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territory is divided into several districts and the members in each 
district elect a board member — usually some board members are also 
elected at large; (3) a more recent method, practiced in some asso- 
ciations (which is common with other cooperative associations) is 
for a committee of representatives (Reprasentantskab) to elect the 
board of directors. In this method, also, the membership territory 
is divided into small district units and the members in each of these 
districts elect a representative. Sometimes more than one repre- 
sentative is elected, based on the number of members in the district 
or the number of hogs delivered. Each representative helps to 
stimulate the members' interest in the association by holding three 
or four meetings in his district each year, and serves as a practical 
connecting link between the members and the board. 
The chairman of the board of directors is usually the only salaried 
man of this body; his salary may vary from $100 to $300 a year. 
The other members are granted an allowance for days on official 
duty. 
Manager. — The board of directors chooses the manager, and other 
important personnel is placed with its approval. The manager as- 
sumes the daily management of the plant and takes charge of the 
selling. A technical and trade knowledge of the bacon industry are 
his essential qualifications. Aside from these, the choice is likely to be 
a man who is well liked by the farmers. The tendency in the past 
has been to place the greater emphasis on technical training, but the 
present trend is to favor the manager with strong business qualifica- 
tions. In factories which sell cooperatively through their own cen- 
tralized selling agency in London, business qualifications are less 
important and the technical man is usually chosen; whereas, in the 
factories which sell independently, the success of the enterprise de- 
pends in a large measure and in a more direct way upon the sales- 
manship and business ability of the manager. This fact is well 
recognized by many associations and some of the most enterprising 
factories have managers of the business type at their head. 
Auditors. — The association elects two auditors at the yearly meet- 
ing, who audit the yearly financial statement and are required to 
audit the factory's financial affairs at least once a month. Some as- 
sociations have turned this over to the State auditing officials. 
DELIVEKY OF HOGS. 
The common practice is to kill hogs three days each week. The 
greater portion, as high as 75 per cent with some factories, are hauled 
direct in wagon or truck from farm to cooperative factory, where 
they usually arrive on the morning of a killing day. In recent years 
hogs are collected by truck from the farms of members living at a 
distance. There is very little shrinkage in shipment or yards and 
no losses in dead hogs. Hogs are shipped from railroad stations on 
the days previous to killing. 
Farmers are paid reasonable transportation money for hauling 
hogs direct to the factory. This transportation allowance varies 
with the distance. When the hogs are shipped, the factory pays the 
freight charges from the station to the plant, and a check for the 
receipts is mailed two or three days later to the owner. 
