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  A { Tobacco Marketing. Considerable attention has been _
· ‘   given to bringing together information on earlier organization
A [ movements among tobacco growers of Kentucky and adjoining
‘ $ , states. Frequently, experiences of earlier organizations are
A G   duplicated in later developments and, therefore, knowledge of
A   earlier associations is helpful to the present and future move-
E.   ments. A consideration of legislative enactments designed to
  i* { foster the development of some of these organizations shows
j _     that recent legislation often has a counterpart in earlier acts.
- .     Trends in the tobacco industry as shown by price movements,
_   l exports, output of manufactured products and the production
L     of diderent types, are studied to suggest what the future prob-
5     ably has in store. Information obtained from this study has _
  i   been disseminatedfor the guidance of farmers in planning
t _ i   their production programs.
E _ . I J Membership Problems. The operation of large centralized
. ? *   associations revealed the fact that membership relations and
·     i i attitudes were at the base of some of their most outstanding
3 ..     . difficulties. A study was undertaken, in cooperation with the
i ° * ‘     Bureau of Agricultural Economics, United States Department
A   t ' of Agriculture, to find out what the problems were and the i
_ “ __   , methods of attacking them. Information was sought as to the l
  » ~·,°   _ ideas of members on a large number of diferent questions,
  s { _Q  { 1 some of them relating to general principles and others directly
A ‘ _     ri to their own organizations. That the principal motive for join-
L       g ing a marketing association is to get better prices was illus-
  ‘tr- , Yi   * — trated by the replies received. The study showed that delays
E   '.‘_—i       in making settlements constitute one of the big problems of the
h -   cooperatives. A number of questions dealing with the manage-
  ment and some of the details of various operations brought
i p ·     answers suggesting, in part at least, a lack of specific informa-
  1  tion regarding their association on the part of many members.
  The facts obtained point to the importance of carrying on
  educational work which will develop a better understanding
    . of underlying principles of marketing and organization, of the
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