Agricultural Co-Operation, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Agricultural Co-Operation, Vol. 1<br><br>The State Board of Public Affairs herewith presents the results of its investigation into cooperation and marketing. It was the intention of the legislature to seek means for the reduction of the cost of living and the betterment of the business side of farming at the same time; therefore, Mr. John Sinclair of the Legislative Reference Library of the Wisconsin Free Library Commission, an enthusiastic student and a trained investigator, undertook this investigation; Several other students cooperated with him. He went to Europe at his own expense and while there he studied the great cooperative movement which has long been in existence there, as well as the whole matter of marketing, having in mind the actual application to the state of Wisconsin. Previous to this attempt no thorough study leading to the construction of a state plan has been made in America. Mr. Sinclair has, therefore, broken new ground in this report, and has carefully laid the foundation for future constructive work along this line. After his return, his preliminary report convinced the Board that it had a great task before it - a task reaching over several years, and that if it was to be successful, the groundwork would have to be laid at once. Mr. Sinclair compiled in addition to the facts gleaned from his European experience, data relating to existing cooperative institutions or attempts at such and all possible material which could be arranged in a fairly compact report relating to Wisconsin and the United States in general.<br><br>Since the State Board of Public Affairs has gone into this investigation, country-wide attention has been called to the whole subject of coperation and marketing in general. The great political parties have all taken up this subject; it is therefore of much pride to us that Wisconsin is again in the lead in the preparation of a report and plan which we trust will lead to further beneficient economic legislation.<br><br>The University of Wisconsin, on the recommendation of the State Board of Public Affairs, has also established a professorship for 1912-13, and has conducted investigations into marketing, the results of which will be presented later.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.