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bility and desirability of co-operating. Now, we can talk, — 

 we can get together and talk over what we have done along 

 these lines. There are several co-operative exchanges in the 

 state, doing excellent work. 



The next speaker is to discuss a larger subject, — one of 

 co-operative buying and selling on a New England basis, 

 which is just along the line that the last speaker has suggest- 

 ed was desirable. It .gives me especial pleasure to introduce 

 Mr. Scheurerle, who has been my chief, with whom I have 

 been a co-worker for several years. Mr. Scheuerle was very 

 instrumental this past season in putting across the New Eng- 

 land Peach Growers' Association, which you have all heard 

 about. He is now undertaking a much larger endeavor. I 

 am sure we are going to listen with a lot of pleasure to a 

 discussion of this nroblem. 



