@article{Francis:334647,
      recid = {334647},
      author = {Francis, Gerald M.},
      title = {How Purchasing Cooperatives Are Conserving Farm Equipment},
      address = {1942-07},
      number = {1962-2023-657},
      series = {Miscellaneous Report No. 58},
      pages = {26},
      year = {1942},
      note = {Contents:  Ways of reducing the steel requirements of  agriculture; How farm supply cooperatives can help;  Machinery conservation programs of wholesale cooperatives;  Indiana Farm Bureau cooperatives; Ohio Farm Bureau  cooperatives; Michigan Farm Bureau cooperatives; Farmers  Union Central Exchange, St. Paul, Minn.; Machinery services  by two local cooperatives; An expanding need for  cooperative effort.},
      abstract = {Excerpts from the report:  Serious shortages have  developed in vital defense materials since the United  States entered the war in December 1941.  Steel is one of  these basic materials. Agriculture uses large quantities of  steel products such as tractors, implements, and other  machinery in its ordinary production activities.   Therefore, as a part of our war effort, a Nation-wide  campaign has been undertaken to conserve all types of farm  equipment.  This program, largely initiated by official  action of the United States Department of Agriculture, has  been adopted and pushed vigorously by many agencies that  work closely with or for farmers.  These include the  Federal and State agricultural extension services, farm  machinery manufacturers and their distributors, and the  farmers' cooperative purchasing associations.  This report  has been prepared to make available a brief summary of the  methods by which a number of associations are helping  farmers to meet the wartime crisis in machinery and  equipment.  In making the survey, managers and other  employees were interviewed.  Descriptions of the methods  and facilities used to maintain successful repair and  maintenance services are herein described.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/334647},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.334647},
}