CONTENTS 



PAGE 



Preface iii 



Chapter I 

 Food Distribution as a Field for Cooperation in 

 Marketing i 



Chapter II 

 Origin, Extent and Nature of the Citrus Industry in 

 California 15 



Chapter III 

 Beginnings of Cooperative Marketing Among Citrus 



Fruit Growers 41" 



Chapter IV 

 Democratic Organization of the Cooperative Exchange 59 



Chapter V 

 Constitution of the Cahfornia Citrus Growers' Ex- 

 changes ■. . 79 



Chapter VI 

 Organization of Producers in the California Citrus 

 Industry 92 



Chapter VII 

 The Growers' Selling Agency 114 



Chapter VIII 



The Central Exchange of the Cooperative Organiza- 

 tion 131 



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