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of a few persons rather than for all and with no 

 thought of the good of the community at large. 

 Some of the societies that are cooperative in 

 Dame are really strong centralized corporations 

 or stock companies that have no greater interest 

 in the welfare of the patrons than other corpo- 

 rations have. 



At present the cooperative spirit works itself 

 out chiefly in business organizations, devoted to 

 selling and buying. So far as possible, these 

 business organizations should have more or less 

 social uses; but even if the organizations cannot 

 be so used, the growth of the cooperative spirit 

 should of itself have great social value, and it 

 should give the hint for other cooperating 

 groups. There is great need of associations in 

 which persons cooperate directly for social re- 

 sults. The primary cooperation is social and 

 should arise in the home, between all members 

 of the family. 



The associations that have an educational 

 purpose are very numerous, such as the common 

 agricultural societies and clubs devoted to stock- 

 raising, fruit-growing, grain-growing, poultry- 

 keeping, floriculture, bee-culture, and the like, 



