The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 29, 1914, Image 4
Co-Operative Farm
Products Marketing
How It It Done in Europe and May !*? Hone
in America to the Profit of Hath
Farmer and Consumer
Hy MATTHEW 8, DUDGEON
.? i ?*M. 1 > M. VytnUiii Nrwiij. t|?i i < ' i? ?</f i /
fOiiiirtimy' ??f W. ll, IJntWi.)
Cooperative Concern in Copenhagen.
WHY DENMARK PRODUCES BEST BUTTER, BACON AND EGGS
FmleflckBHUm], Denmark.? -Wp take
off our hats to the Danish packing
house ami Its prbdtJH Here a mofit
efficient packing bouse takes a high
grade pig and manufactures him Into
the IxiHt bacon <jii eurth. If Armour
or Cudahy or Mih'iIh were here ho
would la- compelled t ci Join iih In our
salutation of the packing houses of
Denmark 1 1 ?? r?' is flu* last wf?rd an
to efficient Kfl' ii t i fie treatment of the
dead porker.
Hut In Denmark they demand some
thing more than .scientific treatment
In the packing house, The Danish
theory In that in product* good bacon
you must go hack Into the history of
tho pig They w-ynt to know of what,
breed he was, that ho was raised In
11 sanitary pen, on pure. wholesome
Vciod, that lie wan between Ave and
seven montliH old and welched from
JSO to lino pound** when butchered^
He ru.iv not lie a scrub. picked "P
by the buyers and rushed into the
yards to be killed and cured, as may
be t h ? case In Anteriea. The- Danish
pig Is nn efficient ?cientHic agency j
for transforming pure ntilkr and grain j
and root crops and. fodder Into line'
Ijlg meat. And ho when the best :
packing Iwume methods deal with the
bent pig the result Is sure tb .be t ! ? ? ? .
best bacon. And the farmers* after
they have rained tljo pit; and cured
the bacon in l.ho bueoii factory which
they themselves own. Insist that they1
get the profit TrOii) the sale So thfcse ^
Danish farmers keep possession of the
bacon until It Is placed upon the i
counters of the retail dealers In ICtur
land In this way they Ret all 'he
profit r"1 her?? are in the entire.1 proeOfs.
Organized Without Money.
This Is the way In which it is dene.
The haicn factory here ;tl KYederleks
sund is owned by 11,000 farmers There
are big farmers ami little farmers
among them Some of them have
only five acres, .and others have hun
dreds of acres Some contribute only
one or two bogs per year while oth
ers send theirs iti by the hundred
Strange to say, whjle the factory now
represents a very large Investment
and while the. fanners who own it
have in the aggregate great wealth,
the plant was established without the
direct investment of one dollar. Then'
was no capital paid In and there were
no bonds issued. \ large number of
farmers simply got together, organ
ized. elected officers and directed that
these officers should in their behalf.
- borrow sufficient capital at the near
bv bank to erect the plant and start
the business And the bank stood
for it well knowing that the uulltn
It ed liability "of hundreds ot' farmers
who were interested in the bacon fac
tor}* was* 'lo1 best security in the
world: well knowing also that under
proper management a bacon factory
w?s one of the tr.nrt sound and
profitable business ventures Into
which ?so same farmers could go.
HigR Grade Manager.
A This concern is* ow tied hv ? 'UW
thrifty, close-fisted. money making
farmers, but thev do not run this
business on any narrow gauge plan
They know that incompet ence does
not pay They want Rood results ;?nd
so employ the best superintendent
and manager that monetary eonsld
orations <-a n secure His name is
Frederick I Sleek lie Is an edn
cated. widely read much traveled
scientifically trained business man.
who understands farming and hop
raising in all its details lie knows
all about pigs from breeding to eat
ing He lias studied every known
process of transforming a live pig into
the finest bacon lie knows all about
the by-products, be the* sausage or
fertilizers made from the blood lie
understands the problems of trails
portation. He is familiar \\ : 1 1 ? the
markets of the world and with the
demands of each Into his plant tu
bas introduced all the latest efficiency
devices He is in the broadest sense,
a competent, efficient. high priced
manager
Overcoming Unfair Competition.
