14 BULLETIN 1392, U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
LOUISIANA FARM BUREAU COTTON GROWERS’ COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION 
The Louisiana association was organized under the leadership of 
the State farm bureau federation. The organization committee of 33 
was named by the farm bureau in May, 1922. Although some con- 
tracts were signed as early as July, the intensive sign-up campaign 
did not begin until October. When it ended on January 1, 1923, the 
5,230 contracts obtained represented 83,500 bales, on the basis of 1922 
production. The minimum necessary for the contracts to be binding 
had been fixed at 75,000 bales. Members of the farm bureau were 
exempted from the payment of membership fees. Organizations 
assisting in the campaign included also the American Farm Bureau 
Federation, the State extension service, and Louisiana State 
University. 
The association was incorporated in Louisiana on February 24, 
1923. Directors were elected from the 15 established districts, and 
the Governor of Louisiana, the dean of the college of agriculture, 
and the State commissioner of agriculture each named an additional 
director. The main office was established at Shreveport. In June, 
1924, the sales and classing offices were moved to New Orleans. 
MISSISSIPPI FARM BUREAU COTTON ASSOCIATION 
The cotton-marketing association organized in Mississippi under 
the direction of the State farm bureau federation covers the so- 
called hill section of the State, as the Staple Cotton Cooperative 
Association covers the delta section. Agitation for its organization 
had begun in the spring of 1922, when the farm bureau was organ- 
ized. The extension service of the agricultural and mechanical 
college and the chambers of commerce in the State were active in 
aiding the movement. 
An organization committee of 16 was named by the farm bureau 
at a meeting in Jackson, May 8, 1922. The membership campaign 
began October 15 and ended on December 23. Contracts signed 
numbered 11,773, representing 108,639 bales, or 8,639 more than the 
required minimum. ) 
The association was incorporated under Mississippi laws on March 
30, 1923. The board of directors had been elected and met for the 
first time on February 13. Ten members of the board represented 
the 10 districts of the association and the eleventh director had been 
named by the president of the agricultural and mechanical col- 
lege. The main office was established at Jackson. 
TENNESSEE COTTON GROWERS’ ASSOCIATION 
Agitation for a cotton-marketing association in Tennessee be- 
gan in the spring of 1922, and culminated in a meeting at Jackson 
in December, called by the extension service of the college of agricul- 
ture. An organization committee of 20 members was selected at 
this meeting. : 
The membership campaign began January 1, 1923, and ended 
April 15. Contracts were obtained from 6,000 growers in 26 counties, 
representing approximately 70,000 bales of cotton on the basis of 
1922 production, move than the 60,000 bales established as a mini- 
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