2G8 RURAL NEW YORK 



Cash trade has been the rule. Many enterprises of 

 this sort have perished from want of efficient manage- 

 ment and lack of any overhead support. 



As a type of another group of purchasing agencies 

 may be mentioned the Bedford Farmers' Cooperative 

 Association of Mt. Kisco in Westchester County. 

 This is incorporated under the provisions of the 

 general corporation law of the State and has a capital 

 stock of $25,000, It maintains a paid manager and 

 its business is divided into six lines or departments. 

 The development of the several functions of this as- 

 sociation very well illustrates the general progress of 

 purchase, marketing and self-help agencies. The 

 expansion of the marketing facilities is one of the 

 last things usually taken up by farmers, yet it is 

 the most vital part of their problem. The purchase of 

 supplies is very much secondary in importance to 

 the effective marketing of products. 



Another notable cooperative organization is the 

 Jewish Farmers Association whose activities for its 

 members are not confined to New York State. The 

 latest and most ambitious enterprise for handling 

 farm produce and supplies is an organization known 

 as the Cooperative Grange League Federation Ex- 

 change, Incorporated. This is purely a business or- 

 ganization on a state-wide basis. It is an outgrowth 

 of interest in commercial enterprises on behalf of the 

 farmer in three distinct state organizations, namely, 

 the Grange, the Federation of Farm Bureaus, and the 

 Dairymen's League. In addition to an overhead 

 state exchange, it is endeavoring to develop local com- 



