70 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

 SOME THINGS A COOPERATIVE CANNOT DO

 It cannot perform miracles.
 It cannot distribute large crops to the market at as lugh
prices as small ones.
 It cannot entirely eliminate the middleman.
 Controlling only a part of the crop, it cannot dominate
markets.
 It cannot change human nature or make a good farmer
out of a poor one.
 It cannot sell all the produce of all its members all the
time for a profit (neither can this be done by independent
marketing)
 It cannot monopolize supply or prevent all competition.
 It cannot succeed if a majority of its members are dis-
loyal.
 It cannot wave a magic wand and remove all the diffi-
culties in production and distribution.
 It cannot change sorry culls No. 3's to A grade or No.
I's.
 It cannot make the weatherman cooperate even if farm-
ers limit the acreage


 THINGS A COOPERATIVE CAN DO

 It can standardize and help stabilize production.
 It can advertise and widen distribution and develop new
markets.
 It can improve grade, pack and containers.
 It can help to improve distribution between existing
markets.
 It can buy collectively.
 It can finance marketing operations.