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EXPLANATION OF GRANGE'S FAILURE UNCONVINCING.(EDITORIAL)(Review)
The Capital Times (Madison, WI)
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March 16, 2001
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Jim Hightower once quipped that the only difference between a pigeon and the American farmer today is that a pigeon can still make a deposit on a John Deere. The economic hardships of Midwestern farmers adapting to commercial farming over a century ago were no less ominous.
As market capitalism spread across the Midwestern plains, farmers sought an active role in shaping it to suit their needs. Armed with a pragmatic spirit and the wisdom gleaned from participation in existing agricultural societies and clubs, farmers formed purchasing cooperatives through the ...
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