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(1) The receiving and paying out of all organization 

 funds. 



(2) The signing, witnessing and safe keeping of all 

 agreements, etc., having to do with the sale of commodi- 

 ties. 



(3) The actual organization of local or county branches, 

 soliciting of members and all business arrangements con- 

 nected therewith. 



(4) The enforcement of contracts with dealers, and the 

 adjustment of all disputes and complaints. In these mat- 

 ters the cooperative must make its own decisions. 



(5) Assignment and instruction of all its own coopera- 

 tive leaders or organizers. 



(6) Agreements on the prices of commodities and ar- 

 rangements for caring for surplus, etc. 



ORGANIZATION FOB COOPERATIVE BUYING 



Though usually of less importance because it promises 

 less saving and that with more difficulty than the co- 

 operative selling of products, farmers are also demanding 

 organization for cooperative buying of supplies. The 

 products or goods which are usually handled by coopera- 

 tives, and which it is probably most important to buy co- 

 operatively, chiefly on account of the control and superior 

 quality thus secured, are somewhat in the order of im- 

 portance named, seeds, feeds, fertilizers, twine, spray ma- 

 terials and certain others. Many cooperatives broaden the 

 kinds of supplies which they handle too widely and get 

 into lines in which, because of their nature, they cannot 

 compete with the sales services of established organizations. 

 Such lines are coal, oils, fencing, groceries, paints, farm 

 machinery and similar material. 



The demand for cooperative purchasing usually grows 



