The Harrison times., 1914-04-04

Berlin. Germany, The German
farmer calls upon cooperation to sell
him his supplies. He asks II to mar
ket his eggs and his butter. 1t dis
tils alcohol out of his potatoes and
makes wine for him out Of his fruit.
Everywhere In Germany you VIII find
cooperative elevators and warehouses
for storing grain, cooperative socl'
eties for improving the breed OF live
stock, cooperative banks for furnish
ing loans TO members, cooperative ln-
suranco companies for insuring
against every imaginable damage. Co
operative societies are formed to meet
the needs of agriculture at every turn
producing the raw material, convert
ms the raw material into salable form,
and placing tho finished product upon
the market
Agricultural cooperative societies
have become 80 numerous In Germany
nS almost to jostle one another There
are ut tho present time more than 26,'
900 OF them" These are the words Of
Elenry Wolf, the great authority upon
agricultural cooperation, and We have
found his statement true. These &C.
900 societies have nearly two and a
half million members, Over half OF
these societies are credit associations,
which have working capital OF over
R3D0000, 600, Moreover, the number
'pJ societies and the number OF mem.
Wbers are constantly increasing.
: iAow German Farmer co.operatcu,
y Myorythlug the German farmer doos
no does comparatively, II ho Wishes
TO purchase farm he gets so or 60
year loan from a Landsohafton bank
when he Ands II necessary TO buy
implements or live stock, or seeds, no
uses money borrowed from u coopcrn-
tive credit society, making short time
loans. He gets his equipment OF n co.
operative store which furnishes him q
guaranteed article at tho lowest pos.
siblo price For when cooperation nclla
to the farmer, everything from garden
soods TO throshing machines II guar
aDtood II he wishes 10 Insure hla
property he goes TO q cooperative In
spraneo company, which will insure
hin crops against loss by hail or wind;
another cooperative Insurance agency
iusurea his house against fire, while
another nsures hls live stock against
slelnoaa, accident, or legal deBtrue'
tion, following the discovery OF tuber
Culosls or other contagious disease
Hts stock cattle come TO him from n
cooperative breeding farm, From co.
operative associations ho gets hin sci
cntihc Instructions az 10 the care OF
his cattle, 0g TO the best feeds, as TO
tbs euro OF animal diseases, M 20 the
valuation ot crops, an TO fcrtll1erB
fila milk and cream ho takes 10 n 90.
operative creamery, from which II IN
Hold comparatively His very hens
iay cooperative eggs which within an
hour after thdy are laid may bear the
stamp of cooperative organization
Water supply Companies,
ono form In which cooperation has
eylncod It's efficiency In Germany Ia
\ rather unique one, and Ia one which
at least In some parts OF the United
States Ia worthy Of careful study by
American farmers Scattered through.
out Germany there are many coopora.
dive societies for supplying water TO
lts members There are In the prov
inoe Of Hanover alone, for example, 90
Buch companies Whether the oommus
nifty has been large or small, those
supply companies have generally sue.
cccdod,
The advantages OF cooperation IN
attacking the problem Of water supply
have been thus summaflged "By co,
operation a suhieient sum OF money
can be- raised TO enable q source Of wa,
tor 10 be- lNnnod unduonllonnhlo aa To