The capital stock company plan of operation seems to be the 
favorite plan for the cotton associations, 156 reporting this form and 
40 reporting the cooperative form. The cotton organizations resemble 
the grain elevators in this respect. 
The average volume of business of the organizations reporting on 
this point was $161,465. This makes a total for the 213 organiza- 
tions of $34,392,045. 
One hundred and forty-five associations reported an average of 
87 members, which number gives a total of 18,531 members for the 
entire 213 associations reporting. 
The handling of other products aad supplies was reported by 25 asso- 
ciations. Of this number, 7 handle fertilizers, 3 grain, 1 fuel, and 14 
miscellaneous products. 
COOPERATIVE STORES. 
The 275 stores that reported are well distributed over 3.5 States. 
Kansas has 36, Wisconsin 32, Minnesota 30, North Carolina 17, and 
Iowa 14. (See Table I.) It is probable that there are a number of 
cooperative stores hi existence whose names have not been secured, 
for it was found that the agencies that furnished the names were 
more likely to overlook cooperative stores than any of the organiza- 
tions engaged more directly in the marketing of agricultural products* 
More stores reported as operating under the cooperative plan than 
under the stock "company plan of doing business; 163 reported the 
former and 90 the latter plan. 
The average volume of business reported was $52,919, making a 
total of $14,552,725 for the 275 stores which replied. The average 
number of members reported by the stores was 220 per association, 
a total of 60,500 for the 275 stores. Of the 275 stores, 97 reported 
handling side lines; 15 reported fruit and produce, 6 of these being 
in Kansas; 9 reported grain; 8 reported fuel; 6 ship cream, 4 of these 
being in Kansas; 5 handle fertilizers; 4 cotton; 3 lumber; 1 live stock; 
and 46 handle miscellaneous products and supplies. 
TOBACCO ASSOCIATIONS. 
The State of Kentucky is the home of 21 of the 43 tobacco asso- 
ciations reporting. There were 7 in Ohio, 5 in North Carolina, and 
5 in Virginia. Of the 39 tobacco associations concerning which infor- 
mation on the type of organization was obtained, 32 were placed in 
the capital stock company class and the remaining 7 in the coopera- 
tive. The average volume of business of those reporting on this point 
was $156,890, making a total annual volume of $6,746,270 for the 
43 organizations reporting. The average membership reported by 
tobacco associations is larger than for the other kinds of business, 
being 336, or a total of 14,448 members in the 43 associations. The 
