Show MARKETING PROVES SUCCESS the potato and onion growers ot of cache valley utah and franklin county idaho realizing the necessity ot of cooperating plan of marketing potatoes and ami onions grown in these districts organized into the fruit and potato operative cooperative co association of ogden utah and services ot of the W R parvin company company ot of ogden utah as sales head for the organization the growers in this association are the only growers in any district ot of utah or idaho who have practically cleaned up their entire tonnage ot of potatoes I 1 and 0 onions at fair prices price this seasons market and crop conditions considered officers in this association are warren weston idaho president H R B ingham bingham roosevelt idaho vice president R E burgeson cornish utah secretary F H atkinson dayton idaho director parley sears clifton idaho director through the progressive efforts ot of these officers and mr air salsbury cashier of the federal state bank at preston idaho and alvin hall president of the farm bureau of franklin county idaho together with other up to the minute bankers and farmers of these districts this crop was pooled and marketed successfully whiled while other districts have hundreds of acres still remaining in the ground with no buyers in the and no organized plan of marketing and ever every prospect ot of their crops being lost the total tonnage shipped and pooled from these districts will aggregate cars ot of pounds to give you an idea ot of the immensity of this tonnage it if it was placed in cars and shipped in one train it would make a solid train three and one hall half miles long or it the sacks contained in these cars were werd placed end to end they would make a string miles long the assembling loading and shipping of this entire tonnage was handled by the anderson produce co ot of brigham utah who were under conr tact with the association with the concentrated and economical methods used in loading the association loaded and shipped in one day 50 cars of potatoes from seven loading stations under the direct supervision ot of john al burt and staff ot of loaders this one days shipment passed thru ogden in special train destined to denver tor for diversion to eastern points the successful method of marketing this enormous tonnage by the association was the pooling of the pota potatoes t 0 es loaded from monday to monday of each week when hen the potatoes were delivered to the cars the association advanced the growers fifty per cent of the estimated F 0 B market in cash and also furnished new sacks when the potatoes were were sold the total returns were poole dand averaged with the tonnage so BO that each grower received the same price tor for the same grade and variety delivered that week the officers and mern members bers of the association are enthused over the results obtained under the adverse railroad and m marketing ar conditions of this season beason and through this method of handling it is planned to increase the acreage next season and with a normal year apar results obtained will be very gratifying to the growers |