The Denison review., 1915-03-31
SEEKS CO-OPERA-
TION.OF RURALlTES
Government Issues Article in Year
Book on Rural Organization
Is Of Interest. to All.
TEN COMMITTEES IN COMMUNITY
Pamphlet Contains Brief List Of Sue-
gestions for committees-Ate
issuce Free for Asking.

A scheme for the organization Ol
rural communities for both business
and social purposes is worked out in
an article which is to appear in the
forthcoming Yearbook of the Depart
-ment of Agriculture anu which has
already been printed as a pamphlet
for the use of the Departments offer
of Markets and Rural Organization
The. scheme calls for 10 commit
tees, OF which are to deal with bust
ness needs and 5 with social needs.
Every member OF the organization is
to serve on some one OF these COM
mittees. LII addition there is to be a
central or executive committe COM
posed of the president OF the organ
ization, its secretary. its treasurer,
and the cliairmen OF the 10 other
committees. This central body is to
direct the general policy of the organ
ization, raise all funds and control
their expenditures. The committees
that are to deal with the business in
terests of the community are as fol.
lows:
1. Committe ON farm production.
2. Committee ON marketing.
3. Committee on securing farm
supplies.
4. Committe on farm finance and
accounting.
s.. Committee on communication
and transportation.
Similarly, the five committees that
to the community's social interest, will
deal with:
1. Education
2. Sanitation,
s. Recreation.
4. Identification.
5. Household economics.
The work of most of these COM
mittees is indicated sufficiently clear
ly by their titles. For example, the
committc OH production can do much
good by improving the breeds of live
stock in community through coop
erative purchases OF pure-bred males.
1t can encourage the formation Of corn,
poultry, pig. cattle, canning and gar
dening clubs. which have already de-
monstrated their values In the sections
where they have been established,
and it can carry OH useful studies OF
the type of agriculture best fitted to
local conditions.
In the same way the committee on
marketing can secure the standardiza-
tion OF the community's products
and thus obtain better prices than
are possible when nondescript goods
are dumped upon the market The
committee can also search out the
best markets, make contracts on a
large scale which will be more favor.
able than an individual can secure for
himself. and in many other ways
economize in the selling of the com.
munity's goods. Even ii cooperative
marketing is not actually resorted to
the information which the committee
collects.can hardly fail to be OF great
assistance to the individual shippers
Just as ,the committc on market
ing can facilitate selling, the com
mittee on farm supplies can econo
mize in buying. Farmers are warn
ed, however. not to underestimate the
cost of running store or CONNER
cial agency, and not to Overestimate
the saving which this can effect. The
cooperative society, of course does
away with the necessity of the stores
making a profit, but somebody mus
manage the store and that somebody
must be paid for his time. His salary
therefore, corresponds in way tt
the ordinary stores profit, and IL Ii