Americans Study Waste on Farms by Co operative Italy Visit
The American commission on Agricultural Co operation tours Piacenza Italy to see a cooperative farming system including a fertilizer plant a warehouse for farm implements and a corn cake and soap by products project. It notes nonprofit cooperative goals a farmer owned consortium and a local cooperative bank supporting credit and raw material purchasing.
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Italy
Amercans Commission On “Agricultural
Tiana Agriculture
Consortio Agrari
United States
Piacenza
Association
Europe
Commission
Agricultural Association
Bicycle Industry Decline Noted in Early 1900s Data
Washington reports census bulletin shows bicycle production fell from 1,182,691 units valued at $25,606,487 in 1899 to 250,487 valued at $5,740,924 in 1904 and 233,107 valued at $3,228,189 in 1908. Motorcycle output rose, 160 units in 1899 to 2,238 in 1904 and 18,628 valued at $3,025,983 in 1909. The era saw rapid evolution 1868 to 1895, a peak then decline through 1904 as establishments dropped from 27 in 1889 to 101 by 1904.
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Washington
Durand
Bureau of the Census
Department of Commerce
W- M. Steuart
1909 Bicycle and Motorcycle Industry Census Data
The 1909 census shows a recovery in the bicycle and motorcycle industry, with 5,017 workers and 4,437 wage earners, and most value produced by large corporate establishments. There was a shift toward motorcycles in the decade, a rise in firms worth $100,000 plus, and a decline in output since 1899.
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