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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. 
