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Show CO-OPERATIVE IDEA IS BIGGEST PROBLEM Story of American Movement Is Told by Herman Steen. Co-operative marketing Is the biggest big-gest question in American agriculture today. It is the subject of discussions In the messages of presidents and governors; gov-ernors; it is the topic of conversation in the cross-roads grocery. More than 800,000 American fanners have signed contracts to market their crops co-operatively, and last year more than $1,-000,000,000 $1,-000,000,000 worth of farm products went to market through co-operative channels a fivefold increase in ten years. At the present rate of progress this figure will be doubled in two more years. All these facts and many more are told in a book on co-operative marketing mar-keting just off the presses, written by Herman Steen and issued under the auspices of the American Farm Bureau Bu-reau federation. It tells the story of the American co-operative movement how and why It started, how and why It grew, its failures and its successes. suc-cesses. The author wastes no time In propaganda or theoretical discussion or abusing the middleman he tells the story of 100 of the leading co-operative associations In the United States end Canada, carefully chosen for Importance to the movement. Every Important farm commodity is represented repre-sented in this volume, and so Is nearly every state and province in the United States and Canada. Furthermore, these - stories of actual operation of co-operative marketing associations are written by on experienced writer, and they are as easy to read as the latest novel. 'Iliis new book, "Co-operative Marketing: Mar-keting: The Golden Kule in Agriculture," Agricul-ture," fills a long-felt want for definite, dependable, carefully compiled information infor-mation on co-operative marketing. It Is valuable because It .summarizes practically all the American experience experi-ence on the subject and presents it In a form easy to grasp and understand; It is valuable because It analyzes failures fail-ures as well as conspicuous successes; and it Is valuable because It presents the philosophy of successful co-operative marketing as the author sees It. after visiting nearly every Important co-operative association in North America. It ought to be in the hands of every farmer, rural banker and farm leader who now belongs to a cooperative co-operative association or who Is Interested Inter-ested In the movement. Copies of this .Wi-page well-bound book may be obta ineil, postage prepaid, pre-paid, by addressing the American Farm Bureau Federation, 58 Fast. Washington street, Chicago. |