Show idaho form turkey co op from i very small ismail beg ri marg birg there has gron up in idaho on c ine nc nation nations largest turkey marketing rk fine it grew fron from an humble group markell a effort started five years ago fourteen farm 0 wo omen 1 decided that instead of tellin gf their individually and whatever they could get they would contribute to a common lot or pool which bould be large to attract enough buyers to insure competition in beddig e it was a success the first carload drought the firm women a return bided on 34 cents a pound for top turkey turkeys quite an improvement over thel former markets which ranged from 17 centa cents to 30 cents the consumer sas paying ro more ica hia his birds but the spread vu was goto going where it should to the women who grew and fattened the turkeys thia thu result as so good that they made D aril to market two more cars tor for the later marketa of the same season heir success spread as nes news over tha this state and the ellece wae was j marked that in 1334 1324 and IM 1935 sixteen carloads I 1 turkeys were shipped to distant markets then in lye the volume lume ol 01 turkeys went to twenty even even carloads and the growers member members ol 01 the pool increased too then rhen in the fourth year of the associations life they shipped lorty forty even carloads with a value of approximately they estimated d that turkeys were marketed they expect to market the coming season IDO carloads with a value ol 01 more than 1000 they expanded their territory and now include turkey raisers in oregon the territory now covered measures about miles in extent and hs has twenty four slapping points in the two states in both hith states the collo a of agriculture have been helping the turkey growers grower solve their problems that again adds to th power po w er of their co opera the tile marlell z organization these growers are so lil 11 organized and haie hae watched the details so closely that their established marketing cost is only cent per pound which Is 13 extraordinarily low as many turkey operatives cooperatives co require from 2 to 2 rents nta to ewer overhead cost this association has only two sale dates one for or the thanksgiving market a the other for the christmas market the farm omen say there Is good 1 money in turkeys yf and the credit Is given entirely to the operative cooperative co association seventy lire live per cent of 0 the flocks are operated by farm women the organization now has a membership of eighteen hundred and still going strong the woman oman who organized the litte litile group of courtien tour fourt tien Len women growers five live years ago Is mrs 0 0 biriuk of dole idaho who now Is known as the turkey queen of 0 idaho |