Show Egg i and Poultry Societies Thrive Co Cooperative Marketing l Has Has Rapidly Developed in In Past Few v Years the United d tes Department Dep Prepared by ot operative Co-operative marketing of ot eg eggs S and undergone undergone un un- undergone States has hns poultry in the United In the last development great 15 years One hundred and eighty eighty- organizations three farmers farmers' business o poultry or both report handling eg eggs s sold more than 70 40 U- U during H 1924 1034 24 They hey dozens of eggs for approximately approximately Although only 3 31 y were of ot the of the organizations truly operative co-operative type these 31 handled han man man- business dIed Bled 90 00 per cent of or the egg Formerly practically all aU poultry ba ba- products were sold on a flat fint price regardless regardless re re- re- re sis Eggs brought the same trice price ardless of quality Poultry which was usually sold alive was paid foron for foron foron on the pound basis with little regard to Its n age e or condition This method besides offering no Inducement to producers producers pro pro- to Improve the quality of their poultry and eggs brought about seasonal seasonal sea sea- gluts and shortages Improvement Made Great Improvement was made trade when poultry producers In various parts of methods methods meth meth- the he country adopted operative co oils of marketing eggs and poultry These efforts at first local and primitive primi tive tIe eventually became quite widespread widespread widespread wide wide- poultry poultry poultry poul poul- spread and complex scale Large-scale been try and egg operatives co-operatives have successfully conducted for a n number of ot years In the time Pacific Coast states Egg and poultry marketing has been organized operatively co In ninny many states Considerable attention has I been given In the last two or three years to t LI tae operative co-operative e method of marketing poultry in Maine New Hampshire Connecticut New York Ohio Indiana Illinois Minnesota Missouri Missouri Mis Mis- lIs- lIs Utah Texas New Mexico Idaho Alabama Kentucky and Vir Vir- ginia In Minnesota local associations are federated for selling purposes Elsewhere must most of the time recently formed associations are of ot the centralized nonstock nonprofit t type pe A survey In 1924 1024 showed 31 egg and poultry marketing associations In producing producing pro pro- producing regions and 4 at nt terminal mar mar- two Twenty of them handled both eggs and poultry Eight handled only eggs and one handled only poul poul- tr try Missouri with nine associations was the state with the largest number num ber Minnesota was second with six California third with four fott and Texas Tuns fourth with three Five of 29 20 associations asso- asso In Information information in- in that gave ga the department formation as to when they began operations operations op op- were or organized before 1920 1030 and the remainder since the beginning beginnIng beginning begin begin- ning of that year operative Co-operative egg eg marketing was first developed b by the present method on the Pacific const coast An association was was formed In 1013 1913 In Tulare county California Cali Call fornia with about 00 members In Its first year ear Its sales exceeded 25 OUO Last year Its sales were nearly too 5 JO Poultry producers of central central cen cen- California formed an nn organization In 1910 1911 and this concern last year had hens covered by Its contracts Its eggs are carefully graded and handled han hun dIed and are In good demand In Eastern Eastern Eastern East East- ern markets The fhe Poultry Producers of Southern California Inc a cooperative co op cooperative op or organization formed In 1917 WI handled 53 3 cases of eggs In Its first year Last Lust year ear It handled cases In 1017 1917 the Washington Cooperative Co op Cooperative I Egg gg nail and Poultry association was formed with headquarters at Seattle Scuttle This association now handles about cases of eggs a year ear anti and Its net worth luis has Increased from frOlD about 1000 to Rec Records of Progress ss Similar records of pro progress ress In cooperation co op nr are cited by the United States Department of Agriculture e from Information Information mation furnished by hy operative co eg egg anI and ami poultry associations In most of th the theother theother other states mentioned Poultry pr producers producers pro pro- In New Jers Jersey faced with corn com competition petition from Pacific coast coust II 3 men In Eastern marIH markets ts formed an asso association elation In H 1921 1 with members s Atter Aller some ome unfortunate experiences es this concern was reorganized In 1923 1033 ar 1 lust last year ear It handled bundled approximately approximate I ly fy cases of eggs Poultry rind and e eg eggs s have been marketed marketed mar mar- operatively co-operatively in hl the last ten years through h cO- cO operative co-operative creameries In Minnesota This plan is consi considered ert d ideal for assembling eg eggs s although it has hns Its limitations In merchandising So as us to develop elop a n better hetter selling or or- Minnesota poultry and eg egg producers put a 8 plan in operation In 1023 which provided pro for district organizations organIzations organ organ- federated In a state stat tI n. n This association on on December 31 last was sellin selling products from 14 members |