The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-05-06
Market AGENCIES IN J..
S. NOW NUMBER 1880
ANNUAL BUSINESS OF FARM
ASSOCIATIONS is PLACED
AT 2,2oO,ooo,oO DOLLARS.
ACTUALLY TREBLED in A YEAR
Forty-fve Per cent Of COOPERATIVE
Organizations Located in Central
States. Business of COOPERATIVE
~ Organizations Increase &c Fold.


States. Business of COOPERATIVE
Organizations Increase &c Fold.
Based on the number OF cooperative
marketing organizations reporting to
the federal department OF agriculture,
| farmers supported l0,l60 distinct as
sociations last year, Their total bust
ness was approximately $1,000 $1,000.
The number OF cooperative organza-
tons in 1928 and the value OF their
business practically trebled over SINH
lar reports for 1922 These figures are
taken by officials of the government to
indicate the tremendous growth enjoy
ed bv the cooperative movement dur
ing the last year, and the extent to
which farmers are interesting them
/ selves in organized selling and buy
ling, says the Baltimore sun.
More than As per cent OF 'the more
than 10000 farmers business organi-
cations which had reported to the de
Ipartment of agriculture on April LIST,
| are in the seven west north central
states - Minnesota, North Dakota,
South Dakota, Iowa, Missouri, Ne
braska and Kansas.
Minnesota Leads.
Twenty-Five per cent of the associa-
tions are in the FIVE east north central
states-Oho, Indiana, Illinois, Michi-
gan and Wisconsin-and more than
8 per cent are in the three Pacific
coast states. The middle Atlantic states
are credited with 53l farmers organ
Iizations, or 5 per cent OF the total
Minnesota. according to figures
compiled by the government leads all
other states in the number OF cooper
alive organizations with a total OF l.
$50. Iowa stands second with l,039,
followed by Wisconsin, with S79; Hi
nois, with $40, and Nebraska with 477
More than half OF the grain market
! ing associations reporting are in five
states; more than 20 per cent of the
associations handling dairy products
are in four states; 65 per cent OF the
live stock shipping associations are IN
J five states, while nearly 70 per cent
OF the fruit and vegetable associations
are in California.
700 Retailers on List.
More than 700 of the organizations
cited in the survey are engaged in the
business of retailing These are most
} " cooperative stores and in part are
| located in the following states: Min
lnesota, SO; Nebraska, so; Iowa, "a;
Kansas. o. and Wisconsin 40. In this
connection the Eastern States Farm
ers' Exchange is taken as an example
of growth.
The business of this association in
creased twenWfold in SIX years. 1t IS
reported that during the last year this
exchange furnished nearly 100000 tons
of feed. grain, fertilizer seeds and
spraying material to 1880 farmers at
| 428 railways stations. The business OF
this organization has increased from
| Sl97. 287 in 1918 to $4,651 SOB in 1928.
| Through the feed pool of the East
ern States Exchange last year ll,32I
farmers were supplied with 9l7l9
tons of feed This quantity represent
| ed $500 car 1oads-90 trains OF 81
cars each-or approximately 80 cars
for every working day for six months.
Feed Is Distributed
The feed came from Illinois in solid
trains OF from ~ 10 w Sdi D anu wac
distributed from the car door to the
farmers who had placed orders. A To-
cal representative OF the exchange,
who had taken up the draft accom-
Danying the shipment collected cash
! from each farmer\as he came Tor his
assortment of feeds Subsequent or
ders were taken at the same time.
Some idea Of the general. growth OF
cooperative organization among farm
ers is seen in the comparative hgures
compiled by officials OF the department
| OF agriculture. In the case OF ga as
sociations the department has the re-
ports made in 1913, as well as Tor
Il021. These reports show an increase
In volume of business OF 80 per cent.
A total of 583 associations reporting
for both 1918 and 1922 show an IN.
crease of $40 per cent in volume OF
business transacted.
Figures Show Increase.
In 1917 only $50 co-operatives were
on the records of the agricultural de
Dartment This number jumped to Il
| 374 in 1921. decreased to 4,l63 III l9Zz
and made the tremendous increase to
more than 10000 in 1923. The NOR
tality among co-operatives IS great,
but at the same time it is pointed out
that some OF the Older and more sub
stantial organizations are increasing
the volume of their business from year
to year.