The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-10-30
TRY MORE OF
COOP FARMING
Salem Farmers Organize
Another Cooperative Or
ganization Now.
TO HELP THE FARMERS

Farmers in the town of Salem have
evidently liked the sample of coop
erative marketing which they launched
several weeks ago in the formation of
cooperative organization for the
carrying on of the dairying industry
in that community.
On the heels of starting the dairy
cooperative organization comes the
filing in the office of the register of
deeds of Kenosha County this morning
of articles of incorporation for an
other cooperative organization for the
farmers of that community, the Ke-
nosha County Farm Bureau Co-opera-
tive, which is to extend the co-opera-
tive plan into other branches of the
farming industry.
The new organization has the fol-
lowing farmers named as incorpora-
tors: John F. Swartz, William M.
Griffin. William E. Thompson, Patrick
Sandin, L. G.. Benedict, Charles H. Cur
tbs. A. C. Stoxen, George E. Vincent,
and William Kline. All of these are
farmers of the Salem community.
Purposes Are Varied.
he purpose VI IulS oSoOOA1IAOhp co
outlined in the articles of incorpora-
ton shall be "to advance and improve
the agriculture of Kenosha County;
to affiliate with the Wisconsin Farm
Bureau Federation and the American
Farm Bureau Federation or with any
other allied organizations and to pay
to anv such institution or organization
such membership fees or dues as it
may prescribe; to employ county bust
ness managers, field secretaries or
representatives for the purpose of de-
veloping and promoting systematic or
ganization, cooperative marketing and
organized production; to conduct pub
lie affairs and exhibitions for the dis
play of live stock, farm products and
farm equipments or supplies; to buy
or sell or act as agent to buy or sell
farm products, farm equipment and
supplies used by farmers or by mem
bers' families; to cooperate with the
State College of Agriculture and other
educational institutions, the U. S.
Department of Agriculture and the
other state department. of markets in
developing definite program of work
that will bring to Kenosha County and
it's vicinity better economic, social
and educational condition SC as to make
farming more profitable and country
life more attractive.
Farmers Only Members.
The articles of incorporation set
forth that the association is organized
without capital stock and without
membership fee. Membership is linz
tied to persons who are either en-
gagged in the operation of a farm or
who are owners of farm property and
any such person making application
for membership will be admitted by
vote of q majority of the board Of
directors Any member who ceases to
be either a farmer or an owner of a
farm automatically ceases to be q
member of the association.
The articles provide for the levying
of membership dues to carry on the
purposes of the organization and pro-
| vides for the expelling of members
for sufficient cause, one of those be-
ing failure to pay dues. The methods
of naming officers and the duties of
such officers are also named.
The first meeting of the association
for the purpose of electing officers
and completing the work of organiza-
ton will be held in Salem within a
short time.