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CHAPTER XXIX. 



THE COOPERATIVE FEATURE. 



Cooperative Feature of the Grange How the Grange saves the Farmers the 

 Middle-man's Profit Circular of the Secretary of the National Grange A 

 Means of Practical Economy The System of Purchases adopted by the 

 Grange The System on Trial in Iowa The System productive of Economy 

 How the Iowa Grange conducts its Operations Bringing the Manufac- 

 turers to Terms The Plow Trade A Saving of Fifty Thousand Dollars 

 on Plows A Liberal System of Discounts Work of the State Agent Joint 

 Stock Stores established Method of Cooperative Selling Elevators estab- 

 lished by the Granges Direct Shipments Magnificent Success of the 

 Grange in Iowa The Granges saving more Money than they cost Efforts 

 to embarrass the Grange Warning of the National Grange Opposition of 

 the Middle-men A Successful Effort at Cooperation abroad The History of 

 the Civil Service Supply Association of London A Lesson and an En- 

 couragement to the Grange. 



"THE Order of Patrons of Husbandry," says the 

 Secretary of the National Grange, in a circular addres- 

 sed to Manufacturers of Agricultural and Domestic Im- 

 plements and Machinery, " is an organization of farmers 

 and horticulturalists, one object of which is to secure to 

 its members the advantages of cooperation in all things 

 affecting their interests. ... To enable the members 

 of the Order to purchase implements and machinery 

 at as low cost as possible, by saving the commission 

 usually paid to agents, and the profits of the long line 

 of dealers standing between the manufacturers and the 

 farmers, the Executive Committee of the National 

 Grange desire to publish a list of all the establishments 

 that will deal directly with State and subordinate 



