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of eliminating speculation. The association also proposes 

 to investigate foreign markets and will establish branch 

 offices in the eastern states of this country. 



Provision is made that the district associations above 

 named "may withdraw from the marketing arrange- 

 ments, . . . such withdrawal to take effect on the first 

 Monday of November of each year, provided such coopera- 

 tive milk producers' association gives written notice of its 

 intention in that regard . . . on or before July i of any 

 year." 1 In case any district association fails to live up 

 to its contract to sell all its manufactured product through 

 the association, provision is made for liquidated damages 

 to be paid by such defaulting association very much as 

 was provided in the case of the Northern California Milk 

 Producers' Association above. 



Following are the principal milk producers' associa- 

 tions in operation at the present time, together with 

 principal market centers: 



Principal Milk Producers' Associations in the United States 



Associated Dairymen of California The State. 



Northern California Milk Producers' Association. . Sacramento, Ca!. 



Milk Producers' Association of Central Cal Oakland, Cal. 



Associated Milk Producers', Inc., San Francisco, Cal. 



San Joaquin Valley Milk Producers' Association. . . Fresno, Cal. 



California Milk Producers' Association Los Angeles, Cal. 



Imperial Valley Milk Producers' Association El Centro, Cal. 



Salines Valley Dairy Association Soledad, Cal. 



Milk Producers' Association of San Diego San Diego, Cal. 



Colorado Milk Producers' Association Denver, Colo. 



Milk Producers' Cooperative Marketing Co Chicago, 111. 



New England Milk Producers' Association Boston, Mass. 



Maryland State Dairymen's Association Baltimore, Md. 



Michigan Milk Producers' Association Detroit, Mich. 



1 Multigraphed By-Laws, p. 12. 



