Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1914-11-19

Barifn, Germany he German
farmer calls upon eDroparation f0 sell
htlm his suppllaa Ea asks II 10 naar
ket hia agga and nta hsitfAr III dis
tfla alcohol ont of his potatoes and
makes wins fer him out 0g his fruit
EvarYwhera iii Germany you will And
cu.oparatigN eiaSafprn and warehouses
for storing grain. cooperative aoat
afies for improving tbs hraea &c i've
stock. cooperative banks for furnish
ting Ioans Id members, cooperative I'm
auranas companies for iaaaaring
against every Imaginable damage. Co
operative societies are formed 10 meet
90 naads af agriculture at every turn
producing fla raw material, convert,
tag the raw material lnto aaiahle form,
and placing ems fnished product upon
the market
Agricultural cooperative aorieties
have hscome NO numerous IN Germany
aa aInaost Co ioseIa ona aaotAer There
arr at tha present tins more than 2G..
coo az them. These are the words Of
Henry WeliE. the great authority apoa
agricultural cooperation. and We have
found his saatamank true, These as,-
900 acesstlas have nearly twa and
half million members. Over half Of
these snefatias are credit associations.
which have d working capital OF ever
$500 600 300 Moreover. the number
0f sociesiNa and the number &C mem
Aara are constantly ineraaaing. The
German farmer who la hfa way III an
indiviaaaliat and ola independent as IL
the American farmer, has learned that
sap0pevation Ia his salvation and be-
Iiavss la ailytHg hIr1aelf with his aeigh-
bars fer the common economic de-
eAaas.
Ffow oermaa Farrsr ce.apsratss.
Eyerythlnw the Cerman farmer does
"a does comparatively. II he Wishes
10 psTehase d farm he gets 80 or 80
ear hean from y L4andaehaften bank
Mhen he anda Ii necessary to buy
ia pIanaanta aF live stock, ar seeds. he
uaea aseaey borrowed from en-opera
tive credit society. making short tslns
loans. lie Ress hla eaaipnaeat as q CO
operative sfara which furnishes hiFn d
guaranteed article st the loweag poa.
sihsa price. For when cooperation sells
to the farmer. everything from garden
seeds To thrsshang machines III guar
ansaed II he wishes Go iasara HIS
property be goes To q cooperative In
suranea company. which win insure
his crops againag loss ~ hail or wtga.
anotner cooperative assurances agency
maares his house against IRE. while
aaetheF insurss his i've stock against
sickness. accident. nr legal dastruer
taan. following the discovery Of tuh@r-
culogis or other contagious disease.
Eta stock caffis canaa TO him from q
enoperatIve breeding farm Frpan CO.
operative associations he gets hia sch
entltie Instructions as to the care Of
hts catfl@. 49, Cd the hast feeds ~ 20
the cure az animal Diseases As To the
valuation OF crops. an to fertilizers.
Hla milk and erean 10 takes 60 i co.
operatives creamery. fron which II II
SOLE SropsraetvsIy Fits very hens
Lag cooperative eggs which withia an
hour after they are laid may bear the
stamp of a cooperative organization.
Even the farmer's Wife has a ten
saeacy toward cooperation and IL ~
alive TO IT. advantages as IN the farn-
or hisassaEf EverywherN we naa the
wouasn sateIlsgSns and conducting
their domestic affairs as scientifically
az 40 the nan their farms.
Waser Supply compaaies.
One sorsn ia which cooperation has
evancaa III efaeiency In GaFnaany "
d sathsr unique ona, and Ia one which
AT ieaas III some parts of the United
states N worthy az careful study BY
American farmers Scattered kshasfsasaghr
cut Germany there are many coSperar
tive societies Tor supplying wseer 90
iea faenshsra There are iii tina prov
Ance III Hanover aions. for example. sS
such companies Whether tins soIunan-
nifty has b@en large or small these
supply c0anpaaies have generaify sRc-
c@eded
The advantages az cooperation Tn
attacking the problem or water supply
have been thus summarized BY CO
aperatien d sssfEisaent sam az money
can he raised so enable s0urce cf wa
ter To Ne tapes. anqussssonAfsie 40 to
II x~nsx&&Ss @aXSS $500