70 THE STORY OF THE U.F.O. 



(a) 'To produce, manufacture, import, ex- 

 port, buy, sell, deal in and deal with all cereals, 

 fruit, vegetable, animal or other products of 

 the farm, all products or by-products thereof 

 and all machinery, implements, goods, wares and 

 merchandise which 'may be used in the produc- 

 tion and manufacture of products of the farm 

 and all articles, substances and things which 

 may be utilized in the said production or in the 

 maintenance, cultivation, improvement and 

 development of farms, and (b) Without restrict- 

 ing the generality of the foregoing expressions, 

 to carry on the business of farming in all its 

 branches on the co-operative plan for the mutual 

 advantage, accommodation and convenience of 

 the members of the Company." 



From this it will appear that the incorporators 

 were not without ambition, and followed 

 Emerson's injunction to "hitch your wagon to a 

 star." They felt, at all events, that the seed 

 which they were sowing was a good one, and 

 that, like the mustard seed of old, it might 

 sometime grow to vast proportions. 



It was on March 20, 1914, in the Labor 

 Temple, Toronto, immediately after the 

 organization meeting of the U.F.O. that the 

 first shareholders' meeting of the United Farmers 

 Co-operative Company took place, at which a 

 permanent board of thirteen directors was 



