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with the Arkansas Cotton Growers’ Cooperative Association to 
handle its operating and selling functions on a cost basis. 
There are six voting districts in the association, each being repre- 
sented by one man on . the board of directors. There is one director 
at large, elected at the annual meeting of the members. The execu- 
tive committee is composed of three directors appointed by the 
board. 
OTHER ASSOCIATIONS 
There are a number of other farmers’ associations, not included 
in this discussion, which market cotton as their sole or partial ac- 
tivity. Some of these are of the local one-community type, some 
combine features of both the local and centralized types, and some 
might be classified as all-purpose organizations. The McLennan 
County Farm Association and the Pecos V alley Cotton Growers’ 
Association are examples of the local type. The Farm-Labor Union 
of America and the United Farmers of America are examples of 
general farm organizations engaging in marketing cotton. 
The McLennan County Farm Association, Waco, Tex., organized 
in 1920, is an incorporated capital-stock org anization. A licensed 
cotton classer is employed and a bonded warehouse is operated. 
Cotton is classed and sold for both members and non-members on a 
brokerage basis, the selling charge being 50 cents per bale for mem- 
bers and $1 per bale for nonmembers. ‘The association, which has 
not operated on a contract basis heretofore, presented to its mem- 
bers, beginning in March, 1925, a three-year contract to be effective 
only in the event that the production represented by signers totals 
20,000 bales. The contract contains an annual withdrawal clause 
and provides for 1 cent per pound liquidated damage for non- 
delivery. 
The Pecos Valley. Cotton Growers’ Association, Roswell, N. Mex., 
was organized in 1924. It has 830 members in Chaves County. No 
membership fee is required and members may resign at any time. 
Cotton is sold only when ordered sold by the owner, and under 
certain conditions the owner may sell it himself. During the first 
season, 1924-25, the charge for marketing service, including the 
expense of insurance, was $1.50 per bale. “The man: agement ‘plans 
to extend its territory in the 1925-26 season so as to include members 
in other counties. 
The Farm Labor Union of America, Texarkana, 'Tex., was organ- 
ized in 1920. It maintains a national selling agency at Dallas and 
compress district selling agencies at other points. Cotton may be 
sold by members through their local grader-salesmen, either sepa- 
rately or combined in one lot, or it may be sold through the national 
agency. With the expectation of making some changes in its mar- 
keting plan, an agency contract was adopted in 1925 for presenta- 
tion to its members. 
The United Farmers of America, Blytheville, Ark., handles cotton 
for its members through local or county business agents, or through 
its central office. An office is maintained where samples are classed 
and displayed. In addition to cotton it sells other farm products, 
including hay, corn, and livestock. 
