The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-08
INCOME BOOSTED
BY COOP MARTS
Producers May S4,624,252 Out
Of Produce Through
Markets In 1889

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home agents, reports DR.. I. o.
schaub, director Of the State college
service. In addition, the
Extension agents assisted in
private sales of $10,S62,627 worth Of
and home products.
ut is difficult to estimate the
income through coopera-I
tive sales for all types of products"
DR.. Schaub stated, "but we do know
this type of farm marketing
materially increases the income of
growers and producers through the
Of carlot sales, systemi. |
tized grading, better packaging, and
of the commission mer-
chant, or middle man. in many
types of sales"
To illustrate his point, the Exten-
sion leader cited figures compiled
in connection with the IA Mutual
associations organized
and assisted by the Extension serv.
ice. Last year these associations,
operating on a non-profit basis with
farmer.officers and directors, sold
63,915 hogs weighing 12,475, 662
pounds for $4,000 farmers. They re-
ceived a gross Of $S52,772.69 for
their swine, and a net of 1914, 1882,
which means that the total expense,
including windage and reductions
for soft and oily hogs, was only
4.53 per cent.
Increase In Income
Those are the actual figures on
the cooperative hog markets, or.
ganized by the Extension service,
but controlled and operated oy the
growers. That shows volume, but
the following figures quotes by DIR.
Schaub from a report by H. W.
Taylor, Extension swine specialist,
show the net increase in income to
farmers from cooperative marker.
ing. Since the cooperative livestock
markets were organized, they have
been able to reduce the spread, or
difference, between farm prices and
prices paid at the eastern market
centers, by an average Of 8.4 cents
per hundred pounds. This alone
meant an increase of $104, 1856 to
the shippers of the 63,915 hogs
handled by the mutuals last year.
In addition, the Extension service
worked out an agreement with Ger.
tain packers whereby the county
agents would guarantee the firm
ness of hogs raised according to
recommended methods. In return,
the packer-buyers offered a "bonus"
for firm pork, and this feature OF
the cooperative markets increased
the income Of cooperators by $685..
$685., making a total of $13s, 654.51
increase in income to the 10000
growers.
Farm and home agents in SO
counties reported that they organ.
lied Al marketing associations or
groups, and assisted 232 previously
organized cooperatives, last year.
These had a total membership of
29,872 persons.
Value OF Products
Products sold by these associa.
tons or groups and their value
were: Dairy products, $1,264, 011.54;
livestock, $1,Os3 ,81O.31 fruits and
vegetables. s94S, 1923; poultry and
eggs, sos, 779.48; tobacco $780,.
1925; cotton, s153,7 OS. 01; hay and
grain, $98,21A0O; food, $67, 77S.6S;
wool, $184O7.15; ~handicrafts. ST..
429.4S; and miscellaneous $751;.
S55.15.
AS another example of increased
returns from cooperative markets,
DIR. Schaub pointed to the lamb and
wool pools promoted by L. I. Case,
Extension sheep specialist. They
handled 4,373 lambs, weighing 3d..
$50 pounds, and brought growers
$26,082.61 net. The pool prices av-
eraged fully n cent higher than
prices paid by commission markets,
which means that cooperating farm
ers received $3,179.50 more for
their lambs. The wool pools brought
SOB farmers $~1S,407.15 net for 49,.
$50 pounds of wool. This was an
increase of about S cents per pound
over regular prices which, or that
basis, means farmers received ST.
327.50 increased income.
The Home Demonstration Curb
markets, numbering A in the state,
had sales totaling $~377,947.53 for
Pip farm women. In addition,
members Of Home Demonstration
clubs sold $371,97S.49 worth of other
products to merchants, hotels, in.
situations, and individuals, using
improved methods of manufacture,
production, grading, and packaging
learned in their clubs to good ad.
vantage.
Sin fact" DR.. schaub says, 1.-THE
income from the Exten.
sion marketing program is far
greater than these reports show.
We must remember that the Ex-
tension program is a demonstra-
ton program, and farmers and
farm women outside the cooperative
marketing groups learn from the
experience of the cooperators and
adopt many of the methods taught"
BLUE MOLD CONTROL
The recommended blue mold on
troll methods of tho State oo1lepe