Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-01-28

interests OF the fruit growers them.
selves. As d result the small growers
were forced out OF business and out
OF the country.
Here In Ireland 30 well established
II this principle thai 1t Ii definite
rule that no cooperative society can
pay more than per cent per an.
mum upon the stock held By the share
holders.
Must Market Through the Society.
Every time that any group Of Amer
lean farmers have organized a Co
operative marketing concern they have
met sharp and often unfair eompeti.
ton. The other established buyers
have offered prices which we're higher
than the cooperative society could
offer without taking q loss. Often they
succeed In coaxing the members Of
the cooperative society from It's sup.
port. II Ii hard for D farmer who Is
receiving only SIS cents per hushel
tor his potatoes nit 90 operative ware.
house to refuse AS cents offered by
some independent buyer. But the un.
varying subsequent history Is. Of
course, that an soon AS the co-opera
tive concern 10 put out Of business BY
this sort of competition prices drop,
and the farmer Is where he was be.
fore, and helpless In the hands OF the
independent buyers.
TO ohviate this dlfflcnlty In ireland.
II has been found necessary TO ex.
plain tho situation fully to the pros,
pectiye members OF the cooperative
organization; to state to them that I'M
less they are willing to agree to mar
ket oil their product through the co
operative society II liz useless to be.
Sin. They are warned that they win
be approached by independent dealers
and offered higher prices, But thus
warned and informed upon the sub.
iect. the organizers OF Irish co.opefa.
tive societies have had little difficulty
In obtaining from the prospective mem.
beers an agreement to market all OF
their produce through the concern.
lnpartanca cf Quality.
IA We have said, there ID no magic
lii cooperation. Cooperative market.
lng simply means that the farm pro.
duce Ii TO he marketed In q business.
like way without undue waste dur.
Ing the process. Pioneers In Irish co.
operation soon found that after they
had discovered the best market and
after they had organized the co-opera'
tive society, and after the members
had agreed to bring NIL their produce
TO the company, cooperation was still
an absolute failure whenever the mem
hers OF the society delivered even oc
casionaily, inferior goods and mingled
them with the better goods, A cream
cry puts out 100 pounds Of good but
ter: Ii the next pound IL bad butter
the market for the butter OF thai
creamery Ii ruined Without high uni
form quality cooperation cannot cue
coed. II becomes necessary therefore
for the members all To cooperate ii
producing cream that IL of the highest
possible quality and reaches ths
creamery In the best condition. But
Irish experience demonstrates that nc
private concern can compete In quail
ity With cooperative concern. for M
private concern can control the prod
ucs from its original source
.acontroi" III Requisite.
4 Quality can be produced hy the co
operative society. because these con
Germs reach out 10 the farm il
self 4, il not enough that . cream
cry has the best and latest method
OF making butter and marketing II
II tho cream comes In from the farm
In bad condition. the hatter ii bad
To make good butter you must coatro
the COW. and her feed. and her care
and the stables. and the milk pail
and even the milk can used In delis
cry.
Certain rigid rules and condition
are laid down hy the creameries them
selves. and approved hy Il central com
mittee. Each creamery participating
4 ID the scheme Ii required to give ire
access during the working hours to thl
officers of the Z. Al. "a, ., that they ma.
inspect the premises and books. chscl
the records, examine any butter Ii
stock. and take for analysis sample