N.C. Farmers Cooperative Formed, March 1935

From the March 1935 issue of the Carolina Co-Operator (formerly The Carolina Cotton Grower), the official publication of the N.C. Cotton Growers Co-Operative Association, the Farmers Co-Operative Exchange, and the N.C. State Grange

Designed to coordinate the work of the 19 main agricultural agencies and institutions of the state, a new organization, the Farmers Cooperative, has been formed.

In making the announcement, J.W. Johansen of State College, secretary-treasurer of the council, said organization work has been underway for several months and that a program of work will soon be announced.

Officers are Dudley Bagley of Moyock, president; J.G.K. McClure of Asheville, vice-president; and J.W. Johansen of Raleigh, secretary-treasurer.

Following a meeting of the Institute of Farm Organizations at State College a month ago, a committee composed of the following was appointed to develop a plan of organization: Dr. G.W. Forster, State College, chairman; M.G. Mann, general manager, Farmers Cooperative Exchange; George Watts Hill of Durham; Dr. Jane S. McKimmon, State College; Claude T. Hall of Woodsdale; E.S. Vanatta of Wadesboro, State Grange Master; and J.W. Johansen of State College.