| Show MARKETING ALFALFA PRESENTS SEVERAL DIFFICULT PROBLEMS t 1 I 1 I 1 axy k kaj i L 11 maw e looking pork family in an alfalfa field prepared by the united stites states st ites department ot of agriculture the irrigated areah of t ue do southwestern united states cun call produce a high market grade of hay hai lint but there are several difficult problems that must be solved sol vedin in order profitably to market the lie hay say specialists of the bureau of markets and crop es cs i tl ti mates united states department of agriculture I 1 method of baling the first ster which lias has a direct hearing bearing upon the marketing of alfalfa li 14 hitting baling tile rainfall in ili the south west Is in exceedingly light during dining tilt hay milking making season and for tills this ren n n soil pon much of tile hay u la Is billed baled out of ilia windrow or cock when tiny liay Is billed baled from tile the wind row in green state to save all the leaves it cannot connot ile he pressed tightly because of tile ilie lunger danger of hunting lind shippers therefore frequently experience considerable culty in ili loading cairs with the muni weight for which they the 1 pi ny charges hay flay which tins lias been stacked ind and allowed allonen to dry can call ile he baled moro mon comlat comp not hut but in haling billing stark stack liay hay many of tile leaves shatter because of if the dryness dr dry Musi noss according to the application appele atholl by many inspectors of the present grade rules tills tiny liay Is of a lower grade than when tile leaves cling to tile the sterns steins notwithstanding all 1111 g tie the 1 fact that tile the leaves may be 10 conta contained 1 ned in ili the bale sources of trouble bleached hay together oseth cr with weeds causes considerable trouble tron tilo in ani 11 ar it Is well known that flat t hay hai bleach bleaches cs quickly when exposed to bright sunlight hut but there Is it wide of opinion as to just the amount of nutrient that Is lost in bleaching commercial grado grade rules however tire are based base in ili part upon tills this factor producers tilt and shippers in these sections conte contend ild tint too much weight li 14 given the color factor in he lio present commercial grades for alfalfa anti riot not weight to its feeding f value from dinv inv recently made inalle by the burein of markets marl and crop estimates it appears that when tile present grading grad lii rules tire are rigidly and till technically applied n as s Is ig frequently the ease caso on oil declining ti it Is impossible under tile most mait ideal conditions to produce choice grade alfalfa tile tho presence of n weed a blade binde of grass or of a i bleached blen ched stem steal will prevent ent a bale from grading choice und and it Is practically impossible to obtain hay lay which Is entirely clear of tiny any of these things considerable tiny hay is bought and sold on this grade however buethe but the use of it and sometimes also of the grade no 1 causes the shipper it heavy loss tile specia specialists lisam bellevo lell co that commer clat grades for tiny kind of tiny liay should bo be made so HO that hint the luil limitations in ili production and preparation will mill bo be properly recognized and that such s grades should le ile uniformly tip pal 1 ond and not influenced whatever by the state of the market causes of wide margins most shippers in ili the ilia irrigated sections seem willing milling to handle hay at a gross profit of 1 per ton if the chance i f losses on oil account of rejections reject tona could be eliminated tile rejections urn arii almost always I 1 imbed upon the claim that the liay lay Is not up tip to grade hut but occur almo upon a de dc elling rith ith only the meager protection against tills this practice and resultant loss furnished by inspection services sen ices maintained by the trade or of tile various markets lie Is compelled to raise ills his margin of gross profit to pa 2 or 3 per ton when the producer notes the wide between the price which he has received for ills his liay hay and the price quoted 1 doted at the adjacent market lie he feels that aliat the ilia hipper or dealer Is 13 taking advantage adan it tage of jilin and Is making too large it profit tile producers de sire to share in ili tills this supposedly large profit Is 14 one of the principal causes of the operative cooperative co wave that Is now agitating southwestern alfalfa growers when this ills dire desire la is stimulated by an enthusiastic prospective manager it seems til td be not a very ery difficult cult matter to form forin till nn organization of producers to ship tin and market hay bay co operative cooperative marketing assoria association tion operative cooperative co market association clin no doubt macket their own hay its ag advantageously ly as the individual ship per provided their manager Is as well trained rind possesses equal experience und business ability but they are sure to tn meet tile tho same marketing dif licul ties lind will have hae just as ninny many reja T and losses which must bo be deducted a from the proceeds of their sales I 1 many of tile tic irrigated sections of 0 the southwest st do wt not ship more than from 2000 to cars of tiny each year all and tills business Is in some instances divided between two to or shippers who ho also konduct other businesses in connection thus greatly reducing overheat expenses co cooperative obern shipping associations are being or in several of these projects the cure for the present marketing in the alfalfa sections of 0 the southwest would seem to be along the line of better standards lards and their impartial applications application say tile the marketing specialists |
