Show GO 11 OPERATIVE GRAIN MARKETING METHODS type of elevator should fit local conditions excellent system for one section will not always work out successfully in another comparative study of plans piano prepared by the united states deidra ment of agriculture in operative cooperative co grain marketing it is more essential that the system si tein be suited to conditions and practical need than ahn 1 it Is that the system itself has hai been bee n successfully applied in other fields tills this has been brought out in an investigation conducted by specialists of the bureau of markets united states department of agriculture a report of which has just been pub fished in department bulletin co operative grain marketing ono one can not carry his investigations of coop grain marketing far says bays the bulletin without realizing that what may be as an exe excellent ellent method for one section and for a particular condition will not always work out successfully in other sections or when applied to other conditions the bulletin makes a comparative study of methods in the united states and canada in the united states the most common type of farmers grain elevators Is owned and controlled by a body of stockholders in the immediate surrounding community and the elevator Is operated as a sep separate arute unit independently of any similar elevator in canada the line house type of farmers elevator prevails and Is highly successful the line house type con sisti elsts of a number of elevators con trolled strolled by one central office in a large marketing center two such companies in canada own and operate over COO country elevators in the three great wheat growing provinces in comparing the two systems the bulletin states that the line house operation of the farmers elevators would seem to offer the greatest advantage in those states where crops are some what uncertain or where the crop year Is of short duration and under which conditions it may be necessary to close the elevators tor for certain periods each year ear it Is possible under the line house method of operating elevators to economize in accounting and to 8 standardize in construction and in the machinery used favoring single unit eleva elevators tots la Is a degree of community pride which usually centers around these organizations quite independent of the services rendered in many sections section there Is a prejudice against centralized authority which Is not easily overcome elevators la in the middle west section of the united states were established primarily to solve marketing lems of local ch character ameter |