FARMERS COOPERATIVE BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS 
37 
Average Amount of Business per Association, 1913 and 1922 
ASSOCIATIONS 
TOBACCO 
FRUITS AND 
VEGETABLES 
GRAIN 
DAIRY 
products' 
LIVESTOCK-- 
MERCHANDISE 
AV. AMOUNT 
BUSINESS 
DOLLARS 
HOUSAND! 
142 
7,606 
19 I 
3,406 
I 53 
284 
I 36 
203 
50 
I 67 
I I 
154 
53 
73 
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS 
1,000 2,000 3,000 4.000 5,000 6,000 7,000 8,000 
1 
3 
3 
3 
I 
1 
1 
&Q/9/3 
3 
a 
i 
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Fig. 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. While 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, 1924 
YEAR 
NUMBE 
1901 
7 
1902 
26 
1903 
42 
1904 
55 
1905 
78 
1906 
72 
1907 
76 
1908 
93 
1909 
93 
1910 
73 
1911 
66 
1912 
127 
1913 
IOO 
1914 
14-5 
1915 
198 
1916 
216 
1917 
198 
1916 
229 
1919 
383 
1920 
314 
1921 
1 17 
1922 
56 
1923 
23 
fruit and vketabue 
associations 
50 100 ISO 
==r 
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NUMBER 
27 
5 
10 
26 
27 
29 
m 
22 
34 
27 
ra 
31 
m 
39 
c-g* 
38 
BE 
A5 
Ka 
56 
A3 
55 
50 
59 
44 
34- 
42 
4-1 
as 
25 
II 
1 
3 ( 
NUMBER 
5 
) 50 10 
2 
3 
5 
5 
1 
A 
8 
1 
3 
e 
1 
9 
3 
19 
■ 
14- 
3 
26 
22 
■ 
21 
A3 
S53 
38 
SSE 
A0 
SEZ 
37 
«S2 
13 
1 
9 
I 
A 
LIVESTOCK 
ASSOCIATIONS 
I 50 100 150 
I0S 
IA2 
I 
■ 
■ 
I 
Fig 22— Reports regarding year 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.) 
