Contents ix 



CHAPTER VI 

 BREEDERS 1 AND GROWERS' ASSOCIATIONS (PAGE 87) 



PAGB 



Cooperative Cow-testing Associations ...... 89 



The Danish Example 89 



The Plan of a Cow-testing Association 91 



Articles of Agreement in a Cow-testing Association ... 93 



The Cooperative Breeding of Live-stock 94 



Cooperative Cattle-breeding in Denmark .... 95 



Cooperative Cattle-breeding in the United States ... 97 



In Wisconsin 98 



Cooperative Cattle-breeding by the Federal Government, 



the State, and the Farmers in Minnesota . . 99 



Cooperative Horse-breeding ....... 105 



The Company System of Horse-breeding . . . 106 



Cooperative Crop Improvement ....... 109 



Organization for Crop Improvement Ill 



Corn-breeding Associations ....... 112 



Plans of the Illinois Corn-breeders' Association . 116 



CHAPTER VII 



COOPERATION IN THE HANDLING, DISTRIBUT- 

 ING, AND SALE OF FARM PRODUCTS, AS 

 ILLUSTRATED IN GRAIN, DAIRY PRODUCTS, 

 EGGS, AND COTTON (PAGB 120) 



The Farmers' Cooperative Grain Elevators 122 



The Grain-distributing System ...... 123 



The Method of selling the Grain 124 



Origin of the Farmers' Elevators 124 



The Plan of a Farmers' Elevator Company .... 128 



A Constitution and By-laws of a Farmers' Elevator Company 132 



Cooperation in the Manufacture of Butter 135 



Organization of a Creamery 137 



