Show TEACHING FARM cooperation according to a law passed by the wisconsin legislature compera 1 tive marketing must now be taught in all wisconsin state I 1 schools wisconsin is the fi first state to take such a step tile the superintendent of public instruction and the dean of the college of agriculture are to prepare outlines and other text books for guidance of teachers of cooperative marketing courses this action by one of our for foremost L agricultural states well illustrates lu the importance of agricultural cooperation in the life of the modern modem farmer so vital has cooperative marketing b become e c 0 m e that the farmer who does not join in the movement is almost always in an impossible economic position lacking the knowledge and the machinery that will enable him to produce in accordance with demand and to achieve the best price for what he sells he must fight a losing battle with the middleman when a cooperative sells for the farmer and brings into play bargaining powers as great as those of the distributor a fair price must result |