The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-12-08
No. Members

Total 800
It should be noted the members in
Page chose a woman as their direc-
tor and they should be commended for
the good judgment they displayed in
so doing. The women are taking an
active interest in the farm bureau and
it is fitting that at least one woman
should serve on the board of directors.
The following officers were elected by
the unanimous vote of the board Of
directors: President, Louis w. Nor
mandin; vice president, Sam Droogs-
ma; secretary-treasurer, VIM. Gebert;
county director to state federation, C.
L. Freer; members at large of the
executive board, Mrs. Wahlfors, Geo.
Hatch and P. E. Anderson.
Mr.. Normandin made few remarks
in accepting the office. Of president of
the association for another year. He
modestly stated that he believed there
was other material in the county that
would furnish better presidential tim
Der and accepted the reelection only
because he was perhaps in closer touch
with the association at the present
time than some Of the other men,
Mr.. Normandin has certainly worked
most zealously for the Farm Bureau
association and has made an excellent
president.
County Agent Hammargren gave a
brief review of his work in the county
and the activities of the association
during the past eight months, which
report is published elsewhere in this
issue.
Mr.. Normandin then introduced the
principal speaker of the afternoon,
w. A. McKerrow, manager of the Gen.
trail Cooperative Livestock Shipping
association. MI. McKerrow delivered
a most interesting address and made
a very favorable impression on the
audience. He stated that while eff
ficient production is still question of
Importance, the American farmer
realizes that he must now devote some
attention to the marketing Of his
produce if agriculture is to be prof
liable industry. Minnesota has be-
come leader in cooperative market
ing enterprises and the most success
full of these are our Gil cooperative
creameries which produce the best
butter in the United States.
In discussing his subject Mr.. Nc
Kerrow said in part: In considering
any cooperative enterprise, the first
thing to decide is, is the principle
correct? If it is, the people interest
ed in the project should shoulder their
share of responsibility and not with
hold their support until the organiza-
! ton is firmly established and running
smoothly. The Central Cooperative
Livestock association was organized
because the farmers in the state felt
there was need Of such an organiza-
ton. 1t is the largest cooperative
livestock organization in this country
and probably IN any other country
This farmers cooperative commission
handles IS per cent of the stock going
to South St. Paul. The commission
started with small capital, $1,000
1t started with the most strenuous op-
position from the IS commission firms
that were already doing business in
the South st. Paul Market, but thanks
to the method Of organization and the
support accorded by the local shipping
associations throughout the state the
Central continued to develop and it's
volume of business increased each
successive month. The central opened
for business on August 8. From that
date to September 1, we handled 44O
cars of livestock, nearly as great a
volume as that handled by any two of
the IS firms doing business on the
market. During the next month we
received .721 cars or three times as
many as. the largest number handled
by any other one firm. Next month
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