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Show PROFIT FOR THE FARMER The Utah Poultry Association Associa-tion has just paid a bonus of $6000 to poultry producers of this state. This was not expected, ex-pected, and went out without warning, being money that had accumulated in the hands of the management, of the association during the last ten weeks. It was one of the results of careful care-ful grading, 'combined with ths high quality of Utah eggs, and general efficiency in marketing thru the cooperative plan. This organization was formed under the direction of and is fostered by the Utah State Farm bureau. It is but one of the different cooperative organizations formed, or being formed for the purpose of developing the business side of farm life in this state. Thi plan is not just an experiment, but has been tried with success in other states, as it has been developed in some foreign countries. It is a plan to enable en-able the farmer to find the best available market for his produce. pro-duce. In the past it has always been a nrystery to the farmer as to just where his wheat, potatoes, eggs, or other produce were really consumed. Wheat would be taken to an elevator and dumped, the farmer never thinking of an appeal from the buyers price. He didn't know whether it was stored or sent to the east or the west. Sometimes Some-times he would haul his wheat to a farther town on the strength of a rumor that the price was better there. "When he was disillusioned, it was too late to go elsewhere with his load and get back home that night, and so he accepted the price allowed him. So far as eggs are concerned, the housewife would take the eggs or send them to the country coun-try store, taking merchandise in return, or cash below the market price for which they were being sold in the same store. The same was true of butter and other produce. Farmers Far-mers and farmers' wives have worked for ages, producing the food necessary to keep the world moving and alive. For their efforts, working all the time, they have been allowed a scant living, while others, who produced nothing, lived in luxury. Adaption of business methods meth-ods to farms and farming is a good sign. It means that, before be-fore very long, the farmers will receive the profits of their toil. Xot only that, but the farmers j are feeling their strength in other directions. When new tariffs are being considered, protection for the farmer is being be-ing urged by classes of men who ignored him in the past. We have no cause for fear in an organization of farmers, strong as it may become. Far mers always have been reliable class of people toward which the nation could turn in time of need. Men who own their farms and make their living there are not of the roving type and not easily influenced by agitators. With farmers in power, the reds would have hard work gaining recognition in this or any other country. Cooperative marketing seems to be Avorking out successfully and without detriment to the consumer. It will eliminate some who have profited in the past, but the increased prosperity of the country should make it possible possi-ble for these men to find work, and we hope to see all succeed. e |