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Section 6. These by-laws may be amended at any regular meet- 

 ing by a majority vote of active members upon one month's written 

 notice. 

 Questions: 



1. What is a farmers' club? Name at least four ways in which 

 a club may be helpful in a community. 



2. How may a farmers' club benefit a community socially? 



3. How may a farmers' club benefit a community educationally? 

 Arithmetic: 



1. If there are 200 farms tributary to a town, each worth $12,000 

 what is their combined worth? 



2. If 200 farms tributary to a town produce $1,500 worth of 

 farm products, what is the total value of the products to be marketed? 



3. If each of 200 farms purchase $1,000 of supplies, what is the 

 total amount of their purchases? 



CO-OPERATION 



Meaning of Co-operation. — Every farm girl and boy 

 should know the meaning of the term co-operation and 

 realize its full significance. Co-operation means united 

 effort or, as Prof. J. A. Vye has put it, ''Union of the powers 

 of the common people for the common good." The very 

 best example we have of true and ideal co-operation is in 

 the family. Here each member works for the common 

 good, makes sacrifices for the rest, and shares in the joys 

 and successes of the other members. In our business rela- 

 tions with neighbors and friends we cannot expect such 

 complete co-operation. But, under present conditions of 

 business, it is possible for people to co-operate or work 

 together to their mutual advantage, even if they are prompt- 

 ed only by advantage to themselves and are without the 

 generous desire to help others. 



Obstacles to Co-operation. — One of the great obstacles 

 to co-operation among farmers is the old notion that a 

 farmer is the most independent man on earth. The farmer 

 is independent in some ways. He is his own employer, 

 may go to work an hour late or quit an hour early occasion- 

 ally without asking anyone's permission; but he is dependent 

 on others to buy his products; and, to get his supplies, he 

 is dependent on manufacturers, transportation companies 

 and merchants. 



Need of Co-operation. — In the majority of cases the 

 weaker of two persons making a trade comes out second 



