UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
DEPARTMENT BULLETIN No. 1302 
Washington, D. C. 
Issued December 29, 1924 
Revised April, 1925 
DEVELOPMENT AND PRESENT STATUS OF 
FARMERS' COOPERATIVE BUSINESS 
ORGANIZATIONS 
By 
H ft ELSWORTH, Specialist in Agricultural Cooperation 
Bureau of Agricultural Economics 
CONTENTS 
Ps*e 
Three Nation-wide Surveys 1 
Cooperation in 1913-1915 4 
Cooperative Sales and Purchases in 1919 5 
Cooperation in 1921-1924 5 
Subjects Covered b y Tables : 
Statistics for 1912-1915 14 
Census Survey of 1919 22 
Associations in United States, 1924 25 
Association in Leading States, 1924 28 
Organization Characteristics and Membership 30 
Amount of Business 38 
Date of Organization 44 
Collective Purchasing 45 
Grain- Marketing Associations 46 
Creameries 54 
Fruit and Vegetable Associations 56 
Associations Handling Livestock 59 
Cotton, Rice, Tobacco, and Woo I Associations 63 
Agricultural Consumer Cooperation 65 
Associations "Out of Business" 65 
Specific Associations 67 
WASHINGTON 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
1925 
