Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 133, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1920 — FARMERS’ WOOL CLIP COMBINE IS SUCCESSFUL [ARTICLE]

FARMERS’ WOOL CLIP COMBINE IS SUCCESSFUL

Word has been received by officers of the Indiana Federation of Farmers’ Association that the uniform plan of combining this year's wool clip through the county unit system is meeting with great success and will save the producers in this state thousands of dollars. The uniform plan calls for setting the clip to the highest bidder on definite specifications for cash at the time of delivery' rather than for consigning to the co-operative warehouse at Chicago. The wool committee of the Federation recommended the county unit plan of pooling the clip this year with the provision that a permanent system be worked out for the future by the board of directors of the organization.' J—— I The system for this year calls for a canvas of each county to ascertain the name of each wool grower and the number of fleeces along with the signing of a contract to deliver according to contract for advertising for bids from reliable wool buyers through the state Federation along with the time, place and delivery, and recommends that all bids be taken with the reservation of the right to reject any or all ' bids. A reasonable handling charge |to be pro-rated to the amount of ■ wool sold is embodied as one of the features of the uniform plan. The first tables of the live stock reporting service which has been cooperating with the United States Agriculture Department in collecting the data have just been compiled and copies are being sent to all county presidents, secretaries and county agents by Secretary

Lewis Taylor. The matter of getting this information to the membership of the various counties has been left to the county officers. It has been announced that the next report is to be made the first part of July on a slightly different schedule, and embody the plan adopted for uniformity by the various state associations in the corn belt region. The housing problem would be well solved if Mr. Palmer could Jail all the profiteers.—Columbia Record.