Although for some twenty or thirty
years co-operation has been in suc
ccBsf ul operation lu Denmark. iio co
operative society can count upon the
absence of rivalry and competition
'from private doalerts. Karlier in the
gairin more t ban oiiii . co-Operative so
ciety was tiadl) hindered In being out;
bid in its efforts to purchase the
products of iiu members.. It is hard
Indeed for the farmer to realize t hat
he should accept $ 1 0 per hundred for
IiIh pigs from a co-operative society
while the out tide dealer is offering
I. iin $11 per lumlred. The private
dealers here played the game that they
urn playing in America. Whenever
any co operative concern started do*
ing business Ihe private dealer at
once out hid it Here hh in America
the farmers sometimes abandoned
their co-operative society and Hold to
the highest bidder. Occasionally the
co-operative concern was pushed to
the wall and went out of business.
Hero as in America the private deal
er immediately dropped his price and
the farmer was wheue he was before
getting whatever price the dealers
agreed upon among themselves.
No Selling to Rival Dealers.
1( did not lake the organizer 9 of
the cooperative movement long- to
realize that thin could not go oh. Con
f^ <|ti.enlly, \\ hen a new organization is
ntart-od now the matter is fully ex
plained to ttv." prospective members.
Tiicy are tbl'd ttj.it Unlrf.H they expect
to i.ive unlimited loyalty to the roii;
ccni: unless they are willing to agree
to bring all of their output to the so
ciety even when the. .society is outbid
r T?v private dealers, there is no li.^in
starting a society at all It is fully
explained to thorn that the high prices
. which may be "'.offered can only be
temporary and that the permanent
welfare of the community demands,
that the co-operative concern be or
ganized and he loyally supported The
matter thus fully before thorn the
Danish farmers do not hesitate to en
ter into a contract to deliver all their
prri(|uct to thi" local co-operative so
ciety. The members of this bacon
factory here are under absolute agree
' men! to deliver pigs to no other deal
er,. although any member may of
eonrse use such Iiors us he needs for
his own mse
If a member delivers pigs to any
dealer he is penalized, lie has gone
into this agreement with full knowl
edge of its purpose. As a result no
one seems to he In the least dissat
isfied. although occasionally competi
tors offer prices that, are indee^ tempt
ing. The manager told us. however,
that repeatedly lie had farmers not
only ??xpress satisfaction over the
profits which they were receiving, but
when in addition to a fair price they
have been paid a dividend they have J
repeatedly remonstrated that It
seemed to them they were getting
more than they should out of the con
cern.
Sixty Thousand Pigs Per Year. :
"We handle from sixty thousand to j
seventy thousand pigs each year,
said the manager "During parts of j
the year two thousand pips per week J
will come in Those nil are nearly
of the same ago and si/.e, practically
all being between twenty-four and
twenty-eight weeks old and weighing
from ISO to 200 pounds. They have
been ffd almost the same food and
have been raised upon conditions that |
are absolutely uniform Slight < 1 1 IT e r - |
? nces occur in the individuals, some
being a little fatter than their mates,
others differing In the of
meat although it would take an
??xpert t ?> detect those differences. Out
annual turn over of bacon amounts to
about a million and a halt dollars. We
send out some fresh pork Our lead
ing article is cured side bacon with
ham and shoulder attached We send
out alfo lord, sausage, boneless ham
and a number of by-products You
will note as yon go through the fac
tory that every product which ^"e
send out is marked with a govern
ment stamp with the number .??9
which is the number of this factory.
Utilizing All Except the Squeal.
'All the waste from 'he factory la
carefully care.) lor We do not de
stroy a particle of material that comes
In Some one has said that the only
thing we have not been able to make
mtt of ~tt?? ?rpienl frYir PT
ample, we manufacture bone meal for
chicken feed We turn the blood into
a special Quality of fertilizer, 1110*1
of which lh .-.flipped to Germany and
Holland and used largely upon their
famouh tulip h?*d?. Wm bunt noth
1 it k Mohi d4 the offal icohh back to
the farm * <>( t li i m region a* tmnuree.
'Chore im 110 inon* profitable use for
It, Tbtl very water with which we
llutdt out our slaughter root on Ik used
an a fertilizer
Kach Friday we send out quotation*
of prU'efj which will pr?vail during
the coining week. About one-half of
our output, however, 1m Hold In ad
vunce on atandlug orders frqin Kng
l,l?nd, They directors tQsend them
HO mar. v liuinln<| |,oiinds at fcbft nil
Ing price. 'J' hey understand, of course,
that we will tlx ii fair market pjrlco
Upon what wit wand thcrn. With tbefc?'
who want good bacon, however, it Is
not ho much n question of price us a
<lucitlion of f| utility, and It la because
of four quality that vy'e have these
standing OfdWf.';1
Fixing Price*.
