Missouri State Board of Horticulture- 



OFFICERS. 



President — Richard Dalton, Saverton. 

 Vice-President — D. A. Turner, St., St. Joseph. 

 Second Vice-President — J. C. Evans, Olden. 

 Treasurer — W. T. Flournoy, Marionville. 

 Secretary — John Bland, Columbia. 



REPORT OF MEETING. 



(John Bland, secretary.) 



The fruit growers' meeting held in Columbia during Far- 

 mers' Week, January 12 to 16, 1914, was devoted to discussions 

 of problems relating to co-operative marketing. Thirty-eight 

 representatives of co-operative organizations were in attend- 

 ance, and the work done by them during the week is an unique 

 accomplishment horticulturally. In reporting the proceedings 

 of this meeting it will be necessary to divide it into two parts: 

 First, an interstate bureau for the exchange of crop and market 

 information was established; second, records of the history of 

 seven notably successful co-operative associations were ob- 

 tained, which, together with the full oral discussions conducted 

 by the great number of "co-operators" in attendance, furnishes 

 a great amount of forceful argument for co-operative selling of 

 fruits — more, perhaps, than has been heretofore brought out 

 in a fruit growers' meeting. 



FIRST PART OF MEETING. 



After two days' discussions the following resolutions creating 

 a bureau for the exchange of crop and market information were 

 adopted: 



First, we recommend that John Bland act as secretary for a central information bureau 

 on fruit conditions and production and market conditions. 



Second, we recommend that the secretaries or managers of all fruit organizations within 

 this territory report to the above named secretary monthly all information pertaining to 

 crop conditions, oiitput and market in their particular territory, and that the secretary of 



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