46 BULLETIN 1302, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Table 31. — Associations purchasing supplies, by kind of association, 1924 
Kind 
Total 
re- 
port- 
ing 
Building 
material 
Containers 
Feeds 
Fencing 
Fertilizers 
Fuel 
Num- 
ber 
Per 
cent 
Num- 
ber 
Per 
cent 
Num- 
ber 
Per 
cent 
Num- 
ber 
Per 
cent 
Num- 
ber 
Per 
cent 
Num- 
ber 
Per 
cent 
Cotton .. _, 
31 
441 
818 
10 
2,836 
433 
9 
29 
6 
57 
638 
425 
6 
121 
460 
6 
682 
134 
4- 
6 
3 
47 
154 
143 
19.4 
27.4 
56.2 
60.0 
24.0 
30.9 
44.4 
20.7 
50.0 
82.5 
24.1 
33.6 
10 
119 
126 
2 
2,144 
287 
32.3 
27.0 
15.4 
20.0 
75.6 
66.3 
1 
2 
16 
1 
510 
34 
3.2 
.5 
2.0 
10.0 
18.0 
7.9 
8 
11 
329 
3 
232 
104 
2 
25.8 
2.5 
40.2 
30.0 
8.2 
24.0 
22.2 
7 
80 
26 
3 
2,015 
133 
22.6 
18.1 
3.2 
30.0 
71.1 
30.7 
Dairy products 
Fruit and vegetables, 
e. .. 
6 
18 
1.4 
2.2 
Grain 
608 
30 
21.4 
6.9 
»ck 
Nuts 
Poultry and poultry- 
products . . 
1 
3.4 
17 
2 
12 
378 
242 
58.6 
33.3 
21.1 
59.2 
58.9 
1 
1 
6 
119 
79 
3 4 
Tobacco _ . 
2 
14 
218 
270 
33.3 
24.6 
34.2 
63.5 
16.7 
10.5 
18.7 
18.6 
Wool 
6 
58 
67 
10.5 
9.1 
15.8 
3 
48 
32 
5.3 
7.5 
7.5 
Miscellaneous selling. 
Miscellaneous buy- 
ing 
Total 
5,733 
794 
13.8 
1,766 
30.8 
3,339 
58.2 
647 
11.3 
1,193 
20.8 
2,470 
43.1 
Kind 
Hard- 
ware 
Imple- 
ments, 
machinery 
Seeds 
Spraying 
materials 
General 
merchan- 
dise 
Miscel- 
laneous 
Num- 
ber 
Per 
cent 
Num- 
ber 
Per 
cent 
Num- 
ber 
Per 
cent 
Num- 
ber 
Per 
cent 
Num- 
ber 
Per 
cent 
Num- 
ber 
Per 
cent 
Cotton... 
1 
■ 46 
34 
2 
196 
18 
3.2 
10.4 
4.2 
20.0 
6.9 
4.2 
2 
17 
62 
4 
392 
19 
6.5 
3.9 
7.6 
40.0 
13.8 
4.4 
7 
14 
159 
3 
548 
59 
22.6 
3.2 
19.4 
30.0 
19.3 
13.6 
3 
11 
37 
9.7 
2.5 
4.5 
9 
246 
297 
4 
576 
144 
1 
17 
2 
6 
319 
184 
29.0 
1 
199 
.2 
24.3 
55.8 
36 3 
Fruit and vegetables. ... 
Forage. .. . 
40.0 
Grain 
16 
4 
6 
.6 
.9 
66.7 
121 
22 
4.3 
5.1 
20 3 
Livestock . 
33.3 
Nuts ... .. 
11.1 
Poultry and poultry prod- 
ucts ... 
1 
3.4 
1 
3.4 
58.6 
Tobacco . ... 
33.3 
Wool 
1 
69 
38 
1.8 
10.8 
8.9 
9 
226 
168 
15.8 
35. 4 
39.5 
1 
49 
35 
1.8 
7.7 
8.2 
2 
58 
59 
3.5 
9.1 
13.9 
10.5 
Miscellaneous selling. _ 
92 
29 
14.4 
6.8 
50.0 
Miscellaneous buying 
43.3 
Total 
406 
7.1 
617 
10.8 1-193 
20.8 
311 
5.4 
314 
5.5 
1,805 
31.5 
Table 32. — Grain marketing associations, estimated membership and amount of 
business, February, 1924 
Geographic division 
Number 
associa- 
tions 
Per cent 
Estimated 
member- 
ship i 
Per cent 
Estimated 
amount of 
business 2 
Per cent 
West North Central 
1,953 
852 
135 
113 
65 
7 
5 
3 
1 
62.3 
27.2 
4.3 
3.6 
2.1 
.2 
.2 
.1 
4.0 
255, 843 
122, 688 
16, 605 
30, 397 
14, 105 
1,351 
1,525 
204 
65 
57.8 
27.7 
3.8 
6.9 
3.2 
.3 
.3 
4 .0 
4.0 
$359, 074, 674 
146, 845, 608 
22, 572, 675 
24, 189, 345 
34, 945, 820 
1, 946, 000 
1, 000, 000 
159, 750 
10,000 
60.8 
East North Central 
24.9 
3.8 
West South Central.. 
4.1 
Pacific . 
5.9 
.3 
.2 
4 .0 
East South Central 
4 .0 
United States 
3,134 
100.0 
3 442, 783 
100.0 
3 590,743,872 
100.0 
i The average number of members for the associations reporting membership in each geographic division 
multiplied by the total number of associations credited to the geographic division, based on2,358 reports 
regarding membership. 
3 The average amount of business for the associations reporting business in each geographic division 
multiplied by the total number of associations credited to the geographic division, based on 1,848 reports 
regarding amount of business. 
3 The sum of the estimates for the several geographic divisions. 
4 Less than one-tenth of 1 per cent. 