Kach of the ruetp) leg haw a local
prlcoflxlng committee, consisting of
the president of the local aqelety, a
well-known farmer who Is not a direc
tor of the society, and the manager
of the factory The manager of course,
produces the latent market reports,
telegrams and all other Information
obtainable an (o the results of provb
ouh shipments, the state of the mar
ket and its trend whether up or down.
After providing foi a small profit
which goes to the sinking fund and
allowing a quarter of a cent per pound
for working expense the committee
decides upon the prices which should
he paid and which it will recommend
to the. general district committee.
Tin' district eommftjee of tiie IVrt
e ration of Hilcon Kaetorlea meets once
a week to fix the prices which are to
prevail for the following week. This
general commit lee first learns the
views of all the. local factory com
mittees In the district and sets,; the
prices according to their recommenda
tions: that is to say. if five local
commit tees recommend 4T? ore per
pound, while five others place the fig
"urea', at in, the general committee seta
It at 4f>%
It Pays the Farmer.
"We are now p#?mg a 1 Ittlo over
flffep'h dollars per hundred weight.
Other private dealers pay (he name'
prlee, but with the private dealer the ;
fl rnt return Is all the farmer will ever
get for his pigs. Krich year we lay
aside something for our reserve fund, j
and ho in e t ti i to pay off what we bor- j
I rowed :it the batik. After we have*
done thin we declare an annual dlvl- '
dond. which amounts to from $1,25
,y ?# J ?
to $ l--.no on each hog that has been
delivered to us. You see srlart that
at t It e end of the ten years' period
each tanner has a share in our estab
lishment. hero. which may be termed
an additional priee for his' pigs. Un
der our system each farmer has an
interest in this concern, when it is
finally paid for in proportion to the
mind)eruo?-' nounds of pork which he :
has delivered to us during all these
years'- We figure that the average
amount which luis been laid aside
and invested In this plant, is about
twenty-five dollars per member. We
j fin not pay this in cash to them, but j
issue a certificate which is evidence'
| that they own a share in this plant
and in the business which we are do*
; ing here.- This is not a closed cor- 1
poration. but any farmer who wishes *
to join It can do so by paying the:
estimated value of membership.
Standing Together.
'There are i:i cooperative bacon
factories in Denmark. We have a cen
tral organization, which Is rather a
voluntary association for the mutual
benefit of The various co-operative ba
con factories. The office is in Cop
enhagen. Weekly reports come in
from each factory giving the amount
killed and sold.( the expense of the
business and the market returns re
ceive. | The heads of the various fac
tories meet from time to tune to talk
over the best business methods and
possible Improvements in our way of
handling bacon We give each other
the benefit of our experience and
think of every way possible to help
each other. We do not feel that we
are. in any antagonistic sense, rivals.
We fully believe that every factory
is helped by the success of the other
factories. The success of each de
pends upon the fact that all of the
I factories are putting out a good
product and are dealing in an honest
j business-like way with the foreign re
| tailors who take our products. What
hurts one of us hurts all of us We
j are anxious, therefore, to help each
| other in every way, since in helping
| others we are helping ourselves.
"Our agricultural schools and our
, government departments help us,
; particularly upon all scientific prob
lems They help us along the tech
i nical side of all our work. They make
| experiments and give advice and ct>
j operate with us generally in. a thou
I sand ways."
Possibly the most striking thing
| about the factory is that a group of
' farmers should run a concern that
rivals in efficiency and business
methods the largest and best private
I ly owned packing houses of the
! world We expect farmers to farm
: well hut tn c do not expect them to
! do business well. In America Jhey
| take what is given them for the raw
! product and go no further Here they
go so far as to get all there is in it.
1 /T7ur~farmor who raises the pig holds
I to it and keeps it as >i i ? property un-i
i til it lands in the retail shops of Eng
1 land All intervening processes are
I under his control and all intervening
J profits are his own. Denmark pre
sents to the. world iho sciontifle. farro?
er who ',s an efficient business man.
Will the American farmer ever at
tain that position?
Bank Stock
For. Sale
I am offering for Hale. within
JO <lay?. I- ivc I houfand
($JrQO0) Dollar* 'worth of
stork of the Loan & Savings
Bank, of Camden, S, C.
L. L. CLYBURN
DeKALB S. C.
BANK STOCK
WANTED
I hereby offer l ive I hous
and Five Hundred Dollars
($5,500.00) for the Five
Thousand Dollars ol Loan
tk Savings Bank Stock, (50
shares) advertised by L. L,
Clyburn, that is to say,
ten per cent, above par.
Henry Savage
CAMDEN, S. C.
