Vol. LXXII. No. 4189. NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 8, 1913. weekly. $1.00 per year 
THE INDIVIDUAL OR CO-OPERATION. 
Statement of a Successful Exchange. 
The pictures on this page show in the most striking 
way a contrast of power. The upper picture is from 
a photograph taken in China, where human labor is 
so cheap that it can actually be used for plowing as 
centrated and small individual power. Much the same 
contrasts may be found in business results between 
the small work of the individual farmer and the 
results obtained when 100 or more farmers com¬ 
bine their efforts. 
We have seen no better illustration of this than in 
the last report of the Monmouth Co. (N. J.) Farm- 
years it is possible to make the following remark¬ 
able statement of actual business done: 
Total cars handled in 5 years. 10.910 Cars 
“ shipment of potatoes .4,603.962 Bushels 
“ “ apples and pears .... 153,890 “ 
“ “ asparagus .1,010,822 Bunches 
“ “ Misc. fruits and vegts. 41,480 Pkgs. 
“ sales of seed potatoes. 282.750 Bushels 
“ “ “ fertilizer, four years.... 11,145 Tons. 
Total amount of business, 84,320,748.09. 
i’Uoto by Underwood & Underwood. New York. 
MAN POWER IN CHINA—CHEAP WORK BY CHEAP LABOR. Fig. 52. 
A STEAM PLOW AT WORK IN WESTERN NEW YORK. Fig. 53. 
shown. What a contrast is presented in the lower 
picture, where a steam plow is shown at work on a 
western New York farm. This great engine is doing 
the work of 200 such men as are shown above it. 
This contrast is evident at a glance, for the work 
done is plainly visible. It is a contrast between con- 
ers’ Exchange. This report is made by the general 
manager, W. H. Ingling. He states that five years 
ago this Exchange was incorporated. It began busi¬ 
ness in July, 1908, with a paid capital of $7,000. It 
had nothing else, and was obliged to develop its busi¬ 
ness from the beginning. Now at the end of five 
This certainly is remarkable when we realize that 
the business was started from the bottom, and that 
markets and customers were to be hunted out, plan 
and system organized; in fact, everything from keep¬ 
ing the books and paying farmers to arranging for 
transportation and sale; all had to be developed. Last 
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