COOPERATIVE GRAIN MARKETING. 5 
For the purpose of catering to those growers who wish to make 
use of the special-bin privilege it is necessary to provide elevators 
having a considerable number of small bins. ^ATiile the Canada 
Grain Act makes it obligatory upon all licensed elevators to special- 
bin so long as they have available space, it can readily be seen that 
elevators having no desire to special-bin may " grade store " in such 
manner as to have little or no space available for special binning, 
especially where elevators are constructed with a limited number of 
large bins only. The farmers' companies claim to provide more 
special-bin accommodations than the private-owned elevators usually 
give. In special binning the grower may be required to pa}^ storage 
on the capacity of the bin which is needed for his special purpose. 
In the matter of storage for growers, the elevators in Canada may, 
upon giving 48 hours' notice to the owner, ship the stored grain from 
the country elevators to a public elevator, thus relieving congestion 
at the local elevators. 
THE UNITED FARMERS' ASSOCIATIONS.2 
In Canada the farmers, have been fortunate in having only a com- 
parativel}^ few general educational and agricultural associations 
which are broad in scope and territor3% and the result has been con- 
centration of effort along definite lines. In the three principal grain- 
growing Provinces, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, for ex- 
ample, there are found the United Farmers of Alberta, the Sas- 
katchewan Grain Growers' Association, and the United Farmers of 
Manitoba, respectively. These and similar associations in some of the 
other Provinces, together with their respective affiliated commercial 
organizations, are united in the Canadian Council of Agriculture, and 
through these various associations practicall}^ all of the demands of 
the agricultural interests in Canada are voiced. There is, therefore, 
no division of interest or effort among what might be termed compet- 
ing farmers' organizations, as has sometimes been the case in the 
United States. 
The existing associations are well supported, and there is unity of 
action. With the exception of the Saskatchewan Grain Growers' 
Association, these organizations have confined their efforts largely 
to educational and legislative lines, leaving commercial undertakings 
to separate and distinct trading corporations. The Saskatchewan 
Grain Growers' Association is incorporated as a trading compan}^ 
and is engaged in handling all kinds of farm supplies, but inasmuch 
as its commercial activities are carried on in separate departments, 
there is in reality a clean-cut division between its educational activi- 
ties and the handling of supplies. 
- Formerly known as the Grain Growers' Associations. They are now more frequently 
called the United Farmers of a certain Province, as the United Farmers of Alberta. 
