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Organization Agreement 140 



The Status of the American Creamery 144 



The Centralizer Creameries 146 



A Business System for Cooperative Creameries . . . 148 

 A Cooperative Dairy Federation in Minnesota . . .152 

 The Creamery as a Center for Rural Improvement . .153 



Cooperation in the Distribution and Sale of Milk . . .163 

 The Organization of Milk Producers . . . . .166 

 The New York Dairymen's League ..... 159 



The Egg Business . 161 



From the Country Merchant to the Packing-house . . 162 



Some of the Remedies for the Egg Situation .... 164 

 Changes in the Methods of the Small Egg-buyer . . . 165 

 Buying Eggs by Quality, not by Count .... 167 



Refrigerated Receiving Stations 167 



Care of Eggs at the Source of Production .... 167 



Marketing Eggs through the Creamery 168 



Advantages of this System of Handling Eggs . . .173 

 Conclusion on Handling of Eggs through Creamery . . 176 



CoSperation in the Handling of Eggs in Other Countries . . 177 



Cooperation in the Cotton Industry ...... 182 



Conditions surrounding the Cotton Industry . < . 182 

 The Cotton-distributing System .... . 184 



The Dissatisfaction of the Cotton Farmer .... 185 



The Farmers' Union 186 



The Charter 186 



Principles of the Union 186 



Membership in the Union . ... . . . 187 



Efforts of Growers to reduce the Acreage of Cotton . . 188 

 The Maintenance of Prices by Organizations of Cotton Pro- 

 ducers 190 



The Effect of the Farmers' Organization on the Price of 



Cotton 191 



Warehouse Policy of Farmers' Union .... 193 

 Economic Mistakes of the Cotton Growers . 195 



