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17. State the economic significance of cooperation and its future outlook. 



18. What is the National Agricultural Organization Society? 



19. State the essentials in successful cooperation. 



QUESTIONS SUGGESTED BY THE TEXT 



1. Give arguments for, and outlook for, consumers' cooperation in the 



United States. 



2. Secure the last annual report of some cooperative association, and analyze 



its business. From this report answer the following questions: What 

 is the marketing cost per unit (bushel, box, dollar, etc.)? What is 

 spent for market news service? For advertising? How widely is the 

 product distributed? 



REFERENCES 



1. Annual Report, 1918, United Grain Growers, Winnipeg, Canada. 

 (Contains also Report of Committee appointed by Board of Directors to visit 

 the Farmers' organizations of 'the United States, with special reference to 

 cooperative trading). 



2. Cooperative Societies in Finland, reported by Consul Thornwell 

 Haynes, Helsingfors, Daily Commerce Reports, Washington, July 19, 1919, 

 p. 393. 



3. JESSNESS, O. B., AND KERR, W. H.: "Cooperative Purchasing and 

 Marketing Organizations Among Farmers in the United States." Bulletin 

 No. 547 United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, September, 

 1917. Contains selected list of publications on cooperative purchasing and 

 marketing. 



4. Minnesota Farmers' Institute Annual, Cooperation Number, No. 26, 

 St. Paul, 1913. 



5. See also printed reports of important cooperative associations, such 

 as California Fruit Growers' Exchange, Los Angeles; United Grain Growers, 

 Winnipeg. Consult also official papers issued by farmers' organizations. 



6. Yearbook Department of Agriculture : 1910, POWELL, G. H.: "Cooper- 

 ation in Handling and Marketing Fruit," 391-407; 1914, BASSETT, C. E., 

 MOOMAW, C. W., KERR, W. H.: "Cooperative Marketing and Financing 

 of Marketing Associations," 185-211; 1915, BASSETT, C. E.: "Cooperative 

 Purchase of Farm Supplies," 73-83; 1916, MACPHERSON, HECTOR; KERR, 

 W. H.: "A Federated Cooperative Cheese Manufacturing and Marketing 

 Association," 145-159; 1917, JESSNESS AND BASSETT (Cooperative Marketing 

 Where When How?), 385-395. 



7. ADAMS, H. B. : "History of Cooperation in the United States," Johns 

 Hopkins University Studies, Vol. 6, 1888. 



8. International Institute of Agriculture, Rome. International Review of 

 Agricultural Economics. Siberia. "Agricultural Cooperation," April, 1919, 

 167-185; Russia. "Eggs," Sept., 1917, 7-12; "Flax," July, 1917, 14-22; 

 June-July, 1919, 351-352; "Butter," January, 1918, 18-22. Galicia." For- 

 estry," Feb., 1918, 110; Ireland. "Irish Agricultural Organization Society," 

 March, 1918, 205-208; Saxony. "Twenty-fourth Year of cooperation," Jan- 

 uary, 1917, 1-6; Denmark. "Abattoirs," May, 1916, 1-16; June, 1916, 1-19; 

 "Eggs," Dec., 1916, 11-30. Norway." Brief History of Agricultural Coop- 

 eration in Norway," Aug., 1916, 16-33; United States. WELD, L. D. H.: 

 "Cooperation in Minnesota," Feb., 1916, 12-28; March, 1916, 25-33. 



9. POWELL, G. HAROLD: "Cooperation in Agriculture," New York, 1914. 



10. COULTER, JOHN LEE: "Cooperation Among Farmers," New York, 

 1914. 



11. "Special Report of New York Delegates on American Commission 

 for the Study of Agricultural Cooperation in Europe," Department of Ag., 

 Albany, Bulletin 56, Feb., 1914. 



