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cbase of goods by the granges of this coiinty. Polk : All our supplies, groceries, &c., 

 are purchased by the car-load and at a considerable saving to the consumer; also en- 

 courage all kinds of manufactures among our own immediate neighbors and throughout 

 the State. Besides the amounts saved in our purchases, we have been obtaining 10 

 per cent, in advance of our former sales. Iowa : Five per cent, saved in shipping, 

 15 per cent, saved on farm implements, and 50 per cent, on groceries and supplies. 

 Tama: A large saving in purchase of farm-machinery. Gnindi/ : A great scarcity of 

 money prostrates everything ; with all the demand at home and abroad for wheat, it 

 can be had for 85 cents per bushel. 



Missouri. — Boone: We are now aiming to get up a large manufactory of imple- 

 ments for farm use ; a large woolen-mill is near completion, and a pork-packing estab- 

 lishment of average capacity is in operation. Gasconade : Most of the grain is either 

 consumed in the county or manufactured into flour, meal, &c., at the various mills. 

 Wool is generally manufactured into cloth at home, and large quantities of wine are 

 made each year. Greene: By their meetings, farmers have been brought more into 

 contact with each other, which no doubt has, in mauj' ways, been of benefit to tbem, 

 learning what is best in the methods of each other. During tlie past year there has 

 been put in operation a first-class cotton-factory, costing some $125,000, a good woolen- 

 mill, and also quite an extensive cotton-factory ; and there will, in all probability, be 

 a large pork-packing establishment in operation this approaching fall. But all these 

 enterprises are either joint-stock companies, or carried on by private individuals. 

 Harrison : The co-operative movement did not commence until late in the season ; but 

 it has shipped 1,000 head of hogs at a saving of from 80 cents to $1 per head. The 

 purchasing of supplies has just been inaugurated, and already promises a handsome ad- 

 vance in this county. Lawrence : The Grangers are beginning to reap the benefits of co- 

 operation in a few things, such as the shipping of horses, which is beginning top.ay very 

 well, and the bringing down of the prices of a few articles considered necessary. No new 

 effort has been made toward manufacturing home xiroductionsin pork-packing nor wool- 

 working. This county, however, possesses the resources for immense wealth if properly 

 assisted by skill and capital. Moniteau : The Patrons have, in a small way, been testing 

 the benefits of their system in purchasing agricultural-implements and family supplies. 

 The implements have been purchased at a reduction of 15 per cent. ; but arrangements 

 have been so perfected that, by the next crop-season, they can be had for 30 per cent, 

 less than formerly. Family supplies are bought at 15 per cent, less than formerly. I 

 estimate the total saving of the county at $10,000 during the past year. A woblon-mill 

 is talked of; also a grain-elevator, and a pork-packing establishment will be ready for 

 the next hog-crop. Clinton : Last spring some of the enterprising farmers of this 

 county and the one adjoining county (De Kalb) formed themselves into a joint stock 

 company, with a caintal of !{;30,000, divided in 1,000 shares. The object of this company is 

 to procure cheap supplies and fixrm-produce, and save to themselves the profits of the 

 middle men. A small woolen-factory has lately been put into operation, and the ques- 

 tion of " extending" the i^roducts of our county is freely discussed. Washington : We 

 have, as individual enterprises, excellent flouring-mills, for the manufiicture of all our 

 "wheat and corn ; beef, mutton, and pork find a ready market at our furnaces and mills, 

 at better rates than the Saint Louis market affords, hence nothing is shipped to the 

 general markets. Newton : A reduction in the cost of supplies of from 5 to 50 per cent ; 

 and one-half or two-thirds of the farmers belong to the granges. Saint Frangois : Eight 

 or ten granges have been established, but as yet no practical benefits have been 

 realized. BeynoJds : All our corn, wheat, pork, &c., are taken to the railroad, about 

 twenty miles distant, and sold by the merchants of this place, who buy whatever the 

 farmer has for sale, pay for their purchases in goods and then ship the same at stated. 

 Osage : Machinery is purchased for 10 per cent, less, but there is no great amount of 

 manufacturing here. The total amount saved from co-operative effort is perliaps not far 

 from .$8,000. Callaway : As yet not much has been done, except to effect a saving in 

 the purchasing of supplies, as we had but very little to sell ; but our groceries, farm- 

 machines, sewing machines, &c.* are now got at greatly reduced rates. DeKalb : But 

 a comparatively small saving has been the result, as merchants have sold as cheaply 

 as the co-operative stores could, and in that way a saving has been effected for all. 

 No eti'orts toward manufacturing any raw material. Pettis : No higher prices have 

 been realized in selling through the influence of the grangers ; but in buying, the sav- 

 ing has been from 30 to 50 percent., and the total estimated aggregate amount saved 

 is put down at |?75,000 in this county alone. There is not sufficient wheat raised in 

 the county to supply the mills that are at present in operation, Wheat is brought iu 

 from adjoining counties and flour is extensively exported. Our hogs are all shipped to 

 Saint Louis and Chicago, and bacon is reshipped the next summer season. One woolen 

 factory is running, but for home consumption only. 



Kansas. — Reno : The benefit derived from co-operation in the purchasing of supi)lies 

 has been of great advantage to many farmers; 20 per cent, has thus been saved ; there 

 is an effort to build a first-class mill, to be run by water-power, and it will be in readi- 

 ness for onr next crop. Cowley : In once instance the farmers united and appointed 



