4 BULLETIN 1414, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



A long-time view of cooperation will consider the associations as 

 service agencies of the growers, concerned with stabilized produc- 

 tion, the production of suitable varieties, standardization, distribu- 



tion, and the other factors which enter into the production and 

 marketing of fruits and vegetables. The organization and operation 

 of associations on a crop-to-crop basis is a short-sighted policy 



