22 DEPARTMENT CIRCULAR 407, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
TABLE 20.—Replies showing appreciation of the marketing services of the 
association—Continued 
Members reporting © 
Question and reply Association 
Total 
1 2 3 4 
| 
What are the principal benefits you have derived from selling your | 
tobacco (or cotton) through the association?—Continued. :Number| Number| Number) Number| Number 
BQH O UE RE et ie Ee Wn ns eae Beas es GUL ee 19 33 26 36 114 
OPHeRANnS WeISH- — es face soe eee eet eee ee ee ae eS 26 13 12 12 63 
INOS WORE tans ee eee bets ee cn eens 8 23 4 2 37 
ANAL So Hed el orate Done Olas Stew, ak) Cee a tape ees | 99 109 123 132| 38463 
What advantages have you as a member which nonmembers do not | 
have? 
Mi rbe erste sae tev Sie ae AR 2 ao aa cewek | 60 50 30 46 186 
Selling on grade, insurance, and other marketing services--! 3 4 26 7 40 
Getjmoremotiey=- oboe ee pe ee eeemeeee Se Ee Se eee 37 40 
Get money at different timeslot they @arc2-- <2. sscee ene sae 7 eee eS eee 9 ll 
WWessttrouble=senase ae ee be re eee neo oe a De eee 10 12 24 
1D) onzgikm Oweree. eee ae ey eee Eee ae eee eee bere 17 25 n= ss. 42 42 
AV CHAE GsPTICOS= Sees sate een nate NE 2 eee Ae Sea ee 6 i ee 12 
Better standing in the neighborhood__-_--_-.------__-_---_- QU) SAS ARH Oat ea Se ee 9 
Getiadvanceland-wartito sells a-- aoe Se ee ee esau $9 8. | 8 
Heeling of helping the causes <2. ==. 4220-22522 422-s2s=25> eh Ree AE Ee Oe, bo ee ee 4 
Loan value on participation certificates__..........-.---_-- 2. ave on saben Rees ln eee’ 2 
Production/‘eredit. 22802. EA 2 ees ea as ae ent Ay | SE . 4 
Otherans wero. sees So es es ne aes 7 426 8 16 57 
INIOMSHS WETS {2022 oo) 62 be ae eee Peso ad i 5 6 6 24 
oD Of al Se ee reas ea eee ee eee 99 108 123 133 3 463 
What advantages, if any, have nonmembers which you do not have? 
Belitardseetinioney,aLionces= 22a ea ee eee 66 53 5 72 43 234 
Ridingatheassociaplony 0:2 = awe. ee tee ee eee 9 15 23 28 aD 
Better prices® <b. 252 Se ee eee ee ee 5 13! ies eee 715 33 
INO Ge ee eee hae eae Beene ee ees Se 2 Ae 8 12 15 37 72 
DONA OW eee hoes a Sole Oke ae ea EC eae oh sae 38) eseores 38 
INIOSANIS Wii oe Sa oes a ee Re ee eee iy ete oe 3 5 14 
pier ots te) sis eet ciniel epee eqn ed oe 94 | 93 151 | 128 | 3.466 
3’ Some members gave two answers. This increased the total benefits and advantages mentioned. 
4 Twelve of these replies were ‘‘orderly marketing.”’ 
§ “Can sell when he pleases.” | ‘ 
6 By “riding the association”’ is meant obtaining the benefits of the organization without contributing to 
its support. 
7 Can sell on high market. 
As would have been expected, most of the benefits listed relate 
to better prices. The most suggestive thing about this summary is 
the large number who answered “ None,” indicating, so far as they 
were concerned, no appreciation of any benefits. It would not be 
safe to conclude that the associations have been of no benefit. The 
large number who believe they have been benefited would cast doubt 
on the validity of any such conclusion. In many cases the reply is 
probably caused by failure to appreciate the benefits. 
It is interesting to study the variations among the different as- 
sociations. While “ orderly marketing ” and the distribution of pay- 
ments over a period of time often have been held up as important 
advantages of cooperative marketing if carried on according to 
the plans of these organizatiens, few of those interviewed mentioned 
these points. The benefits resulting from classing and selling on a 
grade basis by these associations would seem to be highly valuable 
services, but only in the case of association 3 did any considerable 
number indicate an appreciation of these services. 
