44 BULLETIN 558, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



of the community for additional marketing facilities. Usually it 

 is unwise to place too much confidence in the statements made by 

 outsiders regarding the profits to be derived and the cost of operating 

 a country elevator. Farmers should investigate fully the business 

 circumstances which are to surround the new enterprise before affili- 

 ating themselves with the proposed cooperative elevator association. 



