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gan Livestock Exchange "to so unite this industry 

 that it can bring the great prestige and financial 

 power which the industry represents to bear in the 

 solution of the many probk^ms that are now confront- 

 ing the live-stock organizations." ^ 



The Michigan Livestock Exchange, at its annual 

 meeting early in 19 2 1, went on record as favoring 

 the investigation of the practicability of establishing 

 cooperative commission houses in Detroit "to com- 

 pete with those privately owned," since it was claimed 

 that 90 per cent of the stock handled by such houses 

 now comes from Michigan cooperative associations. 

 The Exchange also went on record as favoring coop- 

 eration with the Livestock Producers Association in 

 its campaign to eradicate tuberculosis as related to 

 live-stock, which was reacting unfavorably on the 

 market price. The Exchange also declared its readi- 

 ness to affiliate with the Michigan State Farm 

 Bureau in such manner as had already been found 

 feasible by other similar associations of producers, 

 but at the present Avriting (April, 1921), such an 

 affiliation has not taken place. ^ The Michigan Live- 

 stock Exchange was then the selling agency for 105 

 locals. Each local has a constitution and by-laws in 

 accordance with which the directors and the manager 

 conduct its affairs. The manager assembles require- 

 ments for shipping accommodations, and when a 

 carload has been made up, orders the car. The man- 

 ager is paid on the basis of the number of head of 



^Michigan Farmer, April 5, 19.19, 532. 

 *76mZ., Feb. 19, 1921, 222. 



