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Show WILL FORM WHEATPOOL Farmers of Central Washington Wash-ington Hope to Get Better Prices. SPOKANE. Wash.. Sept. 11. A giant pool to control from 1,000,000 to 2.000,-000 2.000,-000 bushels of wheat is being formed by central Washington farmers. The movement has already been favorably received at Sprague and Ritzville. At the latter point the farmers present included in-cluded Ben F. Berry, owning 68,000 bushels; W. R. Cunningham, 20,000 bushels; J. F. Collier. 20,000 bushels-Fred bushels-Fred Kembel, .17.000 bushels, and J. F. Irby, 18,000 bushels. The object of the combination is to hold an Immense quantity of wheat until un-til It can be pliced on the market at a net price to -the grower of 75 cent per bushel for Blue Stem. Last year farmer shipping from Sprague and Keystone, nine miles west, pooled 325.000 bushels and sold it 3 cents a bushel higher than the ruling market price. It is now proposed to enlarge the scope of the pool and similar tactics are practically assured at Ritzville. A mass meeting of fanners was held at Sprague on Saturday afternoon to discuss the matter. An agreement was drawn binding each man signing to hold the quantity of wheat set opposite his name until December 1 next, unless the whole quantity pooled could be sold prior to that date at 75 cents per bushel |