Part 1 : Co-operation and Association 



CANADA. 



THE CO-OPERATIVE 

 MARKETING OF AGRICUIvTURAlv PRODUCE. 



OFFICIAI, SOURCES: 



Cdmming (M. ) , Secretary for Agriculture in Nova Scotia ; Belanger (E. ) of the Journal 

 d' agriculture of Quebec ; Hart (F. C. ) , Director of Co-operation and Markets Branch of On- 

 tario ; Thomson (W.W) , Director of Co-operative Organization Branch of Saskatchewan : 

 Craig (H. A.), Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Alberta; all in The Agricdxtural 

 Gazette of Canada, Vol. 4, No. 4, Ottawa Government Printing Office, April 191 7. 



OTHER SOURCE: 

 Egg Marketing Service in Alberta, The Grain Growers' Guide, Winnipeg, 8 August 191 7. 



Recently much has been accomplished in Canada in the way of market- 

 ing agricultural produce co-operatively. The system has been found to 

 be useful in that it relieves the farmer of the task of bargaining and selling 

 and in that it tends to secure higher, uniform and fairer prices. This co- 

 operative movement is guided and regulated by federal arid provincial le- 

 gislation and helped by federal and provincial Departments of Agricul- 

 ture. The marketing of the most diverse products is effected, notably that 

 of dairy produce, tobacco, sugar and maple s>T*up, seeds foi sowing, fruit, 

 poultry and eggs, vegetables, honey, live stock, wool, potatoes, onions, 

 grain and meat. In this review we have already noticed several examples 

 of this form of co-operation, notably the co-operative sale of live stock and 

 wool, and that of butter and cheese in the province of Quebec. 



The Agricultural Gazette of Canada, the official organ of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, in order to ascertain the steps taken hitherto in the 

 different provinces for the furtherance of the organization of co-operative 

 marketing, requested leading officials to supply information on the subject. 

 We will summarize the principal results of this enquin.'. 



