PROBLEMS OF COOPERATIVE MARKETING ASSOCIATIONS 6 



ing of fruits and vegetables. As long as the associations are judged 

 altogether by the price they are able to obtain for the current crop, 

 their existence, as a class, will be precarious and the services they 

 can render will be limited. In some cases, the financial stability of 

 the associations is threatened and their reserves depleted through 

 the anxiety of their directors to give the members a higher price 

 than that paid by private dealers who handle the same commodity. 



Table 2. — Total carload shipments of fruits and vegetables for the calendar 



years, 1920 to 1924 1 



Commodity 



1920 



Fruits: 



Apples 



Apples, dried 



Cantaloupes 



Cherries 



Citrus fruit- 

 Grapefruit 



Lemons 



Oranges and tangerines 



Cranberries 



Grapes 



Peaches 



Peaches, dried =_ _ _ 



Pears 



Plums and prunes 



Prunes, dried 



Strawberries 



Watermelons 



Total, fruits 



Vegetables: 



Asparagus 



Beans, dry 



Beans, string 



Cabbage 



Carrots 



C auliflower 



Celery 



Cucumbers 



Eggplant 



Lettuce 



Mixed vegetables 



Onions 



Peppers 



Potatoes 



Spinach 



Sweet potatoes 



Tomatoes 



Turnips and rutabagas 



Total, vegetables 



109, 



22, 

 1, 



98, 158 

 1,324 



25, 815 

 1,489 



12,312 

 11, 907 

 66, 394 



1,359 

 37, 816 

 27, 334 



1,152 

 13, 160 



5,765 



6,372 

 10, 857 

 45, 749 



103, 405 



1,393 



29, 930 



2,261 



14, 042 

 9, 752 



47, 124 

 2,009 



59,914 



38, 405 

 1,219 



20, 188 

 5,211 

 6,046 



18, 761 



47, 625 



134, 298 



1,296 



24, 771 



2,501 



19, 279 

 9,243 



77, 181 

 2,0C6 



65, 330 



33, 525 

 754 



18, 537 

 6,800 

 4,430 



17, 804 



33, 081 



346, 369 



366. 963 



407, 285 



450, 896 



345, 572 



902 



12, 955 



1.600 



32, 289 



1,773 



3,869 



12, 635 



4,832 



321 



18, 738 



14, 803 



23, 561 



2,334 



218,001 



4,954 



18, 745 



17, 425 



744 



390, 481 



767 

 11,761 



2,631 

 40, 078 



2,010 



3,991 

 14, 151 



6,349 



272 



22, 240 



19, 843 

 27, 562 



2,321 



245, 407 



5,205 



20, 715 

 26, 723 



854 



16, 909 



5,700 



271 



29, 485 



23, 913 

 27, 189 



2,407 



241, 554 



7,747 



19, 107 



24, 006 

 926 



452, 880 



460, 416 



112,515 



1,595 



28, 955 



2,050 



19, 415 

 13, 459 

 75, 685 



2,112 

 68, 345 

 39, 078 



1, 561 

 15, 776 



4,010 



7,664 

 IS, 782 

 45,467 



456, 469 



1,235 

 15, 903 



4,585 

 40, 713 



3,082 



4,498 

 18, 220 



7,168 

 211 



30, 794 

 28, 260 



31, 237 

 2,200 



249, 821 



7,494 



14, 308 



26, 126 



1,323 



487, 238 



From the Fruit and Vegetable Division, Bureau of Agricultural Economics. 

 Subject to revision. 



The members of cooperative associations, naturally, expect their 

 organizations to obtain the full market price for their products and 

 to render marketing service economically. At the same time, a long- 

 time view of production and marketing problems shows the neces- 

 sity of establishing well-financed, efficient agencies which can handle 

 the crops of succeeding years effectively. This means investment by 

 the members of a part of their returns during the early years of the 

 organization. It means also expenditures by the associations to 

 strengthen their marketing services, the value of which can not be 

 measured immediately in dollars and cents. 



