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4. Should any contagious or infectious disease appear in the herd 

 of any member of this association he must forfeit the right to patronize 

 males of the association until such time as his herd is declared free from 

 disease by a competent veterinarian. 



5. A service fee of $1 shall be charged to members of the associa- 

 tion, to be collected at time of service. A charge of $2 will be made to 

 non-members in case the association should decide to accept the patronage 

 of the same. 



6. Service fees shall be used to defray cost of maintenance and 

 handling of sires. Any surplus accumulations from this source may be 

 divided among the stockholders as dividends. 



7. It shall be the duty of the officers of this association to require 

 and see to it that each sire is kept in a strong, vigorous, healthy condi- 

 tion, in moderate flesh, with plentiful supplies of suitable feed and suf- 

 ficient yardage to afford ample exercise in the open air and sunshine in 

 addition to the protection of the stable. 



8. Bulls shall not be used for service under 1 year of age, nor shall 

 heifers be bred to calve under 24 months of age. During the rush of 

 the breeding season single service only will be allowed. 



The development of the dairy industry of a county or a state requires 

 more than mere community organization. A community can produce but 

 it requires a large trade territory to market. Often times the larger part 

 of a county is involved in the trade territory of a single market town. 

 To develop the production end of a business to the greatest possible extent, 

 and entirely disregard the marketing end is considered poor business 

 organization; therefore in developing the dairy business or the dairy 

 industry it is important that the producers look far ahead into the mar- 

 keting of their products. It is well to ask certain vital questions in 

 regard to the market end of this business: First, who are your com- 

 petitors in the production of the world's supply of dairy products also for 

 the people of the cities of our own country? What progress are they 

 making? Are you gaining or losing? In what form do you market 

 your product? To whom do you sell it? Do they have a monopoly in 

 fixing the price that you get? In what way is the price you get governed, 

 by the supply and demand? What are the profits of the manufacturer and 

 what does the middle man receive ? 



These are some of the questions we might discuss but time does not 

 permit and we will assume that there is need for more perfect organi- 

 zation of the producers of dairy products in order to get the most out 

 of their products also in order to place their products upon the market 

 in a more satisfactory condition. Every one will agree that such might 

 be true. Now the proposition is, how are we to proceed with our plan of 

 organization to meet this need? It can easily be answered in one sen- 

 tence. By organizing. The farmer must organize if he is to market most 

 effectively. If he sells milk, and milk is the principle dairy product of 

 the community, then a milk producers association is what he needs. II 



