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Staff has participated iu luiiueroiis conferences Avitli managements and 

 Boards of Directors, having to deal with general organization and 

 financial problems of the Exchange and to relationship with the Michigan 

 State Farm Burean. 



(b) Michigan Elevator Exchange. 



The Markets Staff has given assistance to the Elevator Exchange 

 largely in an advisory capacity in financial and general organization 

 problems. Considerable attention has also been given to local elevator 

 problems and their relationship Avith the Exchange. The Michigan 

 Elevator Exchange has made excellent progress during the year and 

 now has an A-1 rating in both Dunn's and Bradstreet's reports on the 

 basis of 175,000 Net assets. The volume of business of the Elevator 

 Exchange during three months in 1020 was approximatelv -^^oO^OOO, dur- 

 ing the year 1921, |3 ,750,000 and during 1922, |4,111,000. ' 



III. (c) Michigan Livestock Exchange. 



Considerable attention of this Department was given to the Michigan 

 Livestock Exchange in formulating plans for the establishment of co- 

 operative Commission Houses in Detroit and Buff'alo. The Commission 

 House at Buffalo was established through the combined efforts of the 

 Exchange and the Michigan State Farm Bureau in Co-operation with 

 the State Farm Bureaus in Indiana and Ohio. The members of the 

 Staff" attended several conferences in developing plans for the Buffalo 

 House. 



Still further attention has been given to the relationship of the Live- 

 stock Exchange and the Michigan State Farm Bureau. 



The Commission House in Detroit, having been in operation seven 

 mouths, is now handling 33% of the receipts. The Buff'alo House, dur- 

 ing November and December, has handled about 30% of the total 

 receipts on that market. 



(d) Michigan Milk Producers Association. 



Assistance to the Michigan Milk Producers Association has been con- 

 fined to efforts in co-ordinating the work of this organization with the 

 Michigan State Farm Bureau and the presentment of plans combining 

 the Publicity Departments. 



(e) Michigan Fruit Growers, Inc. 



The Michigan State Farm Bureau, during the j^ear, made a vigorous 

 effort to federate the Michigan Fruit Growers organizations iu the state 

 into a state-wide Exchange and considerable progress was made in the 

 fonuulating of plans for such an organization. Numerous conferences 

 and meetings in the Fruit Belt were attended by members of the Staff 

 in working out this plan, which contemplates co-operation with the 

 Michigan State Farm Bureau, as well as, co-operation with the Federated 

 Fruit and Vegetable Growers of America. It is expected that this 

 project will be completed during the coming year. 



(f) Michigan Sugar Beet Growers Association. 



The work of the Department in this division has been limited to con- 



