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Show CHICK PEA GROWERS OF MEXICO MARKETING CROP NOGALES.Arlz,, Juno 14 The Gar-banzo Gar-banzo Union of Sonora and Sinaloa will handle the "chick pea" crop from! those states this year through the port of Nogalcs. The organization has perfected per-fected financial arrangements in New York City for marketing the entire' crop, estimated this year to be worth1 approximately $0,000,000 and aggre-! gating 325,000 to 350,000 sacks. General Alvaro Obregon in 1917 or-1 ganized the garbanzo growers of Sonora So-nora and Sinaloa into a union for the marketing of their crop. Last year this union was inoperative and tho growers suffered a loss In profits. This year I. P. Gaxlola, business manager for General Obregon, reorganized the growers into a largor union. I A Tnv Ynrl- nnmnnn.i In tho growers In .handling tho garbanzo crop for 1020 under an arrangement Whereby it is stated the growers win rocelve an average of $5 more the sack than under tho old plan of field marketing. mar-keting. Southern Pacific de Mexico cars are moving into Sinaloa and Sonora to start tho garbanzo crop toward No-gales. No-gales. Growers estimate it will require re-quire about 1500 cars. The garbanzo crop, bought on consignment. Is sold largely to Cuba, Spain and Porto Rico. ' oo |