As many of the first utility cooperatives in the United States served farmers in rural areas, the cooperatives often incorporated under the legal name Farmers Electric Cooperative.
Among cooperatives so named are:
- Farmers Electric Cooperative (Arkansas)
- Farmers Electric Cooperative (Texas)
- Farmers Electric Cooperative (New Mexico)
Famous quotes containing the words farmers, electric and/or cooperative:
“The farmers crowd to the fair today in obedience to the same ancient law,... as naturally as bees swarm and follow their queen.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“The widest prairies have electric fences....”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)
“Then we grow up to be Daddy. Domesticated men with undomesticated, frontier dreams. Suddenly life—or is it the children?—is not as cooperative as it ought to be. It’s tough to be in command of anything when a baby is crying or a ten-year-old is in despair. It’s tough to feel a sense of control when you’ve got to stop six times during the half-hour ride to Grandma’s.”
—Hugh O’Neill (20th century)