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efforts. The scientific selling of wheat was just as 

 important to the farmer as the scientific growing of it 

 and this scientific knowledge could be obtained only by 

 actually engaging in the business at some important 

 commercial centre where the methods of successful 

 operators could be studied. 



There was every reason to believe that a scheme 

 which limited its activities at first to acquiring a seat 

 on the Grain Exchange and doing a straight commis- 

 sion business, or at most a commission and track- 

 buying business that such a co-operative scheme stood 

 an excellent chance of success. Without much financial 

 risk, it should prove immediately profitable, afford pro- 

 tection from crooked practices and at the same time 

 the shareholders could gain an insight into the whole 

 grain business and thereby equip themselves for greater 

 enterprises ; it would not be long before they would be 

 in a position to deal intelligently with their problems 

 and pertaining legislation. Besides all this there was 

 the possible piling up of a surplus revenue, over and 

 above dividends, which could be turned to good account 

 in uncovering conditions in Eastern Canadian and 

 European markets and learning the best ways to meet 

 those conditions. 



For these reasons the grain growers of Sintaluta, 

 Saskatchewan, went on record at this meeting in the 

 little Town Hall as heartily recommending the forma- 

 tion of a joint stock company which was to be composed 

 wholly of farmers and to be known as_" The Grain 

 Growers' Grain Company, Limited," with shares af" 

 twenty-five dollars each. It was stipulated that no one 

 person could hold more than four shares, that even 

 these were not to be transferable except by vote at 

 annual meeting, and that no man could have more than 



