The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-02-23

mona, 70 memDerS Al 3 Regional
board meeting held in Farm
vile on February Is.
Total volume was reported
at $50. re. $50 as compared witt
$98. OIL .826 for the same siz
months Of the previous year. an
increase of or per cent.
Feed tonnage was down Il
per cent for the period due
largely to planned cutbacks or
broiler and turkey contracting
Total tonnage was 266 800 tons
Fertiizey tonnage was up "a
per cent. Total tonnage for the
period was $4,000 tons, an in.
rrease of 2.700 tons.
Seed volume - up 5.4 per
cent-amounted to $2,029. $40.
Miscellaneous farm supply
ol'me showed a seven per
mt increase. Total volume for
he SIX months was $7.444, 1872 as
ompared to Sc. 1857 900 last year.
Volume In petroleum products
vas 39.739.025 gallons. an in
crease Of four per cent over last
ear.
Grain m arketing reached
7.025. 798 bushels. down So per
INT from last year.
Net saving amounted to
$4,000 for the six-month period
as compared with 1907 900 last
wear. This decrease was brought
about by unprecedented low
broiler and turkey markets dur
ing the first six months.
Since 1885," Ayers pointed
out. contracting opera
tons have been one of Southern
States major co nc erns. Until
then. poultry contracting was
quite profitable and il
brought everyone into the act.
Over productions in 1859 caused
1isastrously low broiler prices.
"As a result, Southern States
embarked on program to re-
luce the number of birds under
contract. and to adjust the con-
tracts to a more realistic basis.
This planned reduction has had
a marked effect on feed ton
mage and other volume. From
5000. 900 broilers produced in
1859 under contracts, Southern
States placements have been re-
duced to a level of about
100000 this fiscal year. This
is reduction of about go per
cent"
Wesley w. Naff, of Boones
Mill. director of the coopera-
tive. presided at the meeting.
He told the group that the build
ing of Southern States . year
after year into a strong, more
efficient farm tool, is a con-
challenge. Since its be-
its members have ex-
erted a tremendous influence
which the organization
could never have grown as it
has. The more we use the CO.
operative. the better it can
serve u.s.
Turning his attention to the
Young farmers who attended
he session as special guests, he
declared that much of the re-
possibility for the future of
Southern States, other farm Or
7anizationS and agriculture
'ests on the shoulders of today's
-'oung farmers. l am confident
hat with their ambition and in
tiative they will build on
he foundation that has been
aid for them"
One of the big features of the
afternoon session of the meet
ng was a discussion by the
members of how they could use
heir cooperative to make their
wn farming enterprise more
profitable.
The meeting was attended by
members Of Southern States
advisory boards. d.
'ectors of affiliated coopera-
ives. stakeholder committees,
md local retail agency mana
gers.
Attending the session from
his area were o. B. Blair,
manager of Farmers Coopera-
i've, Inc, local Southern States
lgency at Farmville. and board
members 7. B. Hall. Leslie w.
Hamilton. j. Nat WilkersOn and
Charlie Goodman.
Also. Abner Seay. manager of
Seay Milling Co.. local Southern
states agency at Dillwyn, and
)oard member w. Elijah Dun.