American Poultry Association.

American Society of Equity.

Corn Belt Meat Producers’ Association,

Dairy Cattle Congress.

Farm Women’s National Congress.

Farmers’ Educational and Cooperative Union of America (The
Farmers’ Union).

Farmers’ Equity Union.

Farmers’ National Congress.

Farmers’ Society of Equity.

Federation of Jewish Farmers of America.

Gleaners, The Ancient Order of.

Grange, National (Patrons of Husbandry).

National Agricultural Organization Society.

National Board of Farm Organizations.

National Council of Farmers’ Cooperative Associations.

National Dairy Council.

National Dairy Union.

National Farmers’ Associations.

National Farmers’ Cooperative Grain and Live Stock Associations.

National Nut Growers’ Association.

National Society of Record Associations.

National Swine Growers’ Association.

National Wool Growers’ Association.

National Women’s Farm and Garden Association.

Southern Rice Growers’ Association.

COOPERATION A MATTER OF HABIT

Cooperation is largely a matter of habit.  Habits can be formed only by practice; and opportunity to practice cooperation is abundant if we are only on the lookout for it.  We shall find that it not only secures better results in whatever we are doing, but that it also adds greatly to the enjoyment of life.  Let us not forget that cooperation merely means “team work,” working together for the common good.

“They who cannot or will not work together are always in a weak position when brought into competition with those who can and do.” [Footnote:  Carver, The Organization of a Rural Community, p. 5.]

If there is a public library in your community, what benefits do you get from it?  About how many books do you draw from it in the course of a year?  What would these books cost you if you bought them?  What do they cost you when you draw them from the library?

Usually a fine is imposed for keeping a book from the library beyond a specified time.  Show why this is proper.

Do you have the use of a “traveling library” in your school or community?  If so, where do the books come from?  Show how it secures cooperation.

Give examples of cooperation in your home, and show what is gained by it.

In what ways do you think that cooperation could be improved in your home?  Work out a plan for it.

Give examples of cooperation in your school.

Suggest plans for more and better cooperation in your school.

In what ways have you cooperated with others during the last month for the good of the community in which you live?

Make a list in your notebook of ways in which you think you could cooperate with others to promote the welfare of your community, and add to the list from time to time as new opportunities for such cooperation occur to you.