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THE STATE FARMER SECTION PAGE THREE Knowledge of Production alone nui\ make a man a Slave. Knowledge of Distrihntion alone ma\ make a man a Plutocrat. Knowledge of Consumption alone may make a man a Parasite. Knowledge of all Three makes a man an Effective Citizen of Democracy. —Dr. Glenn Frank Cooperation in The Garolinas By ROY H. PARK More ami more farmers are com ing to the conclusion that through cooperation lies the pathway to a per manent agricultural prosperitv. Statis tically the cooperative movement gained 124,000 membc'rs ami millir)ti dollars of bnsiiu!ss in as compared with IQ.U- I vast year the lojcxi active farm market ing and purchasing cooperatives had 3,- 26o,fXX> members and did $i,S3o.(kxmh)o Ben F. Wilson business, accord ing to <lata from the Oxjperative Div ision of the Farm Credit Administra tion. Coop<‘ratives do more than purchase and market products. Some, such as the National (Grange and the American Farm Bureau Federation, devote the lion’s Jihart of their activities to educa tional, social, aiul legislative work. Hot!i the 1‘arm Hureau and the National (irange keep representatives in the na tion's capital atid these men study care fully all legislation that may affect the farmer. Cotton Co-Ops Largest I'he two largest c«K»peratives in tin- Carolinas are those dealing in cotton— the South Carolina Cotton (Irowers CiM)iH‘rative Association and the N'ortli Carolina Cotton (Irowers Cooperative •Association. Each starte<i operatiotjs in K)22 and each works on the plan of handling all cotton f)ii a grade and staple basis, paying premiums to mem bers on all cotton better than middling 7-S. H'he South Carolina Cotton Associa tion has a membership of aroiuid 1 s.oo<' and maintaitis branch classing offices in all important cotton centers. “The As sociation is the strong est in s«-veral years anil will continue to render a service to thi- cotton farmers of thi-; State,” according to J. S. Hathcock, the general manager. The North Caro lina Cotton Ass«xia- M. G. Mann mem bers, and during the past 14 years has handled more thati i.jocvxx) bales of cotton. It enjoys a line of credit of (KX),(VV) from three North Carolina banks and tlm-s not owe the government, one penny. 'I'he North Carolina Cotton Asscxia- tion is managed by M. (i. Mann, who is also general manager of the StateV largest cooperative purchasing coopera tive. the Farmers Cixiperative Exchange. Two Purchasing Organizations Started iS months ago, the FCX, as It is known to farmers, now has iS branch warehouses located in Washing- t(jn, Burlington, Newton, Charlotte, (ireensboro, (ireenville, Statesville, Kin ston, Williamston, Lumberton, Salis bury, T'arboro, Smithfield, F.Iizabeth City, and Clinton. Some 2(X) distribu tors handle FCX supplies. I'he FCX handles only o|ien-formula feeds and fertilizers and seeds of known aiul adapte<l origin. I^ast year it did a business of well over a million dollars J. G. K. McClure and its goal for this year is two million. Profits are returned to members in the form of patronage dividends. ITie other chief c«x)|x*rative in North Carolina is the Farmers Federa tion, with head<|uarters at Asheville, which m irkets poultry, eggs, vegetables, fruits, potatoes, cannery products, black waliuits, and purchases seeds, fertilizers, feeds, flour, salt, insecticides and other farm supplies for farmers in ihe moun- tawj counties of Burke, Rutherford, Polk, Henderson, Haywood, jackson. Buncombe and Macon. The Federation op erates feed and grist mills, sweet potato curing houses, can neries. hatcheries, and a home industry^ de partment which aids in the marketing of articles that can be made by farm homes. A religious de- |iartment of the Federation sponsors “The Fyonl's Acre Plan” to help the rural churches. I'nder this plan, first s|X)iisored in 1930, the members of the church, either singly or in groups, pledge themselves to raise something to help the church expenses. President and gen eral manager of the Farmers’ Fe«lera- tion is James (i. K. .McClure. Nationals In Carolinas Operating in both Carolinas are branclves of the National (irange, Ajner- ica’s oldest farm organization. “Our last re|X)rt of the national sec retary showed a membership of with 193 subordinates, 23 Pomonas, and 37 Juveniles,” says Ben F. Wilson, of Mebane, Master of the North Caro lina State (Irange. Mr. Wilson went on to say that the goal for i<;36 is 2,(kxi new members and 2S new (Irange chap ters. Most recent farm organization in North Carolina is the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federatictn, affiliated with the Amerio'in Farm Bureau, which started a membership drive on Februarv 17, and by .March 31 hatl around members. “I'hirty thousand members by Jan uary I, i')37.” is the hope of Chas. J. I^nxrkway, acting si“C- retary. J. E. Winslow has been named State Chairman and head quarters established in Oreenville. Other cooperatives J. E. Winslow operating I'n the Car olinas include: South Carolina Peach (Irowers Asso ciation, of Spartanburg, S. C., with a membership of 61 and which expects to handle 8(H> carloads of peaches this year. In 193s. the association paid patronage dividends of $io,(x>o. T. H. Cribb is manager. Carolina C(X)peratives Consolidated, Florence, S. C.; Monetta Asparagus As- stxiation, .Monetta, S. C.: Palmetto Asparagus As.sociation, Williston, S. C.; S. C. Asparagus Association, Barnwell, S. C.; Carolina Pro«luce Asswiation, Meggetts, S. C.; Can)lina Fruit and Vegetable Exchange, .Monetta, S. C.; and other more htcal groups. Typifying modern operations of farm organization in this scene showing a Farmer’s Federation truck operating in the mountain country of North Caro lina taking farmer's produce and delivering feed. This organization operates a fleet of 20 such trucks. Note the farmer's ox-drawn land-sled. iwrij'~nrrTiaipaga ■■■'■ ' ||M H D HI To meet the constant demand for trained leaders, cooperatives have estab lished training classes. Pictured here are six selected Western North Carolina high-school graduates who are being given an intensive course of instruction in both practices and theory of cooperation by the Farmer's Federation. Instruction in home-craft is a part of the educational program of many farm organizations. At the left, above, a group of farm women receives needle work instruction at Gerton, N. C. Right, the FCX Branch Warehouse at Tar- bliro, N. C. Cash markets for typical mountain crops are sought by cooperatives oper ating in the mountain regions of the Carolina*. A shipment of mountain shrubs, laurel and rhododendron, and the sale of locust-posts to the state highway de partment served as one means of increasing farmer’s cash income.
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