Palmor,Alaska
Editor.Lorothy M. Boll
Advertising....Harriot Z. Boll
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Published once a week at Palmer j Ala aka, f.or the I-atr.nuska Valley Farm
v/es’ Cooperating -^seocint ion for the nurposo of giving news of the
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COOPERATION
A man stood Tor several minutes watching a brawny truckman tugging at a
heavy box almost as wide as the doorway through which ho was trying to
lift it. Presently the onlooker asked, "Like a lift?" "Thanks, I would7'
the other replied, and for the next five minutes the two men, on opposite
sides of the box, worked, lifted, puffed and wheezed, but the object of
thuir attention did not move an inch. x'inally the helper straightened
up and said, between puffs, "I don’t believe we c n ever get it out,"
"G-. t it out," roared the truckman, "V/hy, I am trying to get it in. '
This is an ex mple of what happens when neighbors and friends work '
ag: inst each other instead of with each other.
From the "Equity Union Exchange," utlished by the Farmers Equity Union,
Greenville, 111. Copied from the- Cooperative digest.
MO R. F C OOP E DUCXflON NEEDED
It has boon repeatedly pointed.out that many of the successful firm co
operatives continue to satisfy th<^ "Old-Timers" but have difficulty con
vincing the "Younger Generation" of their true merit. The original or
ganizers of the farm cooperative knew conditions prior to the existence
of tho cooperative, received the immediate cash benefits of the group
action, and continue to realize the importance of supporting the enter
prise with all of their patronage. But hero comes the younger genera
tion, with all the vigor, fire and ambition of youth, striving to im
prove their economic position in this free-enterprise system of ours.
Like the young mountain trout which has not felt the sting of the fish
erman’s hook, he is inclined to grab the first bait that is offered. In
fact, some of the younger-generation do not-realize that the f m co
operative is a pa.rt of the farm enterprise, but consider the cooperative
just another place- to market farm products or purchase farm supplies.
Here wo have a very important membership-relations problem and should
constantly remind ourselves of conditions prior to the inception of the
cooperative and convince the younger generation that the cooperative is
entitled to its full support.
From the "News for Idaho Poultrymen" published by the Idaho Egg Producers
Caldwell, Idaho. Copied from the Cooperative Ligcst.
SMALL PRODUCERS NEED CO-OP TOO
Someone hzo said that cooperative marketing is primarily for the largo
producer, nq that it docs not pay the small grower to become a co-op
Heritor.
The statement, of c oursft, won’t hold water when subjected to oven the nos
elementary test of logic. Thousands of small growers in California have
benefited both directly and indirectly through their membership in'this
ana other marketing associations. They have g.ined directly through
batter returns on their own production, and they have gained indirectly
as their organizations have advanced industry interests through adver
tising, research, nr rket analysis, legislative representation and other
activities possible only when the growers organize to do the things hicb
must be done if' farming is to be a profitable business over the long pull
It is true that the small grower benefits from his cooperative only in
proportion to the tonnage he produces, but the advantage is still vrnry"
re- 1. although he does not have the capital to conduct his own market
ing operations, by pooling his capital and his production with a largo
number of his neighbors he gains a barg; ining power that he or.: not com
mand as an individual, -equally important, ho is a vital factor in the
Past, end present success of this state’s grower-owned marketing groups.
Cooper tives founded on an association df thousands
are on i far-sounder basis than those in which only
of average producers
a fev; larger growers
tyyVo made common cause. From the ''almond.Facts” published by California
■almond Growers Exchange, Sacramento, Calif, Coplou from Co-op Digest.