COOPERATIVE AGRICULTURE


the most interesting developments in cooperative market-
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 About 350 farmers' cooperatives in New England, New
York and New Jersey are mutual insurance companies Co-
operative insurance societies write insurance covering life,
health, accident, household goods, fire, storm, and all types
of auto risk In 1935 seven of these societies had 270,145
policy holders, with over 138,900,000 insurance in force.

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 By the close of the 1934-35 marketing season there were
1,082 active fruit and vegetable associations in the United
States that did an annual business of $200,000.000. These
cooperatives had a total membership of 158,000 producers.
Approximately 28,; of these were in California and 9'/, in
Florida. More than 60 varieties of fruits and vegetables
were handled. Of the associations, 731 specialized in hand-
ling citrus fruits, potatoes, apples, strawberries and grapes,
300 handled citrus fruits. While 60'/, of the total citrus
crop was marketed cooperatively, only 25%/ of the Florida
citrus crop was handled through cooperative associations.
In California and Arizona about 85'< of citrus production
was marketed cooperatively.

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 Farmers are the only group of people in the United
States who are allowed to organize without limitation, in
that only the farmer can have a complete monopoly and be
within the law

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 With barely 77; of the world's population, the people
of the United States have created and now own more than
half the world's wealth