Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-21
co.op.rativs German Diaries.

Operations of cooperative garry
society in Kleinkugel, Germany, have
been studied by subcommittee OF
the American commission on agricul-
tural cooperation.
Members of the society own IN all
abou, ESQ cows. Each member is re-
quired to own at least two COWS and
to take out at least one share OF stock
costing SO. However, many OF the
members own more than the required
two cows. and purchase one share OF
stock for each two cows one
of the members who received the com
| worth Of stock.
The milk OF the members Is brought
each day to the dairy by the members
themselves. The dairy is operated to
make a small profit. but this margin Is
simply a guard against losses and not
a means to pay dividends to the mem
bers. At the present time the society
has not paid of the mortgages on its
buildings and so the profits. after a
portion are placed In reserve fund,
are paid as interest and principal on
these loans Members OF the dairy re-
ceive cash for their milk from the
dairy. 1t is bought according to the
percentage Of butter fat which 1t con-
tains The buttermilk and skinned
milk is returned to the farmers for
cheese making and food for hogs. In
another village the commissioners saw
cooperative dairy where the hogs
were kept by the society. and where
cheese was manufactured.
| Because Of superior quality Of butter
made at the cooperative dairy. az
compared to butter made on the farms,
/ the price obtained for cooperative
butter averages about Is per cent
above the market price. The cost OF
making is considerably reduced so that
| the increased returns to the members
are satisfactory. Dealers in butter are
required to pay a local tax, but be-
cause Of the cooperative and nom
profit seeking character OF this dairy
no tax is required unless the dairy
! wishes to purchase milk from outside
farmers. All members Of the dairy are
required to supply all of their milk,
not required for use at home, to the
CO. operative dairy.
The manager Of the dairy who ap-
peared before the commissioners said
that his salary was $3.50 year. with
a free house, free butter and milk al
lowed. Yet he was trained dairyman
and a graduate Of one OF the German
dairy schools. He told the commission
som etning of these schools in which
the Germans place great store. In
every German town there is one school
in which dairying is taught. When the
children are IA years old, il they have
decided to become dairy farmers they
enter this school. The children are set
at their work even at an earlier age
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training at dairy before they enter
the school. There was one pupil at the
co operative dairy preparing himself
to enter the dairy school. 1t is not. Of
course, child labor, but simply voca-
tional education carried on in connec-
ton with other school training. The
efficiency Of the German agriculturists
and artisans is believed to rest largely
upon this training, tho from the Amer
lean standpoint objection might be
. made to 1t on the ground that to train
a child to manual labor from 80 early
an age is apt to create classes within
a country.
The importance of the cooperative
, credit societies in the development Of
other cooperative enterprises was
made readily apparent to the commits
sioners. The cooperative dairy owns
its own land but the building was
erected on credit advanced by the local
Raiffeisen society. Three and half
per cent interest is paid by the society
: upon all loans. The principal OF the
; loans is paid back by amortization In
! small annual installments. On the
dairy house this installment payment
each year is per cent Of the amount
) of the loan. On the machinery II is 10
per cent, and on wagons 20 per cent.
Higher payments on wagons and ma
chinery are required because OF de-
probation In their value.
) The daughter Of A. Mitchell, Bagdad
KY, had q bad case OF kidney trouble
{ and they feared her health was per-
: manently impaired. Mr. Mitchell says
t "She was in terrible shape but got
! her to take Foley Kidney Pills and now
y she IL completely cured" Women are
{ more liable to have kidney trouble than
3 men and will hnd Foley Kidney Pills