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mental to that get-together spirit so absolutely necessary in 

 a co-operative society, and it is difficult to find among us 

 the common point where we can come together. 



European experience has proved in case after case that 

 co-operation has brought the farmer up from a hopeless con- 

 dition to one of prosperity. It seems necessary to have a 

 very bad condition of affairs before co-operation can be 

 brought about. We have seen in this country the western 

 fruit growers organize and co-operate only after they had 

 found it impossible to sell their products as individuals. 

 Undoubtedly some such condition will have to exist here 

 before we can accomplish much, especially in regard to sell- 

 ing agencies. It does not seem as difficult to co-operate in 

 a buying agency. Co-operation would certainly aid us much 

 in such questions as central cold-storage plants ; milk sta- 

 tions ; transportation companies ; sales companies ; good seed ; 

 cow-testing associations, etc. 



One of the most important points in co-operation among 

 farmers is the establishing of a standard for their products. 

 "No doubt each individual farmer can establish his own stand- 

 ard, but this means little when selling goods in a large way. 

 The Danes could not sell the enormous quantity of butter 

 exported each year were there not a standard established by 

 the co-operative society, to the rules of which each indi- 

 vidual member must conform; neither could they get the 

 large uniform prices as individuals. 



We should have co-operative societies in our State to 

 handle the principal crops. Butter, eggs, poultry, milk, 

 fruit, etc., should be sold through State co-operative societies, 

 each package or article bearing the stamp of the association 

 and the grade of the products, thus guaranteeing to the con- 

 sumer the quality of the goods sold. 



Extracts from the Trespass Laws. 



The demand for the cloth posters containing extracts from 



the trespass laws has continued about as usual, and it was 



necessary to have 3,000 printed in the middle of the year. 



The frequent requests for, and offers to purchase, posters 



