174 . MODERN FRUIT MARKETING 



business together. The number of individuals in the 

 organization or the amount of business done is irrelative 

 to the purpose of the organization. The idea is to co- 

 operate among individuals to carry on the various in- 

 terests as a single person. Much has been said and 

 written in recent years regarding cooperative organiza- 

 tions among fruit growers, and there appears to be a 

 growing tendency in all producing sections to form some 

 kind of an organization. This is not only true among 

 the producers but also among the sellers or distributors. 



From the fruit growers' standpoint, cooperative or- 

 ganization may include the following : ( 1 ) The growing 

 of the fruit. (2) The harvesting operation. (3) Pack- 

 ing and grading the fruit. (4) Selling operations. (5) 

 The buying of supplies for the producers. All of these 

 may be included in the workings of the organization, or 

 only a single one of them, yet the purpose of cooperat- 

 ing is still fulfilled. As a matter of fact the principle 

 subject which has led to the organization of cooperative 

 measures has been primarily for the selling of the 

 produce, and the others have developed as incidental to 

 the one big idea. 



There are from the standpoint of the organization it- 

 self two important kinds: one is known as the profit- 

 sharing organization and the other as the non-profit 

 sharing. Of these two the former is by far the oldest, 

 and the one which is usually referred to where large 

 industries are concerned, such as mining, manufacturing, 

 etc., but in connection with agriculture the profit-sharing 

 organizations have, for the most part, gradually given 

 way or been superseded by the non-profit sharing plan. 

 The former, or profit-sharing organization, is run as a 



