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MARKETING MUCK LAND CROPS 



with reference to the bill now in Albany under the Department of 

 Agriculture. I don't think there is much likelihood of any conflict 

 between the two supervisors, if we get the two; but we may fall 

 down on one or the other, and it was worth while to try to have two 

 strings to our bow. It does look as though we were taking some 

 step in advance. I think with this plan of working either through 

 the Department of Agriculture with a certain fund — they estimate 

 $20,000 — or through the grange by a supervisor, we can, before 

 another year comes round, make substantial progress in organization. 



Mr. Aldrich: Co-operation is coming, but it wants lots of 

 wisdom and lots of money to bring it about. It is a subject that 

 we ought to take days in discussing. 



Mr. Bonney: I am glad to see so many here who are interested 

 in muck land crops. At this hour Mr. Greffrath of South Lima will 

 speak on ''Marketing Muck Land Crops." I do not think there is a 

 man in the business who knows as much about the proposition as Mr. 

 Greffrath. 



Mr. Aldrich: First will you appoint a committee to audit my 

 books I want you to appoint Mr. Work amongst others. 



Mr. Bonney: I appoint Mr. Work, Mr. Locke, and Mr. Hay. 



MARKETING MUCK LAND CROPS 

 Henry Greffrath, South Lima, New York 



I am not here to present to you some new plan of marketing muck 

 land crops in small packages, by parcel post, freight, or express. 

 This plan of selling our product of farm or garden to the consumer 

 in our city will probably work out well on any place where a variety 

 of crops is grown. When we confine our plantings to three or four 

 crops, I question this method of marketing. I am going to talk of 

 the kind of marketing I have found best suited to the muck land 

 grower where celery, onions, and lettuce are the main money crops 

 grotvn. I will deal chiefly with the preparation, packing, and 

 shipping, as I consider them the most important under our present 

 method. 



