ANALYSIS OF IOBACCO GROWERS' ASSOCIATION 



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membership. But it was in eastern North Carolina (or the new 

 belt) where members defaulted most. In this district, in which about 

 a third of the flue-cured tobacco of the three States is grown, the 

 association failed to obtain a 20 per cent delivery even the first year. 

 Conditions went from bad to worse, and in 1925, only 5.2 per cent 

 of the tobacco produced in this district was delivered to the asso- 

 ciation. The organization was practically nonexistent in this dis- 

 trict during 1925. 



Some f alling-off in the percentage of the crop delivered during the 

 last years was natural because the association's membership did 

 not increase sufficiently to take care of those who ceased to be ac- 

 tive members through the turnover among the owners and operators 



1922 '23 24 25 



PER CEUTOF TOTAL 

 PRODUCTION HANDLED 33 26 20 13 



BY ASSOCIATION 



1922 '23 '24 '25 1922 '23 "24 '25 1922 



55 55 47 35 44 54 38 35 35 



'24 *25 

 23 15 



Figure 13.— Production of Tobacco in Tri-State Area and Receipts by 

 Association, by Types, 1922-1925 



From 35.4 per cent of the production of the tri-State area in 1922 the receipts of the 

 association decreased to 28.5 per cent in 1922, to 22.9 per cent in 1924, and to 14.6 

 per cent in 1925. 



of farms. It is also probable that many nonmember farmers began 

 to grow tobacco or to increase their acreage more than the members 

 did because the nonmembers anticipated or felt immediately the 

 effect of the high prices. 



Table 11. 



-Tobacco production in the tri-State area and deliveries to the associa- 

 tion, by classes, 1922-1925 



Class 



Total production l 



Deliveries to association 



Percentage of crop de- 

 livered to association 





1922 



1923 



1924 



1925 



1922 



1923 



1924 



1925 



1922 



1923 



1924 



1925 



Sun-cured... . 

 D ark-fired __ 

 Flue-cured. . 



1,000 



lbs. 



8,162 

 49, 080 

 404, 608 



1,000 

 lbs. 

 5,586 

 43, 754 

 583, 380 



1,000 

 lbs. 

 5,600 

 43.125 



405, 805 



1,000 

 lbs. 

 5,705 

 42,040 

 525, 708 



1,000 1,000 1,000 j 1,000 



lbs. lbs. I lbs. lbs. 



3,580 3,020 ! 2,117 1,973 



26,824 24,149 20,226 14,506 



133,186 152, 969 . 81,498 67,155 



43.86 

 54.65 

 32.92 



54.06 

 55.19 

 26.22 



37.80 

 46.90 

 20.08 



34.58 

 34.50 

 12.77 



Total 



461, 850 



632,720 454,530 



573, 453 



163,590 180,138 



103,841 83,634 



35.42 28.47 22.85 



14.58 



» U. S. Department of Agriculture Yearbooks, 1923-1926. 



