456 



A STUDY OF FARM ANIMAL8 



and freight to be 134.15 per car load, and home expenses 

 $16.50, a total per car of $50.05.* 



Original 



Live-Stock Shipping Association 



Member's Statement 



No.- 



_, 192_ 



Inclosed find check No.. 



for balance S— 



Please ask about anything not understood. Complete statement of each shipment 

 is on file. 



Manager 



Figure 213. — Sample of Member's Statement in a live-stock shipper's 

 association. 



The advantages from selling live stock co-operatively are 



considerable. There is no expense for soliciting business, 

 and the method does away with unnecessary stock buyers 

 in a community, reducing the number to one paid employe. 

 One of the main arguments in favor of co-operative market- 

 ing is the reduced cost of selling due to the fact that one per- 

 son in a community represents the producers in this respect. 

 Estimates from managers of 150 Wisconsin associations have 



'•'Farmers' Co-operation in Minnesota 1913-17. Bulletin 184 Univ. of Minnesota. 



