COOPERATIVE MARKETING OF COTTON 13 
_ The association was incorporated in South Carolina on June 16, 
1922. On the same day directors were elected from each of the 10 
established voting districts. An eleventh director was named by 
the governor of the State. Headquarters were established at 
' Columbia. 
GEORGIA COTTON GROWERS’ COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION 
The State bureau of markets was largely responsible for the 
movement to organize the cotton growers of Georgia. At a mass 
meeting at the State capital in April, 1921, the plan was submitted 
and an organization committee named, with the chairman having 
authority to increase the personnel of the committee. The organiza- 
tion campaign began in April, with January 1, 1922, as the time 
limit, and 300,000 bales the minimum to be obtained. 
The early campaign failed to arouse the interest necessary for its 
successful culmination. Finally, the members of the committee 
resigned, with the exception of the chairman, who named a new 
committee of 17 members. The time limit was extended to April 1, 
1922, and the minimum required was reduced to 200,000 bales. The 
second campaign, which began in January, 1922, was vigorously 
conducted and when it closed at the stated time 12,500 growers 
had signed contracts representing 240,000 bales. 
| The association was incorporated in Georgia on June 27, 1922. 
The State had been divided into 20 districts, and representatives 
from each of these districts, together with three public directors, com- 
posed the board of directors. The public directors are named, one 
each by the commissioner of agriculture, the director of the State 
bureau of markets, and the president of the State college of agri- 
culture. Headquarters are maintained in Atlanta. 
ALABAMA FARM BUREAU COTTON ASSOCIATION 
The director of the extension service of the Alabama Polytechnic 
Institute called a meeting at Auburn in January, 1921, which was 
_ the beginning of the farm bureau movement in the State. The 
cotton association, which was planned from the beginning of the 
movement, was the direct culmination of numerous conferences and 
meetings held from time to time during its organization. 
The farm bureau sponsored the plan to organize a state-wide 
association and named a committee of 25 at a meeting in Mont- 
gomery in February, 1922. The sign-up campaign began in April 
and ended June 17 with 11,380 contracts, representing 169,000 
bales. The minimum to be obtained was 100,000 bales. No mem- 
bership fee was charged farm bureau members. 
The association was incorporated in Alabama July 1, 1922, and 
began receiving cotton in August. A primary election had been held 
June 14, and the general election of directors on June 26. The per- 
sonnel of the board of directors consists of elected representatives 
from 14 voting districts and 2 public directors nominated by the 
president of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Headquarters are 
maintained at Montgomery. 
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