farmers' cooperative business organizations 
37 
Average Amount of Business per Association, 1913 ana 1922 
ASSOCIATIONS 
TOBACCO 
COTTON- 
AV. AMOUNT 
BUSINESS 
DOLLARS U 
thousan: 
_J '« 
7,606 
I 9 I 
3,406 
[ '" 
284 
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS 
1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000 8,000 
FRUITS AND 
VEGETABLES 
r 1 36 
CRA ' N -1 203 
DAIRY f 50 
PRODUCTS 1 167 
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Fn 21 —In 1913 the average amount of business per association for the 3,099 associations reporting was 
$100,000 and in 1922 the average amount for the 4,103 associations reporting was $215,000. ^ hile the 
averages for the tobacco and cotton associations increased greatly, the average for the other groups of 
associations also increased. (See Table 28.) 
Years of Orgaaization for Associations Active March, IS 24 
VCAB 
RUMBE 
1901 
7 
1902 
26 
1903 
42 
1904 
5S 
1905 
78 
1906 
72 
1907 
76 
1908 
93 
1909 
93 
1910 
73 
191 1 
68 
1912 
127 
1913 
lOi 
1914 
145 
1915 
198 
1916 
216 
1917 
198 
1916 
229 
1919 
383 
1920 
314 
1921 
1 17 
1922 
56 
1923 
23 
fruit awo vrercoti 
ASSOCIATIONS 
50 100 150 
9 
1 
5 
1 
2 
7 
1 
8 
1 
5 
14 
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18 
m 
IS 
m 
12 
i 
15 
■ 
23 
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28 
■ 
26 
m 
33 
14 
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33 
42 
64 
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103 
73 
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CHEESE 
CREAUtRIES FACTORIES 
) 50 100 SO 10 
HUWBEH 
5 
50 100 130 
1 
3 
2 
2 
8 
1 
13 
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14 
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12 
30 
48 
hi 
49 
46 
61 
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4 
109 
142 
90 
28 
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Fig 22— Reports regarding vear of organization have been received from 5,352 associations now active. 
A larger number of the grain associations were formed in 1919 than in any other year. The banner year 
for fruit and vegetable associations was 1921, for creameries 1916, for cheese factories 191/, and for live- 
stock-shipping associations 1921. (See Table 29.) 
