218 Cooperation in Agriculture 



spection of the fruit when it is delivered by the member 

 to the association at the railroad station, warehouse, or 

 other assembling point. These inspectors are an invalu- 

 able educational force in a community of fruit-growers just 

 as the Danish dairy inspectors who test the cows of each 

 member of an association and who give advice in other 

 matters haye been among the most potent factors in the 

 upbuilding of the dairy industry in Denmark. They can 

 assist the grower in his cultural operations, advise him in 

 regard to the fertilizers to be used, and help him in a num- 

 ber of other ways. 



To reach the highest efficiency, an association must be 

 an educational power among its members. Unless it 

 cooperates with the grower in making the rules effective, 

 it cannot establish rules of harvesting, grading, and packing 

 and then eliminate the fruit of every member that does 

 not square with the rules. Cooperation means mutual 

 helpfulness. It means the adoption of a high standard 

 of business procedure and then an organized effort to teach 

 the individual member how to reach this standard in his 

 personal operations. Arbitrary dealing with the members 

 of an association who violate the rules may be necessary 

 to maintain the high standard of the association, but 

 arbitrary action that is not accompanied by an effort to 

 help the erring member, breaks the cooperative spirit, and 

 in the end is likely to disrupt the organization. 



Cooperation in the Grading and Packing of Fruit 



It is not possible to grade and pack the fruit of a com- 

 munity uniformly when the individual grower performs 

 these operations. Fruit grading and packing are arts 



