TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART VII 551 



Article 1 — Name — Place of Business. 



Section 1 — This association shall be known as the Corn Belt 

 Cattle Feeders' Co-operative Association. Its principal office 

 shall be at the Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Illinois. 



Article 2 — Objects. 



Section 1 — To unite into a single body the cattle feeders of 

 the corn belt states for co-operative and concerted action, to the 

 end of putting the cattle feeding business on a sounder financial, 

 industrial and economic basis. 



As Mr. Harlan showed you, over 75 per cent or 80 per cent 

 of the cattle that go into the Chicago market come from these 

 two states. The purpose is to bring the feeders who send those 

 cattle into an organization which will represent the majority of 

 fed cattle that go to the Chicago yards. 



Section 2 — To provide the means and establish such agencies 

 as are necessary for the development and maintenance of an 

 efficient and economical system of production and distribution 

 of grain-fed cattle. 



Section 3 — To collect and disseminate information among its 

 members relative to conditions, both actual and prospective, of 

 the markets for such cattle and for the raw materials from which 

 such cattle are made; also as to the conditions of production, such 

 as the number and kinds on feed in different sections, numbers to 

 go on feed, the probable numbers to be ready for market at dif- 

 ferent per ods, etc., in order that members may have as full infor- 

 mation as possible as to conditions in the industry. 



Section 4 — To collect or assist in collecting accurate informa- 

 tion as to the daily, weekly and monthly receipts of these and 

 other kinds of cattle by grades and weights at various markets, 

 and to keep full and accessible record'^ ?s to prices, states of 

 origin, buyers, final disposition, etc., in order to build up depend- 

 able statistics for use in directing the operations of members 



Now, the words "to build up dependable statistics for use in di- 

 recting the operations of members" means to build up a statis- 

 tical organization which will give you the information you have 

 got to have in order for you to feed intelligently. 



Section 5— To make or have made numerous and representa- 

 tive tests as to the costs of producing such cattle under various 

 conditions of seasons and methods and under changing costs of 

 feeding cattle, feeds, labor, interest, insurance, freight, etc., to 

 be available for the use of members in comparing and modifying 

 their methods and results and as a basis for determining the rea- 

 sonable production costs under average conditions. 



