The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-04-10

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Interview on C. L. F.
Get Off at Buffalo.
OF Feed and Seed.
Fitting Fertilizer.
Pattern of Unity.
This is an interview. You know
where the inquiring reporter asks
questions and his victim either an
swers or evades them, or turns the
tables by asking questions. Column
lists have done 1t before, but not under
these circumstances. So, if you will
just gather around, folks, you can get
| in on this one and perhaps even learn
something Here's how it all came
about Thos. c. Croll, production
manager for the GTA went to Buffalo,
N. Y, to look over the big GLF CO.
operative at that point and at a dozen
or so towns in that area, including
headquarters at Ithaca, N. Y With
him went E. ]. Barry, our merchandise
ing salesman and ]. c. Walsh, super
intendent of our mill for making GTA
mineral feeds and concentrates. They
were gone week Barry, at this
writing, was not available for pump
ing and J. G. Walsh was in seclusion
over in Minneapolis turning out smelly
feeds intended to spur poultry into
war production of eggs and to incite
hogs and live stock to be bigger and
better.
The. only victim left available was
Tom G. Croll. Ever try to interview
victim who can greet visitor, keep
hand on the phone and dictate a
letter at one and the same time? It's
the acme of agility. If he were home
in Scotland they'd say he was "gey
soople." Approaching him softly
with: "How about this GLF co-opera-
tive down in New York;" the answer
came that it was the biggest and best
integrated thing of its kind in the
country - whereat somebody inter-
rupted to ask the price of flax! Yes,
he had been to Buffalo and seen the
big feed mill in operation; had been
at Ithaca, where the general head
quarters of the Coop are located; had
seen the big new Coop auditorium,
named Bibbins Hall, after the presi-
dent of the GLF mills corporation;
and the school for the training of per-
sonnet and future personnel This
data was extracted between an in
quiry as to the price of Irvine, the
visit of a local elevator manager and
a call from an elevator at Guidken-
swhaur as to the explosive odor aris-
ing from of load of damp barley. 1t
was an alternating current, If you get
the idea
got wife for his rever-
ence," and these fasts were elected |
between times: The GLF mills at Buff |
falo grind, on the average, 100 cars |
Of feed day. They have $50 outlets |
in the form of stores, branches and |
agent buyers. Any outfit that uses,
Is these mills do, 100000 gallons of
nolasses a year, is in the big business
class when it comes to grinding out |
iced. In Buffalo, also, is the seed |
Farmers in New York,
New Jersey and Pennsylvania are par
ocular about the seed they USE Mr..
Larry Kurtz, manager of the seed
knows all about that. He
,nce was secretary of the Alfalfa Seed
Association In Montana and knows
he Northwest. So he goes out and
,uys direct from the farmers in this
egion for the farmers of New York.
Back there, the land requires fer
ilizer. The GLE sold better than
81 900 tons of it in 1941 to the farm
rs. But not without discrimination
The plant is at Batavia, N. Y, but at
ithaca is group Of scientific sharps
yho have analysed the soils of all
hat region and know what 1t needs.
10 the farmer is not sold any old
hing-he is sold what his land re-
uires. He gets scientific service at
o extra cost to him and is protected
gainst damage that might result
rom using the wrong fertilizer.
All these activities-the marketing
{ farm products and the sale of proc
ssed commodities to the farmer :
trough stores-are under the man.
cement of one board of 10 directors
the cooperative Grange League 1
ederation Exchange" of which Mr.. l
d Babcock is president and he is l
so chairman of the board of trustees 7
| Cornell university. He is a very
intelligent and progress =
We executive. Each activity has its C
wn manager, ]. A. Mcconnell being \
eneraI manager of overall and a ?
bod one he is. 1t is wonderful c
,t-up and an inspiration to our north p
estern .co-operatives who see in 1t
lie pattern of unity. But-this is an o
tide = our next interview with Mr.. n
roll will be after the phone wire is
shipped, the office door d
cked and the key lost. We crave j