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Table 56. — State and regional cotton marketing associations, June, 
[Compiled from data obtained from associations] 
1924 
Association 
Year 
formed 
Mem- 
bers, 1924 
Bales handled 
1921-22 
crop 
1922-23 
crop 
1923-24 
crop 
Estimated 
value 
1922-23 
cotton crop 
handled 
Alabama Farm Bureau Cotton Associa- 
tion, Montgomery, Ala 
Arizona Pimacotton Growers', Phoenix, 
Ariz 
Arkansas Cotton Growers' Cooperative 
Association, Little Rock, Ark 
Arkansas Farmers Union Cotton Growers' 
Association. Little Kock, Ark 
Georgia Cotton Growers' Cooperative 
Association, Atlanta, Ga 
Louisiana Farm Bureau Cotton Growers 
Cooperative Association, Shreveporr, La 
Staple Cotton Cooperative Association, 
Greenwood. Miss 
Mississippi Farm Bureau Cotton Associa- 
tion, Jackson, Miss 
Missouri Cotton Growers' Cooperative 
Association, New Madrid, Mo 
North Carolina Cotton Growers' Coopera- 
tive Association, Raleigh, N. C 
Oklahoma Cotton Growers' Association, 
Oklahoma City. Okla 
South Carolina Cotton Growers' Coopera- 
tive Association, Columbia, S. C 
Tennessee Cotton Growers' Association, 
Memphis, Tenn 
Texas Farm Bureau Cotton Association, 
Dallas, Tex 
1922 
1921 
1922 
1921 
1922 
1923 
1921 
1923 
1923 
1922 
1921 
1922 
1923 
1921 
21, 853 
1,285 
12,077 
4,000 
38,500 
5,501 
2,588 
19, 434 
574 
35,000 
53,233 
13,842 
6,600 
37, 328 

10,700 



156, 357 



92,200 


93,812 
57,407 
10,249 
68,548 
53,942 

168, 019 


135,912 
65, 868 
121, 848 

77, 706 
65, 314 
7,950 
37, 812 
3,340 
70, 812 
29, 885 
107, 435 
33,758 
3,674 
130,853 
118, 694 
121, 123 
15, 144 
182, 321 
$8, 200, 000 
1,800,000 
8,600,000 
500,000 
7,500,000 

24,100,000 


18,000,000 
8,600,000 
16, 000, 000 

11,300,000 
Total. 
251, 815 
353,069 
759, 499 
928,115 
104, 600, 000 
Table 57. — Rice marketing associations, April, 1924 
Association 
Year 
organ- 
ized 
Number 
of 
members, 
1924 1 
Rice handled, 
1922-23 
Amount of 
sales, 
1922-23 
American Rice Growers' Association, Lake Charles, La 
Rice Growers' Association of California, Sacramento, Calif.. 
Arkansas Rice Growers' Cooperative Association, Stutt- 
gart, Ark... .. . 
1921 
1921 
1921 
1922 
1,300 
2 600 
1,075 
1,179 
Pounds 
232,763,518 
180, 000, 000 
158, 760, 000 
48, 394, 746 
$4, 764, 830 
4, 219, 582 
3, 340, 000 
Louisiana Farm Bureau Rice Growers' Cooperative Asso- 
ciation, Crowley, La 
1, 123, 000 
Total.. 
4,154 
619,918,264 
13,447,412 
i April, 1924. 2 Estimated. 
Table 58. — Tobacco marketing associations, June, 1924 
[Compiled from data obtained from associations] 
Association 
Year 
organ- 
ized 
Number 
of 
members, 
1924 1 
Tobacco 
handled, 
1922-23 
Amount of 
business, 
1922-23 
Tobacco 
handled, 
1923-24 
Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative Associ- 
ation, Lexington, Ky 
Dark Tobacco Growers Cooperative Associ- 
ation, Hopkinsville, Ky 
Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association, 
Raleigh, N. C 
Northern Wisconsin Cooperative Tobacco 
Pool (Inc.), Madison, Wis 
Connecticut Valley Tobacco Association, 
Hartford, Conn 
Maryland Tobacco Growers' Association, 
Baltimore, Md 
Miami Valley Tobacco Growers' Association, 
Dayton, Ohio 
1921 
1922 
1922 
1922 
1922 
1920 
1923 
102, 300 
2 70, 200 
2 95,000 
7,635 
3,604 
4,862 
4,901 
Pounds 
196, 978, 673 
175, 000, 000 
163, 000, 000 
30, 630, 692 
27,000,000 
9,500,000 

$41,000,000 
25, 700, 000 
40, 000, 000 
9,000,000 
10,000 000 
2, 160, 000 

Pounds 
244, 500, 000 
173, 571, 342 
180, 000, 000 
25, 000, 000 
24, 142, 145 
14, 700, 675 
25, 000, 000 
Total. 
288,502 
602, 109, 365 | 127, 860, 000 
686, 914,162 
April, 1924. 
2 Estimated. 
