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impetus to the growth of the organization, and by the 

 end of that year about 95 per cent of the shippers of the 

 Chicago district were said to have joined.' 



In 1916 the association organized the Milk Producers' 

 Cooperative Milk Company, discussed elsewhere in this 

 chapter. This company did not get into operation, how- 

 ever, until 1919. 



The following list of associations with principal market 

 centers about which each was organized and approximate 

 dates of formation will give a resum6 of the move- 

 ment. 



' Pacific Dairy Review, Dec. 30, 1916. 



