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Show H A THEORY OF DISTRIBUTING H FARM PRODUCT8 H The problem of distributing farm H products seems so big and unwieldy BBB ns to bo nearly hopeless. Somcyiunv schemo s reported ovcry tow weeks. H Tot the farmers contlnuo shipping BBB to wholesalers In tho samo old way. After tho matorlnl pays three or four B profits nnd sets of expenses, some m ot It comes .back right to tho nclgh- Si tiorhood whore it started from. PV' Tho National Agrlculturo Society S Tormcd tho past week In Now York 1 is tho Intent organized effort to moot fl this situation. One of Its principal j ends Is to promote cooperation nnd better marketing methods among tho BBV PPJ Students of rural economics havo BBV long urged farmers to cooperate In PH 'establishing supply depots nnd stor- Pj :ngo warehouses, with refrigeration J whero necessary. The theory hat B been that then tho local dealer would PB buy tlii bulk of his supplies from PPJ near home, saving no end of trans-' PPJ portatlon and expense. The .theory BBS looks good. Yet It is slow In being PJ adopted. Perhaps ono reason Is PJ that the farmers) progrcsslvo as tliey J may bo nowadays, do not appreciate J the necessity for publicity. -- H will bo of little uho to assemblo Pjpft n grcnt stock of farm products In n ' PJpff ccntrnl warehouse, unless 'dealers Jpfl nnd consumers in that section aro jpfl inado familiar day nftcr day with tho ' Pjffl stock and prices tbire olT-jrcd. I'll- jpfl less they arc told what they ran get PjPJI there, tho provision men would tend PJ to keep on buying In the same old J way nnd of the same old people, nnd PJpS raying too many prollts and costs. PJ Hut if such cooperative warchous- J oh would use tho newspapers to a PJ rcasonnblo extent, they ought to bo PjBM nblu to sell enough cheaper to get ' Pjpfl the business or a lot of It. No great j PJPB nmount of space In niiy ono nowspn- PJbB I por would bo ucccr.sary. If It wns JpB j n regular feature, renders would look PBb jl for tlie announcement, and It would PBa (I not need large type or display. HHHB Ul -"m m |