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lective bargaining in agriculture, 135; granger movement, 

 136; need for collective bargaining in the dairy business, 137. 



Section 2. Historical Sketch of Collective Bargaining in the Sale of 



Milk 138 



Organization among dairymen has existed for about forty 

 years, 138; some early organizations in New York, 139; 

 organization in New England, 144; organization about 

 Philadelphia, 147; organization about Baltimore; organiza- 

 tion in northern Ohio and eastern Pennsylvania, 150; organ- 

 ization about Chicago, 152; historical list of organizations, 

 154- 



Section j. Collective Bargaining in the Milk Business, 1919-1920 . 155 

 Dates of formation of recent organizations, 156; types of or- 

 ganization, 156; surplus problems, 158; cooperative retail 

 distribution, 159; the "strike" or boycott, 160; contracting 

 practices, 161; liquidated damage clause, 162; revenue, 162; 

 commissions charged for selling milk, 164; formation of 

 National Milk Producers' Federation, 164. 



Section 4. Discussion of Specific Organizations 165 



The New England Milk Producers' Association, 165; extent 

 of operations, plan of financing, 166; Dairymen's Coopera- 

 tive Sales Company, 168-70; The Dairymen's League, 171- 

 72; The Dairymen's League Cooperative Association, 174- 

 75; plan of financing, 175; The Chicago Milk Producers' 

 Association, 175; The Associated Milk Producers, Inc., 178; 

 Northern California Milk Producers' Association, 178, Asso- 

 ciated Dairymen of California, 180; leading producers' asso- 

 ciations, 182. 



Section 5. Cooperative Distribution of Milk 183 



Newness of the movement, 183; Erie County Milk Associa- 

 tion, 185; results of cooperative distribution in three cities, 

 186. 



VI. MILK PRICES: 



Section I. Price Relationships 188 



Price a matter of complex relationships, 188; demand and 

 price, 188; price and supply, 190; cost and price, 191; deter- 

 mination of price, 192; marginal producer, 192. 



