Part IL 



CO-OPERATIVE DAIRYING. 



CHAPTER I. 



ORIGIN AND ADVANTAGES OF CO- 

 OPERATIVE DAIRYING. 



" MEN cannot co-operate successfully if the sole 

 bond between them is self-interest," hence one of the 

 chief advantages of co-operative dairying is, that it 

 tends to make those engaged in this form of dairy 

 work less selfish. The private dairyman is concerned 

 chiefly in the furtherance of private interests, while 

 the co-operative dairyman is interested also in the 

 welfare of the whole. He takes pride in our factory 

 rather than in my dairy. This form of dairying also 

 gives farmers a knowledge of business, as the busi- 

 ness is frequently managed by the producers of milk. 

 It also promotes neighborliness, courtesy, intelligence, 

 and good citizenship. Where co-operative dairying 

 is followed in its highest sense, the best class of dairy- 

 men and more general thrift will be found. 



However, we do not have in Canada that true 

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