Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-11
CHANGERS TALKED COOPERATION
For Evenings Programme of Norwich Grange Middleman aNecessity Says One County Agent Warner Gives the Essentials for uccess-One Member Tells of Truck s Gardening Experiences in Norwich Markets.

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 In the lecturers hour at the meet ing of Norwich grange. No. 172. Pa trons of Husbandry. in Pyttian hall on "wednesday evening Lecturer Frank T. Naples presented programme upon which was instructively and entertain ingly handled by several of the mem hers who spoke.
 Herbert R. Branche was the first to be heard, treating the subject from the viewpoint of cooperation between prod1cer E1iddleman and consumer. He spoke of some cooperative plans that had. failed and pointed out that the latest phase of this movement had taken the form of the employment of a county agent in which New London county had been leader in this state and that its lead had been followed by six other counties in Connecticut and he considered that this was one plan stllsr was proving pronounced success MT Eranche pointed out how the governments of England, Italy, Holland France and Russia had come to the aid of their farming commu- mites in . financial way. particular ly as to the farm credits that had been instituted in some of these coun- tries which had sosprofoundly impress ed Myron T. Herricks U s. ambassador to France, that he had made a study of the system and had written exten- sivelys in explanation of 1t. MT. BraDche referred any interested hear CTS ito the Otis library which has Mir. Herriclz's book on the subject.
 Taking up the subject of the middle man who he sS/ the farmers feel has cut inco their legitimate profits so that we hear that the farmer receives only about 95 per cent. of the value of his crop. Mir. Branci1e. said that he considered that the service that the n1 H. T-S~ sibi1ity The individual farmer has but a limited line of crops to show, but the nfddlenan is able to have a variety at all seasons of the year and renders an essential service to the buyer When the farmer could load up his wagon and drive into town to dispose of his product, there was no need of the nriddlefnan, but times have changed.
 If cooperasIon is to be accomplished it Will be through the union of many farmers viii some one at the head to take charge oi the packing, sorting, ant boxing of their product. and keep ing ir touch v-Sth the markets and the prices. MT. Branche said he believ- ed that cooperative stores run by the producers have been successful but he had yet to learn of the cooperative store that successfully takes in both the nroduce- and the consumer.
 C1Tlnty Agent F. C.<Warner followed Mir Branche and s-=sl that he took ex- ception to the last statement by the former speaxer as lie believed that the grange ili obic had !. cooperative store that took in both the producer and the consumer and that it was running sue ,essfcily He went on to speak If cooperative effort in New England which he said was most to be SC seen in the formation of CO., operative creameries, some of which 1trarr efInN hYN where failures had been recorded they had been principally due to manipu- lation through monty control of the stock y-- -----
 He spoke of some of the essentials to make cooperation worth while and said the first was that there should be enough produced of any one crop to warrant cooperation in. that line.
 Another point was that the produc- tion- was to be considered as to 1ocali-