1914 American Co-Operative Journal Magazine, WWI Era, Farm Grain Ads, Cartoon

Original October 1914 issue of the AMERICAN CO-OPERATIVE JOURNAL, a fascinating early agricultural and cooperative-marketing magazine published in Chicago with a Minneapolis branch office.

Volume 10, Number 2 • Editor: Millard R. Myers • Original cover price: 10 cents • Annual subscription: $1.00.

The striking illustrated cover features a period political cartoon addressing monopolies and farmers’ cooperative interests. Inside are articles about farmers’ organizations and grain marketing, together with abundant illustrated advertisements for grain elevators, farm machinery, grain commission merchants, and early electric equipment.

Featured advertisers include Cargill Grain Company, Armstrong Manufacturing Company of Waterloo, Iowa, Barnard & Leas Manufacturing Company, The Tenney Company, Karger Bros., B. S. Constant Manufacturing Company, and Appleton Car-Mover Company.

A desirable piece of agricultural, Minnesota, cooperative movement, advertising, and World War I-era history. Original period publication, not a reproduction.