Show CATTLEMEN ON A P LAN federal farm board member discusses organization in county the principles of cooperative marketing of livestock were discussed by J it howard field man mail for tile the federal farm board at Tee meetings tings of cattlemen held in sevier lier county sunday meetings ft nere ere held at E isidore Elsin and 6 ci alina sir mr howard was accompanied by J M mcfarlane president of the utah cattle and horse growers I 1 association the visitors were accompanied on the trip through sevier county by S R boswell county agent president mcfarlane Farlano Mc stated that this is tile the second attempt made by catt lemens organizations of utah to organize for the cooperative marketing mai of livestock the first adventure started four or five years ago and was not a success on account of the fact that the principles of cooperative marketing of livestock were not so well understood by lanneis of utah and that the cattlemen did not have the encouragement of the united states government mr howard who was the first arc president aident of the american farm budeau federation stated that it had been his pleasure to among failers encouraging the organization of various cooperative marketing associations he stated that it was the earnest desire of the federal farm board to have the utah cattlemen organized pro properly prop pelly eily under the federal farm board plan on account of the fact that california arizona nevada and southern olegon were operating under the head of the western cattle marketing association and that the livestock men of colorado and other states to the cast wele operating under tile the head of the intermountain intel mountain states livestock marketing I 1 association the of officials fi in charge of tile the above mentioned associations cai earnestly nestly desired the utah organization to be p perfected perfected so that both organizations t i wis could cooperate to help stabilize the marketing of cattle to prevent gluts on the galket ant and the resulting decrease in prices A cooperative marketing mai contract as recommended by the federal farm board was submitted by mr howard and read for th the e consideration of cattlemen in attendance at the meetings although no effort was made to have members sign the contracts those present passed formal resolutions that they favored tile the proposition and encouraged the gentlemen in attendance to put foith their efforts to get other counties in the state to organize president mcfarlane McFail ane stated that utah ships to the coast markets approximately head of fat cattle and that the western cattle marketing Mai association would require approximately 50 60 per cent of that many cattle signed up for marketing mai inal beffie the association would commence activities in utah it was pointed out by the speakers that the association would be ready to work by the middle of august and that signing of contracts should be completed throughout the states by that time the visitors stated that it was a plan of the marketing association to place three men in the field to take care of the marketing problems of those who signed the marketing contract it is the plan of the association to have a field man visit a members stock at his horne home farm or ranch grade the cattle and quote the best market price for that day any member is at liberty to decline the offer on a ten day writ ten notice mr howard and mr mcfarlane went to San sanpete pete juab and cache counties to further promote the organization with other cattlemen of utah this system of livestock marketing will be further discussed at the annual farmers encampment to be held at the U S A C at logan the week of july 14 following the meeting at logan a membership campaign will be conducted in each county according cordi to the announcement by air noward howard it is tho the desire of the federal farm board that county agents shall encourage this movement among livestock men of utah |