Breeders' and Growers' Associations 



Articles of Agreement in a Cow-testing 

 Association 



The cow-testing association may be incorporated on 

 the cooperative plan, or it can be handled through the 

 mutual agreement of its members without legal incorpora- 

 tion. A number of these organizations may be federated, 

 as in Denmark, and the whole movement handled more 

 systematically. The following provisions contain the 

 essential features of a cow-testing membership agree- 

 ment. The association should also provide the customary 

 by-laws covering the officers and their duties, the board 

 of directors, membership, dues, amendments, and the 

 time and place of holding meetings. 



Whereas, Dairy Testing Association has 



been organized for the principal purpose of providing means for 

 the cooperation of its members in weighing and testing the milk 

 of their cows periodically and for the improvement of their dairy 

 interests, and whereas, it is proposed by said company to engage 

 a suitable person for that purpose as soon as enough subscriptions 

 are obtained to warrant said association to engage such person, 

 we, the undersigned members of said association each for himself 

 and not one for the other, severally agree to pay the sum of one 



dollar ( minimum charge) a year for each cow set 



opposite our respective names to said association for that pur- 

 pose. Said fees to be paid in quarterly installments in advance, 

 the first payment to be made as soon as such person is engaged 

 by said association. Each one of us also agrees to furnish board 

 and lodging for said person for at least one day each month and 

 convey him to his next place of work. Said person shall not work 

 Sundays, but shall have board and lodging over Sunday at the 

 place where he is working Saturday. 



