THE GENERAL RAIFFEISEN FEDERATION 



For the milk and cream delivered 26,373,553 marks, or an average of 

 0.102 mark a litre, has been paid to members. 

 The milk was used as follows : 



sold as delivered 25,333,368 litres or 9.8 per cent 



used to produce cream. . . 7,000,000 » » 2.8 » » 



» » » cheese. . . 11,251,106 » » 4.4 « » 



» » » butter. . . 217,973,895 )' » 84 » » 



277 dairies (i) closed their books showing a total profit of 805,958 marks 



51 » {2) » » » » » » loss » 243,245 » 



8 » « )) » » no profit or loss. The net 



profits therefore amounted altogether to 562,713 marks 



1914 was a less profitable year than 1913. 



3. The Collective Cellars. 



These numbered fortj^-four at the end of 1914. In 1915 two retired 

 from membership and there was one new adhesion. At the end of the year 

 the total number was therefore forty-three, forty having unlimited and 

 three limited liabilit3^ The greater number of unlimited liabilitj' socie- 

 ties in this group is due to the fact that almost all of them were formed in 

 a period in which the Raiffeisen principles were strictly observed. Forty- 

 one reported on their activity but without much detail. 



^ The number of members was 2,233. 'The capital in shares was 141,853 

 marks (3), the reserve ftmd was 175,398 marks and the year's capital 2,731,389 

 marks. 



There are no data as to the quantity of grapes delivered to the so- 

 cieties. 



21 co-operative cellars closed their year's books showing a total profit of . . . 32,392 marks 



17 » » " >> » » » » » loss :> . . . 128,082 i> 



3 ' 11. » » " » ' neither profit nor loss. 



- /[.The Distilleries. 



There were 52 of these at the end of 1914 and throughout 1915. All 

 or nearly all the distilleries are in East Prussia where the potatoes which 

 are distilled are grown. Thirty-six of them belonged to the district feder- 

 ation of Dantzig, nine to that of Koenigsberg and four to that of Breslau. 

 Thirty-one of them have limited and sixteen unlimited liability, while 



(i) in 1913 : 335 dairies made a profit of 1,033,098 marks 



(2) » 1913 : 37 » . . loss » i59>530 



that is 372 » » " net profit 873,568 » 



(3) The societies' own capital was insufficient if the fixed capital necessary to the enter- 

 prise be considered. ^ 



