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SUCCESSFUL FARMING 





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Threshing Scene 



hauled in the old way. This difference was due to the reduced cost of 

 hauling and the better condition of the peaches upon their arrival. 



It is estimated that it costs $7,500,000 annually to haul the freight 

 to and from terminals in Philadelphia by teams. A motor truck of half 

 the length of a wagon carries double the load and travels twice as fast. 

 In cities, the motor truck is relatively more important than in the country. 

 This is manifest by the extent to which it has already displaced the 

 city horse. 



Co-operation. — The tendency of the twentieth century is for all 

 produce growers to increase their facilities for direct marketing by organ- 

 izing co-operative associations. This is a world-wide movement and such 

 societies are doing business successfully in nearly every country of the 

 world. Co-operation is best developed in little Denmark. There it has 

 become almost a national trait. Denmark has more than a thousand 

 co-operative dairies, 500 egg societies and numerous other co-operative 

 associations. Through these associations the farmers of Denmark are 

 exporting nearly $100,000,000 worth of butter, eggs and meat every year. 

 Through such associations the Danish farmer purchases nearly $20,000,000 

 worth of machinery, fertilizers, etc., each year 



Successful co-operation among farmers in the United States is mani- 

 fest in such associations as the New England Cranberry Saes Company, 

 the Monmouth County Farmers' Exchange of Freeho d, N. J., the Citrus 

 Association of Florida, the Dassel Co-operative Association of M nnesota, 

 the Rockyford Melon Association of Colorado, the Hood River Apple 



