COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES 2»5 



They can put on the market large quantities of superior 

 and uniform products in such condition and quantity as to 

 assure top prices. 

 Questions: 



1. What do you understand "co-operation" to mean? 



2. Where is the best example of co-operation found? 



3. What is a great obstacle to co-operation among farmers? 



4. Why does a farmer trading with a large concern often get the 

 worst of the bargain? 



5. Why are a number of farmers, buying or selling together 

 almost sure to get better prices? 



6. Why can a buyer afford to pay more when large and uniform 

 quantities of any one thing can be found in a neighborhood? 

 Arithmetic: 



1. Thirty farmers want $100 worth of machinery each. How 

 many dollars' worth of machinery do they all want? How much 

 would they save, if they could get 10% discount? If they could get 

 20% discount? 



2. A cattle buyer, to get a carload of cattle, spends 3 days, 

 paying $5 per day for livery and $2 per day for hotel accommodations. 

 His time is worth $5 per day. How much does it cost him in tune and 

 expense? How much does this expense amount to per head, if he 

 buys 18 head? 



3. If a car of uniform cattle, weighing 24,000 lbs., sell for 50c. 

 per 100 lbs. more than mixed cattle, how much more are they worth 

 than a car of mixed cattle? 



MAREETINQ BUTTER 



Co-operative Creamery. — One of the best examples of 

 co-operation among farmers, in the Northwest, is the co- 

 operative creamery; and the results should be sufficient to 

 encourage effort along other lines. 



Before the introduction of the co-operative creamery, 

 every farm made its own butter. In most cases poor 

 facilities were at hand for the work, and, as a consequence, 

 a product often not first-class, and never uniform, was pro- 

 duced. The result was that butter sold at a very low price, 

 often 6c. to 10c. per pound. Many farmers produced good 

 butter, but very few farms were so situated as to be able 

 to sell their product for a good price. Few farms had a 

 constant or uniform supply of butter. It was impossible 

 for a merchant to work up a trade for the product from a 

 certain farm or of a certain quality, because he could not 

 be sure of getting the butter for any definite length of time. 



