Corn; growing, judging, breeding, feeding, marketing; for the farmer and student of agriculture, a text-book for agricultural colleges and high schools . ider, Fowler Company, | Fremont, Nebraska I 31 Wisconsin Northern Grain Company, | Minneapolis, Minn I 31 Reliance Elevator Company, ] Minneapolis, Minn f 27 Independent Elevators. The growth of the independent or privateelevator company has been marked within the last five years, espec-ially in the western corn-growing states. Men of means in the difTer- ..^ ent localities have entered into this field. Being acquainted with theLargely with 0
Corn; growing, judging, breeding, feeding, marketing; for the farmer and student of agriculture, a text-book for agricultural colleges and high schools . ider, Fowler Company, | Fremont, Nebraska I 31 Wisconsin Northern Grain Company, | Minneapolis, Minn I 31 Reliance Elevator Company, ] Minneapolis, Minn f 27 Independent Elevators. The growth of the independent or privateelevator company has been marked within the last five years, espec-ially in the western corn-growing states. Men of means in the difTer- ..^ ent localities have entered into this field. Being acquainted with theLargely with 0-1 local capital growers in a given community, lumber merchants and coal dealershave erected elevators and begun buying grain. Competitive biddingwith the older elevator companies places these companies in a favor-able light with the farmers. There were in Iowa in July, 1907, 635 CO-OPERATIVE ELEVATORS. 267 elevators operated by companies or individuals who owned but oneelevator in Iowa. Farmers Co-operative Elevators. A Co-operative Grain Elevator Purpose toSociety is an organization of farmers whose object is the shipment p^^ts^^of the middleman. (Courtesy Younglovo Oonstruction Company)Fig. Country Elevator. of the grain grown by its members directly to the terminal purpose is to secure for the grain shipped the largest possiblereturns by eliminating the profit of the middleman. Each society is 268 CORN. Capitallimited Market quotations received by wire Bate per100 lbs. incorporated under the laws of the state and is governed by a Con-stitution and By-laws, enforced by the officers of the organization. Iowas first Farmers Co-operative Society was founded at Rock-well in 1889. From a business of $220,000 in 1895, the money handledamounted to $625,000 in 1900. The following is taken from the Articles of Incorporation of theFarmers Cooperative Society of Rockwell, Iowa, Section 3: The capital stock shall be at the beginning of the business ofthis corporati
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