Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1914-11-19
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operation ensures extreme economy fiji
maintenance and management VI Co
operation enables tha smallest connan.
nfty To provide Itself WITH 4 really
good water supply."
Ri Ia not Impossible that there In In
thia German experiences d suggestion
Tor the irrigation coitapanlea In western
America. where uaismanagement and
graft seem To hare prevailed Ger
calmly q truly cooperative associations
Ganized upon the cna man one yote
plan. freed from ali motives Or excess.
sfvA or speculative profits. and man
aged with the efficiency that IL tra4ii-
tionaI tn cooperative concerns could
never haya made shlpwreck oE 10
aaany fair prospects as hava some BIZ
the Irrigation companies ia the west
arn states
ptowlag W stsam.
The owners of the big wheat faruaa
tn the northwestern parts Of the Trnlted
States might sit 40 and take notice og
some OF the cooperative power pillow
companies which are operating IN Ger.
many At present there ara 40 #ueh
societies, The entire power equipment
IN owned BIZ the society, and its mem
bers. even though they occupy com
paTatfveiy small farms, are hy this
means enabled To have the benefit or
the improved and cheaper work OF tina
power pillow Experience here shows
that the power blowing plant, consist.
ing sg d set 81 piowA tackle and steam
or eIectric power, cannot be main
tanned economically unless II has
something like 1900 acres upon which
20 operate. The concerns are most care
fully managed. Al good maehinist Ii
always In charge OF tbs outfit. In nd
ditton TO his salary he " allowed q
commission upon every acre piowed
He haa entire charge Of the operations
and requires all members 10 remove
all obatructiona before work Ii under.
taken. The rates ara carefully graded
according TO the SOIL the depth and
the accessibility Ii some eases. also.
q less charge IL made Tor blowing DUR
iag the slack periods. the price being
raised az the demand FOR services OF
tha equipment increases,
Cooperative AufcmahiIss.
1t Ia said that every weEl-to-do Amer
lean farmer has an autnmokila In
Germany. whare the acreage Il small
and the farmer Eaa less capital to In
vest In his equipment the farmer Joins
with his nelsRbor 10 purchase an auto
mobile and . large number of ce-ep-
sratsvs actor societies have been
termed These machines. however,
are not the touring cars and runahoats
thai are ordinarily used BY the Aaaert-
Nan farmer. bus are the NEST prusafe
nttlstarian motor trucks which can
move immense Quantities OF produce
over the hard level reads Of the Ger.
naaa provinces.
German scientists and Inventors
have with great ingenuity produced
machinery that aecomplishas with lit
tie effort aIsaast everything wh!Sn In
years past called for hard labor. The
demand for power ts consequently
greas aad growing constantly. Thla
nas led to the organisation OF sIse.
trtcal suppay works In connection with
other agricultural cooperative organ
iaatsans. OF shsse there are $40.
which Are pareIy cooperative. all.
tho0gh there are In Germany over
,tiea companies which faraasa more
or less electrical pewer to those inter
essed In Agricultural pursuits,
caeeesatgye Societies Federated.
TIE coopegatiye Spirit has NOT
ceased whaa IL has led the farmer to
cooperate with hts Reighbors To term
d local eeopsgatfva cancsrn. The Ger
naan genius for organization has led
10 nest elaborate systssa or eo-or-
asRatioa hetween the vaTSnas iocaI egs.
operative associations E'or example.
MI c0-Dp&fastva dairiaS within d prov
tuaa will be anissd tagethes In u CEN
trail association which anEsSes and bar.
manfxes TIE work og VII the local or.
xanixatiems, These central pxuvlneial
societies are la tuYn In an empire
wide federation with headquarters at
Bertha Yen viii sheref0re in that
city find several central concerns.
each af whteh u allied with hundreds
oE local societies This eeasraElxassen
sehems has maas advantages N pro.
vtaes for sup~ryistoa. Inspection. ana