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Provision should also be made for taking up the member- 

 ship of any man who ceases to be a producer or who refuses to 

 sell through the association for a given period of time. Of 

 course, he could be reinstated under certain conditions. These 

 two protective measures should be fully covered in your articles 

 of incorporation — not your by-laws. 



In organizing an association you must interest the grower 

 from this standpoint — "Will co-operation pay me?" 



Let me state briefly how it has paid in my case, which is 

 the strongest testimonial I can offer. Co-operation has saved 

 me each year in equipment and upkeep $188; in extra labor, 

 $160; in rebate on commissions, $115.75. This makes a neat 

 total of $463.75 per year, or $4,637.50 in a period of ten years. 

 This does not take into consideration the vast amount of per- 

 sonal time saved in selling all of my own products. 



As to the central exchange for the Missouri river valley, 

 I am in favor of it. Let its name be what you will, but let its 

 principles be for the mutual good of the Missouri valley growers, 

 and with such a foundation success will be yours so long as the 

 old Missouri continues to roll her turbulent waters to the sea. 



REMARKS BY C. D. KEELINE, COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA. 



The subject assigned me is the "Commercial Record of the 

 Council Bluffs Fruit Growers' Association," so I have left the 

 history and organization of our association to Mr. Aulabaugh 

 and Mr. W. S. Keeline, and have tried to keep as closely as 

 possible to the statistical side. 



The Council Bluffs Grape Growers' Association was founded 

 twenty-one years ago with a membership of eighteen or twenty. 

 At the time of organization the members owned only about 400 

 acres of bearing fruit divided approximately as follows: Straw- 

 berries, 35 acres; raspberries, 75 acres; plums, 15 acres; grapes, 

 100 acres; blackberries, 50 acres; cherries, 25 acres; currants, 

 GB, 10 acres; apples, 115 acres. Excluding the apples, this 

 leaves about 300 acres of fruit controlled by the association. 



During the next three years all of these acreage figures 

 except apples more than doubled and the next few years doubled 

 again. The association had made the market secure and a large 

 amount of small fruit was planted. The orchards were young 

 and many acres of berries and cherries were set out between the 

 apple trees. The acreage of berries, cherries, plums, etc., 



