Easy profits were made by buying inputs (often from oneself) at fixed state prices, diverting them to cooperative production, and then selling at much higher prices.

因为可以把以国家固定价格购买的生产投入品转移到集体企业，然后以更高的价格卖出，所以（常常是自己买自己的）很容易获取利润。

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Some people have a high-3 times the price of buying Longwan rural cooperative bank shares, but also difficult to buy.

有人已出高3倍的价钱买龙湾农村合作银行的股份，但也难买到。

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The Cooperative Extension Service at Oklahoma State University says buying high-quality seeds can help.

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