Tho, VALLTjT SBTTLFk is miMishod
every Friday o- the
uvnuska Val
ley varmors ’ Hooperating Assoc:i o
ticn at Palmer, Mrska.
Png. Heitor Irving ?'<ov;vi!l
Sub 3 c r 3 p 13, on r a t o s :
By nail:
bailer! anywh ore:
pl.OQ y:ar
11.75 year
t10 copy
Hi; paper is issued for the pur
pose of giving inf or?; at ion and
nows of the Mataruska Valley 3’ar
mors Cooperating Associations
work, problems, 'accomplishments,
also news of local and general
interest; and to foster the coop
erative spirit of the Farmers of
tho ratauuska Valley.
The Cooperative encr'gy’ o’f
than 3,0C0,00C far:./ rs rang v.p
the cooperative each "•-rioter
:rc ;
/'n i
hiring the ICcC-l? marketing sear?
a total ef , •
inoss . And a:
r :r 1st 'red
nr
Ul'O - J.
.j.v^Os, :Vi nus
b'*’"1 i S " *o ’vl*' 1 t
7 i c . 7 70 '“\r ° -
:rn ■
usd pui chan in
The
fact
,700
: 1 ai}"'
oor of
w ax i:u.
hr*
Li.10 3 t
nstart for the pa
rears
noi
r T;;; ni\ 1 7 •*! 7 7. 7>7 r
an << v»?%- - v
liio i .. ... ...ie L
fiv
' a r 1 ■*- o ' '-jp * 0-^ 1 ^
static.
have been
roeorted
turnl cocporatian
• any now
fernsd each • *car ■
scare f.r 1‘Ail to
But the upward suing in the total
by the
has been chce'roci in oai
lg tendency
growing tendency fcowar'® consoli*
nations between snal
a groups
in order to build up norc effect
ive units. This tendency toward
cons oildati one has shown up strong-;
cst, perhaps; among the dairy
associat cns0 ]
Trie doilar volunc of business;
was off slightly in 1S39-40- about !
sin- tenths of one percent under
the previous year.
The purchasing cooperatives
load in the number of associations
with grain second; dairy products,!
on. In point of !
third, and
membership the punch
*■ “O o
. .roups
also lead, with dairy, grain,live
stock, and fruits and vegetables
next in order. The dairy cooper
atives continue to stand f;rst in
vif.ur.e or business with cof os that
account f. r none than one- nvruh
entire cooperatevo
in.
the
■ r- -f- v *1
f-m ^ .
- -K'
a s s c c i ai ons hand 1 o c o ou r;
n ■n 7
■-T be03is rnd rice
3 per
r the aggregate hue . or.s,. and
the purchasing groups about 17 per
C O n t a »
Fruit and vegetables, and live
stock cooperatives ar cl' ■ behind
with about 15 percent etc.’
The oldest of the coc perntites
now in ox5 stance is tie aiverhoad
(b,Y„) Tour. Agricultural •icty
which was organised :
*1 *“> 0 r?
1 . u
j lie
second and third Meet
date to 1875 an SB’76 r<
;cv.ie
560 of to
lively,
, and
purchasing groups wer in rusmeas
in XO0C, nest of then houi.lir
dai
ry pi* educes.
i a Ino31- c.T.1
, +- -*
feurth. :>r
cooperatives wore organis.
1717 and ? 9 ? 1. Dun: : t’ i
period 8,170 asseelati. r.s
cay1 s
■ "ptwoon
5-year
- -n
a
in business. -- third of t .o assoc
iations .'ore formed to lia ..1, grain,
ulro than a fifth for the purchase
of far:, supplies, approxi. ate ly
a sixth for handling dait - products,
and an cl :th for chiooiri .j.vostock*
Of’
*. i e p r c s o n t 10.70 C
at ions, nearby
the Ilorth (
11 percent
along the Atlantno
cent in the South. r-crural
. w - j' • L*
•p ^'f 'J "i 3 O' *!'/■’• S >
zc j.ocaU«i in
) o <« 4
ocx
nro in
' *O” "* t
< 1 ouuUOS
J.VJ h - *
rs o -» 1 rr
Q I- * re ■J-n ^ c, . . t* 7 l" c
v.. Lvl ul'I.U -.11 O i I l . 1. > j ^ •1 1 >
the Pacific Coast and 5 p.ncab in
the ivecky heuntain ‘-'site: =
The States with tiro largest
nur.bcr of associations an I innoseta
l'f 403 associations ; 'isco: sin,
1,135; and Iowa, 80S,
The Electing of the •
ondonts> Assista:11 oupor:.
Lcpnrtr.io'nt He ado and the .
i o chcdnlcd for V/odnosd.ay --1
will take place fnee ay /o
• iperint
.<' - .i.iv . . j 3 ^
air Board
;wat
20
19.
Liberty is the one eking you
can’t have unless you giv; it to
. thors. liIlian Allen ’./hito