRICULTURAL program for the county.
There will be 10 or Is similar
meetings held in the communities
throughout the county within the
next month, and at each commuDi.