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C. P. American 1950
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The two -cighth+ grade dlassee-:oi
Central Point Junior HiBh`,Schoal
w[th Mrs. Kathryn Stancli6le,`their
iitstrgator,-cook afield trip to the
-Central Point Gratrge Co''-off. 'fhe
8 X group going Thursday morning
and the 8 Y group oh Friday morn-
ing.
WA-left-the-srhook at-nine o'clock
and walked to the Grange Co-oy
retail store where we logked over
tlhe aa•LiClea which they have for
sale. The stock includes everything
that the farmer would need, While
in the retail store; Mt,--Earl Weaver
explained how the Coop i9 manag-
ed. This co-op serves all_of Jack-
son county with seventy per ,cent
of its business being in the feed
ri"'-~in teh~_-pounds of'~ accur8
right.
Tne LrN machine we watch.
grain Ls ground. every' five mini
Phis .teed is' usbd chieflS~ .fyr; i
and agima! Seed. '
The pext machine , we, pbstit
.vas where hhey T`ijl -sacks with'
:areal kinds of grains -'A-:
places a sack onto a large pipe,.
i a lever and the grain pollee
~' Nhen the correct amount is in
sack the ~maehine is shut oft
tho sack-. moved -over-to the l
:awing machine w4tere it'is sti
:d. The whole 'process takes a
-shirty -seconds. - ~ - -
Wc saw a railroad tank car
pulls
In. T
tha si
and 1V
tch-
bout
un-
loading molasses A hose is hooked
from the cal to the. building, this
hose carries the molasses to the
storage tank whioh 'holds forty-fib
tons of molasses. `The molasses is
used wihh certain tends. ~"
products. I In the basement we watched Mr.
The Co-op was organised in 1934 Weaver use the sack cleaner. This
and until 1941 only Grange mem- method of cleaning sacks assures
hers coulc4 buy there. Now anyone the buyer of grains that he is get-
may buy there. If one wishes to ling clean grain. After Looking over
bacome a member he may pay a the basement we went upstairs
sum of ten dollars.-- Thfa money again and saw 6he elevator that
furnishes part of the capital for the can~ies Lhe grain to the bins. ThLs
Ca-op. elevator lifts a ton o[ grain every
Prom the retail store- we went 12-10 minuses. Lastly we visited
into the teed warehouse which has the boiler room where water is
a small. mixer. This mixer is used changed into steam [or use in soften-
tor special custom job's and holds ing certain grains that are to be
one half Lon. TJta~supplies in tht rolled. This steam is also used to
warehouse are all Iobelad and p(acec .teat the molasses Pnd to heat the
In certain areas so it does not lake wilding.
much time to select the articles
wanted.
We went to she machinery anr:
other gupplics warehouse. Not too
much machinery- is in stock be-
cause of the large amount of capital
it would take to keep a large stock
We were shown n .new type of
sprinkler system to be. used for
'irrigation. Il'•i; composed of n
aeries nt large wheels and pipes.
It has the ndvnntage of being moved
easily and in less lime than pre-
vious sprinkler types.
Our next stop was at the grain
elevator. As we entered the builU-
ing we stood on a huge scale which
1v used tar wcigiting grain trucks.
Large grntes are in the center of
this scale. Through these grates
the grain is dumped. The gX class.
wcJghed 3000 Ihs, nna the 6Y class
waFghed 4050 lbs. This scale comes
.~nn •,•mn ern r•r+nan~e
We were informed hhat the build-
ing cast about §96,000 dollars plus
;50,000 for equipment. By purchas-
ng at the Co-op one may wave
ground five per cent.
This field trip was taken to in-
'orm ouY Classes with-fireLhand in-
ormation how a Co-op wab man'ng-
~t. We have been studying about
Cooperatives and the Gunge in our
Social Science Classes:`
We extend our thanks and ap-
preclalion to Mr. Weaver and,_~he
other employees. for their kindness
In showing us around and-ansyfer-
ing our questions,
BY Karl Morse, BY-
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