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The turnover for that part of 1914, during 

 which the United Farmers Co-operative Com- 

 pany was definitely in business was some 

 $33,000; but this was exceeded by the turnover 

 of January, 1915, alone. After this, however, 

 the business generally fell off until it reached 

 the low level of a little over $5,000 for 

 September. From that point it again began to 

 increase, totalling some $226,000 for the full 

 year 1915, on which a net profit of some $1,800 

 was made. 



The President, Mr. W. C. Good, in his report 

 for 1914 dealt with some of the difficulties and 

 obstacles which the Company had to face and 

 overcome. There were, first, "The difficulty of 

 getting trained men for positions of responsi- 

 bility/' second, "The danger of sacrificing co- 

 operative principles, "thirdly, "The individualism 

 of the average farmer," fourthly, "The problem 

 of internal business organization," and lastly, 

 "The problems of local financing and ware- 

 housing." The concluding sentences of his 

 report may be quoted verbatim. 



"It matters little what you and I get out of 

 this movement; but it matters a great deal what 

 we put into it. We are here to-day and gone 

 to-morrow, but our work will remain, for good 

 or evil, so long as time shall last. Let us there- 

 fore, try to realize that we are engaged in a 



