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Show I1 ' uu NEW METHOD IN SELLING WHEAT (Agency Maintained in Og-den Og-den By Northwest Wheat Growers MINNEAPOLIS Minn., Aug. 28. Tarmcrs of the west and northwest! who are members of five wheat grow-1 ere associations which comprises the Northwest Whe.it (Imwers associated. will be relieved of' the responsibility; of selling their ow n wheat, under plans j of the organisation which on August 1 i opened a sales agency here. All mutters pertaining to the sale ot wheat wlll.be handled by th- several selling agencies It has established ln; the territorv. according to .1 F Adams.; auditor of the organization. Application for a membership in the! Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce has been made, through which med- lum the major portion of the grain will be sold, Mr. Adams said. The Northwest North-west Wheat Growers will not act as a commission concern. Its interest bo- lnp confined to the selling end. as noi wheat will be purchased by it, he tiald ! It also will not deal in future options j One of the objects of the organizations organiza-tions Is to attempt to create a more etablo market. Mr. Adams declared. A' normal quantity will bo sold each month .depending upon market con-j dltlons with no set limits to gauge j the moement. The Northwest Wheat Growers' maintain selling agencies at Portland, Ore,, Seattle and Ogden, Utah Wlieat from North Dakota, Montana, Nebraska Ne-braska and Colorado will flow through The Minneapolis office while Washington. Washing-ton. Oregon and Idaho grain will be) disposed of at the western agencies. j Under the rules, each of the 20,000 members, who have contr;tcted to pool their wheat for six years, will Lake his wh?at to an immediate elevator and obtain elevator receipts, according to Mr AH.-imo Thoor, n.ill Via fnrtiiriH I "to the Northwest Wheat Growers office of-fice and farmers will be paid 75 per cent of the full value based on current cur-rent market prices, he explained. Additional Ad-ditional advances will be made as the grain Is sold. Final payments will be based on average prices For its export business, the organization organi-zation has made connections with a European house which deals only In co-operative wheat, he added Duluth, Seattle and Portland will act as export ex-port ports. As Chicago is out of Its Immediate territory, no trading will be done on the Chicago Board of Trade. Mr. Adams said oo A kind of wine may be made from parsnips |