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llvered that is overheated or show
he has been carelessly handled, it
marked and n record made of Il
condition. II it must be- sold at
discount, or dies while in transit
such loss must be- sustained by tn
owner.
In Minnesota there has been or
gained II Central of State Associa
tlon which aids in the establishment
ol uniform system of acc0untinl
and marketing for the local COOP
crallve selling agencies. II serves n
Il clearing house Of information [,
local associations. II uses It's in
ilIen"c III promoting the co. operativ
marketing of live stock from TIN
State. The Secretary of the Stat,
Association is connected with the Az
n"ultural College in Extension Worl
and IN that way gets in touch will
localities that are in need of mar
keting facilities. Localities that de-
sir" to organize a shipping associa
ll"n may secure assistance from III,
Stat" Central Association in perfect
lng an organization. II is also pos
NlbIe, through its agency, to brins
about improvements in the shipping
facilities ut many local points and
to secure desirable legislation, thu
obtaining of which would be impos
~iblc by individuals.
As a typical example of the sue
cess of these local associations NAV
be cited the one at Litchfeld, Meeker
County, Minnesota. 1t was organ
i2ed in the summer of 1908 for the
purpose of securing better market
me- facilities for live stock; aS n re-
suit they became pioneers in organ.
lzlng n Cooperative Livestock Mar.
kchng Association, through which
agency they ship the meat animals
produced on the farms, directly 10
the large packing 'centers. This as
-ociation was watched with keen in.
lrr"St by the farmers and business
men in many sections Of the State.
During the first summer and fall
they marketed II carloads Of stock,
for which they received Il gross in.
come "i II 900. During 1909 they
shipped 80 carloads with receipts
amounting 10 1850. In 1910. 81
carloads. for which they received
9lO2,l63. In 1911, l04 carloads
with receipts Of $ll4,7S6 and in 1912
li6 carloads. or an increase of l22
ears over the first year, and an in
crease of Sl69.9i5 in value of 1881,
30. All expenses connected with
the marketing Of the LAG carloads
last year amounted to $l0,3l9.77. or
five and two-thirds per cent of the
gross receipts. Five years ago when
the association was founded less
than one hundred farmers disposed
of stock through the association.
During the past year, more than 700
farmers took advantage of shipping
their live stock by means of coopera-
ton. In 1908 there were six local
dealers located at Litchfeld, all of
whom were supported by the farmers
in that locality. Today the Farmers
Co-opcratiy" Marketing Association
Is the only live stock shipper at that
place. In some instances stock is
hauled a distance of twenty miles
TO take advantage of this means of
Farmers in that local
lty estimate that cooperative live
stock shipping last year meant to
them n saving of from $4,000 to
$4,000. Whatever the saving might
have been. the farmers are satisfied
and would under no consideration 60
back to the old system of marketing
their stock.
Since the first association was
started in Litchtield, there has been
organized in different sections of
Minnesota more than 40 such socie-
ties and others are in process of or.
ganlzation. Others have been or
eanized in Iowa, Wisconsin, and last
week one was organized in Pennsyl-
vania, Nearly all of these are do
ing flourishing business with n re-
cord as favorable as that of the
Litchfeld Association. The most en-
conraging and remarkable feature
about this cooperative movement is
that all those that have been start
cd are still in operation in spite of
the keenest competition, and the first
failure is yet TO he reported
Just what this system Of hive stock
shipping will mean to the farmers
Of the Northwest is difficult 10 cs.
innate, but it seems safe to say that
in another decade there will be as