Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-12-12
Crop Contracts For Cooperative AS
SOciatiOnS

sOciatiOnS
Requests are frequently received
asking about the form of contract
which cooperative marketing asso-
Citations organized among our farm
ers might use to advantage. It is
difficult matter to prepare anything
along this line that would suit the
needs of any considerable number of
growers. At the same time, there
are many points of interest COM
mon to all organizations Of this
character. A great deal of atten-
ton and study has been given to
this subject by the Bureau of Mar
kets and Crop Estimates Of the
United States Department of Agri-
culture. AS a result, the following
plan for organizing cooperative as
sociations among farmers has been
evolved. 1t is to be regarded only
as suggestive. 1t would naturally
have to be changed and modified
to meet the local conditions and re-
quirements of the various communi-
ties concerned in the organization of
enterprises of this character. 1t
furnishes however, desirable
basis on which to predicate the work
of organizations of this type.
The. -. cooperative Association
Standard form Of crop Contract
This agreement, made and entered
into at ..........On this. ...... day
of. ..........., A. D. 10. ......, be-
tween the ................A ssOCia-
ton, formed under the laws of the
State of .........., having its prin-
cipal place of business at ........
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. in the said State,
Hereinafter referred to as the AS
ISOLATION and ............a grow
er Of Fruits and Vegetables) of
county of .............
State of ............ hereinafter
referred to as the Grower), wit
nesseth:
That for and in consideration of
the expenses to be incurred by the
association in providing means and
facilities for handling, storing, and
marketing F'ruits and Vegetables),
including the expense Of locating,
organizing and establishing markets,
and in further consideration of the
mutual obligations and promises Of
the respective parties hereto, it is
hereby agreed as follows:
l. That the grower appoints said
association his agent, and the asso-
citation hereby agrees to act as such
for the purpose Of handling, packing,
storing and marketing all the (iruitS
and vegetables which shall be grown
for shipment and sale by the grower
or for him. whether as landlord or
tenant, or otherwise, upon that GER
tain tract of land situated in the
county of ..................., state
or ................, described as fol
lows, tO-WIt .'.'..,,....."...
AND THAT HE WILL harvest and
will deliver all his marketable fruits
and vegetables at the associations
shipping station at ................
in said state, in such quantities and
condition and at such times as the as
ISOLATION, or it's agent, may direct,
during the year 10. 80. and every
year thereafter continually. On or
before april y of each year the
grower shall report to the association
the acreage to be grown by him dur
ing that year Of fruits and Vege.
tables covered by this contract. Dur
ing the growing season the grower
shall also furnish such information
concerning said fruits and vege.
lfhpleSV DIS Ildy Ne requested Dy In6
association
2. That either party may cancel
this contract on the first day OF
(ApriD or any year by giving no.
tice in writing to that effect to the
other party at least thirty 500 days
proir to said date. Upon such notice,
the grower shall, prior to said first
day of (ApriD pay any Indebtedness
then due from him to the association
and deliver his copy of said contract
to the association; such cancellation
snail not affect any incompleted sales
or transactions between the parties
hereto nor release either from any
Indebtedness then unpaid or here.
after accruing under this contract,
nor relieve the grower from his OBJ.
legation to sell through the associa.
ton nor the association of it's obliga-
ton to handle, all the fruits and
VeSetableS) described in section l,
which We're grown during the proceed
ing season. 1t is expressly agreed
that this contract shall be binding
upon the legal representative of the
| grower.
3. That harvesting, grading, is
speeding, packing, storing, and ship
ping of the fruits and vegetables
shall be done in accordance with the
bylaws and rules of the association
now in existence or hereafter in eff
feet.
4. That all fruits and vegetables
delivered by the grower may be mar
keted in assorted lots or with other
fruits and vegetables of like char