MONEY TO IX) AN.
(in Improved farms. Eauy terniB
A I'ply to H. H. Clarke, Camden, S
C. ' 'r>o.
SAM WING LAUNDRY
??PHONE 91 ?
915] Broad St., Camden, S. C.
IS THE STAFF
That being the case it behooves you to use
flour you can depend upon. Wfc have just
received a car of those deservedly popular
brands,
"Presto" and "Morning Star"
and we are selling it very reasonable'
Corn, Oats and Feed Stuffs
are our specialties and it will pay you to see us.
MURCHISON
Wholesale Supply Company
For SORE HEAD
(Chicken Pox)
Thiit <lr< ml <lisen*c will
prurticuUy ruin the flork
unliti* ?iui(:kly 'hcckeil.
Sore Head (Chicken Poi)
Remedy
(1 >1 (l f)()C
ja a <ioro cure.
Fight !!????, ntitos, oto.p
with u sure, weapon.
f'rUlL ? Powdered Lice Killer
SSc and We. Is easily applied ami never fails.
ItofuRo Buhstttutrr; insist on l"ratts.
?0 Satisfaction Guaranteed or Money, Back
^ I'mflu too i><iyv Foultru Hook
I''??r sale in 4. 'miihK'h by . Springs A:
Shannon and Ithanio Hros.
COLUMBIA LUMBER &
MANUFACTURING CO.
MILL WORK
SASH, DOORS, BLINDS
AND LUMBER
PLAIN & HUGER STS. Phone 71
COLUMBIA, S.C.
Farm Lands For Sale
.710 acres, more or loss, known as thy Spencer Place, situated 1 12
milt's Southwest of Camden on the Coulter's Ferry Road; 100 acres of
open land, two horse farm under cultivation; land lies well; good
stream running water; plenty of wood and good quantity of timber
on this tract. Price. $10 per acre.
Farm of W. 10. DeLoache, situate 2 1-2 miles Southeast of Camden
containing 27o acres; 150 acres of open land, part of this, under cul
tivation; timber and wood enough, for place; land producing well; ad- .
joining lands have sold for $80.00 per acre; one live room dwelling,
a good barn and seven tenant houses. For sale at $35.00 per acre.
The DobiTPlaee containing 150 acres 3 miles of Blaney; 250 acres
open landau part of (hi* under cultivation; ton acres pasture land
undoj^*r^1re; some good open creek land, plenty of wood and some
llnlfJer on the place; good building#; . one overseers house,; 0 tenant
lionises and two barns. .Twenty-five mile creek runs through this pro
perty. i'rice $7,500. Terms: 1-4 cash, balance in three years at. the
usual rate of interest.
3 C? 1 acres on Town Creek, four miles south of Camden; 00 acres
open land; two tenant houses. Will sell at a bargain. Plat of same
can be seen aj our office.
137 acres on Lockhart Road known as the Wheat l'lace; seventy
one acres under cultivation; 3 tenant houses and one dwelling*. Price
$22.00 per acre.
100 acres three miles from Camden betweeen the Kershaw and
Liberty Hill Road; 50 acres under cultivation; one four room dwell
ing and barns. Price $35. On pt?r acre.
75 acres adjoining Citv Limits, known as Race Track l'lace of JH,
C. Garrison ; one good overseers house. several tenant houses and
barns; improvements first class; lands in high state of cultivation.
Price Reasonable.
1,000 acres eight miles from Camden, on Charleston Road, on
Southern Railway with siding and ware house ; one new over-seer's
house, eight tenant houses. 1 large barn, 1 gin house and equipment
and 1 cotton house. 1,200 acres swamp land, excellent for cattle or
hay culture;; 050 acres upland. 300 acres of the upland being of the
finest land In the state and in the highest state of cultivation. Price
$21 an acre. Very 'easy terms.
352 acres of land known as the Creed property, eight miles North
of Camden; 200 acres open land, some timber and plenty of wood on
place; one half mile from good school; one five room dwelling, barns,
one store building and ten tenant houses. Prico on application.
Terms: one-third cash, balance to suit purchaser.
Small farm, ? property of 11. M. Fincher. one mile East of Camden;
one new $1,200 dwelling and barns; land in high state of cultivation
10 acres of this land produced seven 500 weight bales of cotton and
144 bushels of corn. Prlice $3,000. Tenuis 1-0 cash, balance at 7
per cent on easy terms. \
Wo also have listed *\ith us a good selection of City property.
C. P.
DuBose
&
Company
Real Estate
City Property
Farm Lands