Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15

wide cooperative movement the Farm
Board, since 1t was established ON July
IS, 1929, has extended financial assist
ance to 101 associations, many OF
which are national or regional mar
keting organizations with their MEM
berships composed of hundreds OF local
cooperative units. Products handled
by these associations include alfalfa
seed, beans, canned goods, citrus fruits,
cotton, dairy products, dried fruits, figs,
coarse grains and wheat, honey, live
stock, poultry and eggs, grapes and
raisins, grass seed, pecans, potatoes,
processed deciduous fruits, rice, sour
cherries, tobacco and wool and mohair.
100 Located in U. S.
OF the 101 associations to which loan
commitments have been made up to
March 2, 1881, 100 are located in the
continental United States and in
Porto Rico. Commitments totaling
$22,011, 31244 have been made to seven
associations in the Northeastern States
maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connec-
ticut, New York, New Jersey and Penn
sylvania). Commitments have been
made to IA associations in the East
North = Central States (Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin,,
mitments of S18.084, 952.34 have been
made to IL associations in the West
North Central States minnesota, Iowa,
Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota,
Nebraska and Kansas. Loans in the
amount of $136, 269, 887.79 have been
made available to SO associations in
the Southern States, including the
South Atlantic and the East and West
South-Central States delaware, Mary
land, Virginia, West Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama,
Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Okla
homa and Texas. Loans also have
been made available to 81 associations
in the Western States CMontana, Idaho,
Wyoming. Colorado, New Mexico, Ari-
IONA, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Ore
2l145.
The benefits of many of these loans
accrue to organized farmers in other
areas. For example, loans made to
the National Live Stock Marketing As
ISOLATION and the Farmers National
Grain Corporation, with headquarters
at Chicago, are used to assist co-opera-
tive associations and their members
in practically all States where live stock
and grain are produced Similarly,
loans to the American Cotton Cooper
alive Association, New Orleans, La,
and the National Wool Marketing Cor
poration, Boston, Mass, are made avail
able to cO-operatives handling these
commodities and aid the producers in
every State in the cotton, wool and
mohair producing areas.
Advice by Board.
In addition to financial assistance,
the board has rendered an extensive
investigational and advisory service to
cooperative associations. Members Of
its staff have assisted in developing or
ganization plans. They have studied
marketing and financial problems
which the associations themselves, be-
cause of the broad application of these
questions, were not in position to
study. They have, in numerous in
stances, given direct assistance in work.
ing out problems of membership rela-
tons, or organization, or of operation.
I will cite two examples of how this
kind of work is carried on by the
board.
In Virginia agricultural teachers and
county agents were assisted in develop
ing an educational program with to-
bacco growers. The board prepared
series of lesson outlines dealing with
problems connected with the produc-
ton and marketing of tobacco and rem
edies which the farmers could apply.
County agents and agricultural teach
ers in the tobacco producing counties
attended a series of meetings with a
board representative and became thor
oughly familiar with the questions in
volved. They, in turn, conducted a
series Of meetings of tobacco growers
in their respective districts. AS a re-
suit Of this educational program. to-
bacco growers in the Virginia tobacco
area were able TO reach an informed
decision regarding the DISABILITY of
marketing their product comparatively
Plans were developed for the organi-
cation of two tobacco marketing asso-
Citations in Virginia.
Iowa Sells Live Stock.
A somewhat different project was
carried on in Eastern Iowa in connee-
ton with the cooperative marketing Of
live stock. The board made survey of
"a counties in this territory to obtain
information which might be used to
set up cooperative concentration yards
throughout this area. In these studies
RESORTS.
ATLANTIC CITY, n. J.
6ALEN HALL