Table l.--Type of assistance offered newly formed tobacco auction 



warehouse cooperatives in Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, 

 and Virginia 



Source of assistance 



Type of assistance furnished 1/ 



Organization 

 information 



Public 

 support 



Financial 

 aid 



Personnel 



Number of cooperatives reporting 



General farm 











organizations 2/ 



7 



10 



4 



3 



Local businessmen 



4 



5 



8 



1 



Bank for cooperatives 



1 



1 



9 



1 



Other cooperatives 



3 



2 



1 



3 



Land-grant colleges 



2 



4 



- 



1 



County agents 



2 



5 



- 



- 



State departments of 











agriculture 



2 



3 



- 



1 



Civic groups 



2 



1 



1 



- 



Associations reporting 



13 



14 



11 



5 



1/ Some cooperatives were assisted by more than one source. 

 2/ Includes Farm Bureau, Grange, and Farmers' Union. 



ORGANIZATION CHARACTERISTICS 



The 15 cooperatives can be classified into two groups on the basis of 

 the number of tobacco markets in which they operated warehouses . 



Twelve of the cooperatives, classified as locals, operate in a single 

 market. A locally elected board of directors appoints a manager to 

 supervise the business activities of the association. 



The remaining three cooperatives, classified as centrals, operate in 

 two or more markets, and have a single board of directors elected by 

 producer-members over a regional rather than a local area. 



The board selects a general manager, and a manager for each of the 

 individual warehouses. In one central, the general manager is also 

 an officer of the association. The general manager usually delegates 

 control of normal business operations to the individual warehouse 

 managers . 



Operational differences between locals and centrals are, for the most 

 part, minor. The major difference involves administrative functions. 

 In the centrals, recordkeeping, budgeting, financing, and similar 

 activities are performed at the main office. In the locals, operating 

 and administrative functions often are handled by the same personnel. 



