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Show I AMERICAN 1 EAEM MREABJ state or group of states ; and that this plan provide for local organization among the owDers of hens, and for federation fed-eration of such local organizations within each state, and for co-ordination between states In the marketing of all eggs, and for standardizing and grading eggs, and for merchandising eggs co-operatively and Intelligently, In the hope of bringing better returns to the producer and better and cheaper eggs to the consumer. 3. That this general committee secure se-cure a selection of state organization committees In the sections in which Immediate organization work should be started. 4. That these state organization committees be selected after conference confer-ence with representatives of the states Involved and include representatives of all groups which may be essential to complete the proper organization In such states, depending on their Internal Inter-nal local conditions. 5. That the state organization committees, com-mittees, under the co-ordinating direction direc-tion and supervision of the general committee, initiate campaigns to secure se-cure the support of the farmers and the families of farmers for this standard stan-dard plan, each campaign to be varied in accordance with the conditions of each state. 6. That In any such campaigns the women of each state be given a dominant domi-nant part, because of our recognition of the fact that the marketing of eggs has heretofore been left, In a majority of cases, to the control of the women members of the farm families, and because be-cause the proceeds from the sale of eggs have been used in direct home expenditures ex-penditures by such women members and are directly concerned with the comfort and standard of living In such homes. MARKETING EGGS BY CO-OPERATIVE PLAN Conference of Women Appoint Committee to Organize. 'Way for the women 1 They are to have their own great national co-operative marketing enterprise. The advent of farm women into the economic field Is for the purpose of Improving the distribution dis-tribution of farm-laid eggs. Through the standard type of collective selling, the ladles of the farm declare that they can treble their profits as poultry women wom-en and at the same time sell carefully-graded, carefully-graded, standardized, guaranteed eggs at a saving of from a nickel to a dime per dozen to the consumer. The decision by which the farm women wom-en are to undertake the organization and control of their first national cooperative co-operative marketing association was reached by the national egg-maTketlng conference held In Chicago by the American Farm Bureau federation. Attending At-tending the conference were official delegates from New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Texas, Oklahoma, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Utah and California. Many other states were represented through written assurance of support In the hands of Walton Peteet, director of cooperative co-operative marketing, who called the v. -A iJ Mrs. C. W. Martin, Chairman of Conference. Con-ference. conference. A large percentage of the official delegates were farm women. The delegates represented state farm bureaus and other farm organizations, colleges of agriculture, state bureaus of markets, women's clubs and the United States Department of Agriculture. All of the co-operative egg-marketing groups were represented at the conference. con-ference. Mrs. C. W. Martin of Texas, chairman chair-man of the home and community department de-partment of the American Farm Bureau federation, was elected chairman of the conference. She Invited Mrs. II. W. Lawrence of Ohio to share the honors of presiding. The conference Instructed the chairman chair-man to appoint an adequate general committee to work out n standard plan for the co-operative marketing of eggs. Mrs. Martin will announce the personnel person-nel of the committee within a comparatively compar-atively short time. The general committee com-mittee will select state organization committees to Initiate campaigns to organize or-ganize farmers and the families of farmers to merchandise their eggs In an Intelligent and orderly fashion. The conference ordered that In any such campaigns "the women of each state be given a dominant part, because of our recognition of the fact that the marketing of eggs has heretofore been left, In a majority of cases, to the control con-trol of the women members of the farm families, and because the proceeds from the sale of eggs have been used In direct di-rect home expenditures by such women members and are directly concerned with the comfort and standard of living liv-ing In such homes." Walton Peteet of the American Farm Burenu federation summarized the results re-sults of the conference by stating that the new committee would prepare definite defi-nite plans for co-operative marketing of eggs; the egg producers would or-gnnlze or-gnnlze local associations to assemble and grade their eggs; the locals would , federate Into state selling agencies, and j the state associations would be co-ordl-I nated Into a great national egg-producers marketing association. "A local lo-cal co-operative marketing association," said Mr. Peteet, "can do no better than to sell well on n hud market. A national na-tional organization, representing a coordination co-ordination of local effort, can Improve the market." The farm woman has evidently determined de-termined that the price of eggs has something to do with social Improvement Improve-ment and community advancement. She enlers the economic Held as the next big forward step In her light for belter rural homes. The following resolution was adopted adopt-ed by the conference: Resolved, by the National Kgg Marketing Mar-keting conference, assembled at Chicago, Chi-cago, III. : 1. That the egg Industry should be organized for orderly and Intelligent marketing. o. Thai an adequate general committee commit-tee be selected by the chairman of this conference to work out a standard plan for such liilelllu'cnt and orderly murkot-ii" murkot-ii" tl ergs, adjusted where necessary the special needa of any particular |