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Extension, Enterprise, and Education: The Legacy of Co-operatives and Cooperation in Utah: Agriculture and the Cooperative Act
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Agriculture and the Cooperative Act
“H.B. No. 2, by Mr. Atwood, An Act to provide for the organization of associations with or without capital stock and not for pecuniary profit, but for the mutual help and benefit of its shareholders or members in the production, handling, storing, shipping and marketing of agricultural and related products and by-products; and for supplying members with machinary [sic], equipment, and materials, and to provide and advance funds to members to aid in carrying out said purposes.’ ”[1]
By 1920, cooperative marketing had proven to be very popular throughout Utah. In 1923, Representative Lawrence Atwood of Utah County sponsored a bill in the State Legislature to provide farmers a means of organizing cooperative associations. Following the passing of the Utah Cooperative Act, the Farm Bureau actively supported and organized cooperatives. Between 1923 and1953, 308 cooperative associations were incorporated under the Utah Cooperative Act.
Franklin County Beet Growers papers, 1898-1981 - Finding Aid
Amalgamated Sugar Company-Lewiston Sugar Company records, 1905-1921 - Finding Aid
The Utah Beet Growers Association Papers, 1960-1980 - Finding Aid
Farmers Cooperative Irrigation Company papers, 1902-1932 - Finding Aid
Agricultural Cooperative Efforts in Utah
