46 BULLETIN 547, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
THE OZARK FRUIT GROWERS' ASSOCIATION, MISSOURI AND ARKANSAS. 
The Ozark Fruit Growers' Association is found in southern Mis- 
souri and northern Arkansas. The principal products marketed are 
strawberries and peaches. The organization consists of a central 
association which markets the fruit of a number of local associations 
affiliated with it. The secretary reports that there are 500 members, 
that the capital stock is $2,000, divided into shares of $1 each, no 
member owning more than 10 shares. Several hundred carloads of 
strawberries and peaches are marketed annually. The total business 
transacted in 1915 amounted to approximately $600,000. 
This association has been successful in standardizing its products 
and making its brand known to the trade. A new venture recently 
undertaken is the use of various trade papers in advising the trade 
generally of the association's output through advertisements carried 
during the marketing season. Marketing conditions and returns to 
growers have been much more satisfactory since the creation of this 
sales agency. As in the case of most successful fruit associations, 
better distribution has been obtained, together with a standardiza- 
tion of output and sales methods. 
TILLAMOOK COUNTY CREAMERY ASSOCIATION, OREGON. 
Previous to 1904 both the private and cooperative cheese factories 
of Tillamook County marketed their output individually by shipping 
to Portland dealers. This method was unsatisfactory because there 
was not a proper distribution, and as a result the dealers took advan- 
tage of the gluts in the market during the season of heavy production. 
In 1903 the Tillamook factory adopted the plan of distributing the 
output among several cities, according to demand. This venture 
was so successful that several plants appointed a sales manager to 
handle their output in a similar manner. The success of these 
plants was an impetus to cooperation, and gradually most of the 
private factories were taken over by the farmers. 
In 1909 nine of the farmers' cheese factories organized the Tilla- 
mook County Creamery Association. The association engaged an 
inspector whose duties included general supervision over the cheese 
making, regular visits to each factory, and the giving of suggestions 
and lending of assistance where needed. This proved to be a wise 
move, as it has made the factories more efficient and has resulted 
in a product of better quality and greater uniformity. The associa- 
tion has a trade-mark for all cheese which measures up to the associa- 
tion standard when inspected. 
The factories also cooperate in having a secretary-salesman who 
at the present time keeps the books and looks after the marketing 
of the product from 20 of the 23 factories in the county. The secre- 
tary receives frequent reports from the inspector and from the cheese 
