The research concerned the credit activity of co-operative banks in the years 1930-1993, in the Włocławek province. The credit position of individual farms was analysed versus that of other borrowers. The obtained results indicate that the number of short-term credits was systematically growing throughout the examined period, with a simultaneous depreciation of money amount corresponding to an application for a credit submitted by a farmer. Moreover, there appeared a regular tendency of departing from investment credits. Payments on this kind of credit dropped by 22%. A new phenomenon came into being, namely granting certain bank funds in the form of operating credits for investment purposes. The research result« also show that only about 25% of farmers decided on credits. Commercial credits used in agricultural production did not influence farm incomes, due to the fact that agricultural production profitability remained on a low level.