The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-10
COOP. MARKETING
In WISCONSIN IS
MAKING HEADWAY
Agricultural Organizations and
State Agencies United in Broad
Program for Expansion of Ac-
tivities on Business Basis.
By H. M. KIPFEL

BY ii. M. k1PFEL
Commissioner, Department of Ag-
riculture and Markets, State of
Wisconsin.
L he co operative marketing
movement in Wisconsin, which be-
gan 40 years ago with small indie
pendent creameries and cheese fac
tories, is rapidly reaching the final
goal of co-operation-that of col
lective effort towards a unified
program based on large-scale mar
keting and team work between the
various commodity associations.
The stage is all set for a COM
bined attack on the real problem
of cooperative marketing-that of
working out a harmonious pro-
gram of action by uniting the var
ious forces which heretofore were
more than once crossing each 9TH
ers's wires.
Capitalization of cooperative eff
fort will soon be an accomplished
fact in Wisconsin. AS an initial
step in this direction a plan of CO.
operative action was worked out
involving the unification of effort
between the various administrative
and educational agencies, namely
the Federal Farm Board, the Col
lege of Agriculture, the agriculture
al extension force, the council OF
agriculture and markets, which is
about to establish a division of co.
operative marketing to devote its
time and energy exclusively to the
problem of organization on tht
basis of team work between thu
various cooperative associations il
the direction of large-scale mar
keting.
A most important step in thi
direction was taken recently whel
the marketing declarations operat
ing in Wisconsin have appointed
relations committee" This com
mittee consists of men selected b,
their organizations and who are ;
carry out the policies worked on
, by the cooperative council. AS
first step in large-scale Drganiza
ton the relations committee is out
: lining plans for organizing tn
|. milk producers of Wisconsin.
II Conditions in Wisconsin are "a
. vorable to the development of Ger
tralized cooperative effort. Their
. lare several large centrally organ
!, lied cooperative groups. Bushes
: people have found out long ag
the advantages of volume in cor
nection with their operations. III
farmers are also learning the sam
lessons, namely, that snccesst'
cooperation is closely associate
with volume of transactions.
&&&
Wisconsin dairy business in pa
ticular is going through a peric
: of transition from individual
] collective effort. The relations cor
] mittee is about to work out dan
: products cooperative marketlr
= plan which is to include butte
: fluid milk for consumption in CT
les, American and foreign chees
and condensary products.
AS a consequence of the esta
IL lishment of the Federal Far
IS Board the agricultural produce
I all over the country, from Flori
20 to Minnesota. and from the shor
Ia of the Pacific to those of the a
Id lantic are rapidly organizing.
+ Wisconsin. occupying as 1t 40
e commanding position in dai
Il production. must take declsi
stem in the direction of large-scF
organization of this industry. VI
ST such an organization viii be IN
IN nosition to derive full bene1
sd from cooperative marketing. nan
te ". rational market Distribute
=, proper Grading and insuection a
w an adjustment of production
marketing, without which staOl