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entitled to a temporary restraining older and prclunmary injunction against
the member.
 618.19 Contracts and agreements with other like associations.-Any
association may, upon resolution adopted by its board of directors, enter
into all necessary and proper contracts and agreements and make all
necessary and proper stipulations, agreements and contracts, and arrange-
ments with any other cooperative corporation, association or associations,
formed in this or in any other state, for the cooperate and more eco
nomncal carrying on of its business or an) part thereof. Any two or more
associations may, by agreement between them, unite in employing and
using or may sepalatels employ and use the same personnel, methods,
means, and agencies for caning on and conducting thior respective
businesses.
 618.20 Purchase of interest in like corpoiations.-An association may
organize, i, r, operate, own, control, have an interest in, own stock of, or
be a member of any other association or corporation, with or without
capital stock, and engaged in planting, growing, producing, preserving,
drying, processing, canning, packing, storing, warehousing, handling, shlp-
ping, utilizing, ianuiaciuring, or selling of agricultural products, or by
products thereof; or in performing business or educational services; or in
the financing of any of the above enumerated activities.
 If such corporations are warehousing corporations, they may o ssue
legal warehouse receipts to the associations against the commodities de-
livered by it, or to any other person and such legal warehouse receipts
shall be considered as adequate collateral to the extent of the usual and
current value of thie commodity represented thereby. In case such ware
house is licensed, or licensed and bonded under the laws of this or any
other state or the United States, its warehouse receipt deliveicd to the
association on commodities of tleo association or its membcis, or delivered
by the association or its members, shall not be challenged or discriminated
against because of ownership or control wholly or in part, by the association
 618.21 Corporations not in restraint of trade.-No association as
defined in this chapter while engaged in any of the activities specified in
618 20 shall be deemed to be a conspiracy, or a combination in unlawful
restraint of trade, or an illegal monopoly, or an attempt to lessen come
tition or to fix prices arbitrarily, nor shall the marketing contracts and
agreements between the association and its members or any agieeennts
authorized in this chapter, be considered illegal as such, or in unlawful
restraint of tiade, or part of a conspiracy or combination to accomplish
an improper or illegal purpose.
 618 22 Adoption of provisions of this chapter by prior corporations.-
Any conpoationi or association, oigamZecd under previously existing statutes,
may, by a majority vote of its stockholders or members, be brought under
the provisions of this chapter by limiting its memibeishp and adopting
tihe other restrictions as provided herein It shall make out in duplicate
a statement signed and sworn to by its directors to the effect that the
corporation or association has, by a nmaority vote of its stockholders or
members, decided to accept the benefits and be bound by the provisions
of this chapter and has authorized all changes accodingly Articles of