The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-12-31
STATE FARM COOP.
DO BIG BUSINESS
MINNESOTA LEADS ALL OF THE
UNITED STATES IN THE
MOVEMENT
WORK UNDER 1922 LAW
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY BUSI-
NESS NEARLY DOUBLES
IN YEAR

Because;4 Minnesota farmers are
taking the lead in developing orderly
marketing, by perfecting powerful
cooperative associations which have
doubled their business in a year.
thousands of leaders in farm and
marketing organizations will be in
the Twin Cities next June to find out
how they do it.
1t will be the second annual Amer
lean Institute of Cooperation, doing
in its own way what the proposed di-
vision of marketing in the federal de-
partment of agriculture, now before
congress, is expected to do.
Minnesota's major cooperative as
sociations, handling the products from
Minnesota farms on an efficient basis.
have had total sales in 1925 of $780,
600, 900, placing the cooperative in
dustry in the front rank of 'big bus
mess" of the northwest, according to.
a survey completed last night. That
total is close to double last years re-
cord, which was already a.strong year
in the development of marketing.
All of these associations are or
ganized under the 1923 state market
ling law, which opened the way to
thorough cooperating organization.
Some of the associations doubled
their last years sales, others almost
tripled their marks. All made aston
ishing gains in total business, at
the same time that they handled pro-
ducts with greater efficiency, cutting
operating costs and returning large
revenues to farmer members.
Managers of the various associa-
! tons estimated last night their total
sales for 1925. Compared with last
year, they are:
Central Cooperative "a
Com. Qivestock) $35,000,000 $26,000,000
Minnesota Cooperative
Creameries 80. 38,000,000 14,080.00e
Minnesota Cooperative
Egg and Poultry 100000 100000
Twin City Milk Pro-
Minnesota wheat Crow Swe'0o' o'''0''''
| ers .......:.. 100000 100000
Growers ...... 300, 600 10000
Federated Fruit and
Vegetable lhandling
potatoes) ....... lO0,OO0
$89,400, 900 $49, $50, 600
The work of these associations,
4, and the whole story of-progress Of
Minnesota co-operatives will be stud
led at the cooperative institute at
University Farm next summer.
Managers of the major associations
met with Dean w. C. Coffey and a
representative of the institute re-
Gently, when details were gone over
and aid of the associations pledged.
Business men of the Twin Cities
have pledged funds to aid in offering
the institute, bringing special lectur-
ers here on cooperation as a phase
of the expert service connected with
tn course.
Because Minnesota is right in the
heart of farmer cooperative associa-
lions of the type that have succeeded,
and in particular in the Twin Cities,
where headquarters of the outstand-
ing associations are found, the insti-
tute here is expected to set record,
for attendance, interest and value.
The program will deal with both gen..
eral principles and legal phases of CO.
operative marketing, with specialized
courses in dairy, livestock, grain mar
keting, local shipping associations,
farmers elevators, local creameries
and egg associations, and the business
of successful management.
AL Minnesota association expect to
be in the middle Of bigger years
business, when the institute takes
place.
The livestock association, which has
grown at a. fast pace for three years,
now is firmly established as the
worlds greatest livestock Scoop.
and expects to go safely past the s40,-
100000 figure in 1926.
The creameries association, build
ing 'neWheadquarters in Minneapo-
lis at astost of $500, 900, is laying
plans for a business expected to app
proach $50, 100000. The Egg Co
operative Association, that handled
81, 100000 eggs and 200 cars of
poultry this year, expects to double
its membership and its sales volume
in 1926. Fifteen associations in Wis
consin are expected to join early in.
the year. There are II local associa-
tions in the association now.
The wool growers, reorganized this
year, are now firmly established and
growing fast. The wheat growers
doubled their volume and expect to
continue, and the potato exchange,
now being reorganized, plan to re-
sume activities in 1926.