Show A Agriculture b o Seeking D 0 DWay 0 the Way ay Out For some years agriculture has been seeking for a way out of its predicament Now it begins to look 1001 as if it may 1130 have ve found It in inthe inthe inthe the movement toward cooperation At some sonic cooperative associations in this country transact an annual business business busi busl- ness of over according to Vera Vela McCrea of the Dairymen's League Cooperative a aleader aleader aleader leader in the e eastern tern field Many of these have centralized their sales activity in large organizations organizations I lions doing an annual business of b between tween and Their membership represents represents represents rep rep- resents an appreciable percentage of the American farms Agriculture is in pretty much the same sarie situation as are arc many manufacturing industries Exactly Exactly Exact Exact- ly as industry lias solved many of its problems through production efficiency and distribution so must agriculture solve its problems A Aready Aready Aready ready market and profitable prices for goods can only be had when farmers unite to place themselves on a bargaining footing with dealers dealers dealers deal deal- ers to whom they see seel The biggar bigger bigger big big- ger gar the business the better the bargaining power power and and the fast I j growth of farm cooperatives Indicates indicates indi- indi cates that agriculture is appreciating ing that fact and is developing ac ac- ac- ac cordingly |